REAL 17 Aug 2026

A few short walks. Yard work - trimmed bushes and pygmy palms. PT some days. Housework, like vacuuming, four of seven days. Eating not great, this past week, not good at all. I'll do better this week. Sleeping in the recliner mostly. No, I don't always remember to take time with my feet up on my bed. I forget. But when I remember I enjoy the new bed an hour or two at a time. This is going to be another hot week.

Thank Goodness It's Sunday

~ Glorious blessed rain

~ Thanks God for watering my plants

~ New books

~ Cooler temperatures 

~ God's grace            

Brain Dump

Data Center side note: What no one talks about: They are noisy. They are not quiet. The constant sound never stops, ever, 24/7/365. This came out when a local city voted to deny the request for a Data Center in their city. 

Woohoo!

I love the movie series "Seeking Persephone." On Monday, Sarah M. Eden, the author of the books, and Jake Stormoen, the actor who places the Duke of Keilder, announced the next two books are on the docket. Yay! Looking forward to seeing them.

REAL 10 Aug 2026

Took one short walk, waiting for vacuum canister to dry after rinsing it. Otherwise, still too hot for walking, but temperatures are going down, slowly. The BER months are coming. Eating holding at pretty good. Sleep is better. Woke to a dream instead of a nightmare for the first time in years: Visiting ancestral home in Scotland. I'm all in. Some days I do PT - need to improve.

Thank Goodness It's Sunday

~ Overnight temperatures dropped below 90s. It makes a difference.

~ Friends

~ Good books

~ Fun movies

~ God's grace            

Brain Dump

Data Centers require an insane amount of water, electricity, and space, as in acreage. So, let's use the water people need. Let's use the electricity people need. Let's use the land farmers need. That's right: Don't use all the empty buildings in the city because they aren't big enough. Stupid is too mild a word for this mess. 

Good Reminder

Stay in the habit of 

'glancing' at your problems and 

'gazing' at the Lord. 

~ Joni Eareckson Tada

REAL 3 Aug 2026

Too hot to walk. PT, though not every day. Eating better. A few restless nights - maybe this is my normal. Feet and ankles are not as swollen. Bought a new office chair and put it together myself. Neighbor put the new bed frame together. I was able to add the mattress myself. Thanks God.

Thank Goodness It's Sunday

~ Exterminator is pleased with progress

~ Sweet neighbor put my bed frame together

~ Finally let go of the old office chair and bought a new one

~ A/C, fans, ice help battle hot days

~ God's grace            

Brain Dump

A friend told me her psychiatrist had a plaque on the wall that said “Normal is a setting on a dryer.” My third counselor told me “You don’t want to be normal. You want to be healthy. What was going on in Sodom and Gomorrah was normal but definitely wasn’t healthy.” We have abandoned all concepts of healthy in favor of do what feels good. Eating a whole cake can feel good, at first. Wisdom is recognizing that feeling good is not always healthy.