Rainy days and Sundays...

I woke up at 5:00 AM, decided that was way too early to get up, so I went back to sleep until 7:30. Got some coffee and putzed around a while until I remembered I never finished or posted the Blog. Yikes!

So, I got that done before 9:00 AM and then started breakfast. Well, that was the plan anyway. I was picturing bacon, over easy eggs and grits with butter, salt and pepper. But, the usual check of weather predicted spotty showers this morning, followed by an all day rain. I checked the patio, and it hasn't rained here, yet. So, forget breakfast, time to work!

Grabbed the leaf rake and got to raking! I pulled all the leaves out of the front gardens and off the driveway. Then, out came the mower! I cut the front grass and then the side lawn. My efforts to blow the cut up leaves in a certain direction were stymied by a steady blowing wind from the south. The wind also had another effect: by the time I was finished, my face and hands were frozen!

Once back inside, I took off my coat and clothes and stuffed them in the washer. Then I shaved and showered. I returned Luanne's call from yesterday. She had a question about damaged bark on fruit trees (apparently her goats got a little rambunctious).

I have a green and red pepper bought last weekend that are beginning to wrinkle. I think I need to use them or lose them. So, I saut�ed them with a sliced onion, then added John Morrel Hot smoked sausage. I served them over brown rice.

To celebrate Veteran's Day, I watched the movie "We were soldiers once" even though parts of it tear me up. Midway through the movie, I felt the need for a snack, so I warmed up little smokies in bacon grease, then put them into the little dipper crock pot with hot BBQ sauce.

I paused the movie long enough to replace all four bulbs in the bedroom and office overhead fixtures with the new fluorescent ones.

For dinner, I needed to use up the leftover smoked turkey so I made a Luanne-style turkey pot pie. This was a simple dish she invented years ago to use up leftover Thanksgiving turkey, by using pre-made pie crusts, a can of Veg-all (mixed vegetables), a jar of turkey gravy and your own leftover turkey, cut into chunks. I baked that for 40 minutes at 400 degrees F. and then ate two pieces.

I watched my usual Sunday night shows until 11:30, and then went into the office to write this. Now, I'm going to bed.