Tuesday

It was cold, dark and windy when I took out the garbage on Tuesday morning. The sun did finally show its face and, while it looked better, it never got much warmer and the wind never stopped blowing. I've taken to wearing my leather jacket instead of my fall windbreaker.

I got home and changed. First thing I did was to dig out some papers the bank needs. I am refinancing the house on Thursday to save almost a full percentage point in interest. It will drop the monthly payment a tad and, if I am lucky to live long enough to pay it off, save me about $30,000 in interest.

Next I had to sew on a button on the shirt I am wearing tomorrow. It came off in the wash. For years I had a "traveler's sewing kit" that I think I bought in an auto parts store. It was about a two-inch by two-inch plastic box that had paper rolls wrapped in various colors of threads and one needle. Well, last year I finally lost the needle. So, I bought a "learn to sew" kit at Joanne Fabrics. This has lots of needles, a pair of scissors, a pin cushion (looks like a tomato with a strawberry attached for decoration), thimble and a variety of tools that I'm not sure how you use, but they look like medieval torture instruments.

That done, I moved to dinner. I slowly warmed up the beef stew Jake had left. When it was ready, I got myself a bowl and some bread and dug in! I know how much meat he used, so I thought the meat to vegetable ratio would be out of whack, but it wasn't (he must have had gallons of the stuff). Taste was excellent. The corn was a surprise, but when I thought about it, I have put peas in mine before (when Carla wasn't around) and the corn added a nice texture. Just to make sure my taste test was thorough; I had another bowl, lol!

I watched a TV show, but then switched to a magazine that came in the mail today. I went to sleep just after 10:00 PM.