Thursday

It was cloudy and overcast this Thursday morning, but the rain is gone. I found to my dismay that, when I took my pills, the container said Wednesday, but today is Thursday. I assumed this is a result of Tuesday, when I overslept. I must have forgotten to take my pills that morning.

If you remember, I left you with the kitchen chairs, the rolling cart and the waste paper can in the living room last night. This morning, I still left everything all there.

I came home for lunch and had the last catfish filet and the last of the wild rice (still an excellent meal). Then I moved out the bathmat from the main bathroom and the gel-pad from the kitchen. I filled up my bucket with hot water and Top Job (lemon scented) and mopped my way out the door and back to work.

On the way back, I stopped at the quarter car wash and hosed the mud and dirt off the car from yesterday's rain. I know it's supposed to rain all weekend, but I really hate the sight of mud on the side of my car!!!

At home at five, I have a spotless kitchen floor. So, I moved everything back into the kitchen from the living room and vacuumed the living room rug (the chairs leave little dimples in my area rug, you see). Oh, I put the bathmat back in the main bathroom, too.

Since I was already in a bathroom mode, I put new toilet tablets in the tanks of both bathroom toilets (I used the "Works" ones, this time instead of the stupid, blue cheap ones I bought last time). I really think this helps keep the bowls clean. Naturally, I try and leave the lids down, so the cats don't make a potential fatal mistake (but, damn, this reminds me too much of being married!)

At 6:30 PM. I went outside with a big "refuse" bag and collected all the leaves and twigs I had raked to date (both front yard and back). Why? Because, starting next week, (supposedly) they will be picking up yard trash. We'll see. It actually took two bags, BTW.

Before I went out, I put the quart container of meatballs and tomato sauce I'd made, then frozen, and now thawed, in a large sauce pan and stuck it in the oven on "Warm" (170 degrees F.) Again, I want it to warm up, but don't have the time to stand over it, stirring so it doesn't stick. This is a damn good trick and I heartily recommend it!

Back inside, I put a pound of Rotini twists into boiling salted water. Now, I'd rather use plain old spaghetti, but that's far too messy to eat in bed watching TV and I've used either penne or mostaccioli the last few times I made pasta. I drained it and gently stirred in the meatballs and sauce.

I plated some, topped it with fresh grated Parmigiano-Reggiano and wandered in to watch some TV and then go to bed.