stubbed toes and mud pies

it started raining last night and every time i've woken up it has been raining. we've really needed a good soaker so this is very welcome, plus, i can enjoy a day off from gardening and other outside "issues"...

as a bonus no leaks in the roof noticed as of yet.

with potential frosts in the forecast today will be pepper picking day and then i'll probably get some or all of them cleaned up, chunked and frozen for chili. i've not looked at the plants in a few weeks so there might be none, a little or a lot to deal with.

it turned out to be a lot more than i expected. i had a good 35lbs of Beaver Dam peppers and another 15lbs of green bell peppers. all of the extras are in the trunk of Mom's car now so they can be given away today. i hope all of them get taken. i'm so done with processing food and washing dishes (and guess who will be making chili tomorrow? )... need to cook some beans today.

decided to hold off on cooking today because we have enough food in the refridgerator and i'm doing some laundry. my pillows and the inner two pillow cases (i end up using four per pillow) were looking rather sad and so it was time. i have the pillow cases soaking in the sink with some bleach to get them back to white and washed them first with detergent to get the top layer of crud off. after they soak a while longer i'll give them another light wash with a little more detergent to get rid of the smell of bleach. the pillows are in the washing machine and have had a good pre-soak. once they get dried i'll put 'em all back together again and feel nice and tidy for a change.

some of the blankets and covers i use for my futon can use a wash but i hate to do that this time of the year with all the dust from shelling and sorting beans still happening. once i get more of that done then it will be time to do some more of this laundry stuff...

i hate sheets and i don't use them. blankets of various sizes and weights are used. in the summer i use a very thin cover and it ends up being tossed off to the side most of the time unless the AC is too cold. in the winter the expression, "As snug as a bug in a rug." applies as i like to have a few blankets piled on with some weight, i sleep a lot better this time of the year.

was able to get outside an picked some dry beans and got another garden mostly put up for winter. i still need to move a little dirt around but that won't take long when i get back out there again (hoping tomorrow).

worked on putting up the SE garden inside the fence. will have to do some dirt moving to smooth things out but generally done and weeded so if i don't get right to it it will still be ok.

rained much of the night and this morning, looks like chances most of the week.

a good day to read some interesting articles and came across this one:


which i'm reading, but then i saw a reference in that article to a book i'd like to read so i've now requested that via the library. i libraries...

this is exactly why i prefer typing on the computer to writing by hand, my chicken scratches are not very legible to others (and sometimes even myself! )

["The typewriter is essentially a way to minimise the risk of people's bad handwriting and increase the efficiency and predictability of office administration," Leonidas says.]

yep, exactly...

Keyboards ... I am trying to make use of an iPad that I've had for several years and it was frustrating to me. Have an otter keyboard that is black. Of course, it is small since it folds to iPad size. I have big hands and, not only obscure the keyboard that way but I have to turn extra lighting on so as to see it anyway. This decision to try to become accustomed to using it is prompted by Microsoft not updating Windows 10. Sheesh.

Well, to more significance .

the old strawberry patch is weeded but not leveled, i may wait until spring to do that.

also did get the garlic planted and some other puttering around done.

half a garden weeded and cleaned up for winter. dunno where all the grass in there came from as it wasn't in there last year. i sure hope it doesn't come back next year. i'll have to keep a closer eye on it...

not as much grass in the 2nd half and that will make things easier when i can get back out there.