Barley and Birch
HGTV
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Last night the street crew was picking up – and sometimes DROPPING! – big heavy metal rectangles that have been covering large areas of the street. One woke me up, making me jump straight up in my bed, and it took me a while to figure out what was going on and relax enough to get back to sleep: hence, I took another nap this morning before heading for the cafe.
I had a good time at the cafe, although someone had taken ‘my’ spot. I had a good time finishing up two sketches and getting a third one started.
Here are the finished sketches –
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Tomorrow we meet Harvey and Khun Pim and the main doctor at the hospital for his routine visit and to get the doctor to fill out the form we need to take to the agent who helps us get Harvey’s medical visa renewed. We may go directly from the hospital to the agent’s place to take her the paperwork so she can get things processed for us.
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I gave one of the cleaning ladies a Halloween card this morning, and took one to the office staff of the building today, as well. It seems that people are happy to get them, so I’m pleased.
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I went ahead and read more than one chapter in the “Fury in Death” book by J.D. Robb this morning, unable to hold myself off any longer, and I finished the book. I really love the group of people that Eve Dallas has in her life in these books. Each new book feels like a reunion with friends to me. I feel lucky to have found this series and am always pre-ordering the next one…
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The cats puzzle is coming together in a whole different way than the others I’ve tackled. So far, I have one mostly-there face, one upper half of a face, another cat’s hat, plus another cat’s ear. The only clues I’m getting are fur patterns, so I’m putting them together to see what I come up with. It’s fun and interesting.
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I’ve been increasing the incline on the treadmill at the gym and burning more calories than usual. Tomorrow I’ll change my focus – slow down, no incline, and concentrate on my balance, trying not to hold onto the handlebars. Although my balance is better than it was when I first came here – the retraining my brain and body is extremely slow. I do fine when my head is down and I’m looking at my feet on the street, for example, unless I turn my head to look at something. And then I get ‘wonky,’ listing to one side or the other. Sometimes, if I weren’t holding Brian’s hand, I think I might have a problem. I’m also training myself to stop before I look at something, but that’s hard when we’re going somewhere.
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Jan Chilton