This is another of the mailbox decorations my husband and I made for the holidays.
I’ve had a good day.
I worked out at the gym. Then I went for a mani/pedi since my husband, Harvey, noticed I needed a redo. I’m still surprised. He never noticed if my fingernails were polished before his stroke. Yesterday he looked at my hands for a long time and then said, “You need to have new polish.” So, when we visit on Thursday, I can show him I listened and fixed the problem. 😁
I am trying to learn how to deal with the problem of no heat during Thailand’s “Cool Season.” Granted, the lowest temperature here is around 50 degrees F., but unless I’m sitting in the sunshine, I’m cold. Right now, for example, I have a sweatshirt on, but my nose and hands are still cold, so I put on my husband’s lined flannel shirt/jacket over the sweatshirt.
I WILL adapt to this. I just need to get more inventive. I’m already layering my clothes. This morning while I was waiting to go work out at the gym, I solved the problem of my cold leather sofa by sitting on the end of a towel and wrapping the rest of it around my legs. I’m raising the shades on my windows when we get back from the gym, letting the sunshine in, warming my place up. I put an extra throw on my bed at night. I wear slippers in my house with socks. (You don’t wear shoes in the house in Thailand.) When we got here, I scrubbed the soles of my slippers with soap and a brush so that they were as clean as I could get them. I only wear them inside, so they don’t bother my floors. They are saving my life. I’m adopting the Chinese idea of heating water and drinking it like tea. I’m doing that whenever I get too chilled. I take warmer showers, since I have an instant on water heater.
I know I sound like a wuss. I think I’m adapting to the culture, the people, the traditions, and such, better than I am the climate. Brian and I were laughing that in February I will be griping about being too hot, melting into a puddle, unable to find a way to keep cool….
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I’ve been painting Christmas cards today, as well as making more thank you cards for Khun Nong, my housekeeper. I’m having so much fun picturing people as I make another card. I’m mentally deciding which card should go to which person I want to thank, hoping they will be pleased. I’m also trying to figure out the best time to catch each person so that I can give them out in good time for the holiday.
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Brian is coming to my place for dinner tonight, since Khun Nong is cleaning his place this afternoon and evening. We’ve made a routine of backing up the data on my phone, plus the data on my computer while he is here. Earlier he checked the numbers on my air purifiers to make sure they are doing their jobs, deciding to bump them up a notch to deal with the ‘haze’ that is coming as farmers start to burn off the residue from their harvested crops.
I read that a lot of the United States is having early winter weather. Even my state of Arkansas was in for some ice. Selfishly, I am SO glad I don’t have to worry about getting iced in on top of our ridge line there, with trees falling down into the 650+ foot steep driveway from both sides, making us get out the chain saw to cut them and haul them to one side or the other when the ice will allow us to stand without falling on our heads…
I hope you are safe and sound wherever you are when you’re reading this.
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