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Thoughts on a Sunday 3-7-2021

Lowe’s

We spent from before lunch until 6:30 in the evening, but we got the new garage door opener installed and running yesterday. I am definitely coming back ( in my next life) as a combination weight lifter and basketball player who majored in fixing things.

The main thing that strikes me about the new opener is how QUIET it is compared to the one we replaced. I’m also very grateful we don’t have to manually haul the door up and carefully let it down now. A device that does that at a touch of a button is definitely a good thing. :0) It would be very nice if our garage were as clean as the one shown in the nice image above. No such luck.

We are resting today, still pretty whipped out with all the labor yesterday. The weather is gorgeous with reasonable temperatures and lots of sunshine. I will try to at least walk around the yard awhile before the afternoon is over, just to smile at the sun a bit, if nothing else.

I’m enjoying book # 29 “Widows Walk” by Robert B. Parker. I think there are 40 in the Spenser series, and I am truly enjoying revisiting his wit, sense of humor, wonderfully drawn characters, and clean writing.

I have spaghetti sauce in the slow cooker for dinner tonight. Nice Sunday.

I hope that YOUR Sunday is a good one, too.

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I’m reading book number 35 of 40 books I have in the Robert B. Parker Spenser series. Even while I’m comfortable enjoying being in this wonderful world he created, I’m sad that soon I will have re-read them all again. Another writer is trying to provide more – and I guess that is the most sincere form of flattery – but the books just don’t ‘make it’ for me. He tries, but it’s a really pale version of what Parker seemed to create effortlessly.

I’ve decided that when I finish the last book in the Spenser series, I’ll re-read his Jesse Stone books. I have all the movies made from these, so I can really dive in and enjoy.

Since it’s really cold for Arkansas – a low of 10 this morning with a high of 26 – making low carb comfort food and curling up under my throw with a good book is a nice way to spend some time today. :0)

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