by Judy Handley | May 29, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 149: Grand Aspirations
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Weather: Overcast with Periods of Light Rain; High Temp 60, Low 56 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Today I had ‘grand’ aspirations to catch up on all of the correspondence and related list of ‘to do’s’ by 11 am and then move on to cleaning house. It is after 10 pm, and I am still just finishing up the correspondence and am starting on the ‘to do’ list of things that have to be done on the computer like writing the Encore Programs budget for next year. That is just one of about 12 things like that, and all 12 need to be done in the next week. Then I can think about cleaning house. Maybe, just maybe I can get those 12 tasks done tomorrow and think about cleaning house this weekend. Obviously, I am overcommitted, but I am determined to get things done. I just need to remember that everything takes me at least 4 times longer than I anticipate! My daily goals need not be so grand.
But on the bright side, this morning I did email Justin to ask him to help me figure out why for the last month my printer has not been printing in color and has not been printing double-sided without me turning the paper over and reinserting it into the printer. I have tried every setting and nothing has solved the problems for me. When Justin called, he took over my computer through an app called Duet. It took him about half an hour before he admitted that he couldn’t figure it out either. So, he suggested resetting the printer to factory specifications. That did it. Hurray. Hurray. Dealing with this day after day has been so frustrating, so I am celebrating that victory tonight. Thank you, Justin!
by Judy Handley | May 28, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 148: Visiting My Friend Helaine and A Little Shopping
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Weather: Partly Sunny; High Temp 66, Low 55 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
We are all missing Alan, but today I dropped by to visit with Helaine to see how she is doing. All family members have now gone home, so today was her first day alone since Alan’s death. And the good news is that she is doing really well. She had already been to exercise class by the time I arrived and this evening she was going to dinner with friends. I was able to help her with a couple of issues. We went to visit the nearest Social Security Office to find out exactly what she needs to do, and she made an appointment to return in mid-July to finalize things. After taking care of business, we went out to lunch. It was wonderful to be with her for a few hours.
On my way home, I stopped at Costco for just a couple of things. More importantly, I needed to go to the New Balance outlet near Costco to get a new pair of sneakers. They had the newest edition of the 1080’s that I have worn out. Hopefully this new pair will be as comfortable as the old.
by Judy Handley | May 27, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 147: A Little Gardening, First Official Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Weather: Partly Sunny; High Temp 68, Low 54 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
I finally got outside to do a little gardening today. Hurray! And tonight, I attended my first Library Board of Trustees as an official member. And as I do every Tuesday, I pick Ollie and his saxophone up from school and then take him to his saxophone private lesson. Just a day in the life.
by Judy Handley | May 26, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 146: Memorial Day, the Falmouth Way
Date: Monday, May 26, 2025
Weather: Beautiful Day, A Few Puffy, White Clouds; High Temp 62, Low 51 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Copied from my daughter’s Facebook page:
“Couldn’t have asked for a better day for Falmouth’s annual observance of Memorial Day. Judith Handley was sworn in to the Library Board of Trustees,
Jed Goldstone assisted the Scout Honor Guard,
Ollie walked with Scouts BSA Troop 42 – Falmouth, MA,
and I walked with our entire Select Board plus State Representative Thomas Moakley ( David T. Vieira met us at the Library).
Falmouth’s observance is about as apple-pie-American as it gets, especially with the combined schools’ marching band playing America the Beautiful a stone’s throw from the house where Katherine Lee Bates was born. As always, the ceremony was moving and an important reminder — and call to action — that democracy, liberty, and justice cannot be taken for granted and demand courage from each of us.”
On days like today, I feel especially blessed to live in this very special place on Earth.
by Judy Handley | May 25, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 145: Laughter is Good for the Soul
Date: Sunday, May 25, 2025
Weather: Mostly Cloudy; High Temp 60, Low 49 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
I’m not sure how I managed to make it through today and not mark one thing off my list of things to do, but that I did. I needed to go grocery shopping this morning and that took more time and money than I planned on. I did get marinade made for tomorrow’s dinner, but that wasn’t even on my list. I eventually made it to the boat, but once I got there, I realized that I couldn’t get into the cabin of the boat to get to the supplies I needed. So, I punted and came home to do gardening. I got some things done, but nothing got planted. At this point, it was time to fix my contribution to dinner at the Goldstones, so I called it a day. It was just one of those days when you scratch your head and ask, “Where did this day go?”
But if fun can make up for what felt like a wasted day, we managed to do that tonight. I went over to Heather and Jed’s for dinner. Sam grilled steak and veggies that Heather had prepared, and I brought mashed potatoes that were requested by Sam and Jonah. Jonah is just beginning to eat soft foods after his surgery. He has basically been on a liquid diet since Wednesday, and he wanted mashed potatoes. I fried bacon and put it in my mini food processor to try and get produce the world’s tiniest bacon bits for him to add to the potatoes. That worked. Then after dinner the boys were debating over playing a game or watching a movie. Sam mentioned going out to buy Trivial Pursuit to play. I mentioned that I have a 1980’s version at my house, so he decided to go get it and we gave it a try. Some of the Sports category questions and the Entertainment questions were dated which started a running commentary from Sam and Jonah. Their comments were hilarious and caused a lot of laughter. In fact, all of us agreed that we had not laughed this hard in a long time. Good for the soul.
by Judy Handley | May 24, 2025 | 2025 Sailing Logs |
2025 Life Logs, Day 144: The Hurrier I Go, the Behinder I Get
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025
Weather: Partly Sunny, Some Rain in the Afternoon; High Temp 59, Low 50 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
My mother had a little wooden plaque that hung in the kitchen as I grew up that said, “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.” Back then, I had no idea that the quote came from the White Rabbit in Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland.’ But it sure captures that feeling you get when you are falling further behind as you try to rush forward. And that is exactly how I feel right now. As my mother would say, “I have too many irons in the fire.” I am exhausted from doing nothing because the ‘to do’ list is just too overwhelming. Maybe tomorrow will be that productive day when I can mark a few things off that list!
