by Judy Handley | Aug 10, 2024 | Cape Cod, USA |
2024 Life Logs, Day 223: Love Watching the Olympics
Date: Saturday, August 10, 2024
Weather: A Little Rain Overnight, Partly Sunny; High Temp 80, Low 64 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview, Falmouth, MA
I love watching the Olympics. Today was mostly spent watching the US women’s soccer team win the gold medal and then watching the US men’s basketball team do the same. I watched the whole soccer game from start to finish, but I have to admit that I am not as fond of basketball, so I got through that stack of old mail and accumulated personal paperwork that needed to be filed during the basketball game. My goal for tomorrow is to get my Encore notebook set up for 2024-2025. Somehow, I have let all of the Encore paperwork from June and July stack up as well. I’ll be so happy if I get that done tomorrow.
In between watching the Olympics and getting through stacks of paper, I swept the floors and Swifter mopped the kitchen. The house was spotless when I got home on Monday because Lynne cleaned the whole place before she left. But with the damp weather this week, Shadow and I have managed to track in a lot of sandy soil.
I heard from Heather this morning that they have no electricity in Boothbay, and it is not expected to be back on anytime soon. Today Jed’s mother and his Uncle Johnny and Aunt Becky were hosting a Celebration of Life for Jed’s uncle who died during the past year. But the lack of electricity was causing some problems with hosting 40 people. I sure hope they either got the electricity back on or found creative ways to make do to enjoy the celebration of John Reed’s life.
by Judy Handley | Jun 9, 2024 | Cape Cod, USA |
2024 Life Logs, Day 161: Last Day of JJZ&C’s Visit
Date: Sunday, June 9, 2024
Weather: Rainy, Clearing Late Afternoon; Temp 67, Low 56 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
For the last nine days, Justin, Jo, Ziggy, and Coco have been visiting from Puerto Rico. The time has flown by, but in the early Monday morning hours, they fly on to England to visit with Jo’s family. Fifteen years ago, when there were just three grandchildren, we did our first family photo shoot on the beach in Quissett Harbor.
Since then, we have lost Mark and added Ollie and Coco. Today we got the fifteen-year update photo on Falmouth Heights Beach while having family fun. We are f-a-m-i-l-y!
The ‘fabulous five’ have certainly grown up.
by Judy Handley | May 31, 2024 | Cape Cod, USA |
2024 Life Logs, Day 152: Waiting for Justin and Family to Arrive
Date: Friday, May 31, 2024
Weather: Sunny and Warm; Temp 71, Low 53 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
Today was a day of getting ready for Justin, Jo, Ziggy, and Coco to visit. With the help of Sam and Jonah, I am now moved into the studio apartment that is attached to the house. Until JJZ&C are Covid negative, I will stay here, and we will visit outside. Once they are Covid free, we can just open the panty doors and walk back and forth. It couldn’t be more convenient, and I am so grateful that Lynda is letting me stay here. Getting my things moved in was more of a hassle than it would have been normally as I had to move the ice machine for my knee, all of the containers of ice from the freezer that are used in the machine, ice packs, and my recumbent exercise bike. But Shadow and I are now all settled in.
Heather invited me over to dinner. We had poke bowls with salmon. Jed got home from his conference in Nantes, France last night, so I got to hear a little about Nantes. It was delicious and very much appreciated. And Justin just sent a text saying they are still an hour out. Can’t wait!
by Judy Handley | Mar 24, 2024 | Cape Cod, USA |
2024 Life Logs, Day 84: Goldstones Over for Dinner
Date: Sunday, March 24, 2024
Weather: Mostly Sunny, Windy, and Chilly; High Temp 38, Low 33 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth MA
Shadow and I walked a mile this morning, so we are getting back on track after a winter of inactivity. I have to wear a knee brace when walking more than around the block, but for now, that is working. I am also back on the exercise bike and doing the PT exercises. Today, by the time I did these things, had breakfast, and read the morning news, it was almost noon. I invited Heather and family over for dinner, so this afternoon I went grocery shopping and cooked. We had veggie curry, chicken tiki masala, and saag paneer. I had hoped to make pakora, but that didn’t happen. Next time.
by Judy Handley | Jan 12, 2024 | Cape Cod, USA |
2024 Life Logs, Day 12: A Lovely Day of Nothingness
Date: Friday, January 12, 2024
Weather: Clear and Warm; High Temp 47, Low 42 F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth MA
Weather rules and we are having some interesting weather these days. It was warm and sunny today, but overnight we are supposed to get rain and heavy winds until about noon tomorrow. Then the rain is supposed to end, but the wind continues throughout the day. Heather and family arrived in Bethel, Maine, tonight and they are supposed to get snow overnight. Then they should have a great morning on the slopes, but the temperature rises and will be in the 40’s for them tomorrow afternoon. Not sure what that will mean for them up on the mountain. Then Sunday they should have a sunny and cold day. Hopefully the weather allows them to enjoy their snowboarding weekend in Maine.
Things here were quiet today, Jed came over to walk Shadow and a little later I headed out on a grocery shopping expedition. I then came home and went into a cooking frenzy. I am trying to use up all the things that have accumulated in the refrigerator before my surgery on Wednesday. Then I hope to have Heather refill the fridge with my constants—kale, avocados, beets, mushrooms, cucumbers, celery, arugula, broccoli, cauliflower, sheep’s milk feta cheese, kiwis, pears, oranges, and on and on. I can’t really buy these things before the surgery, because I will be gone for two days. So, we will have to start over once I get home from the hospital. My cooking frenzy today was in an attempt to empty the refrigerator. I made a lot of cauliflower rice and then used that to make a cauliflower rice, hemp hearts, can cucumber salad, and a cauliflower rice, broccoli, cheese, and ham casserole. I have eaten no meat or cheese since watching What the Health, but I had this ham and shredded cheese in the refrig that needed to be used. I just can’t waste food, so I will eat the ham and cheese.
Tonight, I continued watching the best of 2022-23 movies with Killers of the Flower Moon. I only got half way through, so I will have to give my opinion tomorrow night, But I really, really dislike the role Leo DiCaprio plays in this movie. Beyond despicable. I just don’t have the right word for it,
by Judy Handley | Oct 5, 2023 | Cape Cod, USA |
2023 Life Logs, Day 279: Lunch at Fisherman’s View by Cape Cod Canal
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2023
Weather: Still Sunny and Warm; High 70, Low 59 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue, Falmouth, MA
Today was Lynne’s last day here, so she took me out to lunch at Fisherman’s View Restaurant up by the Cape Cod Canal. I don’t eat out that often, but I love having lunch out on the deck at this restaurant. We also stopped by the Sandwich Boardwalk to soak in the beauty of the salt marsh.
The boardwalk was destroyed in a storm a couple of years ago and has not been replaced. So instead of walking there before lunch, we drove to the Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center parking lot and walked on the bike path by the canal.
Otherwise, we had a very quiet day back at home.
I left Lynne and Shadow at home around 4:30 pm to take Ollie to indoor tennis lessons
and to go see a little of Sam’s Varsity soccer game and Jonah’s Junior Varsity game
before I had to head back to pick up Ollie. Heather and Jed had a meet the teachers night at the high school from 6 to 8 pm, so Ollie and I went back to pick up Jonah and Sam. The games weren’t over until 6:15 or so and it was dark enough by the time we returned that the lights were on the field.
Fog had rolled in causing dusk to come sooner than expected.
Tomorrow Lynne and I leave at the same time. Lynne heads back to Nyack to visit with family before driving back to Michigan on Sunday. Then in two weeks she flies back to New Zealand. I head to Cohasset to have lunch with friends. I’ll have the full report on that tomorrow night.
