This has been a rainy autumn. The past three weeks have been rain, gloom and doom. I think we only saw the sun two times in the entire three weeks. We might as well be living in Seattle.
This has been a rainy autumn. The past three weeks have been rain, gloom and doom. I think we only saw the sun two times in the entire three weeks. We might as well be living in Seattle.
Sinus trouble this time of year is nothing new to me. I am allergic to leaf mold and the ground is covered with brightly colored leaves. I take allergy pills and my noise is extra sensitive to different smells and tender to the touch from using so many tissues.
Doing laundry today, I was assaulted with a variety of added fragrances. The detergent has a fragrance. The bleach has a fragrance. The fabric softener has a fragrance and the dryer sheets have a fragrance. My poor clothes are just bombarded by perfumes.
The funny thing is, when they come out of the dryer they have a faint fragrance in them, but by the time they are fluffed and folded and put in the closet, they don’t smell like anything at all any longer.
We are having a small gathering at my home for Thanksgiving dinner. I am preparing a turkey breast instead of the whole 20 plus pounds bird. I really do not want to have pounds of leftover turkey meat this year. I think a small, moist breast will be fine. There will be more side dishes and salads to choose from, and an assortment of desserts.
Something new for me this year will be a formal table with a centerpiece of fresh flowers. That is the nice thing about having just adults for dinner. You can dress up a little more, and we can splurge on a nice bottle of wine and fresh flowers. I’m really looking forward to this being the first of many more nice dinners.
Isn’t it funny how words that used to mean something to us as children have such a different meaning in today’s world? Like the word tablet. Now it means the cutting edge personal computer vehicle. Although I am not quite sure that vehicle is the right term. We used to have desktop machines, then we had laptops, then netbooks. And now tablets.
When I was a kid, a tablet was basically several sheets of paper bound to a stiff cardboard backing by a coating of glue across the top. You could easily use the top sheet then cleanly tear it off and have a fresh unused sheet ready to use.
Even the word notebook was different. I used a notebook to hold multiple sheets of paper in one place. The notebook had a series of clasps inside and the paper would a corresponding number of holes prepunched in it to insert between the rings. You could release the rings and remove or re-order the pages easily. Now the children have to call them binders and a notebook is just another type of computer.
Sometimes when Iam looking for something out of the ordinary on TV I come across an old western. They sure don’t make them like they used to. I loved the old John Wayne movies, the Clint Eastwood movies, and I remember the great TV series that came on Sunday nights, Bonanza. There was another TV series, Green Valley, The Rifleman, and even Little House on the Prairie. I admire the people who lived back then – having to be so resourceful and self reliant.