Tidbits

I changed the sheets on the bed yesterday. Why is it that cats love to “help” change the sheets? Every cat I’ve ever had has loved to come in and hide under the sheets as I put clean ones on the bed. The finished bed usually ends up with a cat shaped lump in it somewhere under the covers. It’s ok, unless the cat is under the bottom sheet, which has been tucked in. Cheyenne learned very quickly to wait until I am spreading out the top sheet before she jumps in to help. (Cats also love to “help” cut out material by sitting on the pattern.) I enjoy watching her search for a way out, crawling here and there – the lump under the bedding moves really fast when you tap it gently with a finger. Ha ha! I wonder – what is she thinking as she does that? The mind of a cat. Mel reminds me that cats are just little women in fur coats – who can understand them??

I finished my second project yesterday. Mel bought two frames for me today so I could frame both my cross-stitch and the one my sister, Heidie, did for me a couple years ago. Here is a picture of mine, followed by a photo of our livingroom wall. I have such a sense of pride, yes, but something else, maybe deeper, when I look at it. Like – I did that. Wow. Somehow I never thought I’d get it finished. I forgot to sign and date it, but will tape that to the back and will take it down again soon and add it.




The moon is full tonight – and is looking in the window at me tonight as I write. It’s orange, when it peeks out from behind the clouds. Not an orange autumn moon , but a smoky moon from all the fires burning across Ukraine right now. In the States we have good friends in Rapid City, SD and in Morongo Valley, CA – both areas that have experienced devastating fires in the past three or four weeks. Wildfires. Here they do it on purpose….. So sad.

There is a meteor shower beginning, the Perseids. I wish I could go out and watch, but there is no way to see it with all the city lights around us.

We have no water tonight. It was very low pressure today at noon when I was doing laundry. I thought to myself, ‘Cindie, you should do the dishes.’ But there were only two plates, a couple forks and one pot. ‘No,’ I answered myself, ‘I’ll wait until after dinner.’ Now I have a kitchen full of dirty dishes that have to wait until the water comes back on before they get clean again. I hope it’s on when we get up in the morning. I hope this is not one of those “water off for 3 or 8 days” times. Fortunately we now have a supermarket just down the street a block or so and can buy drinking water.

The cost of electricity is skyrocketing here. Finally. The rates are finally beginning to catch up to what it actually costs. There are going to be a lot of people without power, however, because older people especially are not going to be able to afford the rates tripling. Yes, the rate will triple by New Year. Who knows what will happen in 2007?

We finally have internet cable. I am so happy. I can’t believe how fast it works! I’m sure the neighbors are a lot happier, too. I doubt if we’ve used the phone 3 times today.