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Significant Tippy event: As I told you, the bathroom in subzero weather is the pottyroom. I traced a bad smell to the pottyroom last week. I cleaned it up and flushed both the toilet and the tub. Yesterday Tippy indicated the pottyroom again. It was pee in the tub. I flushed it. then I realized that if flushing the tub is important to him, what about me? Since I live alone, I don't always flush. Maybe that bothers him. OK. I will change my ways.

I am using K-tape on both of my thumbs and my knee, too. Good stuff.

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.

Ellen DeGeneres

Yesterday we broke the record for high temperatures- it was 86! Today it was 85, but no records broken. The temps are dropping into the 60’s on Tuesday and staying in the low 70’s for about the next 10 days. Yesterday and today were 12-15 degrees higher than normal.

Mind you, I’m watching the NY house like a hawk. Checking cameras it seems like hourly. Double checking on the temperature in the house, just to confirm it’s warm enough inside and all power is on. NY house has about 16” of snow right now and it’s still snowing. Many stores closed early today and many doctor offices sent texts/email today that they’re closed tomorrow. All the schools in the area are closed tomorrow too.

On Saturday I installed the second weatherstrip on the inside of the garage door. It was hot inside the garage, but not actually a hard job. Sitting on the garage floor and working left to right - set it with a clamp, pulled the tape strip to stick it to the door; then use my drill to put in a self tapping screw - the tape really doesn’t hold it there, it assists the screws. Haha!

I ran to Lowe’s and bought plumbers tape to fix the master shower and found a nice pair of garden gloves in clearance. A win win, We took off the shower head, retape the pipe and screwed the head back on. Tested it and it was fixed.

Today was a normal Sunday - bed stripped, laundry going. I showed my SO dr son the sliced off skin on my shin and he suggested I take the bandaid off and cover it with gauze instead. I don’t know if I told you all - a snow brush w extension and an ice scraper on the other end fell off the hooks in the garage and sliced a piece of skin off my shin. So gross, I just slapped the flap back on and went in to SO requesting a bandaid.
Why… you’re wondering why I have a snow brush in 86 degree FL weather? Traveling down we always keep it in the trunk of the car. Once here we take it out. I’ll be bandaged up for some time, it’s about the size of a half dollar.

Sandy - I hope you enjoyed your birthday despite the rain.

I apologize for not taking notes. I read a lot a day ago and fell asleep before posting. If you’re in the storms path, be safe and stay warm.

DD sent me a picture of her backyard in Freeport, ME. Beautiful to look at but I'm happy here. She does have a generator but tries to do as much as possible before a storm comes in. When I talked to her last she was doing laundry, vacuuming etc. Pre-generator, she had charged her phone using her car charger when needed. She spent five days without power over Christmas a few years ago and the generator became a huge priority.

My great niece was married in Miami yesterday. The bride and groom were living in Boston, her uncle and family in Syracuse, and many family and guests were coming from Charlotte. The groom was expecting family from both France and Peru. Everyone got there but my sister was worried about when they would get back to Charlotte.

The other ICE is also in Maine. Somalis moved to Lewiston, an old mill town established by French Catholics as they came down the Androscoggen River. From what I've read, it was a successful integration until recently. So sad. Debbie lives about 1/2 way between Lewiston and Portland, the other hot spot. You may also remember hearing about Lewiston when they had a mass shooting at a bowling alley and the shooter was hard to track.

Justforher - I was really glad I had my port. I don't remember getting it was a problem at all. Holding you close! I also decided I wouldn't do "would have, should have, could have" about my BC. It just was - no family history either.

Stay safe and warm everyone.

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

W. Somerset Maugham