My Inner Sanctum

Sunday, February 1, 2026

2026:FEBRUARY

not a fan of "country" but heard the lyrics "drinking Jack all by myself" ( I never drank alone) reminded me of a local restaurant called Starbucks. before Starbucks the coffee cafe made the scene here. it was on rt 132 in Hyannis. The waiters and waitresses wore pajamas. It was a fun place. They were forced to rename to Star City Grill I think.

Jack Daniel's straight sure could warm you up!\

Drinking Jack all by my

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February 2

Feeling decadent by finishing this sorbet. Perfect day for it.

so finaly was able to take two bags of trash below. It was windier than I expected. But I made it. It was NOT easy.Using walker on icy snow ain't no fun. Could not get to the barrels because of the snow. So I placed the bags front of F 150. trudged back inside. oh my arms.

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February 4

Finally was able mto place a food order andd my niece and her husband help haul it from the icy parking lot to my door. They offered to bring it in . I need to keep active and do what I can for myself so I did. took more than 10 trip since there were 7 bags. but that's done and on to this-

Anyone else do this? Re-slice bagels thinly and freeze them? Love the bottom thin slice with crepe skin. I slice towards me to add adventure to the process.

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February 5

Looks like someone has cleared off the Mustang! I cannot get to the office as that brown flagstone near a shed is solid ice. I sprinkled some clay cat litter on it so that maybe tomorrow I can sprinkle Icy Melt. Office front stoop is ice as well. Stay safe out there.

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February 6

Finally was able to get outside! Sprinkled some Icy Melt on ice patches, grabbed my lottery and shot a few pix. Came inside and the apartment smelled pleasantly of baked goods and vanilla- nothing I did! Got on deck and my Ice Sculpture had blown dry! Have not been able to get out to it for over a week. Nice out there but I did not go far! deck first

walk to office

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February 11-12

birds showed their attitudee about me not feeding them by shitting on the railing on the deck. Wind blew most of it away. But I still cannot get to the feeder because of snow below.

cut my bangs

February 13

Do you do this? yellow sponges were extra wet this time. I always dry them out before storing

Food order showed up at 9:12 and it took me until 10:12 to get it up here and wiped off ready to put away. That cold wind is something else. Saw the delivery person drive up in the health club parking lot- see a huge snow drift in the way all directions . Backed up and came in the correct way. yay he was able to walk the cleared path to the office door. I divided 7 bags into 14 smaller bags . I noticed on the Chocolate sunbutter lid the BIUB date was Feb 2026. groan. called the company and they are sending out something fresher LOL we will see. Then I called Shaw's and they refunded that charge. Told them I was getting a replacement but would they please check dates more carefully. I know that is ridiculous to ask. It would take a shopper forever to fill an order. But hey when I shopped in person that was what I had to do. It always took me an hour to shop and check out . such is life.

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Sunday, January 4, 2026

2026: JANUARY

weather sucks

January 5

Banned book socks. Cute on but like all these socks they never fit my German legs. They serve well as handle bar covers on my exercycle! Love my entire collection.\

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January 6

I like turning the mundane into something fun

liked getting dressed and chair dancing to this

I'm a loser baby

or commuting (I no linger can drive) to this

Ice cream man

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January 9

curtains open,bathroom window open a crack.still too cold to open more windows.Spring cleaning has begun. I get to play with my rocks. ah fresh air. and wash a bureau scarf.

some of my amazon order using Dara's gift card have arrived. chopsticks and echinecea tea. Still waiting for record player needles and incense (dragon blood!)

May be in mailbox now but it was too slippery and cold for me to check this morning.

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January 13

Beautiful crescent moon at 5:30am

I was finally able to get out to the mailbox- it was cold but the winds were not blowing me down. I picked up litter along the way- cigarette butts, yellow "dig safe " flags etc. But the large heavy bag of trash was still out there. I was hoping someone would see the error of their ways and remove it. So nefarious thoughts crossed my mind...

3 teaspoons of Häagen-Dazs raspberry sorbet (melted) to the rescue.

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January 17

Dara's package arrived!

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January 19 2026

more weirdness

I was out on the deck wringing out the wet mop. Deck was covered in wet snow. I noticed weird prints. They looked identical and about the size of an old fashioned Milky Way candy bar I googled and answer was floor plan LOL. Likely not an animal. But what is it? Blown icy slush from the roof?