My Inner Sanctum

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

2024: MERCHANDISE

Tried to chat button does not work. I prefer email;.l had to call to let the=m know- their answer- they have come with 54 inch laces for a long time.

Bought my first pair of Merrell hiking boots over 5 years ago. Was given a gift certificate 2 years ago to LLBean and decided to use it towards a new pair. Not that the first wore out- just good to have back ups. So recently we had a Nor Easter and my older pair got soaking wet. Time to try new pair. To keep this short- first pair had 60 inch laces. New pair had 54 inch laces. I scrounged around in my spare lace collection and found softer 70 inches. Even better,. What's with the 54 inches. Also they were stiff and hard to tie.

Thank you

July 18

This is way out of order but I fell on June 19th called 911 to bee picked up then 5 days later had trouble breathing so called 911 again.Took me to er. tested positive for covid and had 3 cracked ribs, scapula and rotator cuff. Covid slowed things down 3 days in hospital and sent me home on the 26th. So house bound. Thank goodness for Shaw's fresh pass and amazon.

Has anyone every successfully opened on he perforation? This is a giant word find puzzle book inside

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In the hospital June 23-26-I was given water in a cup with a lid and it had ice in it and a straw. To say I never drank ice water would be true. Cold bottled water closes my throat in. Ice cubes I have actually choked on. This seemed safe and I knew I had to stay hydrated. my body temperature was 99 degrees. It was refreshing. So I am anxious a month later to get back to iced water. I do not have lids but straws should be with my food order tomorrow. and the mini ice cube makers look fine.

What would I do without Shaws Fresh Pass and amazon. Speakers for the laptop should be here tomorrow. But this a book light showed up today.

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July 26

So it has been a month since I got back here from the hospital. seems like forever. First 2 weeks I was pretty much useless. I could cook and clean for myself but that was it. The laundry I put away as it came from the laundry. Well yesterday I felt well enough to go through ALL my drawers and fold things my way. Not critisizng the laundry they do a great job. Yesterday also installed the 2 other grab bars for the shower. And put together the car wash mitt on a handle stick for cleaning the shower walls. Looks like it will work. My borther put together the walker for down below, so when I am strong enough for stairs I will venture outside. ( that means getting dressed so...) Back to laundry- It was new trash bags to send it off in each time. A lot of plastic waste! Bought 12 huge nylon laundry bags and wrote my name on 6 of them with permanent marker. Hand washed those today making sure nothing "bled"

My neck will never be the same- no looking up- but my right arm has the same mobility as the left ( both injured repeatedly in the past 5 years.) rib pain only when I do something weird. Down to 1/4 cap ful of Robitussin. Sleep still weird but has been since 2006. Gave brother the only red laundry bag- he loves red.

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July 30

`amazon wanted a revie of the car mop!

Still recovering from a fall I took in June 2024. Needed an easier way to clean the shower. I googled what I wanted "chenille mop head on a stick" and this came up. Looked like exactly what I needed. Tried it and wet it first. Mistake it weighs a ton wet! So next time I will spray walls and us it dry. It is easy to maneuver.

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2024: COMPLAINTS

January 6

Trying to play the lottery on the self serve machine

January 24

Wednesday was lovely NOT for walking.Left here for Hyannis errands at 10am- got back here a bit before 2pm.First stop Harwich hardware store for a burglar bar for door here. I have one that I like- could I duplicate that? no. Masters company decided to improve on that company's simple design and make something awkward and cumbersome with lynch pins that fall out. I will have to check youtube for some videos. The print is so small on the packaging. Then to South Dennis Stop & Shop for mini Poland Spring water bottles. The closest place to me. Got 2 12 packs. While in the store I almost turned around and left. The smell of fish was overpowering. Wondered why more people were NOT grimacing. I did more than my share. Headed to Hyannis on rt 28. Major road construction everywhere and people directing traffic holding up a tiny sign you cannot see. Joanns was dismal but got a cake of yarn. Trader Joes super busy had to ask where the chocolate was. Good thing as it was out of my reach even on tip toe. Completed the aggravation with Whole Foods and still no parking. Kohl's for jeans and the floor was so shiny and slippery I almost fell even with my cane. no jeans. Then to top it all off Old Navy looking like they are going out of business and who wears these clothes? no v neck tank tops ( used to be stacks of the all year) no flannel shirts in men's , no pajama bottoms. Pouring rain at each stop LOL rt 6A back here to avoid the "city" crap. Ordered jeans on amazon and a warming sauce pan for heating up my coffee.

January 27

Seaside Cannabis

After a morning of the epitome of SNAFU I decided to check out Seaside Cannabis in Orleans.Let me preface this with saying I drive anywhere and park anywhere that does not have flashing red lights and a huge DO NOT ENTER sign. I am more focused on not mowing someone down or shredding tires.

So I parked in the back (front was full)of Seaside Cannabis. Locked the truck and walked to the front taking photos as I stumbled along. I get to the front and see the sign saying "customer entrance in rear"If I see that phrase one more time I will think the world is full of gay porn shops.

So go back to the truck to get my cane- did enough unassisted walking. Walk to the ramp. Anyone who has mobility issues knows by now that the ramps are the worst. This one was even slippery. and was a long walk with a couple of turns. At least the door opens upon sensing a body is approaching. First thing- I am asked for an ID and am now scanned into the system. I hope they have a record of me leaving. I ask if they have cut flowers. no we have buds. I sort of suspected as much. But I have been searching for cut flowers unsucessfully. Just want one or 2. I do not need them wrapped or anything just hand me the cut flower.

Then I ask where the incense is located. They do not have incense.

What sort of head shop does not have incense I wonder. So I thank him as he acts amazed I do not smoke or eat edibles. But geez maybe for gift giving some day. So I wobble down the ramp and get in the truck and head for Agway next door. I thought they sold plants. I walk in and my senses are hit with the smell of dry pet food. I recover from that and ask the cashier if they have cut flowers. She thought and hestitated an said she did not think so.

I could hardly wait for my coffee back here and my Greek yogurt etc.

oh and the person taking the ID had hands that did not match his body or shirt.

January 28

Pouring rain and laundry day at last. 2 weeks worth so it was lugging bags of dirty laundry (at least 8 of them) from truck to washer. Having 2 bags after sorting that would not fit. Then lugging clean wet laundry to the truck and bringing that up the apartment. back to laundry for the dried stuff. Back and forth in the rain to transport it all. So needless to note my outer hat was soaking wet. ragged Winter jacket was soaking wet and my hiking boots which are supposed to be water resistant were soggy.

February 3

RANT & KNOT HACK.

I bought a duplicate pair of Merrell hiking boots a couple of years ago. I had a gift certificate and money towards them and it was back when I thought nothing of driving over 10 miles for something. I wore them maybe once in the Summer and then set
them aside for when the old pair wore out. Well last week in a deluge of rain while doing laundry the old pair got soggy wet. They were not drying out even taken apart. So last Monday it was time to put the "new" ones in service. Imagine my ire when I found the laces were short. Thick boot socks on etc. And the laces were stiff from the beginning. I tried short lacing them that is a short cut to a backache. So too late to return them. I checked my vast collection of new & used laces. Had a pair of really long laces like the short ones but soft and pliable. ONLY drawback. there were multiple tight knots close to the aglet. Then I remembered trying to loosen those knots over the years and giving up. Google to the rescue. found a shallow lid and filled it with water. soaked the knots for 10 minutes. Still tight. Another 10 minutes and voila- knots undone. In the process realized the lace wicks the water out of the lid.

Feb 24

Crazy busy day 8am-noon local errands then ate a snack and headed to Hyannis around 1pm back at 4pm. I am tired and no coffee!

Elephant in the room

Did a thing. Was going to burn my father's correspondence he died in 1985. A ritual burn would have been too good. So to UPS Store and handed the 2 lbs of toxic over to UPS shredder service. at 76 I figured it was about time.

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January

Door knob below came off in my hand- loose like tampered with

pix taken with cell phone

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Janaury 14

ring of condom litter at laundry parking lot. still there March

May 15

Walking foot installed!

I am capable of squinting and giving the machine the middlefinger at the same time too.

good thing Singer people are not within walking distance. No screwdriver in the original kit. the screw that secures everything is a round headed slotted screw NOT the type you can unscrew with finger and thumb like in tutorials. I better get on full body armor to test drive this. the needle may break and embed itself in my throat or eyeball.

oh and the lever was not in all tutorials.

Hope I never have to do a buttonhole as this install is a royal pain in the ass. I will sew with the walking foot for everything!

2024: STRUCTURES

Hip roof

Stage Harbor rd

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2024: GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

August 7 2024

Looks like I gave up on this end of 2023. Lists and me are not a good mix. Once it makes a list to "do" it is next to impossible to complete that task. So those nice pages of shit to do is great for food orders I make each week. At least I am repurposing it.

2024: ENTERTAINMENT- MUSIC

books,music,films

love this I wanna get him back

January 31

What's Going on

What's up

April 9

Tartini-Devils Trill

May 18

Airplane wish right now

Billy Joel

Turn the lights back on

Hoozier Too Sweet

Hozier Too Sweet

Teddy Swim Lose Control

June 11 nice instrumental lead in

Love Lies

Eminem Houdid

2024: FOOD

Coffee

Last year I switched for the canned Signature brand decaf coffee to bagged coffee. Tried Starbuck's Verona first. Tasty but smells like skunks when you first open the bag

Tried New England- okay but rather not

Peets again okay but not great

Green Mountain- okay

O Organics French roast dark roast. great!

so I will alternate that with Starbucks so I do not tire of either.

Quinoa

well there has been no red quinoa on the shelves for months. I have had to settle for thr tri color blends. Not as hardy nor as tasty. Been trying for that amount of time to get to Whole Foods hoping THEY have their own brand. Have not been able to park there always so crowded. So I needed to add something to it to make it more filling. Enters Brown rice.

BROWN RICE

I noticed while looking for red quinoa in Star Market that Minute Rice has organic brown rice in small single serve containers. packs of 2. I am hooked. Hope they never discontinue them. Each single serve container gives me 3 servings though! I place in sauce pan and add a cup of water and boil then simmer for at least 10 minutes then lower heat and reduce. Place in custard cup to refrigerate.

Then my cousin tells me that brown rice is loaded with arsenic.

I figure at 76 what can I do. I would know to, not feed it to an infant or children. But also things containing arsenic are: broccoli, kale, cauliflower etc. all things I eat almost every day.

If it were radiation I would glow in the dark.

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Chocolate

Been eating Hershey's Dark Chocolate Kisses for years all of a sudden they are old on the shelves date to sell by just weeks away I had to switch to a single bar of expensive Endangered Species 72% Dark chocolate Smooth. It is a treat and delicious but too expensive. When at Trader Joe;s finally waxs able to get a Pounder Plus for 5.99.

January 13

Mini Snack at Star Market

January 23

Sea Salt and Veggie chips- no buy

so my love of newly found Minute rice brown rice packs that is organic. I was tempted to try their other flavors but none were organic and the yellow rice which I used to love the ingredients were off putting.

January 27

naturally my favorite apples were on sale AND sparse.

April 13

white dipping glop for fruit. I did not bother to check ingredients. Obviously for someone with a swet tooth.

August 20

Instead of toast

walked to mailbox with cane and decided to reward myself with sunbutter & red raspberry grilled sandwich. The usual ingredients just not toast sunbutter & jelly.

eaten with a fork of course.

Time consuming but oh so worth it.

while 100% whole whear Pepperidge Farm thin slice is still frozen spread a thin layer of Smart Balance on the inside of the "sandwich." both slices of the bread.

then on both sides spread Sunbutter