If you go back to February 2nd’s post you’ll see the beautiful view of the moonlight on the frozen snow in our front yard, the photo below is what is still here after an entire month!! I took the 2/2 photo from the big arched window next to the front door. Today was my peaceful day, the pets joined me in bed for reading. I charged the little chainsaw I borrowed from Shirley so I could saw up a big tree branch that fell sometime in January. Uli moved onto the deck. The weather was warm. I sawed the branch and carried the lumber LOL to the firepit that I use to store branches to use in the nice firepit. I raked up leaves and sticks off the grass. Took a hot shower, went to the deck to talk to Mike and admire how handsome Uli is (I admired how handsome Mike was, too) I’d read this morning that lying on one’s belly is good for our spine – so I did that on the deck and it felt so good. Then Amelia and Evan showed up with our house guest for the week… STELLA! Our granddog! She is such a good girl, they are going to Florida with Evan’s parents for vacation. My ring says 1 hour 45 mins stressed and 1 hour 15 min restored – Sunday’s really are my peaceful day, most days are 5-8 hours in Stressed haha. Thankfully it isn’t mental stress it’s just your body doing what it does. I am not a ‘rester’ haha I go go go and then I relax. I like to go! Bye for now!
Thursday, Friday, Saturday – the last moments of February and the first month of Di(A Day) for You!
2/26: I didn’t take any photos on the 26th. I went to work and had a great day at element. After work I did a quick contrast cycle of 15 minutes in the sauna, 2 minutes in the 60 degree tub and 10 minutes of rest. Then to Wren & Sparrow (the bird store) – after getting this video notification off of my Bird Buddy, I knew something had to be done! Back when we lived in Stafford I tried getting the spicy bird seed for my birdfeeder to dissuade the squirrels from eating all the food and destroying my bird feeder – and it didn’t work. I read on the Bird Buddy reddit that using spicy bird seed was the way to go so I decided I’d give it another try. The bird store sells Lizzie Mae bird food and I like the Songbird Mix. I asked Amy if Lizzie made a spicy one so I could try to keep the squirrels out of the feeder. YAY Lizzie does so I bought a smaller bag of that, and my big big bag of Songbird Mix. I really do like to watch the videos of the squirrels, they’re funny but I can also see them starting to chew on the house and they can destroy this thing in no time if they get frustrated wanting more food. So hoping the spicy mix keeps them out of the house. Then… after a year of not getting one, I went to DermEnvie and got a hydrating facial w/dermaplane! Oh my gosh how I have missed this, I say it every time I get one “I’m going to make this a priority” lets see if I do. Home just in time for our weekly celebration – Jersey Mike’s Night! Those sub makers are the best, they are a quiet bunch of young people that we see each week and it’s really sweet when they see us and say “Gregory!” haha if Jordan had Jersey Mike’s they’d say “Mr. George!” Today is my brother in law Chris’ 57th birthday, it is really hard to think of him that old – he will always be young to me. FUCK Cancer. I miss him and I love his kids across the universe and back, they are amazing humans and he would have continued to be, the best, most interested and loving dad – just like Mike and just like Greg and just like Big Daddy.
2/27: Shirley had an appointment in Springfield so it was Daddy/Daughter day out in King George. My dad was in a good mood and so was Shirley – she was probably happy she was getting out of the house for so long solo haha. She made potato soup (Kartoffelsuppe, wie mein Vater sagte) for lunch and I brought some delicious mandarin oranges that I’d gotten at Lidl! (a German supermarket) anyway, before lunch I offered my dad the orange and he said ‘sure’ – we are doing really well keeping him hydrated (I can tell by the ‘color’ lol) and he loves fruit. He ate it so fast, I took a video of him and he was almost done by the time I got my phone. When I said “you must really like it”, he said “I love it” so cute… had lunch, took his midday medicine and then I said “okay time for our walk” and I helped him get his shoes and jacket on and out we went. Not very far but far enough to stretch his legs, get him some sun (he had his hat on) and breathe that fresh country air. I noticed he was really walking well, fast-ish for him, it felt like his coordination was really good. I remembered to tell Shirley that when she got home. All day, the only notifications I got from Bird Buddy were of BIRDS!!! I put the spicy food in Bird Buddy and the regular food in the Yankee Flipper (no squirrels, if they try to touch the perch it spins around and spins them off) and the other birdfeeder (that the squirrels can eat from). Lizzie Mae’s spicy bird food is the winner of the week! I hope this is the trend!
Beautiful day on the Potomac
2/28: My usual Saturday at Dragonfly with my little coworkers (the plants), the teachers and the students! After work I went to Dan and Heather’s great aunt Betsey’s to help organize, research and price some things for a yard sale. It was great to help Bobbi, she and Heather have done a great job. I love a task. Came home in time for dinner yummy meatless burgers and fries! My life is perfect right now. Goodbye February, you came in like a lion and went out like a lamb. I think you are drunk, Feb.
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