We want high speed internet, but we want roses, too!

I bought roses for Emme to celebrate her acceptance at Sturgis and some for me, too.

A day or two ago, I asked Ron not to call or email until he decides when and if he’s moving to Mashpee. The cock/tails, the I/me focus and his perpetual dodging about future plans were making me a little crazy; in fact, more than a little.

Today was my first real day of peace since we re-connected last September. And boy oh boy was I on all cylinders – finally.

I played with eBay TurboLister for a while, gave up on it, and downloaded and installed a trial version of Excel 2010 and an eBay plugin.

I fixed the MRS video problem, embedded a new video file on one of the Stove Center sites and proved once and for all that the file is too large to download.

I dropped a DVD off to Redbox; redeemed a fat coupon and bought some expandable folders on sale at Staples; had my flat tire fixed and remounted on the truck; paid the 3 biggest bills of the month; mailed off checks and correspondence; paid the mortgage at BofA; attended a seminar on Tufts Medicare plans; picked up meds at Stop & Shop; had an early light dinner at Pain d’Avignon; got the CT scan order squared away with my doctor’s office; dropped in to see Emma Brennan at Han Dun; and picked up a few things at the Dollar store.

It feels so good to have had a normal day. I could get used to being single again.

Berries: blue, straw, cran, rasp, black

Avocados, carrots, tomatoes, eggplant

Spinach, Kale, Romaine lettuce, brussels sprouts, broccoli

Wild salmon, sardines, herring

Seeds: sunflower, sesame, flax, pumpkin

Nuts: walnuts, hazelnuts, Brazil, filberts, almonds, cashews, peanuts

Oatmeal

Brown rice

Whole grain bread

Popcorn

Barley

Beans: black, lima, pinto kidney, garbanzo, Great Northern, navy, peas, lentils

Cantaloupe, mango, apricot, papaya, oranges, prunes, red grapes, cherries

Green tea

Dark chocolate

Water

Sage

Eggs

Curry spice

Don’t confuse me, James!

James, who has stayed over the last two nights, woke up this morning thinking it was Monday.  In fact, he was positive, so much so that when I told him it was Saturday, he couldn’t believe it: “How is that possible?”

He may have been thrown off by their strange school schedule, a four-day weekend starting with a teacher training day on Friday and ending with MLK day.

First overnight of 2011, James, Tyler and Shane stayed over on Saturday.  It’s been a while since the boys have been here, and they were much quieter this time.  Guess they are growing up!

Fluffles stayed with them all night, first on James’ bed, then Shane’s.

I set them up dormitory style, we have enough mattresses and bedding for 3 guests.

Brought Ron to the airport yesterday; traffic was light coming and going.

He called and emailed to let me know that he enjoyed the flight and arrived safely back in Berkeley.

I lined up a tree person, who felled the poor beech tree this morning.  I’m not happy about losing the tree, but it’s amazing how much larger the back yard looks now.

Took care of some banking and correspondence over the last couple of days, including our Christmas deposits to the kids’ 529 accounts.  Signed off on the contract for Capizzi to install new flooring in the bathroom.  Received Greg’s extremely generous wedding gift.

Stopped in to Pondscapes this afternoon and learned how to enter products to their eBay site.

It warmed up quite a bit today, creating a romantic foggy scene this morning.

A good New Year’s Day with the family, all of us.

Ron and I attended the New Year’s Day parade and blessing in Woods Hole, then a quick drive to Monomoscoy.

Peter, Bonnie and the grands came over for brunch: bagels, bacon, fish and crab cakes, ham, carrot/zucchini fritters, dessert.  The kids made their traditional New Year’s Shirley Temples.

In the evening, Ron and I watched the depressing “Pelle the Conqueror”.

I ended the day with an invocation against the Evil Eye.  It upset Ron because I returned him symbolically to Melody, who he has described as flawless in every respect and thus, I believe to be more deserving of him than I am with all of my many physical and mental faults and limitations.  I am very afraid of her, of Berkeley’s pull on my husband and of mal occio.  I want only the best for Ron and to protect him from the evil that’s dogged me since the day I was conceived.

Keyn aynhoreh!

We went to Chatham for First Night and got there too late to buy buttons, which was just as well: one of the venues that interested us was so crowded that there was still a long line to get in 15 minutes after the scheduled performance start time.

Instead, we had coffee and dessert at a church and sat in on a good Dixieland set in the Atrium.  Pretty much crashed as soon as we got home.

We stopped at the Mashpee Library and borrowed a book and a couple of films for the long weekend, including “Annie Hall”, which Ron had never seen.  He loved it and identified with Alvy, while I’ve always related to Annie’s clumsiness and self-consciousness.

We also stopped by Han Dun to meet Emma and CVS for one of Ron’s prescriptions and picked up some supplies at Staples.

We confirmed that Ron can use Service Credit Union in Falmouth as a remote branch of his credit union in Berkeley.

I made a heavy soup from the bones left from the spiral ham for supper.