Water, Water, Everywhere

I got into bed and turned off the light. Suddenly I heard a CRASH! I got up and went into the kitchen and some of my spices were down on the floor. I looked at the top of the refrigerator, and there's Zara. Sigh. I retrieved the spices and went back to bed. This morning, she was on top of the cabinets. My mountain climber.

No water yet.

Took a nap. Apparently the plumber came by when I was asleep, and I didn't hear the door. Oops. Finally got in touch with the plumber. He came by and fixed it. He told me to leave the water on tonight so that it won't freeze. Apparently the wind knocked down some of the skirting around the mobile home and that's why it froze.

Zara is in a box with the flaps down. I'm playing with her, going "Where did Zara go? I don't see Zara." Etc. And then she pops her head up. Goof :)

I'm trying to convince myself to take a shower. I want to take one in case the water is out tomorrow morning. But I have a bad case of the lazies.

I'm booting up my computer because there are entries that I can't read on the LJ app. I tried using the browser on the phone, and it said that there were no entries on my friend's feed. Bushwa.

Apparently I ran out of hot water leaving the faucets on. I now turned them on cold. So I'm waiting to take a shower until the hot water heater heats up more water. I wound up taking an ice-cold shower. I know that some people do that to build character, but I'd rather have less character. Anyway, it's done. I'm going to lie under my blankets and thaw.

I set up my Google Nest Hub and love it. I can bring up recipes on it, view cooking videos, plus everything that my Google Home Mini would do. (Timers! I love hands-free timers!)

I tried on my new hiking boots, and they'll do. Need to remember to lace them up tight.

Looked at Meetups in the general area. There's s Springfield hiking group that's planning a hiking trip to Italy in 2021. And they're starting at Lake Garda. Some of the hikes are along cliffs though, which makes me nervous. There's a trip along the Amalfi coast that is my dream trip.

Zara is now hiding behind my laptop. Goof :)

I'm printing the manual for the bread machine that I got at Goodwill, and it has a recipe for raisin bread that sounds great. Need to get some raisins and yeast tomorrow.

Cleaned part of the kitchen and bathroom. I'm going to get up early to get more cleaning done, plus I have my dentist's appointment at 11:30.

Errand Day

Pried myself out of bed early. The water did not freeze.

I'm getting an error looking at the LJ app.

Zara clearly wanted me to feed her on my desk, but I told her that she had to jump down onto the floor. I can see why that she wanted to eat on the desk; Mimi promptly came in there. I chased Mimi away. Le sigh.

I've decided not to take a shower this morning because I took one last night, so I can lie down for a little while.

For some reason, I was thinking that my appointment at the dentist was for 11:45 rather than 11:30. I wound up having to jam when I threw myself together. I barely made it, but now I have my permanent crown in.

I had initially planned to run errands, but I'm not thrilled with leaving the faucets on while I'm gone.

Looked at trips on TravelZoo. They have one in Apulia, where Lecce is. I need to save up money.

I stumped the Google Nest Hub by asking when it would become above freezing. (Answer: Wednesday.) We're going to have more "wintry mix" later in the week. I'd rather have snow.

Ran errands. I now have the ingredients to make raisin bread, plus oatmeal and some other odds and ends. I also got sidewalk salt because the plumber left the outdoor faucet on, and it spewed water all over the place, and it's now a very slick coat of ice. I slipped on it when I left, and apparently my balance was good enough to keep me vertical. But I'm envisioning someone going flying.

Now I'm sitting still for a moment. I want to eat the French bread pizza that I bought, but I also need to make tuna casserole. I think that I'll assemble the casserole and put it in the fridge to bake tomorrow.

I asked Google how cold that it needed to be for pipes to freeze, and it said 20F. It's going to dip lower than that, so I have the water back on.

Mimi is on my lap. Zara came running out to jump on my lap and slammed on the brakes when she saw Mimi. She then went back in the office.

I was going to lie down for a while, but it's late, so I'm just going to go to bed. I'll read a little of my Italy book. It raves about Rome, so now I'm thinking that I would like to check out Rome after all.