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Gracie got me up at 7:30 AM. I guess that I should be grateful for the extra 30 minutes.

Lily is so pretty and delicate. I love looking at her. Appearances can be deceiving though; she’ll smack Oliver, who usually deserves it.

Gracie doesn’t want to come in. At least, I got Bella in.

Booked a hair appointment. Ordered another stock.

I'm feeling like staying home today, but I have stuff on Facebook Marketplace to buy. I'll see how I feel after my nap and shower. The clock is a long drive away, but the nail gun is local.

Got Gracie in with the aid of a munchie bone. Now she’s eating Bella’s food. That’s okay; it’s the same food.

Napped. Oliver Snugglebug is snuggling. Had lunch. I think that I want another nap.

Gracie likes to nuzzle my ear for reasons known only to her.

Napped. I’m in the kitchen trying to wake up. Then a shower. I’ve decided that I’m going to stay in and work on the bathroom.

Showered. I’m wearing a pants and sweatshirt set that I bought a while ago. It’s like sweats but a thinner and nicer fabric.

Lily is parading around in my face, purring. (The cat food dishes are soaking.) My pets keep me grounded in the now.

Reading news on Iran. Sigh. On a happier note, the BBC had an article about Madeira, to which I’d like to go.

Hmm. Snow tonight.

You know that you’re getting old when you don’t recognize half the actors’ names in the Actors Awards.

Did a little work on the bathroom. Found a gazillon socks. But I want to get to bed early.

I forgot to mention that Zara's getting used to Oliver because he jumps into her room so often. She'll give him a warning hiss, but he's not very interested in her, so she does her own thing while he's there. She even fell asleep while I was having my singing lesson and he was in there! Maybe eventually I'll be able to just put up a gate in the doorway to keep the dogs out.

Bella really really wanted Oliver’s dry food. I told her to eat her own food. But Oliver was eating something that she wasn’t!

Woke up around 8:15 AM.

I solved someone's problem at work, so that made me feel good.

Hmm. I want to nap at lunchtime, but I have piano tonight. Maybe I could just throw some clothes on in the afternoon and slap on some makeup.

The dogs came in on the first try. Yay.

Napped hard and overslept.

I checked when the World Figure Skating Championship is, and it's right after the Olympics. I should put a note on my calendar to find out when it will be broadcast each year.

I'm trying to figure out what prairie plants to add to the garden. I marked almost every page of my catalog, but I can't afford to buy it all. Maybe I'll get coneflower seeds and grow a patch near the fence in front. They also have "eco grass" that you can grow in spring and is drought resistant. But the jerky garage guy needs to get the gravel out of the back yard! I also want raised garden beds, but I can't afford to add them all this year either. Maybe I'll get one with legs and one low to the ground for root crops. I can grow herbs in pots this year.

I asked my dad about investing in foreign markets.

When did we start a war with Iran?!?

I’m looking at a raised bed with a “critter guard”. That’s what I need because there’s a groundhog and rabbit that used to live in the yard, although I haven’t seen them lately. (Probably afraid of the dogs.) Plus I want to keep the dogs out of the vegetable garden. I think that I want two of them. I need the garage guy to get the gravel out quickly because I want to set up the raised beds and grow lettuce and spinach, which are early crops. And peas. Hmm, I need a bed with legs for tomatoes though, but that can wait a while.

Piano class went okay. I had the urge to start private lessons, but I can't afford it right now.

Somehow it got late, and I want to get up early to jump-start the car and get the battery installed.