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Autumn coming at us.

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Clouds from a few days ago. 8:+ HOURS OF SLEEP. Who cares about sleeping through one Meeting for Worship. THANK HEAVEN I could go back to bed. Several good conversations but a lot of chores still undone. Self care involved making enough oatmeal for a whole week of servings AND backing some tofu with wasabi, soy, sesame seeds. So I count my blessings.  

Cooking with chocolate in a white apron

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A Maine Candy You’ve Never Heard Of — But Won’t Forget! 4:48 hours of sleep. Even with going back to bed. Note to self: do more with the Cleveland Clinic site about my calcium / parathyroid issues.

Purple glove day

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Purple glove to coordinate fabulously with purple dress AND purple argyle socks 6 ish hours of sleep thanks to GOING BACK TO BED This is based on clock and who knows why the CPAP machine says only 4:50 except maybe because I opened it before going back to bed to add more water. Today I had caramel iced latte with dinner and will ride my exercise bike unreasonably late. BUT the weird leg cramps work themselves out with a mix of sleep and careful exercise.  

Everyone needs a laugh

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Not Everyone Needs a Husband: Susan Rice I did not sleep in bed AT ALL. I probably grabbed two hours total here and there for the night. Tonight I MUST tear myself away from the flickering screen...

When the cat grooms get literary

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This Chubby Calico Cat Sings the Most HILARIOUS Song of Her People 😂 6:18 hours of sleep. Great idea to shower BEFORE going to bed. Lucky to both be able to go back to bed AND to do most of morning stretches. Now exhausted and vex by what was keeping me awake. and tomorrow is another day.

Cooking entertainment--and tasty sounding end product even when the recipe is more dessert than I need.

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Butterscotch Pie - a classic, old fashioned pie - PLUS, How to Blind Bak... 5:42 hours of sleep. I slept in so did the day unshowered AND MUST shower before in-person event tomorrow. Thumb arthritis rocks, but at least I reclaimed some time from a cancelled meeting and zoomed out for some bananas. Now I will also remember about all the food I already have. Happy Tuesday and speaking of topics I half wanted to dredge up to talk to counselor about. More than one person encourages me to HAVE MORE FUN.

Ship on Fire in Baltimore Harbor--AGAIN

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What the Ship (Ep 128) | Baltimore Explosion | Navy Ship Fire | Updates ... 5 ish hours of sleep ORdinarily I would not post a disaster flick here, so ENJOY!

YUM. A carrot cake involving buttermilk

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Blue Ribbon Carrot Cake-A Holiday Tradition in our Family;We Believe You... 5 ish hours of sleep. As in went to bed at a reasonable hour, woke up after about 4.5 hours, got up, peed, ate a banana, drank water. Went back to bed but did not fall back asleep. But I did bag the idea of going out to McD's for breakfast, boil my week of hard boiled eggs, show, worship...

Yes, Pleas,e Youtube, more music even when one is too tired to go look for it.

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French Horn Tribute to John Williams ||  2008 ORIGINAL VERSION 5:24 hours of sleep. Going to bed earlier helps.

Fun with apple peeling and the dessert that results

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The Ozark Recipe You Never Knew Existed But Have to Try! 5:45 hours of sleep. Amazing how much more sane and less mental frenzy with more sleep.  Even cool enough to want a couple layers to sleep under but now there's a heat wave for a few days. Weather advisory: temps in high 80's. is a heat wave here.

Gorgeous cat. LONG breed history

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This Unusual Cat Breed is both Beautiful and Vocal 😻 4:42 hours of sleep. I should have gone back to bed for one more sleep cycle.

Mexican coleslaw. Cool concept.

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Mexican Coleslaw- Sunday Subscriber Series #75 - So Much Wonderful Flavo... 4:54 hours of sleep. Interesting to wake up cold. I LOVE my fan and I don't mind if it's kind of getting toward purple hoodie bathrobe.

Not how I would make banana salad but amusing presentation

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Banana Salad 5:40 hours of sleep. Going back to bed meant I missed part of a quarterly meeting that I forgot about. MUST review the Powerpoints. Went to bed thinking about what parts of a court case in Olympia clang on my nerves. Such a weird mix of thoughts. But SLEEPING helps.

Protesting out of town: lovely narrative

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I attended a protest in rural Oregon today. Here's my takeaways.  4:42 hours of sleep. I need to hit a happy medium between that and yesterday.

South Park Where are you?

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The videos here are not exactly soothing sleep-inducing items, EXCEPT for the possibility of all the puns and sandwich memes flavoring South Park for months. Judge Sides With Sandwich Slinger as Bondi Gets BLASTED Attorney General Claims ‘Sandwich Thrower' Is Part Of A Deep State Plot I SO want to see: 1. What South Park would do with Judge Jeanine 2. Meme the heck out of sandwiches in the direction of every federal agent they present. 9.02 hours of sleep. Yes, I REALLY needed it, just like I needed a whole day of turning ingredients into food.

Another version of transparent pie

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Historic Transparent Pie - Recipe from Maysville,KY- using simple, basic... 4:25 hours of sleep AND time for a shower but no hair washing before breakfast and Zoom. CORRECTION. EGAD 3:45 hours of sleep. No wonder I was a zombie I think I am going to add one destination and subtract another from the agenda...

The Mt. Rainier Earthquake storm has subsided BUT now there are new gas releases

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Mount Rainier's Recent Seismic Swarm Analyzed 5:28 hours of sleep. Not sure what is with a bunch of muscle weirdness but ....

Thank you YouTube

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Billy Joel - Leningrad (Official Video) 4:24 hours of sleep Tomorrow. I CAN SLEEP IN I need to figure out what the F with the leg cramps???

Easily seduced by egg and caramel

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A Kentucky Pie You’ve Never Heard Of — and Won’t Forget 4:24 hours of sleep. Not enough but it got me through the day. This recipe looks fun and easy.  Graham Cracker pie crusts are boring, but I am the kind of nutcase who makes pie dough partly with whole wheat flour. Cooler today than the last couple days and I do not mind in the least. I got trash taken out last night. Now about the recycling.

Chiles Rellenos can be pretty labor intensive

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My Chiles Rellenos Recipe | Cheesy Stuffed Poblanos + Mama Z Tips 3:42 hours of sleep in bed and another hour or so shivering half asleep in my chair. It's 2 pizza Tuesday and I splurged.  I have awesome new fingerless gloves to help manage thumb arthritis. That is great except when it's 91 degrees outside.

Red Alert for pre-eruptive indications at Mt. Rainier

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Geologists Issue Red Alert After What Just Happened At Mount Rainier! 6:18 hours of sleep in spite of the president and vulcanism.

An easy recipe

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Loaf Pan Frittata | Baked Italian Omelet | Food Wishes 7:54 HOURS OF SLEEP. BOY did I need it.

A sweet bobcat story

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Bobcat Refuses to Leave Injured Sibling. What Happened Next Left Everyon... 5:52 hours of sleep. GOT LAUNDRY DONE! Busy day.Walkign is good until leg decides to spasm Now I REALLY need more sleep.

The efficiency gap: new toys !?!?!

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first pass: attempt on my new computer, the one with NVDA and a working camera. I gave up and went back to... LIFTMOR Exercises Explained! (+ Adapted for All Levels) 4:22 hours of sleep.

WAY COOL YouTube channel

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Do We Need to Lift HEAVY for Bone Density? 4:22 hours of sleep. NO motivation to take out trash but at least I feted mail. Beautiful day.

Volcano ENTHUSIASM

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BREAKING: MASSIVE LAND SHIFT: "It turns out that we all moved southeast ... BREAKING: MASSIVE LAND SHIFT: "It turns out that we all moved southeast quite substantially" 4:32 hours of sleep. Not enough. SIGH Massive tectonic ships are FASCINATING even without Silki's wide-eyed terminolgy specific enthusiasm. Rock on volcanoes

Cat grooming a d writing process while housebreaking newcomputer

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     This Has Got to Be The Funniest Maine Coon Cat that Ever Lived 😂😻 5:32 hours of sleep. Here's hoping I did not clobber the cat vid. I MUST learn how to navigate win NVDA because tabbing around is getting repetitive. But I will save messing with my rants of the day list. And I will avoid meditation about productivity gap between new devices andones I am used to even those also misbehave eccentrically too. And for grins somehow the zoom link for the Tuesday writing group did not work a couple different ways. Thank you Windows security. So just too many ways to have fun                                       

Them's some serious volcanizing

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Largest volcanic eruption in past 300 years began in Russia – 8 volcanoe... 3:54 hours of sleep in bed and an hour of dozing only partly counts. More would have been good. Tearing myself out of my YouTube habit would also have been good. The text to speech engine needs some pronunciation lessons.

My building grapevine is better than YouTube--but not as full of scientific language

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Russia Volcano Update; M8.8 Earthquake Triggers Explosive Eruption of Kr... 4:32 hours of sleep. Neighbors told me the eruption happened before YouTube delivered the news.

See Comedian. See Comedian cook

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Trae Crowder - Fancy Fixins - Hillbilly Makes Millionaire Shortbread 5:34 hours of sleep. Amazin what a semi regular schedule can do. Oh and I HAD nylon zippers. Today I had to add 10 minutes of getting dressed time to work my way out of a misbehaving bra zipper. And this on top of "oh dear, what shall I wear to a havy day of blindness Zoom, first a memorial, then my tech meetup, then a board meeting. Answer: the T-shirt for a convention I did not go to in person.

Can one possibly carmelize onions without 4 CUPS of olive oil

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This recipe sounds yummy. I am definitely intrigued by carmelized onions but I want some other way to get it done Recipe: Onion Pasta | Andrew Zimmern 5:xx hours of sleep. errand for a package but NO CHECK YET. Weather was great. Blue angels, meh. SHORT CT scan of head and neck which suits me just fine