Sat in the swing today. Felt good to feel the sun on my face. Penelope took a sun bath. Stretched her leash as far as she could then sat down to survey her domain. I saw lots of bird friends on the feeders — downy woodpecker, nuthatch, red headed woodpecker, chickadee, couple purple finches and my cardinal pairs. Still haven’t seen Santa Claus’ hat. Probably became a dog toy.

Pondering on how I’ve misplaced or lost stuff lately. Guess the Christmas season has impaired my cognitive ability! I eat a bagel every morning for breakfast. Only had one left and was not about to fight the Christmas crush at the store to buy another bag. Decided to save it for Christmas Eve breakfast. Choked down a frozen waffle two mornings and was excited it was bagel breakfast day. I preheat the oven, get the bagel out of the the bag, throw the empty bag away, then I can’t find the bagel. I looked everywhere. Tried to blame it on Penelope but she was hunkered down under a blanket in her bed. Finally gave up and just didn’t eat any breakfast.

Stew comes down later and I tell him I lost my bagel. Was surprised when he said, “Look in the freezer.” Was expecting a Shady Oaks lecture. Y’all the bagel WAS in the freezer, just sitting by its lonesome on a shelf. The bagels stay in the fridge, do not know how it got there! Should I worry and check myself in to Shady Oaks?

Stew got a new tv for Christmas. We looked for a Phillips screwdriver for an hour to screw the legs on. Could not find it anywhere. Wasn’t in my tool bucket. We both remembered seeing the screwdriver somewhere the day before. We got desperate and tired of combing the house for the screwdriver so I got the duct tape. If you know me you know I can do miracles with duct tape! Keep three rolls in my tool bucket at all times. My handyman said he was surprised a lady of the manor was so crafty with duct tape.

Realized duct tape was not the solution for the tv legs, so I called a friend up the street to borrow a Phillips head screwdriver. Mission accomplished. Stew hiked up there in the 9 PM cold to borrow it. She called me and said she was looking for it! Guess she’s got the forget-fullness, too. She found 2 so the tv got its legs put on. Penelope and I left the screwdrivers in her mailbox on our morning walk.

Sat down in my bedroom chair yesterday. My phone slid off the arm down in the cushion. Reached down to pick up the phone and the screw driver was in the chair! Can’t figure that one out either.

Around dusk, I went to the kitchen to get a bottle of water, looked out the deck doors, and Grandpaw raccoon was eating from the sunflower bird feeder. He was standing straight up. He’s huge. Honestly, Penelope weighs 16 pounds, and he was twice maybe three times the size of Penelope. Internet says they can grow to 47 pounds. Well, Grandpaw is pushing 50. Didn’t know raccoons grew that big. Don’t have to worry about him coming down the chimney cause he’s too fat to fit in there. Guess I’ll quit feeding birds on the deck for a while so Grandpaw won’t have a food source and maybe he’ll go away.

Going to LaGrange tomorrow with my niece and sister-in-law. Last time we went off together her mother turned over a huge display of coloring books. I mean they covered the aisle. Niece grabs my shirt and says, “Keep walking, We don’t know her.” We make it almost to the door and we hear her yell, “I’m okay. Just knocked over the coloring books.” We didn’t even slow down, out the door we went. Pray for me. They want me to get a pedicure tomorrow. Told them I’d rather have a root canal!

Bye, bye!