Nothing New--Just Flies and Greek Festival

 This day was boring, boring, boring, and okay with me. I needed to go to Lowe's and Tractor Supply. Because I felt awful, I decided not to go. 

Since Spring I have only seen one fly in this house. Now, when one dies or whatever happens to it, another fly comes in. I sit with the electric flyswatter, and the fly stays out of the room. When I put it down, the fly comes and buzzes me, food if I have it, and various pieces of paper or whatever. These flies are crafty and perverse! 

I had a cannister of granular fly bait that worked in the big, old house. I would just put some in a lid on a windowsill and it collected flies, not many, but all that came in, I suppose. I need more from Tractor Supply. Maybe tomorrow. I never see flies on the door or outside. They are never in the outdoor garbage can, so I have no idea how this is happening. 

Saturday, we are going to the Greek Festival. I am so excited. Tommy and I both are looking forward to the food. Lamb is the only thing I can think of that I don't like in Greek offerings. 

Dinner was still delicious since this is the third night. There are enough vegetables for one more meal tomorrow. The best part was that I did not have to cook! 

I have been searching Amazon and elsewhere for a chair desk to hold the new Ken Follet book since it is massive and heavy. I found one that has a slanted portion that will hold the book at a better angle to read. Maybe that one. It sits on the arm of a chair and can be used for a bed tray, for whatever one needs a surface while in a chair or in bed. 

Do you ever have a fly or flies in your home? If you cannot swat it, how do you get rid of it?

EDIT: I only have one fly at a time and have only had three at separate times this last two months, not a fly invasion.

Do you ever use a chair desk or another means of elevating your work? 

Who likes Greek Food?

It has been so long

 I have forgotten the exact order of things. However, we got up on Monday to go the Cullman to Office Max or Depot and the guy I needed to talk with was out of the store for the day. So, we planned to go on Tuesday, and I did not want to go. We went Wednesday and picked up our lunch from a church--grilled chicken with dish of bbq sauce, corn, green beans, little slice of butter bread, and two cookies. We also had the identical thing for dinner.

The guy came out to the car and took the burned laptop inside. He came back with info insurance and numbers for me to call. Then, I gave him laptop we bought two days or so after this one and decided to not even open. That went well. So, Tommy has over $1k back in his account. And, I should be getting a check for this one, actually that will go into his account, too. 

The sale on chairs interested me, but I would have to go inside. No luck with getting a new surge protector. I forgot what else I tried to buy. 

I found Miracle Whip bogo which made it $5.40 or something like that. Used the bathroom, went to PO, and came home.

The laptop had to sleep outdoors the first night. It camped out in the bathtub on a metal baking pan in a tiled showed stall for two nights. I was really afraid it would blaze to life again.

 

Unfortunately, this laptop cannot recharge, so it must stay plugged in at all time in order to use it. Plus, none of my passwords are evident. AND, it has a whine and scream and rat-tat-ing noise all the time. So, I cannot use it when Tommy is asleep. 

I got into my Yahoo account and into my blog, so all is better. 

A fly has been cruising the house, buzzing around me and any food we are trying to eat or cook. He even buzzed my hair. I could feel his wings making a breeze or something.  I resorted to running to Lowe's and getting fly strips. I hate those nasty-looking things. But, I hate the fly more. I even had Tommy stay with me in the kitchen while I was removing the pork loin and vegetables from the cooking bag. It has gotten dark and cool now, so he is sleeping, I suppose. 

My big chores for the day were replacing my electric candles' batteries and going through a tote bag of mail. The batteries in the Red Kiss were replaced and all eight batteries were put in the battery recycling Planter's Peanuts jar. Between Tommy and I, we removed pertinent information from my mail to shred and put rest in two places--paper to recycle or newsprint items to go the Animal Shelter.  

For some reason Belk's sent me a check for $8.98. And, Belk's sent me a coupon for $10 to use instore. 

Finally, I quit coughing. The guaifenesin made it a productive cough. So, it is gone. I only cough when I swallow something the wrong way. I am so relieved to be rid of the cough. 

Finally, I felt like going into Publix and shopping. When Tommy goes in, he comes out with all sorts fo chips and cookies. I have not been in a store for about a month. 

While I was in Lowe's shopping for fly strips, I noticed Christmas is going up. On the way to find the strips, I was horrified by an apparent boneyard. Someone was hanging skeletons and left them on a platform. They looked like a heap of bones, a boneyard.  It was spooky. I want a large skeleton and a stack of three pumpkins, but I will just dream about them. 

Oh, speaking of dreaming, I have been dreaming since I started taking melatonin. I was having an in-depth discussion with someone about the ceiling fans that can be screwed into a light socket in the ceiling. Tommy and I, another night, were having an equally scintillating conversation about something, forgot what. 

The humidity is incredibly low, so days, and especially evenings with low temperatures have been pleasantly not torrid or muggy. I don't rush to start the car as soon as I get into it. 

What fine chores have you accomplished? 

Has the humidity and heat become more tolerable where you live?