Glad you called in that car and thankful there was no dead body. We have so much vehicle theft around here and most of it is for joyriding, trashing the car then hiding it in out of the way places--good thing it wasn't that either.

No huge statewide races and the local ones mostly all went toward judges, candidates who support higher taxes and the higher tax issues themselves. It feels like the wealthy here who have plenty of ways of dodging taxes are more than happy to have us regular folks footing their share of the bills. It's like they're trying to drive the lower middle class out of the city.

Last night's 'Adventures in Babysitting: Grandma Edition' was a wild ride. They were amped-up when I got there and held that right up until bedtime. The littlest one has gotten into the 'no' phase and would have made a great 60's Sit-In protester. Having to grab her from hiding positions for diaper changes or getting ready for bed caused me to aggravate my bicep repair and give me a lower back ache this morning. Still it was so much fun being with them to enjoy all that youthful energy. I got in plenty of sneaky hugs and kisses on their heads. It did my heart so much good!

Full moon fun: I dropped my Vitamix container and the blade assembly sheared right out of it. Got on line and used Uncle Amazon to get a replacement, the real thing. Got that dude when I was a postop sometime between '06 and '09 (?) and this will be my third container. Making protein shakes with loads of ice has put a lot of miles on the old girl and I want to keep her running fine. Shakes will supposedly resume on Friday.

More full moon fun: Someone in the house decided it would be a good idea to rename our home network. What a nightmare...everything that gets internet support went offline and we hope by now we've got all the connected devices going again. ::crossing fingers::

B: The fake herbal coffee and half a serving of Click espresso protein.

L: Adding in the other half of the protein.

D: Another 3 oz of the nice chicken breast. Might add some G. Hughes sf bbq sauce if it reheats to dry.

S: A Premiere Protein shake. I'd add in half a banana or a small apple but that shoots my carbs way beyond Dr.'s orders.

Cold, rainy and windy today. Good day to sew!

Hope your day is fine.

I watch too many crime shows, good for you for not touching the car. Hopefully no dead bodies, but you never know.

QOTD- Both of the ballot measures passed, so my property taxes will being going up. Not what I hoped for but I'm good with the libraries not so much with the cops. I get most of my books from the library but not this county, I use the one in Portland it has a better selection of e-books.

Dark and cloudy ou****ching the clouds roll by. It's not currently raining but it did all night. Not really cold it is 50 right now, but no frost because of the clouds.

I got rid of all of my sweatshirts when I moved to Maui, so I bought 3 to keep me warm. It's hard to see through my cat, he's decided he needs to be in the way.

Have a great day everyone!

We've got mail in ballots here too, I miss the days of going to the polling place to vote in person. Anymore the only taxes I vote for are the fire departments and the police. With a son-in-law as a fireman I have to, they need all the support and life saving equipment they can get.

It's awesome you 'know a guy' to get a new furnace so promptly. The rabbits sound snug as a bug.

QOTD: We bought this house because it came with natural gas furnace and water heater and have just replaced the units as they aged out and we got more energy-efficient units. Later we added a/c since we already have the ducts and lastly put in a gas fireplace. I tried and tried but could not get hubby to agree to a log burner for the basement so we could have free conductive heat.

Babysitting the grands tonight so I only have enough time for one project and it has to be re-canning plum juice for Hubby. Hoping that if I do two cases today it will last him till the end of December. This has saved us so much money over buying the little shelf stable packs of orange juice for when his sugars are low. And surprisingly even though I add sugar to the concentrate it doesn't just spike his readings either. He gets a nice steady rise and then it holds for an hour or so. Plenty of time for me to goad him to eat a real meal.

Have my outfit ready for tonight: a sleeveless shell topped with a sweater topped with a denim shirt and wool socks. I need to figure out how to sew a little nose sweater, since the surgery it is always cold. DD's house is normally cold but now it feels like a refrigerator to me, haha.

Taxes are going up like crazy everywhere it seems. Irvin and I are going to vote when I get home.