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TERRY

Here we are in another day and I am sure it will be interesting!  A different gal is coming for our "in home care".  We have no idea what happened to Sandra but I do hope she is OK.  This revolving door thing with care givers is getting a bit old!  Terry has two appointments this afternoon and I promise I will not forget.  They are at the same location so it should work out.  There is no news about Terry as she is about the same.

I am scheduled to play tennis at 8:00 and the new gal is coming at 8:00 so I may be a tad late to tennis.  I hope things work out OK.

I woke up at 2:30 this morning and was awake still at 4:30 so I got out of bed.  This may be a long day!  Then about 5:30 it dawned on me that second half property taxes are due in St. Paul today!  I was sure I had scheduled them to be paid out of the checking account BUT in looking at checking on line NO.  So then I combed through papers to find the tabs for taxes and one could guess no luck!  Well of course one can go on line and get all that info so I did that.  I then thought for a $1. fee I will just pay on line.  At the very end of the page they asked for the code.  WHAT CODE??  I could not figure it out so a check is in the mail.  I am pretty sure that as long as the check is postmarked by the 15th I am OK.  The blog title today gives one a good idea of how much property taxes are in St. Paul!! I figure that I am getting old and forgetful OR I have too much on my plate.  I'll take the "plate" thing and refuse to acknowledge that I am old.  AND really in this day and age 73 is not all that old.  Way way back when Grandpa Lee and Grandma Lee died in their mid-70s I thought they really lived to an old age but that was then.

I am thankful for my FP on mornings like this as I think it gives me what I need to keep going.  At least I tell myself that.  

I am guessing Terry and I will again watch some TV as I think this is the last day of Amy Barret's confirmation hearings.  I would say so far she has hit a home run each day and I am sure it will be the same today.   I do not know when the senate vote will come but many of the senators are talking to her and others as if it is a done deal soon.  Of course it used to be that a judge would be confirmed 90-10 or some vote like that but now days the credentials of a person do not come into play.  The only thing they look at it seems is "does this person think like I want them to think"?  AND in this case it also comes down to many think the person who is elected for the next president should do the pick so when the senate votes it will most likely be along party lines.  I think the Republicans have a 53-47 margin and I have not heard but at one time 2 Republicans said they would not vote for the candidate so it may come down to a 51-49 vote.  IF it would be 50/50 the vice president breaks the tie.  I am not sure where politics is headed these days but it is kind of scary.  I would say again that during the times I have watched the last couple of days Amy has been more than impressive.

It is Mom's birthday today and she was born 109 years ago.  Every time I think of Mom I give thanks that she was such a great mom.

Oh my I have messes in the den, the dining room and in the kitchen.  I am almost coming to the conclusion that I am a mess!  I must admit that with all I have going on in my life it seems that there are about a dozen plates spinning all at once and most people know that men are not good at multitasking!  It sure is good and important that I have FP to back me up!  Here it is almost 7:00 and I have been up for close to 4 1/2 hours.  I wonder what that will do for my tennis game.  Most likely not much!!!