The Maverick operating system is now in place. Not sure if I really like it better or not. The Mac mail program looks totally different. However, I really like this speech-to-text reader. I’m using it right now. It’s not perfect but I think it does a pretty good job. It won’t be good for writing stories though.

I got both good news and bad news from Tammy. Her lungs have not gotten any worse. But due to a car accident she was in back in 1989, she needs to have a knee replacement done next month. Mark also has his own issues to deal with. It seems to be one thing after another for her. I wonder when life is going to give her a break!

Today I’m busy but I won’t be working out. I need to give my shin muscles a day of recovery. When I was using the treadmill I kept it level and did not use it on incline. My legs are not used to walking outdoors where the ground is not always perfectly flat. The terrain isn’t as hilly as Oregon but it’s not as flat as Arizona either. I don’t have to meet my ducks tomorrow. That is not what I meant to say. I was trying to say that I will take Tom to meet my ducks tomorrow.

When I went to the lake yesterday I wondered where all the ducks were. There were only a few of them in the usual spot. I gazed across the lake and then I spotted the white ducks. I walked over to them and gave them a piece of bread. They’re definitely not as aggressive as pigeons can be. They didn’t follow me when I turned to leave. One of the white ones started to swim across the lake but that was about it.
They are back from vacation next door. Tom saw their SUV when he was out hosing down the rats’ cage.

I used one of the no-soggy cereal bowls that I won. It really is a clever idea.

I have text-typed almost all of this entry. I only had to make a few corrections.

Later…

Had to go back on my snot spray. Stupidly thought that somehow my nose would remember not to start sneezing again if I went without it. But life without allergies is just a dream.

Molly tried to access my blog sometime yesterday. But she was only able to see it for a few seconds before she was redirected. Ha ha ha. Really starting to wonder if some of the questions that I would get on Ask were in fact from her and not from Kim. I guess I’ll never know for sure. Most of the time I don’t allow for anonymous questions.

Tom went to bed a while ago because he got up early. I’m not sure what I’m going to do now but I’ll probably just relax and watch some videos. Maybe I’ll even watch a movie or do some reading.

I’m up to 1996 as far as copying old journals over to Blogger goes. I also finished my glow-in-the-dark puzzle. So now I could put the new tablecloth on our round table. It’s not the greatest-looking thing but it looks a lot better than it did before with nothing at all on it.

Still looking forward to NaNoWriMo month. Part of me wishes it was time to get started now that it’s quiet. Earlier I heard kids screaming inside the house for the first time since we’ve been here. Hope this doesn’t become a regular thing. I didn’t come here to listen to screaming kids. I guess that’s just what we get for being on the edge of the park.