I was out taking the clothes down I’d hung to dry when I suddenly heard something crashing through the trees. I thought more trees were falling at first, but then I saw that someone was driving either in or out of Jesse’s place just as a deer darted through the trees and ran across the hillside toward the back of the land. They run so gracefully. They sort of leap through the air.

I couldn’t smell any traces of smoke, so I guess they’ve gotten the fires under control. Hope it stays that way!

Yesterday I transferred a pot onto the side of the dresser and bougies on the headboard and washer. Today I was going to add bougie branches to the urn, plus transfer the other urn and remaining bougie branches onto the back closet wall. Well, I added the bougies to the urn on the dresser, then decided to deck out the front of it as well instead of their closet wall. I took the handles off the drawers and gouged on the other urn and the rest of the bougies. Tomorrow I’ll have Tom pick up a matte acrylic finish to spray on to keep them from getting nicks and scrapes like I used to do with the wall art I’d do in the houses we owned.

Although Tom doesn’t think so, I think this diet isn’t going to have any more effect on me other than to keep me from gaining at this point. I was only down 1/6 of a pound. Still 142, though. I’ll keep doing it for the sake of saving money and to keep from gaining anything back, but like I said, I think this is it. I’m just not going down anymore.

Caught the mouse in the kill trap. They’re the only ones that don’t misfire. It also saves us the hassle of trying to take it far enough away from the house.