Closure
I had decided to take a break after Christmas of the usual commotion here on Stauffer Avenue. That included turning off the sewing machine and doing only whatever housework that was needed to keep the Human Services from doing a welfare check. Laundry could not be included in that as being able to enter the bathroom without tripping over the overflowing laundry basket could be dangerous. Can’t you see the news headline . . . “Senior citizen sustains skull fracture falling on the ceramic toilet via the overflowing laundry basket.”
The ability to take such a long break took shape by putting a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle on the dining room table. My break of activities saw closure this noon when I completed the jigsaw puzzle. That was good news as I was beginning to see double seeking and searching for compatible pieces. The bad news was that one piece was missing. Dennis and I were the only two people in the house during the process. We looked high and low. The puzzle will stay on the table a bit longer. The missing piece may show up in someone’s underwear drawer as there had been a lot of laundry done in the general vicinity.
The next best thing in searching for that dang green puzzle piece was to totally clean the living room floor in case it had taken flight. I soon saw evidence that I had not been doing much in the way of cleaning. No . . . the puzzle piece continues to be lost. What did happen was going through two Swiffer pads. We had a Labor-doodle visiting on Christmas Day. Hello . . . it is a myth that they do not shed. I was surprised to say the least and felt bad that my floor was that bad. The hair wasn’t found on the main path that we make through our living room, it had scooted, flown and settled to the perimeter. The little yellow Lab puppy that also was in our home that day, did not leave any evidence. Kevin’s had given the puppy a Christmas morning bath.
Anyway . . . I am back after my lazy days of the holidays. There is a price to pay for sloughing off. The cleaning continued and I treated myself to spending some time in the sewing studio just to get the feel of it.
Today was the first time that Dennis used our new medical prescription card at the Lewis Drug in town. Two prescriptions that were originally read for $57.00, Dennis paid $1.63. With us dropping Blue Cross RX from $64.00 per each of us and going to a plan for $15.40 per each of us, we really didn’t know what to expect for the co-pay. Sweet.
The drizzle that we have had today has thus far not frozen but that may change after the temps fall tonight.