susandennis | Better

I honestly did not expect Biden to be doing as well as he is. I really did think Trump would win solidly with enough votes to declare Tuesday night or yesterday. So I'm pretty good this morning, thank you. But, my optimism is still pretty tempered.

We had huge gusts of wind yesterday and The Tree That I Hate is maybe half done leafing. In spite it left more than a few of those leafs on my terrace. So I'll be picking those up this morning when I go out to spit.

Besides all the yard work, today will be laundry day, too. Man, the chores just never end, do they?

After continuing the battle yesterday with that Samsung tablet, I remembered an old chromebook - one that I even have a keyboard skin for. I hauled it out, updated it and now IT is my kitchen workhorse. I'll save that tablet for games or a door stop. Yep. I have way too many devices but, really, I use most of them every single day for one thing or another so I'm fine with it. Delighted, actually. I just need to remember that when new ones are announced I DO NOT NEED ANY MORE.

The other day I read a tip on the way to finding something that said to put a little essential oil on a cotton ball and drop it into the bottom of your garbage. I had some clove oil so I popped a cotton ball of it into the bottom when I put in a new trash bag yesterday. And promptly forgot about it, but now, every time I open the lid to toss something, I get a nice whiff that is not garbagy. Love a good tip.

I have only a few more Law and Order UK episodes left. And I have one Queens Gambit episode and then it's time to move on. I watched the first episode of The Undoing. Love Hugh Grant (even the old family man version) but I have this thing about Nicole Kidman. She just annoys me. The series is a drop-one-every-week kind. I'm not sure I'll make it. But, we'll see. Plenty of stuff to watch. Plenty.

Oh my new Costco boots arrive today. This should be interesting.

Shower time.