As most of you know who read this regularly, I’ve been
working hard every morning before the heat sets in, to declutter my back drive
area. The Park gave me notice about the stuff I had stacked and stashed there.
This morning, the past few days’ efforts found me tired and
a bit sore. I wasn’t sure I felt like tackling it. Still, by 10 I was out
there. I’ve got it down to such a small amount now that I hated to stall at
that point.
So, today I put the rest of everything that will go to the
October park-wide-yard-sale into the shed. I also took two small cartons that
need to be sorted later but at least are into a box marked household/auto.
All I have left outside is four boxes that are generally
craft-related and I need to go through that and sort, once more, into various
give-away piles. I need to just sit, put a box on a table while outside, and do
that. It’s just tedious – not hard. I’m almost done. What a good feeling that
is, already.
The dentures are holding about 2 to 4 weeks at a time with
the gluing. I suspect they have been reattached so many times now, especially
these past six months, that I am simply gluing glue to more glue. Still, it is
better than not having them at all. I cannot get new ones for at least a year.
They broke early this morning while I was in the car taking
some mail to the post office. Breakfast was soft and easy, but it was a
challenge to deal with lunch and dinner while the glue set. If I bite down too
enthusiastically with just the uppers, I can cut the bottom gums. Still, I
enjoyed a hot bowl of oatmeal (with a gob of peanut butter and a gob of apple
sauce) for lunch, and a can of mushy veggie soup for dinner. They were both
filling and reasonably healthy. And, tomorrow, I can once again eat properly.
Oh, and I found an old cuckoo clock in the shed. It’s
partially dismantled because we were going to fix it ourselves – can’t remember
if we were waiting to get a bellows or what, it was so long ago. Anyhow, I sent
emails to two clock shops in town who both repair and sell this type, so maybe
I can find a good buyer. It was one that my brother sent us from Germany back
in the 60s or 70s but it's not an official Black Forest version.
So, in spite of the denture break, it was not a bad day. In
fact, it was rather productive.
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