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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 21 I'm Tired
Posted Nov 22, 2011
My brother is visiting for Thanxgiving and he arrived yesterday. While my brother's here, there's always too much to do IMO. My dad always has a list of things he wants my brother to do and I am usually on the job too. I have my own list of things I want my brother to do, so I can't complain. Then there's the list of things my brother wants to do or thinks should be done.
Today we spent the day taking some stuff to the Cactus Club storage locker. We came home and went through stuff in the garage and threw away some stuff and packed the car with stuff for Goodwill. We also went through some of the stuff piled in the living room and packed more into the car for Goodwill. We took the stuff to Goodwill and dropped it off without incident, in spite of questionable contents.
Then we went to visit my mom. Mom has been asking when my brother "L" was going to arrive for weeks. Tomorrow we will go to Walmart and find the magic pants and magic calendar. 
Came home, walked the dog and went to knitting. Another busy, but ultimately boring day. Being this busy makes me anxious.
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 20 Word
Posted Nov 21, 2011
My favorite word right now is "homunculus". I don't really know what one is, I just like the word. What's your favorite word?
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 19 Showing Off
Posted Nov 20, 2011
Or "Some Things That Make Me Happy" These are some of my favorite things that I made myself.
I learned to knit so I could knit a poncho. This is the poncho I knit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellboundforjoy/3030775275/
It is on backwards. 
Slippers I made. I've since shaved them down so they aren't quite so furry except for the rims. I am happy every time I slip them on.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellboundforjoy/5278431278/
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 18 Happy?
Posted Nov 19, 2011
"The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to try to make others so."
That is my new quote for my PS. I agree with the be happy here and now part. I'm having trouble with the making others happy part. Is my mother happy that I visit her everyday in assisted living, take her shopping, buy her things she asks for? I don't know that those things can really make her happy. Nothing really makes her happy while she's angry with me for placing her in assisted living in the first place cause I couldn't take care of her at home.
I'm driving my dad to events tonight, tomorrow and the next night, since he can't drive at night. He will be happy and grateful that I am driving him, but that doesn't really make me happy. I still feel resentful that my evenings are shot even though I didn't have any big plans for them anyway.
We have a roomer who has been in the hospital and a rehab facility for the last 4-5 months. She came back to our house yesterday, but is still not really up for taking care of herself. She needs a lot more help than we can or want to have to give her. She should be in assisted living too, but she insists she doesn't need to be. She asked me to go to Target for her to pick up her prescriptions and I said I would. This will make her happy and thankful and she's paying me (and I do need the money so I'm not going to refuse the funds) but it doesn't make me happy to do this at all.
Maybe I'm just depressed. Maybe that aphorism doesn't really apply to me and is the wrong quote for my page. Maybe there's something wrong with me that making others happy does not make me particularly happy.
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 17 Failed Polenta
Posted Nov 18, 2011
The package had directions for making polenta cereal and a recipe for a polenta casserole. We tried to make the casserole. I just put the polenta powder in dry and poured pasta sauce over it and put mozzarella on it. I think the recipe failed to mention that you were supposed to wet the polenta before you put it in the pan. So we ended up with two delicious layers - mozzarella and pasta sauce - and one layer of dry polenta powder. I thought the pasta sauce was supposed to be enough to wet down the polenta but I was wrong. We tried to eat it but there was more than half a pan left. I hate wasting that much food, but but it wasn't salvageable or worth saving so it went in the trash. 
I other news, I'm doing some long overdue laundry and worrying about stuff.
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