Okay, I made it to Trader Joe's today for some pumpkin stuff and other assorted things. Also the bigger grocery store to get the rest of the stuff on the list, then the ATM, then got gas, then picked up my prescriptions at CVS.

There's a loaf of banana bread in the oven, and when it comes out I'm going to make cornbread to have with chili for dinner tonight. I feel very productive.

I did not do anything I planned really ---instead I played with paint and that made me happy so yay. M's mom came home with pumpkin spice swirl bread so that will be part of my breakfast tomorrow.

oho...insurance reminds me open enrollment is coming up and we're switching insurance so I have to resign up for everything.

Cornbread is in the oven and chili is cooking on the stovetop. I even washed all the dishes. Gigantic gold star for me!

I had vague notions of chili and cornbread today but it did not happen.

I might have a chance to meet Rev Al tomorrow and I could not be more excited. The new documentary about him (Loudmouth) premieres tomorrow at the Chicago Film Fest.

Sheryl I hope the afternoon off was a good respite.

I cleaned out the garage yesterday and pulled some weeds from the backyard.

all I wanted to get done today was to move a piece of furniture with Mac's help and then finish part one of this hat I am knitting. Well the furniture got moved and I picked up a free door that will become a new desk for me and Mac to use. I am on row 8 out of 12 of the knitting I was to finish, so I should finish tonight.

I cleaned the apartment and made a pot roast in the slow cooker. I had some of it with mashed potatoes, gravy, and broccoli for dinner. It was pretty good.

I also tried using a mixture of baking soda and toothpaste to remove heat marks from my kitchen table. It worked rather well. The marks had been really obvious before, and after two rounds of treatment they’re barely visible. I wouldn’t have tried this on a “good” piece of furniture, but the 15 year old table from Target looks a lot better.

You guys! So productive and also cozy today. Kudos to you.

I am eating pumpkin pancakes in my PJs.

I slept most of the day, because I did NOT sleep last night, which is, fortunately, very unusual for me.

I did not go back to the craft show, or go to the pool, but I did make the pancakes, and they are deLISHous, so I'm calling it a win.

I did make the pancakes, and they are deLISHous, so I'm calling it a win.

Also good as waffles. IJS.

I did not go back to the craft show, or go to the pool, but I did make the pancakes, and they are deLISHous, so I'm calling it a win.

Pumpkin Pancake PJ Winner of the day!

Spent the morning cleaning up the Drinky Parlor and moving furniture for the arrival of the Art Nouveau Cabinet (which is actually a wet bar and liquor cabinet). It arrived promptly but a few things need fixin' before we can use it so I've got a call into our contractor to bring his Gorilla glue and clamps.

JZ then waved her magic Interior Design wand and rearranged furniture and hung up pictures and put out Cool Things. (We've always had Cool Things but now we can display them in the Lily & Vivian Charles Drinking Parlor).

Didn't run this morning (and I usually don't on the weekend anyway) so I walked the Panhandle and swung by my comic shop and talked to Zoey, where we were both a bit nostalgic for San Francisco's print pornography Adult Bookstores and sleazy magazine stands. Then I told her about all the Jimmy Olsen comics where he crossdresses, and we discussed the cultural frisson of that kind of thing and seeking representation where there was none in the mainstream culture.

Matilda announced she was "going out" after lunch which means she's meeting up with her beau. They're probably off canoodling by the baseball fields and eating junk food.