Rainy Monday Morning.....Just Rambling

Good Morning everyone!  Man I wish I had a latte this morning.  Soon....soon....I will be able to do that.  Last night I worked on rewashing dishes and containers, and utensils that have been in storage.  Hubby put up a shelf over the sink, having to drill in to nearly 100 year old brick, for the containers and whatever else we put above the sink.  Probably mostly containers and utensils. I had to clean up the brick dust when he was finished.  The kitchen is slowly coming together.  Going to have to browse Pinterest for small space kitchen storage.  We have a very small space and lots of equipment and stuff we have to have in there.  I'm excited!  Soon as I get things organized a bit better I'll have to show you a picture or maybe even a little video tour.

We finally got an AC for upstairs! I don't know if it was just me trying too hard to keep the cool in or maybe it was just too hot upstairs. We slept fairly comfortable but it was still a but warm at 8am this morning.  We installed it around 7pm last night. Estimating the temperature upstairs was near 100* because our heat index was 107*.  The max temperature on AC is 95* and my thermometer I have, which may or may not be accurate because it's old, was saying 98* about 10pm.  There isn't much if any insulation in the old building, just 2 foot thick brick walls and high ceilings.  Anyway by this morning the temperature thing on the AC was reading 85* and the unit wasn't near as hot as it was last night.  Maybe there is hope after all.  It was raining in, so I turned it off and shut the window.  Yes, rain this morning.  It's nice to be cool for once.  We are supposed to have rain the first part of the week.  I'm ok with that if it makes it cooler too.

What have you been reading lately?  I read, but not as much as I have in the past.  Used to I would read and read and read and finish a book in a day or two.  Lately it's been a month or so for a book.  Right now I'm reading "All My Love, Detrick," by Roberta Kagan (affiliate link).  Most of the time I read during lunch time.  Sometimes I read other times, but not often.  This is quite the interesting story.  Sadly I am seeing parallels from the store to what our society has become in the USA.  I have also been [still] trying to make it a habit to listen to the Bible at night before (and usually after) I go to sleep.  I have 2 ways to do that.  I have the Bible.is app, which is FREE to download, but requires wifi or data on a mobile device to listen. Unless you want to download each individual chapter of each book.  I used to do that, but now I also have the Faith Comes by Hearing KJV Dramatized version of the OT and NT  (affiliate links) which are also FREE to download, that I can also listen to.  I usually don't remember hearing much past the first few words, but I'm hoping it's sinking in when I'm snoozing.

I still haven't vlogged like I think I want to.  Maybe I'm not supposed to.  I always have little scenario's going through my head, but it's always too dark or I'm in an awkward place to "talk to myself" (as others may think I am doing) or there is too much noise or interference happening.  Same goes for blogging....computer time is off and on as I share with hubby at work and youngest son at home.  I could do it via my phone, but it's not the same and a bit more difficult to do on a mobile device. Plus from my phone, I could just take a video or video shots and upload them, but I can't do all the cool editing that I would like to do.  We have movie making software that is fun to use (I'm learning) but it also takes several hours to edit and create a video.   That's OK, I can just stick with watching other's YouTube videos for now.  Might be better.  One of my favorites is Rolling Earth-Ship.  It's a daily vlog for a full time van dweller.

I need to get a list going of things I want to buy at the grocery store.  Now that I have more electric power, and my kitchen is nearly complete I can start really cooking.  Simple meals for now though. Still have too much to do.  We were also given some fresh corn.  I need to get that shucked and in the freezer. 

The starlight scarf.....I think the pattern may be miswritten.  At the beginning of the shell stitch row it says to chain 1 then skip a stitch and make the shell.  At the end or the row it says nothing about chain 1 after the last shell and the skipped stitch before the final stitch.  Not that I have it about half way done I can see a curve to it.....curving to the end of the row.  It's not hard to do and works up pretty quickly.  Yah I think I will do that.  Lately though I have been working on the treasure shawl.  Oh my word I like it!  It's going to be hard to give it up.  I may just have to make one for me after I'm finished with this one.

Well I best get busy.  I've been sitting here for an hour (and I'm at work) switching between watching vlogs and writing this up.  I have incense to put out that I soaked and dried over the weekend, and I need to try and do a bit of tidying up.  I've been lazy with it being so hot and things are getting piled up.  Until next time.......

I'm linking up with Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday today.