good evening everyone...

today was good... it started out with some organic fair-trade Nicaraguan coffee, with real cream (traded eggs to a neighbor, oh joy, oh rapture!)

next up was a pair of deep red pitaya fruit fro breakfast, and hubby-baked bread, with homemade mango preserves.

then, a a shower, brush, floss, dress, make the bed, and sweep the house.

then, I started planning for a busy day, as with the PRICE of gas here - 11 Belize bucks a gallon, ($5.50 US) things must be coordinated and combined extensively.

after a lousy haul last weekend at the veggie market (I usually get about 100 lbs of free scraps for my animals, but due to the storm - Arthur - I only got one BAG...) so I was happy to score a few more bags today while running errands.

this time I made a LIST of places I needed to go, and put them in ORDER of need and location, so I felt very organized!

I used to be able to do that kind of stuff without thinking, and come home with everything I needed, but the last few years my memory seems shaky, and my organizational skills FUZZY... so a list really helps... that is, IF I don't LOSE the list!

of 7 things, I got 6 done, (the 7th place was closed) so I feel GREAT !!

I got home in time to feed all the critters, and I had GOOD stuff for 'em, which always makes me happy.

I had lettuce for the geese, cabbage for the ducks, carrots, celery and cilantro for the bunnies, callalou and muskmelon for the guinea pigs, and watermelons for the chickens.

I got to visit a friend in town, and make plans for a dinner-feast next week, when his wife gets back from England.

I took care of all my banking, paid my bills, and arranged delivery of the concrete blocks, sand, rebar, and cement for our emergency animal hurricane shelter.

AND... (oooooh, the BEST part !!) I found a favorite bookstore that I thought had CLOSED, but my English friend told me they'd moved, a few blocks away, and took me there... so...

I got some new BOOKS to read, oh YEAH !!

two Patricia Cornwell, on Scott Turow, one Stan Laetrelle, and one Nancy Price.

so, I'm set for the next couple of months, oh happy day !!

I haven't had such a well-planned day in a year, and I don't feel like a TRUCK ran over me... no leg/foot spazzes, no TG head-agony, no double vision, no extreme fatigue, no bathroom accidents, and no achy back.

what a great day, it was so good, I just had to write it all down, so that next time I feel cruddy, I can look back and see how it's done RIGHT, lol !!

to Barb, Vonny, Finny, Sandy, Jim, NaeNae, Frank, his Angel, Sarah, Trish, Pearlie-Girlie, JMiller, and all the great folks here who make it soooooo good to have a good day, and have someone to TELL about it, who will understand precisely how precious it is !!