Early Saturday

 I find it interesting I always have something to say here when I sit down in my chair.  I was just now thinking about the happy combination of foot products I use.  

I will share, it's possible you work on your feet and it might help you.  

First I start with the shoes.  Store brand cheap tennis shoes but my feet love them, I think because they are actually big enough for my feet.  My feet have grown 2 sizes since I started working at Walmart so I wear a Men's 11W now.  The shoes I get only come in black so that's what I wear.  

The website doesn't have it in my size but Walmart assures me I have bought this shoe several times.  It's cheaper online

Then we have the inserts.  After trimming (you want a good pair of sharp scissors for this) I put this in the shoe first.  Blue gel insert

Then I put this on top for ultimate foot happiness Work insole

Everything, together, costs about $35 and my feet are incredibly happy.  I walk about 8-9 miles a day, sometimes more, so the shoes are only good for a couple of months but my feet are happy.  

I slept OK last night and woke up after just 8 hours which I found funny.  It's 6 AM, look out weekend!  I brewed some very strong (3 regular size teabags) black tea I will use to make my henna later.  It can sit out on the counter until this afternoon.  

I'm going to take a shower, get dressed, do my God time, go to the grocery store and get a few staples.  I don't want to go shopping next week unless I see my aunt.  Plus the money run low.  

I have plenty of rice, so I'm getting some lentils and shredded cheese.  They also have a budget ground sausage I like, I can do good things with that - put it in lentils, put it with eggs and the cheese for breakfast.  

When I get home I plan to take a nap and then do my hair.  That will take a while but I think the results are worth it, everyone (including me) loves the color, it's healthy, it's growing very quickly.  I've found I can push the whole-hair coloring to every 6 weeks if I do a touch up on the visible roots at my hairline, every couple weeks.  That takes about 2 T henna powder.  The whole head takes about a box plus 2-3 T.  About 6 ounces now.  

When I see my aunt I'll get her opinion on length.  It's fine now.  I need her to check the ends and see how they're looking.  I wasn't taking good care of my hair up to my assault so hopefully the ends are better now.  It looks great.  

At some point, probably tomorrow, I need to do some laundry.  I've found I can get away with a smaller load and the washer is happy but a bigger one I have issues.  My old washer made it almost 20 years, this one's only 8 years.  But it got a lot of wear and tear during my caregiving era.  The dryer is, like, immortal.  Water leak on it literal ceiling fell in on it, still works.  It doesn't get as hot as I might like but I can live with that; it's a connection issue.  Something with the dryer hose can't get the dryer as close to the wall?  I'm not stressing.  

On the one hand it might be easier to have a "handy" man in my life but on the other he would probably always be tweaking things.  Like Ron always rebuilding the gate to the backyard.  I'm OK for now and I do have a handyman in my phone book.  I was really happy to see he does whole house remodeling now.  Not that I need it but I helped him see he liked it.  And the cats like him; that's important to me.  

I was telling Ace last night I can learn a lot about someone by the way the cats react to them.  "Take you" I said "You're always taking Biscuit to the vet but he loves to see you".  Ace grinned.   I also made a point, a few minutes later, of thanking him again for taking me home the night of the derecho.  "You didn't have to do that" I told him.  He appreciated both statements.  I told him it's so important, if you have something kind to say, to say it.  

Hopefully I am a blessing to the people who know me.  I pray I am.  

I also need to sweep and mop, but I may wait until tomorrow because it's going to rain today.  Certain kitty cats like to go out in the rain, get muddy paws, and track it all over the house.  No point in mopping twice.  

That's it for now!