Fruit, Grain, Laundry and an Hourglass - My Thoughts Are All Over the Place

Fall is apple season, and I have a nice assortment of them in my refrigerator. It's my usual breakfast in the Fall - a nice crisp apple, followed by my computer work, and then followed by something else to eat an hour or two later. For the most recent couple of weeks, it's been followed by grain-free bagels with non-dairy 'butter' spread and non-dairy cream cheese (made with almond milk instead of dairy). On top of the spread, I put fruit spread or raw honey. Actually, quite a delightful breakfast. 

I've been eating Soozy's Grain-Free 
Bagels lately. They're not bad, They're 
not as good as a regular bagel, but 
they're not cardboard either. Add 
'schmeer' and some sweet, and 
they're pretty decent. 

Chickie is off today so DH has to work. He managed OK yesterday, although he spent most of the day huddled over his desk in the back. I, on the other hand, spent the entire day dealing with laundry. I washed the mattress pad and put it into the dryer (it took almost four hours for the dryer to get it dry enough to allow me to replace it onto the mattress). I also washed the sheets. I finally got the bed remade around 5:00 pm - it was an all-day effort. 

I do love my Drumi. There are just some things 
I don't want to put into the washer, even on a 
delicate cycle. The Drumi is great for my sweaters 
and fine knitwear, as well as those items labelled 
for hand-washing only. 

In addition, I used my Drumi to hand-wash my three sets of cold weather leggings and my sweater dress. The problem with the Drumi is always getting the water extracted from the wet clothing. It never gets quite as dry as I would like. Sometimes I'll pop things into the washer for a spin, but I didn't this time. The leggings were hung up and dry by dinner time. The sweater dress went onto a sweater frame for a few hours, then I transferred it to the treadmill, draping it over the front panel and the controls. It was finally 99% dry this morning, so I hung it into the closet, ready to be worn again. 

While looking for a good hourglass photo, 
I came across this magnetic hourglass on 
Amazon. It's actually quite nice, but in the 
description, it said it took between 30-60 
seconds to drain down. So ... it's probably 
the most inaccurate hourglass in the world 
if it has a differential of 100%! That makes 
it a ridiculous toy. 

So yesterday was a bit of a loss in a lot of ways. I didn't do anything except laundry. Today I have to try a few experiments with the scoring blade on my paper cutter. Time to figure out how it works best, and the progression of the interior panels that I want for this year's cards. I also need to get the placement of the front cover elements nailed so that I can start working on those next week.