What a morning

The bad morning actually started before I woke up! I was having anxiety dreams about bookkeeping and about having messed up some bookkeeping. I woke up at one point long enough to realize that it was definitely a dream, and I had not actually done the bookkeeping I thought i had done. And i went back to sleep, and in the next dream, it resolved itself that whatever the dream bookkeeping was, I had done it properly. But good lord!

Gremlins have taken over Peter’s apartment! Peter and I both overslept an appointment — though in the gremlins’ defense, we didn’t set alarms. Then my laptop and the kitchen disposal died at the same time. What a morning.

Isn’t it nice when someone doesn’t post just the good stuff on social media? 😆😆😆😆😜

Peters physical therapy is rescheduled. Laptop is better after it rebooted itself without prompting. And plumber is scheduled for tomorrow morning. Life is already looking up.

Happy National Dessert Day

prompted by my friend AG:

Fruit dessert? Pears and cheese 

Cake? I like a lot of cake — as long as it’s not dry. My faves include: German chocolate cake, classic vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream, lemon, gingerbread 

Pie? Apple, or pumpkin but only the last two weeks of November, or chocolate chess pie 

Ice cream flavor or ice cream/topping combo? Coffee or chocolate mint chip or vanilla with hot fudge sauce 

Cookie? All of the ones I make: lime sugar, cocoa thin, gingerbread twigs, chocolate cherry, curry, peppernuts, gingersnaps — that’s off top of my head 

Brownie? Yes with Walnuts

Cheesecake? Margarita cheesecake — the only one I’ve ever made and it’s hubby’s fave 

Other dessert/sweet you love? Tiramisu. Apple crisp.

Basically I love sweet.

Things I did today instead of doom scrolling:

Things I did today instead of doom scrolling:

1. Stayed in bed until i had my NYC itinerary sussed out 
   
2. Drive boy to campus, then parked under a tree and roughed out a 5-year financial plan for me and Sean 
   
3. Added birthdays to Google calendar so I don’t have to rely on social media 
   
4. Ate cookies
   
5. Took boy to grocery store 
   
6. Wrote to bosses about my pending visit to the office 
7. Researched how to build a tiki-themed bar
8. Wrote in my secret blog 
   

Create a tiki bar

this one uses pvc pipe, cardboard and grass skirts — then it sits on a table 

This one is good: uses pallets and plywood and reed fencing 

Upcoming trip to NYC

*Lichtenstein exhibit at the Whitney —therefore also a walk on the Highline and visit to Little Island and a side trip to Greenwich village 

*Visit to Cloisters, Ft Tryon, Grants Tomb (outside only), St John the Divine, Trinity Church Cemetery, and hopefully Phyllis Jo Kubey EA with a bike ride up Riverside Park

*visit to Strawberry fields and NY historical Society and bike around Central Park  

*Theater: Oh Mary, Hadestown and Schmigadoon — haven’t bought tickets for any yet, and all are dark on Monday, so this may change, but that’s my wish list

The bike riding is ambitious — it’s gonna be coooold to little ol’ Florida me. Must pack all gloves and scarves. And my big sweatshirt from John Proctor is a Villain (thank you Robyn!). 

Looking forward to fall foliage!

Just planned out my itinerary for each day in nyc. Things are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays so that put constraints — but made decisions easier.

I’ve got two art museums, three shows (maybe), loads of walking and if it’s not too cold, maybe two bike rides in parks not streets.

Bank churning

list of churnable banks 

Hustler money blog 

Examples: 

Truist — $500 bonus — Requires 2 DD and 20 debit card transactions within 120 days. Bonus is paid 10 days after qualify 

WF — $325 bonus. Deposit $1501 to avoid monthly fee, make $1000 DD within 90 days. Bonus paid within 30 days of meeting requirements. 

Regions — $300 bonus. Open account, $1000 in DD within 90 days. Bonus shows up within 60 days of qualifying. 

Goal: be subversive

how to think subversively 

My goal for my 60s?

Be subversive. 

I reject the idea that aging means becoming quiet, invisible, or polite. I’ll use my freedom and free time to rethink systems and rules, and teach radical history to those who are younger. 

Who are good role models for me? 

Off top of my head: Maude from the 1970s TV show, all the Golden Girls, Jane Goodall, political writer Molly Ivins, Harriet Tubman, the original Mother Jones, Eleanor Roosevelt, author Toni Morrison, punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, poet Maya Angelou, classicist Mary Beard, poet/sibger Patty Smith, artist Laurie Anderson, artist Georgia O’Keefe… 

Wow. I came up with a pretty good list. 

More role models suggested by friends: Dolly Parton, Gloria Steinman, Candice Bergen's Murphy Brown, HC and RGB, Zaha Hadid

Also, though they’re not old: author Caro Claire Burke and singer/somgwriter Kacey Musgraves

Celebrate subversiveness. 

“Follow your arrow” — Kacey Musgraves