Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Tonight's picture was taken on Halloween of 2008. Mattie went over to his friend, Zachary's house to trick or treat. Though other kids came along with them, Zachary was an outstanding friend to Mattie. The other kids felt Mattie was too slow (as he was recovering from limb salvaging surgery) and they wanted to dump him. They were encouraging Zachary to leave Mattie behind. He never did! Instead the others moved along, and Mattie and Zachary went on their own. It was a real amazing lesson on the importance of friendship. These two were inseparable, starting on the first day of preschool together. As for collecting candy, Mattie did it, but he did not like eating it. What he enjoyed doing was sorting it, but he had no problem sharing his candy with others because it did not mean much to him. On this we differed greatly!

Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.

• Number of people diagnosed with the virus: 46,233,867
• Number of people who died from the virus: 750,056

Last night, Peter had me go out to the patio because he wanted me to hear something. What I heard is totally hard to describe but VERY scary. Especially if you don't know what you are listening to! What was the sound? Foxes screaming! It honestly sounds like someone is either being murdered or a prehistoric bird is being killed. Either case, if you haven't heard what I am talking about, I included a short YouTube video so you could relate to what I am writing about. 

Foxes are everywhere! Even by day. While walking Sunny, look who was out and about. From a distance they look like a dog, however, it doesn't take long to know this is no one's pet. I have seen many foxes camping out in people's front yards and they are quite used to humans. It is a big adjustment for this city girl. 

Meanwhile, we had the plumbers back over today to replace the vanity in the bathroom my mom will be using. This is the ONLY room in the house that we did not paint. Which explains the horrible wall and ceiling color. My intention was to renovate this bathroom before my parents moved in. But the expenditures to deal with all the infrastructure issues have been over the top. So the bathroom is on hold. Now I wish I had the painters take care of this room when they were here in the summer. I will see how much energy I have before I have to go to Los Angeles. As I may paint it myself. In any case, this is the second vanity I bought for this bathroom. The first one did not fit correctly. Apparently the second one is a charm. My biggest fear was that there was going to be no tile under the sink when the old one was removed. Fortunately there was tile, making this install much easier. This bathroom is original to when the house was built in 1996. I think the only update the former owner did was select this nightmare paint color.