Thursday afternoon and naptime. So --- why so late you might ask. Well, this morning I was too busy pampering myself I reckon. We had early morning appointments for pedicures today. And, I will tell you, it feels rather indulgent to be sitting in a spa chair with the automatic back rub machine going up and down your spine and back while drinking your coffee and the young lady trims your toenails and massages your calves and feet and ankles. It is the absolute height of decadence in my world. It also keeps me from having to bend over my belly to do it myself. That's not fun at all.

We went to our local boat casino for lunch today and ate at Max and Erma's. We like their brat burgers and they have a new sandwich which is basically a cheeseburger or hamburger topped with a sunny-side -up egg. Ms. Kate orderd that and I had the bratburger and we split them and shared. Good stuff all around.

A phone call interrupted my blog writing so I took care of my birds before beginning again. I just filled the bird feeders and the bird baths. The bird bath they seem to gravitate to was next to dry either from the splashing or the drinking. About all that was left was some wet leaves in it. and yet the sparrows would go to that one instead of the pne that was half full. I think it might be an angle of the bowl and rim issue for them. The less used one is more decorative but deeper. I've been back in the house less than three minutes and there are birds everywhere coming for their evening feeding time which generally occurs from 1630 until 1730. I think I counted eleven cardinals bu it is hard to tell because they flit around from feeder to feeder so much.

Julie and Jim are now home owners for the first time in their life. They should be moving stuff in next Tuesday evening or Wednesday. Josh is coming in to help them on the 1st of Oct. (a week from today) and will spend the weekend helping Jim get the big stuff moved. I have a storage unit here with a bedroom set that belonged to my parents in it. We're debating when and how to get that over to them. It would have been so much better had the previous owners been in a bigger hurry to move out. I could have taken that load of stuff to them today or this weekend.

I had my annual physical yesterday and I'm glad to report that I'm good to go. If I was any healthier, --- you'd want to be me.  Of course, I could stand to lose some weight and I keep promising myself that I will. But, I also forgive myself for daily breaking that promose and telling that lie too..

Time for me to sit and watch my critters. The sun is going to reach that point in the sky where it smacks me right in the eye as I sit in  my recliner in about twenty-five minutes. So, I better enjoy the view while I can. Have a blessed evening.