Full Hormones

Even though I'm not in menopause yet, some things have changed. I won't bore you with the details. The result? Full hormone replacement coming my way. Praise baby Jesus. Sleep is on the horizon. Hot flash and night sweats should diminish. Moods might be more even keeled. 

I CAN NOT WAIT (!!)

Storms last evening so no hiking -- what did I do instead? Ate Dubai chocolate hubby got from Costco. Currently washing sheets because I had such night sweats from the sugar and hormone combo. Lovely choice. 

While there are no good or bad foods, there are questionable choices. I know night sweats are out of control. I know sugar makes them worse. Geez. 

A hiking friend dropped off bags of compost from her farm -- she refills feed bags. Oh my gosh, how nice of her. It's rich, beautiful soil to top off the raised beds. 

We had a plumber and electrician to the house the last couple of days (finally showed up) for punch list problems that were pretty problematic. Everything got fixed quickly and easily. That was a pleasant surprise. I'm in my office and I don't hear a high-pitch whine every 10 minutes. The house continues to feel more comfortable. I'm rapidly getting used to the drapes too :)

I'm volunteering for a back-to-school day at an immigrant and refugee elementary school this afternoon. 

Reading is picking up -- I've had a few good books recently. I didn't take pictures of the last one -- Catherine Ryan Howard book called "The Nothing Man." 

Timely

Up next from the library

Currently reading - like it a lot.

My new library website doesn't show a record of what I've read. Eeek. More than ever I need to get a system to catalog what I've read. Moving this to the top of my book project list. Where I'm stuck is I need to have them in a searchable format, but I'd prefer non-digital. I don't want to use Goodreads because it acts a lot like a book social media and I don't want it.

There's a spread sheet that is available from a podcast subscription, but my Mac doesn't use the name brand excel doc and I don't know if it'll import correctly. 

What I'd like is an old-fashioned rolodex -- add cards in and out easily. Alphabetized and I can code them. I can't find one to buy and I don't know if they'd be big enough anyway. The notebook I used last year stopped working well. 

I think I need to visit the spreadsheet and see if I can get it to work or look at Goodreads and see if I can keep it totally private -- private that I don't get requests for people to see my list. 

Okay, that's all from here. I'm going to go play around with some options. Have a good day. Later gators.