With my new table, with plenty of space for two laptop computers, I’ve spent two days trying to find one elusive man. (Two additional days.) I’m trying to resolve the questions asked of me by a DNA “cousin.” Searches are tons easier when I can work between two computers!!

It is three o’clock as I prepare this message and the indoor-outdoor thermometer says eighty-two degrees outdoors in my sunny front yard. I was so engrossed “climbing the family tree,”  I completely failed to notice the beautiful weather!!

Just kidding (lol) because it’s a story about two nights. Night-before-last, I slept cold. Last night I awaken because I was too hot!! “Off” switch was pushed on the electric mattress pad; the goose down sleeping bag was quickly removed from the bed. To further complicate a good night’s sleep, a terrible cramp in my leg!! I take magnesium tablets to stave off leg cramps but “magnesium”  didn’t do its job? I’m wide awake and decided to prepare this message (at one in the morning). My “old” laptop computer, “old faithful” stopped working and I switched to the newer laptop (now that I have a large table to work on). I’m beginning to suspect my computer problems are a “router problem.” The local TV-WiFi service (recommended by my new neighbors) does not compare to the DISH-TV and Hughes WiFi I enjoyed previously. (I’ve called Spectrum several times about my TV reception.) ~~ I’m not complaining; I’m just documenting the events in my life twenty-five days after the relocation from Livingston to Waco.

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The air mattress is comfortable BUT “cold” underneith me. Gratefully, I found the electric mattress pad (in the storage building) and appreciate that I won’t sleep “cold” and uncomfortable again.

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Somewhere in the storage building, I have blankets. When weather permits–and I have a hired helper–the storage building will be organized. Meanwhile, I’m grateful for the wonderful, extremely-warm goose-down sleeping bag. The fabric reminds me of silk or satin because it is so smooth. Hence, it easily slides off the bed. Therefore, “necessity is the mother of invention”  so  I created two weights. (FYI: An attractive RV sleeping bag remained in the 5th-wheel trailer because it “matched” the bedroom.)

The location of surplus bedding is still a mystery. I found the quilt that has sentimental value. My mother had a closet full of polyester dresses!! After she went to our Heavenly Home, I took the dresses to my Old German Baptist Brethren “cousins” in Modesto, California. Dear, dear family members lovingly prepared this quilt. My mother went to be with Jesus on 29 Sep 1994. After all these years, I can still “see” my mother in various dresses.

P.S.S.  I stand corrected: It is a “comforter” and not a quilt.

In my new home, in a new location, I’m forced to buy water. Now I realize how fortunate I was to have delicious “well water” for two years. There were only eight or nine residents on that well and (as I said) I failed to appreciate the excellent taste. Here in Waco, in this RV Park, the water tastes awful!! My expensive TuraPür filter doesn’t enhance the flavor. A new neighbor introduced me to The Water Tree and I’m enjoying their product.

I’ve come to the conclusion that Wayfair  needs “better business.” Several weeks ago, I ordered a TV stand and a folding table from Wayfair. The TV stand arrived promptly but there was a delay for the table. Wayfair  has harassed me for ten days requesting confirmations that the table could/would be delivered on Friday, Jan. 24th, between ten and two o’clock. I can’t “confirm” on my “dumb phone.” I called… and told the customer service representative that I would be home; I was confirming! Email messages and phone text messages came several times every day. At two o’clock (today) a text message arrived saying my order was complete. That message forced me to phone Wayfair  and complain about “no table.” Enough said (?) because the delivery finally arrived (about four). ~~ Now I’m experiencing a problem with the pictures. Strangely, I can only attach the pictures in the “thumbnail” size. Click each picture to enlarge for better viewing.

…and not the TV program with that name. The view of my living room before and after the delivery of a folding table. This is another purchase from Wayside. (The TV stand arrived earlier this month.) For the first time since I left Lancaster, California (in 2004), I’ll have a large work area for my genealogy hobby.

“Hygge“ is a new (to me) word explained on TV yesterday. “Oh, happy day,”  hygge explains my new life-experience.

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Couldn’t sleep; headache; too many thoughts racing around in my head. I’m still “processing” information (in my brain) regarding the ancestry of folks who recently contacted me.

Every day I see progress but I feel like I’m **NOT** making progress. Know what I mean? Lack of sleep–and a headache–contribute to this “grumpy” message.

This is my “journal” and I’m reporting details on Thurs. @ 2:15 PM.)

Bad news: This old lady is bored with coverage of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Why do we have to listen to Mr. Schiff say the same thing over-and-over, over-and-over??

Good news: This old lady has her own brand-new air-mattress bed and can return the borrowed air-mattress to the neighbor. Too bad, the old Canon camera and old laptop computer are not communicating because pictures tell the story of “deflate” and “inflate” of mattresses. ~~ With all the major expenses experienced recently, “this old lady”  is grateful to report a comfortable mattress (bed) for $117.37.