Mamzel ⚓️

Electricians? Countertop? Walls? Maybe all three at once! Wordle 1,956 4/6 #Wordle_NYT Tuesday ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #968 “Who ya gonna call?” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 1’07” Midi: 4’17” Connections Puzzle #1234 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Good luck tonight, ladies.

Electricians expected today. Cats held cage wrestling match this morning. 😒 Wordle 1,955 4/6 #Wordle_NYT Played with letters for line 4. ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #967 “Please, be my guest!” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 49” Midi: 2’27” !!!! Connections Puzzle #1233 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟪🟩🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Catch up on chores while house is quiet.cats enjoying quiet house,too. Wordle 1,954 5/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 could have been worse Strands #966 “Something to build on” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵 Mini: 43” Good Midi: 7’22” Not so Connections Puzzle #1232 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Day off yesterday. Electricians again today. Playing No Man’s Sky with cats draped all over desk. Wordle 1,953 6/6 #Wordle_NYT Saturday ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😅 Strands #965 “Re-fresh-ing” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 1’33” Midi: 3’49” Connections Puzzle #1231 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟨🟨🟦 🟦🟦🟨🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🎉

Electricians half done. More rewiring. Back tomorrow.banana bread today? TGIF! Wordle 1,952 4/6 #Wordle_NYT Friday ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Meh. Strands #964 “None of your beeswax!” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵 Mini: 37” Midi: 3’31” Connections Puzzle #1230 🟪🟪🟪🟪 😁 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟦🟦 Dummy! 🟩🟦🟦🟩 Stupid! 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Hardware on. Expecting electrician today. Rain. (Which is why we’re getting Sparky today.) Wordle 1,951 4/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’ll take it. Strands #963 “Any relation?” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵 Mini: 38” Midi: 4’16” Connections Puzzle #1229 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟪🟩🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Go Valkyries!

Took my best friend out for Happy Hour last night. (It was her birthday.) when we were working we did this frequently but, you know, stuff happens. We had cocktails and dinner. Looking back now, we never brought up that one large, orange reason that could spoil our perfect evening.

Popcorn ceiling is down, carpet is gone, but today we’re putting hardware on bathroom furniture. Wordle 1,950 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #962 “On a higher level” 💡🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 51” Midi: 3’21” Connections Puzzle #1228 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Fast, fast, fast

Carpets up, ceiling’s drywall down in smoker’s room. Texture on walls today. Wordle 1,949 3/6 #Wordle_NYT Tuesday 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beat the bot! Strands #961 “🦆🦆 ... 🪿” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 1’09” Midi: 3’41” Connections Puzzle #1227 🟦🟦🟨🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟪🟦🟦🟦 Three losses, bad streak! 🤬

First time since sharing puzzle results! This was a fun one! 😁

Son helped empty rooms and closets. So much stuff! Wordle 1,948 4/6 #Wordle_NYT Monday 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #960 “It's all Greek to me” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 40” Midi: 3’35” Connections Puzzle #1226 🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟩 Reverse streak! 😖😫🫣😫🤬

Work starting in two bedrooms, two closets, laundry room, and hallway tomorrow. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 Rain next week. Wordle 1,947 3/6 #Wordle_NYT Sunday ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beat the bot! Strands #959 “Fast fashion” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵 Mini: 49” Midi: 4’14” Connections Puzzle #1225 🟩🟪🟦🟨 5th conn 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟩🟦🟩🟦 🟦🟩🟦🟩 😖

All puzzles completed pre-tea. Have a wonderful day. VOTE! Wordle 1,946 3/6 #Wordle_NYT Saturday ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beat the bot! Strands #958 “ Quite the crush” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 3’00” Midi: 4’19” Connections Puzzle #1224 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Purple first! 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Rascal and Smudge finally relaxed enough for portraits. Both rescues. Rascal lives up to his name every day. Smudge loves to be pet and is snuggling now that it's getting cooler.

Low 49F. High 91F Heater in the morning, fans in the evening. Wordle 1,945 4/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sea of Green Strands #957 “Just a little bit” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 1’28” Midi: 5’40” Connections Puzzle #1223 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Tricky link 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 TGIF! Good plans for weekend?

45F now - 90F later Layers is the way to dress. Wordle 1,944 5/6 #Wordle_NYT Thursday ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yeah, thanks. Strands #956 “Sailor's guide” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡 Mini: 42” Midi: 2’47” Connections Puzzle #1222 🟩🟦🟨🟦 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟪🟪🟨 Good grief!

Delay on countertop. Sigh. High fire danger means possible outages. 🤞🏻 Wordle 1,943 3/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beat the bot! Strands #955 “Folk & fairy tale twosomes” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡 Mini: 1’04” Midi: 3’12” Connections Puzzle #1221 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 😁 Happy Hump Day!

Returning to work today. Plan to box up stuff for recycling. Wordle 1,942 4/6 #Wordle_NYT Tuesday ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Good ‘nuff Strands #954 “Well, this is awkward” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵 Mini: 1’01” Midi: 3’15” Connections Puzzle #1220 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟩🟩 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Phew! 😅

My heart breaks. 430 trees!!! 😢😢😢

Very chilly this morning! 40F! Cleaning up for next phase continued. Wordle 1,941 3/6 #Wordle_NYT Monday ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 Out of the blue 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beat the bot Strands #953 “In a manner of speaking” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵 Mini: 42” Midi: 4’10” Connections Puzzle #1219 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Have a good week!

Many moons ago, I was visiting a friend who was working on a yacht. Across the dock was a yacht, ~50 ft. long. I conversed with a woman there and when she learned of my background asked, at what length does a yacht become a ship. So disappointed to learn it was more about function than size.

Started clearing for next phase. 2 bdrms, 2 closets, laundry nook. Wordle 1,940 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beat the bot! Strands #952 “They don't make 'em like they used to” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵 Mini: 1’ 47” Midi: 5’25” Connections Puzzle #1218 🟨🟨🟨🟪 🫣 🟨🟨🟨🟪 🤔 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂‍↕️ 🟨🟦🟦🟦 😖 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Whew! 🟪🟪🟪🟪 😁 🟨🟨🟨🟨 😆

🎶I always feel like somebody's watching me!🎶

Tub walls grouted. Vanity assembled. Looking good! Wordle 1,939 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Word always makes me think of Bette Davis. Strands #951 “A slow drizzle” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵 Mini: 2’20” Midi: 6’16” Connections Puzzle #1217 🟨🟪🟩🟦 Fifth connection 🟨🟦🟨🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Yesterday’s high - 98 Today’s high - 78 I ❤️ CA Hang on Louisiana! 💨🌊 Wordle 1,938 6/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🤦🏼 Strands #950 “That can't be right” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵 Mini: 43” Midi: 3’58” Connections Puzzle #1216 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Plan now for a great weekend!

Painting done. Pale sage kind of color. Electrician today? Wordle 1,937 2/6 #Wordle_NYT Thursday 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨 Best starting word! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beat the bot and two word medals Strands #949 “A star is born” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡 Mini: 3’35” 🥴 Midi: 2’23” Connections Puzzle #1215 🟪🟦🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Have a good one

Painting today. I think. Last heat wave made me very glad I replaced my windows. No A/C necessary. Wordle 1,936 3/6 #Wordle_NYT Wednesday ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 Missed it by that 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 much. Strands #948 “Color for the cure” 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵🔵 Mini: 35” Midi: 3’39” Connections Puzzle #1214 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Tiles are in. Grouting next? Painting? We’ll see. 🧐 Wordle 1,935 5/6 #Wordle_NYT Tuesday ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Worked hard for the money Strands #947 “Changing course” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵 Mini: 1’08” Midi: 3’34” Connections Puzzle #1213 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 😁 Luck to all!

Finish tiles? Install vanity? Stay tuned. Wordle 1,934 3/6 #Wordle_NYT Monday ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Third 3 in a row! Strands #946 “Oh well, too bad, such a shame ” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡 Mini: 1’18” Midi: 7’24” Ouch Connections Puzzle #1212 🟨🟨🟪🟨 🟦🟨🟦🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪Took some work.

Those four notes at the beginning of Twilight Zone. I actually made myself go to sleep so I couldn’t hear the tv. (Very small house)

Looking at hot til Wednesday. 97 today. Love my swamp cooler. Wordle 1,933 2/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WOOHOO! Strands #945 “Grab your tokens” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵 Mini: 1’23” Midi: 4’46” Connections Puzzle #1211 🟪🟩🟦🟨 Fifth Connection 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Best of luck in life and puzzles.

Watched “First Wives Club” tonight. Diane Keaton Bette Midler Goldie Hawn And Maggie Smith Sarah Jessica Parker Stockard Channing Great cast! Great movie!

Tiling sure is time consuming. Wordle and Connections took a cup of genmai cha and pondering. Wordle 1,932 4/6 #Wordle_NYT Saturday ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #944 “A figment of your imagination” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵 Mini: 2’02” Midi: 4’36” Connections Puzzle #1210 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

More tiling today and maybe new vanity. TGIF! Wordle 1,931 3/6 #Wordle_NYT Friday 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beat the bot. (It was surprised.) Strands #943 “On the sly ...” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵 Mini: 1’25” Midi: 2’45” Connections Puzzle #1209 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Good luck, all!

Sat on Connections all day then took wild guess. Tiling continues. Wordle 1,930 5/6 Wordle_NYT Thursday ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #942 “Things fall apart” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵 Mini: 1’00” Midi: 3’17” Connections Puzzle #1208 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Ageism! 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Default.

I just wanted to say, about yesterday’s Wordle, my penultimate guess was “schwa”.

Tiling floor. Open window pleased Smudge to no end. Me, not so much. Wordle 1,929 6/6 #Wordle_NYT Wednesday ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Badda-phew! Strands #941 “An instrumental destination” 🔵🔵💡🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵 🔵 Mini: 50” Midi: 4’22” Connections Puzzle #1207 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟪🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟩🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Surface under floor tiles in. Not a good puzzle day. Wordle 1,928 4/6 #Wordle_NYT Tuesday 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #940 “Have a heart” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 1’12” Midi: 3”07” Connections Puzzle #1206 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟦🟦🟦 Total disaster!

I really powered thru puzzles today. Crew coming back for more tiling. Wordle 1,927 3/6 #Wordle_NYT Monday ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #939 “A form of art” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 1’12” Midi: 4’11” Connections Puzzle #1205 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Have a super week, all.

Quiet day to make next areas ready for working on. Wordle 1,926 3/6 #Wordle_NYT Sunday 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 best 2nd word! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #938 “It's skin deep” 💡🔵🔵🔵 💡🔵🟡🔵 Mini: 1’14” Midi: 4’24” Connections Puzzle #1204 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟨🟨 Oopsy! 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Wordle 1,926 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Tiling takes a break. Quite pleased with my puzzles today. Laundry day! Wordle 1,925 3/6 #Wordle_NYT Saturday ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 out of thin air Strands #937 “A breath of fresh air” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 3’16” Midi: 4’01” Connections Puzzle #1203 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Good luck, puzzlers.

Tiling in progress, slow and careful. Good puzzle results today. TGIF Wordle 1,924 3/6 #Wordle_NYT 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beat the bot. Strands #936 “1✖️1, etc ... ” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵 Mini: 40” Midi: 3’13” Connections Puzzle #1202 🟨🟪🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟪🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Starting tiles today. Setting up schedule for rest of house so that son & I & cats don’t have to move out. Wordle 1,923 4/6 #Wordle_NYT Thursday 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #935 “Just outside your door” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵 Mini: 0’ 41” Midi: 4’ 11” Connections Puzzle #1201 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟦🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟪 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟪🟦🟪🟦

Actually read 2/3s of a book yesterday during power shutdown. Wall prep finished. Tiles today? Wordle 1,922 4/6 #Wordle_NYT ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #934 “Practically paleolithic” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵 Mini: 1’19” Midi: 2’23” Connections Puzzle #1200 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Good day to you!