First thing discovered this morning: the coffee pot failed to heat the water. No hot water, no water cycle, no hot plate, just the green light indicating the power was "ON" (along with the digital clock) but no water perking, no coffee, *grumpy* morning!

I napped a good hour or so, then went off to Wal*Mart to get a replacement model. The cheaper one (with no timer unit) was about $7.oo cheaper, but hey, I need the clock / timer function. AND this one has a "bold" function, which is something I've been thinking of for the past year or more: if the water dripped through *slower* through the basket, it would have longer to seep through the grounds, and thus get a "stronger" cup of coffee.

Well, bless my buttons! This newer model has a button that does *just that!* It mentions taking 50% longer to do a whole pot, but hey, if it *cuts down* on the grounds seeping *over* the filter, it's worth it!!

Meanwhile:

Had a curious dream last night about a puppy, possibly also a kitten, possibly the same critter perceived in two different manners, possibly in the same dream. I know, a bit obscure. Good reason to give this a clarity 6.

The nearly disastrous moment was when the dreamer half-stepped upon the (kitten-like) critter. It was as if the animal had been stunned, but there was no sense of death or significant damage. Either way, the dreamer made something of a *quick* sorry/hope you're OK type mental thought, then continued on.

There was this downright *cherubic* dream, wherein the dreamer was looking at the face of a baby boy, possibly just past crawler age / into toddler, *maybe*. The thing is, the child's face was *well featured* rather than typical baby-bland. He (*fairly* certain "he" was a "he") was smiling, happy, as if, well, just plain happy :-)

There was also a "sense" of "glory" around the child, *as if* there was light emanating from an aura around his face. Nothing overt, nothing covert, just that since only the child's face was visible, the light of the scene had to be coming from *somewhere,* right? Even if from the child himself. Clarity 10, *nearly* 10+, *nearly* 10-, because there were no other details or information, and nothing else "seen" in the "scene."

But that feeling of happiness / joy was downright *FELT* in the mind of the dreamer.

Oh joy! Time for coffee!!!

Today at around 6:30 AM (perhaps a shade earlier) the crew arrived to start deconstructing the shingles (and a bit of the woodwork, etc.) of the roof.

To me, the sound is as "music to my ears" as I grew up in a neighborhood that *always* had the sound of house building going on.

My elderly mother, on the other hand, was at the point of taking a pill for nausea and *mostly skipping* breakfast.

Either way, this was the culmination of *well over a YEAR* of trying to get State Farm Insurance to *fess up* and honor their policy.

Thank GOD for Matt Willard and his roofing company. 🙏 He has been a GOD-SEND, and reminds me *specifically* of an Angel of the Lord, one of those defenders of mankind against evil. I will likely be singing his praises to the roofing community until the day I die.