A good start for horsetail

I did not use my phone app last night so I could sleep in. And I did – until 9! Chris was already out of bed and sitting at his laptop. I did the usual morning stuff. My sewing project was drawing and stitching some wedges. I watered my sprouts and heated water for tea and nuts. I read e-mail and listened to more EMF interviews. One recommended stress reduction. So I hooked up the emWave2. It seemed like when I looked at it, I lost the green light, but when I ignored it and paid attention to the interview or whatever web page I was on, the light would go green.
I made and ate breakfast during the interviews. I started stacking the dishwasher and Chris went to take a shower. While he was gone, his phone rang. Michele's name came up so I answered it. She had a computer problem. As we were discussing it, my phone rang. So I went to the bathroom and told Chris that Michele was waiting to speak to him. When he was dry and dressed, I handed him the phone. I saw that Jennifer had called, so I called her back. We talked about the Better Brain summit, and choir issues.
After the call, I went for a walk into the forest and back. The temp was in the 50's and the air was clear and fresh. When I got back, I found three pots and planted the horsetail in them. Then I trimmed the bigger plants and rearranged all the plant pots outside into a small group so I could construct a greenhouse of sorts with sheets of plastic. I think I will still bring in the horsetail when the temp drops below freezing.
I ate some beef and a can of soup for supper. I picked a handful of dandelion to go with the sprouts as a vegetable. Then I spent too much time on the net looking for ornament tutorials to post to the Yongsan Quilters facebook page. I also caught up on the Jackie Lawson advent calendar.
I made another saucer and decided it would be the last one. I ate some blueberries with pecans and coconut flakes. I worked with emWave2 again, trying to get the ear sensor to register my pulse. The device kept turning off because it thought no one was there. I went to the product web site to see if anyone else had the same problem. I learned that they offer training sessions, but I didn't want to spend that kind of time learning to use the thing.
Soon after 8, we watched three episodes of DS9 because they are all part of the same story line. Chris says there are only 4 episodes left. I typed up my blog quickly so I could get to bed as soon as possible and rise on time tomorrow. I had forgotten to recharge my mp3 headphones so I won't have their help getting to sleep tonight.
* My pepper plant has had peppers for a long time. Finally one has turned yellow. *

It's too easy being green

I woke up just before 7:30 with the sleep app. There was no compelling reason to get up, so I stayed in bed. I think I went back to sleep. I got up at 9. After the usual brushing, swishing and sewing, I turned on the router to read e-mail. I took a break to make a new batch of mouthwash. I listened to interviews from the EMF summit.
I looked up treatments for bursitis. One doctor connected it to an imbalance in calcium. In the comments sections, someone wrote that they ate some avocado everyday. That reminded me that I had an avocado that needed eating. So I ate it, then noticed that my arm did not hurt. I didn't see how that was possible.
I called Housing to see how the work order for the oven was coming. But I got a message saying it was not a working phone number. I wanted to walk over there, but it was raining, again. ( How much rain can there be?!!! If it were colder, we'd be in deep trouble, literally.) So I drove to Housing, reminding myself to be nice even though I was upset. The man said there was no work order for our oven, but he submitted one and put a rush on it. I told him his phone wasn't working. He was very surprised and immediately put a message on the Housing Facebook page. I submitted a separate work order to fix the storm window that fell out of the screen door. He said it would take longer than the stove. I was ok with that.
I went home. I read a little more e-mail, then made some vitamin C mix. I filled a water bottle and went to visit my massage therapist. While waiting for her to finish, I looked around the store, and saw a shampoo bar that had none of the bad stuff. Then she was ready for me.
We talked for a long time before she started the massage. The conversation always turns to EMFs and big pharma, and pesticides and how to stay healthy. The massage was very nice. Then I met her in her office to pay and write down for her some info on shungite and Stetzer filters. She told me she takes CBD oil and it helps her sleep at night. She promised to send me some info. I bought the shampoo bar at the front desk and drove home.
When I got home, I checked the house mail. There was one piece of advertising addressed to a previous resident. Chris told me the repair man had been there to look at the stove. He needed a part and will be back next week. I ate some steak while checking e-mail, then made a salad – the last one. For dessert, I ate blueberries and cinnamon with coconut flakes.
I opened the EmWave2 which came in the mail a while back. It wasn't charged so I hooked it to my laptop. The lights came on. I clipped one end to my ear lobe and it tracked my pulse. I inhaled and exhaled to the rhythm of the blue lights. Soon the light at the top turned green. That was too easy. I went back to read the directions. Apparently it is on the lowest difficulty setting.
Then it was time to tap. I moved my laptop to the guest room to talk to my tapping buddy.
It was my night and the tapping went long. Afterward, I moved my laptop back to the dining room. Soon Chris was ready and we watched two episodes of DS9. Then he went to bed. I took my evening supplements and sat down to type up my blog. I took a break to open two Christmas cards that came yesterday. Then I finished my blog and went to bed.
* The EmWave2 measures heart rate variability to induce a state of coherence. *

Navigating the hurdles

The sleep app woke me. I pulled my infrared heating pad over me and let it get hot. It did not make me sleepy. After a bit, I got up to brush, swish and sew. I turned on the router. I boiled water to make tea and soak nuts. I put a sweet potato in the toaster oven. I read e-mail and listened to an interview from the EMF summit. I took a testosterone troche. Yesterday a book came in for the quilt guild. I put a pocket and labels in it. Then I made breakfast and started a new batch of sprouts. I read e-mail while I ate. I also looked up how to get a commercial NPI and sent the link to Dr. Lee. When the sweet potato was cooked (about 90 minutes), I ate part of it and put the rest in the fridge.
It was a little after noon when I headed out. I found package on the porch, went back inside and opened it. It was stuff I ordered from Amazon for Christmas. I headed out again. But this time Mother Nature called. Third time is a charm. I answered, and left for quilting.
When I got there, they were finishing up eating lunch. It was their Christmas party. I didn't bring any food since my oven doesn't work and I might be contagious. Maybe I shouldn't have gone, but I wanted to pass the labeled book to Pat for the guild. And I stayed to chat. The pool table was full of quilt magazines that were up for grabs. But it didn't look like many had gone. I picked up two. Then I sat at the table and talked to Pat and Leanne. I also bought a large jar of honey from Christy who raises her own bees.
About 2 we started to pack up. But it was almost 3 till we actually left. On the way home, I stopped by the Korean clinic. Dr. Grace looked at the mole removal sites on my face and seemed satisfied. I sat down with Dr. Lee to get an NPI number. But I came across a statement that a sole-proprietorship doesn't need a business NPI. So we were back to calling the IRS. There was a long wait, almost an hour. But the lady who answered was very helpful. She told Dr. Lee that if he didn't have a TIN, that he needed to get one and here's how. So after the call, I went to the site and clicked the links and filled in the form. All he needed to do was pay the $200+ fee and it was done. Then we had to wait for the proper e-mail response. So we looked at the other requirements for credentialing, which included a CV. I looked that up for him and found a sample for him to follow. The e-mail we were waiting for came in and he whited out some blanks to put the new number in. The last problem was a residency certificate. I looked it up and it was another IRS form which they would send for a fee. Gee whiz. I wasn't sure it applied to him, but told him about it anyway. He had his work cut out for him. Before I left, Dr. Grace gave me more packets of onion juice and jujube juice.
When I got home, I checked the mail. There were Christmas cards and a small package. I went in the house and opened it. There were several small horsetail plants.
I cut myself a piece of beef and ate it while reading e-mail. Then I made a salad, though not as big since the greens were getting low. Cecelia called, wanting me to bring tools for cutting a fringe edge on fleece. I listened to more EMF interviews.
My tapping buddy had rescheduled for Friday so at 8, Chris and I watched two episodes of DS9. Sadly we are in the last season. Afterward, Chris went to bed. I stayed up to blog and finish an interview. During the interview, I stopped to put the horsetail plants in water. I also put several vitamin C and glutathione patches on because my massage therapist texted me that she had an opening tomorrow afternoon if I was feeling well.
Finally I finished all my tasks and went to bed where Chris was waiting for me.
* I looked through the book Distinctive Dresdens after I labeled it, and took this pic for my file of inspiration. *

Another stabbing

I woke up at 7:20 with the sleep app. I stayed in bed until 8 when mother nature called. I brushed and swished and sewed a 16-patch block from 4-patch blocks. I opened the back door and the storm window fell out. I put it back in, but a prong is broken off so it will likely fall out again. I made coffee and swished again. I took my morning supplements and read e-mail.
I exercised, then started meditating. I played a paraliminal CD that came from Learning Strategies. I also tapped on a past event.
When all the meditation and tapping was over, I cleaned the bathrooms and kitchen. I washed dishes and pitchers. I took a shower, then made tea and boiled water for nuts. I watered the plants. When I came back to the computer, I saw that it had rebooted itself. But there wasn't time to start it up again.
I jumped in the car and headed to the Korean clinic. They were glad to see me. I tried not to get too close because my nose was congested and I didn't want to infect her. He wanted me to check on the latest submission to insurance. I checked on the interface site and then called them. After a long wait, I talked to a lady who said I needed to call BCBS. The lady at BCBS sent to me a website with a long form. I had Dr. Lee print it out. I started filling it out, but there were blanks where I did not know the answer. I asked Dr. Grace if she had found health insurance because the enrollment period ends on Saturday. She hadn't, so she and I waded through screen after screen of info and questions. I hope we answered them all correctly. Finally a plan was recommended where she did not have to pay anything but had a really high deductible. She was skeptical at first but then enrolled.
Then she took me to a treatment area and had me lie down. She put a wet paper towel over my face and stabbed at what was left of my mole with a burning stick. She said I was the only patient that she ever had to do twice. While she was at it, she also stabbed away at another mole on my cheek and one on my rib cage. That last one hurt even more than the first two. I decided to keep all my other moles. She cut away at the dead skin and I worried that she would get some live skin between those blades. Then she put neosporin on them and some kind of plastic dots. She claimed I was very healthy since the moles did not bleed.
I was ready to go then, but Dr. Lee asked about the forms he had printed off. So I tried to fill in the blanks again. At the end of one form, it asked for a letter 125C (or something like that). I googled it, then had to call the IRS to get one. But the man who answered the phone would not speak to me. So I handed the phone to Dr. Lee. The man asked questions that Dr. Lee did not know how to answer. I tried to suggest the right answer, but the man said he would hang up if I spoke another word. So I let the two of them try to communicate on their own. Eventually the man put Dr. Lee on hold, and after a while, the connection dropped. I tried calling back, but there was a message saying the IRS was closed for the day. I suggested Dr. Lee try again tomorrow, but I did not remember which menu choices I had made to get to speak to a person. Dr. Grace begged me to come back tomorrow. They gave me onion juice and jujube juice, then let me go.
It was after 7 when I got in my car. Thankfully I had texted Jennifer earlier that I wasn't coming to choir practice. I drove home and brought in the house mail. Chris was sitting at his laptop. I opened all the mail that Chris had laid on my chair. One package was a new watch band. At my request, Chris replaced the old one for me. I checked my phone for messages because Jennifer had called. But I heard two messages from Dad. So I called him, but apparently they were old ones. We talked for a little while, but I was hungry, not having eaten all day. I had some steak, then made a large salad. I ate while checking e-mail. I brushed against my face and one of the dots came off. The area was quite red, but not bleeding. I put a Band-Aid over it to protect it from future brushings.
It was 8:45 by the time I was ready to watch TV. We saw two episodes of DS9. Then Chris made his lunch and went to bed. I stayed up to blog, brush, and swish.
* This is a tablerunner that someone got in the swap game on Monday. *

Cold inside and out

I got up with a slight sore throat, which upset me. After all I have done to avoid catching his cold, here it is. Sigh. Best stay home and keep it to myself. I looked outside. It was so foggy and frosty that I was sure everything must be closed. I brushed and swished and sewed the last circle on a saucer. I boiled water for tea and nuts and to disinfect my toothbrush. I checked e-mail, and there were no announcements of closings. Hmm. I took out the recyclables. Visibility was better there. I put the storm windows down in the screen doors.
I took a packet of vitamin C. I ate a fat bomb and an orange and powdered vitamin C. I watched an interview on 5G. It was a really good explanation. People are worried about the cell towers in sight of their back yards when they should worry more about the routers, cell phones, tablets, laptops, etc inside their houses. 5G just means 5th generation, The actual gigahertz will be much higher. There are great inexpensive meters on the market, but they won't register the ghz of fifth generation.
While I listened, I took half a gram of C every 5 minutes until the sore throat stopped. I massaged acupuncture points for cold and flu. I caught up on the Lawson advent calendar. The ski game was a little too fast for me. Beverly called to tell me that lots of people asked about me at quilting today. I really wanted to be there, but was afraid of infecting all those older ladies.
I went to church to count money. Linda was waiting in the parking lot. We brought the necessary stuff to the fellowship hall where there was more room. She sorted the envelops by number and I looked up numbers for the loose checks that had no envelop number. The she called out the numbers to me and I recorded the checks and cash on a sheet of paper. We also did the deposit tickets. It was then that I realized I had put a memorial check in general fund deposit instead of the capital fund deposit.
Then we went to the office where I showed her how to enter the data in the computer. She did well. It was about 4:30 when we finished the reports. Then I thanked her and bid her adieu as I headed to the bank. I made the deposits and went home.
It was cold out and getting colder. I made and ate salad, and read e-mail. Even though I had food and a gift for the modern quilt guild party, I skipped it so as not to infect anyone. I ordered some shielding fabric. Then I went to the Stewardship meeting at church.
I was thinking it would be a small meeting and I could handle a few issues quickly. But the new head-elect of Stewardship came, as well as the At-large guy, and Tim. So the two heads talked about their agendas and I tried to interject actual business. I told them that I was training Linda to count money. I was afraid I needed permission to do that, but they were all enthusiastic about the idea and suggested I look for more people to train. Bill wanted to hold the meeting to an hour, so I did not get to ask my last question.
I came home, and read some e-mail until Chris was ready. Then we watched two episodes of DS9. He made his lunch and went to bed. I stayed up to blog and take more vitamin C.
* This is the wallhanging that I unwrapped in the dirty santa game yesterday. *

Dirty Santa strikes again

I heard my sleep alarm go off while I was in the bathroom. I came in to turn it off and two messages came through, signifying that the phone had not been in airplane mode all night. This is the second time it has happened and I can't understand how I let it slip.
I went back to bed and pulled my special heating pad over me. It had just gotten hot when I heard the front door open. So I turned it off and got up to greet Chris. His boss had sent him home saying he was feverish. He did not feel hot to me, but he had taken something.
I started my morning routine. I sewed several sets of patches. I boiled water for tea and to soak nuts. I put a bag of white tea in my morning container of water. I think it has naturally occurring fluoride in it. I took calc-fluor and the testosterone troche. I listened to an interview.
I called my dad to see how he was doing. He said he was trapped by the snow, and worried about shopping for Kevin, and checking the pipe heater under the house.
I got dressed and took vitamin C. I made and ate breakfast. I checked out my collection of gift bags and tissue paper to find something suitable for packaging a tea cup. I also went through a few plates before I found the right one for the food. I put a package of goat cheese in a decorative glass cup. The seed crackers and jicama were already in baggies. I wrapped it all in a kitchen towel. Then I headed out (in the never-ending rain) to quilting.
I got there earlier than usual. But the food was already out and as soon as I put my contribution on the table, the ladies said grace and lined up for lunch. We sat at two long tables, and there was barely enough room. I didn't take much since I had just eaten breakfast. Others ate well and took a sampling of all the desserts. But they could not finish what they took. I got compliments on the seed crackers and jicama, and several requests for the recipe.
After lunch, we played the dirty Santa game. When my number was called, I wanted to steal the embroidered egg that Debbie had. But she had trouble walking and I didn't want to make her get up, so I chose a large flat present from the table. It was a beautiful red and white embroidered wallhanging. However, someone stole the egg from her and then another stole the wallhanging from me, so I stole the egg and then it was out of play. Whoo-hoo!
Carolyn was the one who opened the cup and saucer I made. And Rebecca stole it from her. So that made me feel good. Most of the ladies left after the game. I stayed to quilt since there isn't enough room at home. Rebecca stayed with me and did needlepoint. I finished around three and we turned out the lights and left.
On the way home, I went to the post office to pick up the mail and a package. I mentioned all the mistakes with our house mail and the clerk said it came from a different post office, and that they were aware of the problem.
When I got home, I handed mail to Chris. I chose another gift bag and packaged another cup and saucer for tomorrow morning. I turned on the oven to see if it worked so I could make more seed crackers. But the results were not so hot. Kurt called to ask advice on buying a gift. But he got another call before making a decision.
I quilted a potholder and cut red circles for the center. Chris cooked steak and mashed yucca root. Both were good but there was something incredibly satisfying about the root. I made and ate a salad and listened to interview on EMFs.
I took some vitamin C and ate an orange to help with absorption. We watched two episodes of DS9. I brushed and swished and then finished listening to the interview while Chris checked his e-mail one last time. After he went to bed, I finished my blog post and then worked on the second potholder.
* The embroidered egg *

If only I could sleep like that

Chris got up early because he was coughing and he did not want to wake me. I went back to sleep and got up sometime after my alarm went off. I brushed and swished and sewed some sets of patches together. I took my morning supplements and drank water while reading some e-mail. Then I took a shower and got dressed for church.
I took Pastor's pants and headed out. My choir folder was already in the car. I let the car warm up briefly, then drove to church – in the rain. Where is all this rain coming from?
When I got to church, the choir hadn't assembled yet. When Pastor was finished with Sunday School, I gave him his pants and would not let him pay me. Then I warmed up with the choir.
After warmup I talked to people in the vestibule and got a bulletin. Then I sat in the front pew next to Don. The service started with the choir singing, coming in a few at at time. Then we stood up for the 4th verse and invited the congregation to join us.
From there, it was the usual Advent service with the lighting of the candles and such. Afterward, I stood in line to greet the pastor. I told him that I knew of a tailor in case the sewing I did didn't hold. Then Linda talked to me about helping to count money. She can't come regularly but wants to help out.
I drove home and then changed clothes. Chris was still coughing and a little congested. I doused my toothbrush in hydrogen peroxide and cleaned my ears. I also took some vitamin C. Then we went to Publix for groceries. They did not have the raw organic sunflower or pumpkin seeds that I usually get for seed crackers. I got an assortment of root vegetables and fermented veggies because that was recommended in an interview.
When we got home, we put away the food. Chris turned on the oven to cook a roast, but the oven would not cooperate. So no beef roast and no seed crackers. I made and ate breakfast. Chris filed a work order for the oven and then took a nap. While he slept, I plugged my headphones into the back of the desktop computer. That allowed me to listen to interviews while navigating my sewing table and machine. So I worked on saucers.
When Chris got up, he was not hungry. He wanted to watch TV early and go back to bed. So I heated the rest of the onion soup for supper. I also ate some pickled garlic and some of my sprouts. Then we watched episodes of The Jetsons. I never noticed before how similar they were to the Flintstones.
While watching, I drank my kava tea and braided my hair. I have been braiding my hair every night for several weeks. It was totally weird and uncomfortable at first. But it is getting a little better now.
When we finished the DVD, Chris put it back in the Netflix mailer. Then he laid out his clothes for tomorrow and went to bed, still not feeling well. (I was a little jealous that he could sleep so easily). But it was only 8:30. So I put on another audio and listened through headphones while I worked on more saucers for exchange gifts. I had to stop myself at 10:30 even though I wasn't done sewing. Donning my heaviest coat, I went outside to put more plastic over the plants to keep them from freezing. Then I sat down to write my blog and get ready for bed.
* The latest one. *