Chris' new laptop

I got up at 8:30. I brushed and swished. I replied to a message from my massage therapist, agreeing to a 4pm appointment.
I deleted the first round of e-mail. I looked online for a Berkey discount for Jennifer. I did not find one. I cut up some fabric to make a project to work on at quilting. I trimmed threads on a project. I put away the blue and red quilts. Then I started my supplement routine.
I read e-mail, and then made and ate breakfast.
As I was leaving the house with my sewing machine, I found a note from Fedex saying they tried to deliver a package that needed a signature. I wondered how they could have rung the doorbell such that I didn't hear it. There were three options on the slip, detailing how to track my package. But I wanted them to deliver it again. So I called Fedex. I told the man I was leaving, but someone would be here at 4. So he sent the driver a message to come back after 4. Just in case, I turned the slip over and wrote “leave the package” and signed my name. Then I went to quilting.
There were not many ladies at quilting, but then I was a little later than usual. I talked to Pat who was quilting a music-themed item. Then I set up my machine by Leanne. We chatted for some time. Everyone else left but Pat. When she came over to talk, I sewed squares together in 2's, 4's and 8's. At 2pm, I packed up. Soon the other two were ready to go. We made the final adjustments to the room, then left. Pat locked up behind us.
I was home by 2:30. There was a package on the porch. It looked like a laptop. I took it inside and laid it where Chris would find it. Then I went for a walk. It was sunny but cold. I walked up the hill and checked on the daffodils. Some had buds already formed. When I got back, I read e-mail, then left for my massage.
I had thought she'd be running late, but she was on the phone. I sat in the waiting area for less than a minute before she came to get me. We went back to the massage room. I set up the Chi Shield. She thought it was a good idea since the building had a newly installed smart meter. We talked for over half an hour. Finally she left and I got undressed and laid on the table. When she came in, she started at my neck and massaged downward. She remarked on the niacin flush I was having. She spent a lot of time on my left leg. She said people with plantar fasciitis usually have a knot in their calf muscle. She found a large one in mine and worked it thoroughly. She said there was a shin splint starting on the same leg, and it was good to catch it before it got tender.
When the massage was over, I paid her and went home. At home, Chris was not in a good mood. He was on the phone with Mike and doing something with his new laptop. Mike said Kelly had a broken rib, but no clue as to how it happened. I ate the last of the beef ribs, and made a salad. I finished about 7. Then I tapped with and for Nell. Our efforts seemed pretty successful. We were done before 8:30. So I let Chris know I was ready to watch TV. We watched two episodes of ST:NG from the couch. Then Chris went to bed and I stayed up to blog.
* This is the latest of Lauri's quilts. *

Success with bitter melon

I had an upsetting dream. This guy I knew from college was able to teleport into my house whenever he wanted. I couldn't get rid of him. I heard my alarm go off at 7:30, but stayed in bed pondering the dream until 8. I got up to brush and swish. I heated water and made coffee. I did my special exercises. I did a lot of tapping on the disturbing elements of the dream. The coffee gave me the energy to clean the bathrooms, and kitchen. I washed some dishes and measuring spoons. I took a shower.
Then I made a list of pre-breakfast supplements and mixes. I decided what the proper order and timing should be and reordered the list. I took them as indicated, then made and ate breakfast.
I went to the Korean clinic at 2. He was having a problem with patient payments going to his account. 24% was missing from each payment. I called the bank. It took awhile to get a person, and then to have the person find the problem. Finally the clerk had me file a form with IRS, who was taking money out of each payment. Dr Lee said he had gotten no notifications from the IRS. Then he had me order an filter for an air purifier. To pay me, he gave me a foot detox bath. There was barely any colored water afterward. Then he put my feet in the foot massager for 15 minutes. I went home at 4.
When I got home, Chris had a package for me from the post office. Supplements. I got the house mail – 2 pieces and not for us. They looked like advertisements so I recycled them. I looked up IRS levies, and the most logical supposition was that he might not have paid SE tax.
Chris changed his clothes. Then I picked up my choir folder and we walked across the street to Stacey's house. They welcomed us into their home. We talked for a bit then sat at the table. Eric came up with a stir fry to show off the bitter melon that I brought yesterday. He had a selection of meats: chicken, beef, and shrimp. He also had two kinds of sauce, both spicy. So he did individual stir frys for each of us, letting us pick the meat and sauce. Mine had bitter melon in it, and Chris tried it as well. Stacey had one piece of bitter melon from my plate. It was so good! You could hardly taste the bitter melon through all the spices. After eating, Stacey and I went to choir practice in her car. Eric gave Chris a ham and the rest of the bitter melons to take home.
Choir practice went well. She and I talked the whole way there, and on the way back. She dropped me off at my house. Chris was on his laptop, but cued up ST:NG when I came in. After one episode, I went to the kitchen to make some magnesium water. I sipped it during the second episode. Afterward, Chris went to bed and I stayed up to blog and listen to the rain.
* Lauri made this for her grandmother's 100th birthday. *

The mystery ingredient

I woke up multiple times during the night being too hot. I finally got up at 7:30 when I heard my phone alarm. I was not sure which alarm it was, so I changed the ring tone on the 8:30 alarm so I could tell the difference. My pendant was missing but the chain was entangled in my nightgown. I got dressed, then found my pendant. My head was itchy so I put a mixture of vodka and EO on my scalp. I had thought the itch was gone, but it has gotten significantly worse. I brushed and swished. I laid out practitioner supplements for the week. Chris left the lid up on the bread machine, indicating that he needed a loaf of bread. So I added all the ingredients and got it started. Then I wrote and posted my blog for yesterday.
At 9:30 I left for quilting, came back for my protein drink, then left again. When I got there, I put several bags of trimmings with the dog bed stuff. Terry was selling a handcrank sewing machine from the 1700's. I knew someone who likes old machines so I took a pic to send her. Then I sat and sewed while listening to the ladies chat. Scraps were thrown on a table for ladies to pick through, so I selected a few to go with the small squares Bertha gave me yesterday. I hung out a while longer, then went home.
I made and ate my pre-breakfast mixes. I sorted through e-mail. I sent a pic of the old machine. Then I made and ate breakfast while listening to a podcast. I boiled water to sanitize some utensils that touched a batch of ferment that went bad. And I washed the dishes in the sink. I made a list of the things I wanted to accomplish on my next trip. There were 5.
First I went to the Asian grocery and picked up a package of bitter melon. Then I went to the $ store to look for an ice scraper. Just after that, I arrived at church where I entered the data in the computer and printed reports. I called Elaine to see if she was meeting me there, but she said her back was out. So then I went to the bank to deposit funds and came home.
I decided to go for a walk. But first I delivered the package of bitter melon to our pastor, who likes cooking contests like Chopped. He was like a kid waiting for Santa, so happy to find out what the mystery ingredient was. Then I continued walking around the neighborhood. Sadly, I walked a little slower than yesterday. When I got home, I greeted Chris. I did some topstitching. I called MaryAnn back, and we had a nice long chat. I ate 2 beef ribs, and made a big salad. I read e-mail for a bit. I looked for my sewing glasses to do some cutting. I didn't find them. Chris showed me some online pics of the costume he would like me to make for him. I searched my fabric closet for silks from the Chosun. I pulled out purples and golds. Then we watched two episodes of ST:NG.
I posted the red and blue quilts to my Pinterest page. Chris went to bed and I stayed up to blog and take the last supplement.
* This machine is older than all of my machines put together. *

The watch saga continues

I got up soon after 7:30. I got dressed. I washed dishes while listening to a podcast on detoxing. I only had to restart it once. I deleted the first round of e-mail. I researched a new supplement that was mentioned.
When I had worked my way through supplements and pre-breakfast mixes and was ready to make breakfast, here comes Chris to put beef ribs in the oven. It's funny how we don't spend much time in the kitchen, but we always need the kitchen at the same time. When the ribs were baking, Chris played games on his laptop. I made and ate breakfast while watching tapping videos. Chris went back to work.
At noon, I put my sewing machine in the car and went to quilting. When I got there, I found a seat on the back row. I worked on towels, while talking to Bertha. Lauri held up my red quilt and my blue quilt so I could take pics for my Pinterest page. I told Dinah that I would supervise the next charity quilt.
At 3 I packed up and went to the mall with my watch head and the new watchband. I sat at Hobbs Jewelry for half an hour while the lady struggled to get the band on. Finally she said it wouldn't fit: the watch was 9mm and the band lug was 9.03mm. I had looked at watches in the display case. There was one I liked, but I wasn't ready to pay $300 for a watch. She paged through a sales book and identified one band that should fit. It was over $30 and too long. But she assured me that Mr. Hobbs could shorten it and that he would be back at work by the end of the week. So I paid for it and she special-ordered it. I left the watch head and the non-fitting band so he could shorten the new one to fit when it came in.
It was just after 4 when I got home. I took the mid-afternoon supplement, and went for a walk. I was able to walk at my normal speed for the first time in months. I stopped often to stretch my foot against the curb. When I got back, I called Faye, who was at Rehab with Dad. He was doing well and she sounded good too.
I read e-mail until an hour had passed since the supplement. Then I ate one of the ribs. Chris had put lots of spice on it. I also ate the rest of my sprouts since they had stopped growing. Chris cooked yucca root and mashed it. It was good with the rib juice on it. Later, I put the meat in a small glass container which went into the fridge. I wiped the grease out of the pan with paper towels and put hot soapy water in it. Chris would have skipped the wiping part, but I don't want all the grease going down the drain.
There was a package in my mailbox: a seam guide sticker. I thought $10 was too much for a sticker, so I scanned it into my desktop and then made a copy for next time (or another machine). I played a video of the installation procedure, but there was no sound. I tried the desktop and still no sound. So I turned to my old laptop, and there was sound, but it wasn't great. I took the sticker to my machine. It seemed larger than necessary and I wondered if I could cut it in such a way as to get two out of it.
At 8:10, we watched two episodes of ST:NG with Chris, then went to bed at the same time.
* She is going to teach a class on how to make this block. *

The trouble with numbers

I got up at 8:30, an hour later than I meant to. I brushed, showered and got dressed. Then in a few minutes I had to leave for church.
When I got there, the choir was assembled, but not singing yet. I joined them. We sang through the song which was really nice and simple. Then I went back to my pew and talked to the people behind me until Don showed up. Then I talked to him. He got up and walked away to shake hands with people. He did not take his rollator so I watched him closely. The choir assembled to sing our song as a call to worship. Then the council president made announcements.
The baptismal font was set up in the center aisle. When the pastor invited us to renew our baptismal vows with water, I waited to see how it unfolded. People on the sides were going to the back so they could come down the center aisle. But Don and Jim headed straight for the font. That made sense for them since they were physically compromised. But while Jim came back the same way, Don went against the flow of traffic and out the back. One of the women went to walk with him so he wouldn't fall. Later for communion, I took his arm and walked him to the rail and back.
After church, I wished Cecelia a happy birthday. Then I walked Don out the front door to meet his ride. I went to the garden room to meet with Jim and Lars about problems with numbers for December. It did not take long. When I got to my car, I could not find my keys. I went back in the church and found them on the counter. I must have left them in the pew.
On the way home, I stopped at Tuesday morning for nuts, and found a chocolate mold tray shaped like Lego pieces. Then I went home and changed clothes. I took some protein powder and read e-mail. I went outside looking for dandelion in the sun. When Chris called me in, we went to Publix for groceries, and then put them away. I made breakfast and ate it while reading e-mail and listening to podcasts. I did no sewing because my left hand and forearm ached so much. I went for a walk to the soccer field and back. I used the massage ball on my back and neck. I started a new coconut milk ferment. I looked up the data behind some of the products mentioned in the podcast.
At 6:45 I heated up the leftover onions and garlic. I ate one egg, and a packet of tuna.
When Chris was done killing the 8pm boss, I sat on the couch with him and watched several episodes of ST:NG, during which I finished the binding on the blue quilt. Then he went to bed and I stayed up to post to my blog.
* Here is a pic from last Tuesday. *

The big reveal

I got up at 8:15. I took the morning supplement, then brushed and swished. I got dressed as silently as possible. I sat at my sewing machine, pinning the next placemat. Then I put on my coat and went outside to water the flowers and get some early daylight. There wasn't much because the sky was full of clouds, and they were moving pretty quickly.
When I went inside, Chris was up, had loaded the dishwasher and turned on the router. I started reading e-mail. I saw an open game of Solitaire so I played it. I kept playing games to watch the odds of getting a new victory image go down. Then I took my protein supplement. I also checked the mold plates that had been wrapped up for three days. There was no mold growing in either one.
I did some quilting while listening to a podcast. It was annoying that it would freeze and I would have to refresh the page and find the same spot in order to continue. At the most interesting part, I, put away the dishes from the dishwasher so I could be close to the laptop.
When I sat down, I saw e-mail saying a package was delivered. So I put on my coat to check the mailbox, but suddenly the wind and rain picked up so fiercely that I decided it could wait. I cleared more e-mail, and then Chris wanted to go to the WalMart nieghborhood store for cheese and milk. I elected to go along to look for kitchen towels and an ice scraper. It was raining, but not so windy, so I took an umbrella. When we got to the store, we found they had everything Chris wanted, but nothing on my list.
When we got home, I checked the mailbox and found the watchband that I had ordered. I was so excited! I opened the bag and took out the box, then took out the band. I tried to put it on, but it kept slipping in my fingers. Then Chris tried and he said the ends were too big for the watch head. I tried again, and the springy things came off. Chris tried again, but still no luck. He put the old band on just so I could wear it. He suggested I take the new band to the jewelry store at the mall and have them do it.
I put on another podcast and started quilting again. This one froze occasionally too. The old laptop doesn't do that. When I finished sewing, I sat down at the old laptop. I turned my attention to Instagram. It would not let me access my account, saying it had been inactivated for violating their policies. ??? So I created a new account using my Gmail address. Then I was able to look at quilt pics. But it didn't seem any better than using Pinterest or an internet search. So I moved over to Pinterest, looking for some kind of do-not-disturb sign. Nothing fit the bill. Then I added recent pics to my Pinterest quilt page. I made a big salad using up the last of the salad stuff and ate it. I discovered I hadn't posted in over a year, so I had a lot of pics to go through.
It was after 8 when I finished adding my most recent pics to my Pinterest page. Then I sat in the living room with Chris, and we watched a movie from Netflix called RA-one. It was a little strange, being partly in English and partly in some Indian dialect. Also there was singing and choreographed dancing, which isn't often seen in a superhero movie. It was pretty long. I got a few stitches in the blue quilt, but mostly it held my attention.
Now it is time to write my blog post and go to bed.
* This is the block that I remade yesterday. *

She started it

I woke up early and went to the bathroom. The house was dark and quiet so I thought Chris was gone. But after I went back to bed, he went in the shower. I must have fallen asleep after that. I got up at 8:25 after having a strange dream. Chris was gone, of course. I lit the candle and put it in the bedroom. I set a 3-hour reminder on my laptop. I brushed and swished. I washed the dishes in the sink. Then I transferred the anti-aging yogurt to a smaller container, and washed the original one. I made more spice mix and green powder mix. I listened to podcasts, and took pre-breakfast supplements. I made and ate my usual breakfast. I noticed that this new computer is louder than the older one, but loses sound sometimes and has to be rebooted.
After breakfast, I went for a walk. It was threatening to rain. I walked back by the baseball fields and tennis courts. I picked dandelion and dock.
When I got home, I listened to a podcast while sorting batting scraps from Mom. I looked into higher rate CD's for one that is maturing. I also checked out an infrared sauna blanket. It sounded great, but at $500 maybe it ought to do housework, too.
I found a baby ball that Mom started. I hand sewed while listening to a podcast. Then I turned it right side out and stuffed it. I had finished sewing it shut when Chris came home with a box. I opened the box and put the supplements away. I was hoping the new watch band would arrive today.
I called Faye, then talked to my dad. He seems to be getting stronger. He hadn't had a fat bomb today, so I encouraged him to have one.
Stacy called while I was talking, so I called her back. She needed to take a break and walk. So I put on my shoes and met her outside. We walked around about twice, then she had to go home for supper. I went home, too. Chris left soon after I arrived. I made a salad and added eggs and salmon. I listened to more audios as I ate. Then I watched three episodes of Royal Pains and used the massage ball on my back. Also, I beat my left foot with a cardboard tube. I drank some magnesium water and wrote my blog post. I quilted a placemat while waiting for Chris. He went straight to bed, so I published my post and followed him.
*This is the baby ball. *
P.S. Google made me change my password and the only thing that worked was bad language.