Greene Street Market

I heard the alarm sound at 8 but stayed in bed until 8:30. I drank water and read e-mail. The eye specialist called to say he'd seen the pictures from my eye doctor and wanted to take another look because the spot he saw in my eye was not like the one in the picture. He wants to be sure he didn't miss anything and can't believe such a thing would disappear. I read e-mail until the phone rang and it was his office wanting to set up the appointment. I made juice, and then breakfast. There was a lot of clean up between the two juicers. I cut strips from fabric that I trimmed from a Linus quilt. I wasn't sure if they would want it back in binding strips or as border size. I needed a project to work on for Stitch-its. I looked at possible borders for the 16-patch quilt. Then I noticed the time. So I grabbed the quilt that I took Tuesday, and drove over. It never came out of its bag. Marjorie showed me her living trust in a book. I talked about estates with a nurse sitting near me. We also talked about grief. Her daughter was in a neck brace. We all left about 2. When I got home, I finished breakfast, ate an apple, and laid in the sun. Chris came home at 3.  He took my car to have the oil changed while I mowed the back lawn, washed up and wrote a check for grass-fed meat. Chris drove us to the Greene street market. I got out and stood in line to pick up the two beef tongues and one heart that I ordered. (I am not sure how to prepare beef heart, but how hard can it be?) Chris parked and then joined me in line. They were also selling eggs and it reminded me that I meant to bring them my empty egg cartons. I had never been there and wanted to look around, but Chris was ready to go.  When we got home, Chris fixed himself supper. I checked e-mail and read about an opt out list to protect privacy. So I looked up my name on spokeo.com and opted out all of the listings. It was scary how much info they had on me, and it was for sale. We went for a walk, longer than the one several days ago, but in the opposite directions so it seemed easier. When we got back, I ate a slice of beef and had a tomato with greens picked in the yard. I made up a week's worth of supplements. After 7, I went back out to mow. I finished the back yard, the side yard and most of the front yard. The mowing was easy since the grass had been mowed recently. When I came in, Chris was ready to watch TV. We watched our last two episodes of X-Files first season. That is the only season we have, so I don't know what we'll watch tomorrow, unless it is fireworks.

Hyperpigmentation

I got up around 7 when the man next door started mowing his lawn. I sat quietly for awhile to make up a to-do list. It helped me feel less overwhelmed. I boiled coffee, exercised, cleared some clutter, played my trombone, and did the coffee detox. I toasted myself like a marshmallow in the sun, turning often from front to back. I juiced, using both juicers in succession. I watched a video attacking feel-good philosophies. I made breakfast after cleaning up from the juicing. I mowed the side yard and part of the back yard. I watered the vegetables in the flowerbed, and clipped grass by the patio. I sweated the whole time. I checked e-mail, and then showered. I drove to the eye specialist, which was only 5 minutes away. I had to fill out paperwork and did not know some of the answers. I had planned to call Chris in that situation, but inadvertently left my phone on the charger. I waited over an hour and a half to get called to the back because they were running behind. The assistant did an eye exam and checked my glasses to see what the prescription was. Then she dilated my eyes with three kinds of drops. After the pressure check, I had to sit and wait for the full dilation effect. Then the doctor came in and examined my retinas with a very bright light. It was uncomfortable. But he said it appears to be nothing more than hyperpigmentation.  He did see the beginnings of cataracts, but nothing to worry about for many years.   He was really nice, and looked a little like Johnny Depp. There was no charge until after insurance is filed. It was almost 5:30 when I got home. Chris was not home.  I finished breakfast, and ate a sweet potato. I watered three tomato plants out in the yard and those in the garden by the cucumbers. I still couldn't see well enough to read my computer, so I laid down until Maryann called. She had a pressing problem, but solved it herself. After she hung up, I ate a thick slice of the beef roast and then we watched 2 episodes of X-Files. Chris went to bed and I stayed up to rub iodine on my skin and post.
* My tomatoes and cucumbers are just behind the orange lilies in the photo    The hose doesn't quite reach that far.  *

Cherokee Red

I got up just before 8. I started in on clearing e-mail. Then I put on some isochronic tones while I exercised, etc. I also juiced and relaxed for a moment. Then I realized that I hadn't placed an order for grassfed meat for Thursday. So I took care of that. I got dressed, found a bag to put a quilt in, and packed up my foot pedal. I then drove to the Tuesday meeting. I sat at a mostly empty table and talked to a few ladies there. One told me how she had had a stroke and had to relearn walking and talking. Another told me about her husband having two strokes. The lady in charge gave me a sympathy card signed by the members. It was really sweet. When I left there, I went to the Asian store for kimbap and sprouts. When I got home, I made and ate breakfast and some of the kimbap. I put on my bathing suit and laid out in the sun for 20 minutes. I came in to take my supplements and listen to a tapping audio. I parked my car in the sun and sat there for about half an hour, sweating. Then I took a shower, dressed, and drove over to the farmer's market. I was surprised to have arrived a little early. I found tomatoes at several booths, and found one with tomatoes that hadn't been sprayed in a month. I bought $10 worth, then went to the sewing store to get my foot pedal replaced. I took my tomatoes in with me so they would not cook in the car. I had a nice chat with several ladies in there. One of them recognized the variety of tomato. It was 4 till I got home. I ate one tomato right away, and the rest of my breakfast. I read e-mail. I ate the rest of the kimbap with leaves from the greens growing in the raised tray. I was outside finishing an apple when Chris came home. He made himself supper. I ironed a shirt in the basement. I looked up how to get to the eye specialist tomorrow. I put on shoes and wrestled a tomato cage out of the vines in the very back of the yard. I settled it over what I now believe to be cucumbers. I thought I had planted squash there and cucumbers by the fence, but apparently not. I put the cage around them to give them something to climb. Then I changed to mowing shoes, and mowed about half of the front lawn. The UPS truck stopped and the man unloaded large box. It contained wool batting so it was easy for me to carry it inside. I put the mower in the garage and plugged it back in to recharge. I came in to inspect my battings. I drank three glasses of water and it gave me a headache. When Chris was ready, we watched four more episodes of X-Files. The last one was about vampiric fireflies that attack in the dark. What a great thing to watch before going to bed – in the dark.

*  This is a cherokee red tomato.   It tastes better than it looks.   *

Electrosmog

I got up at 7:45, had a drink of water and went back to bed until 8. I read e-mail for awhile, then put on an audio to exercise, drybrush and rebound. I juiced and made breakfast. I packed a lunch (cheese and seaweed and a nectarine).  I ate a sweet potato sprout.  I picked out a fat quarter and cut another one for a gift basket at quilting. I packed up and headed into the garage to open the door and realized that it was raining hard. So I went back upstairs to get an umbrella. I put out some tubs to collect water. I moved my sewing stuff to the car and shut the garage door. When I got to the church, the rain was over. I took my stuff inside and set up at a back table. It was nice to see a few ladies that I hadn't seen in a while. First I worked on Barbara's quilt, stitching by hand even after the eye of the needle went through my thumb nail. Roberta joined me for half an hour. Then I took a break to eat my lunch. Dinah wanted to take the quilt home and work on it this week, so I helped her fold it up. Then I worked on the cross project, which I have decided is not turning out well enough for the cross wall at church. So I will make another one, but using applique this time. About 4, I packed up and came home. Chris wasn't home yet. I brought in the mail. I finished breakfast and ate the last piece of fish. I picked up two apples and was slicing into one, when Jennifer called. She had a bad experience in Atlanta and I tapped for her. Chris came home during her call. After she hung up, I folded two baskets of laundry and put mine away. I ate supper and went outside. I set up tomato cages by the tomato plants in the compost and the ones in the flower bed. I dug up weeds growing in the driveway. I raked the debris away. I had to dust myself off and come in. Chris was almost ready to watch TV. The movie Gravity had come from Netflix. I had heard it was a good movie, but I did not really like it. The dialogue did not sound natural and parts of it were really slow or too low to hear. It wasn't even 10 yet when the movie ended. I read more e-mail and then wrote my blog post. I finished listening to the interview with Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt on Lyme disease. He said he tells his patients that they must get rid of electrosmog and mold in their homes before any treatment will work. He says electrosmog helps mold grow faster.  Most Lyme patients have mycotoxins.  Then I published my blog post and went to bed.

*  This is a scrap quilt that Alice made.  Isn't it lovely?  *

Avatar

My phone alarm went off at 8, but we did not get up until his phone alarm went off at 9. I made breakfast and checked e-mail, and listened to part of an audio. Then I paused it while I took a shower and got dressed for church. We left about 10:25. I talked to Dawn and Cecelia before the service. They both offered their condolences. I thought I was past crying in public, but somehow their concern brought it back up. Joanie, our intern, conducted the service by herself since our pastor was out of town. She spoke about Peter and Paul since today is the day set aside to honor Peter and Paul. After the service, I talked to Jennifer who is getting her American citizenship tomorrow. Also, Mary wants me to play something patriotic on my trombone next Sunday. On the way home, we stopped at Barnes and Noble for Chris to buy some movies with a birthday gift card from Faye. After changing clothes at home, we went to the grocery store. It was raining when we went in, but had stopped by the time we got out. It was just enough rain to keep me from mowing the lawn. I picked up two new apples under the tree. There were lots more, but each one had been bitten into by a rabbit or a bird. After unpacking the groceries, we went downstairs to watch one episode of X-Files and the movie Avatar, the uncut version with 16 extra minutes of footage. My dad called early on and we spoke about putting an obituary in his local paper. After watching tv, we went for a walk. I was surprised how hard it was. Of course it was uphill, but still. When we got back, we went to our respective laptops. I finished my audio from this morning and listened to another one, looking at images from Pinterest. I made a loaf of bread in the bread machine. I watched a few tapping videos on Youtube and I lasered my finger joint. The bread in the machine smelled like it was burning so I wondered if it was making toast. There was no visual evidence of burning. When the bread was finished, Chris took it out of the machine and put it in the refrigerator to cool until morning.

*  I didn't take any pics today, so here is one from Paducah  *

Puzzles

I don't know when we got up because my phone alarm did not ring. I forgot that it has to be set on Friday night for Saturday and ditto for Sunday. It was a usual morning after that, with e-mail, exercises, and a video. The video was a presentation about a man who went on a high-fat, low carb diet for 30 days. He checked in with a doctor every week. He reduced his blood pressure, and BMI, and lost weight. He felt better. His doctor was amazed. When the video was over, I went outside to lay in the sun. The sun went behind a cloud. I juiced sprouts, celery, and cucumbers. I drank it and went outside to lay in the sun. The sun went behind a cloud. I ran the pulp through the handcrank juicer and drank that. I cleaned up the two juicers, then went outside to … well you can guess what happened. I made breakfast and ate most of it. It is so convenient to save some for later and add fiber and coconut oil to it. I mowed the lawn in the front by the pine trees. The grass is so thick there that I could only mow half a row at a time. Then I mowed less dense vegetation in the back yard. I plugged in the mower and came in. I worked a pencil puzzle. I researched Lyme disease treatments. I sprinkled diatomaceous earth on the patch of ground where I sunbathe in hopes of discouraging ants. I pulled some weeds. I came in again and thinly sliced the green apples to get all the rotten spots out. I fed some to Chris as he gamed with the voices. At 7:30 I went back out to mow. I finished the hard-to-mow patch and recharged the mower. Then I pulled weeds growing in the cracks of the sidewalk and driveway. It was dark when I came in. I worked some more puzzles while Chris games, and then we skyped Michele until after 11. Now I can think of going to sleep. Chris washed the sheets and made the bed.

Video tributes are a nice touch

I got up at 8 when the alarm woke me up. I wanted to go back to bed. I checked e-mail, listened to an audio, worked two puzzles of a kind called Kuromasu. Not as easy as Bridges. I turned off the AC and opened the windows for fresh air. I put on a HGH audio from Youtube while I exercised, and then juiced. I meditated on what I was thankful for while I drank the juice. Then I put the pulp through the other juicer, drank it, and was cleaning up when I was struck by the thought that Burkey and Driscoll Funeral Home might take down my mother's portion of the condolence book today. But I checked, and it will be up through the 10^th of July. There was also one associated with the Reading Eagle newspaper, and it was still up. I hope my dad reads it. In the search, I came across the obituary for my U

ncle Rufus. It had a video presentation and I watched it. It was very touching and included pictures I had not seen before. So I had to look up Aunt Barbara and watch hers. I cried and I tapped as I watched. I thought the videos were a nice touch and wondered about doing one for my mother. Dad probably wouldn't want it online. I finished cleaning up the juicers. I had planned to lay out in the sun, but the sky was clouded and darkening when I finished cleaning. I cleared more e-mail, and watched part of a quilt show. I picked up two apples after the rain ended. They were on the larger side, but probably still not completely ripe. I called Dad to share a few ideas with him. I did not mention that it was their anniversary and he did not mention it either. I was listening to a short audio when Chris came home at 3. He left again to go to the grocery store and came back with a roast. I was just going out to pick some greens for a snack. Chris asked me to wash sweet potatoes for him to bake. I don't remember when I bought them and there were a lot of soft spots to cut out. Then I put my shoes on to dig up poke weed. It was quite a patch. I used the big shovel and still had trouble digging deep enough. When I came in, the roast was nearly ready. He cut me a slab of the rarest part. After I ate, I researched formulations of cat's claw for treating Lyme disease. There are a lot of favorable reviews on Amazon for one called Samento. Kurt and I skyped for awhile. I wanted to shine my healing laser on his scar, but it did not translate well through the computer etc. So we just talked. Then I hung up with him to watch TV with Chris. We saw three episodes of X-Files before he went to bed.