Filling bags of food

Monday

I got up before the alarm went off. I washed up and disinfected my toothbrush, then brushed. I rinsed my sinuses and gargled. I washed the Berkey and drank hydrogen water. I watered the plants. I washed dishes. I checked e-mail and saw spam so I logged into Paypal to block them just in case they actually had info on my account. I posted band announcements to the community pages.

At 9, I went to the chapel. There were large boxes of canned food. We separated them into categories, then filled 40 reusable shopping bags with a variety of foods. It took less than an hour.

I spent the rest of the morning choosing hymns and cleaning up the copies. Chris came home early for lunch. When I finished, I was ready for breakfast, but then realized I hadn't parsed out this week's supplements. So I did that, then made breakfast and read e-mail and Telegram messages. I am not a fan of early Black Friday sales. One day of such stress is enough. I ate the third very large pomegranate.

I selected an old pair of underwear and cut it apart at the seams. I made a paper copy of the parts and cut around them on the leftovers from the skirt that became pants. I sewed the pieces together and had to redo one seam to get the fabric going the right way. I tried them on and they were very comfortable.

I didn't have time to finish the edges. I had a quick bite, then said hello to Chris who had just come home from work. I took my trombone and music and headed to the chapel. Everyone came but Saronna. We played through the hymns and the Christmas music. I made so many mistakes because I can't see the notes. Just since last week. Sigh.

Afterward, I gave Sophia a ride home. When I got home, I heated some soup in the toaster oven. I read e-mail and worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched 3 episodes of Taxi. Later Chris went to bed, but I stayed up to read.

The yard looks really good!

Sunday

We got up before 8. I brushed my teeth and rinsed my sinuses and swabbed my ears.  I took supplements. I sat down to read e-mail. There were lots of sales. Sigh. Some of the products I tried to look up on Amazon to read the reviews, but now Amazon is insisting that I sign in to my account (which I haven't used for years) just to see the reviews!

I cut down the elastic waistband from the skirt to make a waistband for the leggings. I worked on URU to make new notes for next Friday. I made and ate breakfast, then got dressed for church. I took cheese squares and my trombone to the chapel. I warmed up with scales. I gave Keli her pants and she asked me for a price.

The service started. We sang three praise songs. He preached, and then we played two hymns. I talked to Mike who is moving to Hawaii with his family. Later I walked out with Jenni and the cheese squares.

I went home. I saw Jamie's truck so I knew she was working on my yard. I ate the second large pomegranate. I read e-mail and such, then entered my supplement routine on the old computer and printed it out. I changed my clothes. I ate soup. Jamie rang so I went out to talk to her. The yard looked really good. She didn't keep track of her hours so I paid her $200. Then I came in to join the game.

After the game, I worked on my blog. I filled the bread machine for Chris, and knocked a jar of ghee off the counter and it broke. So we had to throw the whole thing away. I made tea and started practicing my trombone. When Chris was ready, we watched two episodes of Taxi. Then he went to bed and I stayed up to do a few things. I looked for a song that I only remember a few lines to but could not find it. I vacuumed the broken glass area, then I got ready for bed.

Rhythm class

Saturday

After I got ready for the day, I read messages for over an hour. I asked Chris for a massage. Later we took our showers. I tried on the new leggings before putting on the waistband. They stayed on so I kept them on.

I made cheese squares for tomorrow. I made and ate breakfast. We got into an argument over what I was listening to. Finally, I went to sewing class. A new lady came with her daughter. Also the Clark kids. I showed them how to make the cinnamon-scented pot mats. It was a quick project and everyone was done and gone by 3.

I came home early, read messages again. Michelle came over with 4 quarts of goat milk and 4 very large pomegranates. I ate a pomegranate, and heated half a gallon of milk for cheese purposes. Keli came over for coffee grounds. I read messages, then added vinegar to the hot milk and scooped the curds. I inoculated a second cooler batch with biffidobacterium and put it in the dehydrator to keep warm. Later I added rennet. Chris made soup and I had a bowl for supper. I looked up some easy popular hymns to drum to.

Then I went to the chapel for Project Night. I unlocked the door and let Jenni and Sophia in. Jenni asked how to make the pot mat project and I showed her. Janet and her daughter came too, as well as Casey, Summer and another new lady. Summer showed her how to crochet. I took Janet and Sophia into the sanctuary and gave them each a pair of drum sticks. Janet's daughter got a pair too. Then I explained about quarter notes and half notes and whole notes. We practiced on Jesus Loves Me and O Come All Ye Faithful. It went ok, but would have been better with a simple line, not part of a double staff.

At 8, Sophia had to leave. I showed Janet how to make the pot mat and she made it with her daughter. Then I sat with Summer and she showed me how to crochet a round kitchen scrubbie. We chatted with Jenni and Casey. Then Casey packed up and went home. The ladies helped me pack up the machines and stuff. Then we locked the church and went home.

When I got home, I realized I had curdling milk in the dehydrator. The directions said to cut the curd in ½ pieces and stir them for 25 minutes. Usually I only stir for 1 minute. But this time I hooked up the automatic stirring unit and let it run while I worked on my blog.  However, the result was no better than before.  So then Chris and I read the latest e-mails and went to bed.

The Tyson fight

Friday

I got up before 7:30. Chris was still in bed. I did my morning routine and worked on Keli's pants. Then I filled a water bottle and went to Math Morning. I was a little early, but till I unlocked both doors and set up my station and checked the mouse traps, it was time. Then Casey arrived. I went to the sewing storage room to find fabric for tomorrow's project. When I came back, Karen was sitting at the table. So I sat and worked with her. Moira came in and worked with Casey. Saronna had worksheets for the others. But Sophia mostly entertained Jedidiah.

After Math Morning, Casey followed me home. I showed him where my major gopher infestation was. We found the tunnels. He lit and inserted two road flares, one in each. We covered the holes with jugs of water and put dirt around the bottoms to keep the smoke in. I did not see it coming out of other holes.

Then Jamie arrived to do more yardwork. Casey left and I went inside. Chris had gone to the office. I examined the fabric I had brought home. They were Thanksgiving prints that Tonja had gotten two years ago. And they were perfect for the project. I ironed them and cut a bunch of 8" squares. I also cut a pile of batting squares. I put some cinnamon EO on one and made it in to a potholder. Then I took a pic and posted the class announcement to all three Facebook pages.

Chris was home and he made lunch. Then I made breakfast. I ate while reading at the computer. Then I added to the grocery list. We went to the commissary to shop. We decided that it wasn't necessary to go to Tooele, especially since snow flurries were reported.

We put away the food. Michelle came over to bring me potpourri and I paid her for the silicon molds and milk which she will pick up tomorrow. After she left, I read e-mail for awhile. Then I found containers to put all the bags of nuts in to protect them. I used the big plastic bags that they came out of to cover plants outside from the cold.

Michelle texted asking if we had Netflix because she wanted to watch the Tyson fight. I said sure, come on over. Chris was making me supper and getting ready for his game night. Then he tried to get Netflix on the laptop connected to the TV, but it didn't work. So he pulled out the little one that we took to China years ago. Even that one had its issues.

While he fiddled and swore, I practiced Winterfest music. Then he gave up and went to his game night. I looked at the screen and it said Edge needed to restart. So I did and went off to do something else until it finished. Then I signed into Netflix and the fight came up, but it gave me an error message. Still when I reloaded, it worked.

Michelle and Isadora came over with Electra to watch the fight. I ate my supper, then worked on making a pair of yoga pants out of a skirt that I found at the swap shop. It was hard fabric to sew on. I made a carrot salad and worked on my blog. I messaged Tonja to thank her for the Thanksgiving fabrics.

I checked on Michelle and Isadora. They were really enjoying the fights. It sounded like they will still be here when I leave for her house to play Myst URU. I prepared for game night. Then I verified that they were comfortable, and I went to see Casey and Cedric. Casey was prepping the computer for URU. Cedric watched me play, then went to bed. Michelle came home about 10:40, all upset because she watched for four hours to get to the Tyson fight and it was boring. She was worried that she hadn't been polite to Chris when he asked how it was going.

Anyway, at 11 I shut down the game and said goodbye. I went home where Chris was still up. We talked and then went to bed.

Friendsgiving

Thursday

I got up around 7:30. I got ready for the day. I read messages for a bit. To prepare for Bible study I reached for a Bible on the shelf and my back seized. Thankfully I did not need to drop to the floor. I just stood still for a moment, then got in my car and went to Bible study.

Anka was waiting outside the chapel with her kids. I unlocked the door with Keli's help. We all went in. I got Keli's dresses from my car and walked in behind Ginger. We read from Matthew. When it was over, Keli tried on the dress that I removed a 2 inch band of fabric from and she was happy with it. Then she gave me a pair of pajama bottoms that her dog had eaten the crotch out of. Sigh.

I went home and rubbed some DMSO cream on it. Then I went to 602A for inspection. Jamie was upstairs doing some last minute cleaning. The inspectors came and looked around, then we signed the papers.

I went home. I walked to the post office to pick up the mail and to unlock the furniture room for someone who wanted to donate a couch. I picked up trash along the way. When I got home, I started looking for a sewing project for Saturday. Chris came home early and prepared the turkey and stuffing to go in the oven. Then I made and ate breakfast. He made and ate lunch, then went back to the office.

I watched The Highwire, already in progress. Then Jamie came over, riding the lawn mower. I took her home so she could come back with her truck and trailer. She raked leaves while I finished The Highwire and resumed looking for a sewing project. I wanted to find a good way of making scented pot holders or pot mats.

Eventually I could not resist working on Keli's pants. I found a piece of fabric that had bands of color in it. One of the bands was the same color as her pajamas. I cut a piece of paper into a crotch corner shape, then used it to cut out pieces to cover the four crotch corners that had been eaten. I basted them in where I thought they should go. But the final result was iffy.

By then, Chris was home and slicing up the turkey. He heated my casserole. Then we wrapped up the dishes of stuffing and took it all to the ACS center. People were already there. We carried our food in and set it on tables. The tables and chairs were already set up. We hung our coats on chairs, then I talked to several people. I gave Steve back his key. I sat with Michelle until the chaplain's assistant said the prayer. Then we got in line for food.

When she and I got back to the table, Chris was talking to some group of men. There was no point in eating alone, so I moved to sit with Michelle. Soon Jamie and her daughter sat down with us. Then Jenni sat on the other side of me. We had a lovely chat.

I had more food than I wanted because Michelle put her turkey on my plate since it had stuffing touching it. She is allergic. Jenni picked up all the plates and threw them out. I got up to talk to Anka, and then Saronna. Men started packing up the tables and chairs. Tiffany came and brought watermelon, so I had to get some of that. Karen had a large veggie tray and encouraged me to take some of that as well. Jamie wanted to make a plate for her husband but the turkeys were gone. Huh.

Finally I got Chris' attention and we headed home. He put the food away. I posted to the Facebook pages for Math Morning. Then I worked on my blog. I made tea.  My head was swimming and I didn't know why.  I was unable to get myself to practice or to concentrate on a sewing project for tomorrow.  Chris wasn't interested in watching TV so we both read at our laptops.  Finally he went to bed.  I stayed up later, but finally gave up trying to actually do anything.  Then I went to bed as well.

Sweet potato casserole

Wednesday

I got up at 7:30. I prepared for coffee morning.  After exercising, tapping and meditating, I cleaned the bathrooms and kitchen.  Chris came home early for lunch.  I washed dishes. He put bacon in the oven so the stove top racks were too hot to dry the plastic containers on. I had to stack them elsewhere to dry. I vacuumed and mopped and emptied the dirt cups. I took a shower.

I read e-mail. I went to the commissary for sweet potatoes. There were only two medium ones left. I bought them and added the one we had bought last week. I washed them and sliced them up and put them in the steamer. When they were soft, I mashed them and made a coconut sweet potato casserole. Chris still had bacon in the oven at 270 so I left the casserole on the stove.

I tried to print out music, but the printer only printed every other line well. The ones in between were faint. Brand new cartridge, too. Chris came home between work and Mass. He took the bacon out and put the casserole in at 350, then left.

I played through some music. I cut up brown paper and put the shreds in the compost. Michelle came over and we went to the library to make copies of the Winterfest music. She brought me back to the house and we sat in her SUV talking till after Chris came back from Mass.

I read messages. I looked for B6, but apparently I don't have any. I worked on my blog. I read messages again, then made tea. We watched two episodes of Taxi. Chris went to bed. I stayed up to read and then to look up how to clean the print head. After that, the printer did well. Then I went to bed.

Re-making Keli's dress

Tuesday

I got up before 7:30. I brushed and took supplements. I read messages, looking for something to play out loud while I cleaned up around the house. I flattened a bunch of boxes.

Steve called to say he was coming home early. I went to Housing to schedule an inspection. The head of Housing was there so I asked him about the hose at 602 and he said he wanted it. So I gave it to him. Then I scheduled the inspection for Thursday.

I went to Steve's apartment to clean the bathroom and kitchen. Then I went home for lunch. Chris was there so we took the five gallon jugs to fill up. He said they were going to have to move the water machine to a warmer location while the Shopette was being updates, but he didn't know where.

He dropped me off and went back to work. I made and ate breakfast then listened to a podcast. Michele called looking for her birth certificate. I searched high and low and finally found it. I scanned it and e-mailed it to her.

I finished the podcast. I went to Steve's apartment to finish cleaning. Then I packed all my cleaning stuff in the car. I went to the chapel fellowship hall to work on Keli's dress. It'll be a miracle if I can make an A line dress look like an H line dress. I also worked on the whiteboards, trying to remove marks the kids left. I muttered under my breath the whole time.

I got home after 5:30. I jotted notes for my blog. I answered the latest questions from my online health care provider. Chris heated up supper for me. I worked on my blog, then sewed the pieces of Keli's dress back together. It didn't look that different so I hope she likes it.

I made tea, then we watched two episodes of Taxi. Chris went to bed. I did two tapping videos, then practiced Winterfest music as quietly as I could. Then I went to bed.