Mango ice cream

 

Sunday

I got up at 8. I went through my morning list. I

watered outside. I checked e-mail. I made two batches of cheese squares. I read my book for 20 minutes, then took the second batch from the oven.

I ate fiber gel, checked messages, then made breakfast and ate. I got dressed and went to church. I left the cheese squares in the back and went up front to assemble my trombone.  Keli asked me for glasses so I gave her mine.

The chaplain gave his sermon, we played hymns, then we had communion. After the service, we had a meeting about VBS on Tuesday. They suggested meeting at 7 on Monday and showing up two hours early on Tuesday. I unsuccessfully hid my reaction to spending even more time on this project.

I went home. I planted stuff in the tower garden and planter boxes. I cleaned up some debris. I diluted some old kombucha and drank it. No effect. I ate supper and played the game. Near the end, I made mango 'ice cream' with frozen mango chunks and coconut milk. For some reason, it made me loopy. We went for a walk with John and Michele. Afterward, Chris and I stopped at the garden. I saw the tomatoes were not getting watered.

When we got home, I mowed until the sprinklers came on. I had to leave the mower in the driveway to avoid getting wet. I worked on my blog and made tea. We watched TV. I read some articles and we both went to bed early. But I didn't sleep well.

Casey donates to the cause

 

Saturday

I woke up early, but got up at 8. Chris took a shower and went to Mass. I worked on my morning list. I was reading with the red light when he came home. He gave me a massage. Afterward, I took a shower. I checked e-mail, then ate fiber gel.

I went to the garden to putter around, making sure everything was getting watered. I started pulling weeds and then Travis came over to tell me the old irrigation system was fixed. We chatted for some time. At noon, Davis showed up with his girlfriend. I greeted them, then hurried home to make and eat breakfast.

I posted to the Facebook pages about it not being too late to plant a garden since some of the plots are not being used. Then I went to the chapel to set up for sewing. No one was there and Steve texted me about his key, so I walked over to the gym to drop it off.

When I got back, The Clarks were there as was Wendy. I showed the boys how to make sleep masks. I helped them, then we went out to pull weeds. Randy cut out enough for 4. Then Wendy and I helped him finish those. So sewing class ran long.

I went home, read a book out in the grass. When Michele came over, Chris served supper. John was home napping. I went to the chapel for Project Night. A young lady came and cut up a t-shirt. Michele came and left when she didn't have enough fabric. I decided to make a Chinese Coins quilt with the leftovers that someone donated. The lady left, but I worked a little longer and packed everything up.

I went to Casey's house for another gopher around 9. Then I went home. We folded laundry, then watched TV. We made the bed and then I worked on my blog. I read the stuff Faye sent me through Facebook and checked e-mail. Finally I went to bed.

No fenugreek

 

Friday

I got up around 7:30. I went through the morning list. I watered the outdoor plants. I looked at sewing projects saved to my computer and decided the cross-back apron project was too big to have ready by tomorrow. So I pursued the sleep mask. I chose fabrics and made templates. I cut and sewed and made a band with ribbon and a bit of elastic. I took a pic and posted the announcement.

I ate fiber gel, then made more breakfast mix. I made and ate breakfast while reading e-mail. I added to the grocery list and we went to commissary. After unloading groceries, we went to Tooele. Melanie's had nothing that I needed. Cal Ranch didn't have exactly what I wanted. Then we shopped at Macey's. They had the organic apples, but not the fenugreek.

We drove back to base. I read e-mail. I worked on crafting a cross-back apron from a shirt. I heated and ate supper. I listened to a podcast on Social Security. I worked on my blog. I went to the garden to plant two tomato plants. I stayed to do a bit of weeding and shoved mint into gopher holes.

When I got home, I took some yogurt from the fridge and went to Casey's house for Game Night. He had the game up. I told him about the garbage being blamed for the smell yesterday and he thought it was hilarious. I loaded the game from the last save, but for some reason, Indy could not move, only fire his gun. He got shot down multiple times. Finally I reverted to a previous save and spent a lot of time retracing his steps. But he got further this time. When I quit, he had beat all the bad guys and was free to explore the fortress unimpeded.

Casey called Michelle so I could tell her the story. Then I thanked him and went home. Chris was still up. So we got ready for bed and turned in.

Gopher heads

 

Thursday

I got up at 8, having slept well so far as I remember. I brought in the milk and eggs. I heated half of the milk and cooled it while doing the morning list. I hardboiled one batch of eggs. I heated and cooled the other half of the milk and added it to some ferments and made some new jars of l. gasseri, since that is the one people seem to like the best. I cut up cherry tomatoes and put them in the dehydrator. That way I can easily add them to cheese squares.

I put the previous yogurts that I didn't want in a jar. Wendy came over to get it and she brought me a good jar to replace it. I texted Saronna about a quart of yogurt that I had for her and she said someone would come over later to get it. By the time Wendy left, it was almost 11:30. I ate fiber gel and read outside.

I put on The Highwire and made breakfast, then ate it. It was kind of short today. I read some other e-mail. I watered the plants outside. I put together some clean towels and stuff I read about last night. I stopped at the post office and there was no mail. I proceeded to the house on the hill. I cleaned the entire shower enclosure using different things in different places: several kinds of Barkeeper's Friend (oxalic and/or citric acid), toilet bowl cleaner, mineral oil, SOS pads, and magic eraser. None of it worked entirely. I decided I was done. I went home to get the key, then to Housing to return the key and the garage opener. I told Jack about the killer fumes from the cleaning vinegar.

I went home. I put the gopher heads in a pan on the stove and set them to boil. I covered it with a rectangular pan. The smell was awful so I turned on the fan and opened the windows and the back door. I checked e-mail. Later I drained the water and put fresh water in. That smelled significantly less bad. I heated supper in the toaster oven. I listened to some podcasts. I ate supper, then went out to mow.

While I was mowing, I noticed Wilhelm walk to the park. So I quit and came out front. There was an insulated bag sitting on my front porch. So I went to get the quart of yogurt that I promised Saronna. He came back to the house. He unzipped the bag and put the yogurt in. He asked to come inside and I told him about the smell from the gopher heads. He wanted to see them. So I showed him. Of course he thought it was cool. Then I adjusted his helmet straps while he picked out some rocks from my collection. Then he took the insulated bag and rode off on his bicycle. I resumed mowing for another half hour.

I came in at 7:30 to make sure the water hadn't boiled off. I decided to turn it off and let it cool. I read more articles and messages. I was listening to a podcast when Chris opened the front door. I grabbed the pan of gopher heads and stuck it out on the back porch. He complained about smelly garbage and took it outside to the bin. I put some water and peppermint drops in the toaster oven.

I worked on my blog and made tea. We watched TV. Afterward, I brushed my teeth. Chris went to bed. I searched my files for sewing project ideas.   After 90 min, I shut down my laptop and
went to bed

Splash Into Summer party

 

Wednesday

I got up at 8. I puttered in the kitchen getting things put away and organized. Then I prepared for Coffee Morning with coffee, exercise, and reading with the red light. I did four rounds of tapping and meditation, then cleaned the bathrooms. I watered the plants and got started on the kitchen. I read in the sun for 20 minutes and finished my book. I vacuumed around the house, then prepared the sauna and steamed for 20 minutes.

I put on a bathing suit and spent way too much time looking for my silk beach coverup. Finally I wrapped a cotton one over me. I ate yogurt and emptied the remaining milk into 4 jars of yogurts. I put them in the dehydrator to ferment.

I went to the pool. They were having a Splash Into Summer party. I went to the environmental tent where they were giving away plants and letting people plant seeds in pots to take home. I talked to MeryAnn and her mother-in-law. I talked to Steve and Michele and Jack. Then I went to find Janet and asked her to take a picture of me as if I were on vacation. She had me sit by the pool for a set of photos and then stand by the water slide. Then I went to talk to Jenni for awhile.

Michele came to tell me that she and John were leaving. So I walked over to where John was watching my plant and asked him to put up the next water bottle for me when he returns the extension cord. So while they went home for the cord, I went home and started making egg salad. John brought me the cord and lifted the five gallon jug up to the counter top. Then they went home.

I ate my egg salad. I went to the house on the hill to work on the hard water spots on the shower door. I used cleaning vinegar mixed with Dawn. But OH the fumes! I opened all the windows and it wasn't enough. I had to hyperventilate then scrub and run away. Several times. I rinsed it off and poured the remaining solution in the rock bed. Water spots were still there. I tried CLR again, several times, leaving it sit about 5 minutes. But the spots remained. I used a scraper but to no avail.

I packed up and went to the garden. I spoke to Casey who was tending his garden. I planted some seeds and adjusted my sprinkler to cover that spot. Then I went home to research how long to soak a glass door in CLR. I found lots of suggestions of other things to try.

I checked e-mail and messages. Janet sent me one of the photos. She had changed the background and put a pineapple drink in my hand. I added words like Wish You Were Here and sent it to Michelle. Then I worked on my blog. I looked up ways to clean hard water spots from glass and jotted notes. I watched the last episode of Call the Midwife and went to bed.

Cleaning hard water spots, or not

 

Tuesday

Tuesday

I got up around 8, having slept ok. I juiced the onion stems that I cooked yesterday. I completed the morning list by watering the outdoor plants.

I cleaned for 1.5 hours, then went home for fiber gel. I made up more supplements, then made and ate breakfast. A guy came to treat for gophers. I read e-mail, then read a book outside.

At 2:15 I went back to finish cleaning. The gopher guy happened to be there to spray the weeds growing in the rocks. It took me 45 minutes to finish the house and a bit of the yard. The trimmer stopped working.

I went to Housing to schedule an inspection but no one was available. So I went to 206 to clean floors. Steve came over and insisted I take another $10 for cleaning his toilet ring. He also wanted me to stop by the gym. Then Housing called me and I was able to schedule the inspection for 15 minutes from then. I mopped the floors, then headed up the hill. They were already there and taking pics. But they were not happy with the hard water marks on the shower door. We discussed CLR. I promised to clean the door and we signed the papers.

Jack and Bobby met me at 206. I pulled the glass shelf out of that fridge and we walked over to 212. However, it was now occupied. So Bobby figured out who it was and texted him to see if we could go in. He texted yes, so she opened the door. Jack pulled out the damaged shelf and I slid in the newly cleaned one. We transferred the food from the old meat drawer to the new one, and left.

I went back to 206 to get my bottle of CLR. I went up the hill to clean the shower door. After 3 applications, I didn't think it was going to work. Michelle called me from Germany. She had a question for Chris and I told her he was in Florida. She offered to let me use her Pink Stuff to clean the shower door. She hung up to call Chris. I went home to get a bottle of something called Porcelain Brite. I tried that twice. The door was better, but the water spots could still be seen.

I went home to heat and eat leftovers for supper. Then I went to the gym to pick up money from Steve. I hurried to the chapel to unlock the door for Bible Study. We sat and chatted in case others were coming. Then we read through chapter 29 and started discussing it. Eryne showed up and we continued to discuss. We also wrote a prayer list and prayed for everyone on it. Chris called during the study, but hung up when I told him where I was.

After the study, I left and went home. I made a bottle of tea and went to Casey's house to play Indiana Jones. Casey was not happy because of some online class they were making him take. He started the computer and I loaded the game. We chatted a bit as I completed the three things I had set out to do. Happily, I was able to complete a 4^th thing by jumping on a truck and getting into the compound. I was able to save it just before Indiana got shot dead.

It was 10pm, so I thanked Casey and went home. I checked e-mail and messages. I finished a video of a French biostatistician who went through the trial data for Pfizer and said it proved neither safety nor efficacy for the vaccine.

I posted to my blog and Michelle texted me some more. Then I jotted notes about today and got ready for bed.

Picking God and Country hymns

 

Monday

Chris left at 6am. I got up around 7. I went through the morning list. No milk or eggs were delivered. I cut all the onion stalks, washed them and put them in the crock pot to render into soup stock.

I went to clean a house. I spent two hours, then went home to make and eat breakfast. I added water to the crock pot. I also read outside. Then I went to the post office for mail, and back to cleaning. Another 2 hours plus. On the way home, I stopped at Steve's apartment to scrub the ring out of his toilet. I checked 206 for a pumice stone and noticed that someone had taken all the furniture and left the door unlocked.

When I got home, I ate fiber gel and put supper in the toaster oven. I added water to the crock pot. I read outside again, then came in to turn off the oven. I fell asleep in the recliner and woke up at nearly 6. I had a few bites of supper (leftovers from the Indian restaurant), then went to the chapel for band. I REALLY wanted to stay home and sleep some more.

We had 5 people for band. We played through the hymns and some God and Country songs. I texted the chaplain and he said he'd be right over. So we waited a few minutes. Then we discussed possible choices and came up with three. The others went home. He and I walked out together.

I went home and finished supper. I added water to the crock pot. I checked e-mail. Chris called and we chatted for a bit. I mowed the lawn for 30 or 40 minutes. I worked on my blog. I spent an hour entering data into VMIS. John came over for an extension cord for a weed whacker. I watched an episode of Call the Midwife, then got ready for bed.