Galentine's Party

 

Friday

I got up at 7:30. I got ready for the day. I practiced just a little bit. I put some more yogurt out to drain. I posted pictures of the swap shop.

At 9 I went to the chapel for Math Morning. I helped Moira with her math. Then she helped Jedediah count chairs. Randy sat with the kids and kept on Wilhelm. It went long so I called time at 10:15.

When I got home, I turned on the sauna. That gave me 10 minutes to prepare it and myself. I sat inside and steamed for 20 minutes. Then it shut off and I cleaned it out and took a shower.

I made breakfast and ate while reading online. Then we went to the commissary for groceries. We got everything on the list so we didn't go to town. Chris' game was canceled because some of the guys had Dad-duty so their wives could go to the Galentine's party.

While I was reading, Michelle called, saying she wanted to get into the Keetch room to set up her version of a charcuterie board – individual cups with a small bowl on top of each. It wouldn't be transportable so she wanted to assemble it on site. I borrowed a key and let her in. We chatted just a bit in the kitchen and then her husband shouted boo from the room. I about hit the ceiling. They laughed so hard. So after that I had to go home and change.

I worked on my charcuterie board, arranging the cheese hearts and seed crackers and 4 quartered pickled eggs. I mixed some yogurt with guacamole and a bit of mustard for a dipping sauce. I put it in the garage to keep cold.

I tried to take a nap, then ran out of time. I got dressed for the party. Michele called saying she wanted to go as well and wanted to be picked up. So Chris wrapped the food in plastic wrap and put it in my front seat. I went to Michele's house. She came out and needed the back of her dress hooked up. Then she sat in my front seat and held the food while I drove us to the ACS building.

We went in and she found a place for the platter. We mingled a little, then sat by Michelle. Then we all got up to get drinks. All they had were fru-fru drinks, so I got water from the tap. Michele said the tap water tastes bad, and it did, but at least it didn't have sugar in it. Numbers were placed on the charcuterie boards and we voted for our favorite. Then we loaded our plates and everybody ate.

Ria asked Michelle to link her phone to one of the TV screens for later. Michelle put up a pic of a bear with a heart. But later she loaded Karaoke songs and we sang. Ria had a speaker that played music and projected sparkles on the walls and ceiling. Michele and I danced to one of the songs. Michelle was given the award for best charcuterie even though her offering was in cups.

It was around 8:30 when Michele told me her back was bothering her and she needed to go home. So we took our platter and said goodbye and walked to the car. She got in and as I walked to my side, her neighbor shouted across the parking lot, offering to take Michele home. So Michele went home with her and I went home to change clothes and get ready for game night.

When I got to Michelle's house, I handed her a jar of thickened yogurt. I talked with the whole family. Casey put up the game. I played the bird path until there was no more I could do. Then I played the submarine path until I got stuck. By then it was 10:55, so I shut it down and said goodbye. When I got home, Chris was asleep. I got ready for bed and hit the hay.

The War Room

 

Thursday

I got up before 8, I got ready for the day, I put yogurt in a cheese cloth to thicken. I I went through a pile of denim pieces and noticed there were two pairs of jeans that were all cotton. I tried one on and it fit around the hips and waist, but was too long. So I shortened the legs. It also had a button fly which I didn't like. I went through the scraps to find a zipped fly. I took the zipper out. I cut off the buttons with a wire cutter. Then basted the zipper in. But when I zipped it up, the pull came off at the top.

I started playing The Highwire while I made breakfast. After eating, I looked up how to put the zipper pull back on. I had to take the lower guard off which I didn't want to do. I stitched across both ends to secure them afterwards.

At 2:45 I went to 60D for inspection. I wiped the window tracks which had collected a bit of dust. When the inspectors came, she had me sign the paper almost immediately. I encouraged her to look around. She found some brown dots in the toilet bowl. She flushed, but they didn't move. I wiped them with my cloth and they went away. Had someone been here and used the toilet?

Afterward, I delivered the head and envelop to Isadora's house. I stopped at the commissary for tomatoes, shredded cheese, blueberries and raspberries. When I got home, I made cheese squares in heart shapes. I made seed crackers in squares. I put the thickened yogurt in a jar.

I sewed in the zipper as well as I could by machine. I finished the job with a needle and thread. I listened to the two tapping meditations which were about to be replaced. Just as the second one was wrapping up, it disappeared and Day 4 videos came up.

It was 6pm. We went to the chapel for their movie night. There was a table with pizza and snacks. The chaplain said a prayer and people put food on plates and sat down. I wasn't hungry so I got a bottle of water and sat with Chris. Eryne joined us and then Karen joined her.

The movie was called War Room. It was pretty good. We chatted afterwards, and people pitched in to clean up. Then we went home. I started working on my blog. We went to fill our three water jugs. I finished my blog. Chris didn't to watch TV, so we played on our laptops and later went to bed.

Reorganizing the front hallway

 

Wednesday

I got up before 7:30. I performed my morning ablutions. I made coffee and did exercises. I read for half an hour, then meditated and tapped for a hour and a half. Then I cleaned the bathrooms and kitchen. I washed dishes. I mopped the floor and vacuumed the carpets. I checked e-mail. I figured out how to divvy up the payment for cleaning the house and prepared envelopes.

I prepared the sauna and steamed for 20 minutes. I cleaned up the sauna and took a shower and got dressed. I walked to the post office to get the mail. It was a beautiful day. I also went to 60D to roll the garbage out to the curb and to rake yard debris away from the door.

When I got home, I worked on paring down all the stuff in the front hallway. Too much of it went into my sewing room where it gets in the way. Chris came home from work and we chatted a little. Then I went to see Steve who wants me to shampoo his carpets.

When I got back, Chris and I discussed current events. Then I worked on my blog and made tea. We watched an episode of Criminal Minds. I watched the tapping videos for Day 3, then got ready for bed.

The house is finished

Tuesday

I got up after 8, surprised it was so late. I got ready for the day, but didn't practice.

I watched tapping videos from Day 1 of the Tapping World Summit. I went to 60D to clean. I finished the floors and got all my cleaning stuff out.

When I got home, I ate fiber gel. I watched a tapping video as I made and ate breakfast. Then at 2, I went to see Saronna. I brought her a jar of my yogurt and we mostly talked. But we did play through When The Saints a few times.

On the way home, I stopped at the chapel to pick up my music which was left on the stand. At home, I finished watching the videos. Then I worked on the waistband of the jeans: enlarging it and sewing it back on. But the jeans still didn't fit.

Chris came home and heated supper for me. I ate supper while watching the newest tapping videos. Also pieced puzzles of charcuterie boards, hoping for a good and easy idea for Friday. I worked on my blog and made tea. We watched an episode of Criminal Minds. I watched some of the Day 2 videos and went to bed.

Making two kinds of yogurt

 

Monday

I got up before 8. I prepared fiber gel, etc. I practiced. I brought in the milk and eggs from the front porch. I heated half of the milk to 180, then let it cool while I heated the other half. I put some of the yogurt starter from last week in the first batch and let it cure in the dehydrator. When the second half cooled, I put some probiotics in it. I put it in the oven to keep warm. But the oven was hard to work with. It heated up quickly and did not stop heating right away when I turned it off.

I prepared the sauna and did 20 minutes of steaming. Then I cleaned up and took a shower. I re-heated the oven. I went cleaning for over an hour. Bobbie and Jack stopped by. They decided it was move-in ready. (But the bathtub won't drain...?) I worked on the drain, but to no avail. I also finished the windows.

I went home for breakfast and checked e-mail. I went to the library for copies and she gave me eggs, too. Then I went back to clean, mop, etc. Almost finished. I put some stuff in my car to take to the swap shop.

I went home and took fiber gel. I put supper in the toaster oven. I pulled the first yogurt out of the dehydrator and put the second one in. I went to the chapel a little early to set up the bells table and music. Then I had to run home to get my music. John came, but Michele was home sick. So I asked Saronna to sub for her, and asked John to be the section leader. Anyway, we all played the two hymns for Sunday and then I asked Caleb and Saronna to join the bell players. Keli and I and the kids played some other pieces while the bells practiced their one piece. Caleb got frustrated and quit. So I asked Deb if she could come every week. She wasn't sure. John helped me pack up after everyone left. Then we each went home.

I put rennet in the second yogurt to see what would happen (nothing). I put the first yogurt in two jars. A lady texted me wanting to get something from the swap shop. So I ran down there and helped her get two furniture pieces. I stayed to drop off a shower curtain and to find a pair of cotton jeans.

When I got home, I read messages, then worked on my blog. I made tea. We watched one episode of Criminal Minds. Then I worked on the pair of jeans, removing the waistband.  It was after 11 when I went to bed.

Getting a card signed for Rod

 

Sunday

I got up late. I got ready for the day. Chris was still in bed so I didn't practice right away. I made a batch of cheese squares and put some homemade cheese on top because I had more than I could eat.

I read e-mails, then practiced when Chris got up. I tried to mend a pair of his pants. Some of the fabric was shredded. I gave up but he insisted it didn't matter what the fix looked like. So I stitched both sides to a patch and washed my hands of it.

I made breakfast, and checked Praise songs as I ate. Then I got dressed. I took the snack and music to church. I put the snack in the back. I handed around a card for people to sign for Rod. I sat for the service. It was the usual line-up. We played hymns at the end of service. Then a man came forward and people gathered around him and prayed for him.

Later I took my empty cheese square container and headed out. I went to the gym to turn on the sauna. I got talking to Steve and John about ozone machines. I went home to get ready and came back. They said Michelle had told them not to talk to me. I went into the sauna where she was and we talked for an hour or more. We got out and showered. I signed the card and gave it to her to deliver. I went home and hung up the wet towels and suit.

I signed into the game and ate supper while we played. We killed a dragon and got a rod of fire. I read online for awhile then worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched an episode of Criminal Minds. Then we read on our laptops until time for bed.

The very long Project Night

 

Saturday

I woke up hearing Chris' alarm. He got up to prepare chili, which would then cook all day in the crock pot. I got up later. I made fiber gel, but not chia. I took supplements, then made a batch of breakfast mix and a week's worth of supplements.

Chris came home from Mass. I asked him for a massage and he complied. Later I turned on the steam sauna and used ginger essential oil. Afterward, I took a shower. Chris started the laundry. I folded all the little towels that I washed yesterday and hung up the wet ones to dry.

I made and ate breakfast. I read e-mail and watched part of a documentary on Gates. Then I took my sewing bag and went to the chapel for sewing class. I stopped at the post office to pick up mail. I ran into Melissa and we chatted a bit, then I hurried off to the chapel.

Wendy had just arrived. We unlocked the chapel and went in. Saronna didn't bring her kids because they were sick. But then Janet brought her daughter. So I helped her made an organizer out of the sunflower fabric that she picked. Janet took pics. Then they left. Wendy and I chatted as we locked up and headed out.

I went to 60D to clean. I texted Isadora and she came over, too. We spent about an hour. Then she got a head from home and we stuck it in the window as a kind of joke. Then we went home.

Chris was getting ready for John and Michele to come over for supper. I watched some videos on how to build small fires. I worked on my blog. John and Michele arrived about 6. John was wearing a mask because he wasn't feeling well. I had them sign the card for Rod. We all ate together and conversed.

At 7 I went to the chapel and opened it for Project Night. I laid down in the sanctuary until I heard voices in the fellowship hall. It was Casey, Cedric and Isadora. I chatted with them, then realized I didn't have my phone. So I drove home and got it, plus a box of patterns. When I got back, I laid out the remnants of my blue cotton sheet. I pulled out several patterns that included pants. I spent some time choosing one and altering it to fit. The Cleggs went home. John and Michele stayed a little longer, but they left before 9. I had so much laid out that I decided to stay until all pieces were cut. I had to undo the hem at the top of the sheet to have enough fabric to make the cuts. After cutting out the fronts and backs, I cleaned up, packed up, turned out the lights and went home.

Chris and I dressed the bed. I read the latest messages and finished my blog post.