Updated regulations

 

Wednesday

I got up at 7:3. I pulled out the reuteri from the yogurt machine. It was supposed to get another 12 hours, but it was done. I prepared for coffee morning. I boiled water and cleaned a 5 gallon jug. After coffee morning, I cleaned the kitchen and bathrooms.

Chris came home with groceries around lunch time. I vacuumed and mopped. I laid out in the sun. I put milk in the dehydrator to coagulate into gasseri. I steamed for 2 minutes, then showered. I rested for a bit, then ate yogurt.

I listened to a podcast, then made and ate egg salad. I read e-mail. Housing said they had updated their regulations. So I went to Housing to get a copy of a document that they updated. It was a quarter inch thick! I went to the library to return a book. Michele walked up and asked me for a ride home. She went into the library with me. Chris was there having just finished his game. I picked out another book and we chatted with the librarian. I took Michele to her house.

I went home. Chris was already there and made his supper. I walked to the post office for the mail. No snakes. I read e-mail, then heard him on a conference call with his siblings. After that, I went to the garden to water with fertilizer and to weed. I watched old tapping videos to clear some of my unread e-mails.

I worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched an episode of Criminal Minds. I looked up some of the characters. I went back to watching old links in e-mail. Finally I got ready for bed.

Shopping in Tooele

 

Tuesday

I got up about 7:15, I did some Sudoku, then got dressed to go out and water the plants. I also checked the traps. Then I went to the kitchen to start the morning list. I got it done, then decided to make more reuteri. I could not find a jar with a plastic lid, so I used a quart jar with no lid. However, even that turned out to be too tall. Also, I had trouble dissolving the powder into a small amount of water. It made lumps. But I was running out of time.

I got the yogurt maker started, then put 4 yogurts in a bowl and ate them. Michelle drove up. I grabbed my water bottle and went out to get in her car. We headed to Tooele. We stopped at the vision place to pick up my new glasses with a focal point for music on a stand. Then we went to Melanie's and got some sale items. We went to Hobby Lobby for fairy stuff. I just got glue. Finally we went to an ethnic grocery store. I got pigs feet and cow tongue. She got homemade jerky.

On our way back to base, she shared the jerky with me. She dropped me off then went to take a piece to Casey at work. I made and ate breakfast while reading e-mail. She dropped my water bottle off at my house and then I went to the post office to get the mail. I talked to the postmaster about the snake. Then I went to Michelle's house to get a drawstring bag. She showed me her fairy project which is coming along nicely. I also saw Isadora's octopus project.

I went home. I read online. I read outside in the sun. I came back in. A man came over to install a new toilet seat. I went back to reading online. I ate some frozen watermelon, then worked on my blog.

Chris came home from work. I listened to Telegram videos. I made tea and we watched TV. He went to bed and I stayed up to read. I pieced puzzles while listening to tapping videos. Then I went to bed.

Weeding with Cedric

 

Monday

Chris came home after midnight and climbed in bed to sleep. I woke up before 7. We cuddled. Then I got up to prepare for the day. He showered and went to work. I went through my morning list.

I watered the outdoor plants. I refilled the water jugs. I brought in the eggs. I pulled up a sprung trap and found a live gopher with his leg trapped. I apologized to him and did him in.

I read e-mail. I collected a bucket of compost from the pile. I put it in my trunk and went to the garden and started weeding. I was expecting Cedric to help. When he didn't show at 10, I called Michelle. She brought him presently. He and I weeded for an hour, then I took him home. My hands were dirty so I said I would pay him later.

I filled a bunch of capsules with fiber powder, and also at least a month's worth with prebiotics. I was making breakfast when Chris came home for lunch and cooked the ground beef. I ate breakfast, then posted for band to Facebook.

I laid out in the sun and read. I went to the garden to weed some more and spread compost. I covered the bare soil with dead weeds. I kept an ear out for gopher mitigation by butane. I did not hear anything.

I read online, trying to catch up on e-mail. I hardboiled two batches of eggs. I cut up zucchini and put it in pickling brine.

Chris was gone, so I ate some ground beef that he made at lunchtime. I went to the chapel for band. We played through the hymn for next week, and most of the songs in the Broadway book. We had just called it quits when Elizabeth arrived. So we played Adel Vise and Memories because she has a good part in both. Then we went home around 7.

I watched some health videos. Then at 9, I went back to the garden to make sure it watered correctly. When I got home, I wrote my blog post and finished a few windows so I could close them.

Chris came home before 10. He said it was too late to watch TV. Later he went to bed. I stayed up reading till after 11, then got ready for bed and retired for the night.

Resin project

 

Sunday

I started the morning list, I watered the outside plants. I pulled up a trap and caught a gopher. I noticed most of the onions by the dining room were gone. I finished the list, then made breakfast mix. I took a shower.

I made and ate breakfast. I got dressed for church. I cut up the cheese squares, thinking there may be lots of people at church. I took them to the chapel.

I left the squares in the back. I assembled my trombone, then greeted the chief of ATEC chaplains, who was going to give the sermon. We conversed, then the service started with what few people had come. We sang songs from the hymnal because the AV system wasn't working. Then greetings, announcements, readings and prayer. The chief gave a short sermon. The musicians played two hymns. He gave a benediction and the service was over. People chatted together in groups. Jenni and I took turns holding the new baby. Lelanie and I went to check the traps in the kitchen and we found a mouse in one. I told her to tell her dad. She did, but the mouse remained.

Unthinkingly, I walked out with my trombone. I went back to return the trombone to the front pew and to throw out the mouse. Then I went home to change clothes. I put gopher skulls in a dish to rinse and to bleach. I ate fruit and read e-mail. I started counting hours for VMIS. Then I realized I hadn't posted for Friday. I rinsed the skulls, dried them, then put them in molds.

I took everything to Michelle's house. We used Casey's scale to pour the two-part resin in equal parts by weight, then mixed for 4 minutes. I did the first pour, but there wasn't enough. Casey made more. He poured the rest of mine and the little river on Michelle's project and something on Isadora's project.

Then we decided to go to the pool. She sprayed conditioner in my hair so it wouldn't get so dry. I went home to get ready for the pool. When I got there, I jumped in. We chatted with Jenni. When the lifeguards threw us out, I went to the garden to water a bit. Then home to change.

I took meat out of the freezer for tomorrow. I drank blueberry chia water. I searched for an answer to the question about using a dehydrator to make the resin dry faster. I got caught up in reading drivel on Facebook. I stopped, then posted to my blog for Friday and Saturday. I watered the indoor plants, turned on the porch light for Chris, then put out egg money for the morning. I prepared for bed, then remembered to finish entering numbers for VMIS.

Sewing class

 

Saturday

I got up around 8. After doing Sudoku, I called Tina to see if she wanted cleaning today because I could put off sewing class till next week. But she didn't answer. I went through the morning list. I added milk to several yogurts and put them in the dehydrator with the honey. I threw the guest sheets and towels in the washer. I watered and reset both gopher traps. I read by the red light. I posted for sewing class and Project Night on Facebook.

I made and ate breakfast, then laid out in the sun. After a short while (it was 105F), I toweled off and got dressed. I made a Swansons order. I picked up 2 zuchini advertised on Facebook, then proceeded to sewing class.

I went in the chapel and started setting up. Wendy arrived to help. We chatted then Jenni came. Wendy helped her cut pieces for the balloon cover. I heard the fridge was bad, so I looked through it. There was a tray of moldy watermelon from VBS back in June. Jenni stopped sewing. She and Wendy helped go through the food and throw out bad and expired stuff. I threw out a dead mouse caught in a trap. When I pulled the stove forward, I found a live one underneath the stove.

We went home about 4:30. I picked up the mail and shoved abandoned donations into the swap shop. I went home and worked on my blog. I checked e-mail and messages. I ate hardboiled eggs for supper.

At 7, I opened the chapel for Project Night. Jenni came to finish her ball. Michelle came to work on her fairy house project. Then Casey came with Cedric. I don't know what they worked on because the church kitchen was my project. I scrubbed the stove and the floor underneath. Hot chocolate had spilled and dried – attracting the mice. I also worked on the floor of the fridge – scraping up cardboard from a soda box that had been removed. And spilled soda.

At 9, I called it quits. I chatted with Jenni and Michelle, then we locked up and went home. I stopped at the garden even though it was dark. With headlights, I was able to water the one plant that the sprinklers never reach. When I got home, I read online and pieced puzzles. Then I went to bed.

Hail and Farewell

 

Friday

I got up just before 8:30. I went through the morning list. I watered the plants and set two gopher traps. I wrestled with the printer to get larger copies using the Fit to Page function. Took multiple copies to do it , then I practiced the hymn. I ate yogurt and read by the red light. I drank the fiber mix. I made up supplements for the week. I made breakfast and ate it while reading/listening online.

Then I made a grocery list. I stopped at the post office for mail and saw a snake on the floor. I wondered what Chris would do, then picked it up and carried it outside. I visited with Shelly. Finally I went shopping at the commissary, then came home and put the groceries away.

I made the sewing sample (a balloon cover). When I went to post it on Facebook, I saw a message saying the kids were not coming to sewing class tomorrow. It was too late to prepare another project.
I took a shower and got dressed for the party. It had an alien theme but I didn't have anything alien, so I wore my zebra shirt. I drove up to the Commander's house and parked on the street. As a decoration, she had “Do not Enter' tape over her front door. I rang the doorbell and someone opened the door. Ladies had already gathered. Other people came. The Commander's wife had food ready so we lined up and filled our plates. We ate, some sitting and some standing. Later we gathered in the living room to say goodbye to the CSM and hello to Mrs. Player. I asked her if she was interested in playing handbells and she said yes.

Later Ria started karaoke. Daylight was fading so I thanked her and left. I went to the garden to water the one plant that seemed dry. I went home to prepare for game night. I went to Michelle's house. They were all sitting outside waiting for me. We went inside to talk and play the game. Later Elizabeth came over to drop off Michelle's purse.

After 11, I found a good stopping point and exited the game. I went home, wrote my blog post (and forgot to post it) and went to bed.

A long afternoon of cleaning

 

Thursday

I laid in bed, waiting for one of the alarms. I never heard one, but when I got up, it was after 8:30. I completed only part of the morning list, then went to the chapel for Bible Study. We read a chapter of Genesis, then talked about it and other things. We said a prayer. I left with Wendy, talking about the sewing project for Saturday. She agreed to bring balloons.

When I got home, I put the sewing pattern on my thumb drive. Then I went to the library to print it out. I drove around the neighborhood looking for the plastic tray that blew away in the storm yesterday. It didn't get far, but was hard to spot because it is clear.

I went home for breakfast. After eating, I packed cleaning supplies in the car and met Isadora at a house on first street. We cleaned all afternoon, covering the entire house. Then I took her home. I chatted with Michelle. As I was leaving, the lady asked how much she owed us. I texted the lady our fee, then went home.

I made supper and ate. She came by with cash. After I finished supper, I counted the cash and saw there was a tip. I split the cash and tip, figured out how much each of us should get, then put Isadora's share in an envelop. I went to the garden and watered. I chatted with Revonna and her daughter. Then I went to see Isadora – but no one seemed to be home.

I went to my home. I practiced, then made tea. I read online for a bit and worked on my blog before going to bed.