For her birthday

 

Saturday

I got up at 8am. I went through the morning list. Chris went to Mass. When he got back, he wasn't up to the massage so I spent that time watering and stomping gopher mounds. I showered and dressed. I ate yogurt and some cheese squares. I poured more milk into the yogurt jars and put them in the dehydrator to cure.

We picked up Michele and John. We all drove to a town called Holladay to a business called Auntie Rae's. Michele had reservations for high tea for her birthday. We got there early so sat outside for half an hour. Then we came in and were seated in the next room. We ordered tea from a long list of teas. We talked for half an hour. Then we were served tea and little sandwiches, etc. Michele had ordered me the gluten-free plate. After eating that, the lady brought desserts.

We talked to the owner about the old house while Chris paid. Then we drove to Hmart. We bought kimbap and sugarcane. We headed home through Tooele and stopped at Mumbai for Indian food.

Back at the base, Chris stopped to help some people knocking on the fire station door. Then we dropped off Michele and John. They gave me a bag of very sprouted potatoes. We went home. I checked e-mail, then took supplements. I stopped at the post office, then went to the garden to plant petunias, potatoes, soaked seeds and vegetables that Jenni bought me. I owe her money. I planted the potatoes, onions, squash and petunias. Casey texted a pic of a gopher so I went by his house to pick it up. We talked for sometime and I went home. We watched TV. I looked up the Indiana Jones walkthru and made notes. I read e-mail and other messages, then worked on my blog and went to bed.

All in all, not a bad Game Night

 

Friday

I laid awake for hours before falling asleep so I slept late and got up at 8. I did little jobs around the house, then completed the morning list. I watered and annoyed gophers. I went up to the house to clean for 2 hours.

Back home, I ate fiber gel, read with the red light, then made and ate breakfast. I made a grocery list and went to the commissary. After putting the food away, I stopped at the post office: no mail. I went cleaning for another 2 hours. I poured some homemade vinegar on the weeds. I cleaned all the windows and most of the master bath. I pulled the tarp in just before the rain started. No difference in plant life underneath.

I went home. I ate fiber gel and put supper in the toaster oven. I listened to a hangout on the issues of AI. They said internet searches are giving worse results than before. Eventually AI will be a subscription service. Chris came home from his Park City trip. He made himself supper. We read on our laptops. I worked on my blog.

I took a jar of yogurt and a bottle of tea and went to Casey's house for Game Night. He had the game up. I gave him the jar of yogurt. I reloaded my last game and went from there. I inadvertently skipped a part because I didn't know how to make Indiana swim. The story continued in Babylon. I got stuck near a tent and couldn't figure out what to do next. Casey looked up the Quicksave option and it was f5. That came in very handy. At 11, I exited the game. We talked awhile longer and I went home and got ready for bed.

Two hours to clean the outside of a stove?

 

Thursday

I woke up early and got up before the alarm at 7:30. I had slept well. I put out the recycling and went through my morning list. I watered all the plants, and let the sprinkler run for awhile.

At 9, I went to Steve's apartment and put vinegar-soaked paper towels on his toilet ring. Then I went up on the hill and cleaned house for 2 hours, mainly on the stove. Was this guy making beeswax candles? Only a metal scraper would get the little yellow bumps off.

When I got home, I ate fiber gel, then read a book in the sun. I made and ate breakfast while watching The Highwire. They were broadcasting from Italy and the quality of video was not so good. I steamed a batch of eggs.

Afterward, I stopped at the post office for mail and at Self-Help for a sprinkler head that works. Then I cleaned house for another 2 hours, finishing the fridge and some windows. I put a tarp over rocks in front to kill the weeds but the wind kept blowing under the tarp which kept it from building up heat.

I stopped by the garden to change out sprinkler heads. It didn't seem to be adjustable so I took care to position it for best coverage. I watered some spots by hand.

When I got home, I ate fiber gel and put supper in the toaster oven. I mowed the back yard. I ate supper and the dregs of some random ice cream I found in the deep freeze. Then I mowed in the front yard. Chaplain came over to get a hose. We talked. After he left, I mowed some more.

I went in to read e-mail. Chris called. Afterward, I read messages and watched a video on making laundry soap. When I heard the irrigation system come on, I went out to check and the in-ground sprinklers seemed to be working properly. Then I worked on my blog.

I heated tea and watched an episode of Call the Midwife. Later I got ready for bed.

Chris' birthday

 

Wednesday

I got up by 7:30. I did part of the morning list and prepared for coffee morning. After meditating and tapping, I cleaned the bathrooms and kitchen. There were few dishes to wash.

Chris came home for lunch, then packed a bag and headed to Park City. I took niacin, then vacuumed and mopped. I ate yogurt, then read out in the sun. I took a steam bath and then a shower. I cleaned up and dressed, then went to clean.

It was a house on the hill. I got there by 3:10. I brought in my buckets of cleaners. I soaped up the shower stall. I soaked the burners. I started sweeping the baseboards with a broom and then vacuuming the floors to get rid of the hair balls. John came over to handle the high stuff. I texted Davis about the garage and bird droppings.

After John left, I cleaned in the kitchen. I put the burners in the dishwasher and learned that the dishwasher leaked. I found cookware in a cabinet. I took a pic of them and sent it to the former resident. He came over to get them. Chris called and we talked a bit as I cleaned. Then we hung up because it was time for me to go home. I turned off the dishwasher and left.

I went to the garden to tighten the connection between the timer and the faucet. When the connected no longer leaked, I fiddled with the timer. I also fiddled with the sprinkler head. I held it over several important spots in my garden to make sure they got watered. Then I left it and went home.

I fixed some hardboiled eggs for supper. I read e-mail and messages. I watched several episodes of Call the Midwife. Then I worked on my blog and went to bed.

Trying to finish 206

 

Tuesday

I got up before 8. I brought in the milk and eggs. I started heating the milk, and went through the morning list. I used some of the yogurt starter from the fridge in 206 that I was cleaning. I set up the sprinkler in the side yard. The birds came and played in it until I shut it off. I made tea to feed the scoby.

I ate fiber gel, then went to the library to return two books and check out two more. When I got home, I made breakfast and refilled several of the ingredients. I ate breakfast while reading e-mail. I went to 206 to clean. At 3 I went up the hill to sign for a house. They want it cleaned as soon as possible. So when I got back to 206, I tried to finish up. I did the windows and the fridge and the inside of the toilet.

I quit at 6 and went home to heat supper. We went for water now that the water machine is fixed. It took longer than I thought because other people were getting water, too. When we got back, I ate a quick supper then went to Bible study at the chapel.

We read a short chapter in Genesis, but the discussion ran long and somehow we ended up making plans for Two Pi day. It was quarter of 9 when I left. I don't know how long they stayed. I went home and made tea. We watched Criminal Minds. I worked on my blog. I worked on e-mail and went to bed.

Memorial Day

 

Monday

I slept in late because of lying awake for so long, without and then with RLS. I went through my morning list. I went to 206 to clean for 2 and a half hours. When I got home, I ate half of the fiber gel, then read in the sun. I made and ate breakfast I made up more supplements for the week ahead.

Michele and John came over to watch the newest Knives Out movie. When it was over, I checked my e-mail. Chris made brats for supper. We all ate together. Then at 6, I went to band. Only Sophia showed up. We two played through two hymns, then packed up and went home.

I ate supper listening to the others discuss the movie and social issues. Then we all went for a walk. Afterward, I worked on my blog and listened to a presentation on detoxing at Deeper Healing. I made tea and we watched an episode of Criminal Minds. I watched a walkthrough of Indiana Jones, then went to bed.

Struggling to water the garden

 

Sunday

I got up around 8, no RLS (unless I slept through it). I did some Sudoku, then turned to my morning list. I did everything on the list. I ate the yogurts one spoonful at a time in order to identify the best tasting ones. I care more about health benefits than taste, but the people I share with apparently don't.

I made more breakfast mix and spice mix. I read out in the sun. I ate fiber gel and jotted notes for my blog. Chris took a shower and fixed his lunch. Then I made breakfast. After breakfast I got ready for church. I headed out, then turned around and came back for the cheese squares.

When I got to the chapel, I left the snack in the back and went up front to assemble my trombone. They were ready to start. And my music was nowhere to be found. The chaplain started the service with the giving QR code, and prayer and scripture reading. Then he gave his sermon on Pentecost. Afterward, Keli and I went up to play. I had to get the hymn numbers from her and play out of the hymnbook. It was much harder to read than the large print copies I use.

After the service, we chatted. Attendance was low and so most of the cheese squares were still there. We talked about VBS and then I went home to change clothes. Chris and I moved the tower garden outside. I watered the plants and some new gopher mounds.

I read e-mail. Chris made supper. I went to the garden to turn on the water. I tried to use an oscillating sprinkler but it didn't oscillate. So I put the old one back on. Jack had connected his hose to my bib so I stole some of his water pressure.

When I got home, supper was ready. I ate while listening to a podcast on exercising for people over 50. I read other things. I worked on my blog. I went back to the garden to turn off the water. I hooked up a timer, but could not get it tight enough so that it didn't leak during the off hours.

I went home. I watered the flowerbeds. I made tea and we watched one episode of Criminal Minds. Then we retired to our laptops. Eventually he went to bed. I stayed up to read before going to bed.