The filming begins

 

Friday

I got up at 8:30, and started my morning list. I watered and set traps. I finished the reuteri yogurt. I uninstalled an update and restarted my computer.

I went to the post office to take video clips. Shelly's granddaughter helped me clean the hallway and furniture room. I filmed Shelly. Jenni came to help. I filmed her in multiple takes before I figured out what I was doing. I refilmed Shelly, then filmed the post office people.

At noon, I went home for breakfast. We went to the commissary, and then to Tooele. We had to wait behind an accident in the pass. A helicopter came to take the injured. Later we shopped at Melanies and Macey's We drove, back to base. There was a package on the front porch. I watched videos, then ate supper. Chris went to gaming at ACS.

I prepared for game night and put on the new shoes that Michelle had recommended. I stopped by the garden for a few minutes. About to leave, I noticed Michele and John going for a walk. I drove to them and we chatted.

I proceeded to Michelle's house and called her. She came home from next door. We talked. We brought in the tower and put up the game. Indiana went in circles, so didn't get far. We kept talking the whole time.

I left around midnight. I worked on my blog and went to bed.

Owl project

 

Thursday

I got up before 7:30. I worked on Sudoku. I went through the morning list. I went outside to water. Both traps were sprung, but nothing caught. The trap that I colored with the red marker had faded quite a bit from the sprinklers, so I painted it in between the springs. I reset the traps in different places.

I ate yogurt and read by the red light. I went to my sewing room to cut out wedges for the owl. I also had to cut buttons off of Chris' old shirts for the class to use. There was a lot of handsewing on the owl and I wondered if the kids would see it through.

I took a pic of the finished owl. Not as nice as online. Sigh. I ate fiber gel and jotted some notes. I made breakfast mix. I ate breakfast while watching The Highwire. I put on another audio and it made me sleepy. I might have nodded off.

When I woke up, I put on shoes and grabbed a cloth. I walked to the post office to clean the chair rails down the hallway to the swap shop. I walked through the hall as if I were taking a movie. I realized that the glass doors would reflect my image to the camera.

I pulled out the sewing machine I was planning to fix. However, when I threaded it and sewed, I could not find a problem with it.

Chris came home from work. He fixed supper. I ate fiber gel, and put chili in the toaster oven. I read online, then went to the pool to pick up my watch. I stopped by the garden to spray kelp fertilizer.

When I got home, Chris was asleep on the couch. I read online. I watched part of a video called Final Hours, then paused it. I woke Chris, then made tea. We watched an episode of Criminal Minds. I worked on my blog. I finished watching the video. I cleared more e-mail, then went to bed.

Swap shop: the movie?

 

Wednesday

I got up at 7:30. I swished as I prepared for Coffee Morning. I exercised and read by the red light. I meditated and tapped. An idea came to me to make a film of the swap shop. I took niacin. I fixed the old jug pump, then cleaned the kitchen and bathrooms. I washed dishes.

I told Michelle my idea about making a movie for the swap shop. She seemed to like it. I finished cleaning, then laid out in the sun. I sat for a steam session, then took a shower. I noticed that my laptop had rebooted. I read online, and the colors became all horked up. I restarted my laptop and the colors went back to normal.

Michelle invited me over for a shot of garlic/ginger/apple juice. So I ate a bowl of egg salad and went over. We talked and I drank. It seemed ok, just a little strong. Casey came home and the three of us talked.

I went home. Chris was gone, but I could tell he had been here. I read online: the odd colors were back. I set some gopher traps, then got dressed for the pool. In the pool, I talked to Jenni about making the movie. Casey was there as well.

When the lifeguards called time, I went to the garden. Casey did, too, but left before I did.

Chris came home from watching a movie with Michele. He uninstalled the last update to my computer. I restarted and the colors went away. I worked on my blog and made tea. We watched TV. Then the weird colors (mostly green) were back. I uninstalled the update. But when I restarted it, it said it installed updates, probably the one I just uninstalled. I read for awhile, then went to bed.

Returning the mower

 

Tuesday

I got up and went through the morning list. I practiced, then watered the plants. I unpacked and assembled the new jug pump. It felt really cheap even though it looked like the old one. I made a reuteri slurry, and put it in yogurt maker. I checked Facebook for messages.

I mowed a little bit near the sidewalk until the gas ran out. I pushed the mower to Self-Help. I thought it would be as easy as pushing a stroller, but my hands went numb. Self-Help was not open. I left it there and walked home.

I read online, then made supplements for the week. I made and ate breakfast. I watched several videos on making stuffed owls for sewing class. At 2, I went back to Self-Help to sign in the lawn mower. When I got home, I walked to the post office by a circuitous route, clipping tree wannabes as I went. There was no mail. I walked home, collecting trash as I found it. I threw it in my garbage can.

I talked to Michelle about shoes for tubing. Then I went to Michelle's house to try on Isadora's shoes. We decided I needed a half size smaller. After more conversation, Casey came home. I left and unlocked the swap shop on my way home. I heated chili, and ordered the shoes from Walmart since the shoe website didn't have the size I wanted. I ate supper and read articles. Saronna stopped by for a jar of whey.

I went to the garden to check for moisture. I planted some squash sprouts, and I pulled weeds. I went home to write my blog. I made tea and ate blueberries and chia. We watched TV: last episode of the season. I worked on e-mail and listening to a podcast on Aleph-Tav. Then it was time for bed.

Cayenne for the bloody nose

 

Monday

I got up at 7:30. I finished a Sudoku puzzle, then started the morning list. I brought in the milk and eggs. I heated half of the milk to pasteurize it. While I was out dealing with gopher mounds, two men came by to check the water meter. Then later two other men came to check on the stove hood. It was an easily fixable problem. I heated the other half of the milk to 100, then put it in the dehydrator to start the cheese process. I steamed a batch of eggs.

I looked up hymns to go with Ephesians. I went to the library to return a book and copy some pages in the hymn book for tonight. I went to the garden to see if the deer drank any of the water. No. But I found out that the sprinkler was turned off so I turned it back on and let it run for 6 minutes.

When I got home, I added milk from last week to some ferments and put them in the dehydrator. I read e-mail. I made and ate breakfast. I added rennet to the milk. I read messages. I posted for band. I walked to the post office for mail and also put up a swap shop flyer. I pulled the milk from the dehydrator and cut it into chunks. I stirred them with a large spoon. I poured some scalded milk into a jar and mixed in natto. I added it to the dehydrator to ferment.

I watched the next part of the Indiana Jones walkthrough. After awhile, I fell asleep. When I woke up, I separated the curds from the whey and put them in the fridge.

I ate fiber gel and read the latest messages. I ate a bowl of chili, then went out to rake the side yard. Chris came home from work. Soon I left for band.

I unlocked the chapel and Jenni was right behind me. We talked until Keli arrived. We played through the two hymns, and some songs from the yellow book. No one else came. We talked some more and they left. I turned off the lights and checked the kitchen. There was a mouse in the trap, probably the one we saw Saturday night. I texted to the chaplain. Then I locked the doors and headed home.

I passed Isadora who was cycling to my house. When she got there, she took off her sweatshirt and rested a bit before firing up the mower. While she mowed, I read e-mail. It took her about an hour. I paid her and then her nose started to bleed. All I could offer her was cayenne. She said yes, so I wet a Q-tip and dipped it in cayenne. She put it up her nostril. I put more on and she did it again. The bleeding stopped and she was so happy about it that she Facetimed her mom to tell her.

After she left, I prepared a jug of water for the garden. I drove over there and gave a little to each plant. I reset the hose switches. Then I went home and found my in-ground sprinklers were running. I had some blueberries and chia. I worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched TV.  I looked up some of the actors.  I read articles and cleared some e-mail, then went to bed

The upside down cake

 

Sunday

I got up at 8:30, not having slept well. I worked on a Sudoku puzzle until I realized I had messed it up. I started on the morning list. After practicing, I went out to water the plants and set gopher traps. But it was too hot to stay out long.

At 10, I went to the garden. It seemed to be wet from the watering at 9. I added soil to the garlic because they seemed so low. I noticed the tops of the onions were gone. When I got home, Chris gave me a coconut oil massage and we snuggled. Then I got up to whip up a batch of cheese squares. While they baked, I took a shower and threw on some clothes. I made and ate breakfast. Then I put the cheese squares in a container and went to church.

I left the cheese squares in the back. I greeted the few people who were there and assembled my trombone. I put the music on the stand. No one else came, so we had a service which was more like a Bible study. He quizzed us about Ephesians and we discussed it. Then the musicians played two hymns. We had communion after that. There was conversation subsequently. I walked out with the cheese squares, still conversing.

When I got home, I peeled the hard boiled eggs and put them in picking juice. I read e-mail and messages. I changed clothes and went to Michele's house to pick up the natto. She also gave me a piece of the pineapple upsidedown cake that didn't rise. I took the piece home and shared it with Chris. I put the packages of natto in the freezer except for one, which went in the fridge.

I read a book for awhile and fell asleep. Chris woke me up for the game. Our intrepid gang was asked to deal with some trolls and we got into a fight. But there was so much off-topic discussion that we didn't finish the fight.

After the game, Chris and I went to meet John and Michele for a mile walk. Then we stopped by the garden where I filled up a 5 gallon bucket of water outside the fence, hoping the deer would drink and leave our plants alone.

When we got home, I made tea and we watched Criminal Minds. Then we folded the laundry and made the bed. Chris turned in and I finished the Sudoku puzzle and worked on my blog. I went to bed.

Mower trouble

 

Saturday

I got up at 7. I did some Sudoku, then started the morning list. I went to the gas station to fill my tank and the gas can. When I got back, Isadora had just arrived. She got in my car and we went to Self-Help to sign out a mower. But Self-Help wasn't open till 9. So we went to the Swap Shop to pick up and organize till 8:55.

We went back to Self-Help. He put a little gas in a mower and started it easily. I signed it out. Isadora rolled it in the direction of my house and I drove home. I started watering plants. When she arrived, I put gas in the mower, then left it to her to mow. I went back to watering plants. But she came to get me, saying it wouldn't start. So I tried and couldn't start it. I asked Chris and he couldn't either. Isadora went home.

I drove back to Self Help. He told me how he started it, which we had tried. He said let it sit for a bit. So then I went to the garden and found the water hadn't turned on. I turned it on, then talked to Travis. Deer (or something) have been eating his garden too. Davis joined the conversation.

I went home, and Chris told me the Self-Help guy had been there and started the mower. But Isadora was gone. I went back to watering the plants. I checked the traps and pulled out a gopher. I tried to reset the traps.

I came in and texted Tina, but she didn't answer. I called her and no answer. I wondered if anything was wrong. I contacted Casey and John to see if they were coming to Project Night. I contacted Steve who told me Tina was ok.

I made and ate breakfast. I watched short Telegram videos. I put together a bucket of dusting cloths, and Chris took me to Tina's gate. I walked up to her house. We chatted, then I dusted cookbooks for two hours. We chatted till Chris called. He came up to the house and Tina and I came out. We talked. We left.

Chris made chili and rice for supper. Michelle called to invite me to the pool. Michele called to ask for a ride to dinner. So Chris went to pick up Michele while I put on my suit and met Michelle and Casey at the pool. I could only stay 20 minutes, then I had to go home. I had a quick dinner with Michele and Chris. Then I changed clothes and went to the chapel for Project Night.

MeryAnn came and helped me rearrange the tables and chairs. Then Casey came with his electronic project, then Michele and John. We talked, they worked. Casey left, then Michele and John left. MeryAnn and I locked up and walked out together but stood by our cars talking until her husband came by to make sure we were ok. It was almost 11 when I got home.

I worked on my blog. I looked up the owl project which I had shown MeryAnn but had forgotten how to make it. I went to bed at midnight.

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