Finishing the carpets at 203.

 

Friday

I got up at 7:30, having been awake for some time. After Sudoku, I went through the morning list. I took out the reuteri that had been fermenting since Wednesday night. I put ingredients in the bread machine and pressed the 'dough' setting, Then I went to the chapel for Math Morning. Saronna brought an equation game that was like Scrabble. Near the end of our hour, the chaplain came in to see what we were doing and talk about some new policies.

Afterward, I went to the post office, then home. I made a grocery list and went to the commissary. When I got back, I formed rolls from the dough and put them in the oven to rise. I emptied the old yogurt jars, then filled clean jars with milk and fresh inoculate. I put them in the dehydrator to multiply. I ate some of the old yogurt.

I made made and ate breakfast. I moved some tomato plants to a sunnier spot. I went to 203 to open the door. I helped Isadora to carry the TV to the beauty shop as Steve had promised it to the beautician. I took Isadora home to change. I went back to 203 to clean windows and furniture and baseboard. After awhile I texted John who said he was on his way. But then Isadora showed up. She worked in the bathroom. Later John arrived. He moved furniture and I swept and shampooed where it used to be. Later he put the shampooer in my trunk and went home.

Isadora and I stayed to finish the bathroom, then we carried stuff down to my car and I took her home. I turned off the water at the garden. Maybe that's why the squash are rotting on the vines? I also dug out a bunch of thistles.

I put leftovers in the toaster oven with an egg on top. I went through all the pea sprouts to separate the good from the bad. I ate my meal with some of the rolls I made. I worked on my blog and listened to Highwire Plus interview. Isadora wanted her money, so I worked on dividing up the funds for my helpers. I put the money in envelops, then prepared my drink and went to game night.

I talked to Michelle's mom who was visiting. I paid Isadora for cleaning and Michelle for the pomegranates which she picked up from WalMart today. I played the game, frustrated about not being able to go from the water to the ship. I tried every two-key combination I could think of and finally one of them worked. I played till 11. I said goodbye to her mom as Casey carried my computer tower out to the car. I drove home, spent some time in the bathroom. I put away the rolls. I jotted notes for my blog and put on the next CD and went to bed.

Curcumin for the win

 

Thursday

I got up at 8. I had a hard time moving due to pain in my back from the squatting exercise. I took two curcumin capsules. I went through the morning list, except for exercise and practicing. I packed my Bible and a bottle of water.

I drove by the church to see if anyone had gone there. Nope. Then I went to the kids room at ACS for Bible study. Eryne walked in with me. Karen, Jenni and Wendy were already there. We discussed the chapel, then read the last chapter of Genesis and discussed it. We prayed and went on to discuss other things. Then we left.

I stopped by the post office to return a package from yesterday that I had opened before discovering it was not mine. I went to 207 to make sure it was ready for inspection. That took half an hour and I found a corn chip.

I went home for breakfast and to watch The Highwire. I paused it at 12:50 to attend inspection. Bobbie noticed that the ceiling of the microwave had spots. I don't know how I missed that. I wiped them up. We all signed the papers, then stood around discussing this and that. Then I went back home to finish The Highwire.

I spent the afternoon clearing e-mail and reading messages. I looked up squash soup recipes. Then I went to my garden to look for squash and to 607 to look for zucchini. Finally I went to 203 to vacuum and shampoo the carpet that was showing. That took almost 2 hours. I went home to have supper and read online. I worked on my blog and made tea. I watched Call the Midwife. I got ready for bed and put on the next CD. Eventually I fell asleep.

Making yogurt fresh from the package

 

Wednesday

I got up after 8, trying to sleep late because I woke up early. Actually, I didn't get much sleep at all due to an unusually persistent case of RLS. And the CD got stuck again.

After the usual coffee morning, I put laundry in the washer.  I cleaned both bathrooms and the kitchen.  I washed dishes, vacuumed and mopped floors. I had planded on mowing, but then it rained.

I read e-mail and messages, then sat in the steam sauna for 20 minutes.  I took a shower, made a vit C cream and applied it to my face.  While it dried, I checked Facebook.  I got dressed, mixed some yogurts and added leucine and pumpkin seeds.  Later I folded laundry and put it away.

I went to the library to get more copies of music for bells, and to return the book which was falling apart. Melissa thought she could fix it.  When I got home, I researched supplements and put together an order. I mixed up a new batch of reuteri yogurt, put it in the yogurt maker. I called Chris and we talked for a few minutes, then he went to bed.

I made tea and listened to a podcast on think tanks. I worked on my blog. I watched an episode of Call the Midwife. I got ready for bed and removed the mirrors from the bedroom. I put on the next CD. This time the player was in the bathroom so it was a little quieter. Then I went to bed and slept rather well between visits to the bathroom.

Finishing up with 207

 

Tuesday

I got up at 8, having awoken early and not gone back to sleep. I think I fell asleep last night listening to the book on CD, because it got stuck on a loud sound and I woke up to turn it off. I went through the morning list. I made rice with leftover vegetable juice, then sorted papers in my music bag,

I cleaned at 207, getting ready for John to come over and move furniture. I went home at noon for breakfast and e-mail. I fell asleep briefly. When I woke up, I texted John.

I went to 203 to clean, but then he texted back. So I went down to the parking lot to meet him. I asked him to carry the carpet cleaner up to 207. Then he moved the furniture in the bedroom to one side. I vacuumed and shampooed while he did the same to the livingroom, then I moved to the livingroom and he moved the bedroom furniture to the other side. And so it went. Then I asked him to do the same in 203 while I finished up 207. I moved the vacuum and shampooer to 203 before I left.

It was after 5, so I went to check my garden, then home. I ate fiber gel, then checked messages. I put steamed vegetables in the toaster oven. When they were hot, I added some other things. I ate as I listened to a presentation on menopause.

Near the end, Chris called and we talked for a bit. Afterward, I pieced puzzles online while listening to other short videos. Finally I worked on my blog, made tea, then watched Call the Midwife.

I put the next CD in the player and did my before-bed stretches, then retired for the evening.

One down, two to go

 Monday

The book on CD did not work as well as I had hoped, but I will try again. I went through the morning list and cleaned up here and there. I put something in the dehydrator. I looked up spaghetti squash and it said if picked, they would ripen in a warm sunny place. I looked up hymns for Galatians, and picked two for Sunday.

I went to 607 to do some last minute things. I asked a nearby maintenance man if he would move the bag of tire shreds for me and he did. I put the smaller bags in the trash as well. I picked some zucchini and a spaghetti squash. I raked gopher mounds. I saw someone had pulled out the tomato plant and I guessed it must have been the former resident.

I went to my garden. I picked some cherry tomatoes, a squash and two sweet potato plants. One had potatoes that were small, but worth picking. The other I took home and planted in a grow bag with another sweet potato plant.

I went to the library to make a copy of a hymn for Sunday. Then I went home for breakfast. I read e-mail.

Before 2, I went to 607 for inspection. I was hoping they would accept the blue ring left in the toilet and they did – because they were going to replace all the toilets. Yesh! I wish I had known that. The inspector said she trusted I would remove the garden when it died. I was hoping to get out of that, but I agreed to come back after the first freeze.

I picked up Isadora (who was sleeping so I had to wait for her). We went to 5142 and worked on Steve's apartment. I worked in the kitchen and bedroom until she finished the bathroom.

I took her home and went home to get the key to 607. I took it to Housing to turn it in. When I got home, I put some of the vegetables I picked in the steamer. I ate other leftovers while waiting. By the time they were steamed, I had to leave for the chapel.

Sophia was there waiting even though I was a few minutes early. We talked, then set up for bells. Keli and the chaplain came. So we played through hymns for Sunday, and Thanksgiving and started on Christmas.

Andrea arrived for bells and no one else was there. So she listened until Michele and John arrived. Then I dismissed the band and joined the bell ringers. For some reason, it was hard to figure out who should play which bells. We got the first piece sorted out and played through it numerous times and it finally sounded pretty good.

I was tired, so we all packed up and put everything away. They left me to turn off lights and pack up my music and trombone. When I got home, I ate some of the steamed vegetables. I sat at my computer and read messages and listened to a podcast that turned into a sales pitch for an electrical device that increases blood flow to the eyes.

I worked on my blog, then worked on payment or 607. I watched an episode of Call the Midwife. I put on the next CD of the book and went to bed.

Trading veggies for eggs

 

Sunday

I got up after 8. No RLS, just couldn't get comfortable. I followed the morning list, then took a shower. I raked the shady part of the lawn. At noon, I came in and made and ate breakfast.

Jenni called to tell me that the church was cold and I should bring a coat. I got dressed and went to the church with cheese squares. I forgot a coat, but when we started singing the praise songs, I went into hot flashes and needed my hand fan the entire time.

I did not get cold listening to the sermon, or playing hymns at the end. The chaplain added communion after the hymns. Then we chatted and I took my cheese squares – which no one ate – and went home.

I picked up a bag with a squash, two small zucchini and a round cucumber, and met Jordan at the church off post. I gave her the bag and she gave me two dozen eggs. Then I went to the Clark's house to drop off a bag of items that people left behind - items I thought they would want. No one was home, so I went home.

I ate bananas and a grapefruit. Then I changed clothes and went outside to finish raking. I mowed that side yard, then did some raking on the other side. I mowed part of it.

I moved the potted tomatoes to the sunniest side of the house. Now that the sprinklers are off, they should be ok there. I refilled the water jugs and went inside for supper.

Since the eggs took such a long time to cook in the toaster oven, I decided to scramble them in a fry pan. I put the chunks of squash in as well. But as I moved the eggs around, the squash fell out of solution and the eggs cooked in chunks.

I ate while reading e-mail and messages. I pieced puzzles online. I posted to my blog. I read messages, then watched the rest of a Call the Midwife episode. I put the first CD o a book on the CD player, then climbed into bed to fall asleep listening to it.

Finally got to see the church basement

 

Saturday

I got up before 7:30, having awoken early and not gone back to sleep. I did a Sudoku puzzle, then executed the morning list. I made a cat crinkle toy and took pics of it for the class. But they really needed a cat in them. So I copied the pic from the directions and posted that. I cut extra crinkle material strips for class. I also posted for Project Night. Then I made up a week's worth of supplements.

I went to apt 203 and cleaned for an hour. I cleaned at 207 for half an hour. I went home to have fiber gel, read in the sun and to prepare breakfast.

At 2, I went to the chapel for Sewing Class. The kids were waiting. I let Wilhelm unlock the door. Then we went inside and set up the sewing machines and notions. The dial fell off the iron and we could not figure out how. Maybe someone had dropped it? Randy went home to get some tools to take it apart. But the broken piece was inside a part that was formed as a whole and he could not get it out. So we threw the iron out and got the back up one.

Wendy helped the kids with their crinkle cat toys. They just got a new kitten to replace their old cat. So they chose to make smaller ones than the sample I made. Moira finished hers first and headed out. Randy alerted me that the routeman was in the church basement. I've always wanted to see it so I ran down there. Sophia ran with me. It was not as I expected. Not dark, or dank, or webby. And much smaller. Just a boiler room with two crawlspaces heading away from it. We did see what looked like material from a mouse nest.

We went back up and left the man to do his checking. I took pics of the kids with their cat toys, then they left. I sat and talked to Wendy and Randy, then they left as well. I reorganized a bit, then locked up and left.

I went home, then headed to 607 to rake tire bits out of the flower bed. I spent an hour, filling a trash bag heavier than I could lift. I also raked gopher mounds and picked two small zucchini.

Finally I went home. I cracked 4 eggs into a bowl, then added some squash and seasonings and cheese. I put it in the toaster oven for 20 minutes while I read e-mail and such. But it wasn't done, so I put it back in for 10 minutes and read some more. And again, I took it out to find it wasn't done. But it was almost 7. So I put it back in and turned off the toaster oven.

I headed to the chapel. No one was waiting. So I busied myself cleaning up from sewing class. Still no one. Then I called Chris and chatted with him and his father. They said Mike got hired, and by the same company that downsized him. Hurray!

Casey arrived, so Chris said goodbye. I chatted with him for awhile. He invited me to have another game night tomorrow because there is no school on Monday. Then we both locked up and left.

I went home to eat my egg supper. I messaged a lady about trading zucchini for more eggs. I watched almost two episodes of Call the Midwife, then worked on my blog and went to bed.