Fixing a flat

 

Friday

I got up at 7:30. RLS I went through the list, read with the red light, and ate yogurt. At 9 I went to Math Morning. The Clarks were waiting for me. They brought math games. I played a game with the kids and was surprised that it took the entire time.

I went home. I made more breakfast mix. I made and ate breakfast. I made a grocery list, then sat outside in the sun.

Later we went to the commissary. When we got back, Sgt Popken was parked and ready to remove Chris' flat tire. After the tire was removed, I asked about using his outdoor faucet to water the apple and pear trees. He said yes and asked for a hose. So I gave him a hose.

We took the flat tire to Toole. Chris git it fixed while I talked to Melanie about business. When Chris got back, we shopped at Luckeys, and looked for onion sets at Cal-Ranch but they sold out a month ago.

We went home. I read e-mail. A friend picked Chris up for gaming. I took my stakes and went to the garden. I watered it, then used the post hole digger and put the stakes down in as far as I could. I continued to water and weed. Then I washed off the digger and went home.

I put supper in the oven. I read e-mail and messages. I changed clothes and prepared a yogurt cup and tea. I went to game night at Michelle's house. She and Saronna were talking out front. I talked with them, then went inside and talked to Casey until Michelle came in. We played her game called Little Bang Story. Very cute. It was after 11 when I finally quit – hard to stop. She gave me a batch of kombucha that was very vinegary – maybe alcoholic? She also gave me the Venmo cash and a yogurt called Yakult – which has a probiotic for sleep. I drove home carefully and then worked on my blog and took a Moon Drop and went to bed.

Electroculture sticks

 

Thursday

I got up before 7:30. RLS visited several times during the night. What gives? I went through my morning list which include reading with the red light, practicing and sampling the batches of yogurt. I watered all the plants. I boiled the spoons used for yogurt.

Jenni called about Bible Study, but I told her it was canceled today. I deleted lots of e-mails and read a few. I read articles as well. I went out to do yard work: raking up sticks and tumbleweeds on the other side of the house. I started moving the top of the compost pile so I could use the finished compost underneath.

I ate fiber gel, finished doing something, then made breakfast. I ate while watching The Highwire. Then I worked on the rucksack, covering the patch with one that matched. I went to the post office and swap shop, then dropped the rucksack at the chapel.

I went to Self Help and got a post hole digger. I wanted an edger too, but they didn't have one. When I got home, I painted part of 4 dowels. I stripped aluminum wire, then wrapped the sticks with copper and with aluminum wire.

Chris came home from work. I made and ate supper. I mixed compost with charcoal dirt and potted some tomato plants and petunias. I worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched TV. Then I watched some video clips. I investigated probiotics for parasites. Then I went to bed.

Picking up tumbleweeds

 

Wednesday

I got up at 7:30, no RLS. Have I finally beaten it? I got ready for meditation morning with the usual exercises and red light exposure. Then I did four rounds of meditation. I cleaned the bathrooms and kitchen. I vacuumed the carpeted rooms. I painted the end of the vacuum wire and left it to dry.

I prepared the steam tent and sweated for 20 minutes. I showered and cleaned up. I wanted to lay down for awhile, but the wind was blowing and I had to put the tumbleweeds in the dumpster that arrived this morning. So I went out and found the wind had blown the tumble weeds back where they came from. Sigh. I started picking them up and my back began to hurt a lot. So I took some curcumin and laid down for a bit, then got up and put on a back brace. I also got a reacher so I wouldn't have to bend down. In spite of the discomfort, I picked up all the tumbleweeds I could find and threw them in the dumpster. I also picked up the pile of sticks and threw them in as well. There were more sticks from the wind blowing the trees, but I'd had enough.

I got my book and read till I finished it. Then I ate 5 kinds of yogurt and made egg salad. Chris came home from work. We talked. Then I went to the post office for mail, and to the gym to return Steve's mended glove. He talked to me for half an hour, then I slipped out. I stopped at the chapel to get a sewing machine cord and I went home.

I plugged the cord into the new machine and put it through its paces. It worked well. Too bad it came without a cord.

I read through my Telegram messages, wishing the print were larger. I worked on my blog. I mowed where I had raked, plus the strip down the street and then the bit of the other side yard that was left from last time.

I made tea and we watched one episode of Criminal Minds. Michelle stopped by during for the swap shop key to drop off stuff from a neighbor. 15 minutes later, she came back with the key. After the program, I figured up what each person gets paid for cleaning and told Michelle how much goes to Isadora. I iced my arm while reading online. Chris went to bed, and later so did I.

Fixing Popken's rucksack

 

Tuesday

I got up at 7:30, no RLS. I went through my morning list, then took a steam session. I opened swap shop by request. I read online, then mended Popken's pouch. I ate fiber gel and read out in the sun. I made and ate breakfast.

I went to my 2pm inspection at 1:30 so I could check the house for anything I missed. But two of the inspectors were already there. They went in with me. The younger one found something and I cleaned it up. Everything else was fine. We signed papers and I gave Bobbie the key. We chatted and Jack showed up.

Then I went by the garden to see what the watering options were. Someone had hooked up a 4 spigot head and there was only one spigot left. So I went home and got hoses from my shed. I read a little, then opened the furniture room by request. I proceeded to the garden to hook up to the last open faucet. It took a while to untangle the hoses. Then I discovered that I only needed two so I brought one hose home.

I stopped at the swap shop to lock it, grabbing the tall laundry basket. At home, I replaced the tall box holding mops and brooms. I jotted notes for my blog.

I worked on Popkens rucksack, but I could not get it under the needle. I had to sew by hand. I also checked out the new sewing machine. It has no cord but it makes stitches. Chris came home from work. He put my supper in the toaster oven and his supper in the microwave. I worked on my blog. I ate supper, then mowed till the battery ran down. I raked up sticks into piles. I put all the tumbleweeds in their own pile for disposal tomorrow. I hope there is no wind tomorrow.

I made tea. We watched an episode of Criminal Minds. He went to bed. I stayed up a little later, then got ready for bed.

Eggs and milk

 

Monday

I got up before 7:30. No RLS. I brought in the milk and eggs. While heating the milk, I went through my morning list. I cooled down the first half and heated up the second half. I ate all the yogurt in several jars. I washed the jars and put them in the hot oven to sterilize. I started some new batches of yogurt and put them in the dehydrator.

I went to the library to return a book and check out two more, one of which I might have read two decades ago. I chatted with the librarians and other patrons, then came home.

I ate fiber gel, then sunbathed outside. Afterward, I made and ate breakfast. I put on a video of a man playing a steel drum-like instrument. Very soothing. I read my book and kept nodding off. Later I made tea to feed the scoby.

I hardboiled several batches of eggs. I poured all the pickling juices together, then heated it and added salt and vinegar. I poured it back into the jars and added peeled eggs. I made more laundry detergent. I picked hymns for next Sunday. I prepared a jar of yogurt for Keli.

After more fiber gel, I went to band. Keli showed up and I gave her yogurt. We played through the hymns. Sophia came late and played along. We went through 3 songs in the Broadway book, then played through some stuff we brought from home.

After band, I came home to eat supper. I mowed until the light got low. Then I posted to my blog and made tea. We watched the last episode of season 9. We both retired to our laptops. After awhile Chris went to bed. Later, so did I.

Mother's Day

 

Sunday

I got up at 8. Chris was already up. Apparently he can't sleep on the meds. I followed the morning list except for practicing and exercising. I read by the red light. I used it on my foot. I found a card from Chris on my laptop. I posted to Facebook for Mother's Day. I washed all my yogurt spoons and some other dishes besides. I sifted through the sprouts to take out the seeds that hadn't sprouted yet. I ate several yogurts.

I ate fiber gel, then laid in the sun and finished my book. I made and ate breakfast. I got dressed for church. I threw some shower bombs in a drawstring sack I had made months ago. I took cheese squares and went to the chapel.

Chapel was sparsely attended. I handed out shower bombs to those women who came. The chaplain handed out flowers to us women as well. He gave the sermon. Afterward, we played hymns (apparently the same ones as last week). Then we had communion. We few talked a bit. Keli picked up the flowers from self-help and we split them up. Keli carried them to my car for me. John gave me fabric from Tina.

I went to the gym to turn on the sauna. I got in a conversation with Steve, and then Davis walked in. I went home to change clothes. I put the flowers in water. I tried to go through all the videos that Faye sent. I went to the sauna to meet Michelle. Jenni got a better offer so she didn't come. Michelle and I talked for an hour or more. I showered off and got dressed. We walked out together.

I went home and ate fiber gel. Chris had supper ready. We signed into Discord for the game. While waiting for John, Chris called Cecily to wish her a happy day.  Then we intrepid explorers entered a haunted house, explored it, reunited the mother ghost and daughter ghost, then turned it into a bed and breakfast.

After the game, I went to the school to meet Jenni. Michele and John came as well. We all walked around the school block – about a mile. Then we went our own way.

Chris was binge watching Lucifer. I worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched Criminal Minds with ice pack.. I cleared e-mail and went through my bedtime list. Then I went to bed.

My foot is not a weed

 

Saturday

I got up at 8. I think taking the Somna so late made it harder to get up in the morning. Chris was sleeping on the couch. I followed the morning list except for practicing. I read with the red light for too long. I put the book down when Chris got up at 10. He made coffee and breakfast. I watched a long video on growing tomatoes.

It was 11:30 till we commenced with the massage. Then I ate fiber gel and read outside. I made breakfast and ate it. I took a shower and put on shorts. I walked to the swap shop to open it for someone. When I got back, I ate some hard boiled eggs.

Later I went to the swap shop to drop off stuff and to lock it. Then I went to 624 to trim the lawn. I accidentally trimmed my foot to begin with. But it didn't bleed. I used the corded trimmer and then it mysteriously quit. So I put more string on the spool and inserted it in the cordless trimmer. Then I finished the job. I threw out some stuff in the garage, and pulled out all my cleaning supplies.

I stopped at Saronna's house to drop off two things, then I went home. I read about electroculture while Chris cooked meatloaf. I also trimmed the yard and planted one of the tomato cuttings.

Michele and John came over at 6, tired from RenFaire. She was dressed in one of her Renaissance dresses. We sat and had dinner. She gave me a card for Mother's Day. We talked a little bit, but then I had to gather my things and go to the chapel.

I unlocked the doors to the chapel. I was alone so I went out to pull weeds from the stone beds. Then Casey arrived. So I went in with him and we talked until I heard voices. The Clark kids were arriving.

When they were all here, the father got out a sewing machine to repair some sleeping bags. I taught Rhythm class to the 3 older ones. Then I dismissed them. I took Wilhelm out to help me weed and we talked. Then his father finished and came out to collect his kids. I went in and talked to Casey about the yogurt sample. He packed up and left. I checked the bathrooms and turned out the lights before I left.

When I got home, I made tea and we watched Criminal Minds. I tied some ice to my arm. Later we made the bed with washed sheets. I took Somna and worked on my blog. Then I got ready for bed.