Corraling tumbleweeds

 

Tuesday

I got up after 7:30. No RLS. I started on the morning list. I cleaned the cookie sheet and checked on the figs. I put the last jar of yogurt-to-be in the dehydrator. I ate some of 5 yogurts. I texted Rod that I would rather clean on Thursday. I sat under the red light for 15 minutes. I walked to the post office to open swap shop by request. I used steam tent, then showered and dressed.

I ate fiber gel. I read outside in the sun. I made and ate breakfast. I rinsed and ate all the sprouts because they were going bad. I walked back to the post office to lock the swap shop door. When I got back, I listened to something online and nearly fell asleep. I finished reading my book, then went to the library for more books.

I read more e-mail. After 5, I collected tumbleweeds in a 5 gallon bucket and crushed them down with another bucket. Then I had to quit.

I went to the chapel to play through some old song books with Keli. When I got home, I heated and ate supper. We went to fill the 3 five-gallon jugs. When we got back, I pulled the figs out of the dehydrator and put them in a bag.

I noticed I had a text. So I replied to it. A man is wanting me to clean the apartment that he left behind. I agreed to clean it and send him the bill. Am I too trusting? I finished my blog. I made tea. We watched Criminal Minds. Chris went to bed. I stayed up to look for special strains of probiotics. Then I also went to bed.

The fibonacci cone

 

Monday

I got up before 8, but it was after 8 till I got to the kitchen. I started the morning list. I paused it to crunch up the peach leaves and measure out 5 grams. The readings on the scale kept changing so it's anybody's guess if I got the right amount. Anyway, I blended it with the rest and put it all in a labeled bag. I put seeds in the sprouter to soak. I'll be having some of the last batch this afternoon.

Then I checked Facebook to see if they were still having the walk at the pavilion. No notice of cancellation. I drove to the gym and saw only a few cars there. I also drove past the CDC. Nope. Since there were raindrops on my windshield, I figured it must be canceled. I stopped at the post office, then went home.

There were milk and eggs on my front porch. I brought them in and poured half of the milk in the pot to heat. I used the new stirrer. I took all my ferments from the fridge and put some of each in a bowl and the rest in a large jar. I left a little in the bottom of each jar to start the next ferment. I ate what was in the bowl. I washed jars and put them in the oven to sterilize. I poured the hot milk into a half gallon jar and heated the other half of the milk. Then the stirring wand needed recharging so I had to stir by hand.

I went to the library to pick up the 3-D printed fibonacci cone. She didn't want money for it, but I insisted because Chris would want it that way. We chatted a bit and I went home, in the rain.

The milk had cooled so I added it to the almost empty jars. I filled a few more jars and put other probiotics in them, most of those went into the dehydrator to keep warm and ferment. I read my book, then made and ate breakfast. I put the figs in the oven at 200 to kill any yeast or bacteria. I read e-mail and watered the plants.

I read more from the book. I chose two hymns for Sunday. Chris came home from work, and I went to the chapel. Keli came, but late. We went through the hymns then played what we wanted because no one else came. We decided to play again tomorrow, just she and I. It's easy because I can stand behind her and play off of whatever music she has. And we both sight-read well.

I went home. I was reading online when Rod called. He wanted me to come over and talk about cleaning. So I headed that way and dropped off Michele's key. Then I went to Rod's place and he talked about how hard things are at work and he needs help cleaning. He also gave me a suitcase full of DVDs.

After an hour of standing and listening, I went home. We folded laundry then Chris talked about how hard it will be to retire. And then it was too late to watch TV. We put yogurts in the fridge, and figs in the dehydrator. I worked on my blog and then went to bed.

Fruit leaf tea - Ezekiel 47:12

 

Sunday

I got up at 8:30, still tired because of RLS. It was raining. I did everything on my morning list. I read the book for too long. Then I took a shower and steamed a batch of eggs. I made cheese squares. I ate from 5 jars of yogurt. I steamed another batch of eggs, then made and ate breakfast. I got dressed for church. I put cheese squares in a container, then took them to the chapel.

When I got there, I left the container in the back. I greeted people. I assembled my trombone and sat up front for the service. At the end, we played two hymns and the chaplain gave the benediction. After that, we talked. John came over and talked and it went quite long.

I went home and changed clothes. I ate fruit and pistachios. I put on a podcast while I tried to contain freezer food with clear plastic boxes. Was it an improvement? Maybe. I also cleaned the carpet machine and emptied the dishwasher. There were a few things added to the dishwasher.

I weighed and measured teas for the fruit leaf tea. 5 oz. each. The last tea to add was the peach and the leaves were not quite crunchy. So I threw them in the dehydrator. I blended the others together. Then I made breakfast mix.

Chris came home from his gaming trip. He heated supper in the microwave so I put mine in the toaster oven. He got on Discord and so did the others in our game. I signed in and we picked up play where we left off last week. We finished the fight and divided up the spoils of war.

After the short game, I made tea and we watched an episode of Criminal Minds. Chris went to bed but I stayed up to research something online. I pulled the peach leaves out of the dehydrator and left them for morning. Then I went to bed.

3D printing and the final shampoo

 

Saturday

I got up late. I did everything on the morning list. I turned on my phone and saw the class reminder that Keli programmed. It looked like it should have sound, but it didn't. I had to swipe it as acknowledgement in order to use the phone.

I got dressed and went to the 3D printing class. Attendance was low. We discussed supports and slicing and picking options. Mindy tried to create the fibonacci spiral I was looking for. Then she found it on the Bambu website. She sent it to her home printer and we got to see it get started.3D

I stopped at the post office on the way home. At home, I ate fiber gel, then read outside. I made and ate breakfast. I packed a bucket of cleaners and went to Tina's house.

I gave her some yogurt and we chatted. I cleaned her bathrooms and we chatted some more. She showed me some quilted stuff she had made before the incident.

I went home, ate fiber gel, and heated supper. I watched a long video on natural treatments for common ailments. I cleared the last two corners of the bedroom and shampooed them. I jotted notes for my blog, then went to the chapel for Project Night.

At first I was alone in the chapel, then Jenni came. So we got out a sewing machine. She was finishing the grocery tote and I was mending two pairs of Chris' pants. Then Casey and Cedric arrived. One played a game and the other was fixing his laptop. Then Casey went home for screw drivers and came back with a pair of shoes that Michele might like.

After Project Night, Jenni called Dispatch to open the gym. She and I and Michelle went to the gym to wait for the police to open it. Then I ran off to feed the cat. I came back to the gym just as the police were leaving. Erynne joined us. We sweated and talked in the sauna for over an hour. Then I rinsed off. I went home and put the bedroom back together since the carpet was dry. I posted two blogs and went to bed.

** I forgot to post for Talent Night.  Michelle sent me video as well, but I can't seem to download that from Facebook.   **

Day 3, also Baby Shower

 

Friday

I got up late after having RLS. I went through the morning list. Then I went to the chapel for Math Morning – no one came. So at 10, I went home, stopping to check for mail. When I got home, I prepared and completed a steam session. I read outside, then made and ate breakfast.

I shampooed another corner of the bedroom, then went to commissary and brought home groceries. I opened the box that Chris said had a nursing drape in it. It was a set of bottles for a breast pump. I found a gift bag to put it in and a card. I looked up what to write in it.

At 6 I went to the baby shower at the Colonel's house. I think we had more people than expected. The colonel's wife made enough food for everybody. We ate and talked. Then the games started. She put baby food in diapers and we were supposed to guess what the flavors were. Most of us just sniffed the diapers, but some were willing to taste it. There were some paper and pencil games, then we tore off strips of toilet paper as a guess of Janet's circumference. I used my own girth as a guess and it was too long! After we all tried to guess her weight, I bid them goodnight and left the party.

I stopped at Michele's house to feed the cat. I refilled the water bowl and scooped the litter box. Then I went home to prepare for game night.

I took some sprouts to Michelle's house. She wasn't home yet. I played the Indiana Jones till it crashed. I will have to look up the keyboard short cuts so I don't have to go through all the keys to try to figure out what they do. Then I played The Lighthouse and maybe made some progress.

Michelle came back from a ranch where she watch cows being roped, castrated, innoculated, and tagged. It sounded pretty brutal. We talked and I was late getting home. So I went to bed without blogging.

Shampooing carpets - Day 2 (and Talent Night)

 

Thursday

I woke up early in faint daylight to use the bathroom. I hoped to go back to sleep but it didn't happen. I got up soon after 7. I used my list of morning things and got it all done and thought of more. I also vacuumed the bedroom and moved some stuff so I could shampoo in the corner.

I pulled jars of yogurt from the fridge and one dropped. Sadly it was one of my best jars, which are squat and stackable. Glass and yogurt everywhere and me in bare feet. But I cleaned it up. Then got ready for Bible Study.

I went to the chapel and three ladies were waiting for me to open the door. We went in and sat for study. Then Erynne showed up while we were reading the 24^th chapter of Genesis.

Afterward, I went home to shampoo some more. I taped red film to the window so it will be dark at night. I went to help clean at the swap shop. I went home to make breakfast and watch The Highwire. I took a break to lay in the sun when it came out. Then I fimished watching The Highwire.

To replace the spilled yogurt, I used whipping cream because I was out of milk. I innoculated the cream with probiotic capsules. I added the remaining cream to other ferments. I made tea for kombucha. I went to chapel to help move stands to the club, but the stands and stuff had already been carried out. So I went home and shampooed some more. I also cleaned my trombone slide.

I got dressed in jeans and a t-shirt as the members of the band agreed. I went to the club. The other band members were there. We got ready to play. But first there were two Mexican dances. Then we played Everybody Wants to be a Cat while wearing headbands with cat ears. We also played Get Me to the Church on Time with the chaplain singing and wearing a suit and top hat. He also did impressions of Archie and Edith Bunker, a handful of presidents, and some Dugway people. The band played again, then someone sang a song in Spanish. We sang Happy Birthday to Elizabeth, our new violin player. After that, it was karaoke until 8 and we packed up. I helped put stands in Keli's truck. Others carried the keyboard. Chaplain and I followed her to the chapel and helped her unload.

I went home, put leftovers in the toaster oven. I watered the plants and changed clothes. I picked up the bedroom. I viewed the pictures that Michelle took tonight of the band. I took a book and went to Michele's house to feed their cat. I came home and watched Call the Midwife. Then I posted to my blog and got ready for bed.

Shampooing carpets - Day 1

Wednesday

I got up after the 7:30 alarm. No RLS during the night. I prepared for Meditation Morning with exercises and swishing. Then I meditated and tapped for over an hour. Chris stopped by to get his laptop before heading to the airport with John and Michele.

Just as I was finishing, I got a sudden intense headache. Thinking it could be a stroke, I talked to myself out loud to see if my speech was slurry. It wasn't and I had no balance or vision problems. After a while, it subsided and eventually went away.

I cleaned the bathrooms and kitchen. I washed dishes. I vacuumed and shampooed the carpet in the den and livingroom. Then I sat for a steam session. Afterwards, I showered and read a book. I didn't mean to finish it, but I did, around 6:30. So I went to the library to check out another book and chat. I also stopped at the post office for a package and at the chapel to get my CD player.

I vacuumed the hallway. I put 5 kinds of yogurt in a bowl. I ate while reading the new book. Kurt started texting me. Jenni came over for a walk. So I put on a jacket and we walked around my neighborhood and conversed. After she went home, I checked e-mail and deleted over a hundred. I looked up a product called Tro+ Somna. But it had polyethylene glycol in it.

I worked on my blog. I vacuumed the hallway. I watched an episode of Call the Midwife. I got ready for bed, then shampooed the hallway all the way up to the bedroom. I went to bed, and thought of more things I should have done but I didn't want to walk on the wet carpet.