Still not 60

This morning, I weent back to sleep with mp3 headphones. They were out of power but helped with keeping down the sounds of Chris getting ready for work. I was awoken by the 7:30 alarm. When sleep finally cleared, I got out of bed. I read the birthday card that Chris left on my laptop. He added a sweet note to it. I took the first supplements and then got dressed. I added glue to the sections of the tree so it would not fall apart if hung on a wall. I brushed my teeth, then sat in the recliner with a book to swish and wait for the next supplement.

Swanson was having a 25% off entire order sale so I ordered extra vitamin C. It sounded like a house was being demolished in our back yard so I kept looking out the window, but no one was that close. I listened to an interview with Gen. Michael Flynn. He and McInerney talked about “Scorecard” and voter fraud, and foreign ownership of voting software in the US.

I made and ate breakfast. I called Etrade, and had to wait a long time to get through. He said they didn't sell gold. I looked several places online for novelty fabrics, but didn't find much in the prints I wanted. I caught up on some tapping videos. I took pictures of items for the next project. Since the headphones were charging on the laptop, I added the hypnosis tracks, hoping they would be effective at night.

Finally I went to the CDC to drop off the gingerbread tree and cookies. The two ladies who were decorating seemed happy to get the decorations. I offered to make strings of popcorn and cranberries, but they were doubtful about having edibles in the room. They gave me a roll of dark brown paper to make gingerbread men.

When I got home, I turned on the printer, and sent some images to the desktop computer. I printed out gingerbread shapes, then got out my projector. It took some finagling to set it up and get it focused and the right distance from the wall. I taped the brown paper to the wall, then put supper in the oven. I traced several gingerbread men with a white crayon and cut them out. Then I took a break to have supper.

I worked on a post for the Dugway page for craft group. I read other mail, putting it off and putting it off. Finally I tweaked it and posted it with pictures. I made my evening drink, and put it in front of the TV. I traced and cut out another gingerbread man. By then Chris was ready. So we watched a Netflix DVD called Easy to Wed, with Esther Williams and Lucille Ball. Then I brushed my teeth and sat down to write my blog post before going to bed. My calf isn't bothering me any more, but I stretched it anyway.

* * Here is one of the projects I posted *

Live on Facebook

I listened to the mp3 headphones this moring when I woke up too early. I had been having a nightmare where I was away from home, and a kid stole my phone. I nabbed him and got it back, but it disappeared anyway. It was night time and really cold. I had no place to go and I couldn't remember anyone's phone number.

We got up at 8:30. I stretched my calf and took the first round of supplements. I took a shower (5 rounds of hot and cold), then got dressed for church. I practiced the reading for today several times. I cut pieces for trimming the tree, glued them down and put books on top to hold them in place till the glue dried.

At 10:50 we went to the chapel. The chaplain showed me where to stand and how to operate the lighter. When the service started, he said a prayer, then called me up to read. He turned the camera toward me and I read aloud. Then I picked up the lighter and lit a candle and sat down. I was surprised how well it went. Then we sang 3 songs (with Youtube since the guitar guy was gone). The chaplain gave a sermon and we sang another song.

After the service, I sawa Jenni and thought to myself that there was something I wanted to ask her. So I asked her about what I could use to trim the tree. She suggested several things, including crepe paper. There was white crepe paper blocking off the seats to account for social distancing. I took a strip from the back row and replaced it with yellow.

Then we went home. I changed clothes and made breakfast. I watched a video on how the dollar is decreasing in value year by year so invest in gold, silver or bitcoin. I cut more small simple snowflakes. We talked to Michele to see how her back is doing. I called Cecelia and talked to her for some time. Then I called Dad and talked to him and to Faye.

Around 5, I put on my warmest coat and went for a walk. I covered a road I hadn't walked before, so I could check it off the list (which disappeared when I cleaned up the dining room). I put a bowl of vegetable soup and leftovers in the toaster oven. I read e-mail, and followed some tapping audios until supper was hot. Then I ate and read e-mail.

I listened to myself reading in church using the link on Facebook. That went fine, but when I watched myself straining on tippytoes to light the candle, I was amused. I listened to the sleep hypnosis track while I cleaned up paper bits, and made more trim pieces to glue on the edges.

It was almost 9 when I made my evening drink and sat with Chris to watch TV. He chose the first episode of Sherlock Holmes, which we had already seen, but he thought it would feel new again since it had been so long since we'd seen it. Interestingly, I remembered more of it than he did. But it was still entertaining. Afterward, I brushed my teeth, and listened to the sleep track again while writing my blog.

* This tree isn't quite right. Any suggestions? *

Cookies without Calories

Last night I listened to a sleep hypnosis track while rolling out my calf. Then I went to bed. In the morning, my calf hurt getting out of bed. So much for my dastardly plan. But after getting my first supplements of the day, I went back to bed and Chris gave me a coconut oil massage. That's always a plus, even if it didn't help the calf.

William called with update about a washer and dryer he bought for Dad on Craig's List. I called Faye to ask about special stretches. I concluded that I am stretching too hard. I made paper gingerbread cookies using the snowflakes I made a week ago. I used several layers to make them stiff, but they weren't all that rigid.

I made and ate breakfast. Then I made curved white strips to go around the outside of each 'cookie'. I used basting spray on the back of the snowflakes, but they started to come off after a while, and I had to use glue. Having finished the cookies, I looked for other gingerbread things I could make. I decided on a tree. I did a bunch of math, then cut trapezoids out of the long strip of brown paper that was leftover. I arranged the extra snowflakes on it, and decided I needed more small ones.

Around 5, I went for a walk. While walking, I remembered that we hadn't checked the post office. So I went there and found a Netflix envelop in our box. Then I went straight home because it was wickedly cold. I put leftovers in the toaster oven and checked e-mail.

As I ate, I looked at gingerbread trees online. I was also looking for something I can pipe onto the brown paper to simulate icing. I listened to an interview with a statistics researcher who explained, using CDC data, how the increase in deaths attributed to Covid + the decrease in deaths attributed to other causes equals the normal number of deaths in the US per year.

I checked more e-mail, then I made my evening drink. We watched one episode of Hart of Dixie. I could tell by the musical number at the end, where the whole town is singing and dancing, and two couples got married, that it was the last episode. That was very sad. Then we watched the first episode of Queen's Gambit, which William had suggested.

I put away the piles of just-laundered clothes on the bed. Then I sat down to write my blog post. Soon we will put clean sheets on the bed and retire for the evening.

* These 'cookies' have curved strips of paper to make the edging. *

Enjoying the after-effects of Thanksgiving

We stayed in bed late. Chris got up first. I washed more dishes from last night, then read a book with a heating pad under my calf. I thought that would help relieve the tightness, but it didn't. I looked up chugging, and sneezing multiple times in a row. The consensus was that people sneeze more when they are weak sneezers.

I listened to a podcast while parsing out supplements for the next two weeks. I made a list of what was getting low and put the items in my Swanson cart. I made and ate breakfast. After reading a little more e-mail, I went back for a piece of turkey neck. Mmmmmm. I saw a splinter in my hand from yesterday. Chris got it out with a needle pretty quickly.

Around 2, he packed the cooler with freezy packs. I put a few last things on the shopping list, and we went to Tooele. We listened to the book on CD along the way. We shopped at Luckey's, Melanie's, and Macey's. Then we listened to the story all the way home. I didn't get a pic of the mountains on the way, but they look different each time, due to the lighting and weather, etc.

I didn't feel so good in the car, so I rolled down the window a bit (since it was in the high 30's). We stopped at the post office and picked up the mail, including a few birthday cards. We arrived home, brought the groceries in. I opened the birthday cards. It was so nice to be remembered. I read e-mail for little bit, then went for a walk to get some fresh air. The two antelope were walking around the area that used to have houses. That was the block I was walking around, so they watched me for a bit, then ran off into the sunset.

When I got back, I took some terrahydrite. I looked at the non-birthday mail: two charities wanting donations. I looked through my file for previous donations made to those charities that want a year-end contribution. I found I have already donated at least twice this year. Then, sitting at my laptop, I read through all the Black Friday sales. I jotted notes for my blog. I heated supper, and ate some seed crackers to tide me over.

I listened to Del Bigtree's video and took notes:

Dr Peter Aaby, who designs vaccine programs for third world countries, found that children given the DTP vaccine have a 2.5 higher all-cause mortality than unvaccinated ( although more risk for girls than for boys). Dr. Christina Stabell Benn, who works with children in Guinea-Bissau, found that DTP kills more children from other causes than it saves from the three diseases. I looked up her Ted talk: vaccination increased death 5-fold. Vaccines are only assessed for effects on the disease in question, not for effects on overall health. Live vaccines train the immune system, and you only need one shot for protection. Non-live vaccines are not good at stimulating the immune system, therefore it takes several shots for protection. Live vaccines have good non-specific effects and non-live vaccines have negative non-specific effects. If we modify the schedule, we could save 1.1 million third world children a year. In high income countries, children who get live vaccines have half the rate of hospitalizations as those who get non-live vaccines. Because of linked-epitope suppression, all kids primed by DtaP vaccines will be more susceptible to pertussus for life. They may catch the infection over and over again.

According to CDC, 1 in 6 children has a developmental disability. Various public officials and groups admitted that we don't have the studies to say whether or not vaccines cause a long list of side effects.

I ate too much jackfruit while watching. I also checked e-mail, and finalized my Swanson order. When the video was over, I made my evening drink. We watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. Then I wrote up the events of the day and got ready for bed.

* The house looks so much better now that the pictures are hung on the wall and curtains are up *

Nine, Ten - clean the den

Last night I did not use any sleep aids (other than magnesium) because I was so exhausted from climbing on stepladders and chairs. But inexplicably, I still had trouble falling asleep. Then I woke up hearing the trumpet player because no one told it that today is a holiday. When I got out of bed, my left calf hurt. And then I remembered that climibing on ladders has given me tendonitis in the past. But thankfully, with a little stretching, it went away.

I started the day in the usual way, but decided to curtail some of the process. Since we are having dinner midafternoon I wanted to eat breakfast earlier than usual. While Chris made two pecan pies, I looked up the recipe for Grammy's rolls. It seemed complicated. So I looked at sweet roll recipies online. After some investigation, I decided to use the original recipe, but without the baking soda and baking powder. I filled the bread machine, and set it to make dough. I took shower, and got dressed. I finished sewing the second mask and then packed up all the sewing stuff that was in the den. I scrubbed the marble square, and put jug of milk on it to cool it. But that didn't work. When the dough was done, I divided it in half and rolled it out. Chris melted some butter while I chopped pecans. Then I covered the dough with butter, cinnamon, sugar, raisins and pecans. I greased three loaf pans and sliced the dough rolls into 24 pieces.

After getting rolls in the baking pans, I left them to rise and made breakfast. It was noon, so later than usual, not earlier as I had planned. Chris prepared the turkey quarters. He also sprinkled lemon juice on the turkey necks and set them in a bath of white wine. I baked the rolls and they came out just as the turkey went in.

I vaccuumed, and emptied the bag. I moved stuff out of sight. Chris washed and dried the dark red table cloth and covered the table. We got out the china and glassware. I added a table runner. We called Michele. She had arrived safely at the Damours. The Josts came over with white and dark meat and a rum cake. Chris put the asparagus on to cook and soon we were seated around the table. For distancing purposes, the table had both leaves so we were as apart as we could get.

Chris said the prayer and we ate dinner. The turkey was excellent, both theirs and ours. The rolls turned out really well. I even ate one. The conversation went well and there was no lull. As I showed Johnnie my sewing room, Chris and Brian fixed the little door on Grandma's sewing machine. Later we sat down for dessert. I had a very small piece of the rum cake. I think everybody else ate a piece of both the cake and the pie.

After they left, I called Faye. Chris put the food away. I wiped the greasy cookware with a paper towel, then filled them with hot soapy water to soak. I filled a bowl with hot soapy water and washed the good china by hand. I set a few other things to soak, then made my evening drink. Chris was watching a hobbit movie when I sat down. Then he paused the movie and called up Netflix so we could watch Hart of Dixie. We are in season 4 and I can see them wrapping up all the loose ends because there is no next season.

I stretched out my calf, which started complaining again. Then I brushed my teeth and sat down to write today's blog post.

* A version of Grammy's Rolls, now with pecans *

Seven, Eight - Hang them straight

I started the night with the mp3 headphones, but the sound of waves wasn't putting me to sleep. I took them off and went to sleep on my own. But when Chris' alarm went off in the morning, I put the headphones back on. They were more effective, although they did not block all the sounds that usually assail me first thing in the morning.

I got up after 8. I prepared the coffee and myself for meditation morning. I am trying a new protocol that involves tudca. Blech! I listened to the CD lineup, plus the demolition down the street. They've moved to a house on our block. Then they have two more houses to do and they hope to be done by the 30th, but they won't work this Thursday or Friday.

I cleaned the bathrooms with particular emphasis on the hall bath. I washed the bathroom rugs. I threw a splash of bleach in the toilet to give the room a faint whiff of bleach, but it didn't work. Chris came home for lunch. He brought me a birthday card and a Thanksgiving card that he picked up at the post office.

I washed dishes. I found some tiny nails and secured the glass in a picture frame. I looked up how I had my pictures arranged in the rental house in Huntsville (which Faye and Kurt helped to hang). I spent all afternoon arranging pictures on the dining room table, then hanging them on the wall. I also put up Command strips to hang red swags on the windows. I also hung three pictures in the hall bathroom.

Chris came home a little early. I told him the pictures seemed a little low, like some short person had hung them. He said he couldn't tell. I made and ate breakfast, while he listened to Michele and her friends gaming on Youtube. Then he went to Mass at the chapel. I continued to obsess and I hung pictures over the piano. When Chris came home, he said the Chaplain was going to be home alone so we both thought we should invite him to Thankgiving dinner. But when Chris called him, he had plans to stay home.

I rested from my labors for a little while, then worked on the Christmas masks. The process came to a halt when I could not find the bag with all the elastic and ties and nose wire and patterns in it. I searched all the usual places at least twice. Then I found it in the bag with the sewing day projects. (I swear I looked in there before). I finished only one mask because of the thread change involved.

I made my evening drink and a sleep-scented diffuser. I asked Chris about the order of operations for tomorrow. He didn't know what I meant, so I explained that Cecily would have list of all the food to make, and when it needed to go in the oven, etc. Chris said all he knew was that he'd make the pie first and the asparagus last. What?! Thanksgiving without obsessing?! Maybe he isn't feeling well. I hear there's something going around.

We watched TV, and Chris ate a bog bowl of popcorn. I made him hold it where I couldn't reach it. Afterward I brushed my teeth, was going to put on my night gown but realized I was so busy today that I never took it off. I jotted a few things for my blog, then checked e-mail. Uggh! All those Black Friday promotions. My inbox runneth over. I posted a Thanksgiving message on Facebook, then finished my blog and did some yoga stretches before bed.

* I did not pick this arrangement. *

Five, Six, tips and tricks

I used both the Apollo and the mp3 headphones. Guess they didn't work 'cause I just took 'em off. I woke in the morning to Chris' alarm. Then I heard the trumpet player. That reminded me to put on the mp3 headphones again, thinking that it would drown out the sounds of shower and dressing. But it didn't. Finally I heard my alarm go off. I stayed in bed another half hour or so before getting up.

I took the first supplement and brushed my teeth. I rinsed and wrung out the quilted purse soaking in the bucket. I squeezed it with a towel, then hung it in the bathroom to dry. I wrote an Ebay review on the origami paper, taking pics to illustrate my point. I deleted a bunch of e-mail and read others.

I put on a documentary about breatharians. It is an interesting idea, and I suppose humans at times have had to survive long periods with little or nothing to eat. But I can't imagine anyone living a life without food.

Finally it was breakfast time. I fixed the pre-breakfast mix and the breakfast mix, and made the usual tea. I selected some fabric and cut out pieces for Christmas masks. For myself, I cut the liner from organic fabric. Chris arrived late for lunch. He helped me open a 16 x 20 pane of glass to replace the broken glass in a picture frame. As I took out the broken glass, I realized the biggest piece was enough to cut to fit one of the smaller frames with broken glass.

I headed out to Johnnie's house to pick up a window that Brian got from the demolition guys. When I got there, he said it was safety glass and could not be cut to fit a picture frame. I said I'd take it anyway, to use as a light box. Then he offered to make me a box to go with it. I said it would be better to have a box frame to put my cracked marble cutting board in. He countered with going to the landfill and finding an uncracked piece of marble.

I went home and pulled the staples out of the back of another picture. Brian came by to get me. I grabbed my mask and coat. I got in his vehicle and we went to the landfill. There was a spot where someone had dumped pieces of marble. We looked through them and he found a big piece. Then he took me to the operator's shack where he introduced me. I got to see what the man was drawing. Amazing scenes, just like a photograph. He gave each of us a Christmas card that he had done. Then Brian drove me around to see the different piles of stuff. He stopped at the wood pile and we picked up some 2x4's that some guys were unloading.

We went back to Brian's garage. I ran home to get the pics that needed glass. There was enough of the glass from the large broken ones to cut full pieces for the smaller ones. He showed me how to do it and I particpated, but was unable to cut the glass because I wasn't strong enough to score it. But I learned a lot. When the frames had glass again, we turned to the stone. We discussed the size and shape wanted, and decided on a 14 by 14 square. He marked it, then took it outside to cut it. Then he sanded all the edges, beveling them a little. It was a think of beauty.

I carried the pictures home while Brian followed with the square of marble. I thanked him again, and he left. I took some terrahydrite, and set the timer for 30 minutes. I put a can of soup and a packet of tuna in Korean bowl and placed it in the toaster oven. I listened to several audios and played Solitaire until the food was hot. Chris came home from work while I was eating. I had to cut two more mask pieces because the first set were not reverses of each other. I listened to another podcast, with Derrick Brose.

I heated the remaining tea and added tulsi to it. We watched two episodes on TV. Then Chris helped me open the second pane of glass. I wiped it off and put it in the remaining large picture frame. I did not, however, have the tiny nails to fix it in place. I sat down to write my blog post and got sidetracked by unread e-mail. Then I did write my post, and got ready for bed.

* I learned a lot about cutting glass and nailing frames. *

Three, Four, shop at the store

I used both the Apollo and the mp3 headphones last night. But after nearly 2 hours, I took the headphones off and went to sleep on my own. I awoke hearing Chris' alarm. I might have gone back to sleep, but the shower screamed when he turned it on, so there was no sleeping through that.

I got up a little after 8. I took the first supplement and chugged H2. I puttered about for 30 minutes, then took the second supplement. I read a book for 45 minutes with the HappyLight. Then I read e-mail. There was an article about the cyber war against Anti-vaxxers, equating them with terrorists. Never mind that most anti-vaxxers are not against vaccines per se, they are critical of Big Pharma and their track record of misinformation, hiding side effects, mislabeling drugs, bribing officials, etc. But AI is being programmed to delete any content negative to vaccines and to take down any sites such content is posted on.

I swept up pieces of the shoes I wore and threw away yesterday. Our house trembled as the steam shovel across the street broke up the slab and loaded pieces of it onto a truck. I don't know where the truck takes the pieces, but it returns too quickly to be going to Tooele.

I cleared a few items from the dining room table. Then I found the leaflet from Mom's funeral and fell apart. Eventually I worked my way to breakfast, although it was nearly noon. Chris came home for lunch, bringing lots from the post office. He pulled the bread machine out. I answered Kurt's e-mails, and listened to the church service from Huntsville. I filled the bread machine and got it started.

Chris mentioned at lunch that the steam shovel was moving to the house across from Johnnie. By 3pm, that house was down and I could see her house from my window, which I have never been able to see before. I went to the commissary to pick up some items for Chris. They didn't have exactly what he asked for, so I got the next best things. I tried to use the self-check, but it would not scan my ID. As it turns out, it only scans military ID or CAC cards. So I had to let the ladies bag my groceries even though I brought no cash to pay them.

When I got back, I listened to an interview with Sharyl Attkisson on media censorship. She said it used to be illegal to advertise drugs and vaccines on TV, but today's generation thinks it is normal. Journalists self-censor because they have figured out that certain stories will never get shown. As I listened, I handsewed a strip of scrap fabric over the seams inside my purse to cover the raw edges that showed up here and there.

At 5 I listened to the rejuvenation track. Then I heated some fish and soup in the toaster oven. Chris came home from work. I tried to watch an episode of TQS, but their system told me that my subscription expired in August. (I would swear I have watched episodes since then). Anyway, I purchased another year, then watched an episode about dying fabric.

When all the raw edges had been covered, I put my purse in a bucket of hot soapy water to soak. I read articles online. I heated the leftover tea and added a tulsi tea bag. I drank that as we watched TV, and I took magnesium capsules. Afterward, I brushed my teeth and wrote my blog post.

* Chris' cactus is blooming *

One, two, pieces of shoe

I took my evening supplements, did my stretches, and went to bed. I did not use Apollo or the mp3 headphones. I still had trouble falling asleep, but staying asleep was ok.

We got up about 8. I started my usual morning supplement routine, but mistakenly took the third one when I should have taken the second one. I put some staystitching in the ornament and dampened it for a good press. I had skipped the fusible web part and the points were not staying pointy. I made a paper snowflake from a design I saw on the internet.

I reached the breakfast stage early because of skipping the second supplement. After eating, I got dressed for church. It was below freezing so I wore pants. Gwenda sent me a pic through Messenger. It had Mom and Dad and Dad's parents, and Faye and me as little tykes. I could not tell where it was taken, though.

When we arrived in church, I put my purse down by my seat. The Chaplain asked me to do a reading in church next Sunday and light the Advent wreath. I accepted because I am a closet pyromaniac. Johnnie gave me my fabrics back saying she had bought something yesterday. She showed me some airmail fabric, but it wasn't what I wanted. Jenni came and talked to us too. Then we sat down for the service. Today, three of the four songs were traditional ones that I knew. The chaplain talked about Daniel again, but said he'd have advent sermons starting next week.

After the service, we chatted with a number of people. Jenni gave me her number so I can text her for the next sewing Saturday. When Chris was done chatting with the chaplain, we went home. I hung up my coat and changed tops.

I listened to a video by Sayer while making more snowflakes. Some were made from one piece of paper (8.5) and some wee made from two pieces of paper (11). I liked the second method because I only had to cut through half as many layers of paper. Chris wanted the irises watered, so I did that, then dug up some of the gopher mounds. I didn't find many tunnels. I wondered if I ran water into the holes, if it would freeze and then become too slippery for them to dig.

Chris cleared all of his stuff off of the dining room table. I cleared most of mine, but then went back to snowflakes and listening to audios. I saw him sit in each seat around the table. I thought he was channeling his inner Sheldon, but he was just making sure those were all good chairs.

I whipped up a batch of seed crackers, and cut more snowflakes. I found some brown paper that they would look good on, kind of like a gingerbread wall. I called Faye and talked to her and Dad while I ate supper. Then she suggested Skype, so we video-chatted for a bit. But Dad was tired. We hung up and I went looking online for more ideas for over-sized gingerbread-themed items. I read that spray foam makes realistic over-sized popcorn. But my search for ways to make over-sized fake gingerbread frosting was futile.

I noticed that there were black pieces of my shoes everywhere I went. So I took them off and threw them in the trash. I made my evening drink, snacked on seed crackers, and we watched TV. Afterward, I realized we're going to have to fix up the hall bathroom too - hang pictures, put up matching towels, etc. Then I sat down to write my blog and hope for a good night's rest.

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Company for Thanksgiving

Before I went to bed last night, I listened to a calming meditation. I went to bed and waited for sleep to come. It finally did, but then I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't go back to sleep. It was very frustrating and I had no idea why. Ruminating, it occurred to me that the inside of the geode formed in darkness and had never seen the light of day before Brian sawed it open. It was beautiful inside, but no one would ever know without the light. Seemed like there was a sermon somewhere in that.

I heard my 8:30 phone alarm in the distance. I got up to take the first supplements, then went back to bed. Chris gave me a coconut oil massage. Then I read a book by the HappyLight. Johnnie called, and said they were not traveling for Thanksgiving after all, and that Brian was taking her fabric shopping as consolation. After the call I asked Chris if we should invite them over for the holiday feast.

I took a shower, and got dressed. I read some e-mail, then made and ate breakfast. Chris called Brian and discussed food. I read articles, then packed up my sewing machine. I alphabetized some of my quilt books, looking for the snowflake book. I chose fabric for an ornament, and a Christmas mask. Chris packed my stuff in my trunk.

I drove to the chapel, and set up my machine, and the two projects. I opened the main door so people could come in. I started cutting squares for the ornament. Eileen arrived, with yarn and crocket hooks. We had such a good chat. I didn't get much done, and no one else came. Chris called from the commissary around 4:15. Eileen's husband called, too and wanted her to pick up something from the commissary. So she left, and I packed up and went home, Chris came home a few minutes later and cooked eggs and cheese for supper. I fixed the cuff on his old sweatshirt, then worked on the fabric ornament. I ate supper, including leftovers and a surprise tomato I found growing on my plant by the front door.

I listened to podcasts and sewed. Then I made my drink and we watched the usual on TV. Chris had done laundry, so after TV we made the bed with fresh sheets. Then I brushed my teeth. I read more e-mails from Kurt, and processed some previous e-mails to get the total below 700. I wrote my blog post and got ready for bed.

* Our next project *

Discussing science

I used the mp3 headphones last night, but got tired of them after awhile and took them off. I woke up in the morning hearing the house across the street being torn down. I started taking supplements, then brushed with the new paste.

I looked out the sewing room window and saw the house was almost half gone. No one was watering to keep the dust down.

I told Chris and he took pics, then called someone to report it but no one answered.

I checked e-mail and found some from Kurt. I wrote a response and fact-checked it before sending. Chris and I had a long discussion, starting with smoke. He was getting frustrated so I tried to disengage, but he said that was worse. So I listened, got tired, and then tried to disengage again. But I guess he was on a roll.

Finally he went back to his game and I made and ate breakfast. He showered and dressed. Then we got the grocery list and cooler and headed for Tooele.

He initiated a discussion of the PCR test on the way to Tooele, and I told him what I knew about it. We stopped at Luckey's, then went to Melanie's. I ran into Joanns and got some beads for a project. Then we went to Macey's. I hit the $store for some large snowflakes. Then on the way back, we went to WalGreens where I bought a thumb drive. I asked about printing images really big and the man said the largest they could do was 24 by 36.

We listened to the book on CD on the way home. We stopped by the post office, but there were no packages for us. When we got to our house, we saw that there was no house across the street. It had gone down faster than any other house. If they didn't bother to spray down the dust, did they cut other corners as well? Just a thought since Friday's are a day off for the regular people here.

We unpacked the groceries. Chris put fish in the oven to bake. William called to tell me about Faye's new van. I checked e-mail, then had supper. I made a paper flower and watched bitcoin videos. I tried to find a company that would print a lifesize version of the antelope that run around here. Before it got too late, I made my evening drink and we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. Then I brushed my teeth, and wrote up my blog post for the day.

* The house formerly known as 'across the street' *

The Grand Opening

I didn't use either the Apollo or the mp3 headphones last night. Just the usual stretches, and essential oil diffuser. I woke with Chris' alarm, and went back to sleep. Then my alarm went off at 7:30, and I got up a little later.

The new bottle of H2 arrived yesterday so I took some of that with the usual protein supplement. I tried the new toothpaste from Canada. Seemed ok.

I compared the numbers I used for my quilt with the ones on the instruction sheet. The instructions were internally inconsistant. But I went with the 'trim to' numbers, which were pretty close to mine. Then I repacked all the papers in order back into the plastic bag. Afterward, I pulled some fabrics for Johnnie and put them with the instruction packet.

I plugged in the router. I researched to answer Kurt's e-mails. I took supplements, and caught up on tapping videos. Then it was time for breakfast. About noon, Chris came home with boxes from the post office. I unpacked them, then listened to the weekly Highwire:

Covid antibodies were found in stored blood from as far back as September of last year in Italy. Mask usage exceeded 80% in 44 US states, and more than 90% in California and the northeast. 6000 participants in an RCT Danish study, showed that masking did not statistically reduce covid infection. Blood samples from recovered patients of SARS in 2003 suggest t-cell immunity lasts 17 years (or more).

I went to Johnnie's house with fabric and the geode. She took the fabric to look at later. She took me to the garage to see Brian. He got a power saw and cut the pink stone and polished one side of it. Very interesting. Then he carefully cut open the geode. It was sparkly and beautiful inside! Johnnie came out to see. She was going for a walk, so I thanked him and carried my prize home. I took pics of it in different settings and lighting. I downloaded and cropped the pics.

It was a nice day so I went out to dig gopher tunnels. I used a big shovel, which is faster but not as targeted as the trowel. I packed the dirt back in the hole with my hands till my fingers were numb from the cold ground.

I went inside and put s bowl of bean soup in the toaster oven. I listened to a tapping meditation, and looked up how to cook turkey legs. When supper was ready, I took it out and ate it as I read e-mail and listened to an interview. I took two Holozyme afterward.

Time got away from me. At 9, I made my evening drink and, when Chris was ready, we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. Then I sat down to write my blog post and get ready for bed.

* It's like a little winter wonderland inside! *

Volunteering to decorate

Last night I wore the mp3 headphones but not the Apollo. I shook up the difffuser and went to bed. Eventually I took the headphones off, and fell asleep. I woke up hearing Chris' alarm. I fell asleep again, and heard my alarm go off and got up soon after. I felt better rested than previously.

I had a meditation and tapping morning: I started the CD list playing. I made coffee, exercised, drybrushed, and tapped, visualized, and meditated (but not for long). I read a book beside the HappyLight.

I sprayed cleaner on the bathrooms then started cleaning in the kitchen. When Chris came home for lunch, I paused to finish the bathrooms (and stay out of his way). I opened the two packages he brought home from the post office. I washed some of the dishes in the sink and put others in the dishwasher. I vaccuumed a bathroom, our bedroom, the hallway, and the den. I showered and scrubbed tub, taking a chance on putting my back out. But I seem to have gotten away with it. I caught my laptop power cord in the vaccum, then left it till the smoke could dissipate before finishing the den

I checked e-mail, and listened to interviews. I kept looking out the window where the steam shovel was working on an empty house. First it carefully scraped the tin off the roof and put it in a pile. Later I saw it crushing the house a little at a time and spraying it down as it went. I saw pink rolls appear, which I assume were insulation. Maybe the spraying was to keep the fibers from blowing around.

I called Faye, thinking she was with Dad, but not yet. I read an e-mail from Chris saying the director of the CDC wanted help decorating for a Christmas event. So I called her, then walked down there, wishing I had worn a warmer coat. I thought she would give me a specific decoration to make, but she showed me their art supply room and said they needed decorations that would look like a gingerbread house, and just take whatever I wanted. So I got some red paper and some green paper, thinking of poinsettia garlands. I wasn't really prepared to make a decision. She gave me a tour of the building and the room to be decorated. She introduced me to a bunch of people from CDC, and ACS anda MWR. We saw two antelope playing in the front yard. One man said they ate the pumpkin on his front porch. Hmmm.

When I got home with the colored paper, I saw a note from Johnnie. So I walked over there to see her quilt pattern to get some idea of what I did wrong. Her husband showed me how to fill the birdfeeders while they are gone.

When I got home, Chris was having supper and listening to Michele play online. I made breakfast for supper, and read e-mail and finished an interview. I looked up paper poinsettia garlands. I tried making a flower from the origami paper that I ordered. Maybe that will work for the decorating and for the December project.

When Michele was done, Chris made himself a chocolate alcoholic drink. I had water with minerals and dark cherry juice in it and a bottle of Uber Greens. We watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie, and I took 6 magnesium capsules. Afterward, I answered a bunch of e-mails from Kurt. I deleted a bunch of new e-mails, and wrote my blog post for today.

* Coming to a house near me. *

The Mask is in the Mail

Last night before laying down, I shook up the essential oil diffuser to activate the sleep scent. I used the Apollo, but not the headphones. I laid awake for some time. I woke up early, but must have gone back to sleep because I don't remember hearing the trumpet player. I did hear my phone alarm and got up after a little rumination.

I took the first supplement and sat in the recliner and read a book. Then I took the second supplement, got dressed and brushed my teeth. I was hoping for another nice day but so far, it was very windy, which is a more key element of the day than the temperature.

I did some research to answer one of Kurt's e-mails. I made a quart of tea, then worked on breakfast. Chris came home for lunch with the mail. I opened both packages. One was fabric and I took it to the fabric room to hang out with others of its kind. The window in the storm door was falling forward, so I taped the window in place and Chris called Housing to report it.

I reviewed the directions for making a kusudama ball, and a fabric ornament. I posted an announcement for the Sewing and Craft Fellowship to the Dugway page for Saturday. I sent a pic of my quilt to the RCMQguild. Then I had an epiphany. Having blackout curtains over the windowed doors in our bedroom was problematic, so I ordered red film to block any blue light (like the street light) without blackening the room in the morning.

I sanitized the mask and put it in an envelope. I wrote and sanitized a birthday card. I went to post office to mail both with sufficient postage. It was so windy I had trouble walking back home. 20 - 30 mph! I listened to an episode of Transcendence. I braved the winds to dig up some gopher mounds with a shovel. I also raked the dirt around to expose the covered grass.

I went back to reading e-mail and was making headway when I realized what time it was. I put some bean soup in a bowl and threw it in the toaster oven. By the time it was heated, I was on Zoom with the RCMQG. I ate while the meeting proceeded. I had to pause to talk about my quilt during show-and-tell. Chris came home briefly to eat supper, then went back for the town hall meeting. He came home again before my meeting was over. Afterward, I listened to things I had started earlier while looking at e-mail. I watched a Fox news report on 'defective' voting software.

I poured the rest of the tea into two cups and sat down in front of the TV. Chris joined me and we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie, while I drank both cups and took mag-l-threonate and mag orotate. Afterward, I took the last supplement, brushed my teeth and wrote my blog.

* This is the opposite side of the mask. *

Cleaning up the mounds

I did not wear the mp3 headphones last night. I laid awake in the dark, waiting to fall asleep. I woke up to the sounds of Chris getting ready for work. I stayed in bed until after my alarm rang. I got up and started my day. I swished while reading a book by the HappyLight. I read e-mail, and finished listening to the interview with RFK, Jr. :

When Trump was first elected, RFK told Trump to unlock HMO records so independent scientists could examine the correlations between vaccinations and reports of side effects. But after Pfizer donated to the campaign, that fell through.

The Cochrane Collaboration looked at all the studies and said you have to give people 100 flu shots to prevent one case of the flu. And there is no evidence that it prevents hospitalizations or death. Those 100 people are 5x more likely to get a non-flu infection, and 6x more likely to transmit the flu. Kennedy said PFOA's are in medical masks made by 3M.

I made breakfast and ate it while listening to Day 2 of a sleep course. Chris came home for lunch a little later than usual. He handed me some mail. The weather was so nice that I went out to dig Gopher mounds. There were a lot of them. I filled some with rocks, as an experiment to see if it deters them at all. My fingernails, which were growing back, broke off again. Sigh.

When I came in, I listened to a 25 minute nap track. I set up the second ironing board and spread my round quilt top over it. It was face down so I could press the seams in the same diresction until it was flat in the middle. When I turned it over, I saw that the pressing had distorted the kite shapes. I tried to re-pin but it wasn't coming out well.

I heated bean soup in the oven, with a few extra things on top. As I ate, Chris came home from work. I drew a circle with a template and divided it into 18 slices. I wrapped the two ironing boards together with a wide strip of fabric. Then I spread the quilt over it and put the circle in the middle and pinned the kites in place according to the lines on the paper.

It still wasn't looking good. I took a break to watch crypto videos. I found a video for creating a paper wallet for Bitcoin, but not for Eth. Suddenly it was 8:30. I filled a tumbler with the last of the tea. I watched TV with Chris. This time we kept it down to two episodes. Then I took the last supplement and brushed my teeth. When my blog post was written, I got ready for bed.

* Still not flat *

Chapel and church

I did not listen to the mp3 headphones last night, but I don't remember laying awake for a long time either. I think I slept pretty well. I got up about 8. I took the first supplements and checked e-mail. I sat with the HappyLight and read for awhile. Chris put together a bean soup and set it on low to cook. Then I took a shower and dressed for church. I read e-mail while Chris took his shower and got dressed. I searched the coat pockets in the closet for masks, but all I could find were the Halloween mask and the brown one.

When we got to church, we put on our masks and went inside and took our seats. The chaplain spoke to us for a few minutes while the clock counted down to 11. Then he took his place in front of the camera and started the service. We sang songs, or tried to. I did not know the second one at all. Then the chaplain gave his sermon. Afterward, we sang another song, one I did know and suggested. When the service was over, we all stood around and chatted. The chaplain asked me if my group met yesterday and I told him no, but we will next week. He said the command was looking for more such participation and thanked me for having a group.

After talking to a few more people, we left and drove home. I made and ate breakfast, smelling the bean soup. Chris played his game for awhile, then went to the office. I listened to short videos and read e-mail, then went out to annoy gophers. Chris came back from the office just as I was going out. It was really nice out, so I spent the rest of the daylight digging up tunnels to put the dirt back where it came from, and I was not able to fit it all back in. I decided to quit when the sun set, but then I saw how red the mountains got, so I ran inside to get my phone and record the moment.

Then I put my phone away and washed my hands for dinner. Chris gave me a ladle and I filled a bowl with the soup. I also broke up a piece of leftover fish, and topped it with kimchi. As I ate, I watched the recording of the church service from Huntsville. Chris called Michele just to talk, so I paused the church service and participated. Afterward, I finished watching the service.

Then I started another interview, where RFK Jr talked about growing up and listening to his dad and uncles deal with politics. I paused it so we could watch Hart of Dixie. After about halfway through the first episode, Chris paused it and made us a big bowl of popcorn. Then we snacked and watched until 11. That was three episodes! I guess we lost count. Anyway, after that, I posted to my blog and we got ready for bed.

* The mountains are so red from the setting sun that they look like they are on fire. *

Social interaction

We got up soon after my alarm went off. I started my morning with the usual activities. Then Chris offered me a coconut oil massage. So I followed him to the bedroom.

Afterward, I checked e-mail, then read a book while sitting in the sunshine that came in the window. I forgot to set the timer since the last supplement and I ended up reading until 11. Then I began the breakfast process.

I put together a Swansons order while I ate. I checked other e-mails as well. Chris took a shower and I put on a coat and left for the post office. While walking, I saw Brian had just arrived home so I walked over to say hello. I also talked to Johnnie. She showed me how her quilt was coming along. Brian and I discussed crypto and gold as investments.

Johnnie was ready to go for a walk, so we left together and went to the post office. I collected my mail. Then she headed for her walk and I went home. Chris and I had a discussion about buying gold and cryptocurrency. He wasn't in favor of it, and didn't see why it was necessary.

I put on an interview and made a nativity mask. I watched video interviews on crypto and gold. Robert Kyosaki is very good. I opened the mail and found a birthday card from Faye and Dad. Chris cooked asparagus for supper and put beans in a pot to soak overnight. After eating the asparagus and leftover fish, I ate a pomegranate. Then I made seed crackers for tomorrow, and read e-mail until they were done.

Chris and I watched the Netflix DVD that came today. It was called Fiesta, starring Esther Williams. Oddly, it had nothing to do with swimming. Afterward, I put away the laundry and we dressed the bed with clean sheets. I brushed my teeth and sat down to write my blog post.

* A reversible mask. *

Ready for snow

I stayed up too late last night, correcting a file because my computer wanted to update and was going to close it. Then I saved it, rebooted the computer, and put it to sleep. I listened to the mp3 headphones in bed, but finally turned them off. Later I fell asleep. I woke up hearing the 7:30 alarm go off in another room. I went back to sleep until I heard the 8:30 alarm. Chris got up and then I got up and started taking supplements.

I checked e-mail. I asked Chris if I was allowed to have my sewing class next Saturday and we got in a BIG discussion. He insisted that I could, so I pointed out that the letter that was sent out says 'casual social gatherings are not authorized, and had his name on it. But he said my class fell under 'official meetings and planned events' which are permitted under the usual Covid protocols.

I made a quart of chamomile/parsley/hibiscus tea. William called, on his lunch hour. I asked Chris to massage my right forearm. It seemed a little swollen and sore to me. I made and ate breakfast, but without the banana because there were none left.

After breakfast, I listened to crypto videos on Youtube. I ate frozen blueberries to replace the banana. When Chris was ready, he put ice packs in the cooler and we went to Tooele, continuing the book on CD. When we were in Luckey's, I noticed that my fingers were stained with blueberry juice. Then we went to Melanies' nutrition. Actually Chris stayed in the car. I shopped, but they didn't have everything I wanted. I did get a bottle of dark cherry juice, which is supposed to be good for sleep. I was surprised that they did not have cacao nibs, but I did get a 5000IU of vitamin D3.

Then we went to Maceys, for all the things that Luckey's didn't have. While Chris checked out, I ran to the dollar store to buy a birthday card for Aunt Jean. Then we drove home, listening to the book.

After we unloaded the groceries and put them away, I compared the vitamin D I just bought with the one I usually order from Swansons. The local one cost more, but it has a lot of other things in it that you would expect to see in a greens powder, and it gets great reviews.

It was almost 6 when I put supper in the toaster oven: fish and a piece of sweet potato, and a can of artichoke hearts. After eating, I laid in the recliner and read a book. It made my eyes tired so I reclined a little more and may have dozed off. I woke up about 8:15. I sat with Chris and the remainder of the tea, and we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. I brushed my teeth, and then swished while typing up my blog. I checked the weather forecast. It is supposed to rain tonight and then freeze. Good thing we got our groceries.

* The mountains look different depending on the weather and season. *

Supplements vs the book

The mp3 player did not run out of energy last night so I had to stop it after a while and take them off. I guess I fell asleep after that. I woke up to Chris getting ready for work. I stayed in bed until my alarm rang. As usual, I wasn't feeling all that energetic.

I plugged in the router and started my routine. I sat by the HappyLight and read a book and did not stop when the timer went off. I finished the book. I was out of supplements for breakfast on throughout the day, so I got out my boxes and parsed out what I needed for the next two weeks. I listened to interviews while I filled the little bottles and boxes. Several things were running out, so I placed an order for more.

I checked e-mail and tapped for anxiety over choosing and buying cryptocurrency. So many new things to learn about it first. I went through my blog files to see if I had any notes from the Money Revealed summit. Nope.

I saw a meme that said “I literally wrote a book to warn you guys. (signed) George Orwell”. Ha, ha. I listened to Christine Schaffner talk about a lung detox program. I made and ate breakfast. Chris came home for lunch. I put on headphones and watched The Highwire with Del Bigtree. He interviewed Jeffery Jaxen about the comparison of life-years-lost due to Covid infection vs. the lockdowns. The lockdowns are winning. He also talked about Pfizer's 90% effective vaccine. It seems they had a group of 43,538 volunteers who each got either the vaccine or the placebo. Only 94 people got sick during the trial (0.2%). 10% of the 94 had been vaccinated and 90% hadn't. It's like in an election: if only 0.2% of the vote had come in, could the winner be declared?

I dressed warmly and took a long walk around the neighborhood. I got to cross a lot of streets off the map. While I was walking, it occurred to me that I hadn't seen any vitamin D3 in my supplement box. I don't know how I could overlook running out of something so important. When I got home, I looked for the bottle of D# but could not find it anywhere. I had some low-powered D3 so I took 10 of those.

I pulled out the piano bench and played Christmas songs. Chris had asked me if I would play for a Christmas party and I wanted to see how well I could do. My left hand had forgotten how to do chords in inversion. I decided it was not good enough for public appearances.

My eyes hurt so I did not get back on the computer. I pinned each center seam on the quilt a little tighter. That seemed to help it lay flat. I auditioned centers for the circle, and decided I didn't like the circle. It''s too busy. I took the terrahydrite, which is taken half an hour before mealtimes. I relaxed in the recliner, listening to a Dennis Prager video.

Chris came home from work. I was not expecting him because there is Mass on Thursday night. When the timer went off, I put a can of soup in a bowl with a packet of salmon. Chris came in the kitchen and said he was skipping Mass to cook me supper. Oh. I ate my bowl of supper and went back to the recliner until Chris cooked fish, rice, a mix of peppers and onion, and a topping of yogurt and lemon. There was enough fish for both of us, but he just made a burritto for himself.

After eating, I thought a lot about the quilt and decided to do the last row of triangles in red. I used a leftover strip and traced 18 little pieces. I put supper away, then I heated some water for tea. We sat and watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie, starting season 3. I brushed and swished and wrote up my blog post for today before I forgot what happened.

* They figured it the wrong way. *

Making ends meet

mp3 player last night and fell sleep. When I woke, the player was silent and I wondered if it ran down the battery.

I woke up with Chris beside me, since this is a federal holiday he didn't go to work. We stayed in bed late, then he got up to play his game. It kept him occupied for hours while I had my Wednesday coffee morning. My back was bothering me a little so I modified some of my exercises. I found my drybrush and used it. I made coffee and put on my set of CD's and let the music play while I tapped and meditated.

When I was done, I started cleaning. I did both bathrooms and the kitchen. I left the toilet bowls to soak, then went back with steel wool to attack the water line. But for some reason, that turned the bowl blue under the line, and the line remained. Oops.

I mopped the kitchen floor, then took a shower and got dressed. I checked e-mail, reading some and deleting others. I put on a coat and took a walk. I went down by Chris' office and back. It was cold but not too bad. The mountains were nice, but there is always something in the way of a nice pic.

When I got back, I watched a video on digestive enzymes. He said you should take both pancreatic and brushborder enzymes for SIBO. He was advocating for his product Holozymes and offered a discount on the first order. So I ordered one bottle. I also ordered a piece of fabric from a quilt shop that sent me a birthday coupon. Then I sat with a heating pad and the HappyLight, while reading a book.

I made breakfast for supper. I played interviews and sewed. At 6 I put on the 'live training' for cryptocurrency. The two men spoke for over two hours before revealing their top pick - something called Dash. It is a count-down crypto and will take off on May 15th. Although it was mostly hype, it wasn't a total waste of time because I finished sewing my quilt into a circle. Sadly it was not so flat in the center. But I'll figure something how when I decide what color the last set of pieces should be and the circle.

We watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. I drank a big thing of coconut water and took 6 magnesium capsules. I looked up some of the characters on the show. Then I buckled down to the task of writing up my day.

* My circle may be grounded, but it needs to find it's center. *

Printing photos

I used the mp3 headphones last night, but to no avail. I woke up this morning hearing Chris' alarm go off. And later I heard him take an extra-long shower. After he left for work, I got up to use the bathroom and went back to bed. But then my back started complaining. So I got up and sat in the recliner with a heating pad. I read a book by the glow of the HappyLight.

Later I checked e-mail. I looked up birthday wishes and composed a note to my Aunt Jean for her 85th birthday. I checked the pico Faye sent and saw that a photo was requested as well. A paper photo? Hmm. I made and ate breakfast. When Chris came home for lunch, I asked him about it. He said we could try printing a photo on our printer, try it on his printer at work, or take it to Walgreens to print there. I selected a photo from our recent trip to Zion National Park. I e-mailed it to myself, then went to the desktop to print it out.

I should have brought a book to read. Each step literally took minutes for the desktop to complete. First to load Firefox, then to sign into Yahoo, then open the e-mail and download the pics. Then to open the printer software. But in the end, even though I marked it 'grayscale', nothing printed out. The page was blank. So I e-mailed the pics to Chris' work account.

After Chris went back to the office, I listened to an interview about Fauci's conflicts of interest and major deals with drug companies, and worked on the quilt. Mid-afternoon, I took a break to walk around the neighborhood, but not a long walk because it was still cold with snow on the ground. I stopped by the post office parking lot to see if the dropped keys were still there. I did not see them so maybe the owner came back and picked them up.

When I got home, I went through a number of tapping audios, just to catch up. I didn't realize I had skipped so many. I did some sewing (lots of seams in this quilt). William called, so we chatted for awhile. Then I put soup, tuna, and half a sweet potato in the Korean bowl and stuck it in the toaster oven.

Chris came home from work. He brought me a print-out of the pics. (They were full-page.) He told me that tomorrow is a federal holiday so he will be home. I guess my face fell, so he said he would go to work and give me some time alone for meditation morning. He made his supper and ate it, then came back for some apple crisp. I put some of it in a Korean bowl and put blackberries and a square of chocolate on top. Then I heated it in the toaster oven, and mmmmm, mmmmmm.

I read some e-mail, then I started listening to an interview on cryptocurrency. I got some more sewing done. I paused it to go sit with Chris and we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. Still in season 2. Then I brushed my teeth and sat down to write my blog post.

* The mountains are beautiful, but there is always a building in the way. *

The clouds were low over the hills of snow

Last night I wore the Mp3 headphones. I don't think I fell asleep because I remember taking them off. In the morning, I woke up before the trumpet played. I heard Chris take a shower and get dressed. Then he went to work.

It was a snowy morning, but the mountain pass must have been clear enough for folks to come to work. I took supplements and read e-mail. I ordered origami paper and supplements. I read with the HappyLight for 20 minutes. I did a few tapping videos.

At 11, I made breakfast. The sun finally came out and the snow started to melt. I could see the new gopher mounds. Sigh. But it was too cold to go after them. I listened to podcasts by Ben Greenfield and Brian Rose. Brian Rose had a guest who is a financial expert (they both are). His guest recommended buying Ethereum, which is a kind of cryptocurrency - a rival to bitcoin (I think).

I sewed quilt pieces together and listened. Around 4:30 I dressed up warmly and took a walk. I could see the clouds were low over the mountains, so when I got back, I grabbed my camera and took pics of the mountains white with snow. Then I retreated to the house and sewed while supper heated in the toaster oven.

I ate soup, pork and half a sweet potato for supper. Chris came home, and continued his game. I meditated with the heating pad on my lap. Chris added water to the apple crisp and put it in the oven to bake a little more since the apples were still too crisp.

At 8:30, we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. I took magnesium capsules instead of a tall drink with powder. Maybe with less water, I can get to sleep faster. I brushed my teeth and swished while writing my blog post.

* The pics I take don't do the mountains justice. *

A real snow day

I listened to my sleep track on the mp3 headphones. I don't think I fell asleep with it because I remember turning them off and putting them on the headboard. But at some point I fell alseep.

I got up around 8. I did little jobs in the kitchen, including putting all the kimchi in one jar and placing it in the fridge. I wiped grease out of dishes in the sink. I checked e-mail, and tried to find caches of unread ones that were too old to be relevant. I got the unread count below 800 by listening to and then deleting tapping audios.

At 10 I washed up and got dressed for church in pants because it was cold and snowing outside. Then Chris got ready for church. We put on coats and got in the car. Chris had to scrape the windows, then we left for the chapel.

When we got there, Johnnie was waiting for us. She and I spoke about quilting. Then Chris and I found a seat. The chaplain missed the countdown by a few seconds. He started the live feed and began the service. There was not a word about Veteran's Day. We sang songs I hardly knew and then he gave a sermon about Joseph and his wife Asenath. Somehow I had never realized that Joseph married in Egypt. After the service, the chaplain showed me how to turn on the heat in the fellowship hall. Then I spoke with Eileen and the guitar player. He said he bought a 'box' that plays backgrounds for almost every song you could thing of. Then he discovered that if he didn't choose a music background, tht the box would make one up to go with whatever he was playing. And yes, it connected itself to the internet. Scary.

We drove home in the snow. I made breakfast while Chris made lunch. I checked e-mail and saw that Faye posted a pic of Dad, so I called her. They were out shopping by then. I researched Asenath from today's Bible reading. Some scholars speculate that she was the daughter of Dinah, left at Potiphar's doorstep as an infant.

I read e-mail, and listened to the PBS coverage of Biden's speech to determine if he was really there or if it was recorded as speculated. It seemed to me that he was really there. Chris made apple crisp, and said the coverage was a little biased. I worked in the quilt while I listened, then resumed finding e-mails to delete.

Around 4:30 I started snacking. I had a sweet potato with salsa, and a can of crab meat. I watched the Huntsville service with patriotc music. I whipped up a batch of seed crackers. I sewed and listened to James Corbett talk to another guy about boycotting Amazon for a day.

It was almost 9 till I could turn off the oven. Then I sat with Chris and we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. I took a bunch of magnesium capsules during the second episode. After the show ended, I brushed my teeth and got ready for bed. I finished the Corbett video and wrote my blog.

* It snowed more after this pic was taken. *

Sewing and Craft Fellowship

Last night I used the mp3 headphones to put me to sleep. It was the wrong song and it didn't work. Eventually I flipped the switch off and rolled over. I forgot to invert the wooden skewers sitting in essential oil. I slept on and off through the night. I got up at 8. Chris was already playing his game.

I started with protein tablets. I brushed and swished. I check e-mail, and looked up an answer for Kurt. I asked Chris for a coconut oil massage and we got into a discussion. After half an hour of reading e-mail, I got my massage. Afterward, I took terrahydrite, and made breakfast, then waited to eat it. William called about shoes he'd found at the thrift store. I noticed the shed door had blown open. I dashed out to shut and secure it. Then got back to the house and realized I was locked out. I didn't want to run to the front door in my nightgown, so I pounded on the door until Chris opened it.

I took a shower and got dressed. I put together a set of Christmas fabrics to go with the projects I was bringing. I also looked for my lace and trims box, but did not find it. I haven't seen it since the first time we lived in Huntsville. I cut some strips and drew 18 copies of Template 3. I packed up my sewing machine and notions in the rolling cart.

Chris put the sewing machine in the back of my car, and the box. It was a very windy day. I put on a light jacket and drove to the post office to pick up the mail, and then went to the chapel. I unlocked the door, then moved all my stuff into the fellowship hall. I was 20 minutes early on purpose. I called Chris to ask if I should leave the door unlocked for others to come in, even though I could not monitor it from the fellowship hall. But I could not get him on the phone. I called several times over the next hour.

I set up the project pieces on a table. I set up my machine nearby. I sewed and cut the strips that I had brought. When no one showed up, I called Johnnie to find out if anyone posted to the Dugway Facebook page at the last minute. She didn't think so. She offered to come over so I sewed until she arrived. We had a nice conversation and then Heather joined us. She had her own project to work on. It was an interesting afternoon. When I was alone, I thought 3pm would never come. But with two women to talk to, it became 4pm in a flash. About 4:30 our little

party broke up. I left last so I could turn off the lights and make sure the doors were locked. Chris finally called me back but I told him I'd be home soon. It was still windy and cooler than before so I was glad to have a coat, and would not have turned down a warmer one.

When I got home, he had done the laundry and had supper in the oven. He had traded out parts from his old laptop to a new one that arrived yesterday. I ate some seed crackers with salsa to tide me over till supper was done. I put on an interview and cut out the little blue kite shapes that I traced this morning. I checked e-mail and looked at red origami paper on Ebay. The best product for my purpose was from China and might not get here until Christmas, which would be too late.

When the sweet potatoes were ready, I ate one with the last of the leftover kimchi. Tasty! I went through more e-mail, trying to get that unread count down. When I noticed it was 8:30, I asked Chris about TV and he said he'd be ready soon. So I made my evening drink, taking extra magnesium capsules instead of powdered magnesium. First we watched “On an Island with You”. More accurately, we watched the second half, which was damaged on disc from last time. Then we watched one episode of Hart of Dixie. Then I sat down to make sense of my blog notes and get ready for bed.

* Another pic from the Asian market *

Shopping in Salt Lake City

I didn't get much sleep last night, partly from going to bed so late and partly from hot flashes. When my alarm rang, I discovered Chris had already gotten up, and was playing his game.

I got my day started with supplements, taking the last of the molecular hydrogen. In between supplements, I looked for the template for the next piece of the quilt. I looked all over. I made a quart of tea. I wrote up my blog notes and posted a screen pic with it. Then I restarted Waterfox and it worked so much better. I posted a reminder to the Dugway page for the sewing class tomorrow. I moved the sleep track to the mp3 headphones so I wouldn't have to use my phone to play it at night.

After breakfast, I looked for the magnets for the sewing project tomorrow. They should have been in my sewing case, but for some reason they were not. I looked everywhere I thought they could be. My current thought is that they are stuck to something metal, and that is scary in a house full of computerized devices.

When Chris was ready, I put on shoes and we went through Toole to SLC to the Asian market for kimchi and kimbap. I got a few other things as well. We shared two packages of kimbap on the way back to Tooele. We shopped at Luckey's first, then Melanie's. But she did not have molecular hydrogen. Then I went to Joanns to look for magnets. I found some but not the kind I thought would work best. Then we went to Macey's for the rest of the items on our list.

On the way home, I nearly fell asleep listening to the book on CD. When we arrived, I helped carry the food inside. It was already dark out. I laid in the recliner, but sadly couldn't fall asleep. I put a bowl of pork and soup in a bowl in the toaster oven. I ate some seed crackers with salsa. That was pretty good. I ate supper, and checked e-mail. The unread count is now over 1000. I deleted a bunch, then listened to some tapping audios while ironing the next fabric to be cut for the quilt.

When Chris was done gaming with the Friday night folks, he let me know that he was ready to watch TV. I was in the middle of an audio, but I paused it and made a magnesium tea. We finished the episode from last night and watched one more. Then I wrote my blog post for today, and listened to the wind howl. I wonder how much of that wind speed is due to the houses that were demolished recently.

* We bought some tuna steaks at the Asian market. But what is that in the foreground? *

Washing windows in the west

I got up before the alarm went off. I started my day in the usual ways. I listened to several Ben Greenfield podcasts while sewing. I took a pic of the quilt pieces lying arranged on the floor to send to Johnnie, and discovered that half of the last row was wrong. I ripped them off, turned them around and sewing them back on.

I made it to breakfast early. After eating, I listened to two tapping meditations on the Tapping Solutions app. Then I listened to the Highwire with Del Bigtree:

There was a lawsuit against Gavin Newsome, governor of CA, for overstepping his authority. The judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff. The FDA greenlighted Remdesivir even though a study showed it is no better than lethal doses of HCQ. Dr. Fauci says a vaccine will not stop transmission. Michael Yeadon ( an allergy and respiratory therapeutic expert and former science office with Pfizer) said the pandemic is over. Many people have t-cell immunity, and the PCR test is scientifically fraudulent. The amount of deaths is normal for this time of year. There was a clip of Toni Fauci saying that when you get to a cycle threshold of 35 or more, the chance of replication is miniscule. It's just dead nucleotides.

Because the windows are frosted with minerals from the sprinklers, I decided to clean them. But I couldn't get the screens out and the windows did not tilt in. I sent Johnnie a message asking how to do it and she said her husband did it. So I looked at videos on Youtube, then proceeded to remove the screens on one side of the house. The minerals were not coming off. I tried steel wool and that seemed to work. But it was late in the day and I wouldn't really know until tomorrow.

I heated supper in the toaster oven. I listened to the Rejuvenation track. I did some more sewing and then read e-mail until Chris came home.

He had a beer and some wine. He called Michele because she had called him. While talking, he walked into the den where I was, so I figured I was supposed to join the conversation. At first they talked about jobs, but then turned to politics. Chris became very talkative and went on for a long time. Finally I told him Michele needed to go to bed. Eventually he wrapped up the call. Then we went to the livingroom to watch TV, but it was late. I drank tea with magnesium in it and he drank triple sec. In the middle of the episode, he paused it and started talking about his feelings for me. It was very nice, but again, it went on and on and on. I was so tired, and it was after midnight, so I said I needed to sleep. I didn't even post to my blog. I just did a few stretches, called up the sleep track, and hit the hay.

Itching to stitch

My phone screen was dimmed all day, but at night, when I called up the app to play the sleep track, it was mighty bright. I tried not to look at it, and I got the wrong song. Still, it was relaxing so I listened, then unplugged the headphones at the end.

I woke up before Chris left for work, but did not get up unti the daylight came in. It was little before 7:30.

I brushed teeth, and swished twice. I made coffee. I did the special lymph-moving exercises but misplaced the drybrush. So no drybrushing. I laid on the inversion table for a few minutes to straighten out my neck.

I meditated and tapped for over an hour. I took special supplements (like Tudca), but didn't feel any different. I cleaned the kitchen while listening to a podcast about a woman who started companies to make sustainable products like Tushy and hemp toilet paper.

Chris came home for lunch and brought the two envelopes that I put in the mail yesterday. The post office wanted more postage. I finished the kichen, then cleaned the bathrooms and vacuumed. I laid in the sun and read a book. I dug up gopher holes and put in coffee grounds and tea leaves. Then I took a shower and put on clean clothes.

I perused the map of this conclave, and decided on a path. I put extra postage on the envelopes, then went to the post office to drop them off. I walked the path as best I could remember, but later I realized I turned at the wrong place. I pulled thorns from my shoes, after walking behind the post office.

I cut and sewed 18 round 5 pieces to my 'quilt rows'. I laid down for 20 minutes to listen to the Rejuvenation track. I cut off a branch of aloe. I ate the gel and rubbed the skin on my dry, chapped hands. Chris came home and tuned into Michele role-playing on Youtube with the guys. I cut strips and made 9 four-patches. I made a pre-breakfast mix, and ate it. I refigured the dimensions of the quarter square triangle blocks. I made several sizes just to be sure. Then I cut the strips and got them ready to sew.

Michele had finished, so Chris wrapped up his game and called up Netflix. I made my magnesium drink (with water, not tea). I sat with Chris and we watched two episodes. Then he set his clothes out for tomorrow and I brushed my teeth and posted to my blog. As I finished up, the trumpeter played Taps, and it was time for bed.

* Fussy-cutting usually makes swiss cheese. How about a blue swiss? *

Today on "Meet the gophers"...

I listened to the long track last night and unplugged the headphones when it was over. The battery did not run down like last night. I still got up before the alarm went off. When I got out of bed, I put on the Atlas, which is supposed to protect me from EMF's. Sounds crazy, but I no longer have the ringing in my ears.

I got started on the supplement routine early. I downloaded the Tapping Solution app to my phone. It was complicated. I considered buying their yearly plan, but I would never use it on my phone. I guess I am not an app person. I also downloaded the Twilight app. Again, so complicated, asking me questions I don't know the answer to. But now the light from the phone is more muted.

I finished the two masks, and put each one in an envelope. I read e-mail, then made and ate breakfast, a little early. I listened to an interview on ayurvedic eating for winter. Chris came home briefly to grab food to take back to the office for lunch. I put on my bathing suit and laid outside. I read a chapter of a book, then came in and changed into a shirt and pants. I sewed blocks and lstened to something. Then I discovered that the blocks were too small. So I had to re-cut to make new ones.

I found a map of the base. I decided to take walks with the goal of walking on every street here. I marked the roads I have walked on with a highlighter. I picked a route that would take me by the post office and over to the other side of the base, saving shorter walks for colder days. I put on shoes, then picked up the envelopes and headed out. I went by the post office, then to the commissary where I turned north. I saw the school and hit the post office again, checking our box. There was one packet and I carried it home.

I dug out gopher tunnels in the front yard. At one point, dirt came flying back out, and I knew I wasn't alone. But I shoveled it back in faster than he could throw it out. I took a break to eat an apple and some blackberries. Then I dug more mounds, including one in the back yard. I kept only 4 stones today.

I put some pork in the toaster oven to heat up. Johnnie called to tell me about the pronghorn down the street from me (and not far from her). I ate pork and a can of soup for supper but no fruit. Supposedly fruit has to be its own meal. Chris came home from work and made a burritto. I made diffuser and put a blend of sleep essential oils in it, leaving it in the bedroom.

I listened to the Huntsville church service while I sewed a new set of blocks and added them to the rows.

Finally, I made my evening drink, watching it turn from red to green as I added magnesium. I sat with Chris and we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. Then I brushed my teeth and posted to my blog, so I could get ready for bed.