Charity Sort Day

I fell asleep in about an hour last night, which is an improvement. I woke with the alarm, but still stayed in bed a little longer. I got dressed and spent the morning listening to the next episode of the summit while I did little things around the house. I did two loads of laundry, the sound of which interfered with the interviews. I put more intense BWE on my mp3 player. I watered the plants. I listened to an interview about grounding (earthing) while I made and ate breakfast, then washed all the dirty dishes. I packed a few projects and a bottle of water. I headed out to quilt, stopping for coconuts at an Asian store.
When I got to the library where the sewing day is held, I brought in my machine and discovered no one was sewing. It was charity sew day. They were sorting through piles of donated fabric and scraps and making piles of coordinated fabrics that might be good together in a quilt. I misunderstood and took a bunch of fabrics and laid them out on a table. They remarked on it like a great work of art. Kelsi took a pic and I put all the pieces in a baggie which was given a number. Apparently I didn't need to actually arrange anything. We made up kits for people to take and do any arrangement they want. Amanda gave me fabric to share with anyone who is making quilts for nursing homes, and for Linus. Kelsi gave me scraps for dog beds. When most things had been kitted, I worked on someone's unfinished (or leftover) project until 4:45. Then the library announced it was closing. So we packed up and left.
I went home. There was no mail, but there were two packages waiting on my doorstep. I moved them and my stuff inside. I ate a piece of chicken. I put mustard on it to add taste. I opened one packaged to find a pendent that is supposed to have helpful properties. Whether it does or not, it has a 30 day guarantee. I watched some videos about it, then put it on.
I put a book and glasses in a bag and went for a walk. I went to the picnic table near the woods. I took off my shoes and placed my feet on the concrete under the table, then read for half an hour or so. I put on some IcyHot to keep the bugs away, but the ants didn't care. They crawled over my feet and invaded my shoes. It started to get dark so I packed up and went home.
When I got in, I saw Chris had called so I called him back. We talked for a little bit, but he was tired so we kept it short. Then I pulled up the e-mail from the library saying my book was due soon. I jumped through some hoops to renew it online. Then I made a salad and ate it while watching Royal Pains. Then I dressed the bed and put some of the laundry away. I turned down the AC and put the air purifier in the bedroom. Then I watched Frasier.
I hummed along to John Denver songs as I wrote my blog post and got ready for bed.

Relaxing and reading

It took probably 3 hours for me to fall asleep last night even though I did almost everything on the sleep list. I wondered if it was due to tracing my meridians, which should be a morning activity. So I slept in and got up late. I decided that 7:30 is not a good wake-up time because it almost always falls during a sleep cycle. But I can't think of a better one.
While getting dressed, I pulled out a pair of pants that would make a good pair of shorts. So I put on the next episode of the current summit and listened while I cut off the pants and hemmed them into shorts. It took a lot longer than I expected and the result was not as good as I had hoped. I also sewed one last row onto my quilt top.
I also had trouble with the desktop computer. Firefox kept crashing so I had to turn to Edge (or is it Explorer) instead. I used the laptop turned up to full volume until I could get the alternate browser working.
I took supplements on an every half hour schedule. I traced my meridians. I called Dad multiple times and concluded that his phone was off the hook. I called his cell phone and there was no answer. After a bit, I called it again and this time Patrick answered. He hung up the kitchen phone and I called back on that so Dad's cell phone could recharge.
I found water all over the countertop to the right of the sink. I was surprised to see it was coming from the Berkey on the left side. I had left the petcock open and the pitcher underneath got shoved over a bit. I cleaned it up. I laid out in the sun for awhile and almost fell asleep.
I started breakfast late because Dr. Berg says in his video to confine eating to a 6 hour window in order to resolve insulin resistance. The list of symptoms sounded pretty familiar to me.
In the afternoon, I went to the post office to mail a package and pick up mail. When I got home, I watered the plants, and got the house mail. Then I went for a walk, taking a book with me. On the way back, I stopped at the picnic table and read for some time. I did not have my watch with me, but stopped when I noticed it was getting dark. It was dark by the time I walked home. I felt more relaxed than usual.
I made a salad for supper and cleared some e-mail as I ate. I watched Royal Pains, then called Chris but he didn't answer. I watched Frasier, then called Chris again. This time he answered, having just come home from work. However, they had stopped working hours ago and were engaged in 'team building' which involved beer. Chris is usually a man of few words, but tonight he was downright loquacious. He finally hung up about 10:45. I wrote to my blog and got ready for bed.
* I think this is the final version - unless I think of another row to add. *

Not the queen of chicken

I fell asleep in a more reasonable time listening to the latest Holosync. I woke up once, then slept until my alarm went off. I got up, turned electricity on and thermostat up. I brushed, swished, and took supplements at intervals. I did a clearing for astaxanthin and lutein. I put on the next episode of Natural Medicine Secrets on the desktop. I made pieced strips and sewed them to one of the quilt tops. The desktop developed problems so I switched to the laptop for listening. By the time I got the desktop sorted out, the episode was done playing.
I made and ate breakfast. I looked up new selections for our Netflix queue which was almost empty. Then I grabbed the fandango quilt and went to see the Thursday group.
It was their potluck day, but I arrived late, on purpose. I threw money in the basket for their donation to the church that supplies the room and electricity. I worked on binding and talked to Marjory. After she left, Pat told me about her dog.
Around 2 we packed up. I went to Whole Foods to buy an organic rotisserie chicken. But they were out of the organic ones. So, I bought two packages of organic thighs. When I got home, I was going to call Kevin to ask him how to cook the chicken but forgot the number. So I called Cecily but Al answered. I talked to him for awhile, then asked Cecily and she told me how to bake the chicken.
I preheated the stove and got out a casserole dish. I put in leftover juice and onions from the beef heart. I tried to rub the chicken with butter, but it wouldn't stick. I patted them dry and tried again, but still no luck. So I spooned ghee onto both sides of each piece and laid them in the dish. Then I sprinkled Italian spices over them and put them in the oven. I think I contaminated everything. I ate cheeses while it cooked. I watched a live video presentation on a device which protects from the effects of radiation. After 50 minutes I declared the chicken done and ate one leg. It was essentially tasteless. Sigh.
I went for a walk, taking a book. I sat at an old picnic table in a spot that I had already checked for wi-fi. I read for an hour and used a broken fly swatter handle as a grounding cord. At 7 I walked home. I passed Julia so I stopped to talk to her. When I got home, I checked the mail and found a package of supplements. I ate some nuts and sauerkraut, and took supper supplements.
I watched a video on tracing all the meridians. Chris called on Skype and we had a little chat but nothing new. Afterward, I looked for the little needle-punch critter that Becca started me on at the beach last year. I couldn't find it. But in case it turns up later, I chose a length of wool to finish it and put the rest in a box for Becca. I wrapped it in brown paper to hide the previous labels and I addressed it.
I watched one episode of Royal Pains. I started doing things on my new sleep list. I wrote up my blog post. Then I got ready for bed, hoping for another good night.
* Another quilt from the Tuesday group. *

Lots of little things

I wore my mp3 headphones to bed. Although I did not fall asleep quickly, I slept well and woke up a little early. I turned everything on and the AC back up to 78. I filtered some water. I thought the filter wasn't working but I must have just forgot to put in as much as I took out. I warmed up the computers, and read some e-mail. I finished a download I was working on last night. I wrote two checks. I made coffee, and printed more offering sheets. I put some salt on an inflamed corner of one finger. I played episode 1 of Natural Medicine Secrets.
I tried to go to Youtube for meditation music with the desktop computer, but it's latency time was about 10 minutes. So I decided to play something already stored on the disk. But that was slow as well. I used the laptop instead, which was hardly loud enough. I tapped and meditated. The desktop needed Adobe Flash (should have already been there) so I downloaded it and then it asked me to close Mozilla. Well, either closing it, or ending the two tabs that were open, freed it up completely and it began to run like normal.
I cleaned one bathroom and the kitchen. I showered and dressed, then vacuumed the living room. Chris sent me an e-mail saying the rent was due, so I wrote another check. I went by Housing to hand it in. Then I went to the Korean clinic.
They had nothing for me to do, so he got me a tub of water for the foot bath. He put the ionizer in and I put my feet on either side. After he walked away, I moved my feet so they were not touching the ionizer. Cloudy stuff began coming out of it anyway. I watched it for about 7 minutes. There were no black particles, so I put my feet back in contact and by the end of the 30 minute session, there were black particles in the water. I made me wonder if the ionizer was a scam.
I chatted with Dr. Grace for awhile, then a patient walked in, so I left. I went to the post office. There was mail but no packages. When I got home I found a box on the porch. I unpacked some pickled garlic, a tuning fork, and a blood sugar meter. I called Roz to answer her offering question. Then Iemptied the dirt from the vacuum cleaner, outside. It made me kind of dusty.
I drank some water, and went for a walk. When I got back, I found another box. It had a salivary test kit. I tried to find the site I ordered it from to see if they had a video of how to take the sample. I kept getting sidetracked by e-mail and open tabs. I looked at videos of how to trace the kidney meridian, which incidentally affect the health of your teeth.
I ate a fat bomb, and considered the quilt top on the floor. It seemed to need more, so I sewed some strips of blue to a print and laid it on my ironing board for later. I went to choir. Doris showed me the quilt top her grandmother made by hand, which she is now quilting by hand. It is a double wedding ring and she wanted to know how to bind the edges.
We sang old songs and new ones. Then I stayed late talking to Bill about glass recycling, and how we don't have it in our area any more. Then I checked ServantKeeper to see if I made a mistake three weeks ago. But no, everything checked out.
When I got home, I checked for new e-mail, then watched an episode of Royal Pains. It was interrupted by Chris on Skype. He said his interview went well, with a few reservations. We talked about moving off-post if he gets the job. Then I finished watching the episode and took the night supplements. I moved the air purifier to the bedroom while I typed my blog post. I brushed my teeth and remembered hearing something today that promotes sleep, but I could not recall exactly what it was.
* This is another quilt from the Tuesday group. *

Busiest day of the week

I slept pretty well last night. The house was cool and I ran the air purifier in the bedroom for an hour or so before I went to bed. I woke up at 7:30, and got up soon after and performed all the usual ablutions. I had a quick glance at tabs left open from last night. But there wasn't time to deal with them. I looked at digital dynamometers and ordered one.
I packed for my Tuesday activities and went to quilting. When I got there, I gave Susan the paper that she was supposed to get last week, but I had forgotten. Some ladies were making ornaments for Tut Fan. I did hand-binding until Beverly arrived. She had sewn a lot of squares together and was ready to 'twist' them. But she had forgotten the special ruler. She suggested I iron the patchwork while she went home to get the ruler. It was large and I did each side but did not get to the middle. The other Beverly showed her how to place the twister ruler to make the cuts. I worked on binding while they did that. The ladies finished their ornaments and went home. I watched Beverly cut two rows, then I went home.
I took my pre-breakfast stuff, and then made breakfast. I listened to a 5G podcast that for some reason never played all the way through before. I washed all the dishes and hardboiled a carton of eggs, then I went to the church.
The president was there, working on the computer. That was fine, because this week I needed to arrange the checks, record them on paper, add everything up and fill out the deposit ticket. She left just as I finished that. Then I sat at the computer and entered all the data. I printed the reports and contacted Elaine. While she was on her way, I remembered that an older lady asked me if her giving was current. I tried to call up a report that would tell me that, but none of the report names sounded like anything I wanted. It was very confusing. So when Elaine arrived, I shut down the computer and we went in the back to do allergy clearings.
After our session, I went to the bank and deposited all the checks and cash. Then I went to the farmer's market. I bought three different kinds of goat cheese, then went to the next stall for meat. But she did not have any hearts. She said she would have some next week. She offered to find me an inexpensive crock pot in her area, and I accepted. I looked for the yellow tomatoes that were so good several weeks ago, but didn't see any. I bought a little tub of red ones. Then I headed home.
I took some detox supplements, then went for a walk. When I got back, I ate two kinds of cheese for supper, plus an egg and a tomato. I checked the mail, and it all went into recycling. I watched an interview with the creator of the ORB. William called on his way to picking up Patrick. While I was talking to him, Chris called on skype. I promised to call Chris back, and talked to William until he had to go. Then I called Chris. He said his interview is at 1:30 tomorrow. We didn't talk long because he was really tired.
He hung up. I moved the air purifier to the bedroom and turned down the AC. I put some Holosync on my mp3 headphones. Then I finalized an order with Centerpointe. I watched an episode of Royal Pains and one of Frasier. I was able to watch while using the massage ball and the roller.
I brushed my teeth. I looked through all the deposit records for the lady's contributions and wrote down the total. Then I sat down to write my blog post and then get ready for bed.
* This is Beverly's license plate quilt. Note the rocket blocks on the bottom. *

Thrifting and crashing

Last night I turned down the AC again. I tried to sleep but it took a long time. I think it was the kava capsules. I woke up once in the middle of the night, then slept until the alarm went off.
I got up right away because I understood that my new neighbors were coming at 8. So I got ready and went outside to water the flowers. I figured I would see them drive up. But no. I deadheaded the front petunia while watching their house. Then I saw Julia walk over there. So I followed her. When I got there, the three of us chatted about a hurricane, then Julia left. Heather asked if I was just hanging out. That's when I realized things were not as I thought them to be. I gave Heather my number and went home.
I started my usual morning routine, then got a text saying they were going to the thrift shop. So I walked out front and met her and her husband at the street. I climbed in the van and off we went. When we got there, there was a long line waiting for the doors to open. Thrift Mart was having a 50% off sale. We talked in line and then following the people inside. We split up. I checked for crock pots and there were none. I looked casually around the store, then met up with Heather. She was looking at clothes. Eventually her husband found us. Then she stood in line to pay, and after that, we all went back to our little neighborhood.
Being a holiday, the usual quilting was cancelled. But, I found some piecing to do. I tried to play interviews, but the tabs kept crashing. I did some searching until I came across the suggestion to restart Waterfox. Then I had to look up how to do that. But once I did it, the tabs were fine and I could play videos to my heart's content. I settled in to sew.
I had breakfast around 11:30 and lunch about 3:30. I took a walk down to the edge where the neighborhood meets the space and rocket center. I had brought my phone to check for signals and there was wi-fi from USSRC.
When I got home, I found some short videos to watch. The 5G summit is over so no more of them. But the Natural Medicine summit begins tomorrow. I had supper around 7. I am trying to go keto so I put lots of cheese and olive oil and egg on my salad. I looked up keto recipes and they all involved more cooking than I wanted to do.
I got a text from the lady who is quilting my red top. She said she isn't going to have it finished tomorrow after all and the price quoted is wrong. OooooooK. But she'll have it by next Tuesday.
When I finished an interview with a neuro-chiropractor, I called Dad to see how he was doing. Then Chris skyped me. He told me he had talked to Michele and she had flown to Seattle on a whim (and is now back home).
I watched one episode each of Royal Pains and Frasier. Ed Asner made a special appearance on Royal Pains. I almost didn't recognize him. I also used the massage ball while the shows were on. Then I turned down the AC and got ready for bed. I wrote my blog post and hoped to fall asleep quickly.

* Another quilt top made of leftovers. How do you like it? *

Corrupt files

Last night I turned the AC down to 72. The unit ran a lot and it cooled off, but I am not sure I slept any sooner. It was late when I got up. I turned everything back on and the AC back up to 78.
My laptop was showing an error pop-up. I looked up 'exception error' and how to fix it. I read how to do a system scan. The system scan found corrupt files. Were they committing fraud? Paying off Task Manager to look the other way? Charging other files for 'protection'?
I showered, dressed, and went to church. Don was there when I arrived. I was happy to see that he was ok after not being here last week. Roz asked me to see if she was current on her giving, so after church I asked Tim how to look that up. In the pastor's sermon he talked about all the parties going on yesterday and smelling barbecue. I wanted to say “Hey, I live across the street from you and I didn't see or smell anything.”
After church Barbara told me how much she liked my dress because she'd seen bridesmaids dressed made of similar print. Cindy talked to me also. And I looked for my choir folder but it wasn't there. I left the church and went to Pubix. I had my little list and got almost everything on it. A lady pushed the cart out to my car. I opened the trunk so she could put the food in. When I got in the car, I searched my purse for my keys because I didn't remember just having used them. Turns out they were in the ignition.
I went home. I got out of the car with my purse and a piece of paper that I had written notes to myself on. I felt like I was forgetting something. I went inside and changed my clothes. While I was mixing colostrum and MCT oil, I realized the groceries were still in my trunk. I went out and brought them in. I heated some heart broth, and turned on interviews. I didn't have supplements done yet, so I skipped breakfast and ate dinner-type stuff.
With the interviews still playing, I sorted out scraps on my cutting table. There were a lot of scraps and the table was piled high. I trimmed some squares until the current interview ended. Then I parsed out two weeks of supplements, surprised to learn that I was completely out of vitamin E and hadn't ordered more. I placed an order for everything that was low.
I went for a walk, and checked for wi-fi signals along the way. The little kids park was full of them. But there was nothing up on the hill, except for cell signal.
I listened to more interviews while having a bite of supper. Chris skyped me early. He told me he hiked and planted trees with Herberth after Mass this morning. Then I listened to a podcast on acupressure patches for kidney chi. I laid on the couch and got very drowsy. At some point I realized it was over.
I put on Royal Pains and watched one episode. I took some evening supplements. Beverly sent me a message that my red quilt is done and will be brought to the Tuesday quilt group. So I counted out the money in my wallet to see if I needed to get more. She and I texted back and forth.
I wrote my blog post and turned down the AC again. I turned off the electricity to the bedroom and got ready for bed.

5G only has a range of a few hundred feet so the teleco's will have to build small cell towers every few hundred feet. To avoid the cost, they lobbied for legislation to pre-empt local ordinances so they would could use public poles (and other structures) for their installations.

* this was taken at the guild meeting a couple weeks ago. *