Making a meme

Chris got up early, probably 4, and woke up Herberth. I went back to sleep. I woke up when Chris came back to bed after taking him to the airport. I went back to sleep. Later, I woke up and laid awake, listening for the alarm. When I didn't hear it, I got up and checked: it was 10am.
I brushed and swished. The bathroom smelled a lot like Herberth's cologne. I tidied up a bit. Chris got up. I washed dishes and the wine glasses that the guys used yesterday. I poured boiling water over the next batch of nuts. Then I used that water to sanitize my sprouter. I put in a tbl of seeds and covered them with filtered water. Chris stripped the bed to wash the linens. I filled a spray bottle with water, vinegar, and essential oils. I sprayed the mattress and put the fan on low to dry it out.
Then I checked e-mail. Local schools are closed until April 6th. So a number of my quilting groups are canceling all their activities for that time also. I practiced my trombone while Chris was in the shower. I took supplements on schedule. I couldn't find the pic I wanted for my PI day meme, so I chose something else round and added words, then published it to my Facebook page.
At 12:20 I took a break from e-mail to make and eat breakfast. I listened to a long podcast 10 minutes at a time. I finished sewing some blocks and cut more pieces. I called Dad and he seemed to be doing well. I tried to mow the yard, but the battery was low, so I didn't get far. I wrenched my shoulder bringing the battery inside to recharge. I searched the house looking for the charger, and finally found it plugged in outside. I asked Chris to move it back out for me. Then I took a walk around the circle. I went back to my laptop, but when the sun brightened, I went outside to read. It was lovely then.
When I came in, I made a big salad with whatever greens were leftover. After that, I had a bowl of cold soup.
I sprinkled baking soda on the mattress. I put on another audio and started sewing pieces together. Then Chris asked me about watching TV. I didn't realize it was that time. So I made my magnesium drink and we sat down to watch one episode of Call the Midwife. There were some really sorrowful cases on there. When it was over, I looked for the right implement to vacuum the baking soda, but could not find it. So I hoisted the vacuum onto the bed and did about a third. Chris called me down and showed me a box in the closet which should have had vacuum parts in it. But when he got it down, it did not. Thankfully he finished sweeping up the baking soda and then we dressed the bed.
He went to bed while I stayed up to blog. I sent pics to the old laptop in case I could upload them from there. But then Blogger got its' act together, and I was able to post this pic. Then I got ready for bed.

Now it works, now it doesn't

I woke up before the alarm. I really wanted more sleep so I tapped. But I did not fall asleep again until after the alarm. I had three dreams, then woke up at 8:20. I got up to start my supplements with bromelain.
I brushed and swished. I played Disney songs on my trombone. I found a text from my massage therapist saying that she had an opening at 2. I washed up and got dressed. I cleaned the hall bathtub and put stuff away in preparation for Herberth's arrival. I took more supplements. I washed the dishes in the sink. I opened the Swansons package that Chris brought yesterday. I read e-mail, and gmail.
I called Chris to see how late he would be returning from Tuscaloosa this evening. I turned the wifi signal off. I listened to part of a meditation. Then Chris called back. He said he was taking the afternoon off to pick up Herberth and would stop by the house. I made breakfast so I would be out of his way for lunch. He arrived just as I finished making it, and with packages from the post office. He said he already had lunch. He called John and made plans to meet and pick up Herberth in Birmingham. Then he headed out.
I ate breakfast, and look for a pic to create a PI day meme that I came up with. I was surprised how hard it was to find the right picture. At 1:45, I headed out to Ruth's Nutrition. Gabriele had not arrived yet. I sat and looked at whatever was around – like books and products. When she arrived, we both went to the massage room. We talked as she dressed the bed with sheets. Then she left so I could get dressed. When she came back, I was lying face down and she rubbed my back, arms, legs, and feet. Then I rolled over for the thighs and neck. She also put on gloves and gave me a dental massage. I got very relaxed.
After the massage, I got dressed and pulled the sheets off the bed. I went to her office to pay. Then I headed home while she got ready for the next person. At home, I took my mid-afternoon supplements. Having discovered mosquito bites on my hand, I poured out most of the bucket of banana water on the plants, then covered the bucket. I hadn't meant to breed mosquitoes.
I read e-mail and listened to the first episode of the oral health summit. I tried using Blogger on the old laptop and it worked. So I tried it on my new laptop and it worked. I concluded that Blogger solved the issue with loading pics.
Chris came home with Herberth. I paused the episode to have a friendly chat. When I got a text from Stacey saying she wasn't available, I went for a walk by myself. When I got back, I read e-mail until Herberth took a shower and he and Chris went out to eat pizza. I made myself a salad and watched the rest of the episode. I continued to search for the proper pic for PI day. At 8 episode 2 started playing. I got up for a bowl of soup. It was good cold. The ginger had mellowed.
Herberth and Chris came home, having had pizza and beer, and having met up with a friend from Honduras. Herberth soon retired for the evening. Chris and I watched one episode of Call the Midwife. I took supplements and wrote my blog post while Chris did something on his laptop and then went to bed. He is getting up at 4 to take Herberth to the airport.
* Still can't load a pic. Why it worked this afternoon, I will never know. *

The tooth of the matter

I woke up early again. It was annoying. I tried to go back to sleep. Eventually the alarm rang and I got up. I brushed and swished. I tried to choose fabrics for a block. I called the dentist office and they said come at 9:20. I washed up and got dressed. I took two astaxanthin, and packed some packets of liposomal vit C and glutathione. I went to the dentist. I read a page or two of my book and then was called back. The assistant put me in the chair and got the x-ray machine ready. I swallowed one vit C and the glutathione. After she x-rayed the tooth in question, I took the other packet of C. Then she got an oral camera and took pictures of the tooth. She left for a few minutes and when she came back, she said the dentist looked at the x-rays and the pictures and there was no crack. She put the pictures on the screen where I could see them. There was no crack showing, but then we could not see the sides of the tooth that were facing other teeth. She told me to baby the tooth for awhile and put something between my teeth when reading or focusing hard on a task so I won't clench.  She agreed that she was 100% sure there was no crack, but my intuition tells me there is.
When I got home, I drank the protein mix, put castor oil on my tooth, checked e-mail for 23 minutes, then made the colostrum mixture and ate it. I read e-mail for another 25 minutes, then made and ate breakfast. I was already dressed and my machine was already in the car, so I headed out to quilting.
There was plenty of space in the quilting group. I showed off the flyers from the modern quilt guild, but I don't think anyone was interested. I got out the fabric I had chosen and starting cutting pieces. I talked to Carol and Christy until Christy had to leave. Then we all packed up and put away the group stuff.
When I got home, I texted Stacey to see if she wanted to go walking. I read e-mail until she texted back. I said I'd be outside waiting. So I went out and planted the irises and daffodils that we'd dug up. I still didn't see her so I went back inside and called. We agreed to walk. I went outside and pulled weeds until she came over. Then we walked three times around the circle while talking.
After walking, I went inside and decided to have a snack, but it turned into a meal. I listened to an interview on 5G and the corona virus while lying on the couch. Chris came home with a package from Swanson. I tried to sleep when the interview ended, but it didn't work. I played my trombone briefly. Chris made coconut curry soup from a recipe that I forwarded him. I cut more pieces, then started sewing blocks. I made 5 blocks in 25 minutes. The soup was ready so I ate a bowl. The grated ginger was too strong. Also, I had lost track of the time. 7Pm came before I finished. I called my tapping buddy and we talked while I finished the soup. After we shared our respective week, we tapped for her early memory. It seemed to go quite well. After we hung up, Chris and I watched one episode of Call the Midwife. For some reason, the little laptop started a reboot right in the middle of the show. So Chris hooked up a different laptop and we finished the story. Then Chris finished up whatever he was doing before the show and went to bed. I stayed up to blog and take supplements.

*  Blogger still has not corrected the error that prevents the uploading of pics.  *

Not again!

I got up before the alarm went off. I took a supplement and went back to bed. Before long, I was up again. The fog outside was so thick that there was nothing beyond the fence around our back yard. It was kind of surreal. I swished with sesame oil, then brushed and swished with my usual mixtures. I did my special exercises. I got a funny feeling in one tooth like it was cracked. It was right in front of the crown that the dentist ground down. I was very upset, first angry, then sad, and afraid for the rest of my teeth. I did a little meditation and a lot of tapping. I was in no fit state to see the dentist. I cleaned the bathrooms, and the kitchen. I mopped the kitchen floor. Then I took a shower and poured vinegar on my head, hoping to stop the itch. I put on the fan to dry the bathroom and got dressed. Then I made and ate breakfast.
At 2, I went to the Korean clinic. He said he had something simple, and handed me a letter from the IRS. Ha! I had to call and cancel her health insurance from last year because this year she has Medicaid. It was more complicated than it sounds because there was an addition part about prescription insurance that incurred a penalty if she didn't get it now.
It rained hard. He brought me a detox foot bath. The left foot got really dark but the right one hardly had any color at all. She showed me pictures of the house they are selling. He had done a great job on the floors, but not updated the bathrooms. When I was ready to leave, she gave me my plant to bring home and he gave me a box of onion juice.
I checked e-mail, and then William called from a thrift store. The sun was shining by then, so I went for a walk. I did not see any new daffodils. I made a salad for supper. I got an e-mail from the church that an entry from September was missing. I researched it and concluded that I wrote the wrong envelop number on it.
By then it was 6:30. I hurried off to church. The pastor asked me if there was any news on Chris' job search. I had to tell him that because someone had released confidential info, the e-mail at work had been shut down. So, there could be a job offer, but since Chris can't get to his work e-mail, he may never know about it.
We had a nice church service. Much of it was sung and it was pretty. Then we had choir practice. Jennifer gave me a blossom from her lemon plant. It smelled so good! After practice, I admitted to Jennifer that I was losing my ability to sing. My brain could not make sense of the notes from the piano. I could hear them but I couldn't match them.
When I got home, Chris was watching Michele play a game online. I made vitamin water. Then we watched one episode of Call the Midwife. Chris went to bed while I gathered the energy to rouse myself from the couch. I took supplements and ordered more. Then I wrote my blog post, and got ready for bed.
* Blogger would not let me load a pic tonight. Maybe tomorrow it will be back to normal. *

Styrofoam pin cushion?

I got up at 7:30 to start taking supplements. I brushed and swished. I turned on the router and checked e-mail. I pulled some blue fabrics, looking to create a set of 4. I got dressed. I took the protein mix, then headed to quilting.
Anita was teaching an ornament class when I arrived. I sat between Beverly and Jodi. I picked up a kit and they caught me up on the process. It used a lot of pins and I thought if I ever need pins, I will know where to look. I had done such an ornament once before, but it was good to have a refresher. Beverly had the same kit as I did, but hers came out a little differently.
At 11:30 I said my goodbyes and went home. Chris was already there, but he left soon after I arrived. I resumed my supplement schedule and worked my way to breakfast. I read e-mail and listened to something. I practiced my trombone. I texted Elaine and she said she wasn't coming. Then I drove to the church to enter the offering into the computer. I did the Wednesday night and Sunday morning services. Then I changed the previous Wednesday offering to General Fund. When finished, I put the computer to sleep, then started shredding old offering envelops. The treasurer came in so we had a conversation. Then the council president stopped by. More chatting. After they left, I finished shredding the bag of envelopes. Then I went in the sanctuary and made sure there were pew envelopes for Don.
I went to the bank to deposit the checks and cash, then went home. Chris was home from work. I went for a walk. When I got back, I checked the mail. I handed half of it to Chris. There was a St. Patrick's card from MaryAnn. I read e-mail, then made a big salad for supper. I listened to an audio while I ate.
At 6:30 or so, I left for church. I was thankful that it wasn't raining. The stewardship committee met in the Garden Room. We had 8 people show up. And it was lively. Charlie thinks we should make recommendations to the council about how to spend money. Someone had written a list. We discussed the benevolence fund.
When it was over, I drove home. As I pulled up to the gate, the car ahead had all the doors and the trunk open. A man held the leash of a dog that was sniffing the interior. Thankfully when it was my turn, all the guard did was check my ID and let me through. I stopped at the gas station to fill my tank. Finally I arrived home. I took my 8pm supplements even though it was later. Chris played the Netflix movie, which starred Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman in Going In Style. Afterward, I wrote my blog post while listening to an interview on Neurosculpting. Now its time for bed, but my body thinks its too early.

* Mine and Beverly's. Same fabrics, different look. *

The battle of the crowns

I woke up early and went back to bed. Chris got up and went to work. My 7:30 alarm woke me and I stayed in bed just a little longer. However, then the 8:30 alarm went off. So clearly some time warp was in effect.
I took supplements, and read a book. I called the dentist office and they said to come in at 11:15. I brushed and swished. I tried to listen to an audio while measuring ingredients for a loaf of bread. I washed the dishes in the sink and wiped up any spilled flour. I checked e-mail again for a few minutes, then headed out to the dentist.
I was not surprised that I had to wait even though I got there on time. But in 15 minutes I was taken to a room and given a warm neck pillow. The assistant had me bite down on blue paper. The other dentist came in to check it out, and grind away at the high spot. We repeated the process 4 times. Finally she said I should give it some time and call if it did not get more comfortable. The high spot was gone, and now the back tooth was connecting to its upper twin. While it felt odd, I thought I could get used to it. The battle of the crowns was over.
I left the dentist at noon. I drove to the church for quilting. They were just singing Happy Birthday to the ladies of the month. I set up in the back and caught up on the news. I presented the ladies with the announcements from the modern quilt guild about the Sew-Signment sale. Joan took a pic of one. Then I resumed sewing the strips of squares and talking to Lauri. The others were trading blocks for the quilt-as-you-go class. I heard that one lady had surgery and so was not going to be able to participate. I decided to check into making a set of blocks for next week to fill the gap.
At 3 I packed up. I took the midafternoon supplements and went home. I was going to see if Stacey wanted to walk, but I could see she had company. So I made and ate breakfast. I had some seed crackers with pico de gallo, and then hummus. But there was a spot of mold growing in it. I couldn't understand how it went bad so quickly. I just made it on Saturday and kept it in the fridge.
Chris came home, with new credit cards. He called the company to find out what the deal was. At first I wanted to listen in, but when he started shouting at the phone, I went for a walk. I carried my trowel and a plastic bag. I dug up three irises from around a tree. It was an hour later when I got home. Chris told me to get rid of the card I just memorized. Sigh. He called the credit card company again, and the new rep said keep the card I memorized and destroy the newest one since it has the old number. There was more shouting. Sigh. I took over the call and made certain all was well and that the proper people would be notified to insure this would not happen to anyone else.
I played scales and such on my trombone until my lip was done. I listened to interviews from the Non-toxic Beauty summit. I don't remember signing up for it, but there aren't any others going on this week. I made a large salad and put an egg on top. I made notes on charity blocks dimensions and fabrics needed to make 20 blocks.
We watched two episodes of Call the Midwife. There were so many scenes worth crying over that I wondered if the writers were doing it intentionally. I took my supplements and wrote my blog post while Chris finished up at his laptop. Then we both got ready for bed.
* This is what I made today, a 10 by 14 which used up most of the blocks. *

A trove of daffodils

I woke up early. I heard Herberth get into the shower. There was a lot of coughing. I began to wonder if he had the coronavirus, being from another country and having ridden on a plane. The shower was long and we got up to start the day. I took supplements and brushed and swished. Herberth came out dressed and greeted me, but I couldn't talk because my mouth was full of swish. I ironed and trimmed the 11 blocks I made yesterday. Then Chris took his shower. I practiced my trombone. He got dressed and they left for chapel. I took my shower, got dressed, combed my hair and went to my church.
The choir was assembled when I got there. We sang through the song, but I did not have the right pitches. We altos were supposed to sing with the tenors, and it was enough to throw me off. So after the warm-up was over, I went to the Garden Room where there was another piano and I went over the tenor part again and again. Then I returned to the sanctuary to sit with Don until the service began.
The sermon today was about the apostle's creed as explained in Luther's small catechism. I walked Don to the communion rail afterward, and he was unsteady. So when the service was over, I suggested we go for a walk to get some exercise. And we did. It was a short walk because his caregiver was already there to take him home. But she would have waited. Then I went back into the church to make sure the offering was put up. And I went home.
I changed clothes when I got home. Chris and Herberth were ready to shop, but I took a few minutes to eat some seed crackers and nuts. Then we went to Publix for groceries and beer for Herberth. When we got home again, Chris put the food away while I made and ate breakfast. He and Herberth left for Tuscaloosa, and I went back to the hotel for charity sewing.
It was a bright sunny day. I got to sit by the window again. Fewer ladies were there, but we got a lot done. I turned in the 11 blocks. Trina gave me a bag of squares in rows of 8. I made a quilt top out of most of them, and handed it in. Then I started sewing the leftover strips. Kerry wanted to leave by 5, so I started packing up at 4:30 (though my watch said 3:30). I put my stuff in the car, plus a box of books that Carol was supposed to take. Then I helped Kerry load bins of fabric into her car. This time it was daylight when I left, and I had no trouble finding my way out of the parking lot and back to base. I went through Gate 9 which was faster than going through Gate 8, even with the doubling back that is necessary.
When I got home, I texted Stacey about going for a walk. I got everything ready, then sat in the back yard and read a book. It was heavenly! When I got her text, I put up the book and went to her house. She and I walked up the hill in the back and searched for wild daffodils. Stacey found a whole new place full of them in the woods. We went across the street and dug up some, then carried them back to my house. We talked to Chris and he showed her a picture of his costume. Then she and I went for one more walk around the circle.
After she went home, I ate some ox-tail for supper and made a big salad. I read e-mail until Chris was ready. Then we watched two episodes of Call the Midwife. They were very moving, as usual. He went to bed and I stayed up to blog.
* This is the room in the hotel where we sewed tops and pillowcases for charity - mostly St- Judes. *