Exercise that I wasn't expecting

 

Thursday

I got up at 7:30. I opened the blinds, took supplements, exercised, and practiced. I made egg salad and hardboiled two more batches of eggs. They are so small I may have to eat three a day. I read e-mail for awhile.

I was heading out to clean when I saw Jamie raking leaves next door. So we chatted a bit and clarified where we are on the houses. I went to 83E to clean. But my key would not open the front door, nor the back door. It was very frustrating. So I ended up removing a screen and prying up the unlocked window and crawling in. I checked the doors and found that the deadbolt on one was stuck and the doorknob on the other was stuck. Sigh.

I got the stove filter and knobs and burner bowls soaking in hot ammonia water. Then I headed to the chapel for Bible Study. Other ladies were already there. We chatted a bit, then read two chapters of John and discussed them. We also discussed how I should ask for help with my many activities.

I got some Thanksgiving fabric from the sewing closet, then went home. Jamie was till next door. I drank fiber gel and sat outside and read. Then I went in to make breakfast. I had finished the supplements yesterday and forgotten to make more. So I ate breakfast without them and watched The Highwire.

I went to 628 to clean the third bedroom. It took 25 minutes. I also cleaned in the utility room. Then I took most of my cleaners and the stepstool and headed to 83E. I stopped on the way to unlock the swap shop for someone who didn't realize it was open yesterday. I also picked up a package for Chris and talked to the clerk.

At 83E, I cleaned most of the cabinets in the kitchen. I called John and asked him to help me tomorrow. Jack came by to get the dryer. We chatted. I went back to cleaning.

Before 5:30, I headed home. I ate the rest of the fiber gel. I read e-mail and messages till 6. I went to the gym to meet Michelle and the CSM who has a degree in exercise physiology. I was under the impression that she was going to evaluate our condition and goals and give each of us a tailored exercise plan. But no. She had us doing stretches and then circuits. I was already tired when I got there. I was more tired after two rounds of the first circuit. I sat out the third round, then did two rounds of the second circuit and called it a night. They kept going. I went home for supper, locking the swap shop on the way.

Chris got the food out of the fridge for me and I filled my bowl and put it in the toaster oven. We talked until it was ready. Then we talked while I ate. He washed some green snap peas for us. I also picked some ripe cherry tomatoes from the plants I brought in.

I posted to Facebook for Math Morning and worked on my blog.

I made tea and we watched one episode of Criminal Minds. We had a discussion after that. Later he went to bed and then I did too.

Getting a hair sample

 

Wednesday

I got up at 7:30, having just wakened from a strange dream. So I guess I slept well. I opened the blinds and got ready for coffee morning. I exercised, drybrushed, meditated and tapped. Then I cleaned the bathrooms and the kitchen. I washed all the dishes including the items used for making cheese. I emptied the dishwasher.

I vacuumed and mopped. I took a shower, but did not rinse my hair there. I rinsed it in the washbowl with water from the Primo bottle. That didn't seem very thorough. I combed it and got dressed. I read e-mail and looked for a more cost-effective b. longum 1714. I fixed the bell part to hymn 190.

At 4 I went to Housing for two reasons. Jack appeared so I asked him about the key to 83E. He had one of the ladies find me another key. Then he asked me to meet him there in 6.5 minutes. So I dropped by the library to get another easel for handbells, and to print off some corrected music. Then I met Jack at 83. I tried the new key to make sure it worked and it did.

We chatted for awhile, then we left. I went back to Housing to schedule an inspection for 204. Then I went to the hairdresser to get some hair cut for the hair mineral analysis. She had people in line and said to come back in an hour. So I went next door to the swap shop. It was kind of a mess because people had dropped stuff off and it never got put away. So I started hanging things up. She came over to check and said she finished early, so we walked back to the shop and she cut some hair from the back of my head and put it in an envelop. We chatted some. Then she locked up her shop and I locked up the swap shop.

I went to get the mail, then went home with a burgundy fleece that might look good on the bell table. Chris was home. I gave him his package and mail. I jotted notes for my blog.

He left to go watch a movie with Michele and John. I looked at felt turkey projects and fabric ones and turkeys made with large yo-yos. Chris came home as I started working on my blog. When it was finished, I made tea and we watched an episode of Criminal Minds. Then I went back to looking at turkeys and contemplated one made of yoyos.

Trouble with locked doors

 

Tuesday

I got up at 7:30, having had a hard time getting to sleep and then awakened by Reveille. I did all the usual first morning stuff. I checked e-mail. Then I went to 628 to clean for 2 hours.

I came home at noon to make breakfast. Jamie called and said she was giving Cary a quote and how much should we have charged for 204? I ate fiber gel. Chris and I went to the station to put air in my tires. When we got back, I made and ate breakfast. I sat outside and read for awhile. Then I came in to have fruit and read messages.

At 2:45 I went to 83E to get the toilet rings soaking. But the key did not work in any of the locks. Then I went back to 628 to clean. I was going to clean the third bedroom, but when I closed it yesterday to keep the pet hair out, it locked. Sigh. So I spent 2 hours cleaning baseboards and mopping floors.

When I got home, I ate more fiber gel and put leftovers in the toaster oven. I looked at ways to make a phone stand that might work as a tabletop music stand. Michelle texted about something and I asked her what color I should use. She thinks the easels look fine just as they are.

I ate supper and turned my attention to Thanksgiving crafts. I worked on my blog. I made tea. We watched one episode of Criminal Minds. Chris went to bed. I put on the leg massagers and stayed up to read and obsess over what turkey sewing project to do this Saturday.

Cut-and-paste music

 

Monday

I got up around 7:30. I opened the blinds, took supplements, exercised and practiced. Then I made egg salad with tomatoes and pepitas. I read e-mail, then looked at crafts. I went cleaning for 2 hours.

I came home, ate fiber gel, then sat outside and read. I made and ate breakfast. I heated half a gallon of milk on the stove. I had a thermometer on the automatic mixing unit, but it wasn't registering hot enough and the milk boiled over. I added vinegar and let it curdle. I put the other half gallon in the dehydrator. Then I noticed that some cherry tomatoes were turning red.

Jamie came over with the key to 204. I pulled up the part for the bells on the old computer. It was a scanned copy of notes handwritten in pencil. So I opened it in MSPaint and copypasted parts from other hymns over it: notes, measure bars, key signature, clef, staff lines, note names, rests, half notes, etc. It looked pieced, but better than the pencil version. Then I called up the second song and pieced it too. But I ran out of time. Chris had just come home from work. I loaded them on a thumbdrive and asked him to take them to the library to print out.

I grabbed my music and headed to the chapel. I unlocked it and went in to turn on the lights. Atlas came with me. He helped me grab a table from the fellowship hall and the egg crate pad. His father helped carry the boxes of bells. We set up the table and easels.

Rod came and helped us practice songs for Sunday and songs for Thanksgiving. Michelle couldn't stop smiling watching him work with the bells and percussion: an answer to prayer. Chris dropped off the music for the bells.  Since Keli was gone, we had no piano player. Casey came by with a jar of starter (for bread). He left it on my trombone case.

It was after 8 when we quit. The players left, but Rod, Robert and I stayed to talk a bit, then I turned off the lights and locked up.

I went home and ate supper. I read some e-mail and worked on my blog. I took milk-turned-to-cheese out of the dehydrator and separated some of the whey. I left it sit to separate more.

After I finished my blog post, I made tea. We watched one episode of Criminal Minds. Then I bottled the whey. Chris went to bed but I stayed up later to read.

Searching through Christmas crafts

 

Sunday

I got up before 8. I opened the blinds. I brushed my teeth. I took the evening supplements that I should have taken Friday night. I exercised and practiced the Christmas music. I read e-mail and messages. There was one about how to opt out of Meta AI using your Facebook data to train their models. So I tried to follow it, but my options seemed to be different. I spent an hour or more trying to find the optout letter.

I paused to whip up a batch of cheese squares. Then I made more breakfast mix. I made and ate breakfast. I got ready for church and filled a container with cheese squares. I took my music and drove to the chapel. I talked to a few people as I assembled my trombone. Then the service started.

We sang three praise songs. He talked about giving. A girl read the scriptures. The chaplain talked about worship and humbleness. The band played two hymns and he said a benediction.

After the service, I talked to Keli (who said she would be gone tomorrow), Rod, and the chaplain and Anca (who really wants me to show her how to make cheese squares). I took the remaining cheese squares and went home.

I changed clothes. I worked on VMIS. I looked for a sleep supplement that my practitioner recommended. I looked at ornament videos online. Chris heated bean soup in the oven and made asparagus and mushrooms. Then he signed into the game. I signed in as well. I looked at more Christmas craft videos as I played the game.

The game ended half an hour early. Chris put away supper. I looked at videos a little longer, taking pics as notes for later. I noted those that didn't take too long or too much paper (or pipecleaners, etc). Something practical for a craft night.

I worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched more of Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage. The speaker referenced an online test that a person could take to find out what their most important thing in life is (Control, Peace, Fun, or Perfect). He said it $10, but when I looked online, it was more like $25.

We paused it at 10:30. Chris went to bed. I stayed up to catch up on some e-mail, then I went to bed.

A long Project Night

 

Saturday

Chris' alarm went off at 7:30. He got up to take a shower and get dressed for church. I got up and opened the blinds for the plants. I took supplements, then realized I had taken the morning supplements last night. I exercised, then made egg salad. I practiced the Christmas music.

Chris came home from Mass. I did errands around the house and went to 628 to get some cleaning supplies. I stopped by the post office for mail and talked to the clerk. I put the cleaning cloths in the laundry.

Chris gave me a coconut oil massage. He took a quick shower and then I took mine. I ate fiber gel, then read outside for awhile. I came in to make and eat breakfast. I put together some cleaning supplies for a bathroom and for dusting. I went to Tina's house to clean for two hours. I did her bathroom and dusted the Chinese lamp (and other things).

I came home to rehydrate. I ate fiber gel, then went to 204 to finish the bathroom. When I got back, I heated bean soup in the toaster oven. After I ate, I packed the linen leftovers and notions and headed to the chapel.

Project Night got off to a slow start. I unlocked the chapel, turned on the lights and laid out my fabric. But then Michele showed up with John. Michelle and Casey came as well. Eryne and her daughter arrived and then Jenni. Even Ria came, but she didn't bring a project. I helped Jenni trace around a pair of pajama pants and cut them out. I also worked on piecing linen leftovers to make a piece big enough for the front of a nightgown. Michelle worked on the two bags she cut out last week. But because she talked to the others so much, she didn't finish until almost 10. Then she and Jenni helped pack up.

When I got home, I helped Chris fold laundry and make the bed. It was too late for TV. I listened to a podcast and pieced puzzles, then worked on my blog. Finally we went to bed.

Math Morning

 

Friday

I got up at 7:30 to open the blinds for the plants. I brushed my teeth and took supplements. I exercised and then practiced the Christmas lineup. I made egg salad and read e-mail.

At 9, I went to the chapel for Math Morning. First the kids worked on their assignments. Then we played the multiplication game. After they left, I stopped at the post office to unlock the swap shop furniture room and take pics. I went home to post that the swap shop was open.

I cleaned 204 for 90 minutes, then went home for breakfast. I sewed a tie back on the chaise lounge pad. We went to the commissary, then to Tooele. Melanie's was having a birthday sale. I bought what was on the list and paid cash. I got 10% off for the sale.

We drove back to base. We unloaded the groceries. I drank fiber gel, and read messages. I called Tina about tomorrow.

Then I heated bean soup for supper. Chris' game got canceled. I read e-mail and messages and watched news videos. I wrote and posted to my blog. I got ready for Game Night by taking notes and making a bottle of tea. I also packed a jar of cheese for Michelle.

When I got to Michelle's house, she had my previous containers cleaned and ready. We talked for a bit and Casey put up the game. I played through the end of the previous disc and went to the city called New York. It was quite a maze inside. I looked around for over an hour. There wasn't much to do. So I kept circling around, wondering what I missed. Then I saved the game and talked to Michelle until after 11.

I got home late, but Chris was still up. I took supplements and got ready for bed. But sleep would not come. At least RLS did not visit.