Fun at the farmer's market

Chris got up at 8 to turn my alarm off. I stayed in bed until 8:30 after being up so late. Then I swished and checked e-mail. I went downstairs to check the size of a pillow top and sent the info to the pastor. I exercised and juiced. As I was cleaning up, I took pulp out to the compost and slipped. I don’t remember what happened but I got a wound on my lower forearm. It did not bother me until I saw it in the mirror. And it wasn’t bleeding much. I dabbed it with hydrogen peroxide. Chris tied a field dressing over it. It was just a big triangle of drab green fabric with two large safety pins. Then I got in my car and drove to quilting. My sewing stuff was already in the back. I brought in the box with my hexecontehedron to divert attention from my arm. And it worked beautifully. Except that one of the stars got passed around and the handling loosened the edges so they all need regluing. A lady brought in her supply of knitting needles and offered them to me. I chose a nice circular one and thanked her. Another lady talked about living in Seoul in the ‘80’s. I got a call from the rental agency saying someone would arrive either late today or tomorrow morning to fix the sink. Beverly talked about Row by Row. I mentioned the guild fabric in my garage and asked her to stop by my house if she wanted any. Then I went to the Asian store for kimchi, kimbap and mung sprouts. The lady divided up a larger container to make the size I wanted. I told her I would be moving and she said she would miss me. When I got home, I ate most of the kimbap before Beverly arrived. I took her to the garage to sort through and she picked out a few things. I supplemented that with pieces from my stash for the project she was doing. Then she left. I finished the kimbap and read e-mail. I listened to two meditations. Chris went to post to the library. I went to the farmer’s market with an insulated rolling bag. Jennifer was there to greet me. She was so happy to hear that our house was under contract. We went to the meat seller. We met Cecelia there. Then they shopped while I bought heart, spleen and ox-tail from the seller and his wife. I put the meats in my insulated bag. She asked how I cooked the meat and I said something about using a slow cooker but it was still being shipped. So she got one out of her truck and lent it to me! Then I met up with Jennifer again. At the hydroponics booth, I bought spinach and zucchini. At another place I bought tiny sweet tomatoes, and at another, strawberries – possibly the last of the season. A special herbal tea, and later, goat cheese. That used up most of the money I had. Jennifer helped me carry it all to my car. But when I got home, I lugged it all inside myself because Chris was on a conference call. I put the food away. I went outside to water plants, do some transplanting, and pull weeds. I moved most of the chicken manure to the apple tree. I came in to read more e-mail. I had some supper, as did Chris. I placed a bucket under the sink pipe so we could run the dishwasher, but it backed up into both sinks. Chris threw in some Drano. I tried plunging it. Chris turned off the dishwasher. Denise called to say she would take all the fabric. It was a sign from God since she decided to make quilts for foster kids and wondered where the fabric would come from. Chris and I discussed my concerns about downsizing and it did not go well. I went outside to tap. When I came in, we apologized and went downstairs to watch a hobbit movie. Then Chris gave me an old sock. I cut the elastic part off. He put it on my arm to hold a tissue soaked in hydrogen peroxide on the wound overnight. He went to bed and I stayed up to soak the sprouts and post to my blog.
* This is Glenda's quilt *

Contract!

Alarm went off at 8. We stayed in bed...until he got up to go jogging. I swished and exercised. I brought in the rain water to filter and boil it. I saw that the chia seed I had thrown out had germinated in the planting tray. I rinsed my sprouts which are growing really well. They love rain water. Parker sent an e-mail saying our counteroffer was verbally accepted and she sent a docusign document for us to make the contract legal. But I questioned one of the numbers. I juiced celery and a pepper. That did not make enough juice and I hadn’t bought carrots so I picked some kale and wild lettuce. They were not very juicy and would have tasted really bad but I threw in some goji juice. Then I cleaned up and got water under the sink when I ran the disposal. The water went into the big sink and it is now leaking. Chris put in a work order last night. I put a towel under the sink.
I made breakfast, refilled several containers, then ate. I had put the kitchen rug out to dry and now it was wet from the rain. My plan had backfired. On the other hand, next time I want rain, I will hang the rug out with high hopes. I got dressed, and went downstairs to collect my sewing gear. I rolled it out to my car and stashed it inside. I also put Carolyn’s stuff in the back. I drove to the church, and brought everything in. I told the ladies we had a verbal contract on the house. Jodi asked about the quilts from guild night. After chatting for awhile, I went home to get them. While I was there, Parker sent another docusign but it did not turn out right either. Just as I was ready to give up, she sent another one which I signed and went back to church. I gave Carolyn her new seat and she put $5 in my purse even though I said she didn’t owe me anything. I gave Jodi the quilts. She said she did not want the guild fabric back and that I could keep it. I was at once glad and disappointed. Sure I wanted it, but we are supposedly downsizing! Bertha said Renegades would take it and they meet this coming Sunday. One by one the ladies left, and before 1. When Glenda came, we were down to three. She talked about how she failed to keep her diet regime and how badly she felt. So I told her about the 21 day weight loss meditation challenge that started this morning. She gave me her e-mail address and I promised to send the link. I was going to work on my blue blocks but did not have any foundation fabric. Just then Chris called and said Parker sent another edition of the document to sign. So I came home, signed that one, and rustled up some lightweight stuff for foundation blocks. I went back to church and made blocks, pressing and trimming as needed. Seems like the supply of wedges is never-ending. Lauri and I stayed until almost 6. As we walked out, it started to rain. I was afraid my hexecontehedron would get wet. But she got an umbrella from her car and carried it for me. Then we both went home. I had leftovers for supper. Then I read e-mail for awhile and caught up on Sudoku. We went down to watch episodes of X-File season 5. Some of them were scary, but the last one we watched was actually humorous. Chris went to bed. I stayed up to soak the sprouts (which are remarkably advanced) and post to my blog.
* There on the right are the chia seeds which germinated very quickly. *

Offer and counter offer

Alarm went off at 7:30. I did not want to get up, but eventually I did. I swished and exercised. I washed up and made breakfast. I got dressed and warmed up my voice. Then we went to church. I got out of the car with my glasses on and choir music ready. But the 8 am service was running long. I sat and talked to Cecelia. Then we filed into the back of the church and sang the song “The Lord bless you and keep you.” Then we filed out and they sang their last hymn. Chris and I came home and I ate breakfast and read e-mail. I read an article on root canals. Teeth are more like a sponge than a rock. It is almost impossible to completely seal it off from infection or to seal the infection off from the rest of the body. “The same bacteria found in the root canal teeth and in gum disease are found in the plaques in coronary arteries and in the blood clots that caused the heart attack.” Dr. Kulacz
I rinsed the seeds which were starting to sprout. At 10:05 we went back to church. I practiced the anthem with the choir. I sat with Mr. Cox and he told me he knew from the first time he saw his wife that she was the one for him. The service went long because of the Athenasian creed. We sang an anthem and at the end, a blessing. After the service, I signed for loose cash, and talked to several people. Mrs. Cook wanted to know what size pillow forms she needed. Then we went to Publix for groceries. We brought them home and put them away. I ate something for lunch. Parker called to say we had a new offer. We talked about that until I had to go count the offering. I drove to church and got out the printing calculator. We listed all the checks and made sure everything went to the right accounts. It all tallied the first time. Then I went home. Chris and I talked and I called Parker back. We set up a counter offer and made it official in an e-mail. I read e-mail while Chris boiled beef bones and oxtail. Then I went out to mow. When I came in, the Brussels sprouts were ready. We ate them with the beef. When the sweet potatoes were done, we each ate half of one. Parker called back with their counter to our counter and we countered again. Then we went down to watch episodes of X-files. We came up about 10:30. It was raining so I put out the collection tubs. I almost caught up on the Sudoku puzzles. I rinsed the seeds again. I blogged and went to bed.
* Today is Michele's birthday. She is at a convention dressed as Snake Pliskin. I wish I had a picture of that. Instead, I have this one that my father took on Tuesday. *

Downsizing begins

I got up at 8 to turn off my alarm. Chris wanted me to come back to bed. Afterward, I swished and exercised and read e-mail. I took a shower. I soaked some seeds for sprouting with some remaining rain water. I filled a large jar with filtered tap water. I made breakfast and ate it. I heard an interview saying that fruit seeds bind with dietary arsenic and transport it out of your body, and the fiber in strawberries draws out dietary mercury. I visited Chris downstairs where he was culling books and old clothes. I brought up my project. I watered my plants on the way to his car. I drove to quilting. It was the Thursday group which also gathers on fifth Saturdays. I worked on my hexecontehedron while talking and seeing what others were doing. I packed up about 3. As I drove home, it was raining and I did not know how to invoke the windshield wipers. But it was not raining at my house. There was a red truck in the driveway. It was Chris’ friend Josh, who was becoming the beneficiary of some gaming discards. They were chatting in the den. I was hungry but did not want to eat in front of him. So I ate sweet potato sprouts and seaweed. Then Denise called so I went outside to talk to her. But she got a phone call and had to hang up. I wandered around picking leaves to eat, but she did not call back so I came in and got on the computer. When she called back, it was not for long. I read more e-mail. Eventually I had to mention the time to Chris. Then he and Josh took stuff out to the truck. I ate some leftovers. Chris came back and ate something too. Then I folded laundry. When I sat down to do Sudoku, Chris was ready to go. He had some stuff for Brandon and he drove us to their house. We were warmly welcomed. I had forgotten how much fun his wife was to talk to. We sat on their patio with drinks and talked. The older dog lounged at our feet, but the younger one wanted to jump and lick. Then we went in for snacks. She put out fruit and cheese and crackers. She showed me her sewing machine and I examined it but did not have a scrap of fabric to test it. We sat in the sun porch to talk some more. Sadly the time got away from me. It was 10:30 when I nodded to Chris and we made our goodbye’s. It was after 11 till we got home. We made the bed with the sheets Chris had washed. But there were smears of something on the pillowcases and fitted sheet. Then I blogged and we went to bed.
* These are Alison's lilies *

Just us chickens

We woke up before 8 but stayed in bed. I got up at 7:50 to start my day. I swished and watered the plants. They were still moist from the last rain so I just did the potted ones. Then I sat at my desktop to check e-mail. I did a tapping script from yesterday. It did not have as much energy as yesterday so that must be progress. Again, I ran into trouble deleting e-mail. I looked it up on Bing and short of reverting to Yahoo Classic, one solution seemed to be trying another browser. So I opened my e-mail in IE and was able to delete. I was doing my exercises when Chris tempted me away. Then he took a shower and brought up a basket of trash from the garage. He pulled out the stuff that needed shredding and put the rest in bags that I held open. Then he shredded while I fixed breakfast. Making breakfast took a long time. First I spilled the chia seed and had to get out the vacuum to sweep the shelf. Then I ran out of the spice mixture so I had to make more. I also ran out of daily doses of supplements, so I had to make up more of those, too. Then I finished making breakfast and ate it while reading e-mail. Chris went to a luncheon for someone he knew at work. I meditated until he got back. Then I repotted seedlings: tomato, squash, cucumber. I scraped dirt from the leaves rotting in the driveway to give the seedlings a good bed. I drained water from wheelbarrow with the decaying vegetation. It was a compost tea. I used it on the seedlings. Chris left again to go on post to get his plane tickets. I washed off and changed my clothes, and then we drove to Harvest for honey and duck eggs. We also got horse manure; some of it pretty fresh. The owner showed Chris her mealy worms, and chickens and blueberries and flowers, etc. She had a pen with a group of chicks and a duckling. She also gave me a salad shooter. When we got back, I drank some salt water and went out to mow in the back yard. It looked terrible: mostly weeds and large brown spots. Unripe apples had fallen from the tree. When the mower quit, so did I. I clipped tall weeds and would-be trees from the flowerbeds. When I got a warning from my back, I quit. I came in to find Chris shredding old bills. I jotted some notes for my blog. I ate some beef and lentil stew for supper. I also picked some kale and mixed greens from the flowerbed. I worked almost a week of Sudoku puzzles to catch up. Chris washed some cherries and fed us both. Then we watched at least three episodes of X-Files before going to bed.

Ironing fabric

I woke up early, brought in the rainwater and processed it. Then I put Netflix in the mail, and fired up the desktop to write my blog. I saw there were over 300 messages waiting for me. I started fabric washing. I exercised, and cleared e-mail, but Yahoo would not allow some to be deleted. It has happened before. My tapping buddy did not show up. I decided to do the coffee detox. After the first round, my tapping buddy responded. We wrote back and forth a few times and then she was gone. I took the fabric out and dried it on the damp dry setting, but it was not very damp. I listened to audios and finished the detox. I cleaned the bathroom, and read e-mail. Chris went to get his oil changed. I did some tapping. Then I made breakfast and ate it outside. I pulled weeds, and watered the pepper plant. I got some sun sitting in a chair because the grass was still wet. I listened to another audio, or started to. Chris came home, and took my laptop apart to examine the fan. Meanwhile, I called up an audio on my tablet and listened while I ironed the fabric. It took me two interviews to get it all ironed. Then I put away the stacks of fabric. It was difficult because some fabrics looked red – until I put them in with the reds and then they looked orange, but when I put them with orange, they looked red again. Is this some cosmic joke? Same with the blue/grays and yellow/oranges. I came upstairs to clear the newest e-mails. I ate an artichoke heart and took my evening supplements. I called Alison to ask if I could come by tomorrow for honey. I emptied the honey jar and washed it. I picked a salad from the back yard and added peppers, sunflower seeds, and cilantro. The pieces of mint leaves were very good. I ate a burger in front of desktop. Chris came in later with a glass of cherries which he fed to me and himself. Then I had to get myself some dark chocolate and a few dates to go with it. I mixed up a glass of bentonite for later. Chris suggested that we watch an episode of X-Files and go to bed early. We ended up watching 3 episodes and going to bed late. But at least I got to practice my whistling.
* This is a cactus flower growing in my dad's kitchen window *

Back home again

In the middle of the night, the alarm of the next room went off. There was no one in there, so Chris got dressed and went to the front desk to report it. In a few minutes the sound ceased.
We woke up early the next morning. I did my exercises and washed up and got dressed. Then Chris took his shower. I ate some of the cheese for breakfast since it might not keep. I made my breakfast so I could eat it in the car. Chris did not have breakfast. We left a tip in the housekeeping envelop. Then we left. We finished the book on CD and started another one with stories of Sherlock Holmes. We made one pit stop. The weather was nice if a little hot. I saw two flatbeds carrying enormous tires. Scary big. We got in around 2, CST. We carried in all the stuff from the car. Chris went to post while I put the food away. I started mowing with the front yard. It wasn’t all that bad. I noticed a piece of paper on the front door. Someone had bumped into our mailbox and said they would fix it on Tuesday. Since it was intact, I guess they meant yesterday. I pulled the mail out of the box and set it on the brick wall. I got very hot mowing and took a break to drink water. Then I mowed the side yard under the magnolia tree. I would have mowed more, but just then Chris came home. So I plugged in the mower and came upstairs. As soon as I sat down, I felt tired, faint and confused. I drank more water. He had bought some groceries and was asking me what I wanted for supper. I could not answer the questions. I laid down in the basement to cool off. He brought the Netflix Dvd and we watched two episodes of X-Files. Then he started supper. I picked 4 tomatoes, making a total of 10 from that plant. I ate one with lots of salt and felt much better. I replanted some radishes. I clipped some would-be trees and trimmed the four o’clocks. I fired up the desktop, cleared some e-mail, and tried to make notes for my blog. I don’t remember what interrupted me. I found a seedling growing in the drain of the bathroom sink. Was there a time warp and we had been gone longer than 5 days? I took a shower and got dressed for choir practice. When supper was ready, I came out to eat a burger. I put some garlic herb cheese on it and ate it with a fork. It was really good but I was out of time. I grabbed my choir folder and headed out. I had to come back for an umbrella and my keys. When I got to church, it was barely sprinkling so I went in without the umbrella. The paraments I made six months ago were hanging. They had blessed and dedicated them last Sunday and several people said how much they liked them. I meant to take a picture but forgot. We practiced our two pieces sitting in the pew and standing at the back of the church like we will this Sunday. When I left, it was raining and Charlie walked me to the car with his umbrella. I drove home in the pouring rain. I put out my collection tubs. We talked about my laptop and Chris thought it was a smarter idea to replace the laptop than to replace the fan since he suspected something about the laptop killed the new fan. He looked at them online and they started at $580. I wasn’t sure if we should buy one now since it would have Windows 8 on it. We sat in the computer room to finish the Sherlock story from the trip. Then we went downstairs and watched two more episodes of X-Files, one of them being the season ender where Scully informs a government panel that all alien evidence was manufactured to create a smokescreen for nefarious activity and that Mulder’s life was fabricated by the same people and that she found him in his apartment dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Fortunately I know there is another season so was not going to lose any sleep over it. Chris and I went to bed and I forgot to blog.
* This is my sweet potato that was just showing signs of sprouting when we left. When we got back, it was almost out of water and sprouting impressively. *