Wow, this week has flown by so fast! This is the last day of week in the life. I think I'm going to miss it.
4:30 Got up and took my thyroid pill and started the laundry. We're on off peak electricity hours and so I try to get laundry done during the cheaper hours. All day Sunday is cheap rates, so that's when I do laundry. John went out to dig the last 2 post holes for our mini fence. We had to let them sit and the concrete cure for a couple weeks, then we can put up the panels. We had to order them, but they should be here by the time the posts are ready.
5:12 checked facebook and jotted things down on this blog. I went outside to check the weather, it's warm and overcast this morning Wonder if we'll get another 12 drops of rain like we did yesterday?
5:28 The cloud cover was too heavy to see the sunrise.
5:49 Shot the sun after it got up above the cloud cover. Looks like it's going to be a windy day!
6:22 still doing laundry and played a game of solitaire.
7:30 looking through the many, many photos I took on Monday trying to choose which ones to use. There isn't enough space in the book I got from Ali to put much in, only 14 pictures for the day. And if I use journaling cards, there is even less room! What to do, what to do???
8:20 John came and got me to go to the shop and see if I liked the filler panels he put on the old Dodge between the running boards and the cab.
9:00 Showered
9:15 More laundry and started uploading pix to my blog.
10:00 Changed the sheets on the bed, I put some that I hope will be cooler, the fleece ones are getting too hot.
11:08 Had lunch, we made sandwiches and took them outside to eat, it was too windy to eat in the piney woods, so we ate at our sidewalk table.
11:30 John went down to the travel trailer to take his nap, it's too noisy in the house on laundry day. I continued doing laundry and editing pictures.
12:57 Put the last load of towels in the washer.
1:19 Read for a bit, then went back to editing pictures.
3:00 read and did laundry
4:28 John made steak and gravy on toast for supper. One of his favorite meals. Me, not so much, I mostly have toast and gravy with maybe a few bits of meat. I'm not liking beef so well these days. We watched Mr. and Mrs. Smith while we ate. It's kind of a silly movie, John didn't like the star actress, he said her fat lips made him ill. She did look like she had Botox teatments or something.
6:02 Don T came by while we were watching the movie and brought John some metal. Remembered I hadn't taken my sugar pill and took it.
6:46 Finished the movie.
7:00 Took Magnesium and Ibprofen.
7:33 Went out to shoot the sunset, almost missed it. There is a partial moon out tonight and I shot it too. The wind blew over one of the tires on John's rat rod sculpture so we walked over and stood it back up. So nice out, the wind has died down and it's just so nice out, I love this time of the year!!
8:00 Bedtime and the end of week in the life!! I'm glad and sad it's over. I didn't take many pix today and am kind of discouraged that I can't really tell the whole story of the week, there isn't room in the album for all the pix I took. I'm thinking maybe I should just do a blog next time and not worry about fitting into an album!
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Week in the LIfe Day 6 May 14, 2016
5:28 woke up late! When I saw what time it was I ran to see if the sun was up, it was just coming up, so I didn't miss my photo, whew! John came in the house as I was outside shooting, he said he hadn't been up long either. I had a hard time getting to sleep, my mask was bugging me, some nights are like that, it's hard to get comfortable.
I came back in the house, turned off my oxy machine, got laundry out of the dryer and hugged John. That's one of our morning rituals, every morning we meet at the step in the hall and hug. He's taller than me and the step puts us at about the same height. He says he thinks that's how tall I really am. I saw that's how short he really is, LOL! Took my thyroid pill, set the timer for an hour and at 5:40 sat down to start today's blog.
6:00 Got dressed
6:11 Outside to garden It's 51.8 degrees right now! I helped John set 2 posts in concrete. Three down two more to go. Then we have to let them set a week, then they're ready for the fence panels. We're putting them up between us and the camper so it doesn't glare out at us.
6:58 Came in the house to check to see if my hour is up, it was a so I took my pills and ate breakfast, toast and cocoa. John made himself scrambled eggs and toast.
Back out to the garden after breakfast. John brought me the roll of plastic and helped me cut and put a piece up on the box I just planted corn and squash in. Also put some soil secret stuff on the soil. Ha, does that mean I have secret soil?
8:51 Today is free dump day at the trash place, so we took a load out even though the trailer wasn't full. On the way home John spotted some deer and an elk! I only saw the elk.
9:45 Got home from the dump and John ran to the drug to get his prescription.
10:30 I planted flowers in the big pot John made for my birthday a couple years ago. I have been running water on it all morning to get the soil wet. John took a wheelbarrow over to Stonecrest to move the dirt from the post holes.
11:02 facebooking and found scrappytots is giving away 2 free patterns today! So I had to go check out her patterns to find me 2.
11:12 Reheated the beans from last night for lunch and had with toast. Yumm! It was too breezy out so we watched TV while we ate.
12:00 John napped, I went back out and dug up the spot for my potatoes and planted them.
1:00 Got the mail
1:30 John showered, then I did.
2:00 Made me a blizzard for dessert, sugar free ice cream and toppings.
2:20 Thunder!! Then the sound of rain softly coming down. Went out to check it out, it smells so good! I love the smell of rain. The wind is picking up and thunder continues to roll.
Dried my hair and we went to town.
3:01 Went to the drug to get John some vitamins. I have stopped taking most supplements, it's too hard to remember when and what I can take so I just stopped. We browsed the aisles at the drug while there, they have stacked coolers in front of Steve Taylor's art work on the wall, so sad to see if covered up! Discovered they have sugar free candy!! Some just happened to follow me home. We took the long way home, I love living here in the country, all the open space and hills, don't think I'd survive cooped up in a city.
4:00 home again, caught up on the blog and checked FB. The rain didn't last long, we only got a few drops, boo, hoo!
5:00 Made supper. I stepped out the front door to see if it was nice enough to eat outside and there was this cute rusty trike part with a note stuck on it. Don Turner found it in Albuquerque today and got it for me! So sweet of him. We ate in our piney woods, so love being able to spend time outside! Wish I had a hammock hanging here and I'd sleep outside!
5:34 back to the house walk over.
5:40 Went for a walk, we walked a bit over a mile, maybe 1.5 miles? I can't remember, we went to Jeff's sign. We saw 4 deer!! We've seen deer in this same spot before, I think they must live in the area.
6:23 Home from our walk. I copied todays pix to my WITL folder and posted the deer pix on facebook on my profile and in the WITL group.
Ran out and shot the sunset, it was almost down, but I got it. Love this time of year when I can see the sun set from our house!
7:30 Oops, I forgot my night sugar pill, I've been doing that a lot and taking it late. At least I am remembering it. Took our Melatonin, Magnesium and ibuprofen.
7:43 Caught up on today's blog post, I still need to go back and put photos, but I've got the text in for all the days, only one more day to go! Took our Magnesium, Melatonin and ibuprofen
8:04 Bedtime
I came back in the house, turned off my oxy machine, got laundry out of the dryer and hugged John. That's one of our morning rituals, every morning we meet at the step in the hall and hug. He's taller than me and the step puts us at about the same height. He says he thinks that's how tall I really am. I saw that's how short he really is, LOL! Took my thyroid pill, set the timer for an hour and at 5:40 sat down to start today's blog.
6:00 Got dressed
6:11 Outside to garden It's 51.8 degrees right now! I helped John set 2 posts in concrete. Three down two more to go. Then we have to let them set a week, then they're ready for the fence panels. We're putting them up between us and the camper so it doesn't glare out at us.
6:58 Came in the house to check to see if my hour is up, it was a so I took my pills and ate breakfast, toast and cocoa. John made himself scrambled eggs and toast.
Back out to the garden after breakfast. John brought me the roll of plastic and helped me cut and put a piece up on the box I just planted corn and squash in. Also put some soil secret stuff on the soil. Ha, does that mean I have secret soil?
8:51 Today is free dump day at the trash place, so we took a load out even though the trailer wasn't full. On the way home John spotted some deer and an elk! I only saw the elk.
9:45 Got home from the dump and John ran to the drug to get his prescription.
10:30 I planted flowers in the big pot John made for my birthday a couple years ago. I have been running water on it all morning to get the soil wet. John took a wheelbarrow over to Stonecrest to move the dirt from the post holes.
11:02 facebooking and found scrappytots is giving away 2 free patterns today! So I had to go check out her patterns to find me 2.
11:12 Reheated the beans from last night for lunch and had with toast. Yumm! It was too breezy out so we watched TV while we ate.
12:00 John napped, I went back out and dug up the spot for my potatoes and planted them.
1:00 Got the mail
1:30 John showered, then I did.
2:00 Made me a blizzard for dessert, sugar free ice cream and toppings.
2:20 Thunder!! Then the sound of rain softly coming down. Went out to check it out, it smells so good! I love the smell of rain. The wind is picking up and thunder continues to roll.
Dried my hair and we went to town.
3:01 Went to the drug to get John some vitamins. I have stopped taking most supplements, it's too hard to remember when and what I can take so I just stopped. We browsed the aisles at the drug while there, they have stacked coolers in front of Steve Taylor's art work on the wall, so sad to see if covered up! Discovered they have sugar free candy!! Some just happened to follow me home. We took the long way home, I love living here in the country, all the open space and hills, don't think I'd survive cooped up in a city.
4:00 home again, caught up on the blog and checked FB. The rain didn't last long, we only got a few drops, boo, hoo!
5:00 Made supper. I stepped out the front door to see if it was nice enough to eat outside and there was this cute rusty trike part with a note stuck on it. Don Turner found it in Albuquerque today and got it for me! So sweet of him. We ate in our piney woods, so love being able to spend time outside! Wish I had a hammock hanging here and I'd sleep outside!
5:34 back to the house walk over.
5:40 Went for a walk, we walked a bit over a mile, maybe 1.5 miles? I can't remember, we went to Jeff's sign. We saw 4 deer!! We've seen deer in this same spot before, I think they must live in the area.
6:23 Home from our walk. I copied todays pix to my WITL folder and posted the deer pix on facebook on my profile and in the WITL group.
Ran out and shot the sunset, it was almost down, but I got it. Love this time of year when I can see the sun set from our house!
7:30 Oops, I forgot my night sugar pill, I've been doing that a lot and taking it late. At least I am remembering it. Took our Melatonin, Magnesium and ibuprofen.
7:43 Caught up on today's blog post, I still need to go back and put photos, but I've got the text in for all the days, only one more day to go! Took our Magnesium, Melatonin and ibuprofen
8:04 Bedtime
Friday, May 13, 2016
Week In the Life Day 5 May 13, 2016
Wow, 5 days done, and I'm still here recording!
5:57 I got up, John said he hadn't been up for long. He went down to make his coffee and did a repair on a hose while he was waiting. I finished up yesterdays blog post. I haven't added any pix yet, but I have the text all recorded, yea me!
Took my thyroid pill and set the timer for an hour. I don't know why the wait, I guess food and other drugs interfere?
5:25 Shot the sunrise, it's just touching the pine tree now, not long until it reaches the far point and end of it's winter to summer journey. Wish I could freeze it and keep it summer all year long! Seems like winter is so much longer than summer.
6:00 I got dressed, no shower yet, but I don't want to shower until I'm done gardening. John cleaned the cooler and replaced a leaky part, it's all ready for summer now. I checked my garden, the chili plants look good, I put plastic over the bed just in case of freezing weather.
8:00 I went to LeSueur's to pick up John, he left the putt there so they can check out the cooling, it's not getting cool. On the way home I noticed that the burned house is being demolished! Went home and got my big camera and went back and took some pix.
8:32 Home again, I worked in my garden and John started 2 more post holes.
8:58 Break time
Then back to my garden. I planted zucchini and took the dirt out of my earth boxes. They have bulged out in the middle and the soil gets down where the water is supposed to be and they don't work as well. That took me a while and was hard work! John helped me some, I was pounding in stakes to hold the sides in and he came up with the idea of making a metal support and did that for my last box.
10:42 Stopped for lunch break, John is showering and I'm thinking I might sneak on in before lunch too! My face feels sunburned. Oops! Not used to being out in the hot sun.
11ish Ate leftovers for lunch outside in the Piney Woods
11:46 John nap me computer time
12:15 Me read and nap
1:14 I called in John's prescription refill, we can pick it up after 3:30. I'm having a hard time waking up, naps during the day leave me groggy for a long time, but sometimes I am just too tired not to nap!
2ish We went to the library and stopped on the way back to check on the putt, it was finished, so John drove it home.
3:10 I got home, shortly after Don Turner drove up and John went out to visit him, then 2 guys on bikes drove up and stayed for a long time. Turned out it was Mike Green, John talked to him on Mother's Day, he was wanting to bring his grandson, who is a welder, by to see the sculptures.
4:00 On the computer again, posted a pix taken of us on Mother's Day on FB. I put Ali's I'm in on it and people are wondering what that is about. Don left a machine that printed checks and I went out to look at it, it's kind of cool.
4:37 John is making green chili beans for supper.
5:00 I found a link to a wildfire app for the computer where I can check for fires around us and signed up. Wonder if I'll be able to find it again, LOL.
5:19 Supper and TV. Watched a show on Tesla and Edison and electricity. I wonder why we were never told about Tesla in school, they made it sound like Edison did it all. So biased, wonder how much of history we were taught was wrong!
6:27 We went for an evening walk. We walked to the corral down the street, it was getting dark so we turned around. Stopped and visited with Sam and Katy on the way home and talked about Ray's house.
7:30 Home, we took our Melatonin and Magnesium and ibuprofen. John read and I did FB until bedtime.
8:21 Bed time.
5:57 I got up, John said he hadn't been up for long. He went down to make his coffee and did a repair on a hose while he was waiting. I finished up yesterdays blog post. I haven't added any pix yet, but I have the text all recorded, yea me!
Took my thyroid pill and set the timer for an hour. I don't know why the wait, I guess food and other drugs interfere?
5:25 Shot the sunrise, it's just touching the pine tree now, not long until it reaches the far point and end of it's winter to summer journey. Wish I could freeze it and keep it summer all year long! Seems like winter is so much longer than summer.
6:00 I got dressed, no shower yet, but I don't want to shower until I'm done gardening. John cleaned the cooler and replaced a leaky part, it's all ready for summer now. I checked my garden, the chili plants look good, I put plastic over the bed just in case of freezing weather.
8:00 I went to LeSueur's to pick up John, he left the putt there so they can check out the cooling, it's not getting cool. On the way home I noticed that the burned house is being demolished! Went home and got my big camera and went back and took some pix.
8:32 Home again, I worked in my garden and John started 2 more post holes.
8:58 Break time
Then back to my garden. I planted zucchini and took the dirt out of my earth boxes. They have bulged out in the middle and the soil gets down where the water is supposed to be and they don't work as well. That took me a while and was hard work! John helped me some, I was pounding in stakes to hold the sides in and he came up with the idea of making a metal support and did that for my last box.
10:42 Stopped for lunch break, John is showering and I'm thinking I might sneak on in before lunch too! My face feels sunburned. Oops! Not used to being out in the hot sun.
11ish Ate leftovers for lunch outside in the Piney Woods
11:46 John nap me computer time
12:15 Me read and nap
1:14 I called in John's prescription refill, we can pick it up after 3:30. I'm having a hard time waking up, naps during the day leave me groggy for a long time, but sometimes I am just too tired not to nap!
2ish We went to the library and stopped on the way back to check on the putt, it was finished, so John drove it home.
3:10 I got home, shortly after Don Turner drove up and John went out to visit him, then 2 guys on bikes drove up and stayed for a long time. Turned out it was Mike Green, John talked to him on Mother's Day, he was wanting to bring his grandson, who is a welder, by to see the sculptures.
4:00 On the computer again, posted a pix taken of us on Mother's Day on FB. I put Ali's I'm in on it and people are wondering what that is about. Don left a machine that printed checks and I went out to look at it, it's kind of cool.
4:37 John is making green chili beans for supper.
5:00 I found a link to a wildfire app for the computer where I can check for fires around us and signed up. Wonder if I'll be able to find it again, LOL.
5:19 Supper and TV. Watched a show on Tesla and Edison and electricity. I wonder why we were never told about Tesla in school, they made it sound like Edison did it all. So biased, wonder how much of history we were taught was wrong!
6:27 We went for an evening walk. We walked to the corral down the street, it was getting dark so we turned around. Stopped and visited with Sam and Katy on the way home and talked about Ray's house.
7:30 Home, we took our Melatonin and Magnesium and ibuprofen. John read and I did FB until bedtime.
8:21 Bed time.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Week in the LIfe Day 4 May 12, 2016
Got up at 5:53 and discovered my cell phone was dead, so I had to run get my big camera to take a pix of my cpap. The cell is giving me problems, guess it's worn out from all the WITL pix!
5:04 Took my thyroid pill and wished Charles Happy Birthday on FB! Can't believe he's 49! Where did the time go!!
5:25 shot the sunrise
5:49 John ate pancakes and bacon for breakfast - I have to wait for an hour after taking my thyroid pill, sometimes it's so hard to do that! I checked my fasting blood sugar, it's always too high fasting.
6:05 Buzzer - now I can eat breakfast and take my other two pills!
6:11 Breakfast time for me Peanut butter toast and cocoa. John did the dishes while I ate.
6:30 John went out to dig a post hole over by the camper. We're going to put up a fence to hide it. It's white and kind of sticks out like a sore thumb! I'm going to get dressed so we can walk when he's done digging.
6:58 Left on walk I was feeling good today and was able to walk 2 miles! Yea, me. Didn't see any deer, but we did spot a rabbit running across the road to get away from us. The water is still running, not much now.
7:55 Got home from our walk. I downloaded pictures from cameras, I was using 3 at first, but one cell phone was taking blurry pix so stopped using it except for the weather app it's pretty cool to record the weather over a photo I took. While I was downloading pix John ran to Woodland to get some posts for our fence project.
8:54 Break time. Nice, we can have our breaks outside now! So happy warm weather is here again, my favorite time of the year!
9:13 Break over John set a post and I gardened. I Picked the lettuce that is bolting and was about as tall as me! Picked peas and carrots, turned on the water to my boxes, put water in my earth boxes and watered them, while John was rounding up weeds.
10:41 back to the house with my produce. Made stir fry for lunch with the peas and carrots from my garden
11:17 We ate lunch outside, so happy it's outside weather!
11:43 Lunch over I got the mail while John had wasp wars and then napped.
I showered, sure feel better, got all sweaty in the greenhouse'!
12:17 John had coffee and I had desert, then I read and napped. I started Killing Jesus yesterday, but he went off into Caesar and I got bored and found another crime novel.
1:46 Checked facebook and found the program for Tex Truelock's services. They don't mention 2 of his kids, wonder why? Not sure if all of them are dead? Tex was 99, probably the oldest person in St. Johns.
2:00 I gardened, checked on the square foot boxes to see if they are wet yet, the water is dripping out but not all the dirt is wet, so I got a hose and wet and mixed until I think I've got one box done. I planted a row of Angela's Concho Chili, have more to do but want to see how this does before I risk the other plants. John came and got me to go sit under the tree with him, he thinks I get too hot and am going to pass out, don't think so, but who knows, LOL
3:22 Back in the house catching up here and then I'm going to check FB and read.
3:59 Bought a template from CathyZ, seems like her stuff is all I like at Designer Digitals these days.
4:00 Looked at WITL stuff on the computer, FB, email, etc.
5:21 We made supper, spaghetti and toast, yumm! Watched TV while we ate and after.
6:33 Took night sugar pill and went out and shot the sunset. We can't see the sunset in the winter time, too many buildings and trees in the way.
7:00 Walked over to Stonecrest to check out the post John put in today. Also measured the camper to see it it's parallel to the fence, it's not.
7:10 back inside Had dessert in the solarium. Took our Melatonin and Magnesium and ibuprofen.
8:00 Played computer games.
8:03 Bedtime.
5:04 Took my thyroid pill and wished Charles Happy Birthday on FB! Can't believe he's 49! Where did the time go!!
5:25 shot the sunrise
5:49 John ate pancakes and bacon for breakfast - I have to wait for an hour after taking my thyroid pill, sometimes it's so hard to do that! I checked my fasting blood sugar, it's always too high fasting.
6:05 Buzzer - now I can eat breakfast and take my other two pills!
6:11 Breakfast time for me Peanut butter toast and cocoa. John did the dishes while I ate.
6:30 John went out to dig a post hole over by the camper. We're going to put up a fence to hide it. It's white and kind of sticks out like a sore thumb! I'm going to get dressed so we can walk when he's done digging.
6:58 Left on walk I was feeling good today and was able to walk 2 miles! Yea, me. Didn't see any deer, but we did spot a rabbit running across the road to get away from us. The water is still running, not much now.
7:55 Got home from our walk. I downloaded pictures from cameras, I was using 3 at first, but one cell phone was taking blurry pix so stopped using it except for the weather app it's pretty cool to record the weather over a photo I took. While I was downloading pix John ran to Woodland to get some posts for our fence project.
8:54 Break time. Nice, we can have our breaks outside now! So happy warm weather is here again, my favorite time of the year!
9:13 Break over John set a post and I gardened. I Picked the lettuce that is bolting and was about as tall as me! Picked peas and carrots, turned on the water to my boxes, put water in my earth boxes and watered them, while John was rounding up weeds.
10:41 back to the house with my produce. Made stir fry for lunch with the peas and carrots from my garden
11:17 We ate lunch outside, so happy it's outside weather!
11:43 Lunch over I got the mail while John had wasp wars and then napped.
I showered, sure feel better, got all sweaty in the greenhouse'!
12:17 John had coffee and I had desert, then I read and napped. I started Killing Jesus yesterday, but he went off into Caesar and I got bored and found another crime novel.
1:46 Checked facebook and found the program for Tex Truelock's services. They don't mention 2 of his kids, wonder why? Not sure if all of them are dead? Tex was 99, probably the oldest person in St. Johns.
2:00 I gardened, checked on the square foot boxes to see if they are wet yet, the water is dripping out but not all the dirt is wet, so I got a hose and wet and mixed until I think I've got one box done. I planted a row of Angela's Concho Chili, have more to do but want to see how this does before I risk the other plants. John came and got me to go sit under the tree with him, he thinks I get too hot and am going to pass out, don't think so, but who knows, LOL
3:22 Back in the house catching up here and then I'm going to check FB and read.
3:59 Bought a template from CathyZ, seems like her stuff is all I like at Designer Digitals these days.
4:00 Looked at WITL stuff on the computer, FB, email, etc.
5:21 We made supper, spaghetti and toast, yumm! Watched TV while we ate and after.
6:33 Took night sugar pill and went out and shot the sunset. We can't see the sunset in the winter time, too many buildings and trees in the way.
7:00 Walked over to Stonecrest to check out the post John put in today. Also measured the camper to see it it's parallel to the fence, it's not.
7:10 back inside Had dessert in the solarium. Took our Melatonin and Magnesium and ibuprofen.
8:00 Played computer games.
8:03 Bedtime.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Week in the Life Day 3 May 11, 2016
Woke up a bit early this morning and got up at 4:22. Checked my AHI and took my thyroid. As usual John was already up.
My computer restarted during the night, I hate when it does that, I lose all the pages I had open and often can't remember what they were! Norton said it removed a Trojan, it was in a scrapping file! Wonder if it was really a Trojan? Had an email that Just Jaimee has some new things ready, lately her kits are mostly yellow, one of my least favorite colors! And she adds more stuff each month, way too much for me. I think I'm not going to renew her sub when it's up.
Shot sunrise at 5:22, I love this time of year when the days are getting longer! I've noticed that I am feeling so much better lately, more energy to do things. We wondered if it's the added daylight hours or if the CPAP is finally catching up and making me feel better? Don't know but it sure feels good to feel good!
5:35, my hour is up and I took my heart and sugar pills and ate breakfast, back to peanut butter toast and cocoa. I have a favorite mug set I've used for years, this spring I ventured out and have been using an Easter mug cause the graphics on it make me happy. It's spring!
5:39 and John is out wrapping the antlers on his elk. He's talked about doing that for a while, and now it's done! I worked on my blog, then looked at the new Just Jaimee stuff that came out today. I don't like this month's kits, too much yellow! Last month was too yellow, too! Don't think I'll reup when sub ends.
John started lowering the camper. We were afraid it was going to be hard to do, but it turned out easier than he thought. I went over and watched about half way through. Don Turner stopped by to show John something he thought he might want for a sculpture base. We'll pick it up later. Shot some cool tools he had.
6:22 Went with John to Don Turner's to pick up some pre-art he'd saved for John. A good sculpture base! Came home and I checked out Lowe's and Home Depot for fence panel prices. We are going to put up a few panel to hide the camper from the street, it kind of sticks out like a sore thumb right now! I also found the Lyle Nicoles site on the net to see his sign again, and made one for John to put on the fence. Don't know if it will keep people from wandering the yard or not, we'll see. It says Wilhelm's Art Gallery has been converted to a Skunk Farm!
John vacuumed for me, I have a hard time doing it, cause it makes my back hurt. Laminated the sign I made and John hung it on the fence.
1100 lunch, we had refried beans and burger on my flour tortillas.
11:20 John nap me blog and then read.
Took a shower
Noon thirtyish Jake Romero and his wife showed up to look at John's art and visit. We had a good visit!
2:21 Jake and Gabby left
4:00 We went shopping, had to go to Safeway and Bashas to get everything. Also stopped at the drug to get John a new pill minder.
4:24 Home from shopping I read, finished one book and checked out another, Killing Jesus, I like Bill O'Riley's books and wondered how he could document this one.
5:25 We made supper and ate and watched TV. We're gotten into the bad habit of eating while watching TV. Oh well, keeps us entertained!
6:22 Almost forgot my sugar pill again, remembered it!
6:30 I went down to the shop with John to document him "Monnatizing" his coffee pot. The name came about from the Art Barn days when Monna used to get the pot set up so all John had to do in the morning was turn it on.
John took a shower while I was doing FB. LOL, he asked me to lotion his back, but only if I didn't take pix of it!
7:26 Melatonin, Magnesium and ibuprofen time I forgot to check the sunset, just went out, it was almost down, not much color left. Discovered we have a sliver of a moon just barely into the western sky.
I smell smoke coming in the window, wonder what's burning?
surfed the net until bedtime
My computer restarted during the night, I hate when it does that, I lose all the pages I had open and often can't remember what they were! Norton said it removed a Trojan, it was in a scrapping file! Wonder if it was really a Trojan? Had an email that Just Jaimee has some new things ready, lately her kits are mostly yellow, one of my least favorite colors! And she adds more stuff each month, way too much for me. I think I'm not going to renew her sub when it's up.
Shot sunrise at 5:22, I love this time of year when the days are getting longer! I've noticed that I am feeling so much better lately, more energy to do things. We wondered if it's the added daylight hours or if the CPAP is finally catching up and making me feel better? Don't know but it sure feels good to feel good!
5:35, my hour is up and I took my heart and sugar pills and ate breakfast, back to peanut butter toast and cocoa. I have a favorite mug set I've used for years, this spring I ventured out and have been using an Easter mug cause the graphics on it make me happy. It's spring!
5:39 and John is out wrapping the antlers on his elk. He's talked about doing that for a while, and now it's done! I worked on my blog, then looked at the new Just Jaimee stuff that came out today. I don't like this month's kits, too much yellow! Last month was too yellow, too! Don't think I'll reup when sub ends.
John started lowering the camper. We were afraid it was going to be hard to do, but it turned out easier than he thought. I went over and watched about half way through. Don Turner stopped by to show John something he thought he might want for a sculpture base. We'll pick it up later. Shot some cool tools he had.
6:22 Went with John to Don Turner's to pick up some pre-art he'd saved for John. A good sculpture base! Came home and I checked out Lowe's and Home Depot for fence panel prices. We are going to put up a few panel to hide the camper from the street, it kind of sticks out like a sore thumb right now! I also found the Lyle Nicoles site on the net to see his sign again, and made one for John to put on the fence. Don't know if it will keep people from wandering the yard or not, we'll see. It says Wilhelm's Art Gallery has been converted to a Skunk Farm!
John vacuumed for me, I have a hard time doing it, cause it makes my back hurt. Laminated the sign I made and John hung it on the fence.
1100 lunch, we had refried beans and burger on my flour tortillas.
11:20 John nap me blog and then read.
Took a shower
Noon thirtyish Jake Romero and his wife showed up to look at John's art and visit. We had a good visit!
2:21 Jake and Gabby left
4:00 We went shopping, had to go to Safeway and Bashas to get everything. Also stopped at the drug to get John a new pill minder.
4:24 Home from shopping I read, finished one book and checked out another, Killing Jesus, I like Bill O'Riley's books and wondered how he could document this one.
5:25 We made supper and ate and watched TV. We're gotten into the bad habit of eating while watching TV. Oh well, keeps us entertained!
6:22 Almost forgot my sugar pill again, remembered it!
6:30 I went down to the shop with John to document him "Monnatizing" his coffee pot. The name came about from the Art Barn days when Monna used to get the pot set up so all John had to do in the morning was turn it on.
John took a shower while I was doing FB. LOL, he asked me to lotion his back, but only if I didn't take pix of it!
7:26 Melatonin, Magnesium and ibuprofen time I forgot to check the sunset, just went out, it was almost down, not much color left. Discovered we have a sliver of a moon just barely into the western sky.
I smell smoke coming in the window, wonder what's burning?
surfed the net until bedtime
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Day In the Life - Day 2 May 10, 2016
One day done, and on to day 2! I think maybe I can do this!
I got up at 4:32 and checked my cpap. I did pretty good last night, 0.8 AHI! Had a hard time getting to sleep, but slept good when I got there! I struggle with the mask strap sliding up my head and my hair slides out and gets in my face, so I put it in a ponytail last night and it kept the bottom strap from riding up.
4:40 Took my thyroid pill, now to wait an hour to eat and take my sugar and heart pills.
Checked facebook and email while I waited for my hour to be up, and also shot sunrise at 5:27
5:41 Breakfast time, I had cereal for a change, my usual breakfast is peanut butter and jam toast. The peanut butter I use is just peanuts, no additives at all! I use Simply Fruit apricot jam, it tastes the best with peanut butter! Tried cherry but it just isn't as good. John also had cereal this am. I took my other pills, a sugar and heart pill. Can't take them with the thyroid.
John did the dishes, he usually does the morning ones, which also include last nights dishes.
I washed some sheets from the guest house and also curtains from my little "she cave" I'm making. John helped me hang the curtains.
6:15 and we left to go "walkabout" It was a gorgeous day for a walk! I haven't been walking, but still made it to the "water" as I call it. It's Nutrioso Creek. We got back home about 7:03. We always stop and visit with Sam's dogs on our walks, they used to bark at us, but now one just jumps up and down and the other paces silently until we get there. One loves getting his head scratched, he presses up against the fence so I can get to him. Silly dogs
7:12 I watered my plants in the greenhouse, looks like I need to pick peas again! And the lettuce is starting to go to seed, just too much to keep up with, it didn't seem like much when I planted it, but boy has it grown!
7:23 John is putting wire on Singer's antlers and got one of them finished, he'll do the other tomorrow, he said his shoulders are hurting too much to do it now.
8:00 I worked on my little "she cave" John helped me fasten up the pro panel for my divider wall and I moved the table back and the other stuff. I am hoping the shade cloth will protect my papers from fading, I have to cover everything up with a blanket when I'm done cause it has been fading stuff.
9:00 is break time, I know cause it's written in stone! We sat outside and ate cookies. It is so nice out!
John set out the sprinkler on the lawn. It's finally starting to green up. We should have started watering it way sooner!
I went down to check out what John has been doing on the old dodge. He got the fender supports attached at the front. Parts were missing from the truck when we got it so we're having to figure out how to fasten some things in. And we put an engine that didn't go with the truck (that was missing, too) so things are having to be changed to fit.
9:44 Shower time for me! I needed one today, all the sweaty work upstairs yesterday left me smelly!
10:12 John went to the hardware store and got a heavy lock for the camper. It's got a pretty wimpy on and the wind has blown it open in the past, don't want that happening! I rode over with him to install the new lock.
11:00 Started downloading the photos from yesterday and today. Found most I took with the iphone are blurry! Bummer!
11:15 I made Chicken salads and we ate outside. So nice to have nice weather again! John spotted a gorgeous yellow bird. I tired to get a photo, but he was hidden in the branches and I didn't get a cery good shot.
12:20 John napped after lunch, then we ran errands, got a card for Charles and mailed it, wow can't believe his birthday is day after tomorrow! Delivered the d rings John donated to the high school, stopped at the eyeglass place. John was going to get a new pair of sunglasses, but the sale isn't until next month! Went to the library and John got Killing Kennedy. I've read it but he hasn't. He just finished Killing Patton. There are several killing books, I thought I'd read them all, but I haven't read the Paton one and I found a couple others I haven't read. Have to check out the ebook library to see if they have them. We swung into the hospital parking lot to see if they have finished the area they want to put a donated John sculpture, they haven't even started! On the way past the drug their marque had time for Ice Cream up so we came home and had ice cream!!
2:00 After that I read and napped, woke up more tired! Guess the busy last several days have caught up with me. While I read and napped, John went to Woodland and got some blocks to set the camper on, we're going to do that tomorrow.
3:48 Went to the shop with John and visited while he vacuumed the truck. He's going to take it to LeSueurs tomorrow to get them to look at the air conditioning, it's not cooling.
4:00 John read while I blogged.
4:59 We decided on a simple supper, omelet/scrambled eggs and toast. We watched TV while we ate. A program on the space race and one about a lost samurai sword.
6:30 Oops, I almost forgot to take my sugar pill, glad I remembered it!
7:00 While John was showering I climbed up the stairs to check out the sunset. Wow, beautiful and orange, then I noticed some "clouds" that didn't look like clouds, they looked like smoke! After John got dressed we went to check it out. There was a big fire in the fields between Eagar and Springerville on the west side of the highway. Made a beautiful sunset, but boy was it smoky! The road to the airport was hidden in smoke! We missed it all by going over graveyard hill and up the highway to Eagar. There is a carnival set up, didn't look open, maybe this weekend?
7:27 Took our Melatonin, Magnesium and ibuprofen and finished blogging the day.
8:00 Time to do our ablutions and go to bed.
I got up at 4:32 and checked my cpap. I did pretty good last night, 0.8 AHI! Had a hard time getting to sleep, but slept good when I got there! I struggle with the mask strap sliding up my head and my hair slides out and gets in my face, so I put it in a ponytail last night and it kept the bottom strap from riding up.
4:40 Took my thyroid pill, now to wait an hour to eat and take my sugar and heart pills.
Checked facebook and email while I waited for my hour to be up, and also shot sunrise at 5:27
5:41 Breakfast time, I had cereal for a change, my usual breakfast is peanut butter and jam toast. The peanut butter I use is just peanuts, no additives at all! I use Simply Fruit apricot jam, it tastes the best with peanut butter! Tried cherry but it just isn't as good. John also had cereal this am. I took my other pills, a sugar and heart pill. Can't take them with the thyroid.
John did the dishes, he usually does the morning ones, which also include last nights dishes.
I washed some sheets from the guest house and also curtains from my little "she cave" I'm making. John helped me hang the curtains.
6:15 and we left to go "walkabout" It was a gorgeous day for a walk! I haven't been walking, but still made it to the "water" as I call it. It's Nutrioso Creek. We got back home about 7:03. We always stop and visit with Sam's dogs on our walks, they used to bark at us, but now one just jumps up and down and the other paces silently until we get there. One loves getting his head scratched, he presses up against the fence so I can get to him. Silly dogs
7:12 I watered my plants in the greenhouse, looks like I need to pick peas again! And the lettuce is starting to go to seed, just too much to keep up with, it didn't seem like much when I planted it, but boy has it grown!
7:23 John is putting wire on Singer's antlers and got one of them finished, he'll do the other tomorrow, he said his shoulders are hurting too much to do it now.
8:00 I worked on my little "she cave" John helped me fasten up the pro panel for my divider wall and I moved the table back and the other stuff. I am hoping the shade cloth will protect my papers from fading, I have to cover everything up with a blanket when I'm done cause it has been fading stuff.
9:00 is break time, I know cause it's written in stone! We sat outside and ate cookies. It is so nice out!
John set out the sprinkler on the lawn. It's finally starting to green up. We should have started watering it way sooner!
I went down to check out what John has been doing on the old dodge. He got the fender supports attached at the front. Parts were missing from the truck when we got it so we're having to figure out how to fasten some things in. And we put an engine that didn't go with the truck (that was missing, too) so things are having to be changed to fit.
9:44 Shower time for me! I needed one today, all the sweaty work upstairs yesterday left me smelly!
10:12 John went to the hardware store and got a heavy lock for the camper. It's got a pretty wimpy on and the wind has blown it open in the past, don't want that happening! I rode over with him to install the new lock.
11:00 Started downloading the photos from yesterday and today. Found most I took with the iphone are blurry! Bummer!
11:15 I made Chicken salads and we ate outside. So nice to have nice weather again! John spotted a gorgeous yellow bird. I tired to get a photo, but he was hidden in the branches and I didn't get a cery good shot.
12:20 John napped after lunch, then we ran errands, got a card for Charles and mailed it, wow can't believe his birthday is day after tomorrow! Delivered the d rings John donated to the high school, stopped at the eyeglass place. John was going to get a new pair of sunglasses, but the sale isn't until next month! Went to the library and John got Killing Kennedy. I've read it but he hasn't. He just finished Killing Patton. There are several killing books, I thought I'd read them all, but I haven't read the Paton one and I found a couple others I haven't read. Have to check out the ebook library to see if they have them. We swung into the hospital parking lot to see if they have finished the area they want to put a donated John sculpture, they haven't even started! On the way past the drug their marque had time for Ice Cream up so we came home and had ice cream!!
2:00 After that I read and napped, woke up more tired! Guess the busy last several days have caught up with me. While I read and napped, John went to Woodland and got some blocks to set the camper on, we're going to do that tomorrow.
3:48 Went to the shop with John and visited while he vacuumed the truck. He's going to take it to LeSueurs tomorrow to get them to look at the air conditioning, it's not cooling.
4:00 John read while I blogged.
4:59 We decided on a simple supper, omelet/scrambled eggs and toast. We watched TV while we ate. A program on the space race and one about a lost samurai sword.
6:30 Oops, I almost forgot to take my sugar pill, glad I remembered it!
7:00 While John was showering I climbed up the stairs to check out the sunset. Wow, beautiful and orange, then I noticed some "clouds" that didn't look like clouds, they looked like smoke! After John got dressed we went to check it out. There was a big fire in the fields between Eagar and Springerville on the west side of the highway. Made a beautiful sunset, but boy was it smoky! The road to the airport was hidden in smoke! We missed it all by going over graveyard hill and up the highway to Eagar. There is a carnival set up, didn't look open, maybe this weekend?
7:27 Took our Melatonin, Magnesium and ibuprofen and finished blogging the day.
8:00 Time to do our ablutions and go to bed.
Monday, May 9, 2016
Day In the Life Day One May 9, 2016
I'm doing Week in the Life with Ali Edwards. This isn't my first time doing it, but I've never completed an album. Maybe this year, I hope!
4:24 I slept better last night than I have been, but woke up earlier. Messed around trying to get a photo of my just woke up self, but I look pretty scary in my cpap! Turned off the machine, jotted down the results from last night, turned off the oxygen machine and took my morning thyroid pill. My everyday first thing rituals. It's not easy getting old!
5:22 John does a crossword puzzle every morning to help keep his mind working. I play a couple of computer games for the same reason, it makes me use my mind to figure things out.
5:28 I've been shooting the sunrise for a long time now, I feel weird if I don't welcome the sunrise by watching it and shooting it. It's getting earlier every day! Today was at about 5:28. It's also moving pretty fast now to its northern most point.
5:50 We had breakfast, John had cereal and toast, I had my usual peanut butter toast with Apricot Simply Fruit.
6:00 John did the dishes this am, he does the morning ones most mornings.
6:09 John went out and did some yard work and mowed Stone Crest, boy did he stir up the dirt while he was mowing! While he was mowing I found some photos Sandy is wanting.
7:00 I took a bath and got dressed, then I watered plants.
7:30 After that we both went up to the guest house and continued the cleaning we started last week. John has been using it for his art studio since 2011, out last summer in the Art Barn and I haven't cleaned or even spent much time up there. Boy did it need a cleaning! I guess artists don't clean. Moved all the furniture out of the bed area and swept and mopped, then I finished putting up the vinyl trim that has sat since we made this area into the art studio. I got all but one piece that goes behind the heater glued in place. We picked out the art we wanted to hang on the walls, got it all hung. Swept and mopped, now we just need to bag up all the extra art and store it.
10:30 John thought it would be good to have the art in see through bags, so we went to the dry cleaners and asked to buy some. The lady gave us 2 dozen bags! Since she was so sweet to us, we took her a raccoon print.
10:59 Came home and made lunch, sloppy Joe burgers on some of my homemade rolls. I need to make more, we're out of the burger buns and almost out of rolls. We watched a TV show about a search for Amelia Erhart then John took a nap and I got the mail in and blogged our morning.
1:00 After John got up we went back to the guest house and did more cleaning. We put all the art in the plastic bags we got and stored them. I'm so tired from going up and down the stairs. Wish I'd kept count how many times it was!
3:00 We took a break for a bit, then Don Turner showed up to visit with John, turns out the pain he's having in his legs is blood clots! Scary.
4:00 While John was visiting I read a bit then started moving stuff in my girl cave so I could put up the shade cloth we got. I spread it out and cut it and tried to put it up, but I'll need help to do that, it kept slipping and going crooked.
5:00 We were too tired to cook supper, so John went and picked up a chicken and some mashed potatoes at Safeway. Justin Taylor showed up just as he got home, so he visited with him for a bit then came in and we had supper. We watched Secrets of the Nazca while we ate and after. Almost forgot my evening sugar pill, good thing I remembered!
7:00 Sunset, I went out and got a few shots from the top of the stairs, yup, another trip up and back down, but it was worth it, it was so beautiful.
7:25 John took his melatonin and I took magnesium and ibprophen.
7:45 John helped me put up the shade cloth in my girl cave!
8:00 Caught up on this blog until 7:58, it's almost bedtime. Just have to do my bedtime rituals. John turns on my oxygen for me because it emits a horrible ear splitting noise when turned on and he says he's deaf to that frequency, thank goodness for that! I'd have to wear ear plugs to turn it on, don't know why they would do that! I have to fill up my cpap humidifier, wash my face and brush my teeth, then I can go to bed. I have to read for a while to get to sleep, hope to sleep better, we haven't been sleeping well lately.
Saturday, May 7, 2016
WITL test post
I'm going to participate in Ali Edward's Week in the Life again this year. I'm hoping that by keeping a blog during the week, I will be able to remember better what went on. I just got this blog set up and am testing to make sure it's going to work!
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