Can you believe May is almost gone? I can't. The good news is - there are 5 Sundays in May & Don-Mike gets to cook tomorrow. He's taking the easy way out - a picnic up the canyon, probably Willow Flat. He's going to grill hot dogs & hamburgers. I'd be tired to death of grilling, that's his daily job. But, at least he'll be outside. Now, let's hope the weather cooperates.
Anyway, no formal walking the last couple of days. Today I just didn't feel like it. We went to the Franklin County High School graduation last night. Zach Kent graduated. OMG, the flashes from the cameras were deadly. I knew I wouldn't make it through the night without a migraine once those cameras started flashing. Sure enough, I got one. One particularly lethal flash happened when I was looking directly at a camera. It was dark & I didn't know there was someone lurking over there that was going to blind me. I have known for years that flashing lights trigger a migraine. I wanted to see what was going on, so I didn't shade my eyes. I was wearing a hat, but ... the idiots were taking pictures of the slide show!!!
Fly Lady's habit for June is drinking water. I need to find my stainless steel water bottle that an online friend, Terri from Colorado, gave me one year for Christmas. Fly Lady gave an idea of putting ice cubes in the stainless steel water bottle. What a clever idea! Why didn't I think of that? For one reason, we don't have any ice trays in our freezer, sigh. I guess I'll have to put ice trays on my to do list. If I put ice trays in the freezer that means I have to clean out the freezer in order to put the ice trays in there. I don't want to do anything drastic, LOL.
Today, I have a hangover. It feels like someone bashed me in the head & I'm nauseous. I didn't sleep well last night either, sigh.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Moving in May, 5/28
I can hardly believe tomorrow is the last business day of the month. That means I have to pull out some money from my savings account to pay the law office for Cache Valley Specialty Hospital. I had to go for blood work there yesterday. I simply hate to go CVSH. They've already sued us once for the breast surgeries in 2007 & I'm still paying for them. I get multiple calls from them for the 2008 bills. Franklin County Medical Center has sued us once also. I don't make enough to pay all of my medical bills, whine, whine.
Mother & I had lunch with a lady in the ward today, a widow. She was depressed & had decided to eat at Arctic Circle. When I picked Mother up from her hair appt., she wanted to go out to Burger King for a sandwich. She hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch & it was after 4. She felt terrible when I picked her up for her hair appt at 1:20. But it was too late to take her to get something to eat because her appt was at 1:30. I suggested Arctic Circle, some place quiet.
Anyway, I haven't seen this lady for months. The last time I saw her was at a Relief Society luncheon. She sat at the table I was at. She & some other ladies were telling me I should have had both breasts taken off instead of just a partial mastectomy. I invited our ward member to sit with us as she was alone. We talked & laughed. Mother felt much better after eating & visiting.
I found out during lunch that this lady has a $5,000 deductible & pays over $500 a month for medical insurance, plus her medications. I feel bad complaining about our situation. After all, we only have a $3,500 deductible for both Don & I.
Mother got her hair cut & permed today & it looked really nice. It had taken 2 and half hours to get it done though. I don't know why it took so long, but it was well worth it.
No formal walk today, I still felt kind of puny after yesterday. I fed the dog & planted my onions. I sat out on the porch in the swing. It's so nice to have it there, just outside the door.
Mother & I had lunch with a lady in the ward today, a widow. She was depressed & had decided to eat at Arctic Circle. When I picked Mother up from her hair appt., she wanted to go out to Burger King for a sandwich. She hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch & it was after 4. She felt terrible when I picked her up for her hair appt at 1:20. But it was too late to take her to get something to eat because her appt was at 1:30. I suggested Arctic Circle, some place quiet.
Anyway, I haven't seen this lady for months. The last time I saw her was at a Relief Society luncheon. She sat at the table I was at. She & some other ladies were telling me I should have had both breasts taken off instead of just a partial mastectomy. I invited our ward member to sit with us as she was alone. We talked & laughed. Mother felt much better after eating & visiting.
I found out during lunch that this lady has a $5,000 deductible & pays over $500 a month for medical insurance, plus her medications. I feel bad complaining about our situation. After all, we only have a $3,500 deductible for both Don & I.
Mother got her hair cut & permed today & it looked really nice. It had taken 2 and half hours to get it done though. I don't know why it took so long, but it was well worth it.
No formal walk today, I still felt kind of puny after yesterday. I fed the dog & planted my onions. I sat out on the porch in the swing. It's so nice to have it there, just outside the door.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Moving in May, 5/26
What a day. I hate Tuesday Monday's. I had 2 production days last week, in other words, Monday, & then today was a mini production day - grrrr.
The next time we have a Monday holiday, I'm not working Tuesday alone. I almost got up & ran out screaming. I was near tears, but I desperately prayed for help. Even though we didn't make deadline, we weren't too late & it was still printed. Since this is a public blog, I don't think I'll give you all the nitty-gritties, just suffice it to say, I've had better Tuesdays.
After work, I took Mother to Logan to her 6 month pacemaker appt. I'll report on that on her CaringBridge blog.
I didn't feel too well today, but I parked clear out to the street on the south side of the RMAB. I was hopingto park in the shade, but every one else wanted shade too. I walked up the stairs to the 3rd floor, but rode the elevator with Mother to the ground floor so she wouldn't get lost. We walked to the end of the sidewalk, then I walked through the parking lot to get the car.
I walked around Wal-Mart, so I figure I moved today, maybe not a bona-fide walk, but I definitely moved. Plus I walked around the grocery store & bank.
The next time we have a Monday holiday, I'm not working Tuesday alone. I almost got up & ran out screaming. I was near tears, but I desperately prayed for help. Even though we didn't make deadline, we weren't too late & it was still printed. Since this is a public blog, I don't think I'll give you all the nitty-gritties, just suffice it to say, I've had better Tuesdays.
After work, I took Mother to Logan to her 6 month pacemaker appt. I'll report on that on her CaringBridge blog.
I didn't feel too well today, but I parked clear out to the street on the south side of the RMAB. I was hopingto park in the shade, but every one else wanted shade too. I walked up the stairs to the 3rd floor, but rode the elevator with Mother to the ground floor so she wouldn't get lost. We walked to the end of the sidewalk, then I walked through the parking lot to get the car.
I walked around Wal-Mart, so I figure I moved today, maybe not a bona-fide walk, but I definitely moved. Plus I walked around the grocery store & bank.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Moving in May, 5/24
Today we went over to Montpelier to decorate Frank's & Bertha's graves (Don's parents).
I think my sons have a death wish. They have no fear of cops giving them tickets for reckless driving & no fear of driving 80 through the canyons, Strawberry, Williams & Emigration, much less out on the open highway. Don-Mike drove his '80 Trans-Am aka Nan's Am with Mother & I as passengers on the way over; Nick drove his '97 Camaro with Don & Eddie as his passengers. I slept most of the way over. I asked Mother how she did & she said she hung on. Both cars have T-tops & I was glad I had a hat to pull down over my eyes. The sun wasn't shining, but that's a lot of windows. Nick was concerned about his wheels touching the wheel wells & the noise it makes, so Eddie rode with us on the way home. Don wouldn't have had any head room in the back of the Trans Am.
I didn't walk today. It rained quite hard. I got soaked walking from the church to the car after church. I fixed baked spaghetti & Nick didn't want to come eat because he doesn't like spaghetti, sigh. I know he doesn't like regular spaghetti but I baked it. I had $14 to spend on 2 meals last night at the store. Spaghetti is cheap.
I bought green onions the other day at the store, came home & carefully cut the roots off of them & put them in water so I could plant them. I was going to plant them yesterday, but forgot in the rush of decorating graves. I'm hoping to plant them tomorrow.
I think my sons have a death wish. They have no fear of cops giving them tickets for reckless driving & no fear of driving 80 through the canyons, Strawberry, Williams & Emigration, much less out on the open highway. Don-Mike drove his '80 Trans-Am aka Nan's Am with Mother & I as passengers on the way over; Nick drove his '97 Camaro with Don & Eddie as his passengers. I slept most of the way over. I asked Mother how she did & she said she hung on. Both cars have T-tops & I was glad I had a hat to pull down over my eyes. The sun wasn't shining, but that's a lot of windows. Nick was concerned about his wheels touching the wheel wells & the noise it makes, so Eddie rode with us on the way home. Don wouldn't have had any head room in the back of the Trans Am.
I didn't walk today. It rained quite hard. I got soaked walking from the church to the car after church. I fixed baked spaghetti & Nick didn't want to come eat because he doesn't like spaghetti, sigh. I know he doesn't like regular spaghetti but I baked it. I had $14 to spend on 2 meals last night at the store. Spaghetti is cheap.
I bought green onions the other day at the store, came home & carefully cut the roots off of them & put them in water so I could plant them. I was going to plant them yesterday, but forgot in the rush of decorating graves. I'm hoping to plant them tomorrow.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Moving in May, 5/23
I wonder what FlyLady's focus in June will be? Did I move today? No, not really. I walked around in the Preston Cemetery, around the grocery store twice, around the dollar store & down to feed the dog. I moved, just didn't do it consecutively for 15 minutes.
It was really busy in town, especially this morning. I didn't dare cross State Street on foot. I drove & I didn't cross at 1st South either. I hate that intersection whether on foot or in the car. I drove around the block to get my drink & Nancy's (a coworker at the Citizen).
I worked for 2 hours today. I said it was better today than Tuesday. Of course, on Tuesday, I wouldn't have taken 2 hours either. I still have pages 1 & 3 left to do. We are holding them for a Memorial Day picture. We are also holding 2 more pages, one for a death notice, which I hope we won't have, but ... who knows? The other page is for the high school rodeo district finals which was held yesterday & today.
Mother did not feel good, but wanted to get mums for the graves today. They were $4 apiece. Which we both thought was quite dear. Mother bought a mum for us to put on Don's folks grave. Nick said he'd take us over. Mother decorated Daddy's grave & the kids, Wanda & Eldon, graves. I wanted to put whirly-gigs on my graves. I still don't know what I'm going to do for the Navajo Indian childrens graves. One tiny little flower will look funny, unless, of course, I put all my little flowers out. They are so cute, I couldn't resist them. I'm hoping Don or Don-Mike will drill holes in the bottom so I can stick wire through them & anchor them. If I put all 5 of my little bouquets on one grave, then what do I do for Uncle Merl, Lois, Daddy, Wanda & Eldon? See, there are my 5. I totally spaced the Indian children till we were out to the cemetary & their headstone is pathetically bare. Tomorrow is Sunday, so I can't shop tomorrow cuz I don't have any money. Monday, the bank will still be closed, sigh.
Along the west fence of the Preston Cemetery, a whole bunch of little Indian children are buried. Their parents couldn't afford to pay to bury them, so the babies and small children were buried along the fence line in unmarked graves. A few years ago Ken Geddes, a Franklin County Sheriff's deputy, was on patrol during a holiday weekend, can't remember what holiday now. Anyway, he had his teenage son with him & they ran into an Indian man at one of the reservoirs. Ken & the Indian man were reminiscing & the Indian man mentioned the babies & children buried along the fence line. Ken's son, can't remember his name, was intrigued & did some research. For his Eagle Scout project he placed a monument with the childrens' names on it. I've decorated it every year since.
In the 1950s & '60s farmers would drive down on the reservation in Utah & Arizona, I think, I may have the story wrong, & would bring bus loads of Indians up to work in the sugar beet, bean fields & whatever. Then in the fall, they'd take them back to the reservation.
Ok, my poor little brain is mush. I was going to post something else, just so that it would, oh so gently, remind me, sigh. I'll try to take a picture of the Indian childrens' monument.
It was really busy in town, especially this morning. I didn't dare cross State Street on foot. I drove & I didn't cross at 1st South either. I hate that intersection whether on foot or in the car. I drove around the block to get my drink & Nancy's (a coworker at the Citizen).
I worked for 2 hours today. I said it was better today than Tuesday. Of course, on Tuesday, I wouldn't have taken 2 hours either. I still have pages 1 & 3 left to do. We are holding them for a Memorial Day picture. We are also holding 2 more pages, one for a death notice, which I hope we won't have, but ... who knows? The other page is for the high school rodeo district finals which was held yesterday & today.
Mother did not feel good, but wanted to get mums for the graves today. They were $4 apiece. Which we both thought was quite dear. Mother bought a mum for us to put on Don's folks grave. Nick said he'd take us over. Mother decorated Daddy's grave & the kids, Wanda & Eldon, graves. I wanted to put whirly-gigs on my graves. I still don't know what I'm going to do for the Navajo Indian childrens graves. One tiny little flower will look funny, unless, of course, I put all my little flowers out. They are so cute, I couldn't resist them. I'm hoping Don or Don-Mike will drill holes in the bottom so I can stick wire through them & anchor them. If I put all 5 of my little bouquets on one grave, then what do I do for Uncle Merl, Lois, Daddy, Wanda & Eldon? See, there are my 5. I totally spaced the Indian children till we were out to the cemetary & their headstone is pathetically bare. Tomorrow is Sunday, so I can't shop tomorrow cuz I don't have any money. Monday, the bank will still be closed, sigh.
Along the west fence of the Preston Cemetery, a whole bunch of little Indian children are buried. Their parents couldn't afford to pay to bury them, so the babies and small children were buried along the fence line in unmarked graves. A few years ago Ken Geddes, a Franklin County Sheriff's deputy, was on patrol during a holiday weekend, can't remember what holiday now. Anyway, he had his teenage son with him & they ran into an Indian man at one of the reservoirs. Ken & the Indian man were reminiscing & the Indian man mentioned the babies & children buried along the fence line. Ken's son, can't remember his name, was intrigued & did some research. For his Eagle Scout project he placed a monument with the childrens' names on it. I've decorated it every year since.
In the 1950s & '60s farmers would drive down on the reservation in Utah & Arizona, I think, I may have the story wrong, & would bring bus loads of Indians up to work in the sugar beet, bean fields & whatever. Then in the fall, they'd take them back to the reservation.
Ok, my poor little brain is mush. I was going to post something else, just so that it would, oh so gently, remind me, sigh. I'll try to take a picture of the Indian childrens' monument.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Moving in May, 5/22
I didn't really have anything to post about yesterday, no moving as such. Just a normal Friday work day on Thursday. I did go over to Mother's after work last night so she could have a bath.
Today was a normal Monday or production day on Friday. I got 15.5 hours in yesterday & today. I still don't see how we can only get 15 hours during an issue cycle. But we try. I'll go in tomorrow to finish the last four pages & then back in on Tuesday for a little while.
I walked to Lewiston State Bank at lunch, up the east side of State Street. I crossed at the light & walked back up the west side of State Street to the Subway, back across State Street to the Citizen & back to work. Total time, 1/2 hour. Once I got to Stokes, I sat down on the bench just outside the front door to decide why I'd walked to the bank. Just how much money did I need, sigh. I hate not being able to remember stuff.
I buzzed my head yesterday. I have 1/4-inch of hair all over my head except a few stray hairs around my ears that I missed. The real reason I buzzed it is because I was sick & tired of it. I had asked Don a couple of times in the last couple of weeks to cut it for me &, of course, he's always busy, either with Nick, Runescape or lately he's been working on the siding of the house.
It feels so good to not have that long, at least to me, straggly hair. I was having to pull hair out of my ear after putting my hearing aid in. Once I got it cut though, I was thinking about gardening. You severely prune back bushes to make them grow bushier. I've stopped taking the femara, which has a side-effect of male-pattern baldness. I thought maybe if I cut my hair really short, maybe it'll grow out a little better. All of my mom's sisters have very thin hair, except Mother. Hers is still thick & still has color. The others all have white, very thin hair.
I don't like looking in the mirror & wondering who that ugly man is, LOL. My hair will grow.
Nick had a first yesterday. The very first time he went to the barber all by himself for a hair cut. His hair has been looking like Young Einstein's & so I had $10 for groceries. I asked him if I gave him $10 would he go to Weldon (Cheney) & get his hair cut? He said yes. I told him the $10 was for a haircut, nothing else. If he didn't get his hair cut, I wanted all $10 back. He said what if it's less than $10. I said if anything, it would be more. If it was more, come & get some more $$. He got his hair cut & went right over to Mother's to show her.
Today was a normal Monday or production day on Friday. I got 15.5 hours in yesterday & today. I still don't see how we can only get 15 hours during an issue cycle. But we try. I'll go in tomorrow to finish the last four pages & then back in on Tuesday for a little while.
I walked to Lewiston State Bank at lunch, up the east side of State Street. I crossed at the light & walked back up the west side of State Street to the Subway, back across State Street to the Citizen & back to work. Total time, 1/2 hour. Once I got to Stokes, I sat down on the bench just outside the front door to decide why I'd walked to the bank. Just how much money did I need, sigh. I hate not being able to remember stuff.
I buzzed my head yesterday. I have 1/4-inch of hair all over my head except a few stray hairs around my ears that I missed. The real reason I buzzed it is because I was sick & tired of it. I had asked Don a couple of times in the last couple of weeks to cut it for me &, of course, he's always busy, either with Nick, Runescape or lately he's been working on the siding of the house.
It feels so good to not have that long, at least to me, straggly hair. I was having to pull hair out of my ear after putting my hearing aid in. Once I got it cut though, I was thinking about gardening. You severely prune back bushes to make them grow bushier. I've stopped taking the femara, which has a side-effect of male-pattern baldness. I thought maybe if I cut my hair really short, maybe it'll grow out a little better. All of my mom's sisters have very thin hair, except Mother. Hers is still thick & still has color. The others all have white, very thin hair.
I don't like looking in the mirror & wondering who that ugly man is, LOL. My hair will grow.
Nick had a first yesterday. The very first time he went to the barber all by himself for a hair cut. His hair has been looking like Young Einstein's & so I had $10 for groceries. I asked him if I gave him $10 would he go to Weldon (Cheney) & get his hair cut? He said yes. I told him the $10 was for a haircut, nothing else. If he didn't get his hair cut, I wanted all $10 back. He said what if it's less than $10. I said if anything, it would be more. If it was more, come & get some more $$. He got his hair cut & went right over to Mother's to show her.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Moving in May, 5/20
Today I took Mother to the Logan Hospital, well actually the Regional Medical Arts Building, attached to the hospital. She needed her protime taken.
I parked clear out by the street, in the shade, & was planning on walking back to the building. There is a dear man that runs a golf cart-type conveyance to take people to & from their cars. I knew he was there today, he helped Mother out of the car at the door. I stepped out from the parked car & there he was, waiting to give me a ride :) I didn't feel like telling him no. He's been there since I was taking chemo. So, I smiled & got in the cart. When we got to the door I told him thx & said we'd see him in a little while.
So, in the building, I took the stairs. I got to the top of the stairs just as Mother was coming out of the bathroom. I thought my knees were going to pass out from lack of oxygen, LOL. Have you ever climbed stairs or walked so fast that your joints feel like they are deprived of oxygen or is it just me? By the time I got in to the doctor's office after my quick detour to use the facilities, Mother was already through!!! Her INR level is at 2.2, low again.
I told Mother to take the elevator & I'd take the stairs. Going down isn't nearly as bad as climbing is. I got to the first floor elevators & I waited & waited. It reminded me of taking Grant Douglas Morgan to the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City once when he was about 2 & losing him on the elevators. I wasn't quite as nervous today as I was 30 years ago, but close. After all the RMAB only has 3 floors as opposed to the COBs 28 floors. Mother is 83 as opposed to Grant's 2. Today I didn't know whether to run back upstairs, wait until she came or what. Three elevators came & went & finally she came out. She had got off on the 2nd floor. So, I was beating myself up for taking the stairs & not taking the elevator with Mother.
Sure enough when we got out of the building, there was our friend waiting with the cart. He didn't even ask where I had parked, just took us right to the car. Mother couldn't figure out how he knew where I had parked. I told her he had followed me.
I parked clear out by the street, in the shade, & was planning on walking back to the building. There is a dear man that runs a golf cart-type conveyance to take people to & from their cars. I knew he was there today, he helped Mother out of the car at the door. I stepped out from the parked car & there he was, waiting to give me a ride :) I didn't feel like telling him no. He's been there since I was taking chemo. So, I smiled & got in the cart. When we got to the door I told him thx & said we'd see him in a little while.
So, in the building, I took the stairs. I got to the top of the stairs just as Mother was coming out of the bathroom. I thought my knees were going to pass out from lack of oxygen, LOL. Have you ever climbed stairs or walked so fast that your joints feel like they are deprived of oxygen or is it just me? By the time I got in to the doctor's office after my quick detour to use the facilities, Mother was already through!!! Her INR level is at 2.2, low again.
I told Mother to take the elevator & I'd take the stairs. Going down isn't nearly as bad as climbing is. I got to the first floor elevators & I waited & waited. It reminded me of taking Grant Douglas Morgan to the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City once when he was about 2 & losing him on the elevators. I wasn't quite as nervous today as I was 30 years ago, but close. After all the RMAB only has 3 floors as opposed to the COBs 28 floors. Mother is 83 as opposed to Grant's 2. Today I didn't know whether to run back upstairs, wait until she came or what. Three elevators came & went & finally she came out. She had got off on the 2nd floor. So, I was beating myself up for taking the stairs & not taking the elevator with Mother.
Sure enough when we got out of the building, there was our friend waiting with the cart. He didn't even ask where I had parked, just took us right to the car. Mother couldn't figure out how he knew where I had parked. I told her he had followed me.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Moving in May, 5/19
I have to be quick tonight, only have a few minutes before I need to be in bed by midnight. I am so tired. I hope I can sleep in tomorrow morning.
Today, I checked my cell phone, aka my watch,when I started my walk. It was 1:10. I walked through Benson Park & stopped at the flag pole. I don't think I've walked through the park since Daddy retired. He was the caretaker of the park for many years when the city had it, before they gave it back to the LDS Church.
There is a beautiful poem written by Mark Hart on a plaque at the base of the flag pole. Mark Hart married Don & I in 1982 in the Logan LDS Temple. There is also a dedication to President Ezra Taft Benson's mother, Sarah Dunkley Benson. I am assuming the park is named after her. I always thought it was named after his wife, Flora.
As I continued through the park to First East, I saw the Farm Bureau office & realized I hadn't canceled the insurance on the 1969 Chev pickup that Nick traded for his '77 Chev Corvette. So, I angled my way across the street to the Farm Bureau office & canceled the insurance. Woo hoo, one less vehicle on our insurance!
Back to the car behind the Citizen. Nick called as I was almost to First South, wondering where I was. I said I'd drive over to Mother's as soon as I got back to the car. I forgot to check the time until I pulled into Mother's driveway, which is only a minute or 2 from the center of town. It was 1:29. So, even though I made a couple of stops, I was out & about for about 20 minutes. When I got home, Don & I walked down to feed the dog.
Now, I'm having people ask me if I'm sick because I've lost so much weight. I really haven't lost that much weight, but maybe the walking is helping tone up my tummy. I know my neck is getting thinner. I'm soon going to have a turkey neck.
Today, I checked my cell phone, aka my watch,when I started my walk. It was 1:10. I walked through Benson Park & stopped at the flag pole. I don't think I've walked through the park since Daddy retired. He was the caretaker of the park for many years when the city had it, before they gave it back to the LDS Church.
There is a beautiful poem written by Mark Hart on a plaque at the base of the flag pole. Mark Hart married Don & I in 1982 in the Logan LDS Temple. There is also a dedication to President Ezra Taft Benson's mother, Sarah Dunkley Benson. I am assuming the park is named after her. I always thought it was named after his wife, Flora.
As I continued through the park to First East, I saw the Farm Bureau office & realized I hadn't canceled the insurance on the 1969 Chev pickup that Nick traded for his '77 Chev Corvette. So, I angled my way across the street to the Farm Bureau office & canceled the insurance. Woo hoo, one less vehicle on our insurance!
Back to the car behind the Citizen. Nick called as I was almost to First South, wondering where I was. I said I'd drive over to Mother's as soon as I got back to the car. I forgot to check the time until I pulled into Mother's driveway, which is only a minute or 2 from the center of town. It was 1:29. So, even though I made a couple of stops, I was out & about for about 20 minutes. When I got home, Don & I walked down to feed the dog.
Now, I'm having people ask me if I'm sick because I've lost so much weight. I really haven't lost that much weight, but maybe the walking is helping tone up my tummy. I know my neck is getting thinner. I'm soon going to have a turkey neck.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Moving in May, 5/18
Did I move today? or shall I say, "Did I MOVE today?" It's Monday, did I walk around the block, did I walk across the street or up or down the street? No, sigh, I moved from my desk in the editor's office out to the desk in the computer room, back & forth all day. From 9:15 to 6. Up & down at least a million times. Why doesn't my butt muscles get tired of the standing up & sitting down? Maybe that's why my hips & back hurt every Tuesday & Wednesday & I feel like I just can't move. Who knows?
I also walked across the parking lot to the South Stake Center & ate lunch with the DUP at their annual Jubilee. It was a nice lunch.
I was going to go to bed "early" tonight, but I started reading April Rose's mommy's blog & it looks like I may get to bed "on time."
G'nite
I also walked across the parking lot to the South Stake Center & ate lunch with the DUP at their annual Jubilee. It was a nice lunch.
I was going to go to bed "early" tonight, but I started reading April Rose's mommy's blog & it looks like I may get to bed "on time."
G'nite
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Moving in May, 5/17
I'm slacking off a little on my moving. I parked in Luana's driveway today & had to walk back & forth between the car & Mother's house several times to get stuff out of the car. Mother did her exercises while Don sat watching Dateline & I was doing a word puzzle.
I stayed up until 4 a.m. last night working on Sudoku. Nick had really upset me earlier & I'd cried for an hour. I didn't want to veg on the computer & didn't want to go to bed, so I did several Sudoku games from 1 star to 4 stars. The 4 star puzzle was easier than the 3 star.
I asked Don-Mike to take Nana up to Willow Flat to pick some curlies. I remember picking curlies every spring from when I was a tiny girl. First it was Grandma Porter sitting in the car because she was too sick with her pancreatic cancer to get out of the car (1964). We'd pick them & take them to her. Then it was Wanda, too sick to get out of the car (1970); then Grandpa Porter (1976); then Daddy (1992). Now it's Mother. I've become allergic to most flower scents, including curlies. I did not make the mistake of sticking my nose in the flowers this spring, but I still have itchy eyes & a headache. My nose is not running as usual. I thought I was going to scratch the skin off of my nose earlier. There is a special green glass vase that one of Mother's cousins gave her for a wedding present in 1944. It is small & the perfect size for curlies. I couldn't find it today. Don looked in several cupboards, but it is not to be found.
I stayed up until 4 a.m. last night working on Sudoku. Nick had really upset me earlier & I'd cried for an hour. I didn't want to veg on the computer & didn't want to go to bed, so I did several Sudoku games from 1 star to 4 stars. The 4 star puzzle was easier than the 3 star.
I asked Don-Mike to take Nana up to Willow Flat to pick some curlies. I remember picking curlies every spring from when I was a tiny girl. First it was Grandma Porter sitting in the car because she was too sick with her pancreatic cancer to get out of the car (1964). We'd pick them & take them to her. Then it was Wanda, too sick to get out of the car (1970); then Grandpa Porter (1976); then Daddy (1992). Now it's Mother. I've become allergic to most flower scents, including curlies. I did not make the mistake of sticking my nose in the flowers this spring, but I still have itchy eyes & a headache. My nose is not running as usual. I thought I was going to scratch the skin off of my nose earlier. There is a special green glass vase that one of Mother's cousins gave her for a wedding present in 1944. It is small & the perfect size for curlies. I couldn't find it today. Don looked in several cupboards, but it is not to be found.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Moving in May, 5/16
Saturday, May 16 - Did I walk 15 minutes today? No, I moved 15 minutes today. The birds pooped all over the car & it looks terrible. I don't see why they have to poop on my car just because I park under the trees. When I went to take Mother to her hair appt, she commented on the bird poop on the passenger side window. I decided if Mother could SEE the bird poop, I needed to do more than wash the windows.
I went over to the car wash & washed the car. It was satisfying to see the dirt wash off the car. I spent 10 minutes in the car wash with the foaming brush, then washing it with the high power soap, then rinsing it. I swung the hose around & it hit me in the head. All of a sudden, I couldn't hear. I was afraid I'd knocked my hearing aid off onto the wet floor. No, it was still in my ear. I got the hose put back in the little tubie holder thingie, ok, I know that is redundant, & pulled my hearing aid out. No damage, the battery casing had been knocked open. I snapped that shut & put it back in. Only damage, an extreme headache. Oh, & I didn't have enough quarters to do the wax. Maybe next time.
I ran another couple of errands and had another extreme scare. This time I parked in front of Lewiston State Bank & noticed a mother with 4 children parked in front of me, trying to get her groceries in & keep the kids from running away from her. The little boy, about 3 or 4, took off to the cart racks another aisle over. The mother was torn, I could see it. She couldn't leave the baby in the shopping cart & go for the little boy. So she stood there yelling at him to come back. I had decided I was going after the little guy when he decided to run back, right in front of a speeding car. The woman barely missed him. I stood there screaming "NOOOOOO!" It made me physically ill. I had to stand against the railing at the bank door for several seconds gaining my composure & it wasn't even my kid!!! Or even someone I knew. Mother said I should have gone & stood with the baby & the older children & let the mother go after him. Because, I told her, I didn't think of it. He made it safe. Why do people drive in a parking lot like it is a freeway??
I picked Mother up from her hair appt. & we went to Franklin to get eggs. Instead of going directly to the egg farm, I decided I'd drive up Maple Creek. At the sibling party they had been talking about the road from Maple Creek over to the ranch where they grew up. The road has been closed & you can't go through there any more. I got past that road & was still driving up the road. By then, it was unimproved and was just a dirt track. All of a sudden the earth dropped out from under us. My 44 oz. plastic refill cup jumped out of the cup holder & landed upside down against me. I slammed on the brakes, trying to right the cup & Mother's wondering what happened. I decided it was a hole in the road. We got past that & there was another huge hole, this one filled with water. I couldn't help but see it. I said we'd better turn around. Mother asked how, the road was so narrow. I said I'd back down the hill. Trying to get past the first hole, I practically backed up the steep embankment. I couldn't go around it the other way because it was a steep slope with a fence, grrr.
I had confided to Mother earlier that I needed to pee & was hoping I could find a place to do it. However, there are so many new houses up there, no place presented itself as private, except where we were. Mother told me to get out there, open both doors & squat between the open doors. I opened the door & there was fresh, oozy mud. No way. We made it down the hill, turned around in someone's driveway & went back to the egg farm. I'm so glad we didn't have 6 dozen eggs in the back of the car when we hit the pot hole. Speaking of eggs, I need to put them away.
Mother was also afraid that we'd ruptured the oil pan like we did on a similar trip before my mission in 1973. That time, we hit a rock. As I backed down the hill, I'd stop & look in front of me to see if I could see a trail of oil. I thought perhaps we'd broken a tie rod or something. We also wondered about the alignment, the car drives fine.
I went over to the car wash & washed the car. It was satisfying to see the dirt wash off the car. I spent 10 minutes in the car wash with the foaming brush, then washing it with the high power soap, then rinsing it. I swung the hose around & it hit me in the head. All of a sudden, I couldn't hear. I was afraid I'd knocked my hearing aid off onto the wet floor. No, it was still in my ear. I got the hose put back in the little tubie holder thingie, ok, I know that is redundant, & pulled my hearing aid out. No damage, the battery casing had been knocked open. I snapped that shut & put it back in. Only damage, an extreme headache. Oh, & I didn't have enough quarters to do the wax. Maybe next time.
I ran another couple of errands and had another extreme scare. This time I parked in front of Lewiston State Bank & noticed a mother with 4 children parked in front of me, trying to get her groceries in & keep the kids from running away from her. The little boy, about 3 or 4, took off to the cart racks another aisle over. The mother was torn, I could see it. She couldn't leave the baby in the shopping cart & go for the little boy. So she stood there yelling at him to come back. I had decided I was going after the little guy when he decided to run back, right in front of a speeding car. The woman barely missed him. I stood there screaming "NOOOOOO!" It made me physically ill. I had to stand against the railing at the bank door for several seconds gaining my composure & it wasn't even my kid!!! Or even someone I knew. Mother said I should have gone & stood with the baby & the older children & let the mother go after him. Because, I told her, I didn't think of it. He made it safe. Why do people drive in a parking lot like it is a freeway??
I picked Mother up from her hair appt. & we went to Franklin to get eggs. Instead of going directly to the egg farm, I decided I'd drive up Maple Creek. At the sibling party they had been talking about the road from Maple Creek over to the ranch where they grew up. The road has been closed & you can't go through there any more. I got past that road & was still driving up the road. By then, it was unimproved and was just a dirt track. All of a sudden the earth dropped out from under us. My 44 oz. plastic refill cup jumped out of the cup holder & landed upside down against me. I slammed on the brakes, trying to right the cup & Mother's wondering what happened. I decided it was a hole in the road. We got past that & there was another huge hole, this one filled with water. I couldn't help but see it. I said we'd better turn around. Mother asked how, the road was so narrow. I said I'd back down the hill. Trying to get past the first hole, I practically backed up the steep embankment. I couldn't go around it the other way because it was a steep slope with a fence, grrr.
I had confided to Mother earlier that I needed to pee & was hoping I could find a place to do it. However, there are so many new houses up there, no place presented itself as private, except where we were. Mother told me to get out there, open both doors & squat between the open doors. I opened the door & there was fresh, oozy mud. No way. We made it down the hill, turned around in someone's driveway & went back to the egg farm. I'm so glad we didn't have 6 dozen eggs in the back of the car when we hit the pot hole. Speaking of eggs, I need to put them away.
Mother was also afraid that we'd ruptured the oil pan like we did on a similar trip before my mission in 1973. That time, we hit a rock. As I backed down the hill, I'd stop & look in front of me to see if I could see a trail of oil. I thought perhaps we'd broken a tie rod or something. We also wondered about the alignment, the car drives fine.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Moving in May, 5/15
Today I drove across the street to Subway instead of walking. What was I thinking? I thought of it as I pulled out of the alley, but didn't turn around & park. It took me longer to drive than it would have to walk it. I did park in the pink Victorian house lot today & walked to Lewiston State Bank & back. Then I realized I'd left my drink at work, drove back & parked on the far side of the Opera House parking lot & walked across the parking lot, the alley & into the Citizen.
So, now I'm up to 3 hours and 15 minutes, with 3 hours & 75 minutes left to walk this month.
Don & I traded nights to cook tonight. I fixed supper so Don can fix grilled burgers tomorrow night. We left the food sitting on the stove so Don-Mike could have some when he got home he could have some. Luckily he brought some food with him because Nick saw a mouse eating out of the pan. Don-Mike mentioned how he missed Astro. We all miss our little Astro-Bear. He was a good mouser.
So, now I'm up to 3 hours and 15 minutes, with 3 hours & 75 minutes left to walk this month.
Don & I traded nights to cook tonight. I fixed supper so Don can fix grilled burgers tomorrow night. We left the food sitting on the stove so Don-Mike could have some when he got home he could have some. Luckily he brought some food with him because Nick saw a mouse eating out of the pan. Don-Mike mentioned how he missed Astro. We all miss our little Astro-Bear. He was a good mouser.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Moving in May, 5/14
Today I parked on State Street, almost to Oneida, which is almost the center of town. I had planned to walk from U.S. Bank to the post office, through the block to the pharmacy, back to State Street & down to the Preston City office to pay the water bill. But, because of the time, I only walked to the post office, City Office & back to the bank where I parked the car, 20 minutes. The bank, post office & city office all close at 5 p.m.
I had stopped to talk to a friend & her husband just outside of Lewiston State Bank &, of course, it wasn't just a hi & bye.
I had stopped to talk to a friend & her husband just outside of Lewiston State Bank &, of course, it wasn't just a hi & bye.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Moving in May, 5/13
Today was Mother's 6 month clinic visit with Dr. Otrusinik at the Regional Medical Arts Building in Logan. He was quite pleased. Everything checked out. We updated the prescription record in her chart. He wants to do an ultrasound in 6 months, giving her more time to use the CPAP, to check on the pulmonary hypertension. She hardly used it the first 3 months, but with the new CPAP mask she uses it a lot more.
Because I knew I wouldn't get my 15 minute walk in, I was going to park out by the street, but I knew Mother needed to get her walk in too. So, I parked in handicapped parking & then instead of taking the elevator, I took the stairs. OMG, by the time I got to the third floor I was dying. I was so out of breath. By the time I got in to the doctor's waiting room, she was already in the examining room. Less than 10 minutes later, we were out again.
We walked to the car & Mother only had to stop once to rest. She likes that section of handicapped parking better. I'll have to try & remember to park there again.
We checked at Cache Valley Oxygen for a CPAP pillow. OMG, they are $57!!! We also scoped out a step stool for Mother to get into Don-Mike's pickup, a grab bar for the shower. It is a suction cup-type that has a lever to hold it in place on the tile for $27.95. There is also a handle, $29.95, that has the same type of suction cup to attach to the tub for help in & out. So, no drilling of holes in the tile. And, as Mother pointed out, we could take it with us when she comes home.
We went to lunch at Juniper Take Out. I suggested that now it is nice weather, Mother & I could walk out on the sidewalk. She agreed, which really surprised me.
She wanted to stop at Dollar Tree in Smithfield. Unbenownst to either Don or I, we were just a few cars apart. When I pulled into the 3-second lane to make the left hand turn, I could see Don's car. We were on the phone with each other :) He turned around & came back. By the time I chased Mother all over that store, I got my 15 minutes in. When I finally caught up to her I was puffing & said, "My gosh Mother, for an old lady you can sure move fast." Just a few months ago, she could never have done that.
And, of course, I walked down to feed the dog.
Because I knew I wouldn't get my 15 minute walk in, I was going to park out by the street, but I knew Mother needed to get her walk in too. So, I parked in handicapped parking & then instead of taking the elevator, I took the stairs. OMG, by the time I got to the third floor I was dying. I was so out of breath. By the time I got in to the doctor's waiting room, she was already in the examining room. Less than 10 minutes later, we were out again.
We walked to the car & Mother only had to stop once to rest. She likes that section of handicapped parking better. I'll have to try & remember to park there again.
We checked at Cache Valley Oxygen for a CPAP pillow. OMG, they are $57!!! We also scoped out a step stool for Mother to get into Don-Mike's pickup, a grab bar for the shower. It is a suction cup-type that has a lever to hold it in place on the tile for $27.95. There is also a handle, $29.95, that has the same type of suction cup to attach to the tub for help in & out. So, no drilling of holes in the tile. And, as Mother pointed out, we could take it with us when she comes home.
We went to lunch at Juniper Take Out. I suggested that now it is nice weather, Mother & I could walk out on the sidewalk. She agreed, which really surprised me.
She wanted to stop at Dollar Tree in Smithfield. Unbenownst to either Don or I, we were just a few cars apart. When I pulled into the 3-second lane to make the left hand turn, I could see Don's car. We were on the phone with each other :) He turned around & came back. By the time I chased Mother all over that store, I got my 15 minutes in. When I finally caught up to her I was puffing & said, "My gosh Mother, for an old lady you can sure move fast." Just a few months ago, she could never have done that.
And, of course, I walked down to feed the dog.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Pickups, walking & babies
Here is Nick standing in the "new" driveway by his '69 pickup today, about 15 to 4. I'm glad it wasn't blurry. So many of my pictures turn out blurry.This was a farm pickup & he found it out in Whitney in a field, sitting there rusting. Not sure what was wrong with it. He & Don-Mike fixed it up & he got a lot of years out of it. He traded it, plus some cash, for the Corvette, which they are now trailering home.
One of the T-tops blew off the 'Vette & the owner stopped, picked it up out of traffic, called Nick & told them to get off at the next exit. They did & he returned the T-top. They put all of the loose stuff in the camper shell on Don-Mike's pickup. They took Don-Mike's "new" diesel pickup.
On to walking. A friend had a link on her blog for a blog named Little April Rose. April's mommy has a link to Kayleigh Anne Freeman. In reading the condolences for little Kayleigh, I ran across a link, out of the thousands of comments, that intrigued me, Random Thoughts of a Great-Granny Grandma. See how blog browsing just kind of snowballs?
I read one of Great Granny's posts & thought it was interesting. It kind of summed up my day today:
1. Tell us how you sneak exercise in when you can't "get to they gym" or "the treadmill is broken" or whatever. What do you do at work/around the house/etc. to move more?I certainly tried to be creative today. I knew I wouldn't have time for a straight 15 minute walk. I tried to get through work by 11:30 since we had DUP this afternoon & the books were being audited. I knew we would need to eat lunch. I parked out in the farthest corner of Stokes parking lot. For the local people, it was where the pink Victorian house used to be on 2nd South. I walked across the parking lot & down to Lewiston State Bank. Once I got my money, I walked down to the deli, opposite end of the grocery store & bought a couple of 3" sandwiches, a small bag of chips, a small macaroni salad & a small cherry pie for lunch. Back out to the car.
This evening, after supper at ChesterFried Chicken, we went back to Stokes to see if they had some postage stamps. I wanted to mail the DUP audit to the company secretary. However, I still have 42¢ stamps. The post office was closed because by now it was after 6 p.m. The post office used to have a vending machine, but no more. We went there & I walked in, only to find a metal sign over the wall where the stamp vending machine used to be. Stokes only have 44¢ stamps. I had Don park out quite a ways from the entrance & walked in & back out.
When Mother discovered that we were looking for 2¢ stamps she said she had some in the cupboard at home. Sure enough, she did. So, I took one & got the audit in the mail, woo hoo!!
Then, this evening, I walked down to feed the dog. Don walked with me & he watered the dog while I got the food out of the shed. Don had to make a special trip to the grocery store last night for dog food. He got the 50# bag. Now, tonight, I see the cats are almost out of food.
The second part of this was:
2. Let us know how your week went. Let us know your goals for next week. Not your long-term goals, just your goals for next week.If you follow my blog, I let you know how my week went almost every day, LOL. Goals are to continue to walk daily, make the bed daily. One of my big goals for this week was to get MY wash caught up. I needed undies & socks. Undies washed, folded & waiting to be put away. Socks washed & in the dryer. I'm hoping I won't have any orphan socks. I have 9 orphans. I really wish I could find the mates.
Now, back to Kayleigh, April Rose, & Baby Jonah. Jonah is my cousin Loraine's grandson. He was born at 24 weeks gestation in September 2008. Loraine's dad, Jim, told me about a blog that Tanya & Dave were keeping of their baby Jonah. I started following Jonah's blog. I checked it morning & night. Dave & Tanya are sometimes very late in updating it & I couldn't go to bed without checking the blog. I was having a hard time sleeping back then. Sometimes I'd wake up in the middle night &, almost without volition, start praying for Jonah.
Now that I'm off the femara, the new CPAP helps too, I'm sleeping better. But one blog leads to another & now I have a whole list of blogs to check. My main ones though are Jonah, Kayleigh & April Rose. I have my blog list set so that those blogs that have new entries rise to the top, like cream, LOL.
Tuesday, May 12
OK, maybe I have to renege on my comments yesterday about DUP. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. Yes, I was as unorganized as I thought. Yes, I was nervous ... very. I even took my sweater off & sat there in my tank top with my "funny" underwear hanging out. But it was warm ... my inner child was having a field day with the matches. But ... the audit went ok. I came out with the right amount.
One of my friends, Jean, had a hitch hiker. She brought her husband Glen's pickup truck to DUP. I asked her to take Mother home, while the DUP finances were being audited. When they went out to get in the truck, a little stray cat that has adopted them, jumped out of the back of the pickup, across the street & into the middle of the block. After Jean took Mother home, she went home & she & Glen drove back to where we had DUP. Jean walked through the backyards calling the cat. It didn't come. Now she's worried about the poor cat. At least she didn't kill it.
Mother said maybe the cat would go home. Well, Jean lives on 4th South & 4th West. Beth lives on 2nd South & 3rd East. That's a long way for a little cat to go. We had a cat that I gave away when we were moving from Woodruff. I wasn't going to make the same mistake with the Woodruff cats that I made with the Grace cats. Just abandon them. I gave Miss Piggy & her kittens away. We took them to a ranch about 15 miles up Monte Cristo. One day, a few days later, I saw a black cat dead on the side of the road almost to the Mountain Fuel Subdivision. I know it was Miss Piggy because there were no houses, ranches around. She was almost home.
Anyway, speaking of pickups. Nick & Don-Mike went to Rigby this afternoon to trade Nick's '69 pickup for a Corvette. It's mid-'70's, they think. The guy doesn't know what year it is. I have a picture of Nick's pickup on the flat bed, perhaps I'll share it later this evening. They are trailering it up. I really liked that pickup. It was classy, but it wasn't a 'Vette, sigh, so therefore, not classy enough.
One of my friends, Jean, had a hitch hiker. She brought her husband Glen's pickup truck to DUP. I asked her to take Mother home, while the DUP finances were being audited. When they went out to get in the truck, a little stray cat that has adopted them, jumped out of the back of the pickup, across the street & into the middle of the block. After Jean took Mother home, she went home & she & Glen drove back to where we had DUP. Jean walked through the backyards calling the cat. It didn't come. Now she's worried about the poor cat. At least she didn't kill it.
Mother said maybe the cat would go home. Well, Jean lives on 4th South & 4th West. Beth lives on 2nd South & 3rd East. That's a long way for a little cat to go. We had a cat that I gave away when we were moving from Woodruff. I wasn't going to make the same mistake with the Woodruff cats that I made with the Grace cats. Just abandon them. I gave Miss Piggy & her kittens away. We took them to a ranch about 15 miles up Monte Cristo. One day, a few days later, I saw a black cat dead on the side of the road almost to the Mountain Fuel Subdivision. I know it was Miss Piggy because there were no houses, ranches around. She was almost home.
Anyway, speaking of pickups. Nick & Don-Mike went to Rigby this afternoon to trade Nick's '69 pickup for a Corvette. It's mid-'70's, they think. The guy doesn't know what year it is. I have a picture of Nick's pickup on the flat bed, perhaps I'll share it later this evening. They are trailering it up. I really liked that pickup. It was classy, but it wasn't a 'Vette, sigh, so therefore, not classy enough.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Another manic Monday
in a long string of manic Mondays, sigh. Don woke me up this morning when he left at 7. I went back to sleep & woke up at 8:30 &, of course, was late for work.
I am thankful for a loving, helpful husband. He fixed dinner, picked up dog food & fed the dog. I worked another 11 hour day. It was nice to come home to a warm meal.
Tomorrow should be worse than today, ugggg. I have to work in the morning & then I have to go to DUP. I wish, wish, wish I had not volunteered to be the secretary of our camp. I need to have my head examined.
I did walk today. Only 10 minutes, but it was 10 minutes. I walked from Big J's, where Nick & I had lunch, back to work at The Citizen.
I am thankful for a loving, helpful husband. He fixed dinner, picked up dog food & fed the dog. I worked another 11 hour day. It was nice to come home to a warm meal.
Tomorrow should be worse than today, ugggg. I have to work in the morning & then I have to go to DUP. I wish, wish, wish I had not volunteered to be the secretary of our camp. I need to have my head examined.
I did walk today. Only 10 minutes, but it was 10 minutes. I walked from Big J's, where Nick & I had lunch, back to work at The Citizen.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother's Day 2009
I walked so much yesterday that this morning I woke up aching all over. My back & hips ached & my legs just felt heavy. My neck ached because I left my contoured pillow at the hotel. On my way to bed, in the dark, I might add, I found a pillow in a stack at the end of the bed. I promptly fell sideways, catching myself. My leg was aching from trying not to fall on the scanner in the front room. I scraped it on a magazine holder. So much for trying to be quiet.
My legs were feeling heavy because I had a cat laying on top of them. I had another cat using my tummy as a pillow & the third cat was not on me, but near me.
I walked down to the dog three times today. Once to feed him, he's out of food again, sigh. Then I got back to the house & realized I'd left my walking stick down there, so I turned around & walked back down to get it. The third time was to take a neighbor down to see him. Mufasa did not like the neighbor. He snapped at him.
I also walked down to the city park again from Mother's. I had my walking stick today. I need it to steady me. I really want to get one of those cool carved ones.
Dare I admit we broke the Sabbath by going out to eat? Mother said she thought I'd choose to go to Deer Cliff Inn, they opened yesterday. Don-Mike started taking us to Ogden to Chuck-A-Rama. He turned onto Airport Road in Logan & I asked where we were going. He said Ogden. I said no, Golden Corral. I said I might have said Chuck-A-Rama, but I meant Golden Corral in Logan.
I explained my reasoning for choosing Golden Corral. I didn't want to spend over $100 for a meal at Deer Cliff; I didn't want to go clear to Ogden. It had been a while since I'd been to Golden Corral & I like Golden Corral. The price has raised at GC, but it may have been for Mother's Day. They had carved turkey, ham, roast beef & steak. Don said the steak was better than the prime rib at the Borderline Grill in Franklin.
Nick took his car so he could leave when he wanted to & not wait for us. I wanted to go up to University Inn & see if I could retrieve my pillow. No luck. Darn it. I'll have to buy another one. It's a contoured one & is nice cuz I can sleep on my side with my CPAP on. I'll check at Cache Valley Oxygen because Mother gets a discount at CVO. They have pillows, just like what I had called CPAP pillows. The one I had was not called a CPAP pillow, but it's the same thing. It may just be cheaper to buy another one like I had that is not called a CPAP pillow.
My legs were feeling heavy because I had a cat laying on top of them. I had another cat using my tummy as a pillow & the third cat was not on me, but near me.
I walked down to the dog three times today. Once to feed him, he's out of food again, sigh. Then I got back to the house & realized I'd left my walking stick down there, so I turned around & walked back down to get it. The third time was to take a neighbor down to see him. Mufasa did not like the neighbor. He snapped at him.
I also walked down to the city park again from Mother's. I had my walking stick today. I need it to steady me. I really want to get one of those cool carved ones.
Dare I admit we broke the Sabbath by going out to eat? Mother said she thought I'd choose to go to Deer Cliff Inn, they opened yesterday. Don-Mike started taking us to Ogden to Chuck-A-Rama. He turned onto Airport Road in Logan & I asked where we were going. He said Ogden. I said no, Golden Corral. I said I might have said Chuck-A-Rama, but I meant Golden Corral in Logan.
I explained my reasoning for choosing Golden Corral. I didn't want to spend over $100 for a meal at Deer Cliff; I didn't want to go clear to Ogden. It had been a while since I'd been to Golden Corral & I like Golden Corral. The price has raised at GC, but it may have been for Mother's Day. They had carved turkey, ham, roast beef & steak. Don said the steak was better than the prime rib at the Borderline Grill in Franklin.
Nick took his car so he could leave when he wanted to & not wait for us. I wanted to go up to University Inn & see if I could retrieve my pillow. No luck. Darn it. I'll have to buy another one. It's a contoured one & is nice cuz I can sleep on my side with my CPAP on. I'll check at Cache Valley Oxygen because Mother gets a discount at CVO. They have pillows, just like what I had called CPAP pillows. The one I had was not called a CPAP pillow, but it's the same thing. It may just be cheaper to buy another one like I had that is not called a CPAP pillow.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Saturday, May 9
Last night about 6 p.m., my friend Janene called to say she was just entering the valley. She was in Logan for the Family History Expo (FHE) seminar held on campus at Utah State University. She was just going to grab something to eat & then go set up. Evidently they had 3 separate hotel rooms, one each for Holly, Kimberly Savage & Janene. She asked me if I wanted to come spend the night with her. Don encouraged me, so I left about 9 p.m. & got there about 10. She had finished setting up & was coming back to the hotel when I got there.
We sat up until midnight bagging t-shirts for the FHE booth. But it was fun visiting. We both have trouble remembering words & finishing sentences, LOL
By the time I walked back & forth between the University Inn & the Eccles Conference Center 3 times today, I'm counting 15 minutes. I have no idea how many minutes it actually was, but I'm only trying for 15 minutes a day.
Yesterday I walked from the Citizen down to Lewiston State Bank & back to the Citizen. Again, I don't know how many minutes I actually walked, but I was gone half an hour. The good news about yesterday's walk is I did not drive a block & a half one way or 3 blocks round trip, I walked it. Sorry the picture is so big. The bank is at the south end of Stokes MarketPlace (Preston's only grocery store).
To get the picture with no one around, I had to wait for cars to drive by & a lady had just walked in & I waited til the door closed, LOL
We sat up until midnight bagging t-shirts for the FHE booth. But it was fun visiting. We both have trouble remembering words & finishing sentences, LOL
By the time I walked back & forth between the University Inn & the Eccles Conference Center 3 times today, I'm counting 15 minutes. I have no idea how many minutes it actually was, but I'm only trying for 15 minutes a day.
Yesterday I walked from the Citizen down to Lewiston State Bank & back to the Citizen. Again, I don't know how many minutes I actually walked, but I was gone half an hour. The good news about yesterday's walk is I did not drive a block & a half one way or 3 blocks round trip, I walked it. Sorry the picture is so big. The bank is at the south end of Stokes MarketPlace (Preston's only grocery store).To get the picture with no one around, I had to wait for cars to drive by & a lady had just walked in & I waited til the door closed, LOL
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, May 7
I worked this morning on the Farm & Ranch Edition. About 1 p.m., Don walked in. I looked up & almost the first thing I said was, "Do you still have a job?" Rod said his wife asks him that every night now since we had our hours cut. This is the 2nd day this week Don has had a "no-work."
Don & I had lunch together. That was nice. It doesn't happen often. I walked around Benson Park & down State Street. This time I just walked around the block, I didn't cut through any alleys or stores, Just stayed on the sidewalk. I did rest a couple of times today on the benches. I still had a stitch in my side when I got back to The Citizen.
I took the mail up to The Citizen & used one of the work tables in the old mail room to sort it. I took Mother & Don-Mikel's mail over to them & then worked for a while to sort through Mother's mail. I started at 3 & didn't finish until 7. I've still got mine & Don's mail to sort through. I gave Nick his mail & he gave me half of it back to shred. I also still have a ton of mail in the trunk of my car & I tried to get in Don-Mike's storage shed the other day & retrieve the mail that is sitting in boxes. I didn't have a key & it's been raining ever since.
I forgot to feed Mufasa until a quarter to 10 tonight. A full moon didn't help because it hid behind some storm clouds while I was out. Don-Mike & Nick came home from chasing sirens & Don-Mike turned the garage light out on me.
Don & I had lunch together. That was nice. It doesn't happen often. I walked around Benson Park & down State Street. This time I just walked around the block, I didn't cut through any alleys or stores, Just stayed on the sidewalk. I did rest a couple of times today on the benches. I still had a stitch in my side when I got back to The Citizen.
I took the mail up to The Citizen & used one of the work tables in the old mail room to sort it. I took Mother & Don-Mikel's mail over to them & then worked for a while to sort through Mother's mail. I started at 3 & didn't finish until 7. I've still got mine & Don's mail to sort through. I gave Nick his mail & he gave me half of it back to shred. I also still have a ton of mail in the trunk of my car & I tried to get in Don-Mike's storage shed the other day & retrieve the mail that is sitting in boxes. I didn't have a key & it's been raining ever since.
I forgot to feed Mufasa until a quarter to 10 tonight. A full moon didn't help because it hid behind some storm clouds while I was out. Don-Mike & Nick came home from chasing sirens & Don-Mike turned the garage light out on me.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Rain, rain go away
We have had record-breaking precipitation this month. Rain almost every day since May 1. Tonight when I went down to feed Mufasa, it had started to rain again. I guess I shouldn't complain, but I am. Murmuring is the term. That's what Laman & Lemuel did in The Book of Mormon.
Moving in May, 5/6
I've worked on the blog template off & on all day. I took off the labels & added a label cloud. I think they look cool. It wasn't quite what I wanted, but I have to work tomorrow & Friday, so I guess, again, I live with it, until I have some time to waste again. I also updated my personal web page on Yahoo!, just to find that now Yahoo! is doing away with GeoCities. First of all, it was the photo hosting, they transferred everything to Photobucket; then they did away with Briefcase. In that case, they just dumped everything. I don't think I lost anything that I didn't have anywhere else.
Nick is having a meltdown & even with my hearing aid turned off, I can still hear it. The next thing we know, he'll be slamming out the door, breaking the glass & pealing out of the driveway. I tried to avert it, but I think I made it worse. Don is trying to reason with him, find out what's going on. He has way more patience than I will ever have. It is, of course, to do with Runescape. I hate that game.
I was sitting here at the computer & had to go to the bathroom. I didn't want to get up & just leave windows open & logged on. My reasoning was that Eddie would come & want the Internet. I looked at the time, 8:30 p.m., & I thought, "Ya, right!" Just minutes later, the door opened & I thought it was Don-Mike. Don looked up & said, "Hi Eddie!" His dad was right behind him. Eddie has a 4-page assignment due tomorrow. He needed the Internet. He was supposed to call, but he didn't, they just showed up.
I walked again today. Don needed to go to Stokes for supper & asked if I wanted to go. On my big long list of things to do today was "distilled water" for the CPAP. I said yes. I figured I could walk around the perimeter of the store again. I must have walked around that store twice. Candice Burns, a lady from our ward, was standing by the meat department. The second time I approached her I asked if she had seen Don. She said he was right behind me the first time. So, here I am, carrying my gallon of distilled water looking for Don & he was looking for me as well. So, we both got a walk in.
Nick is having a meltdown & even with my hearing aid turned off, I can still hear it. The next thing we know, he'll be slamming out the door, breaking the glass & pealing out of the driveway. I tried to avert it, but I think I made it worse. Don is trying to reason with him, find out what's going on. He has way more patience than I will ever have. It is, of course, to do with Runescape. I hate that game.
I was sitting here at the computer & had to go to the bathroom. I didn't want to get up & just leave windows open & logged on. My reasoning was that Eddie would come & want the Internet. I looked at the time, 8:30 p.m., & I thought, "Ya, right!" Just minutes later, the door opened & I thought it was Don-Mike. Don looked up & said, "Hi Eddie!" His dad was right behind him. Eddie has a 4-page assignment due tomorrow. He needed the Internet. He was supposed to call, but he didn't, they just showed up.
I walked again today. Don needed to go to Stokes for supper & asked if I wanted to go. On my big long list of things to do today was "distilled water" for the CPAP. I said yes. I figured I could walk around the perimeter of the store again. I must have walked around that store twice. Candice Burns, a lady from our ward, was standing by the meat department. The second time I approached her I asked if she had seen Don. She said he was right behind me the first time. So, here I am, carrying my gallon of distilled water looking for Don & he was looking for me as well. So, we both got a walk in.
Title
I spent over an hour on the title, & now the template won't let me replace the e.e. cummings header with my jpg. Guess, I'll live with this for a while too, :\
Another template change
Ok, I went from Rounders 2 to Mr. Moto to Snapshot. I was going to live with Mr. Moto for a while but there was no space between the labels & the next post & that bugged me. I don't care for the title of the blog all in lower case with Snapshot, but I guess I could go in & put hyphens or spaces where the caps are supposed to be, because otherwise I like the other elements of the template. I'll live with this for a little while. Bear with me on the furniture changes, LOL
New template
I'm not sure if I like this new blog template. So, bear with me, I may be "changing the furniture" around a bit the next few days, when I have the time.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Cinco de Mayo
I dropped Mother off at the door to the clinic, parked in the handicapped section, walked back to the clinic, took the elevator cuz I didn't think I could make it up 3 flights of stairs, back down after the protime & walked back out to the car. Mother was going to walk, but it was raining again. So, I got the car & drove back to the front door of the clinic.
Mother walked from a handicapped parking space to the restroom at the front of Wal-Mart. She waited at the front of the store, while I walked around Wal-Mart. I had to go clear to the back of the store to get toilet paper. Then I walked all around the refrigerated part of the store & through the freezer section trying to find the pesto. No luck. I just realized I didn't look by the tofu & that's where it is here at Stokes.
I parked out quite a ways at Stokes, the local grocery store, and walked around the perimeter of the store. I did find the pesto. After all that time of looking for pesto, I didn't use it. I didn't know if I dared because I was using a new recipe for chicken cacciatore & didn't know if I was pressing my luck by adding it. Next time I make this recipe, I'll double the tomatoes & use the pesto. Don-Mike suggested I use penne instead of macaroni. I looked at the penne, actually picked it up. Again, I didn't want to use too many "new" things so Nick wouldn't eat it.
We had major thunder storms today. I thought I was going to have to pull over because the hail was driven by such strong winds, that even the fast setting on the windshield wipers wasn't clearing the windshield. I slowed down & people were driving past me like I was standing still. Mother said she remembered one time in Missouri where I had pulled over during a major thunderstorm & she thought someone was going to slam into us. I told her that would happen in Utah, but not in Missouri. In Missouri, when the rain let up, everyone else was pulled over to the side too. Here, they just drive like bats out of hell.
The noise was so loud, Mother & I had to yell at each other to make ourselves heard over the storm. Don called about 3 p.m. After we got out of the thunderstorm, which BTW followed us clear into Logan, my phone was beeping. I saw that the missed call was Don & so I called him. I asked him if he got a "no work." He said no they'd shut the whole plant down. OMG, I had the biggest adrenalin rush. My immediate thought was the plant had been closed & everyone was out of a job. It's not unheard of. I don't even think scared comes close, terrified is more like it. I thought we were in serious trouble. Don-Mike used a stronger adjective than either of those, but this is not an R-rated blog, so I won't share it. But his word comes much closer to what I was feeling & no, it wasn't the "f" word. We don't use that at our house. Well, sometimes it comes out during a meltdown from Eddie or Nick. I've been known to kick offenders. At the very least, a verbal reprimand is forthcoming. It is a battle I choose to fight.
The main server(s) at Don's work had contracted a virus & they closed the whole plant to clean the computers. Thank you Lord, we dodged the bullet for another day.
Mother walked from a handicapped parking space to the restroom at the front of Wal-Mart. She waited at the front of the store, while I walked around Wal-Mart. I had to go clear to the back of the store to get toilet paper. Then I walked all around the refrigerated part of the store & through the freezer section trying to find the pesto. No luck. I just realized I didn't look by the tofu & that's where it is here at Stokes.
I parked out quite a ways at Stokes, the local grocery store, and walked around the perimeter of the store. I did find the pesto. After all that time of looking for pesto, I didn't use it. I didn't know if I dared because I was using a new recipe for chicken cacciatore & didn't know if I was pressing my luck by adding it. Next time I make this recipe, I'll double the tomatoes & use the pesto. Don-Mike suggested I use penne instead of macaroni. I looked at the penne, actually picked it up. Again, I didn't want to use too many "new" things so Nick wouldn't eat it.
We had major thunder storms today. I thought I was going to have to pull over because the hail was driven by such strong winds, that even the fast setting on the windshield wipers wasn't clearing the windshield. I slowed down & people were driving past me like I was standing still. Mother said she remembered one time in Missouri where I had pulled over during a major thunderstorm & she thought someone was going to slam into us. I told her that would happen in Utah, but not in Missouri. In Missouri, when the rain let up, everyone else was pulled over to the side too. Here, they just drive like bats out of hell.
The noise was so loud, Mother & I had to yell at each other to make ourselves heard over the storm. Don called about 3 p.m. After we got out of the thunderstorm, which BTW followed us clear into Logan, my phone was beeping. I saw that the missed call was Don & so I called him. I asked him if he got a "no work." He said no they'd shut the whole plant down. OMG, I had the biggest adrenalin rush. My immediate thought was the plant had been closed & everyone was out of a job. It's not unheard of. I don't even think scared comes close, terrified is more like it. I thought we were in serious trouble. Don-Mike used a stronger adjective than either of those, but this is not an R-rated blog, so I won't share it. But his word comes much closer to what I was feeling & no, it wasn't the "f" word. We don't use that at our house. Well, sometimes it comes out during a meltdown from Eddie or Nick. I've been known to kick offenders. At the very least, a verbal reprimand is forthcoming. It is a battle I choose to fight.
The main server(s) at Don's work had contracted a virus & they closed the whole plant to clean the computers. Thank you Lord, we dodged the bullet for another day.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Moving in May, 5/4
"Just another manic Monday, not Sunday, that's my fun day, my don't have to run day ..."Love those lines from that old song. Can't remember off hand who sang it & I'm not going to take the time to google it.
Another 11 hour day. I walked over to the pharmacy today, then back to the Subway, then back to work. I forgot to go back for the meds & at a quarter to 7 I called Don & asked him to drop what he was doing & run to the pharmacy. They close at 6:30. He went to the window & he called & said they were closed. I said that after 6:30, you have to walk up to the door. He did & they let him in, gave him all of the meds, mine (lexapro) & Nick's included. They walked out of the pharmacy behind him.
I sent him over to Mother's & asked him to call me & let me know how it went. He didn't call. So, I went over to Mother's to see if she got her meds. There was no mirtazepine, but that wasn't critical, the coumadin AND cardizem were there, the 2 she was totally out of, & she had taken them. I saw the nightlight laying on the table. I asked her about it & she said the light was burned out, but Don-Mike was going to get her a light. I said not to count on it.
I came home & Don-Mike was out in the garage. I went out to ask him about the night light & he had forgotten, just as I expected. But, I found a package of night lights with only one taken out of a package of 4. So, I put the night light AND the package of nightlights on the console in his truck. I reminded him as he left tonight to take the nightlight in & plug it in.
He had forgotten to bring me my phone earlier today. Nick brought it up to me.
Nick had a job offered to him today at ComputerWise. I'm not too sure what it entails, but hey, it just kind of fell into his lap. It will be part-time & he should be able to keep his SSI. Cool, huh?
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Moving in May, 5/3
I did it again today. I took a walk for 15 minutes. Today was worse than Friday. Today was what I expected Friday to be. I walked right after dinner though & had a serious pain in my abdomen. It wasn't a stitch, it was right up there where the ulcer/gall bladder pain comes & go. I had to rest several times.
I also walked down & fed the dog before I went over to Mother's so that I wouldn't have to feed him in the dark.
We had a serious thunderstorm. Lightning & thunder & then a deluge. I told Mother I hoped it didn't blow the birds nest out from under the eaves. Speaking of birds, there was a live bird flying around in our house today. I had my hearing aid turned off & was working on one of my online communities, adding a forum for food storage, & missed the whole thing. We're wondering how it got in. There's a couple of ways that come to mind. A cat brought it in & it wasn't dead or it got in through the hole in Nick's bedroom. I thought that had been sealed up, but Don wasn't sure.
I'm grateful for friends that have similar health problems today. I realized that I didn't have any lexapro & hadn't taken it yesterday. That explains the bad headache & shakiness. I called Kim & asked her if either she or Shari takes lexapro. It seemed like one of them did. Kim does & luckily she had some extra. I ran over to get one & she gave me 2. She takes the same dosage I do, whew!
Tonight I was filling Mother's pill boxes & she didn't have any coumadin. She was wondering who she could borrow a pill from & remembered that both Arlene Wanner & Gwen Fish take coumadin. I told her to call Arlene & see if she could borrow a pill. Arlene takes 5 mg pills of warfarin, which is generic for coumadin. The doctor doesn't want Mother taking the generic because her protime is so hard to keep stable. I figured 5 mg of warfarin was better than nothing. Mother was supposed to take 6 mg this evening.
So, tomorrow I need to get 3 scrips for me & 2 for Mother. I need metformin, lexapro & lisinopril, my blood pressure pill. Mother needs coumadin & cardizem. I remember we took those bottles down on Tuesday when Mother had her protime because there were no refills left. Becky, Dr. Otrusinik's nurse, said she'd call them in to Preston Drug. I immediately spaced it, sigh.
I also walked down & fed the dog before I went over to Mother's so that I wouldn't have to feed him in the dark.
We had a serious thunderstorm. Lightning & thunder & then a deluge. I told Mother I hoped it didn't blow the birds nest out from under the eaves. Speaking of birds, there was a live bird flying around in our house today. I had my hearing aid turned off & was working on one of my online communities, adding a forum for food storage, & missed the whole thing. We're wondering how it got in. There's a couple of ways that come to mind. A cat brought it in & it wasn't dead or it got in through the hole in Nick's bedroom. I thought that had been sealed up, but Don wasn't sure.
I'm grateful for friends that have similar health problems today. I realized that I didn't have any lexapro & hadn't taken it yesterday. That explains the bad headache & shakiness. I called Kim & asked her if either she or Shari takes lexapro. It seemed like one of them did. Kim does & luckily she had some extra. I ran over to get one & she gave me 2. She takes the same dosage I do, whew!
Tonight I was filling Mother's pill boxes & she didn't have any coumadin. She was wondering who she could borrow a pill from & remembered that both Arlene Wanner & Gwen Fish take coumadin. I told her to call Arlene & see if she could borrow a pill. Arlene takes 5 mg pills of warfarin, which is generic for coumadin. The doctor doesn't want Mother taking the generic because her protime is so hard to keep stable. I figured 5 mg of warfarin was better than nothing. Mother was supposed to take 6 mg this evening.
So, tomorrow I need to get 3 scrips for me & 2 for Mother. I need metformin, lexapro & lisinopril, my blood pressure pill. Mother needs coumadin & cardizem. I remember we took those bottles down on Tuesday when Mother had her protime because there were no refills left. Becky, Dr. Otrusinik's nurse, said she'd call them in to Preston Drug. I immediately spaced it, sigh.
Sibling Party
The sibling party was very nice. Jim & Donna put a lot of work into it. Everyone was thanking me! I didn't do anything except plan it. Jim & Donna did everything else.
My phone was on low battery & so I only got 2 pictures. I should've had a tape recorder to tape the reminiscing. It would have been priceless.
Here's a picture of the sisters, backwards, but they didn't want to move Odetta. My picture was blurry, can't remember why, but I didn't want this picture. They broke up before I could retake it. I took a picture with Onda's camera, then Luana's camera & then used my phone camera. We were trying to get their legs all crossed the same way. So, from left to right is Maxine, 66, Donna, 68, Onda, 76, Luana, 78, & Odetta, 83. Hopefully Luana's & Onda's pictures turned out better than mine did.
Then the men. I made this picture larger because it's not as blurry as the girls' picture. Left to right here is Bernard, Larry, Keith, Dorin & Jim. Jim wasn't going to get in the picture because he's not a brother, they decided to do all the men. I want you to notice Larry. He has the TV remote in his hand & he is watching the TV, LOL. I think the Kentucky Derby was finally being run. They waited for it all afternoon & then people were starting to leave & they hadn't taken any pictures.
I think they took a picture with everyone. The ladies posed with Vaudis & Lucy in it, but I didn't get that picture, then they added me to the mix. I don't know if they did couples or not. I was too busy with Alashandra's baby Zeke by that time.
My phone was on low battery & so I only got 2 pictures. I should've had a tape recorder to tape the reminiscing. It would have been priceless.
Here's a picture of the sisters, backwards, but they didn't want to move Odetta. My picture was blurry, can't remember why, but I didn't want this picture. They broke up before I could retake it. I took a picture with Onda's camera, then Luana's camera & then used my phone camera. We were trying to get their legs all crossed the same way. So, from left to right is Maxine, 66, Donna, 68, Onda, 76, Luana, 78, & Odetta, 83. Hopefully Luana's & Onda's pictures turned out better than mine did.
Then the men. I made this picture larger because it's not as blurry as the girls' picture. Left to right here is Bernard, Larry, Keith, Dorin & Jim. Jim wasn't going to get in the picture because he's not a brother, they decided to do all the men. I want you to notice Larry. He has the TV remote in his hand & he is watching the TV, LOL. I think the Kentucky Derby was finally being run. They waited for it all afternoon & then people were starting to leave & they hadn't taken any pictures.I think they took a picture with everyone. The ladies posed with Vaudis & Lucy in it, but I didn't get that picture, then they added me to the mix. I don't know if they did couples or not. I was too busy with Alashandra's baby Zeke by that time.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Moving in May, 5/2
As many times as I ran back & forth between Jim & Donna's house & the party room, I feel like I moved for 15 minutes. It just wasn't consecutive.
Today was the Porter siblings party. It was such a rainy day. Then this afternoon, it cleared off & was a beautiful, sunshiny day. I took Mother & Luana down in Don's car. It sounds like I'm going to have to buckle down & clean out my car because Donna wants to take Mother down to see their cousin Elva Larsen in Brigham City. Luana wants to go too.
Everyone was to the party except Larry's wife Madge. She was sick. Larry rode down with Keith & Onda, Maxine & Bernard. Vaudis rode down with Dorin & Lucy. Lucy drove. Donna & Jim's granddaugther Alashandra came to drop something off & we talked her into bringing Matt & Baby Zeke in to meet us all. They are blessing Zeke tomorrow.
We attended Burkley Balzar's baptism & confirmation this morning in Franklin. I THOUGHT Amber had said that Burkley would be baptized first, but no such thing. Whitney 2nd Ward was the host ward & the host ward's children are always baptized LAST!!
So, once I got over the disappointment & irritation, I decided that I'd just run home & get my rice pudding & laptop. Which reminds me, the laptop is still out in the trunk of Don's car. The rice pudding is a recipe I got from A Year of Crockpotting. Mine turned out very runny. I used skim milk instead of half & half or whipping cream. That may have been why. When I make it again, I'll use more rice.
Today was the Porter siblings party. It was such a rainy day. Then this afternoon, it cleared off & was a beautiful, sunshiny day. I took Mother & Luana down in Don's car. It sounds like I'm going to have to buckle down & clean out my car because Donna wants to take Mother down to see their cousin Elva Larsen in Brigham City. Luana wants to go too.
Everyone was to the party except Larry's wife Madge. She was sick. Larry rode down with Keith & Onda, Maxine & Bernard. Vaudis rode down with Dorin & Lucy. Lucy drove. Donna & Jim's granddaugther Alashandra came to drop something off & we talked her into bringing Matt & Baby Zeke in to meet us all. They are blessing Zeke tomorrow.
We attended Burkley Balzar's baptism & confirmation this morning in Franklin. I THOUGHT Amber had said that Burkley would be baptized first, but no such thing. Whitney 2nd Ward was the host ward & the host ward's children are always baptized LAST!!
So, once I got over the disappointment & irritation, I decided that I'd just run home & get my rice pudding & laptop. Which reminds me, the laptop is still out in the trunk of Don's car. The rice pudding is a recipe I got from A Year of Crockpotting. Mine turned out very runny. I used skim milk instead of half & half or whipping cream. That may have been why. When I make it again, I'll use more rice.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Moving in May, 5/1
I did it. I walked for 15 minutes today. I took the kitchen timer with me to work. I was almost a half hour early, can you believe it? So, I set the timer for 7 minutes & took off. I didn't walk fast & didn't have to stop & rest either.
I decided to walk around the Benson Park, what used to be the City Park back in the day, before the City of Preston decided they didn't want it any more & gave it back to the LDS Church. I got clear over to the Oneida Stake Academy at 6 minutes & 30 seconds, that's 2 sides of the park. I stopped & took a couple of pictures of the Academy.
Then took off again. I walked clear over to South State Street, down to the Danish Gates, aka the park entrance, aka as the entrance to the dentist offices & a short cut to the alley. Through the entrance & seriously thought about sitting on the bench. Actually, I started noticing benches over at the Cache Valley Transit District (CVTD) bus stop on First East. There's a nice metal bench there. Then, as I came around the corner from East Oneida onto South State, I noticed the flower boxes that line the street are all nice places to sit, plus a cement bench just outside U.S.Bank. The last bench is the one in the middle of the entranceway. But I didn't stop & rest. I walked down the alley & back to where I started from with 2 minutes left. I walked around the sidewalk at the South Stake Center & made it back to the car in 15 minutes. I was beginning to wonder if my legs were going to make it.
I got seriously dizzy later. It made me worried as the world just kind of slipped on it's axis as I was making a left turn from West Oneida onto North State. I started praying to the Lord to let me get Mother home. Then I ate, went back to work & again the world kind of slipped. When the alarm clock went off at 6 p.m. for me to pray, I prayed.
Nick told me that if I couldn't remember why I had set the alarm to pray, just pray my own prayer. So, last night I did. I prayed Don-Mike would make it home safely from Orem, Utah. Tonight, I thanked the Lord that Don-Mike had a safe trip to Orem & back. I also prayed for my health. This is an extra prayer from my bedtime prayers.
I decided to walk around the Benson Park, what used to be the City Park back in the day, before the City of Preston decided they didn't want it any more & gave it back to the LDS Church. I got clear over to the Oneida Stake Academy at 6 minutes & 30 seconds, that's 2 sides of the park. I stopped & took a couple of pictures of the Academy.
Then took off again. I walked clear over to South State Street, down to the Danish Gates, aka the park entrance, aka as the entrance to the dentist offices & a short cut to the alley. Through the entrance & seriously thought about sitting on the bench. Actually, I started noticing benches over at the Cache Valley Transit District (CVTD) bus stop on First East. There's a nice metal bench there. Then, as I came around the corner from East Oneida onto South State, I noticed the flower boxes that line the street are all nice places to sit, plus a cement bench just outside U.S.Bank. The last bench is the one in the middle of the entranceway. But I didn't stop & rest. I walked down the alley & back to where I started from with 2 minutes left. I walked around the sidewalk at the South Stake Center & made it back to the car in 15 minutes. I was beginning to wonder if my legs were going to make it.I got seriously dizzy later. It made me worried as the world just kind of slipped on it's axis as I was making a left turn from West Oneida onto North State. I started praying to the Lord to let me get Mother home. Then I ate, went back to work & again the world kind of slipped. When the alarm clock went off at 6 p.m. for me to pray, I prayed.
Nick told me that if I couldn't remember why I had set the alarm to pray, just pray my own prayer. So, last night I did. I prayed Don-Mike would make it home safely from Orem, Utah. Tonight, I thanked the Lord that Don-Mike had a safe trip to Orem & back. I also prayed for my health. This is an extra prayer from my bedtime prayers.
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