This is my sister's birthday; she is a little younger than I am, but not by much! Anyway, I hope that you had a great day and were able to do something special for yourself.
I got up about 0730, I had been awake for a half, and I probably could have stayed in bed longer, but I did not. This morning the paper was here when I let Reggie out, so I got it and put it on my chair so that it would be there when I was ready to read it.
I had some frosted mini-wheat with a banana and coffee for breakfast this morning. I have been trying to use up a lot of the dry cereal so that it will not get stale when I start eating oatmeal on a regular basis.
About 1000 I asked Kathleen if she was ready to go to a coupe stores so we could pick up a few items that we needed. She said something like "just about", and headed upstairs. I thought that she needed to get something, so I sat down and read the paper. The mail came so I opened and read that, although again, most of it was junk mail.
I did get my monthly investment statement from my broker; it was a pretty good month, even with the monthly withdrawals for living expenses I made a pretty fair share. Of course, that will just go back into the portfolio and be re-invested.
An hour had passed and she still was not down, so I changed my clothes and went outside to rake up the leaves and mow the lawn. By this time, I had worked up a pretty good sweat, so I went inside and post the portfolio statement to the spreadsheet that I created to track it.
It has done very well over the long haul, and with the exceptions of a couple dips it has been on the rise since I invested it. My real estate holdings have really done well, and I have had several offers to sell it. Of course, they do not want to give me what it is worth, they just want to make it tempting for those who need quick cash.
After I finished tracking my investments, I decided that I probably ought to eat something as it was about 1330. So I went into the kitchen, heated up the noodles and Kielbasa from last night, sliced a croissant in half, and spread some Smart Balance on one side and limburger cheese on the other. Then I put slices of onion, tomato and avocado on it. I really thought that it was yummy!
Kathleen still had not come downstairs, so I loaded up the dishwasher, cleaned all the hand wash pots and pans and started the dishwasher up. Since I had spent a fair amount of time in the kitchen, I had noticed that the floors were getting pretty dirty, so I picked up the rugs and shook them out. Then I swept the floor and mopped it.
While I had the broom out I though that I would clean the utility room, it is where Reggie sleeps and it was getting pretty dirty as well. I took his bed out and shook it out and then took the cover off and put it in the washer and turned it on. Then I picked up most of the things on the floor and swept it. It was amazing just how much of Reggie there was on the floor.
Once I had that cleaned, I decided that I would vacuum the downstairs, since I had not done that in a couple days. So I picked up the stuff that was on the floor, so that I could vacuum and then proceeded to vacuum. Again, it was amazing how much fur there was on the carpet. It is not as noticeable until one starts to vacuum, and then it really becomes obvious.
Kathleen came downstairs about 1415 and was ready to go shopping, but by this time I was pretty tired and I think we will have to postpone it for a couple days. Tomorrow I have to cook for the men's breakfast and then right after that is Becca's 5th birthday party, so I do not think that we will be able to get it done Saturday either. Then Sunday is next and that is not a good day to do it. There are just too many other people out shopping.
Kathleen cooked up a couple hamburger patties and tater tots for dinner tonight. The burgers were a little dry, probably from being in the freezer too long. Other than being a little dry and chewy, they were not all that bad.
Well, I think I will just say good night now, I will probably go to bed early as I have to be at church by 0700 in the morning to get breakfast started. It takes a couple hours to get set up and get the food all cooked.
I am hoping to leave a little early from the breakfast so that I will be able to make Becca's party. So good night for now, and Sue, I hope that you had a good day. I tried calling about 1600 our time 1900 your time, but there was no answer. I hope that you were out celebrating your birthday.
