Sunday Stuff

I got up this morning about 0700 so that I could shower and get ready for church this morning. I was all ready to go at 0800 and I was trying to get Kathleen up and going, but not having much luck. So I went downstairs and thought that I would read the paper while I waited. About 0830 she came down stairs still in her nightclothes, when I started to get up my hip hurt so bad that I had to sit back down again.

I think that it is from slipping on some moss in the driveway last year. It is the same spot where I removed the moss from the driveway yesterday. I cannot remember what I was doing, but I remember that Aaron was over and I think that we were getting something out of the garage. All I can remember is that I landed in a very unusual position and that it hurt a lot at the time, but I just tried to walk it off.

It had not bothered me very much until the cool damp weather set in once again, so I can only guess that it is more arthritis. My thumb joints, where the thumb connects to the hand has been really hurting for the last few weeks. It is bad enough that I have a really hard time gripping anything very tightly.

Getting old really is not as much fun as I once thought it was. When I was in my 20's and 30's I thought that it would be great to be retired and get to do all the things that I wanted to do. Now that I am here, I am usually so sore or achy that I do not get to do anything anyways.

Well, I never made it to church, so I finished the paper, put it with the rest of the paper recycling, and then vacuumed the downstairs carpeting. Reggie has been dropping fur at a record pace lately.

I also gathered up the trash from all over the house and took it out to the garbage can. I also picked up Reggie's dropping, put it in a bag and put that in the garbage can as well. When I got inside, I decided that I would make myself a turkey and cranberry sandwich for lunch. After lunch I went into the living room and watched a couple football games and dozed off a couple times.

Kathleen got dressed, came downstairs, and was headed to Fred Meyer to pick up a prescription that she had e-mailed in earlier this morning. I told her that I could not go because Andrea called and said that she would be coming over on her way to work and wanted to pick up the family cradle, so I went downstairs and brought it upstairs.

Kathleen went and came back before Andrea got here. Kathleen had also picked up a couple potatoes and some hamburger meat while at the store. She said that she felt like making meatloaf and baked potatoes for dinner.

Andrea finally got here about 1630, and when she got here, I helped put the cradle into her Jeep. She stayed for a few minutes and chatted with us and then headed off to work.

Kathleen went into the kitchen and made two pans of meatloaf, we had a couple slices from one of them and then she put the rest away for another four or five meal. After dinner I gathered up all the dishes, silverware and whatever else I could get into the dishwasher and then started it up. I also soaked the meatloaf pans in some hot soapy water to loosen up the grease and cooked on meat from the pans.

Then I went upstairs and gathered up the laundry and washed, dried, folded and put away two loads. Then I gathered up all the towels I could find and loaded them into the washer and started it up.

Well, I cannot imagine getting into any more trouble tonight, so I will say good night.