Making Monday Marvelous

I had a good nights sleep last night and after eating breakfast and reading the paper, I went out and watered the new grass. Yes it is no longer just grass seed, but this morning I actually noticed some grass that had sprouted some time in the last couple days. I have been so out of it that I had not noticed it until this morning.

After finishing the watering, I took myself for a walk, instead of just going ten blocks or so, today I went about thirty-four blocks. It took me about a half hour, as I tried to do it at a pretty good clip. I got my heart rate up quite a bit and even worked up a sweat.

Shortly after I got home the mail came, so I opened it up and read it, then rested for a while. I could not stay inside any longer, so I went outside and sat in my Adirondack chair and soaked up some rays.

Well, I just could not sit there, so I got my gardening tools out and started to do some weeding in the rose garden. Even though I had the garden looking pretty good a month or so ago, the weeds are really growing like weeds!

It was pretty warm today, almost eighty degrees, so I could not stay out too long, as the garden is pretty much in the sun all afternoon. So I gathered up my tools and put them back into the garage and then cleaned up.

After resting for a few minutes, I made myself a couple grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch, of course by this time it was about 1430, but I had not thought about eating until I got back into the house. After eating I sat in my chair in the living room for about an hour, dozing off and on.

When I finally awoke, I decided that a shower might help, so I went upstairs to get some clean clothes. While I was up there I decided to try on some short as the ones I had been wearing were getting pretty loose. To my surprise I was able to drop down two sizes, which made me feel better.

Shortly after my shower, Kathleen asked me to come into the kitchen to help decide what to have for dinner. We decided to use the rest of the pot roast and potatoes and have a roast beef stew. So after a bit, it was done, and it made about three cups, large cups at that, of stew.

The pot roast was used for at least six meals, so it was well worth the price. Now we will have to really think about what to have for the next couple of days. After dinner, I gathered up all the dishes, pots and pans and loaded them into the dishwasher and started it up.

I must say that I am really tired tonight, but at least I know why, and it is not just from being sick. That is about everything I can think to write about so good night.

Still Sick Sunday

Well, I slept a little better last night, I still needed to get up a few times, but I was able to go back to sleep rather quickly again. Kathleen on the other hand is getting worse. She probably slept okay, although it is hard for me to tell as she goes to bed so late and I am usually downstairs when she gets up and I never know when she actually gets up.

After getting up, I made myself an egg sandwich using the egg whites from Kathleen's egg yokes from a couple days ago and added some cheddar to look like yoke. I toasted some multi-grain bread and it made a really nice sandwich.

I just started making egg sandwiches again, when I was much younger, I use to have them every morning for breakfast. Anyway after breakfast, I read the paper and then took a walk around the country block.

Kathleen made it downstairs shortly after I got back from my walk and I asked her about lunch, and she said that she did not feel like eating. I was getting hungry, so I made myself a roast beef sandwich from the left-over pot roast from the other night.

It must have inspired Kathleen as she decided to have some pot roast and potatoes. She out did me as she added some onions to the potatoes and then some mayonnaise to make a potato salad. I wish that I had thought to do that, but I did not, but my sandwich was good none the less.

After resting for a little while I decided to take another walk. I added a couple more blocks to this trip, and I still felt pretty good when I got back home. I did a little reading and then Kathleen came back downstairs about 1900 and asked what I had for dinner. I had not eaten yet, so she said that she had not planned on anything, so I heated up some more of the pot roast, potatoes and carrots, I added some of the gravy and then topped it off with some cheddar.

Well, other than taking two walks I did not really accomplish anything. I did not go to church or Sunday School this morning, as I still do not feel really great and I did not want to pass on what ever it is that I have and I also do not want to pick up anything else.

I cannot think of anything else that I did today, so I am just going to say good night.

Sore Saturday

I thought that I might be sore this morning, but I was expecting either my back, legs or maybe both to be sore. Instead it was my chest and stomach, from all the coughing that I have been doing the last couple of days.

Anyway after breakfast, I read the paper and then emptied the dishwasher. After a while the mail came, so I sorted it out and looked at the mail, putting the magazines aside for later.

When Kathleen got up she had a sore throat as well, so we decided not to go out to the restaurant and then clothes shopping for her, so I went back downstairs.

I started reading my "Golf Digest" magazine when Chucky came over to pick up a couple gift cards that they were buying from us, so we visited with him for a while. When he left I went back to finish my magazine, and than went out and mowed the front yard.

It was probably not the smartest thing that I have ever done, but the weather has been ideal for good grass growth. So I have to mow the front yard at least twice a week now. The back yard I usually only do once a week, for some reason it does not seem to grow as fast.

When I came in from mowing, I made myself a couple shredded beef burritos from the pot roast from last night, and then I went and read the other magazine. After finishing it, I swept and mopped the kitchen floor and then vacuumed the downstairs.

I could feel myself getting really tired, so I went upstairs and took a couple hour nap. When I got up I started coughing pretty hard, something that I had not done much of most of the earlier part of the day. I guess it is a good thing as I am getting a lot of phlegm up, I just wish that I could get it all up at one time.

Tonight Kathleen reheated the pot roast, potatoes and carrots form last night for dinner, it still tasted good and there is plenty left for a few more meals.

Well, another unproductive day, at this rate I will be so far behind on getting things done that I will never get caught up. Well, since I did not get much done today, I do not have a lot to write about so I will just say good night.

Feel Better Friday

I slept pretty well last night and did not get up until about 0800. I was not congested as I had been much of this week, which was really nice. So after eating breakfast and reading the paper I took myself for a walk around the block. It was a little drizzly as I started off, but once I got going I did not feel any more drops.

I looked at the grass seed and it still looked damp from the rain last night/early this morning, so I did not bother watering it this morning. Shortly after I got back from my walk and sat down and then the mail came, so I read it.

The grass was high enough that if I felt better I might have tried to mow it, but given that fact and the fact that it was still pretty damp; I easily talked myself out of doing that. I did a little sorting in the upstairs bathroom closet and tried to neaten everything up a little...but I was not really very successful at achieving much progress.

For lunch I heated up a couple of the left-over apricot/banana pancakes from the other morning, and use up two bottles of syrup, one maple and the other blueberry. Speaking of blueberries, I have some green berries on my bushes. I also noticed some green strawberries and raspberries, so it will not be much longer before I can start grazing on berries in the mornings.

So many of our flowers are in bloom, several of the roses, the primroses, the columbine, violas and several others. The bulbs are pretty much history now, so I will need to cut the dead stalks off them one of these days.

Anyway, after lunch, I went outside and picked up a five gallon bucket of fir cones, so I am sure that my leg and back muscles will be sore in the morning. I did notice that my throat started to bother me this afternoon, and my nose started to run pretty good as well. I have been sneezing a lot the last few days and today was not exception, but it got a little worse this afternoon.

The grass seed had gotten a little dry, so I went out to water it and just as I did it started to drizzle again, I just kept watering, and the people driving by probably thought that I was a little nuts, but it stopped raining before I finished watering.

A short time after I got back into the house it started to get pretty dark looking, and when I looked out of the kitchen window the street was white...from hail. It got pretty heavy for a while, but after the initial barrage it must have warmed up, because there was none that stuck.

Kathleen made a pot roast for dinner tonight along with potatoes, carrots and onions. There were lots left-over so I am sure that we will be having it for a few more meals. Well, I did not take a nap this afternoon, and I still do not feel too tired, but then I did not do very much of anything today. That is all I can think to write about so I will just say good night for now.

Thursday's Therapies

I woke up at 0400 this morning and was really having a hard time breathing, A continuation from yesterday when I woke up with a really sore throat and a stuffed up head. I have been stuffed up for most of this week, at first I thought it was just allergies, but yesterday morning I realized that it was more of a cold.

I was pretty much immobile yesterday, about all I managed to do was wash, dry, fold and put away a load of towels. I went to bed about 1100 and slept until almost 1500 and just about had not voice.

I awoke several times last night and not being able to breath, so I would walk around for a few minutes and let my head clear. Then I could sleep for a little while longer, but I was up three or four times and finally decided to get up at 0500.

After breakfast, I read the paper and then when Kathleen got up, I stripped the bed and washed, dried and remade the bed. I had kind of planned on taking a shower and then a nap, but by the time I finished making up the bed, I needed to rest before taking a shower.

I noticed that the sun was out, so I took the vegetable scraps out to the compost tumbler, and then worked on my walking stick for a little while. I cut it to size and then sanded the stubs where the limbs had been.

It was still pretty nice outside, so I thought that I would put on my walking shoes and walk around the block, since I was too worn out to do it yesterday, I did not want to get out of the habit. So I went inside and told Kathleen that I was going to go for a walk, and then took off.

When I got back, I was pretty hungry, so I made myself a can of vegetable soup. Kathleen had gone while I was out for my walk, so I read for a while and than watched Fox news. When Kathleen came home she had bought a humidifier since I had mentioned that I had given our old one away last summer. I hooked it up and have been sitting next to it ever since, except for the time I was at the dinner table.

That is one nice thing about having a lap top, I can use it where I need to be rather having to go some place to use it. Kathleen made some ravioli for dinner, she was going to make it with Alfredo sauce, but I said that I thought that the tomato sauce would be better for me, so she made it with tomato sauce.

After finishing eating I cleared off the table and put the dishes into the dishwasher. Kathleen has taken off for Andrea/Brandon's shower at church tonight, so I do not know what time she will be coming home from that. So I will just say good night.

Tired Tuesday

I got up a little early because I have been trying to take walks early in the morning to get a little exercise in before I start the day and get too tired. After my walk, I had breakfast and then went in to read the paper and the mail.

When I finished doing that I went outside and mowed the front lawn and then watered the grass seed. After walking around a little to rest, I went and mowed the back yard, the west side of the front yard, the other side of the fence on the west side and then the front of the neighbors yard.

By the time I finished all that mowing, I was getting pretty worn out, so I went inside and made myself some lunch. After eating and cleaning up my mess, I went upstairs and took a couple hour nap.

I was going to take another walk, but I just could not work up the energy, and slowly but surely I am learning not to push myself too much. After getting up, I took the laundry downstairs and did a could loads of laundry. When the finished drying, I took them upstairs, folded and put them away.

I was going to do a load of towels, but just ran out of steam. Kathleen made some halibut, wild rice and asparagus for dinner, I finished all of mine, but Kathleen only ate about half of hers. I figure that fish, asparagus and rice are on the healthy side of the food spectrum so it was not a bad thing to finish it all.

Well, I got a few things done today, not a lot, but enough to make me feel like I did accomplish some things. That is all I can think to write about, so I think I will just call it a day and say good night.

Moderate Monday

I got up a little earlier than I had planned to this morning as my head was full of mucus and I was having trouble breathing. I took a couple Sudafed when I got up and it helped to clear it up a little. After breakfast, I read the paper and then went out front to pull some weeds in the area on the east side of the driveway.

There are so many bulbs there that it was hard to get to the base of the weeds, so I just kind of pulled from as far down as I could get. While I was doing that the mail came so I went inside and read the mail.

By this time it was getting close to the time for lunch so I made a couple burritos out of the hamburger, rice and tomato mix from the other night. After resting for a little bit I went outside and watered the grass seeds that I planted the other day and then went to pull some weeds at the back of the house.

The weeds and the Italian prune seedlings were really getting a hold on the back side of the rose garden. The seedlings are from last years prunes, but this should be the last year that I have this problem as the tree is now gone.

After weeding for a couple hours, I got really tired, so I put all my tools away, cleaned up and went upstairs to take a nap. I slept until a little after 1700; Kathleen was just getting ready to go to the library to return some books and pick up some she had on hold. I was still too groggy to get ready to go in time, so she took off.

While she was out, she also stopped by the grocery store where she meet up with Andrea, Brandon and Toni. Kathleen finally came home a little after 1900 and since it was so late she just opened up a couple cans of soup for dinner.

Well, the weather is about to change to more moisture, today was the last of the nice weather for a couple days, so I wanted to get as much done outside as I could. Unfortunately I just do not have the energy to do what needs to get done. I would have liked to mow the front yard, before the rain, but ran out of energy.

Maybe if the rain holds off until late morning or early afternoon, I will be able to do it then. I would like to use the reel mower rather than the Honda, because I will not disturb the grass seed as much.

Well, I can not think of anything else to write about, so I will just say good night.

Sunday's Serenities

Well, this morning I got up early so that I could get ready for church and Sunday School. When I went upstairs to get dressed Kathleen was starting to get ready herself, but she looked like she needed to get some more sleep, so I told her that. So I went by myself and Kathleen stayed home, but did not go back to bed to get some more rest.

As soon as the pastor finished his sermon, I had to get up and leave the sanctuary, as my bottom was so sore I could not sit any longer. Then I left Sunday School early for the same reason. When I got home Kathleen was still on her computer and in about the same condition as when I left.

I changed my clothes and went downstairs to read the paper. After finishing the paper, I made a couple burritos out of the hamburger, rice and tomato dish from last night and a couple whole wheat tortillas adding some hot salsa and some sour cream. They were pretty good and rather filling.

Then I emptied the dishwasher, and loaded up the dishes from breakfast and lunch, and did some of the hand washing that was sitting around the kitchen.

Then after resting for a little, I went outside to water the grass seed that I did the other day. I also pulled a few weeds and then went into the house to rest. I probably should have taken a nap, but since I had not really done anything, I decided that I did not need to take a nap.

Well, Kathleen came downstairs about 1700 and asked if it would be alright if we had the left over dinner from last night, I did not mind so that is what we had plus a tomato and an avocado.

Well, I did not do very much today, but I am tired and cannot think of anything else to write about, so I will just say good night.

Slow Starting Saturday

I had another decent night sleep last night, but still woke up with not a lot of energy. After eating breakfast, reading the paper and the mail I went outside and mowed the back yard. I was going to try to over seed the back yard, but there are so many cherry and apple pedals on the lawn and more to fall that I thought I would wait another week or so until they all fall.

Usually we have a little more rain than we have had this week and they fall quicker, but I would rather keep the trees in bloom and not have the rain every day. So when I finished mowing, I just put the lawn mower away and went into the house.

I took a few things downstairs to the basement and then replaced the shower hose in the downstairs bath. It had been spraying water for a couple months, not seriously, just enough to be annoying.

I could not stand that it was so nice outside, so I went out and dug up some of the area on the east side of the house, I am removing the lawn( and I use that term very loosely), and am planning on putting on some low growing ground cover plants.

It was now about 1400, so I made myself a couple whole wheat burritos, and then I went upstairs to take a nap. I slept until about 1645, I asked Kathleen what she had planned for dinner and she said that she was thawing out some hamburger, so I went downstairs.

Kathleen started dinner, but than remembered that she had not picked up one of her prescriptions the other day, so she took off to Fred Meyer's and picked them up. I turned off dinner when the timer went off and Kathleen returned about fifteen minutes later.

She had made a hamburger, rice and tomato dish, that we added sour cream to and had a tomato and avocado on the side. There was quite a lot left so I will probably put some on some tortillas and have a burrito for lunch one of these days.

Well, I am tired and I cannot think of anything else to write about, so I will just say good night.

Fun Friday

I got another pretty good night sleep last night, I only needed to get up once about 0530, so that was nice. After breakfast I read the paper and the mail, and then I went outside and mowed the front lawn.

Then I put the Scott's seed starter soil and the grass seed and put them into my cart along with a rake and a potato fork and took them to the front lawn where I roughed up the surface, then sprinkled grass seed in the bare spots, scooped some soil onto the seed and then raked and tamped the soil to help embed the seed.

Then I went over to the walnut tree and finished taking the ivy off it. I finally got it all off and it makes a lot of difference in how the tree looks. As I was finishing this up Aaron came over with the girls.

The girls went into the house and Aaron and I talked outside for a while. Since I still had the ivy leaves to get picked up I went over there and raked up the leaves and Aaron pushed them into the yard debris recycling can. When I took the can to the other side of the driveway, I noticed a couple spots that still needed some reseeding, so I did that while I still had all the stuff there.

Then we put the tools and the cart into the garage. Aaron noticed my new chipper/shredder, so I took him into the back yard to show him my new compost tumbler. Then we went into the house, as I needed to rest for a while.

About the time I sat down, Alexis jumped up on my lap and wanted me to read to her, I told her that I needed to rest for a while, so she went back to her coloring. She came back a couple times and Aaron and I were talking so we asked her to come back later. Finally she brought a couple, (five), for me to read, I had rested up enough by then that I went a head and read them to her, Becca came over and listened to the stories as well. When I finished the first stack of books she got down and brought over another stack for me to read.

After finishing them she went off for a while and did some other things, like played catch with me. The Becca played catch with me with some plastic flowers that she got from Kathleen. After awhile Becca brought over a book for me to read, so I read that to her. Shortly after I finished the book, Kathleen came out with her bubble machine, so she and the girls went outside and made bubbles.

Then Aaron and I went out to the garage so that I could show Aaron a brass hammer that I made many years ago, he needed one for his guitars. While we were outside Tami had called and said that it was safe to bring the girls home, she was making a wedding cake for a wedding tomorrow.

By the time everyone left I was really hungry, as I had not had time to have lunch, and I was also tired as I did not have time for a nap again today (third day in a row). Kathleen heated up a can of corn beef hash for me and she reheated the left over steak from Wednesday night. By the time I finished eating I could hardly keep my head up, I finally worked up enough energy to stand up and put the dishes into the dishwasher and here I am.

Well, as I said earlier this is the third day in a row that I have not had a nap and I am really tired, I think that I need to sit down in the living room and just vegetate for a while, so I will just say good night.

Tired Thursday

Well I only had to get up once last night, so that was very nice, although I did wake up and got up about 0630 and felt pretty good. So after breakfast and reading the paper and mail, I went outside and decided to move some more gravel into the front of the driveway.

I did about for cart loads of it plus raked it out and then decided that I needed to stop and rest, so I put the tools and the cart away and went inside. It was about 1330, so I decided to make myself some lunch. I found a few Tatar tots in the refrigerator and that was about it, so I got a couple slices of bread, some Limburger cheese, sliced and onion and made a sandwich.

I also found a cottage cheese container that had about four mouthfuls of cottage cheese left in it so I finished that and also a jar with about a half dozen pepperoncini in it so I finished that as well. We still have three jars of pepperoncini and another container of cottage cheese, but at least there is a little more room in the refrigerator.

As I was finishing up my lunch, Kathleen came down and said that she had a doctor's appointment for 1420 and asked if I was planning on doing anything, so I said that I had planned on going back outside and work in the yard for a while. So she said that she would like it if I went with her to the doctor's, so I did.

When we finished up there, I stopped by the credit union to deposit an insurance refund check, then we stopped by Fred Meyer to pick up a couple prescriptions for her. By the time we finished there it was about 1800, so I suggested that we stop by Papa Murphy's to pick up a DeLight pizza for dinner, she said okay as she did not have anything else planned.

We just and had some pizza left, it was not that long ago that just one pizza would not be enough, so that shows that we, or at least I am eating less. Well, I did not get nearly as much done today as I had anticipated, but at least I got something done and I do not feel too bad and I am not overly tired.

That is about it for today, so I will just say good night.

Wednesday???

Not much to write about today. After breakfast, I emptied the dishwasher and then read the paper and mail. I played around in the garage for a while, but did not accomplish much, so I went back inside. Kathleen made some salmon spread for lunch; I also finished off the deli salads and then put all the dirty dishes and utensils into the dishwasher.

Andrea and Brandon came over for a while after her doctor's appointment, it was nice to see and visit with them for a little while.

After they left, Kathleen and I took off for Tigard to get her ring cleaned and inspected. She gets that done about every six months. While we were over in that part of town, we stopped by Bridgeport village. We spent most of our time there in Crate and Barrel, Kathleen also went into a paper store and then we went into Coldwater Creek.

By the time we got done there it was time to meet our financial advisors for a dinner at McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant (M&S Grill). I had crab and shrimp stuffed salmon and Kathleen had a steak, but they had Jake's clam chowder and lots of good appetizers before the main meal came out. Then for dessert they had three little custard cups on a large plate, one had a hot black berry and blue berry tart with ice cream on top, another had Crème Brûlée and the third had a chocolate moose with whipped cream on top.

Needless to say, I was quite stuffed by the time we were done. After the meal we both had a cappuccino and that took whatever room I had left in my stomach. We finally got home about 2145, so we were gone a little over six hours, which by far has been my longest outing since I started the radiation therapy.

Well, it is late and I am tired so I am just going to say, good night!

A Tenious Tuesday

Looking back I probably should not have made the chili yesterday. Not only was I up a good portion of last night it continued on through today, and while it has slowed down a little, I still am not back to "normal".

Anyway, after getting up this morning I had breakfast and emptied the dishwasher before going into the living room to read the paper and the mail. I went out to bring the garbage can back from the front after the pickup and then again to gather up the recycling box after the recycling truck picked up our plastic, metal and plastic recycling.

I did wander outside a coupe other times, but the weather kept threatening to rain although most of the day it was just a drizzle, not even enough to get the driveway wet. It was just nasty enough that I did not feel like doing anything outside so I vacuumed the downstairs.

Beside the weather, I just did not feel very good, so I sat around most of the day. Around 1300 I made myself some lunch consisting of some roast beef slices Limburger cheese, some dill pickle slices and some horse radish and made a sandwich out of some harvest bread.

I took a nap again today about 1330 until about 1530, I did feel a little better, but the chili was still playing with me. Kathleen heated up some Tatar tots and we had the left over salmon and salads from the deli. There still is enough salmon and salads left over for another meal, maybe tomorrow's lunch.

Well, today has been a rather unproductive day, I think I will just say good night and officially call it a day.

A Marvelous Monday

I did get a pretty decent night sleep last night, and I was not nearly as tired as I had been the last couple of days. I took the towels downstairs with me when I went and picked up the towels from the downstairs bathroom and kitchen and then loaded them all into the washing machine. After breakfast, I put the towels into the dryer and then went into the living room to read the paper and mail.

By the time I got done with the paper the towels were dry so I took them out and folded them and put them away. Then I took the paper and junk mail and put them into the paper recycling bag and took it out to the front pouch so that I could take it out to the curb, (we do not really have a curb, but it sounds impressive) for pick up tomorrow. I use to put it out the night before, but I have had the papers gone through and even the whole bag taken so I do not do it until it is day light on the day of the pick-up.

Then I went outside and mowed the front, back, sides, neighbor’s front lawn and the driveway strip on the neighbors to the west of ours. I rested before doing the back yard, I still get really tired quickly and I am trying not to over due.

After finishing the back yard, I got the spreader out and the Scott's turf builder plus moss control and put it on the whole lawn. I had tried killing the moss earlier this spring, but it did not do a total job, so I thought that I would give it another try.


After putting the spreader and the remaining fertilizer back into the garage, I went into the house and got cleaned up. It was about 1330 so I thought that I would make myself something to eat, so I started to boil some water and put some dry chili mix into it. It had a cook time of almost a half hour, so I got out some dark rye, some roast beef slices, the Limburger cheese, and some horse radish and made a sandwich.

To top it off I also had a kosher dill pickle and by the time I finished the sandwich, the chili was ready. I had about half of it and then decided to go upstairs to take a nap. I slept until just about 1700, so that shows that I still need to nap everyday.

When I do not take time to nap, I usually feel it in the next day or two, so I am learning to stop and take a nap. It really breaks up my day, but right now it is just something that I have to do.

Tonight Kathleen made some wild sockeye salmon, orzo and peas, it was really good. I really like salmon, but I really, really like fresh wild salmon. We ate about of the salmon, so we will have it again some other day.

Well, that is all I can think about tonight, I am not as tired as I have been this time of the evening, but I know that I do not have a lot of energy. Some how I need to figure out a way to build up my energy level and have some kind of reserve energy for when I need it. I guess that is all for tonight, good night!

Surprisingly Sunny Sunday

I woke up this morning and felt pretty good, not really overly rested, but better than I had Saturday morning. So I got ready to go to Sunday School this morning, Kathleen went as well, and it was the first time that we had been there since the middle of January.

As we were leaving, Kathleen asked me if I felt like going grocery shopping, I was starting to feel tired, so I said not really. We had not brought our shopping list or coupons so that was another good reason for not going.

I sorted the clothes out and then did a load of light colored clothes. Kathleen heated up some clam chowder for lunch and afterwards I finished reading the paper. When I got done with the paper I took the light clothes out of the dryer, took them upstairs, folded and put them away. Before I took the light clothes upstairs I put the dark clothes into the dryer. After the dark clothes finished I took them upstairs, folded them and put them away.

Then I decided that I was tired enough that I needed a nap, so I took a nap and Kathleen took off to pick up her prescriptions and do a little grocery shopping. She got home about 1800 and I had been up for a while, but at least I did get a little rest. Before she got home I emptied the dishwasher that Kathleen had run last night.

Kathleen had stopped at the deli and picked up a few salads, so that is what we had for dinner. Well, I did not do a lot today, I hope that with a good night sleep tonight, I will feel a little more energetic tomorrow as it is suppose to be a relatively nice day.

Well, I cannot think of anything else to write home about so good night.

I knew that I was tired last night, but when I slept until 0830 this morning I really knew it. I was still tired, when one considers that I had slept for about nine hours, and wound up taking a three hour nap this afternoon.

Once I got up, I made myself an egg and soy sausage sandwich, the made myself some coffee and headed to the living room to read the paper and mail. There was a fair amount of mail, and not all of it was junk mail, so it took a while to get through it there was even a magazine for me to read.

It had started to rain again, so going outside to do anything was kind of out of the question, so I sat in my chair and rested for a while longer. The faucet in the downstairs bath tub had bee dripping most of the week, so I shut off the hot water to it and proceeded to change it. Then I cleaned up one of the draws in the vanity that seems to always collect junk.

Kathleen was in the kitchen making some oatmeal, raisin and dried cherry cookies and when I looked at the clock, I noticed that it was after 1300, so I went into the kitchen to see what I could find to have for lunch; I wound up making some broccoli cheddar soup.

It was a dry mix, that we must have had forever, but I am always willing to try things, so I mixed it up and heated it up, it did not taste all that great, but it was not bad either. I added a little Tabasco sauce to spice it up a little, and that helped a lot. I did not finish it so into the refrigerator it went.

Doing lunch must have worn me out because I got so tired that I headed upstairs to take a nap. I had not had one in a couple days, mostly because it was so nice outside that I just did not take the time to do it. In my condition now, I think that I really need the nap time. I hate to say that but I really notice the difference when I do not get one.

I think that is one of the reasons that I was so tired today. Anyway, I got up about 1900 and asked Kathleen if she thought of anything for dinner, she suggested soup, so she heated up a can of soup and then I finished the broccoli cheddar from lunch.

Well, I did not get much of anything constructive done today, but I feel better than I did earlier in the day. Since I cannot think of anything else to write about, I will just say good night.

Fabulous Friday

I am way too tired to be writing this, but I thought that I would give it a try anyway. Today was another really nice spring day, so after breakfast, reading the paper and the mail, I decided to go out side and do some work around the yard.

I mowed the back yard, it was not nearly as long as I expected it to be, but it still needed mowing. After that I decided that since I edged the front yard earlier in the week, I should at least start doing the back yard.

I spent a couple hours and did the back rose garden and then got about half way around the berry garden, and then I tackled the little rose garden. By the time I finished that I was getting tired, so I got one of the Adirondack chairs out and sat down for a few minutes to rest.

I could not sit there very long, as I kept thinking of all the things I needed to get done, so I drug the chipper out and started chipping branches, I am in the process of taking out the Mugo pine, so I cut up several of those branches and then did some branches that have been leaning up against the apple tree for several years.

I am sure that I had saved them for something, but I could not remember what it was not, so I thought that it could not have been that important, so into the chipper they went.

Kathleen had come out and told me that I was going to Aaron and Tami's for dinner tonight, so I finished the stack that I had and then put the chipper away. By the time I got into the house it was almost 1800, and I was suppose to be at their house by 1830, so I washed my hands, arms and face and called it good.

Aaron barbecued some hamburgers and a Boca burger for me and Tami made a lemon cake for dessert. Everything tasted so good, but I was so tired that I could hardly enjoy, it but I did. Becca and Alexis sat on my lap while we waited for dinner to get finished, and were trying to get me to play games with them, but I could hardly move, so we went outside and tossed the ball to Archie.

Well, I just got home and now I am more tired than I have been for a while, but it sure was nice to spend the whole day outside. I got so busy that I did not even get lunch today, but I can afford to miss a few meals every now and again.

That is all I can think of for today, so good night for today, tomorrow the rain is suppose to return again.

Turn-about Thursday

Wow, what a difference a day makes! As nasty as the last couple of day have been today was completely on the other side of the weather spectrum. After eating and reading the paper and mail I spent most of the rest of the day outside.

When I first went outside, I pulled some ivy from under the fir trees, than after the grass dried I mowed the front lawn. I was going to work out in the back yard pulling weeds, but I realized that the front lawn had not had any edging done to it other than the driveway, that I did the other day.

So I weeded and edged the garden and then the eastern border and than around the walnut tree. After I did that I decided to that I needed to cut and pull the ivy off the one walnut tree where it had really taken over.

It took probably an hour or so, but I cut and pulled down all the ivy from about five feet and up. My next project will be to finish pulling it off and work on the west side of the driveway to rid it of the ivy that has pretty taken over that area.

I did transplant a rhododendron that I started by placing dirt on one of the lower branches and it rooted itself. I also transplanted a couple bachelor button plants to the west side of the driveway.

By the time I got done it was 1545 so I had been out there about five hours, I did not feel overly tired, but I definitely knew that I was rapidly running out of energy. So I cleaned up and sat down in my chair where I dozed for a little bit.

Kathleen heated up the halibut fish and chips from the restaurant yesterday. She heated it up in our convection oven so the fries did not get soggy and the halibut stayed nice and crisp as well.

Well, I think that I have pretty much covered my day today. Over-all I do feel much better; I just do not have a lot of energy or residual endurance to get a lot done. With that said, I will just say good night.

A Wild Wednesday

This is day two of our wild weather, yesterday it was nice one minute and then raining the next. Anyway, I slept in until 0830 this morning and was still tired, but I knew that I would not be getting back to sleep.

This morning after finishing reading the paper, I went outside and pulled some ivy up and was going to move some more gravel, but it started to get rather dark out, so I went back into the house and just after I did, it started to rain. It did not last too long, just long enough that it got everything wet again.

About noon I decided to go outside and try to get the front lawn mowed, and just as I was about to go out the door it started to rain again, so much for mowing.

Kathleen and I had planned to go out for lunch today, so about 1315 we took off, it was the first time we had been anyplace to eat outside of a quick burger since I started the radiation treatments. We both had halibut fish and chips, it was really good, but we both left two chunks of fish, so that means, I will have it someday for lunch.

Just after we left the restaurant it started to rain really hard and it was even a little slushy. So I knew that even if we got home I would not be able to mow, as everything was just too soaked.

Afterwards we stopped at Costco to pick up some items for the coupon book that was just about expired. I was doing pretty well, but by the time we were done I was ready for a nap. Once home, I emptied the SUV and that is about all I could handle. If it had been earlier, I probably would have tried to take a nap, but I knew that if I did go to sleep, I would be up too late tonight.

I did however sit down in my chair and doze for a while and felt a little better when I got up. Kathleen asked me what I wanted heated up so I suggested the pasta from last night. It was kind of like a casserole, and tasted better the next day, there was not a lot there, so I also had a bowl of cottage cheese to top it off, now I am ready to take another nap.

I did not get anything done today, but I am really tired tonight, I think that I must have been running on fumes lately. Well, I think I will just sign of and say good night.

Tumultious Tuesday

I got up about 0730, not quite rested, but I knew that I would not be getting any more sleep and would just become more tired by staying in bed. I tried oatmeal again this morning, oatmeal was what I had for breakfast last Wednesday, and so I was not too sure how my system would respond to it. So far it has been okay.

After breakfast, I emptied the dishwasher and put them away, and then I put the dishes from last night into it as well as the dishes from my breakfast. Then I went in and read the paper and the mail. When I went into the mud room to recycle the paper and mail, I realized that I had not taken the towels out of the dryer yesterday, so I unloaded the dryer and folded and put away the towels.

Then I went outside and turned the composter a couple times. It is gear driven so it turns rather easily and does a good job of mixing the compost to promote good composting. Then I went inside and made myself some lunch, I heated up a can of chicken gumbo soup and added the left-over rice and chicken from the other night to give the soup some more body. Yummy, I really enjoy gumbo.

After resting for a while, while it rained, I decided to go out and move some gravel to some of the low spots in the front of the driveway. So I got out my garden-way cart and a shovel and rake and moved about four carts full of gravel and smoothed out most of it. I was getting tired and the sky was getting threatening looking, so I packed everything up and put them back into the garage and headed into the house.

After cleaning up, I decided to go upstairs and take a nap, I wound up sleeping for about an hour and a half, and I did feel much better afterwards. Once back downstairs, I decided to change the beta's water, I had already filled a couple pitchers of water and added the anti-chlorine drops to it so I brought the beta's vase into the kitchen and scooped him out.

Then I proceeded to scrub the inside of the vase to get the algae out, and then I washed off the bamboo plants that I keep in the vase to get any algae off it as well. Next I added the water and then the beta. Once it is over with I think he enjoys having clean water, he is not wild about the initial process though.

After taking the vase back to the living room, I feed the beta, and he swam around in appreciation. It was raining again so even if I had the energy I could not have gone outside, so I went into the living room and rested some more.

After it stopped raining again, I went back outside and turned on the composter again, I had not done it yesterday, so I thought that it probably would not hurt to do it twice today. Kathleen came downstairs shortly after I got back inside and started to make some spaghetti for dinner tonight.

She used noodles and added some grapes to the sauce and it really gave it a good taste. Well, I have put the dishes into the dishwasher and now I am getting ready to settle in for tonight. I am too tired to do much of anything else, so I think that I will just say good night.