Tuesday's Temperature

I felt pretty good again this morning when I got up, although I was up earlier than I would like to have been. Anyway after getting up and having breakfast, I read the paper and then recycled it up front, as today was our garbage pick-up and recycling day. While I was out putting the paper in the bin the garbage truck was at the corner, so I just waited for it to pick up the trash and than I took the trash can into the back yard.

The mail came a while later, so I opened it and read what looked interesting and set the rest in a pile to take to the recycling bin. After finishing the mail, I decided to take my morning walk; I have been trying to walk at least a half hour every morning. I had meant to take the paper recycling out when I went for my walk, but I forgot.

Anyway, when I got back the recycling truck had not come yet so I took the junk mail up front to the bin then I rested for a little while. After my quick rest, I decided that I would go out and mow the front lawn.

I finished that and then I went into the back yard and trimmed the grass along the backside of the berry patch. I was tired enough that I did not want to mow the back yard...just yet, so I went into the house to rest for a while. As you can see, I do a lot of resting.

Anyhow, after a brief rest, I went upstairs and asked Kathleen if she had filled out her mail in ballot; she had not, so I reminded her that she needed to do that. She also said that she wanted to stop by BiMart, so I said I would go with her when she got dressed.

I also reminded Kathleen that we needed to take her SUV to John's so that he could change the oil in it before we made our trip to the coast. So she called John and he said bring it by anytime. She also called Andrea and they were going to meet up and go to Joann's, so I decided that I would stay home and work in the yard.

It was getting to be about 1330, so I decided to make myself a salad for lunch. It took about fifteen minutes to cut everything up and another fifteen minutes to eat it. Then I waited about twenty minutes and then decided to go out back and mow the back lawn. Well, I just about finished that when she came outside.

After putting the mower into the garage I decided to sit in the sun for a while before I went into the house. I heard that the temperature was 86 degrees today, so that is three days that it has been above 80 degrees. It was about 1500 when I finally made it back into the house and got cleaned up.

I was pretty warn out, so I just sat in my chair for a while and then I read my Golf magazine that came yesterday, but I had not had a chance to read yet. John called about 1800 and said that Kathleen's SUV was ready and asked if I would call her as he could not get a hold of Andrea. So I called Kathleen and told her and then asked if she had planned on being home by 1900 as that is when I have been eating lately.

She asked me to make some rice and that she thought that she would be home a little after 1900. So I put the water and the wild rice into the rice cooker and turned it on. She finally got home a little after 1900 and then she put some steaks into the oven.

I have been trying to cut down on my portion sizes so I have only been eating about 4 ounces of meat or fish at any meal. Besides the steak and rice Kathleen also cut up a tomato and an avocado. I also have been trying to eat slower, so that seems to help me feel full and I do not get stuffed from eating more than I really needed.

Well, Kathleen has gone upstairs and I cannot think of anything else to write about, so I will just say good night for now.

Much More Better Monday

Well, last night I decided that I would try sleeping without the humidifier and I managed to sleep about the same as I had been with it. Anyway after getting up, I made myself some breakfast and then went in and read the paper. The mail came just after I finished the paper so I opened it up.

I did not look at it because I wanted to take a walk before it got too warm outside. I walked for about three miles again and stopped a couple times to talk to people working in their front yards. By the time I got back from my walk, I was ready to sit down and read the mail.

I felt pretty good, so I decided that I would run to the credit union to deposit a bunch of insurance checks that I had but did not feel well enough to go to deposit them. Anyway, while I was out I got some gas for my Honda power mower, it takes better gas than my Wrangler, and of course it uses a lot less. I have been using the power mower for the last couple weeks as I just have not felt all that well and did not have the energy to push the reel mower.

After I got back from running around doing some errands, I made my self some lunch. After I cleaned up my lunch mess, I went outside and finished edging the rest of the front yard that I started last week.

After I finished edging, I decided to go into the house and rest as I am trying not to over extend myself. I finished reading the other book and then read the latest National Graphic magazine. Kathleen had gone to meet with Andrea at the craft store, so when it got to be 1900, I decided to make myself some dinner.

I had wild rice and a Boca burger, I am trying to watch what I am eating and I have lost about fifteen pounds in the last week. That is from eating less, walking and doing some strength training.

I have needed to loose some weight for several years, but I just have not done it. My doctor has told me for the last couple of years that I need to loose weight, so I hope that next month when I see him again for my physical I will have lost the weight and kept it off. I have found a pretty good plan, at least it has been working well for me so far and I hope that I can stick with it.

Well, Kathleen still is not home, and I think that I have said all I can think of for now, so good night.

Happy Mother's Day!

I was up a couple of times last night due to cramps in my legs, I am not sure why, unless it was from the walking I did last night. Anyway Kathleen's alarm went off at 0700 and I could not get back to sleep, so I finally got up.

I have been coughing a lot and over-all did not feel very well, so I decided not to even try to go to church or Sunday School. So I made myself breakfast, actually I did not make it as much as open a container of yogurt and a sliced up apple.

After eating I emptied the dishwasher and when I got done in the kitchen, I called my sister so that I could wish my Mother a Happy Mother's Day. There was not answer so I left a message.

Then I went into the living room to read the paper. First I looked at the comics and the ads and when I got finished with them I decided that I would try to take a walk.

Walking usually helps make me feel better, so I though I would see if it would help me to feel better. I did fell better for a while after I finished my walk, but about 1300 I started to really warn out, and I had not done anything.

Anyway, after my walk, I finished reading the paper. Kathleen had gone to church and Sunday School and called about 1135 to let me know that she would be leaving shortly and stopping at Winco on her way home to buy some groceries.

Finally about 1300, I decided that I needed to make myself something for lunch, so I took out a cod fillet and put it in the micro wave and use the convection feature to bake it. While that was cooking I got out some mixed vegetables to have with the cod.

Kathleen came home about a half hour after I finished eating so I helped her bring the groceries into the house. We talked for a while and then Kathleen went upstairs and I was going to take a shower and get ready go to Alyssa and Dan's for a Mother's Day and Birthday dinner for Kathleen.

I started to feel light headed and my stomach was kind of upset feeling, so I sat down for a while. It did not help so I told Kathleen that I did not think that I could make it to the party. As it turned out, it was a good thing I did not go. Just as Kathleen was pulling out of the driveway, I had to rush to the bathroom and just made it.

I had to do the same thing about a half hour later only this time it was a lot worse. I am really really tired of not feeling well. I tried calling my sister again, this time the phone just kept ringing, so I never did get through to Mom.

I just finished eating the salad that I made myself for dinner; some of the things that Kathleen got from the grocery store were salad making items. Well, it is pretty quiet around here tonight, and I cannot think of anything else to say, so I will just say good night and Happy Mother's Day again!

Saatisfying Saturday

Well today was better than it started out. I was awakened three times last night because my alarm kept going off. I finally decided to get up the third time it went off about 0600. I went out to see what was going on and it was just the battery getting too low. So I hooked it up to the charger and charged it.

Then I made myself an egg for breakfast. After finishing breakfast and washing the dishes, I went into the living room to read the paper and then the mail when it got here. I was feeling better than I had for a couple days so I decided to take a walk, I have been told that the route that I took is three miles, so if that is true, I had a really good fast paced walk.

Kathleen was concerned that I was breathing too heavily, but I told her that is how I sound when I have worked up a sweat. I was really tired when I got back home, but it kind of felt good. I toot a short rest and then made myself some lunch.

After resting for a little while, I went outside to pull a few weeds in the garden. I stopped because I could feel myself getting really tired and it looked like it was going to start raining.

I had planned on taking a nap but while I was in the kitchen and Kathleen had started to take a few things out of the refrigerator, so I suggested that we clean out the refrigerator.

We spent the next hour and a half emptying the shelves one at a time and cleaning off each shelf as I went. I asked Kathleen to decide what she really wanted to keep and what could we either give away or throw away. We wound up dumping twenty five bottles of all kind of things, two cans, and a couple other things.

We can even see what is on all the shelves now. Once we finished that Kathleen wanted to clean off the shelves that are next to the refrigerator, so she started pulling things off and we threw more stuff away. She even arranged things so that we can see where everything is.

I had to take the garbage out once and we half filled it up again. She even cleared all of her stuff off the kitchen table, so that there is enough room to eat comfortably.

About 1700, I got so tired that I could hardly stand up, so I went into the living room for a while and did a little reading. I read two books already this week and have just about finished a third. When I do not have energy to do anything else I usually read unless I am too tired to keep my eyes open.

We finally ate dinner about 1915; I had some left-over wild rice and some baby corn. Kathleen made herself a grilled cheese sandwich and a talking rain. Well, I am tired tonight, but it is a good tired from doing things, so I think that I will just say good night.

Friday's Follies

When I got up this morning Kathleen told me that I did not look very rested, so I responded and asked her when the last time I did look rested when I got up...she could not answer that. So I guess that I look about the same as I normally do, only now it seems like it takes me an hour or so of being up before I actually look like I should be up.

After breakfast and reading the paper, I was going to take my six foot ladder over to Aaron and Tami's for them to use while siding, but I felt so poorly that when I told Kathleen what I was going to do, she wanted to know if she could go along as well. So I said if I load the ladder into the SUV she could just take it over there herself as I really did not feel all that well.

She took off about 0900 and did not return until about 1630... of course she did a lot of shopping along the way. She visited with the grandchildren for quite a while, but she also spent a lot of time looking for more clothes.

Anyway, while she was gone I worked out in the yard most of the time. I edged the front of the front of the front lawn and along the driveway. Then I mowed the front lawn, the neighbor’s driveway strip on the other side of the driveway and the neighbor’s front lawn.

Then I took a short rest and had the rest of my blueberry smoothie, and then went back outside to edge along the back sidewalk. After doing about two thirds of it, I could feel myself getting really tired, so I decided to stop and mow the back yard.

By the time I finished the back yard I was really tired and hungry, so I sautéed a couple zucchini and a couple slices of onion. I decided to use the zucchini as they were starting to get a little soft and I knew that they would not last much longer. It tasted really good, and while the zucchini and onion were cooking, I noshed on a couple celery stalks.

Shortly after I finished eating, Andrea and Brandon came over on their way to the grocery store. We visited for quite a while and then Kathleen came home from her shopping spree. They left to finish their shopping about 1830, so they were here for quite a while.

Tonight for dinner I heated up the salmon and rice pilaf and Kathleen had the rest of her salad. My salmon and rice were almost as good as they were last night, but I am afraid the Kathleen's salad was just not the same.

Well, I am really tired tonight, so I think that I will just say good night.

Thursday's Thirty-eight

Well, today is our thirty-eighth anniversary; it somehow does not seem possible. Anyway this morning was pretty much a normal morning, I really did not get a thing done. One reason for this is that since we did not get to go to the beach this week, I thought that we would go out to eat. So I did not want to get started on something and then get too tired to go.

Anyway we left the house about 1500 and stopped by Aaron and Tami's house to see how they were doing on their siding project. They had the North side about half way done and also had the new window installed and the old slider door removed and plywood put over the hole. I felt bad that I could not help, but I think that I would have been more in the way than any help.

After we left their house we went to Francis Xavier's for an early dinner, I had a salmon fillet with rice pilaf; Kathleen had a grilled shrimp salad and a piece of chocolate cake for dessert.

I purposely divided the salmon and rice pilaf into two sections and ate one half and took the other half home. Kathleen did the same with her salad and cake, so we can enjoy it again, maybe tomorrow for dinner.

After eating we stopped at the Troutdale Outlet Mall, as Kathleen wanted to see if she could find some new clothes. She has lost so much weight that nothing fits her anymore, so a couple weeks ago we got her some slacks and a jacket and today she bought a few more tops, some slacks and probably some other things as well. Needless to say, by the time we were done, I was really worn out.

Well, that is about all I did today, so I will just say good night.

Happy Anniversary

Wednesday's Ways

Again I had a good nights sleep last night, by that I mean I slept okay. When I got up I virtually had just enough energy to go downstairs and make myself breakfast. It was Wednesday, so being the creature of habit that I am, I made myself an egg sandwich. To go along with it I micro waved a couple soy sausages and toasted a couple pieces of English muffin bread.

After cleaning up the pan and putting the dishes in the dishwasher, I went into the living room to read the paper. When I finished the paper, I went out and watered the "new" grass and picked up some fir branches and cones. The mail cane shortly after I finished watering, so I went into the house with it and opened it up.

I got my bank statement and portfolio statement, so I reconciled the bank accounts and added the progress of all my funds into the data base that I keep for them. I have been very fortunate in that they all have been showing positive returns, although that is not so surprising right now as the market in general is doing well.

My portfolio has shown growth over the last several years with the exception of a couple months, so that is really good. Even after taking out all my living expenses, taxes and fees, I still managed to make a good profit. My corporate property investments have done exceptionally well. So even after living off the earnings for the last year, I still have more than I had last year, so I cannot complain at all.

Well, after seeing what my investments were doing, I decided that I would plant a plant that Kathleen bought a couple weeks ago, so I got Kathleen to show me where she wanted it. While I was doing that I transplanted a couple other plants that had grown in places where I did not want them.

After doing all the transplanting, I noticed that I never finished weeding the berry patch, so I finished up that and by this time I was really worn out. So I cleaned up my tools and put them away; I was going to go into the house and rest, but I figured that I would just sit in my Adirondack chair for a while.

The sun felt good, but I knew that I needed to go inside and make myself some lunch. By the time I got inside it was after 1400, so I made myself a Boca burger and put it on a couple heels of the English muffin toast. I added a slice of Velveeta to the burger and melted it, then added a couple kosher dill slices. I had not had a Boca burger for quite some time and here I have had one two days in a row.

I was feeling pretty worn out so I went into the living room and sat in my chair and dozed for a while. I am not quite sure why, but I have been really worn out for the last week or so. I could understand it when I had the flu, but I just have not gotten any energy back yet. Not like me at all.

When I woke up, I decided to go out and water the "new" grass again, and after finishing that I decided to change the Betta's water. I had put the water out yesterday morning, and added the anti-0chlorine drops to it and let it sit, but was too tired to change it yesterday. I did not have any more energy today, but I needed to get the water containers off the counter and the Betta really needed his water changed.

Kathleen asked me what I wanted for dinner, she suggested hash for me and lentil soup for her, I felt more like chili, so she opened up a can and heated it up. I thought that we would need more so I heated up another can and it is a good thing I did because we just about finished up the second bowl of chili.

Well, I am just about brain dead, so I think that I will just say good night.

Tremendous but Tiring Tuesday

I had another good nights sleep, so after getting up and going downstairs, eating breakfast and reading the paper, I took the recycling to the street. Then I unloaded the dishwasher from last night. Just as I was finishing that the mail came so I brought it in. Not much of anything today.

So I went outside and mowed the front yard, then I sprayed it with Weed be Gone to try to get rid of some of the weeds are invading the lawn. While I was at it I also sprayed part of my neighbor’s lawns on both sides. It is hard to keep a weed free lawn when there are lots of weed, just inches away on the other side of the property line.

Anyway, after finishing the front yard, I mowed the back yard. By this time I was getting pretty tired, so I went into the house and rested for a while. After a quick rest, I made myself some lunch.

I had not had a Boca Burger for a while, so I decided to have one on toasted multi-grain bread heels. While the bread was toasting I melted some Velveeta on one of the heels. Once they were toasted, I added a couple kosher dill pickle slices and some ketchup. Yummy!

I was still pretty tired, so I decided to sit and rest for a while, but since it was so nice outside I decided to go outside and sit in the sun for a while...well, I think I have been down this road often enough that I probably do not need to tell anyone what happened.

The sitting in the sun only lasted a short time; before I knew it I was transplanting some plants, trimming some Italian prune sprouts on the other side of the fence. These were some that had started a couple years ago, but since there was someone living there, I did not feel like I could trim them. Now that there is no one there, I thought that it I would do it while I had the chance.

Well, after doing that, I was really tired, so I went inside and cleaned up. Then I sat down in my chair and dozed for a bit. Kathleen came downstairs and said that she did not think she would be feeling well enough to go to the beach tomorrow, (we had planned on spending a few days there to celebrate our anniversary) so she called the place where I made the reservations and chanced the date to two weeks from now.

Kathleen made some rice and shrimp stir-fried for dinner, it was good, but I was really so tired that I could not really enjoy it. I had been trying to get so much work done before we took off for the coast and I had not really recovered from being sick myself. Oh well, maybe I will be able to rest up over the next couple weeks.

I had been following the weather forecast for the coast for the next few days and it looks like it was suppose to be pretty nice, I just hope that it is nice in two weeks. Well, I cannot think of anything else to say, so I will just say good night.

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.