Wednesday Lenten Luncheon

Today I will spend the day checking out the contents of the microfilm in the office. We cannot destroy any old files until we are sure they are on file somewhere. I will leave a little early at noon to pick up Bob A. to go to the Lenten Luncheons. They are always good food and some good testimonies. I go in a little early every morning to make up the time I lose at these affairs.

I received my new pressure washer today. I will wait until Friday when I have some time to open the box and see how it goes together. I will use it to pressure wash my patio floor and front porch area. Then I will repaint the floors of both this spring.

We are to have rain until Friday. Luckily, Friday is my day off. By then the lawn will be too water soaked to mow.

I got up this morning to recall that I was out of milk and creamer. So I cooked an omelet instead and had a piece of toast for breakfast. That was different. I usually have oatmeal.

I have had a headache for several days. I have it again this morning. I think it's the pressure because my sinus' burn and that's where the headache is located. I'll take a couple of aspirin and get my mind off it.

I also have a PINCH meeting this evening at 5:30. This will be a big day.

More later...

Rain, Rain, Rain

O.K. Rain is nice but enough is enough. It's rained all day yesterday and will rain the rest of the week. We are under a flash flood watch. I have to take the cakes to Independence this morning and I will be doing it by myself. Bob A.'s car is in the garage this morning and he will not be able to go with me and help take them in. It will be raining as I do that. I will hold an umbrella with one hand and a cake with the other. How I will open the door, I don't have a clue. It will work out, I know. I will eat at Big Cheese after my hair appointment. Then I will come back to Coffeyville and go to work.

More later...

It worked out all right. By the time I got to Independence, the rain had let up considerably and I was able to get the cakes in just fine. It was a slow day at work but I managed to stay busy. I didn't eat at Big Cheese. I came home and had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Tomorrow I will pick up my brother-in-law at 11:45 and we will go to the Lenten Luncheon again. Then afterward I will take him home and go on back to work.

Another Monday

The forecast today is for partly cloudy skies. Last night they were forecasting large hail with rain today. It changed overnight.

Yesterday I heard from Replacements.com about my broken dishes. A few weeks ago, when I was entertaining the Living the Questions group, a shelf came down in my kitchen cabinets and five saucers and three cereal bowls were broken. Those dishes have been out of stock since the middle 70's. My grandchildren broke a couple of cereal bowls years ago and I was able to replace them at that site. Now I was able to order my three cereal bowls and I'm still waiting for them to find my five saucers. I ordered the cereal bowls yesterday. If I can find those five saucers, I will have a full set again.

I am baking my cakes this morning for the Christian Church in Independence. They will cool while I am at work and I will ice them this evening when I get off work. I just got the yellow cake out of the oven but the chocolate cake needs to bake a few more minutes.

Yesterday right after church, I went out to my grandson's house for Maia's second birthday party. She got a lot of neat gifts. I gave her one of those Hallmark books that makes sounds as you read the book and push buttons. She was quite taken with it. I had a sinus headache so I only stayed an hour. It was a family only party this year. She is such a cute kid.

Sunday Birthday Party

Today I had church school and church. Afterward Bob A. brought me home and I picked up my car and went out to my grandson's house for a birthday party for my great granddaughter, Maia. It was her second birthday. She was so cute!

She got a lot of nice toys and even a playhouse complete with stove. She also got a lot of nice clothing. I gave her a book that makes the noises that the book talks about. She seemed to really enjoy that too.

They served pizza and ice cream cake and ice cream.

I came home after about an hour. My allergies were kicking in again. All that raking yesterday and today's wind didn't help. It's supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow and also may hail tomorrow. I would like to leave my car at home and take a cab to work. I sure don't want hail on my car.

Tonight I will watch my favorite TV show, Harry's Law, after 60 Minutes. By then it may be raining.

I think I will have yogurt for supper.

Saturday Again

The images above are my trash bags after eight hours of raking and bagging leaves and small limbs. My peony bed just beginning to show a little growth, and my front yard all finished. The back isn't completely finished yet so I haven't a photo of it except for the peony bed.

I had a plan for today. This morning I met Bob at Eggberts for breakfast. I had laundry to do while I waited. Then at 9:30 I went out to Windsor see my sister.

When I got home from that, I raked some piles of leaves. I also would like to have gotten my patio furniture cushions cleaned. But I didn't have enough day left. I have some great stuff I used on the car cushions. They came out like new.

Yesterday when I mowed my front yard I noticed I seemed to have lost power in my mower. Leslie said she would ask John to come take a look at it when he has time. I hope my motor is not going out on that Dixon riding mower. I would be lost without it. I sometimes mow twice a week in the summertime. I believe we paid $1300 for it used in 2003. Lord only knows what another one would cost me.

I'd got that laundry going and fed Missy Kitty.

I went for breakfast with my brother-in-law and then took a book to the post office to mail. I had sold another book on Amazon. I am trying to sell most of my hard and soft bound books since I am now buying my books for kindle.

When I got home from seeing my sister, I started in on the yard. I trimmed both front and back and then began raking again. I got the west side mostly done but still have to finish, do the east side and the front as well as the rest of the back. I had the entire west side finished late last fall and most of the back and then my neighbor's tree dropped it's leaves late and I would have had to start all over again. I just waited until spring and I started again today.

I came in for lunch and to check my e-mail but after I rested awhile, I went back out.

Well, it's 4:00 now and I am really tired. I got most of rhe leaves cleaned out in the front, east and west side of the house. Now if I can just find a time to clean up the rest of the back yard.... It won't be today.

Well, I was wrong. The wind is coming up and it looks like it may rain. I went back out for about an hour and got about half the back yard done before exhaustion set it. This wind may blow the remaining leaves around and I'll have to re-rake them at a later time...after they dry out again. I now have twelve bags ready for the trash man. I'll have to put them out three at a time. It will take several weeks for me to get them all picked up again.

I hope my neighbor's leaves don't blow into my yard now.

Wow!

Dr.s Appointment and More

I have today off. I have a doctor's appointment in Bartlesville after my hair appointment today. I called Bob A. last night and he is going to go with me. We may eat at Dink's again today.

I saw a news story last week about the presence of what they called "pink slime" in 70% of our ground meat. It's made up of muscle and connecting tissue. Then it is treated with ammonia to prevent e-coli from forming. This is the ground beef we find at most of our markets. I may never eat ground beef again unless it is my daughter's beef.

The more I learn about our food supply, the more concerned I am about our health. Here in America, the FDA deputy commissioner for food was once a vice president at Monsanto. How objective do you think he will be?

Europe and England have banned GM foods but the only way we can avoid them is by buying organic or growing our own.

Afternoon...

We went to the doctor in Bartlesville this morning and he froze another place on my nose. I noticed it had been peeling.

Afterward we walked the mall and then walked all over Lowe's. Then we went to McAlister's for lunch. It was a wrap and a side with tea and was pretty good. I brought part of it home for supper this evening. We had a good visit.

Phyllis F. called last night to say she got two days off in April to go with Bob and me to Branson to Silver Dollar City. We are so pleased. She too is alone so the three of us will have a good time. She went to Joplin with us a few weeks ago.

This afternoon I mowed the front yard and the side yards and cleaned up my patio furniture. Now I just need to clean the cushions. Missy and the neighbor cats will be sleeping n them so how long they'll stay clean is anyone's guess. I still need to trim but maybe I can get that and the cushion cleaning done tomorrow.

And I still need to rake some leaves up. So much to do and so little time to do everything. Oh how I wish they would cut my hours to 20 a week.

Thursday Again

I work today and then tomorrow I will go to Independence to have my hair done. It has become a mess. When the humidity comes up, it gets curlier and curlier and I can't do a thing with it. Luckily Carol can.

I want to see my sister tomorrow. But first I have a doctor's appointment in Bartlesville at 9:30. Luckily my hair appointment is at 7:00 AM. I will go from there to Bartlesville for the doctor's appointment.

I really need to finish my yard work this weekend. That will destroy my hairdo. :)

I hope there is no wind or rain.

Marilyn called last night and we discussed the weekend's Living the Question group meeting scheduled for Sunday evening. Because Howard had surgery last week, we felt he should not have to try to come out for it. He likes to lead the discussion so we hesitate to have it without him. I put out an e-mail and informed everyone of our decision.

So far I have heard back from two.

Yesterday Bob A. and I attended the Lenten Luncheon at Grace Fellowship. It was a salad luncheon provided by the Christian Church women. Everything was very good and the testimony of a former drug and alcohol abuser was excellent. Religion and the support of her congregation has turned her life around. She feels God has forgiven her and now she is able to forgive herself. That's a wonderful testimony.