Tuesday and A New Webcam

 I slept well again last night. The new fan seems to make all the difference in the world. I was just up one time in the night, took my meds and got right back to sleep. I dressed and got myself ready for the day and am having my breakfast here in the den.

I don't really have a plan for today. I used to see Nancy on Tuesday but the beautician there at Green Country Village where she lives now wants to do her hair on Tuesday afternoon so several weeks ago, I changed my visiting day to Monday. Unfortunately the woman either won't work her in or Nancy is sleeping and is not dressed and refuses to get around and go to the beauty parlor. That may be correct. She is always asleep when I go to visit  her and I have to wake her up and have her get dressed so we can visit and then go eat somewhere. 

But Leslie and John are going to come by this morning and Leslie is going to help me install the new webcam on the desktop computer. I can't hold the computer and plug in the webcam at the same time because the console sets in a cabinet with doors. They are going to go to Bartlesville to Lowe's and I am on the way.

The laptop computer can no longer open Zoom for some strange reason. It can't find it when I try to open it. It was working fine for months but suddenly it doesn't recognize Zoom. I don't know what changed. I have been having to use the desktop computer and the webcam I bought for it just months ago burned out for some reason. Always a mystery.

More later..I had better go check on the cats. It's 6:09AM now and they are probably out there waiting. 

Sure enough they were both out there so I took their food out to them and got back in the living room in time to get "the weather on the 8's". It will be 108 degrees today and partly cloudy. Wednesday will be 101 degrees and partly cloudy and Thursday will be 92 degrees with scattered thunderstorms, and Friday will be 84 degrees with scattered thunderstorms, Saturday is forecast for 84 degrees and scattered thunderstorms, and Sunday is to be 89 degrees and scattered thunderstorms. Maybe we will get some relief from this heat.

Both cats have eaten and are gone. Scruff is probably under the hedge and will come back for more in time. I don't want the ants in that cat food so I will keep my eye on it.

I brought the cat food into the garage and covered it. The ants were going to get in it. 

I watered the plants...both flowerbeds and the two hanging plants. 

More later....

I don't know when John and Leslie will be here. It's only 8:15AM and Lowe's doesn't open for awhile. It may be 10:00AM until they come or even later. 

I am having another sneezing occurrence. I may have sneezed 12 times one right after another.  I am allergic to this world.

It's 8:17AM right now. More later..

Leslie got my new webcam installed on the desktop. She tried to download a new version of Zoom on the laptop but it still would not recognize Zoom...even the new one. So at least I have one with a webcam on the desktop.

We went to Copan Restaurant for lunch afterward. I wanted to buy lunch since she did all that work for me. She finally let me.

Now I will go back to my book after I open my junk mail.

More later....

I finished my book and went to bed around 10:00PM

 

Monday and a Visit With Nancy

I slept longer last night. I think it was 5:20AM before I got up this morning. I made my bed and got myself ready for the day.. Then I went to the living room and opened the front door to find both cats out there waiting for me to bring out their breakfast. I took it out to them and Blondie appeared to finish first and left. I imagine he had been fed at home. Scruff is still out there. She is still eating from time to time but just sitting out under the hedge now letting what she has already eaten settle. I will leave it for awhile but I don't want the ants to find it.

It's only 6:31AM so the weather isn't on yet.  It didn't run after this latest commercial. Evidently I will have to wait until 6:38 for it. That's why they call it "the weather on the 8's". I only hope we will get rain this week as it was forecast yesterday.

Before it gets hot, I need to go out and pick up all those leaves from the trimming of the trees yesterday evening. I had raked them up into piles after Stephen finished.

It's 7:09AM and I got all those piles of leaves into a yard bag while it is still cooler. The yard looks much better and so do those trees.

I am eating my breakfast now...much later then usual.

So more later.... 

The weather just came on and I got it on my camera. 

Today is supposed to be 106 degrees and partly cloudy. It's a good thing I got those leaves picked up early. .

Tuesday is suppose to be 108 degrees and partly cloudy,  Wednesday is to be 101 degrees and partly cloudy, Thursday 92 degrees and scattered thunderstorms. Friday 84 degrees and scattered thunderstorms, Saturday 84 degrees and scattered thunderstorms. And Sunday 89 degrees and scattered thunderstorms. At least there is some rain in the forecast and a little cooler temps.

My next job is to water my plants. 

I got all my plants watered..both front and back and the two hanging plants too. That should do until this evening when I will water them again.The watering is the only thing keeping them alive at all. I am hoping we get the rain in the forecast later in the week. The yard is in terrible shape..dry and yellow and the ground is cracking everywhere. I am not watering. The City of Caney bill is already way too high.   

I balanced my checkbook this morning too.

It's 8:00AM now. I will leave for Bartlesville to visit Nancy at 10:00AM and take her to lunch today at noon. 

It's 9:21AM now.

I am starting a load of laundry...towels and underwear and my pajamas.. I will see it put in the dryer before I leave for Bartlesville. 

So more even later..

After I got my laundry in the dryer, I left for Bartlesville and to visit Nancy. We had a good visit and then at noon we went to lunch at their Eggbert's.

Then we went to a Dollar General store in Dewey and bought Nancy a new toothbrush and toothpaste. She had broken her toothbrush and was also out of toothpaste. Next week I will bring her back to Caney to have lunch. That way she can see all kinds of folks she has known all her life. She is so lonely and wants to go home badly. Of course, her house is for sale and besides, she would be in that large house alone. If anything happened to her she would not be able to get help. She will be 88 in November and she needs to be where she is....not alone. She doesn't even have a cell phone.

I have three kids who love me and care about me and call me at least every couple of weeks. I am so fortunate and I realize that. David is her only child and he never even calls her. He sees her once a year.

More even later... 

It's 7:31PM and I have just had my bath. I will read the book Bob Avery had borrowed from me about Coffeyville and plan to go to bed around 9:00PM.

Denise brought it back to me last week when we had lunch. Luckily it had my name in it.

Sunday and Church

I slept well again last night. That ceiling fan seems to help. It circulates the air and for some reason, that helps me sleep.

I am having my breakfast here in the den. I was up at 5:00AM as usual. I have dressed and got myself ready for church. I weighed this morning and I have lost nine pounds this summer. It must be the heat. And at camp, I asked to be served a serving like it was for a five year old. Anyway that may have helped me to not gain weight that week. That was my intent anyhow.

It's 5:56AM right now. As soon as it gets light out I will go water the flowers, check the weather forecast and see to the cats...if they are out there. I hope we have a decent sized group at church today. Afterward I will see if Phyllis wants to go to Just Us for lunch. Then I will come back home. Stephen will be coming this afternoon to trim those trees back.

Last night I had a Cox Complete Care tech download on both computers so I could change my e-mail password. It quit working yesterday evening.  I think it's working this morning and I will check that out in a minute.

Sure enough...it's working fine this morning.

More Later.... 

Today we are under a heat advisory.Today will be 106 degrees and partly cloudy, Monday will be 105 degrees and partly cloudy, Tuesday is forecast for 107 degrees and partly cloudy, Wednesday is to be 101 degrees and isolated thunderstorms, Thursday 93 degrees and scattered thunderstorms, Friday 86 degrees and showers, Saturday 87 degrees and scattered thunderstorms. That end of the week sounds hopeful for a break in the heat.

Scruff came for breakfast this morning. I haven't seen Blondie yet this morning. She ate awhile and then went under the hedge to rest and will probably come back and eat some more if I go out there to take in the cat food.

It's 6:32AM  right now and I will leave for church about  10:00AM. I will want to check for any need to clean a little. It sets empty all week but the walks always need to be swept and some small bugs usually get in under the door to the hall.

Sure enough..she came back for more food. She is looking around for Blondie but he has not come this morning.....at least not yet.

I will leave the laptop in the den this morning. 

Blondie finally came for his breakfast and Scruff came back again to join him. They are out there together eating now. I also went out and picked up some more leaves from the back yard and watered both front and back flowerbeds. I know the picking up leaves is a lost cause but it is good exercise for me. Besides it's not hot yet this morning.

It's 8:50AM and I am sneezing my head off. My allergies are going crazy this morning and I am keeping the Kleenex box busy. I will leave here at 10:00AM and go to the church to check it out.

So more even later..

I left a little early to get gas at Woodshed in South Coffeyville.   It was $3.99 for a change..a little bit lower then usual. 

Then I went on out to church and did some cleaning. There were quite a few bugs that had crawled under the door. I swept those out of the foyer and also off the walk.

Leslie gave a great presentation on the Spectacular, (complete with videos and photos), that she had attended in Lamona, Iowa at Graceland University this past week as a sponsor. There were 200 kids that attended. Before the pandemic, there were 1,000 that attended. But they didn't hold it the past two years because of the pandemic. All that attended had to wear face masks and be fully vaccinated. But they all had a wonderful time! The theme was "Together"!

Phyllis and I went to Just Us for lunch and had a fine dinner. 

I am anticipating Stephen coming to take care of the tree limb situation. He is going to trim off the low hanging limbs. They interfere with the person mowing. 

I don't know when he gets off work.

I sent out letters to the members of the congregation who were missing at church today. I usually send bulletins with them but we did not have bulletins because of the nature  of the service. There were five missing.

It's 5:19PM and I have been reading my library book this afternoon. In a little while I will watch 60 Minutes or record it to watch later.

So more later...

Stephen came after his work and trimmed up both trees. He did a good job. After he finished I went out and did some raking. I may pick up the piles after it cools off tomorrow evening. It got dark this evening before I could get the piles picked up and put in a yard bag.  I will take my bath now and get my pajamas on and my robe and get back to my book. Maybe I can clean  that up tomorrow evening before dark. I have some plastic gloves I can wear to pick up the piles of leaves. Or I might just mow them and empty the mower bag into the yard bag. I will work that out tomorrow.

I will be going to Bartlesville to visit Nancy tomorrow.

 

Saturday and No Particular Plan

I slept well again last night. The new fan is really helpful. It doesn't make any noise but just the circulating of the air helps me sleep. I was up at my usual 5:00AM, dressed and got myself ready for the day. I am having my breakfast here in the den as usual.

It's a little after 6:00AM now and beginning to get light. In a little bit I will go turn on "the weather on the 8's" and see if anything changes in the forecast. I will also check on the cats and water my plants. Same basic routine, it seems, every day.

More Later... 

I  got the TV on just in time for the weather forecast so I got a photo of it on my phone. Then I opened the door and found Scruff waiting for her breakfast. I took it out to her. Again, I did not see Blondie. He must be staying close to home. 

Today is forecast to be 104 degrees and sunny. Sunday will be 107 degrees and mostly sunny, Monday 103 degrees and partly cloudy, Tuesday 107 degrees and mostly cloudy, Wednesday 102 degrees and partly cloudy, Thursday 94 degrees and isolated thunderstorms and  Friday 90 degrees and AM thunderstorms. Having some rain would be terrific! At least it would cool it into the 90's. We are also under a heat advisory.

I went out to bring in the cat food and Scruff came back to eat some more. After she finished that time, I took the cat food in. I don't want the ants to get into it. The ants did not find it yet. I just set it on the counter in the kitchen for now.

I went out to water the plants in the front and Blondie showed up for his breakfast. I finished my watering and then took the cat food back out for him. Of course, Scruff decided to eat some more too. Now they are both out there eating. I hadn't seen Blondie in a few days.

They finished eating and I took the cat food into the garage and covered it up.

Then I went out back to water that flowerbed. I noticed there were a couple of dozen leaves from my south neighbor's tree in my yard again. So I bent over and picked them all up and dropped them into his yard on the other side of the fence. The bending exercise is good for me. If it weren't so hot this year, I would walk some again. But when it's in the 90's and 100's I had better wait until fall to do that.

Now I will watch the 7:00 AM CBS weekend news. 

It's 8:04AM now and I have been watching the CBS weekend news.

I guess I will get back to my book for awhile.  

I have been reading all morning. Now it is 11:30AM and I am having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for my lunch...lots of protein...and sugar.

Later I may go up to the corner of 4th and the highway to Mr.G's  and get a small butter pecan flurry for dessert....more sugar. I have lost several pounds so I can blow myself to one.

I did do that....it was very good.

Then I will get back to my book. 

I had a problem with the desktop computer. It was frozen and I couldn't get the mouse to even make contact. Finally I just had to give it a cold reboot and it took a long time to reload but when it finally did, it was working again. Maybe the reboot was what fixed it.

That's very important  because that's the only computer that will print. The laptop no longer will operate the printer even though it is on "share" and it used to always print too. Of course it's an antique. It's the first and only printer I have ever had. I think I got my first computer and printer in 1997 or maybe even earlier.

I just finished another murder mystery book and it's 3:45PM. It's 102 degrees out there now. 

A pretty large tree branch broke off the tree on the northwest side of my yard. I pulled it out of the street and onto the front yard near the curb. Stephen, my friend and landlord, will come tomorrow sometime and trim those low hanging limbs off the trees and take the limbs somewhere to get rid of them.

I went into the back yard twice this afternoon and picked up all the leaves and tossed them over the fence to the yard to the south of mine.The leaves came from their trees. Most of the leaves were on the east side of my back yard.

Bending over is a good exercise for me.

It's 5:45PM now and in a little while I will take my bath. 

So more even later....

I am going to take my bath now. It is 6:40PM and I am very tired! I finished another book this afternoon.

I plan to go to bed about 9:00PM or maybe a little later. I am charging my Kindle now but I have that book I checked out at the Coffeyville library on Wednesday.

Friday and Lunch With Denise

I had another good night's sleep last night and once again I only woke up once in the night. I was up at 5:00AM, as usual. I made my bed and got myself ready for the day. I slept well last night under my new fan. It circulated the air for me.

I hope to see Scruff today. I never did see her yesterday and I hope she is alright. This heat can kill people and probably animals too. I imagine Blondie's owner had kept him inside because he didn't eat very much yesterday. I try to keep fresh water out there too when I water the flowers.

I am eating my breakfast here in the den as usual.  I will leave about 11:00AM for Coffeyville to pick up my niece, Denise, for lunch. I haven't seen her in a long while. Dee, her daughter, has her car in the shop tomorrow since both their cars are down at this time. When Dee's is fixed, Denise will get hers fixed next. She still drives that 2001 Honda Civic I sold her after she and Terry wrecked theirs. I am not sure what Dee drives. I have lost track of her. I will catch up on my family today at lunch.

It is 6:00AM now and I will go check on the weather forecast and the cats.

So more later.....

Scruff was out there this morning and I am so glad. I don't see Blondie yet this morning. She is looking around for him though.  She is eating like she is very hungry.

And I caught the weather too as I came back in the living room with the laptop.

Today is to be 101degrees here and partly cloudy. Saturday 105 degrees and sunny, Sunday 108 and mostly sunny, Monday 106 degrees and partly cloudy, Tuesday 105 degrees and partly cloudy, Wednesday is to be  105 degrees and mostly sunny,  Thursday is to be 95 degrees and partly cloudy. Not much relief from the heat.

Scruff has eaten her fill and is gone now. She sometimes lays under the hedge and comes back for more food a little later. That may be where she is now. I am going to take water out for the flowers in the front and I will check. Blondie never did come.

Sure enough..she is back out there eating more again. I will wait until she is finished before I go water the front.  In the meantime, I will water the back flowerbed.

I watered the back yard flowerbed and picked up several dozen leaves from the neighbor to the south's tree. I can always use the bending exercise.  Scruff was just in the back yard too. She had crawled under the fence and left when I began watering the flowers.

I came in and sure enough, Scruff was back in front eating more. I still have not seen Blondie.

Kelly just texted me and asked me to go to breakfast. I had had breakfast much earlier so I had to take a rain check.

But I had better get that cat food in the garage before the ants take it over. 

As soon as Scruff saw me pick it up, she came back to it to eat some more. As soon as she left though I brought it in the garage. The ants had already found it.

 More even later..

 

This is my daughter at a party they held for her when she retired June 30th.

And this is her with her ornery husband  at that party.

More Later....

I just got home from having lunch with Denise. It was a good lunch and a good visit. It's 2:31PM now. We will do it again another time. 

Keith called at 4:15PM and visited with me until he got home from work. He leaves tomorrow for Honduras. He will probably be gone a couple of weeks.

Then they will send him somewhere else....probably right away.

I will take my bath at 6:30PM and read until bedtime. I intend to go to bed about 10:00 at the latest.

I watched the CBS evening news and now I will take my bath and get my pajamas on and read until bedtime.

 

 

Thursday and Apartment Cleaning

I slept well again last night and was up at my usual 5:00AM. I made my bed and got myself ready for the day. I will clean the apartment today. Before I begin, I will check the weather report and the cats. I am having my breakfast here in the den right now.

As soon as it gets light I will water all the plants. It will be well over 100 degrees again today and I am trying my best to keep them alive. I believe it's almost a losing battle. Another losing battle is my allergies. I don't take anything for them anymore because the different meds tend to make me very drowsy. If I want to get anything done, I need all the energy I can muster.

I did some trimming on the smaller branches on the west side tree yesterday evening. I really need to ask John to come trim some of the limbs back. They hang down and interfere with the mowing. The front tree could also need some help too. He trimmed it a couple of years ago but it is also hanging down too low again. I don't know if Stephen has a chain saw or not. If he does, he might do it. Next time I see him, I will ask.

I missed the weather report and the cats were not out there yet either. That's strange....it's 6:32AM and they are usually here by now. I hope they are alright because in this heat they have no place cool to go. 

More later... 

Well, Blondie finally came and he is out there eating but I haven't seen anything of Scruff. I am hoping to catch the weather forecast next time it comes on. If it comes on at 6:48, I want to be ready.

I caught the weather report at 6:48AM and it's not good. Today is to be 104 degrees and partly cloudy, tomorrow is to be 99 degrees and partly cloudy, Saturday is to be 105 degrees and sunny, Sunday is to be 108 degrees and mostly sunny,  Monday 105 degrees and partly cloudy, Tuesday 103 degrees and partly cloudy, Wednesday 102 degrees and partly cloudy.  The only day in the next week that is to be under 100 degrees is Friday..tomorrow. I will hate to see my electric bill.

I should start mopping if I'm going to clean. I still don't see Scruff out there. I will leave the door open so I can watch for her. I will bring the cat food in the kitchen.

I got all the bare floors mopped and the bedroom, hall and den vacuumed. I have the living room and dining room rugs yet to do but I better rest awhile first.

I never did see Scruff this morning. I am concerned about her and this heat.

I balanced my checkbook this morning. I had entered one charge twice. I fixed that and now it balances. 

I went out back and swept off my small slab outside my back door and the small rug by the back door.  I also did Stephen's. His had a lot of grass on it too. He mowed a couple of days ago and hasn't been back since. 

More Later... I had better get back to my vacuuming...

I got the vacuuming done and have only the dusting to do now. I will do that in the morning. I am too tired to do it today. It's only  8:29AM and I feel like I have done a day's work. 

 More even later...

I just talked to my niece, Denise, on the phone. Bob Avery's older sister, Betty Nance, died yesterday. She was 97 years old....ten years older then Bob. She was very nice. Bob used to go to Independence and visit her. Sometimes I went too. I should go look at a Reporter and see if her obit is in there.

I am picking up Denise for lunch tomorrow. Her car is not working and neither is Dee's. I imagine she is having Dee's fixed and after that she will have hers fixed.  I imagine she is paying for both of them. Dee is working part time at the Independence college's cafeteria.  But Denise says she is making $12.00 an hour there. But she is still classified as part time.

Stephen got a hold of me on text on my phone and said he would trim my trees next week. That's really good. I won't have to ask John to do it.

I've been reading again and finally went to the market to get water again. I only had one bottle left. I ate the other half of Saturday's club sandwich for my lunch.

I went out to Sonic halfway through the afternoon and bought a frosty. I wanted something cold and smooth.

Then I read the rest of the afternoon. I finished my latest book at 5:00PM.

Now I am waiting for the CBS evening news. It comes on at 5:30PM.

I will take my bath at 7:00 and get my pajamas on. I may get into the book I checked out at the library yesterday.

I tested the new bedroom ceiling fan this afternoon and it will be great for circulating the heat and air. I missed that feature when I moved here from the fourplex in Coffeyville. 

More even later.

I plan to go to bed between 9:00PM and 10:00PM

Wednesday and Bunco

I slept pretty well last night and was up at my usual 5:00AM.  I have made my bed and got myself ready for the day and am having my breakfast here in the den I have an 8:30AM hair appointment this morning in Coffeyville and then will read at the senior center until time for Bunco at 1:00PM.  I may walk around the Country Time mall too and see what all is new just for something to kill some time. I ought to go to the senior center exercise class after the hair appointment but the classes are completely different anymore.

I see by the Guardian news that the secret service deleted the text messages Trump and others sent on the January 6th riot the day the capitol was attacked.  They were unable to retrieve any but just one. That sounds like a conspiracy within the secret service to protect Trump. They were directed beforehand to back up all of them before deleting them from the phones.  They ignored that direction. 

More later ...I want to check the weather and the cats.

I caught the cats first and took their food out to them but Blondie didn't eat at all. I figure he is eating at his home. Scruffy ate and then lay down under the hedge to rest in the shade. I left the food for awhile.She often comes back for seconds.

I did catch the weather too though and it is going to be  a scorching week.

Today will be 105 degrees and mostly sunny, Thursday will be 106 degrees and mostly sunny, Friday is to be 103 degrees and partly cloudy, Saturday will be 106 degrees and sunny, Sunday will be 106 degrees and partly cloudy and Monday will be 105 degrees and partly cloudy and Tuesday is to be 106 degrees and mostly sunny. That's the week! Hot, Hot, and more Hot!!

I did go out and water the flowerbeds. I am trying my best to keep the flowerbeds and hanging baskets watered.

More later...I want to be sure the ants are not getting into that cat food.

I read until time to leave for the hair appointment. I washed my car on eighth street and dried it too. It really didn't need to be vacuumed out so I didn't do that. I did got to the library and read a library book and after I read in the time to go to the senior center,  I checked out the book to finish reading at home.Then I went up to the senior center and read some more until time for Bunco.

I won the $10.00 for "most Buncos". Then I went out to Marilyn's to visit but she must have gone to the market after she left the senior center. She wasn't home. So I just came on back home.

I have read my mail...mostly junk....and will probably not eat anything for supper. There were quite a lot of "junk snacks" and I ate some of those so I am not hungry.

I watered the flowerbeds again when I got home. It is terribly hot. They will burn up if I don't water.

Krystal should be coming to mow this evening.

It is 4:06PM now and I will get back to one of my books.

Krystal will come mow around 7:00-7:30PM when it is cooler. It is 102 degrees now. Stephen mowed his last evening after it cooled down some.

More later...

Krystal came about 7:15PM and mowed. I trimmed. We were both sweating but we both drank water. She left just now. It's 8:41PM now and I am going to take my bath now.  I gave the leftover cake to her to give it to her family. They didn't eat much of it at Bunco.

I will read until I get tired and then go to bed.

Now for a bath!!!