Wednesday and a Hairdo Day.

I slept very well last night for a change. I was up and around by 5:00AM and am having my breakfast now here in the den.

I opened the front door and both cats were out there wanting their breakfast..so I took it out to them. I haven't turned on the TV yet. I have been working on balancing my checkbook with not much luck.

More later..I will take this laptop in the living room where I can watch for the weather forecast and the cat's progress on their food.

That didn't take them long. They ate quickly and left. I brought the food into the kitchen. They may be back for more.

I see it's been raining a little..not much...not enough to keep the cats away and I believe I will still be able to take my walk ...as soon as the weather comes on and I can get a photo of it on my phone. They are looking at the latest hurricane in Florida right now. Between the election and this latest Florida hurricane, there will be plenty of other news.

It's 7:12AM now. I will need to leave at 8:15AM to have plenty of time to get my cherry limeade slush and to my hair appointment at 9:00AM.

I left about 7:15AM for my walk and got back at 8:07AM ..not bad for an old woman. That's 10 blocks.

I put away the cat food in the garage and covered it up. They obviously were not coming back.

So more even later...I need to leave at 8:15AM and I need to go to the bathroom first. Walking often does that!! :)

I got to Coffeyville in plenty of time for my hair appointment. Afterward I went out to the Woodshed in South Coffeyville and bought $14.00 worth of gas. After my trip to church on Sunday..on to Coffeyville afterward with Phyllis F. for lunch at Eggbert's and back home again and then my Monday trip  to visit Nancy and take her and Sally to lunch, then back home again and then to church on Tuesday to get the cookies and on to Independence to  deliver them to the First Christian Church and then back home again afterward  and now today for another trip to Coffeyville to get my hair done..I needed $14.00 worth of gas. Luckily I got my Social Security today.

After I left the Woodshed, I stopped at Sonic in Coffeyville and bought my cherry limeade slush. Then I stopped at my bank and got a couple of check registers. So far I haven't been able to get my checking account to balance this time and I wanted to check the bank statement information against my checking account. Now I will try again to balance the checkbook.

More later.. 

I am still off a little over $10.00 but I have been all over the checkbook and re- checked all my math with a calculator and could not find an error. I will just have to live with it. Actually I finally found the error in an old check book register.

I went out to Sonic and bought the child's Wacky Pack for my lunch. For $2.18 you can hardly go wrong. I save the toys for children at church and for Lee Ann who has parties for children.

It's 2:31PM now. There's quite a wind out there.I took a black yard bag out there and pulled up the dead flowers in the back flowerbed. The mums are still struggling so I left them. The sun is shining brightly this afternoon. I opened the blind here in the den. 

More even later...I have been watching TV. I got it to work by pulling the plug  on the TV and also the Tivo, then everything came back up when I plugged then both back in. It's 6:43PM now and I am ready to take my bath. By the time I get it done, I will read awhile until 9:00PM which is my usual bedtime.

I finally got the weather on the weather channel this evening. 

Thursday will be 73 degrees and thunderstorms. Friday is forecast for 44 degrees and Mostly sunny, Saturday is to be 45 degrees and sunny,  Sunday is to be 50 degrees and partly cloudy, Monday is to be 44 degrees and showers, Tuesday is to be 43 degrees and partly cloudy, and next Wednesday is to be 45 degrees and mostly sunny. So Thursday will bring us rain and also next Monday is to have showers.

I plan to read until 9:00PM and then go to bed.

Tuesday and Cookies For the First Christian Church of Independence

I slept very poorly last night...kind of off and on...those nights happen every once in a while...more then I like,in fact. I  was up before 5:00AM, dressed, made my bed and got myself ready for the day.I will go over to our church this morning and pick up the cookies left therein the frig and take them up to the First Christian Church in Independence. The Cox tech is coming between 1:00PM and 3:00PM  to see what he can do about getting the ABC network back on the TV. And I won't tolerate a raise in cost for something that is supposed to be on my starter programming. If they want to take anything off, it can be Fox news.

I am eating my breakfast now and drinking my coffee and will soon drink my chai latte too.

Now I will go check "the weather on the 8's" and later..on the cats.

I caught the weather forecast at 6:21AM.  We are to get rain today and it will be 71 degrees, tomorrow is to be 81 degrees and partly cloudy, Thursday is to be 70 degrees and thunderstorms, Friday is to be 44 degrees and sunny, Saturday is to be 44 degrees and sunny, Sunday is to be 48 degrees and partly cloudy and Monday is to be 47degrees and partly cloudy. It looks like we are going to get some rain this week..starting today. That's good! We can use rain.

No cats yet! But it's light enough for my walk.

More later.... 

I took my walk while it wasn't raining. I left here at 6:48AM and got home twenty minutes later. 

Only Blondie showed up for his breakfast. I don't know where Scruff was today. She was looking pretty fat lately.She may be pregnant. She was here with Blondie last night for their supper.

I watched the news until 8:30AM and then I started driving to the church to pick up the cookies. I took them to the First Christian Church in Independence and the pastor came and opened the door for me. He said they were going to not have the dinners any longer in November because of Thanksgiving and they wouldn't need any more until December 6th.

I sent out a notification of that to my Groups with Crossroads but for some reason, only Leslie received it. She will send it to the others until I can have her look at my Groups and see why none of the other church members were included.

More later...the Cox tech will be coming sometime between 1:00PM this afternoon and 3:00PM this afternoon.

The Cox tech came about 2:00PM.He checked everything over including the part on the pole out east. He couldn't find anything wrong but he was able to access ABC by clicking on channel 8 of the control that controls the  channels but it wasn't where it was supposed to be on the TV itself. After the technician left I turned on the TV and there it was..right under channel 6 on the TV just where it was supposed to be all along. Someone in "channels" got it back where it was supposed to be. So everything is working properly now..for the time being..until the next time.;)

It's 4:27PM and I went up to Mr.G's and bought a small butter pecan flurry for my supper.At lunchtime I had made myself a sandwich with my leftover chicken salad from Sunday's lunch. That worked out well.

I read most of the afternoon after he left and I went to the post office and bought stamps again. A roll of 100 stamps for the class newsletter in December will be $70. each.

Sometime in December, I will start the newsletters. I will ask Dean to pay for the postage. He began the newsletters while he was at K State in his freshman year. We used the  last of our class money last year.

More later...

I watched the evening news this evening.This election is going to be a bear! It has been very angry everywhere. These political parties need to learn to work together. 

I took my bath a little before7:00PM this evening and have my pajamas and robe on now. I didn't sleep well last night so hopefully I will do better tonight.

Monday and A Visit to Nancy

I slept fairly well last night but was up an hour earlier then usual. Of course my watches are an hour later then they should be. I hope to get that remedied today because I am going to take them to a jeweler in Bartlesville and see if he can turn them back an hour for daylight saving time. These new watches are a mystery to me.

I am out of underwear and needed to wash my pajamas and towels so I did a load of laundry this morning. It is in the dryer now.It is 5:34AM according to the computers and phone. 

I will pick up Sally this morning at 8:00AM and take her to work first. Then after that I will see if I can get the watches corrected at a jeweler. Then I will go get Nancy up and have her get dressed so we can all three eat lunch out together. Sally and I hope to buy season tickets to the concerts in Bartlesville this year. That will give us something nice to do together.

More later...I am eating my breakfast here in the den. It's 5:53AM now. I will go check out "the weather on the 8's" now.  And a little later...the cats.

I got my laundry dried, folded and put away. Now I will go check out the weather forecast. 

I was just in time to get the forecast and the cats were out there too.I fed them before I started this part of the post.Today is to be 66 degrees and mostly cloudy, tomorrow  will be 71 with AM showers, Wednesday will be 81 degrees and partly cloudy, Thursday is to be 75 degrees and PM thundershowers and wind. Friday is to be 47 degrees and sunny, Saturday is to be 43 degrees and sunny, and Sunday is to be 47 degrees and mostly sunny.That's the week forecast ahead...a couple of days of possible rain! We can really use that!

More later..the cats are finished eating and gone and it's light enough for my walk. 

So more later... I left for my walk at 7:05AM and got back home at 7:30AM. It was a little chilly and breezy but I took it anyway.  I will leave in about twenty minutes to pick up Sally to take her to work in Bartlesville. 

So more even later..... 

I picked up Sally at 8:00AM and took her to Bartlesville to the YMCA.  Then I went by the jewelry store and it was not going to be open until at least 10:00AM so I went to Mr. Kleen and washed my car and vacuumed it out. 

Then I went on over to Nancy's and we visited for awhile and she dressed and then we went back up to the jewelry store and the man who works there finally got both my watches reset to daylight savings time.

After we picked up Sally at 11:30AM we went to the Boulevard Cafe and had a late breakfast. Then we took Nancy back to Assisted Living and Sally and I went up to the community center to buy our season tickets to the season's concerts. Our first one is Sunday evening at 7:30PM but we need to be there by 7:00PM we were told. I will drive this time.I will pick up Sally at 6:30 PM on Sunday.

When I got back to Caney I stopped at the car repair shop and had my oil checked. It was alright. I was afraid it would be too low but it wasn't. It's only on 20% and it needs to be down to 15% before I get the oil changed.

Then I came home and put away my groceries.

Tomorrow I need to get the cookies from the church and take them to the First Christian Church there for their Tuesday evening dinner. I need to be back home by 1:00PM...no later. The Cox tech will be here sometime between 1:00PM and 3:00PM tomorrow to put in a new cable card for my TV.

More Later...I will read now.

My landlord, Stephen, came after he had worked at the CRMC all day and at Walmart afterward filling in for a vacationing pharmacist. He changed the light bulb out in my garage door opener and then drove on home to Owasso. I didn't know his wife wouldn't be staying next door and I thought he would be with her. He must be exhausted. And he will be working tomorrow too.

I have had my bath now and will go on to bed. It's only 8:38PM so I may read until 9:00PM...my usual bedtime.(It's really 9:38PM now because we are now having daylight savings time.

I am pretty tired.

 

 

Sunday and Breakfast at Church

I never did figure out how to reset my phone or either of my watches to daylight saving time. I did get the time on the stove and microwave reset but tomorrow I will have to go the jewelry store in Bartlesville and get the jeweler to do it. They set it initially for me but at that time it was only one watch..the one Ginger gave me. Now I also have the one Leslie gave me to take for them to turn both one hour back for daylight savings time. I will have to take the phone to US Cellular down there to get the time set back one hour on it. Daylight savings time is a pain..especially these "smart" watches and phones. I wish they would stop doing daylight savings time.  It's 6:30AM on daylight savings time but of course only the microwave and the stove have the daylight savings time. I changed the clock Scott and Taresa gave me but I am not going to climb on the ladder to change the one hanging in the hall.

I see the laptop computer has daylight savings time too.

I have the coffee cake in the oven now. I hope it turns out alright. It's been a while since I have baked it. I made it for my landlord and his wife a month or so ago.   

Both cats came for breakfast and I fed them a smaller amount as I have been doing lately. They tend to eat better and almost clean up their bowl.I have put away their bowl now..and covered it.

I also caught "the weather on the 8's"  . Today is to be 68 degrees and partly cloudy, Tomorrow is to be 68 degrees and mostly cloudy, Tuesday is to be 70 degrees and AM showers, Wednesday is to be 78 degrees and partly cloudy, Thursday is to be 73 degrees and showers and wind, Friday is to be 48 degrees and sunny, Saturday is to be 46 degrees and sunny. It's cooling down and also we are to get some more rain.

I think it's about time for the coffee cake to come out of the oven. So I will put this aside. 

Sure enough the timer just went off. I will check it out now.

It was done and I put it on a rack to cool before I will put the glaze on it. 

What do you know, the phone finally changed it's time by itself. So did the laptop. The desktop computer did too.

More Later... 

I took my 12 block walk about 7:05AM and got back home about 7:30AM. The coffeecake was cool by then and I put the glaze on it. I will put Saran over it before I take it to church at 9:30. 

We had a pretty good group at church today and a great breakfast.We had no guests for the breakfast but we are going to continue to have the breakfasts anyhow. It may take some time until people in the area take us upon it. Leslie has signs out on both county roads.

After church Phyllis and I went to Eggbert's to have lunch. We saw Joyce Chowning there. It had been a long while since I had seen her. She was a couple of years behind me in school..maybe just one. Anyhow I had a short visit with her.

Then I came home.I heard from Leslie this was Sally's birthday  so I took a birthday card over to her. I was going to tape it to her glass door but she drove up while I was getting out of my car so I gave it to her instead. I will pick her up tomorrow for her trip to Bartlesville before I go visit Nancy.

After we have lunch, I will take Nancy back to assisted living and Sally and I are going to buy our concert tickets...while I have enough money in my checking account. They are $170. for the season.

I will give the rest of the coffeecake to Stephen, my landlord. He will come Monday evening to put a new light bulb in the garage door opener.

More later...I want to get my letters and the bulletins out to the  people who were not at church today.

I got my letters ready with the enclosed bulletins and I will take them to the post office and put them in the outside mailbox so they will go out tomorrow. I am sending out seven,

More later... I did take the letters and mail them. 

Then I logged onto Zoom and watched the Mission Center's worship service. Now it's 6:43PM and I will take my bath and read until 9:00PM or watch a recording of 60 Minutes until 9:00PM which is my bedtime.

Saturday and Apartment Cleaning

I slept fairly well last night and was up shortly before 5:00AM. I was very tired when I went to bed. It had been a big busy week.

Today I need to get some Pam to spray my dish that I do my coffeecake in. I will make that for our breakfast at church tomorrow. I believe my last Pam can is empty. I also need to get some Coffeemate for my coffee. It seems no matter how hard I try to stay ahead on groceries, I always think of something I forgot to write down.

I am having my breakfast here in the den again. It's almost 6:00AM now. When I finish my oatmeal and I will go turn on the TV in the living room and watch the weather channel for the "weather on the 8's".

I also will turn on the outdoor light about 6:30AM and see if any cats are out there for their breakfasts.

I never made time this week to clean the apartment this week so I will do that today too.

Tomorrow is daylight savings time and I have no idea how to move my two watches back an hour. Monday I will have to stop by a jeweler in Bartlesville and have them do it.The one in Coffeyville/Independence has retired. Someone said it might do it itself but I am not sure. Neither watch came with instructions. The jeweler in Bartlesville set up the second one Ginger sent me.

So more later...

Both cats were out there for their breakfast this morning. I didn't give them as much food as usual. They often leave most of it if I give them too much. So the last two days I have just given a lot smaller dish of food.

More later... 

I finally caught "the weather on the 8's". Today is to be 63 degrees and partly cloudy, Tomorrow is to be 72 degrees and sunny, Monday 68 degrees and cloudy, Tuesday 75 degrees and AM thunderstorms, Wednesday is to be 77 degrees and partly cloudy and windy. Thursday is to be 58 degrees and showers, Friday is to be 48 degrees and sunny. That's the week ahead.

I went to the market and bought some Pam to spray onto my 8 by 8 dish that I will bake my coffee cake in tomorrow. They have finally hired a new manager for the market. I don't know who it is yet but I will soon know as I go to the market to shop. I had a nice conversation with two of the employees. They are going to try to get the new manager to buy my coffee cake mix and keep it in stock.

I just finished my mopping and am waiting for the floors to dry before I begin my vacuuming. Then afterwards, I will dust. 

More later...

Now the desktop computer is having trouble finding the server.....always something...and it is using Windows 10 too.

I got all my housework done today and have been reading all afternoon. I wanted to watch the Ohio State game at 11:00 on ABC but for some reason, I couldn't get ABC.I had it out with Cox and they are sending a tech out on Tuesday to give me another card for my TV.

More later...

I ended up watching another game on CBS this evening. It was Georgia against Tennessee. Georgia won. They are number one in the nation right now.

I tried to reset my clock on the microwave but I don't think I managed it. I don't know how to reset either of my watches. I will have to go to a jeweler in Bartlesville on Monday and get it done.

I read for several hours this afternoon too. It's 6:48PM now and I guess I will go take my bath. I plan to go to bed at 9:00PM.

More later...

 

 

Friday and Lunch with Gay and Adele

 I slept pretty well last night and only woke up once and then went back to sleep. I was up at 5:30AM, made my bed and dressed and got myself ready for the day. I had intended to clean the apartment this morning before I meet Gay and Adele but I may put that off another day and do it on Saturday. I will wait and see how well I feel this morning. I intended to balance my checkbook this morning but it didn't balance...at least not yet.

I am eating my breakfast now...back here in the den ..since I now have internet and can work on my blog.

I got in the living room with the laptop just in time to catch the weather forecast. Today will be 73 degrees and heavy thunderstorms and wind.Tomorrow is to be 63 degrees and sunny. Sunday is to be 71 degrees and sunny, Monday is to be 73 degrees and mostly cloudy, Tuesday is forecast for 78 degrees and AM thunderstorms, Wednesday is to be 78 degrees and partly cloudy, Thursday is forecast to be 71 degrees and PM showers. So it looks like we might have rain a couple of days this week...maybe three. We can sure use it.

Now I will watch the CBS news.

Only Blondie came for breakfast. He ate and left but I haven't seen Scruff...at least not yet.

It is light now so I will put away the laptop and take my walk.

I got back from my 10 block walk at 8:17AM. I saw three other women walking too. They were walking in the opposite direction though. They were friendly and spoke to me.

Today is the funeral of Nancy's friend, Judy Phillips. Dale said he would come get her and take her to it. I assume it will be held here in Caney.

More later...

I got over to Coffeyville early enough to get to visit with Gay and Adele before lunch...at Brown Shoe Company. They each bought several pair. Gay needed new boots and she found some really nice ones. After they paid for them,we went to lunch at Eggbert's. I had their nice salad. The other two had sandwiches. Gay insisted on paying for my lunch too.That was nice of her.

It poured down raining on my way back and the mailman had left my mail, including two packages for Christmas gifts near my front door. That would have been fine if the rain hadn't been blowing but the mail was soaked. I was not a happy soldier but on the other hand, I wasn't here to receive them. The bills were soaked too. I dried them with a hair dryer the best I could and took them up to the post office to the drop box outside. I hope they stay dry in there.

Blondie came out in that rain for his supper. I fed him in the garage...just inside the door.  When he finished and left, I put away his food and covered it.. I wasn't going to make him stand by the front door and eat in that rain. 

My lights just blinked. I hope I don't lose power. This is quite a rain.

More later...

I read until bath time at 7:00PM and then I took my bath and put my pajamas on and got ready for bed at 9:00PM.

Thursday and Internet Again

I slept poorly last night anticipating the Cox tech coming this morning at 8:00AM. I finally just got up and then made my bed and dressed and fixed my breakfast. 

It was the router and he even got the Tivo working again too. And I have a new router that works. I have been without internet and wifi for a week today. My Kindle is working again now too so I can take my library books back after I read them and download free books to read on the Kindle. What a mess this has been.

Now I can balance my checkbook too. Hopefully!

Scruff came for her breakfast this morning but I didn't see anything of Blondie.

More later...I was $2.00 off on the bank account. I think that was the tip I left at Big Cheese day before yesterday. That's all I can think of. I didn't spend any money yesterday. I do have to go back out to Dollar General and get some toothpaste though. I believe I will wait until tomorrow morning (before I go to Coffeyville to meet Gay) and clean the apartment before 11:30AM. I am very tired already.  I got up way too early this morning and then I fell asleep in the recliner. 

I went ahead and bought my toothpaste out at Dollar General.I knew I wouldn't have enough to brush my teeth in the morning. Then I stopped at Mr. G's and bought a small butter pecan flurry. They had gone up a dollar. I suppose it was because they had to buy a new soft serve machine.

Then I read most of the afternoon. It's 5:05PM now and at 7:00PM, I will take my bath. At 5:30PM, I will watch the news.

It is 6:31PM and in about 30 minutes I will take my bath and put my pajamas on and either read or watch TV until 9:00PM....my regular  bedtime. I hope I sleep better tonight then I did last night. Last night was a nightmare.