Ha-ha! I already had a "Slow Day" and now I have a "Slower Day"! I have developed a bad habit of waking up at 3:30 AM each morning. Sometimes I can't get back to sleep. This morning I got up and got some yogurt to eat. It helped me go back to sleep. Then after I got up at 7:00AM and fixed breakfast, I took an after breakfast nap. When I woke up, I didn't have anything to do! I wandered around and dusted, swept the floor, did a load of laundry and then it was time for lunch. I talked to Karen to see about her tooth and then had the entire afternoon in front of me. I had thought of going to Lowes to get some flowers and then planting them but now it's 3:00 PM and we have the garbage to collect. Ho-hum. I need a life.
I checked my e-mail and deleted a lot of old stuff and found two I hadn't read for a day of two. It's not like me to miss an e-mail!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Exercise Day
I sometimes miss Wed. exercise class but I went today. This instructor works us a bit harder than the one on Mondays so it's good. After exercise, I got a hair cut. I was going to let my hair grow out some but I had been cutting on it myself and it never looked good to me. Now, there's not enough hair to mess up! No, I think I got a good cut. It will be easier to let it grow some with a good cut. After that, I went shopping for groceries. I guess I could have waited until pay day, but I didn't want to.
I made two cards in the afternoon. The new paper is really pretty. Didn't get to see Karen today. She had to go to the dentist for a tooth that was hurting pretty bad. I hope she got it taken care of. Pain is not our friend.
Gert is being quiet now that he's covered up all of the time. If he stays quiet, maybe he won't have to go to the vet on Monday. I think this is harder of me than Gertie.
Dad is trying to recover from a chest infection. He got medicine for it, but he's still feeling bad with that plus his arthritis.
I made two cards in the afternoon. The new paper is really pretty. Didn't get to see Karen today. She had to go to the dentist for a tooth that was hurting pretty bad. I hope she got it taken care of. Pain is not our friend.
Gert is being quiet now that he's covered up all of the time. If he stays quiet, maybe he won't have to go to the vet on Monday. I think this is harder of me than Gertie.
Dad is trying to recover from a chest infection. He got medicine for it, but he's still feeling bad with that plus his arthritis.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Pull Grass
I got outside around 12:30 PM and started pulling weeds from my flower patch. It wasn't too hot for the spot was in the shade be then. I had the little table to sit on and the top of a garbage can to put the pulled weeds in. Now I need to put some topsoil on the plot and get some flowers for the spot. I found some plants coming up from last year, lilleys, I think.
I called the vet again this morning about Gert. They called back and made an appointment for Monday. Maybe he can go back into a cage now. I guess she'll x-ray his leg again. He's an intelligent bird and to be covered all the time must work on his mind. I was supposed to get him out 2-3 times a day for company, but he is too wild to do that. He thrashes around when I put my hand into the container to change the papers. I wouldn't feel comfortable trying to get him out to love on. Hopefully, he'll get to go back into his cage soon. Maybe with the perches lowered so he can't fall off.
Next Tues. I'm going over to my Stampin' Up demonstrator's house and stamp with her. She said she was self-taught and back then Michael's and Hobby Lobby didn't have any rubber stamps! Imagine that! I look forward to getting to know her better. This Sat. we'll be having another stamping class at the Blackburn community center. I'll learn some new stuff then too.
I called the vet again this morning about Gert. They called back and made an appointment for Monday. Maybe he can go back into a cage now. I guess she'll x-ray his leg again. He's an intelligent bird and to be covered all the time must work on his mind. I was supposed to get him out 2-3 times a day for company, but he is too wild to do that. He thrashes around when I put my hand into the container to change the papers. I wouldn't feel comfortable trying to get him out to love on. Hopefully, he'll get to go back into his cage soon. Maybe with the perches lowered so he can't fall off.
Next Tues. I'm going over to my Stampin' Up demonstrator's house and stamp with her. She said she was self-taught and back then Michael's and Hobby Lobby didn't have any rubber stamps! Imagine that! I look forward to getting to know her better. This Sat. we'll be having another stamping class at the Blackburn community center. I'll learn some new stuff then too.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Gertie,Gertie, Gertie
The vet said to cover Gert up, like at night, so he couldn't see me or the other birds. I did and that stopped his pacing back and forth. She also said to get him out three or four times a day. I can't do that for he gets pretty wild when I put my hand in to change his papers. He would climb up my arm in a second if I went to get him out and I'm afraid I would hurt him getting him off my shoulder. He'll be crazy if he has to stay covered up for a month. I'll call the vet again tomorrow for further instructions.
Went to exercise class today. I really didn't feel like it but I knew I needed to exercise so I went anyway. I wore shorts because my long exercise pants were too warm the last time I went. I was cold the entire time I was there! I think I'm rushing the season. I came home at 10:30 AM and took a mid-morning nap!
I made 6 cards today. Five of them were Christmas cards. I already had the front of the cards cut out and the saying for the front of the cards cut out too so I just had to assemble them and stamp a "Merry Christmas" on the inside. Then, I made a new card with the beautiful paper Trudy got for me at Michael's. I think pretty paper inspires me more than a saying. I need to study some layouts too. I made two cards like my SU demonstrator had sent me. I don't have a corner nipper (not the real name for that instrument) so I rounded the corners. Plus, I didn't have any place to put the ribbon like it was on her card. If you hadn't seen her card, you might think my look-a-like cards were pretty good!
I had more time on my hands than I needed today. I think I had looked at the calendar but all I saw was the days that had nothing on them. There was a cancer survivors dinner I had invited the Hills to at 6:00 PM and I didn't remember it until 5:30 PM when I was coming back from the pharmacy after getting medicine for dad. I came home and called the Hills to see if they had remembered it and I got the answering machine. I thought they might me coming to get me so I rushed and got dressed when Mary Lou called. She said they had forgotten it too. They had had family in for the week-end and had forgotten. That was okay for I should have called them earlier in the day to remind them, but I forgot too! I had time to go, but I didn't want to so I stayed home.
Went to exercise class today. I really didn't feel like it but I knew I needed to exercise so I went anyway. I wore shorts because my long exercise pants were too warm the last time I went. I was cold the entire time I was there! I think I'm rushing the season. I came home at 10:30 AM and took a mid-morning nap!
I made 6 cards today. Five of them were Christmas cards. I already had the front of the cards cut out and the saying for the front of the cards cut out too so I just had to assemble them and stamp a "Merry Christmas" on the inside. Then, I made a new card with the beautiful paper Trudy got for me at Michael's. I think pretty paper inspires me more than a saying. I need to study some layouts too. I made two cards like my SU demonstrator had sent me. I don't have a corner nipper (not the real name for that instrument) so I rounded the corners. Plus, I didn't have any place to put the ribbon like it was on her card. If you hadn't seen her card, you might think my look-a-like cards were pretty good!
I had more time on my hands than I needed today. I think I had looked at the calendar but all I saw was the days that had nothing on them. There was a cancer survivors dinner I had invited the Hills to at 6:00 PM and I didn't remember it until 5:30 PM when I was coming back from the pharmacy after getting medicine for dad. I came home and called the Hills to see if they had remembered it and I got the answering machine. I thought they might me coming to get me so I rushed and got dressed when Mary Lou called. She said they had forgotten it too. They had had family in for the week-end and had forgotten. That was okay for I should have called them earlier in the day to remind them, but I forgot too! I had time to go, but I didn't want to so I stayed home.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
One Grandchild Minus Two Front Teeth
Nate finally lost his other front tooth. Last tooth, the tooth faerie forgot to make a stop! I hope she doesn't forget tonight!
We had Stake Conference today. Bro. Decker had to translate so he went early. Karen, Stacey and a friend of Stacey's came and got me around 9:15 AM and we got to H'ville close to 10:00 AM. We had to sit 11 rows behind the folding curtains. I couldn't see the speakers, being a short person. We saw Trudy and she came over and gave us a hug. Later I saw where they were sitting and saw George and Forrest and then when Trudy and George changed seats, I saw Forrest, then George, then, Trudy, then Sadie. Bro. Decker had to leave after church to go to the air port. We had a nice drive home.
I bought a pair of shorts for exercise class but I think it's still too cool to wear them. Plus, they are a bit short (come to my knees) so I may just wear them at home. I have plenty of knee pants to exercise in but I just wanted a nice exercise outfit. Vanity,vanity, vanity!
Gert isn't adjusting to his container. He does a lot to pacing back and forth, limping all the way. I'll call the vet. tomorrow to see if I need to do something for him.
We had Stake Conference today. Bro. Decker had to translate so he went early. Karen, Stacey and a friend of Stacey's came and got me around 9:15 AM and we got to H'ville close to 10:00 AM. We had to sit 11 rows behind the folding curtains. I couldn't see the speakers, being a short person. We saw Trudy and she came over and gave us a hug. Later I saw where they were sitting and saw George and Forrest and then when Trudy and George changed seats, I saw Forrest, then George, then, Trudy, then Sadie. Bro. Decker had to leave after church to go to the air port. We had a nice drive home.
I bought a pair of shorts for exercise class but I think it's still too cool to wear them. Plus, they are a bit short (come to my knees) so I may just wear them at home. I have plenty of knee pants to exercise in but I just wanted a nice exercise outfit. Vanity,vanity, vanity!
Gert isn't adjusting to his container. He does a lot to pacing back and forth, limping all the way. I'll call the vet. tomorrow to see if I need to do something for him.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Pictures From The Botanical Gardens
Aren't the golden pansies pretty! The big, white dogwood tree is 100 yrs. old! I think I may know how to put pictures onto my blog now! Yeah! I hope I can remember how to follow the directions that Trudy wrote out for me. This Mac is so different from her computer that it took us a while to figure it out.
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