Journaling

November 7, 2009

Paul mowed the yard today for the first and last time. I think the grass has finally quit growing for the season. It has been a very long growing season for the grass.

I finally finished arranging the shelves in the office. The food is now all in order. That doesn’t sound like a big job, but it sure took me forever. Next item of business, the kitchen table, find it

We didn’t even leave the driveway today. It was a busy organizing day, another boring day.

I wrote my mother-in-law a letter. It is another long one. I think I am going to try to send shorter ones more often.

November 8, 2009

We got up on time and ready for church. It was the Children’s program today. That is always a sweet meeting. We stayed for the entire block.

When we got home we both took a nap. Paul left for choir practice. I am so glad that he is back in the choir. They are preparing for the Christmas program. I fixed a yummy stir-fry for dinner.

We watched Wild Hogs and had a few laughs. It was a very quiet day.

Kathy’s dad called and talked for a minute. His wife had called him today and spoke to Kathy. It is always hard on Kathy when she has any contact with her mom

November 9, 2009

We got up too late for the pool.

We got to take part in my son, the teacher’s family home evening. He asked that I gave the lesson and Paul played the guitar. It was fun to see the kids. They were really excited to be talking to us through Skype.

Paul travel expense check came in the mail. We were out of milk and bread, so that means nothing in the house. We went to Wal-Mart and bought what we could with the money. Now Paul has a few dollars in his pocket and we have bread in the house.

After visiting with my son the teacher and his family, my son, the FedEx driver called and I talked to my son, Kathy’s dad today.
We watched TV together tonight, yes we have become couch potatoes.

November 10, 2009

With much effort we were able to get up and go swimming. The pool is old and there are no steps down into the pool. You must go down a ladder to get into the pool and out the same way. There is a chair to lower someone into the pool that needs assistance, but it is out of order. An aerobic class was being held in the shallow part of the pool so we went to the deep end. It was 5 feet deep, meaning I couldn’t touch, but Paul was able to touch. We spent about 30 minutes moving in the water and then we went to the hot tub for a relaxing soak.

We got home and we both were extremely tired. I decided to rest for just a minute. Before I fell asleep my sister called. She was in the car waiting for her client to get back so we had a chance to talk. After she hung up I put on my earphones to listen to my healing meditation. I don’t remember even moving, I was asleep.

Today was the day before payday so we just kind of vegged at home. Paul made a yummy spaghetti dinner. You will never guess what we did tonight. Yep, it was a TV night for sure.
I did actually make Paul some cookies.

November 11, 2009

Paul’s check didn’t come. We had hoped it would be posted last night, but it wasn’t. We played on the computer and watched TV. We had enough gas to get to the station to buy gas, but until the check comes, we are at home. I have not really felt well all week. I sleep a lot.

November 12, 2009

Paul’s check was here, finally. He ordered my book, his gift to me and we ordered the CD’s of the Davici Brainwaves. Paul paid the cell phone bill. We ate at Subway in Wal-Mart before going shopping.

While shopping I try to keep track of what I am spending. I usually do pretty well. Wal-Mart had vegetables on sale so I bought 10 each of corn, beans and peas. I did notice that the cans are smaller. There is no longer 16 ounces in a can but 14.something. I picked up Marie Calendar’s sweet and sour chicken and rice and chicken pot pies. When we checked out I realized that we had spent too much, couldn’t even get gas at this point. Paul had gotten $20 change, so he put the twenty into the tank of the car.

When we got home, we checked the balance on the bank account. Zero. Ok, we are at home for the next week.

Paul and I were exhausted from the shopping trip. As soon as the groceries were in the house and I had put away all of the perishables, we took naps. See, I am sleeping a lot.

For dinner we had the sweet and sour chicken, and we, wait for it, we watched TV. We were on our computers for a while and then bed.

I sent my sister a twilight comment to myspace. She is a Twilight fanatic.

November 13, 2009

Kathy’s dad called this morning very upset. His wife’s lawyer filed a motion to have his attorney taken off of the case. She went to the attorney and asked for pro bono help with the divorce. The lawyer said no, but now she wants to use that to slow the divorce.

I talked and talked to my son today, one to calm him and two to make him understand that he should not talk to his wife or any of the people she lives with. If his wife needs him, she needs to go through the lawyer.

I talked to my sister; I had her look at the comment. I know that she doesn’t check myspace very often.

Tonight we had pot pies for dinner, Paul fixed them. We watched TV and I read a Jack Weyland book on line. It was very good. I read the entire book tonight. Well I started this afternoon and then read it all before bed. With our books still packed, and we have no place to unpack the books, the only books out are the Twilight Saga. Paul has been on a continuous loop with them, but I really needed something new to read.

I reminded Paul that it was his brother’s birthday and he called him. He left the message on the phone. His brother was not at home.

I have made a discovery, I like to blog. I am taking a break from the 29 gift site. I will drop in from time to time, but I have found it very hard to stay current with everything since we had such a surge in numbers. I really do enjoy the writing, and while I enjoy the comments of my friends, it hasn’t been the most important aspect of the experience. So I have decided to blog here. I have no followers and I expect none, except my sister.

She will read my blogs, but she wouldn’t sign up for a blog space herself, so I won’t be getting comments. I think my writing has become stale, so I am challenging myself to keep writing until it is interesting again.

November 14, 2009

This morning I woke at 6. I came into the computer and was checking out a few things when I read my horoscope for the day.


A whole bunch of explosive energy is on the way, so get ready for some fireworks! Today's frenetic energy will urge you to make some changes to your future goals. You'll also feel the need to associate with a whole new group of peers. If that's the case, try to ease away from your current crew gently -- or offer to take them along. Either way, you'll enjoy the momentum of new blood.

This just enforced my decision to start blogging here. I will add some of the stories that I have written before and then just keep my journal going.

When Paul checked the mail, my 29 Day Gift Book had arrived already. I will save it for tomorrow. It seems like a good way to spend a Sunday afternoon, curled up with a movie.

Paul and I took a ride in the country today. I like to get to know an area that I live in. So, we took off and rambled around the country side. It was a nice way to spend the afternoon.

Then we stopped at Wal-Mart for milk and came home for dinner. We watched some of the shows we had recorded, one more quiet evening watching Monk.

A student called and asked a few questions about Reiki. We will send her Reiki tonight before bed.