Up at 7AM, slept pretty good after bleaching my feet. I made the mistake of leaving my socks on all day yesterday without changing them. I also had to refrain from drinking three pots of coffee in a day. My body went whacky for the last couple days. Checked in with the HAM radio guys and then our morning meeting at 9:30.
Her ankle is still bothering her, our Doc appointment is weeks away. I have to push her a little to keep her off her feet. She IS wearing her boots that do give her some support, but house chores are a lot of twisting and reaching.
My Glucose varies a lot depending on what I’ve eaten before testing it. If there’s been some kind of exercise then the readings are close to 110. If I’ve eaten and been sitting around the house the readings are around 125.
My average Glucose reading is 115.
Tried out the heated serving tray today, 200W is perfect. If you turn it all the way up the surface can get to 300 degrees on just 200W!
We put the heated plates on top of the paper towel just before serving.
Then we can put the food on the heated surface to keep it warm.
We have insulated serving bowls for the vegetables and they work very well.
Great dinner today.
We went to Good Will to look for a wheelchair and we found a walker that will do just fine for now. It’s in really good shape and cost a whopping $7!
We went to Outback for supper, and they were really happy to see us. We hadn’t been there for weeks because the silverware was dirty more than once. The dirty flatware should have been noticed when it was removed from the machine. The flatware should have been caught one more time when it is handled by the hostess and wrapped in a napkin. It also should have been noticed a third time by the servers, especially if someone complains about it. She had two margaritas and a fried coconut shrimp boat. I had a boat of grilled shrimp and a beer then we headed home.
Put the new camera on the front porch to work on the settings before we mount it in the eave. It helps immediately because this camera has a microphone. I am on the fence about where to put the four cameras that don’t have sound and the two cameras that do. All four of the reolink cameras that came with the DVR are failing.
I think the first move is to replace the camera without sound at the bottom.
I want to avoid having cameras with audio near the driveway/sidewalk
Played Scrabble after checking on our neighbor’s house. The pieces were getting warn so we swapped them out of a standard cardboard set. We had to keep two pieces that were missing out of the standard cardboard set.
Tuesday
I measured my Glucose this morning at 140. That’s a bit high so I remeasured it at 131, which is still over my target. I found out this morning that I could not do a traditional pushup. I ended up doing 20 sissy pushups along with several other routine exercises for about 20 minutes. I remeasured my Glucose and it was a good reading of 92.
Two prunes a day keeps the plunger away!
She has had an issue with her right knee for a couple days along with her right heel for a couple weeks. I put a cold pack on her knee this morning to reduce the swelling. She was getting around using the walker we bought yesterday.
She cooked some eggs this morning and froze in front of them in a dream state. I was walking down my list trying to help her. There was laundry in the dryer, laundry in a basket on the floor that was asking questions and got no answers.
Making dinner went really well, we steam the vegetables to keep the flavor. Ham is super easy to warm up in a frying pan and the heated plates keeps it all warm while we eat it.
Took a good long nap after our ham dinner.
The bathroom doors are just barely wide enough for the walker if you tuck the legs around the door jam. We both had a bowl of cereal for breakfast, and she headed back to bed for a quick nap. I am trying to catch up on my blogging LOL.
She’s practicing with the walker to keep the weight off of her right foot.
Ok, I have a new camera WITH audio this time facing East. I mounted it away from the front yard light on the corner to keep the nighttime vision.
Spent a couple of hours checking all the cameras since it’s New Years and I know someone is going to fire off their pistol! My dashcam in the silver Ford Focus is also running tonight, I’ll turn it off in the morning to keep from running the battery down.
Wednesday (Cleanup fireworks)
Up at 7:30 and checked in with the HAM radio guys.
A real man’s breakfast, coffee with Swiss Miss coco in it, it did raise my Glucose.
The K Cups are very convenient to add just a little to my coffee.
Keeping my eggs warm while I get breakfast sausages ready.
I need to clean up the floor today.
Learning to keep a diary to record activities we will likely forget.
The new camera looks good so far.
The Yard lantern interfered with the camera next to it, so I moved it about 4 feet.
It’s somewhat illegal to record audio without someone in the recording knowing they’re being recorded. I’m on the fence if that applies to the outside which is the reason I have a lot of cameras WITHOUT Audio. I don’t need audio of someone breaking into my home, but it’s absolutely necessary for a shooting!
Red potatoes and vegetables are easily reheated in the Crockpot while the pork tenderloin is cooking in the oven. We’ll toss the plates in the oven to warm them.
We took the dish out of the oven and put it on the heated surface to keep it warm.
We need to get serious about cleaning the dust collecting in our home.
I installed a new air purifier. This is red, the worst indicator.
It’s also Orange and Blue. It turned orange, then blue after an hour.
I turned off the air conditioning and let the purifier run in every room. The worst rooms were the bedroom and the den that we occupy the most. No indications in the other rooms except my cave, but I just drilled holes in a ceramic hard drive.
I sealed off my cave from the rest of the house and I’m working on cleaning up the dust accumulation.
Thursday
Her foot is still swollen, she just won’t stay off her foot and let it heal. It felt much better on Tuesday, and she started doing housework again. Now we’re back to it hurting so much she can’t walk on it.
Checked in with the guys and she made eggs with ham. I am grateful for the breakfast, but I’d been happier if she stayed off her feet and let it heal. I know when it’s swollen because it is difficult to zip up her shoes.
I found this brown/grey slime in the dishwasher filters this morning. There are two filters, this material was behind the second filter. I cleaned out the jets in the sprayers and cleaned both filters this morning.
We discussed what we need to capture on paper for a couple of hours and then we retired to our afternoon nap without starting lunch. It was too late to prepare lunch so we ended up at Outback sharing a dinner.
Made a Wally World run to get some groceries after we got back from Outback. I ordered a few XXL bags to replace the tubs since Wal-Mart now sells them. (They are asking to scan them at the checkout.) I got them at THD a LONG time ago. I updated my THD account today so that I can use my discount again.
I am trying to get her to capture things on paper since when we go to the doctor’s office, she tends to say everything’s fine. Her foot hurts, her fingers tingle, she’s constantly hungry for sweets and she’s intermittently forgetful.
We’re headed to bed, been a long day for me.
Friday
Woke in time to check-in with the HAM guys on the WW Net this morning. I made a pot of coffee at 3AM but she already made one and put it in the thermos. Plenty of coffee to drink today in a large Standly Thermos.
Gathered all the Child Fund letters and made a spreadsheet of all the gifts. Sent in the list to CF corporate to fill in the holes of the data. There’s a gap between the information they give us and the information that’s on these gifts. The Chit# that is on the gift they call DFC is not visible to the donors UNTIL the child writes a thank you letter.
Dinner was leftover Pork Tenderloin with mixed veggies, I didn’t get to the store today and I really should have gone to Kroger.
We had supper at Mexican restaurant with our friends, good times.
I worked on paying a couple medical bills and my cameras before joining her in a movie. We’ve cancelled our Prime membership as of Monday. They are adding advertising to the movies that we’re paying for?
Saturday
Up at 8AM, a bit late for getting onto the WW Net. I poured a cup of coffee while I was waiting for my turn to check in. I did a load of laundry along with some of the other house chores today so her foot could heal.
No new letters from our four sponsored children, it’s been a while for two of them.
We had salmon with veggies for lunch, it was really good today. We heated the plates in the oven and put the hot dish on the serving tray to keep the salmon piping hot.
Went to Kroger to pick up some meat for next week, it wasn’t very busy which was not expected. (I thought Fridays were always busy, maybe everyone is tired of Kroger prices?)
Watched some TV and headed to bed.
Sunday
Got out of bed about 8:30 and Wayne was surprised I hadn’t checked in earlier. Had a banana, but I need to jump in the shower while the water is still running.
Joined the church service online today to prevent making her foot any worse than it is already.
Turkey chili for dinner today, it was served piping hot.
We worked from our lists pretty well today. My Glucose was generally 115ish with the exception of the old test strips being wildly inaccurate. Had a really hard time getting to sleep tonight.
