It is a sunny day - around 50 degrees. The food pantry is going on today. There has been quite a crowd.

Jan 15

It is a gray rainy day as predicted, but it did quit for awhile this morning. We did go to breakfast at a little cafe that we haven't been at for a long time. Then we stopped at Wal-Mart where I got some office supplies I had been needing. I bought an electric adding machine and a ream of 8 1/2 x 11 copy paper.

Since then we have just been sitting around knitting and crocheting. My leg stays about the same - perhaps when the rainy cold weather lets up it will improve. I try to get up and walk around the house fairly often to keep everything moving.

It was 52 degrees the last time I checked online. That doesn't sound too bad.

Jan 14

It felt cold when I opened the door for Precious to go out this morning, but I heard that it is to warm up and be drizzly most of the day, with heavier rain overnight and into tomorrow.

I finally got to the pharmacy at Wal-Mart yesterday evening and got my prescription refills. I got two more skeins of white yarn while I was there. I'm knitting an afghan in a basket weave pattern.

I've been sleeping better at night this week, but I sure am having pains in my right leg - mostly above the knee. Probably arthritis, but I have a lot of pain when I walk, and if I go up steps, I must put the left foot up first and bring the right one up to meet it on each step. Oh the joys of aging!

Jan 12

I am feeling much better tonight. I think most of my problems were caused by the high pollen count yesterday.

It was predicted to get down to the mid-20's here last night but with the low cloud cover, it only got down to 33. The weatherman was reminding us that it was just 26 years ago today that San Antonio got that freak 13-inch snowstorm. That was the year before I moved to San Antonio.

I need to get to the pharmacy to pick up my prescription refills, but it was so cold when I came home today that I decided to wait another day. I have enough medicine for two or three more days anyway.

Jan 11

have been under the weather. It seems to be a sinus headache that has been coming and going all day. I hope it is gone by tomorrow.

Sat, Jan 8, 2011

We went to IHOP for breakfast this morning. Our brother and sister-in-law sent us a gift card to IHOP for Christmas and we still had some money left on that, so we had a nice breakfast there and applied the balance left on the card to that. Then we went to Wal-Mart and did a little shopping. I did forget to buy coffee though, so I'll have to stop at the grocery before the week is over and buy some. We both drink quite a bit of coffee.

I started knitting an afghan but I sure am having trouble with the pattern. I started over once and got pretty far, then discovered a hole back a ways where I had evidently dropped a stitch. I was so aggravated.

We had a lot of rain during the night but only a little thunder. I woke up nearly every hour during the night. It wasn't raining when I got up at 5:00 a.m.

We went to IHOP for breakfast yesterday morning.Then we went to Wal-Mart and did a little shopping and got some groceries.

Friday, Jan 7, 2011

I got my hair cut this afternoon.

We had tomato soup for lunch. For supper we finished the soup and the leftover meat loaf.

We did our Bible readings.

I made several mistakes in the afghan so I took it apart and started over.

Thursday

Sis got me a pair of size 11 knitting needles. They were marked $6.97, but were on sale for 50 cents. I had needed that size for a baby afghan I wanted to knit. So this evening I started on the afghan, using white yarn. Sis started making one of the Time Out dolls. She had ordered a pattern for it and it came today.

I read the Chronological Bible portion for today and also Matthew chapters 13-16 in the NLT Bible.

Sis prepared lima beans and made potato salad for supper. They were delicious. We had Mexican plates from Olivia's for lunch.

Switched to u-verse

I switched to AT&T u-verse. The technician came out this afternoon and installed it.
It took about three hours. I think we will like it. We don't have a land line phone now. We just use the cell phones anyway so I asked for a bundle that includes both TVs, both our desktop omputers, and the laptop.

I read the Jan 5 reading in the chronological Bible and Matthew chapters 12 and 13 in the NLT Bible.

We had meat loaf sandwiches for supper.

Jan 2 - 38 degrees this morning

Sis woke up with a migraine this morning.

It was 38 degrees when I first checked the weather on the internet and while the sun shone brightly, it really doesn't feel like it warmed up a lot today.

We had 46 at church this morning (my unofficial count, I could have missed a couple). The pastor did the Wesley Covenant Service. It was quite lengthy.

After church, Sis and I went to the Little Red Barn Restaurant for lunch. I brought half of my lunch (chopped steak, baked potato and salad) home for tomorrow's lunch. The servings at most restaurants are too large for me.

A few months ago I was given a Chronological Bible. I looked it over and as it has readings for each day, in the order they are thought to have been written, I decided to start reading it on January 1st. If read that way, it can be completed in a year.

Our pastors also passed out a reading program by which we can read through the New Testament in 90 days. That sounded interesting too, so I'm doing both. For that 3-month program, I am using the NLT version of the Bible.

I am feeling queasy this afternoon and hope it isn't caused by anything I ate for lunch. I have already stopped putting salad dressing on my salads when I eat at that restaurant, as I've had this problem in the past. Now I'm wondering if it is something different but have no idea what it could be. The salads are very basic - lettuce, shredded carrots and a banana pepper. I never eat the pepper.

New Year's Day 2011

We had a quiet New Year's Eve. We aren't partiers and didn't go anywhere last night. Earlier yesterday afternoon we thought we would go see the Steves Homestead in the King Williams Historical District. It was advertised to be decorated for the holidays with tours being given throughout the day, through Jan 2. But it was closed and the gate was locked. There was no sign giving any information why it wasn't open. That is only about 4 miles from our home, so it wasn't a long drive. On the way home we passed a little restaurant called La Tuna. Phoebe had heard of it when she worked on a temporary job near there last year. We stopped and had lunch there. It didn't look like much outside, but it was really very nice inside and the food was outstanding and so was the waiter.

I think there was some talk of having a watch night program at church last night, but I forgot all about it. I don't like to drive late at night anyway.

I went to bed early last night but woke up a little before midnight, so I got up and watched the fireworks that were set off at midnight. The ones going out of the Tower of America were spectacular. I saw them on television. Then I was also looking out the living room window and seeing ones in the surrounding neighborhoods. Actually, people had been setting off fireworks ever since it got dark earlier in the evening, but it really all cut loose at midnight. Last year we were under a severe burn ban, but this year it was lifted and people seemed to really be making up for lost time.

Then I went back to bed and slept until about 7:15 a.m. We decided to go to Bud Jones restaurant for breakfast. I got my favorite breakfast there: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 sausage patties, 2 biscuits, and home fries. I always ask for a take-out container when my breakfast arrives. I put half of it in it for the next day and then eat the remaining half. It is a really good price for $3.99 and the breakfast options that just have one of each item still cost the same: $3.99. Tomorrow morning I will split the remaining biscuit, put the egg and sausage patty in it and warm it in the microwave for a few seconds for my breakfast.

We haven't been doing much at home today except catching up on email and knitting and crocheting. We had leftover chili for lunch. That was delicious. I probably won't eat much of anything for supper tonight, as that is the only way I can keep from gaining weight. A piece of fruit or a bowl of cereal is plenty for me in the evening.