A Fall

I worked until noon today. When I arrived at work this morning, I noticed a lot of trash that had blown up in front of the church. I started picking it up and tripped over a place in the pavement where a ramp starts to go up to the side door. I fell on my face and am surprised that I didn't break my glasses. As it is, I was jarred quite a bit and feel like I am bruised in several different places. I'm thankful there were no cuts or worse.

My Christmas gift to myself

Yesterday I ordered a Bluetooth headset from Verizon to use with my cell phone. It is being shipped overnight and I was told I would get it by 3 p.m. today.

I went home for lunch today and Sis had made Cashew Chicken with rice. It was delicious.

I have a beauty shop appointment this afternoon instead of Friday.

Car trouble

After I got off work yesterday I took the bookkeeping work back to the locksmith and collected my pay for that. Then we went to the credit union and I deposited it and the money I got for Christmas at work.

We went on to SAS shoe store. We had never been there before. They had some nice comfortable shoes but WAY too expensive for my budget.

On the way home my car started hesitating and pulling back every little bit and then the motor would race. I was hoping we would be able to get home okay. I don't know what's wrong with it. Just as I was thinking it had been doing so good for awhile, it starts acting up again.

When we got home, I got some Marie Callendar frozen dinners out of the freezer and microwaved them for supper. They were honey roasted chicken with green beans and mashed potatoes. Sis baked some cookies today and we had some of them for dessert.

I don't know how many times I had to get up during the night to get a drink of water. I didn't feel thirsty, but my mouth was so dry inside it was like paper. I could hardly stand it. I must sleep with my mouth open and it dries out. Sis has always said that I snore a lot. Whenever we travel and sleep in the same room in motels, my snoring bothers her. If I sleep on a couple pillows it doesn't do that as much, but it is hard for me to sleep with my head that high.

I got an email from Betty Ann that the next pen pal get together has been changed to November 2010 instead of 2011. That is nice. 2011 is just too far away.

A Surprising Day

We had a pancake breakfast before church this morning. The pastor's husband and another of the men did most of the cooking. They served pancakes and sausage and coffee. It was served in the fellowship hall in the basement but I brought plates of it upstairs to my office for me and Sis.

I wanted to be upstairs in case people came in the front door, I could direct them down to the fellowship hall.

During the church service later, I got a real surprise. After the offering was taken up, the chairman of the staff-parish relations committee got up and wanted to go up front and say a few words. He was sitting in the row ahead of me and he looked over and motioned for me to come along. I was surprised, but he insisted.

Well, when we got to the front, he made a speech about how I do a good job as office manager and presented me with an envelope. They had taken up a collection for me for Christmas. I was so surprised I was speechless. The pastor said, "I can't believe we managed to keep it from her the whole time." Well, they sure did. I didn't have a clue.

They had put all the offering in together and made out a check to me for the whole amount and it was more than I could possibly have imagined. I told them all thank you and said that they had really kept it a secret because I hadn't had any idea that they were doing it.

Also, one couple gave me and Sis a home-made pecan pie, another a bag of oranges from their orange tree, one lady gave us a loaf of nut bread and another a gift basket with a coffee mug, a snow globe, two candles, and assorted candy.

After church, Sis and I went to Sea Island Shrimp House for lunch. Then we went to the Verizon store so Sis could get a new case for the new cell phone she got the other day. Then we stopped at the nursery and got a watering can with a long handle to water the Christmas tree.

Today started out cold - at 35 degrees, but it got up to 70 this afternoon. The next couple of days are expected to be about the same, but then to get down to freezing on Christmas Eve and the high will only be 54 on Christmas Day. No white Christmas for us.

Saturday morning chores

This morning I went grocery shopping - whew, groceries are getting more expensive all the time. I spent over $92.

When I got home, I put the groceries away, put a load of laundry in the washer, and worked on the locksmith's books some more. I finished them about 11:30 a.m. That is the ones for Jan-June 2009. It will probably be awhile before he gives me the next batch.

I remembered the load of clothes in the washer, so I switched them to the dryer and put another load in. Now it is time to relax awhile..and maybe think about some lunch.

Saturday night
We had pancakes and eggs for lunch.

This afternoon I did more laundry and did some research on a form I have to gather information for at work.

I developed a pain in my right side that won't go away. I finally lay down and took a nap but it still hurts and it is now going on 9:00 p.m.

I called my former neighbor, Edna this evening and talked to her for nearly an hour. She gets very lonely.

We had Marie Callendar chicken pot pies for supper. I microwaved them. We both like them.

Then we played a few games of Mexican dominoes.

I finished reading a book by Lillian Jackson Braun, The Cat Who Moved a Mountain.

No More Enchiladas Verde

It is 2:45 Saturday morning. I woke up and was unable to go back to sleep, so here I am. Calvin kitty is glad to see me up. He is stretched out on top of my printer keeping me company. Digger is in her room, but she knows I am up and meows loudly every now and then. If Calvin wouldn't pester her constantly, I'd let her out. But she is an extremely old cat and doesn't need that aggravation. So I shut him in my bedroom for awhile when I want to let her out.

I was very busy at work yesterday morning. When I got off at noon, Melanie called to see if I would check to see if there was a package from UPS on her porch. She wasn't planning to be home until late afternoon. I checked. There were two packages. So I took them home with me and she picked them up on her way home about 5:30.

I went to the beauty shop and got my hair done.

We had a package of enchiladas verde in the freezer, so we got it out and tried it for supper. Neither of us liked the tomatilla/jalapeno sauce. I guess we won't try that again.

Now I am getting sleepy. Maybe I'll go back to bed and try again.

Sis gets a new cell phone

It was another cold and gloomy day.

After I got off work this afternoon we went to the Verizon store and Sis got her new cell phone. They transferred her contacts from the old phone to the new one.

We stopped at Neptune Restaurant on the way home and had a fish supper.

I have finished the January and February books for the locksmith. I still have four more months to do.

I received two books today that I had ordered through ebay.