The computer tech brought back my office computer. He had to remove a virus. He also reformatted the hard drive and installed Firefox instead of Explorer and Vipre instead of AVG.
I ordered the 2012 version of Quick Books tonight for my home computer.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
The computer repairman came this morning and checked my office computer. He thinks it has a virus as well as many other problems and took it with him. He will back everything up and reformat the hard drive. He will also install a new antivirus program that shouldn't slow down the computer as much. He thinks he can have it back tomorrow.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Sunday, Oct 23
We got new neighbors this week on the side where the house has been empty for a couple of years and before that the old lady who lived there was like a recluse. She died a couple of years ago. The new neighbors were sure noisy last night. They were out in the back yard - not far from my bedroom window talking and laughing really loud for at least an hour between 1 and 2 a.m. I got up and went out to the recliner in the living room for awhile. Then I went back to bed and slept for a couple more hours.
I drove to church. I hadn't driven since I had my cataract surgery last Tuesday. It was fine. We took in a new member today - Gary R.
After church we went to Olive Garden for lunch. I had the Venetian Chicken with apricot sauce, broccoli, asparagus and tomatoes. We had salad and bread sticks too. Phoebe got the spaghetti and meat sauce.
I drove to church. I hadn't driven since I had my cataract surgery last Tuesday. It was fine. We took in a new member today - Gary R.
After church we went to Olive Garden for lunch. I had the Venetian Chicken with apricot sauce, broccoli, asparagus and tomatoes. We had salad and bread sticks too. Phoebe got the spaghetti and meat sauce.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
October 1-22, 2011
We went to a Lion's Club pancake and sausage breakfast this morning. I took along all my old pairs of glasses and gave to them. They aren't any good to me now that I have had my cataract surgery. I will be going back to the eye doctor on Nov 7th and I will probably get tested for new glasses then.
Then after the breakfast we went to Wal-Mart and did some shopping.
This afternoon we went to the Pumpkin Patch. They were selling pumpkins all day, but from 4 to 7 was the pumpkin festival. We stayed from 1:30 until about 6 p.m. and helped, but then we were both late for our medicines, so we left and came home. We were both tired. They did good on the pumpkins. I don't know how many tickets they sold for things at the festival. There was a cake walk, a dunking booth, face painting, a woman making things out of balloons for the children and the church youth group was singing and playing guitars. Everyone seemed to be having a good time. Both pastors got dunked in the dunking booth.
Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011
I went back to the doctor for a follow-up exam this morning. He thinks it looks great and will have me see him again in a few weeks, at which time he will probably give me a vision test to prescribe new glasses. I can see so much better. I need to wear black goggle-like sunglasses when I go outside.
I took off work both yesterday and today, but plan to go back tomorrow morning.
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011
I had my cataract surgery this morning. All went well
and I go back tomorrow morning for a follow-up. I had to wear gauze
covering it until 5 p.m. Then a clear shield to protect it. I will have to have eyedrops several times a day for awhile.
Monday, Oct 17, 2011
We are having pleasant fall weather but could really use some more rain.
My cataract surgery that was scheduled for Oct 11th had to be postponed because all the paperwork hadn't come through, but will be trying again tomorrow morning. I'm looking forward to having it over with.
Tuesday, Oct 11
Today was when I was supposed to have cataract surgery. I started the eye drops Sunday as scheduled and Sis took me downtown to the eye center by 8:30 a.m. as instructed. After awhile, the nurse came out and said, "I am so sorry, but we are going to have to cancel your surgery."
It seems that they had been unable to get my primary doctor's office to get his final clearance signed and faxed over to them. This is after them calling back and forth to his office off and on for two days. The office staff in my doctor's office was very rude to them on the phone as well. I am so upset.
They did reschedule for next Tuesday morning in the hopes that this can be straightened out by that time. So I came back to work and will have to try again next week. I just don't understand why all of this is happening. I have been trying for nearly a year to get this done.
We got a really good rain over the weekend. It started Saturday evening
with small bursts of rain and then rained nearly all day Sunday. We have had such a serious drought this year that every drop is welcome. We got around 3 inches on Sunday. It did spawn a small tornado on the west side of the city and damaged a fairly small area but there were no injuries reported.
The pumpkins for the 2011 Pumpkin Patch were supposed to be delivered to one of the churches in our group Saturday evening, so Sis and I went over to help. There were about fifty of us there waiting...and waiting...and waiting. Finally we got word that the truck wouldn't arrive until Sunday evening so we all went home.
The pumpkins arrived this afternoon (Sunday) for the 2011 Pumpkin Patch. It is at one of our Corredor churches, but not the same one as last year. I think I have an ear infection starting so I didn't go this afternoon. Phoebe went over to help them unload, but the truck had arrived an hour and a half earlier than had been expected and they were nearly finished unloading when she got there.
Oct 6
My doctor's appointment went okay. Actually, he was out of town, but the nurse had me go next door to the lab for blood tests. Then she did the EKG and sent me to the imaging unit nearby for a chest x-ray. The doctor had seen me a couple of weeks ago. Now they need to fax the results to the eye center. As far as I know, everything is okay for me to have the surgery next week. I sure will be glad when it is over with.
We are having cooler weather - in the 80's this week and expecting rain over the weekend.
One of our other churches is celebrating their 100th anniversary this Sunday, so there will be no services at our church Sunday so that everyone can go celebrate with them. The bishop is to speak.
Then after the breakfast we went to Wal-Mart and did some shopping.
This afternoon we went to the Pumpkin Patch. They were selling pumpkins all day, but from 4 to 7 was the pumpkin festival. We stayed from 1:30 until about 6 p.m. and helped, but then we were both late for our medicines, so we left and came home. We were both tired. They did good on the pumpkins. I don't know how many tickets they sold for things at the festival. There was a cake walk, a dunking booth, face painting, a woman making things out of balloons for the children and the church youth group was singing and playing guitars. Everyone seemed to be having a good time. Both pastors got dunked in the dunking booth.
Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011
I went back to the doctor for a follow-up exam this morning. He thinks it looks great and will have me see him again in a few weeks, at which time he will probably give me a vision test to prescribe new glasses. I can see so much better. I need to wear black goggle-like sunglasses when I go outside.
I took off work both yesterday and today, but plan to go back tomorrow morning.
Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011
I had my cataract surgery this morning. All went well
and I go back tomorrow morning for a follow-up. I had to wear gauze
covering it until 5 p.m. Then a clear shield to protect it. I will have to have eyedrops several times a day for awhile.
Monday, Oct 17, 2011
We are having pleasant fall weather but could really use some more rain.
My cataract surgery that was scheduled for Oct 11th had to be postponed because all the paperwork hadn't come through, but will be trying again tomorrow morning. I'm looking forward to having it over with.
Tuesday, Oct 11
Today was when I was supposed to have cataract surgery. I started the eye drops Sunday as scheduled and Sis took me downtown to the eye center by 8:30 a.m. as instructed. After awhile, the nurse came out and said, "I am so sorry, but we are going to have to cancel your surgery."
It seems that they had been unable to get my primary doctor's office to get his final clearance signed and faxed over to them. This is after them calling back and forth to his office off and on for two days. The office staff in my doctor's office was very rude to them on the phone as well. I am so upset.
They did reschedule for next Tuesday morning in the hopes that this can be straightened out by that time. So I came back to work and will have to try again next week. I just don't understand why all of this is happening. I have been trying for nearly a year to get this done.
We got a really good rain over the weekend. It started Saturday evening
with small bursts of rain and then rained nearly all day Sunday. We have had such a serious drought this year that every drop is welcome. We got around 3 inches on Sunday. It did spawn a small tornado on the west side of the city and damaged a fairly small area but there were no injuries reported.
The pumpkins for the 2011 Pumpkin Patch were supposed to be delivered to one of the churches in our group Saturday evening, so Sis and I went over to help. There were about fifty of us there waiting...and waiting...and waiting. Finally we got word that the truck wouldn't arrive until Sunday evening so we all went home.
The pumpkins arrived this afternoon (Sunday) for the 2011 Pumpkin Patch. It is at one of our Corredor churches, but not the same one as last year. I think I have an ear infection starting so I didn't go this afternoon. Phoebe went over to help them unload, but the truck had arrived an hour and a half earlier than had been expected and they were nearly finished unloading when she got there.
Oct 6
My doctor's appointment went okay. Actually, he was out of town, but the nurse had me go next door to the lab for blood tests. Then she did the EKG and sent me to the imaging unit nearby for a chest x-ray. The doctor had seen me a couple of weeks ago. Now they need to fax the results to the eye center. As far as I know, everything is okay for me to have the surgery next week. I sure will be glad when it is over with.
We are having cooler weather - in the 80's this week and expecting rain over the weekend.
One of our other churches is celebrating their 100th anniversary this Sunday, so there will be no services at our church Sunday so that everyone can go celebrate with them. The bishop is to speak.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
May Catch-Up Time
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
I went to the downtown eye center this morning to get my eye measured for the cataract surgery I am scheduled to have next month. Sis drove me there and back. I asked the technician who was doing the measurements what size my cataract is and she said it is a 3. Another friend had told me her ophthalmologist said they range from a scale of 1 to 4 and when they get to a 4, there isn’t much that can be done to help the vision. So I definitely don’t want to put it off any longer. I also got a kit from them that contains dark glasses, shields and gauze to protect the eye after the surgery.
It was after 11 am when we got back, so we had lunch with Sis’s craft group; then I went back to the office for the afternoon.
Sis talked to the veterinary office staff and Precious had 8 teeth pulled, as well as a lot of other things. It was expensive. The itemized list was a 2-page print-out. I picked her up after 4 pm. She has three bottles of medicine to take and it is hard to give them to her, as she doesn’t want to eat or drink.
Later we went to Wal-Mart and I picked up my blood pressure prescription, left the prescription for the eye drops I will need to take for three days prior to my cataract surgery; and did a little shopping.
Monday, May 16, 2011
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Precious hasn’t eaten or drank anything for three days so Sis took her to the veterinarian this morning. He checked her did blood work and said her mouth is a mess and she needs some teeth pulled and others cleaned. He kept her overnight to do all that.
I went to the downtown eye center this morning to get my eye measured for the cataract surgery I am scheduled to have next month. Sis drove me there and back. I asked the technician who was doing the measurements what size my cataract is and she said it is a 3. Another friend had told me her ophthalmologist said they range from a scale of 1 to 4 and when they get to a 4, there isn’t much that can be done to help the vision. So I definitely don’t want to put it off any longer. I also got a kit from them that contains dark glasses, shields and gauze to protect the eye after the surgery.
It was after 11 am when we got back, so we had lunch with Sis’s craft group; then I went back to the office for the afternoon.
Sis talked to the veterinary office staff and Precious had 8 teeth pulled, as well as a lot of other things. It was expensive. The itemized list was a 2-page print-out. I picked her up after 4 pm. She has three bottles of medicine to take and it is hard to give them to her, as she doesn’t want to eat or drink.
Later we went to Wal-Mart and I picked up my blood pressure prescription, left the prescription for the eye drops I will need to take for three days prior to my cataract surgery; and did a little shopping.
Monday, May 16, 2011
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Precious hasn’t eaten or drank anything for three days so Sis took her to the veterinarian this morning. He checked her did blood work and said her mouth is a mess and she needs some teeth pulled and others cleaned. He kept her overnight to do all that.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Sis went to work with me yesterday morning and sat in for me in the office while I went to the funeral of my friend, Betty. Then she helped downstairs at the funeral dinner for awhile.
When we got home a little after 3 p.m., the smoke alarm/carbon monoxide alarm in our house was shrieking every little bit, proclaiming "low battery". Precious was cowering in my bedroom looking traumatized. It must have been doing that for hours.
I had a 9-volt battery so I thought I could change it. It is attached to the ceiling. I got a step stool and got it unlatched from the top piece, but couldn't figure out how and where to open it to replace the battery. It didn't help that my knees are stiff, I am short, and have such a vision problem that I couldn't begin to see any instructions that may have been shown on the smoke alarm. Sis tried. She is a little taller than me, but she couldn't see any instructions either. In the meantime, every little bit, it would let out this loud shriek and the voice would again inform us that the battery was low. It is wired in electrically, but has a battery backup.
We knew of no one around close that we could call, so I called the hot line 211 and they told me to call the fire department. I did and told them the problem and that we were too old, stiff and vision-challenged to get up there and get it changed. They were very nice and immediately sent someone out to change it. Three cheers for our fire department! We are both pretty independent and try to do as much for ourselves as possible, but now and then something comes up that we just have to ask for help.
I was finally able to convince Precious that it was safe to come out from behind the bed where she was hiding. She was terrified.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Easter Sunday
We had an Easter sunrise service at one of our churches, but I didn't get to it. There was to be a "finger foods" breakfast afterward. Twelve young people who had finished their confirmation classes were confirmed and two were baptized. Three of the young people are now new members of the church I go to.
It was a busy day, because one of the members took pictures at our church for a new photo directory. Sis and I had our pictures taken together and then I had a separate one by myself.
After we got home, we had ham, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, macaroni salad, and cottage cheese-lime jello salad with pineapple in it for our Easter lunch.
The weather has been warm, but still extremely dry.
We were still tired from the long trip to Eagle Pass and back yesterday, so we just rested this afternoon.
It was a busy day, because one of the members took pictures at our church for a new photo directory. Sis and I had our pictures taken together and then I had a separate one by myself.
After we got home, we had ham, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, macaroni salad, and cottage cheese-lime jello salad with pineapple in it for our Easter lunch.
The weather has been warm, but still extremely dry.
We were still tired from the long trip to Eagle Pass and back yesterday, so we just rested this afternoon.
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