This weekend ought to bring out spirits of all types.\u00a0 So get in your costume, don your mask, and hide from the bad guys.<\/p>\n
Sunday night I participated again in the music for the Taiz\u00e9 service at the Episcopal church in town.\u00a0 This week we had different musicians:\u00a0 a pianist, two violins, and a flute to play the background instrumentals for people to sing along. \u00a0Afterwards we were served Lasagna and bread.<\/p>\n
The past couple of days I have worked on the order for a \u201cmusical notes bracelet\u201d with a Medic Alert on it for me.\u00a0 It has a 1-800 number with contact to a data base with all my medical information.\u00a0 It only costs $20 for the bracelet and $39.95 plus handling to get established in the data base.\u00a0 The continuing cost will be $30\/year.\u00a0 That\u2019s not bad for the purpose it serves, and I will be able to get rid of the red plastic band Allergy warning to Heparin that I have had on my wrist for the past 10 months.<\/p>\n
Monday I went back to the dental hygienist for a teeth cleaning after 1.5 years.\u00a0 I was concerned because that’s what started all this medical stuff April of 2009.\u00a0 I took a high dose of antibiotics, and still was on the tail end of the 5-day antibiotic for my sinus infection.\u00a0 The plaque build-up was not as bad as everyone feared.<\/p>\n
I wrote a letter to my infectious disease specialist and my family physician to ask when I should go for a culture again after this to be sure no bacteria were introduced to my blood stream.\u00a0 It seems I’m susceptible more so than others to endocarditis and we want to catch it sooner than the last two times.<\/p>\n
While I was going to town, John helped more with chores around the farm of our neighbors across the street.\u00a0 Today he is cutting wood again in the upper part of the neighbor’s land.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a rest day for me to catch up more on thank you notes and emails, filing receipts, and paying bills.\u00a0 John is going to a meeting tonight on the use of State lands. With a push from the Feds, the State fish and wildlife folks have to respond to any use that might directly or \u201cincidentally\u201d harm\/take\/kill plants or animals deemed threatened or endangered.\u00a0 This meeting is intended to explain the process.\u00a0 Being dog and horse owners and belonging to clubs that might be impacted, John and some others from the Trail Riders club are going as a team.<\/p>\n
Wednesday was the start of a busy day to get us ready for an even busier day the next.\u00a0\u00a0 I took care of email and some stuff in the morning and then went to my SAIL (Stay Active and Independent for Life) exercise class again\u2026 this time paying my quarterly fee of 3 bucks.\u00a0 Heck of a price for an hour\u2019s exercise MWF each week, with a knowledgeable leader.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t able to participate in the time several weeks after August\u2019s event, but now I\u2019m back to okay\u2026 and everyone was happy to see me back.\u00a0 I\u2019m not quite 100%, but really am better than I was the last time they saw me.\u00a0 That evening John and I attended a Washington geology talk — \u00a0The topic was the potential for massive earthquakes just off of Washington\u2019s coastline. It is well attended from the community and well done.<\/p>\n
Thursday brought all sorts of activities.\u00a0 I actually slept in a little more than usual, and then we got to Kittitas to Curley\u2019s in time for Taco Thursday specials and to meet 8 people who rode their horses down the John Wayne Pioneer Trail from the Fairgrounds at Ellensburg.\u00a0 It\u2019s about 6 miles.\u00a0 There were at least 8 others from the club who met there and had lunch.\u00a0 From there John took me to Hearthstone Cottages, where we entertained a good group of people who appreciate our music and will sing along.\u00a0 John and I left a few minutes early to go to a great lecture at CWU Geography, on field work in Mexico and Peru.\u00a0 Then we picked up my Subaru we had left last night to be worked on today; just an oil change and lube.<\/p>\n
There are no close yard sales Friday, so we will stay home in the morning and hope to install the unit to send my ICD readings up at 2:00 a.m. in the morning from beside my bed.\u00a0 Perhaps I can make some more inroads into cleaning out spaces to hang the new clothes, and get down to more of the old to take to friends who can use them.\u00a0 I am down enough on my weight that I can fit into some Medium shirts; however,\u00a0 I\u2019m still better with L.\u00a0 Nowhere near the previous 2XL and some 22W sizes.\u00a0 Not the way to lose weight, but it\u2019s very nice to be able to exercise with less weight to move around.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure my horse will appreciate having me aboard once I get there too.<\/p>\n
Noon Friday was a scholarship luncheon at CWU in the CWU Theatre department.\u00a0 After that was my exercise class at the Senior Center (oops, more properly called the Adult Activity Center for political correctness). \u00a0There was a Halloween Bingo party there in the evening, and I went with my neighbor.\u00a0 Neither one of us won a single game.\u00a0 They had some good prizes too, so that was disappointing.<\/p>\n
It rained most of the night and started again Saturday morning.\u00a0 We thought about not going but decided to go to a garage sale 6 miles away from us.\u00a0 It was a nice trip through the countryside, in the rain, but nothing grabbed our fancy there.\u00a0 We have empty boxes in the back of the car for use tomorrow at our friend\u2019s house who has offered us some garden vegetables and to pick some apples.\u00a0 Could be Halloween evening I will go to town to visit the family with the puppy Rhu we kept for so long.\u00a0 They are fixing chili and invited us in to share in the Halloween fun with their kids (2 and 4 yr old boys).<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll be back next week on the blog with any news.\u00a0 It\u2019s probably going to be a lighter week but who knows?
\nNancy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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