Sunday, Dec 4 found us doing normal morning chores, and taking off at noon for the Swauk-Teanaway Grange 35 minutes away.\u00a0 We drove around the Swauk Prairie loop road to view the Bison herd, . . .<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.spbison.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n . . . on our way to a lovely Community Christmas dinner, with turkey, potatoes, dressing and gravy provided by the Grange.\u00a0 All the rest of the food (and there was MUCH), came with individuals.\u00a0 John and I took a beautiful glass platter with a \u00a0Christmas canister in the middle filled with our dried apples and a bunch of pieces of fruit cake surrounding it on the circular12\u201d-diameter plate.\u00a0 We met friends from Ellensburg there, and the program included the upper county choir doing \u201cBroadway\u201d Christmas songs and there were a few sing-alongs as well.\u00a0 There were slightly over 100 people there.<\/p>\n Just as we returned over the hill and into the Kittitas Valley, the sun was setting about 4:00 p.m.\u00a0 By the time we got to our road and headed north back to the hills, it was gone, and John was beginning to be concerned about exercising the dogs and feeding the horses before dark.\u00a0 We got home about 4:13.\u00a0 He made it out and back before it was completely dark, as it was by 5:00 p.m.\u00a0 We ate so much food that we will not need any dinner tonight.\u00a0 At least I did and won\u2019t want more.<\/p>\n Monday, Dec 5\u00a0 Awoke to another day with a lousy night\u2019s rest.\u00a0 Must have been from too much rich food.<\/p>\n Very sad news arrived.\u00a0 Abdominal cancer finally claimed the only son (at 50 yrs) of my first geography teacher and his wife.\u00a0 I had been a sitter for him way back when.<\/p>\n Today I\u2019m dropping off more letters for Morris\u2019 Memory Book at his doctor\u2019s office for him to pick up tomorrow–9 more new ones and additions (pictures and text) to 5 others.\u00a0 Then on to my exercise class and I will meet John at the car repair shop at the end for him to drop off the old truck.\u00a0 This morning I packaged up the moccasins that didn\u2019t fit John and we put in a return bag for the mailbox.\u00a0 I\u2019m happy to report the package was picked up and sent on its way.\u00a0 Got a bill in the mail for $8.97 for a couple hundred dollars worth of pulmonary tests they have to run on me every year (because of being on Amiodarone).\u00a0 I called to question it, and was told not to worry that Group Health had screwed up their records on several peoples\u2019 charges and just to wait to see if it got straightened out.\u00a0 If still there next month, I\u2019m to call it to her attention.\u00a0 She has already reported their \u201coverpayment\u201d to them, and in adjusting it something went awry. \u00a0Never pay a medical bill without questioning.<\/p>\n Tuesday, Dec 6\u00a0 Morning as usual except added to it was a call to my first geography professor\/mentor and his wife about the loss of their son.\u00a0 Now getting ready to go to town for a doctors appointment. \u00a0Nothing much new but my discontent with Subway.\u00a0 They advertised a sandwich for $2 for the month of December.\u00a0 I stopped for a late lunch, but they wanted me to buy it with a drink and chips for an additional $3.37.\u00a0 That total ($5.37) was not part of the advertisement.\u00a0 When I complained they said they were not participating in the national campaign.\u00a0 So, I left the store and will not go back again.\u00a0 That is false advertising to me if they have a franchise.\u00a0 Lost my business.\u00a0 I lodged a complaint on the national web site.\u00a0 (More below.)<\/p>\n Wednesday, Dec 7 \u00a0It\u2019s sad to remember this is Pearl Harbor Day.\u00a0 I awoke at 5:00 a.m. to a horrible very realistic dream (not about the bombing), but I am happy it was a dream.\u00a0 I managed to get up, get something to calm me down, walk down the hall, feed the cat, and go back to sleep.\u00a0 Today is pick up the PU day.\u00a0 I dropped John at the repair shop, when I went to play music and eat at the Food Bank Soup Kitchen.\u00a0 He has lots of cooked stew so will not attend with me.\u00a0 Then I have to lead my exercise class because our normal leader is not there today.<\/p>\n Too bad John decided against attending the food bank lunch with me.\u00a0 We had BBQ pork that had been donated (20 pound shoulder) and cooked all night.\u00a0 It came with slaw and applesauce.\u00a0 So yummy.<\/p>\n Tonight I have been busy baking the last of the cookies \u2026phew.\u00a0 Must have done 6 or 7 dozen tonight all by myself. \u00a0John has been working on searching for filters for our Culligan unit, among other web surfing. \u00a0I’m ready to call him to come take out this last batch. \u00a0He came out a couple of batches back (I only do a dozen at a time cooking about 12 minutes). \u00a0John ate some when he came out.\u00a0 I don’t eat till I’m done.<\/p>\n I’m a good one to shell crabs too (from the southern GA beaches).\u00a0 I don’t eat as I shell, but everyone else in my family did.\u00a0 I prefer to have a plate and quiet and maybe a nice view, and a bowl of butter to dunk it in. HA HA.\u00a0 Boy that takes me WAY back to when I was a kid.\u00a0 I spent summers in Savannah, GA with my cousins, and sometimes a month on Sullivan’s Island, SC with more cousins.\u00a0 I learned to ski and surf board (board tied on the boat and pulled behind) on the Intracoastal Waterway\u00a0 – in case you were thinking Savannah is near the Atlantic Ocean:<\/p>\n http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intracoastal_Waterway<\/a><\/p>\n Got a phone call tonight from the Subway owner of 2 of the 3 stores here in town.\u00a0 He apologized and told me they did not make as much as other franchises around the US and one of the reasons was because WA State has a higher minimum wage than any other state.\u00a0 It is $8.67 here and $7.25 is the federal minimum.\u00a0 I didn’t realize states set their own.\u00a0 GA is below.\u00a0 AL is the same (actually has none).\u00a0 But then certain cities (Santa Cruz, CA) are even higher–$13 or $15 (without benefits). \u00a0CA State is $8.00.\u00a0 Arkansas is really low at $6.25.<\/p>\n He also is going to send me 4 coupons for a free six inch sandwich.\u00a0 I told him that was not necessary, but he said he did not want to lose my business.\u00a0 He supposedly had told his employees if someone came in and asked specifically for that $2 sandwich they were supposed to fix it. \u00a0He said they have done it on several occasions, but he apologized they did not in my case.<\/p>\n Okay, it’s too early to go to bed, but both of us are really tired.\u00a0 Oh, I have to tell you about dinner and biscuits made with a little chocolate milk.\u00a0 John found some \u201cold\u201d Bisquick that had never been opened.\u00a0 It was past the expiration date so we couldn\u2019t give it to the food bank.\u00a0 We had just bought a new package at Costco last week.\u00a0 So, he decided to make some biscuits to go with our beef stew dinner that finally got cooked over two days.\u00a0 The only milk we had in the house was chocolate (I use for taking my meds).\u00a0 He split the liquid required into half choc milk and half water.\u00a0 It made pinkish-brown biscuits but they were very tasty.<\/p>\n Thursday, Dec 8 \u00a0We awoke to beautiful sunshine and blue skies, but the valley below us (just 6 miles away but 700 feet lower) was shrouded in heavy cold fog.\u00a0 John had heard that on the radio, but we got a call from a fellow down the road saying he wasn\u2019t going to be at music today.\u00a0 He said it was socked in there at their house.<\/p>\n Today was music at the Rehab where I was for 7 weeks during early 2010. \u00a0Nice to go back on these terms, but sad to see people in there who are deteriorating.\u00a0 For dinner John made meatloaf along with acorn squash.<\/p>\n Friday, Dec 9 \u00a0\u00a0Awoke to bright sunshine again today, but cold temps (18).\u00a0 So it is reasonably cold and appears to be going to stay that way.\u00a0 Ground\u2019s frozen.\u00a0 John started the mower and took the tops off the strawberry patch, then covered that and young aspargus with straw.\u00a0 He tucked some into the base of the blackberries too. Our Indiania Berry booklet<\/p>\n https:\/\/indianaberry.com\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n arrived this week and our order is in.\u00a0 Earlier this year we sampled some golden raspberries and Indiana Berry sells \u201cbare root\u201d plants for $3 each.\u00a0 Compare that to this:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.highcountrygardens.com\/catalog\/product\/82807\/<\/a><\/p>\n Last year he bought two types of strawberries and next spring he will add a third variety.\u00a0 It is said that when men make plans, the gods laugh.\u00a0 Anyway, John plans to plant another variety in 2013 and then start replacing any that start the expected decline:<\/p>\n http:\/\/strawberryplants.org\/2010\/05\/growing-strawberries\/<\/a><\/p>\n On this site, scroll down to the \u2018renovation\u2019 part.\u00a0 (you will need to type in renovation in the upper right of the page that comes up)<\/p>\n Well, I had a neck ache yesterday after playing and shifting myself to get away from the sun glare coming through the blinds, and then awoke this morning again with a pain.\u00a0 I found out that the other leader of the exercise class planned to be there today, so I stayed home.\u00a0 Did manage to wash a load of dishes, and work on a lot of email chores.\u00a0 I need to finish a letter for a student to go to graduate school.\u00a0 Been working on more letters that came in for the Memory book too.\u00a0 Oh my, I need to make arrangements for our music group potluck next week.\u00a0 Always something.<\/p>\n Saturday, Dec 10\u00a0 We got up and saw the lunar eclipse at 5:15 am, and then set a timer for 6:30; however, the expected orange moon<\/p>\n http:\/\/sharing.myfoxatlanta.com\/sharewono\/photo\/2011\/06\/14\/Lunar_Eclipse_20110614074800_320_240.JPG<\/a><\/p>\n was not real visible behind the pine trees.\u00a0 \u00a0When next up about 8:30 am, Moon was down and Fog was up — the area all was covered with fog and we have been all fogged all day \u2013 slowly freezing onto all surfaces.<\/p>\n http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3283\/3157394060_7cfa92fbd3_z.jpg?zz=1<\/a><\/p>\n Sometimes called a \u2018silver frost\u2019, the words are used for auto paints and other things that make a search difficult.\u00a0 We have many photos but they are not on the web or in the cloud or whatever.\u00a0 This stuff is technically called \u201choar frost\u201d [O.E. har<\/em> — hoary, gray, venerable, old]<\/p>\n http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frost<\/a><\/p>\n My morning was spent with two wireless providers, and a long wait for customer service both places.\u00a0 Today our 2-yr contract with AT&T expired, and I was able to \u201cport\u201d the numbers from our old cell phones to our new plan with Consumer Cellular.\u00a0 They have a much better deal and there is no contract required.\u00a0 It can be raised or lowered at any time for no extra cost.\u00a0 If you get to the end of your contract and wish to switch to this Portland-based firm, who uses AT&T towers, please tell me so I can recommend you.\u00a0 That way we both get $10 credit to our accounts.<\/p>\n I also had to get instructions for how to load the SIM card in my phone, because I ordered (free) a new one for my new phone with my old number.\u00a0 (Luckily, John was in the house and could assist; I could never have done it alone while talking on the phone with customer service.)\u00a0 I also had to spend a bunch of time first with AT&T to be assured my contract indeed was able to have the number switched today, which terminates the contract, and that I wouldn\u2019t be charged a penalty ($140).\u00a0 I began the morning calls about 11:00 a.m. and was still on it when our neighbor, Kenny, brought us 10 bales of straw from his uncle\u2019s farm.\u00a0 They got it all loaded in the barn. \u00a0I stayed on the phone transferring (porting) his cell number to the new provider to set up another SIM card to be mailed to him.\u00a0 Meanwhile, I will work on his new phone to make a voicemail message and store a few numbers.\u00a0 He only occasionally used the phone once I got out of \u2018rehab\u2019, mostly to call me at home or on my cell, wherever I am.\u00a0 I do need to put his sister\u2019s number and a couple others in it for him to have.\u00a0 Maybe he can be updated to the current century \u2013 but don\u2019t bet on it.<\/p>\n We intended to do more apple dehydrating, but the other stuff got in the way.\u00a0 Now John just fixed us a late lunch and decided to take a nap. \u00a0Then a friend\u2019s heating system failed and so we are taking 2 oil heaters (ours bought at Bi-Mart, but not this exact one) . . .<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.bimart.com\/skudetail.aspx?loc=k.605905_s.399A_c.93A_d.6&nm=Heating<\/a><\/p>\n . . . over for their use until they can get their propane furnace repaired.\u00a0 With temps going to 15, some heat is necessary in a house.<\/p>\n Hope your next week is a good one.<\/p>\n Nancy & John<\/p>\n on the frost covered Naneum Fan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday, Dec 4 found us doing normal morning chores, and taking off at noon for the Swauk-Teanaway Grange 35 minutes away.\u00a0 We drove around the Swauk Prairie loop road to view the Bison herd, . . . http:\/\/www.spbison.com\/ . . . on our way to a lovely Community Christmas dinner, with turkey, potatoes, dressing and … Continue reading “SATURDAY — Silver Frost, Orange Moon”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-issues"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p72iNf-eB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":907,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![http:\/\/sharing.myfoxatlanta.com\/sharewono\/photo\/2011\/06\/14\/Lunar_Eclipse_20110614074800_320_240.JPG<\/a><\/p>\nwas not real visible behind the pine trees.\u00a0 \u00a0When next up about 8:30 am, Moon was down and Fog was up — the area all was covered with fog and we have been all fogged all day \u2013 slowly freezing onto all surfaces.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3283\/3157394060_7cfa92fbd3_z.jpg?zz=1<\/a><\/p>\nSometimes called a \u2018silver frost\u2019, the words are used for auto paints and other things that make a search difficult.\u00a0 We have many photos but they are not on the web or in the cloud or whatever.\u00a0 This stuff is technically called \u201choar frost\u201d [O.E. har<\/em> — hoary, gray, venerable, old]<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frost<\/a><\/p>\nMy morning was spent with two wireless providers, and a long wait for customer service both places.\u00a0 Today our 2-yr contract with AT&T expired, and I was able to \u201cport\u201d the numbers from our old cell phones to our new plan with Consumer Cellular.\u00a0 They have a much better deal and there is no contract required.\u00a0 It can be raised or lowered at any time for no extra cost.\u00a0 If you get to the end of your contract and wish to switch to this Portland-based firm, who uses AT&T towers, please tell me so I can recommend you.\u00a0 That way we both get $10 credit to our accounts.<\/p>\nI also had to get instructions for how to load the SIM card in my phone, because I ordered (free) a new one for my new phone with my old number.\u00a0 (Luckily, John was in the house and could assist; I could never have done it alone while talking on the phone with customer service.)\u00a0 I also had to spend a bunch of time first with AT&T to be assured my contract indeed was able to have the number switched today, which terminates the contract, and that I wouldn\u2019t be charged a penalty ($140).\u00a0 I began the morning calls about 11:00 a.m. and was still on it when our neighbor, Kenny, brought us 10 bales of straw from his uncle\u2019s farm.\u00a0 They got it all loaded in the barn. \u00a0I stayed on the phone transferring (porting) his cell number to the new provider to set up another SIM card to be mailed to him.\u00a0 Meanwhile, I will work on his new phone to make a voicemail message and store a few numbers.\u00a0 He only occasionally used the phone once I got out of \u2018rehab\u2019, mostly to call me at home or on my cell, wherever I am.\u00a0 I do need to put his sister\u2019s number and a couple others in it for him to have.\u00a0 Maybe he can be updated to the current century \u2013 but don\u2019t bet on it.<\/p>\nWe intended to do more apple dehydrating, but the other stuff got in the way.\u00a0 Now John just fixed us a late lunch and decided to take a nap. \u00a0Then a friend\u2019s heating system failed and so we are taking 2 oil heaters (ours bought at Bi-Mart, but not this exact one) . . .<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.bimart.com\/skudetail.aspx?loc=k.605905_s.399A_c.93A_d.6&nm=Heating<\/a><\/p>\n. . . over for their use until they can get their propane furnace repaired.\u00a0 With temps going to 15, some heat is necessary in a house.<\/p>\nHope your next week is a good one.<\/p>\nNancy & John<\/p>\non the frost covered Naneum Fan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, Dec 4 found us doing normal morning chores, and taking off at noon for the Swauk-Teanaway Grange 35 minutes away.\u00a0 We drove around the Swauk Prairie loop road to view the Bison herd, . . . http:\/\/www.spbison.com\/ . . . on our way to a lovely Community Christmas dinner, with turkey, potatoes, dressing and … Continue reading “SATURDAY — Silver Frost, Orange Moon”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-issues"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p72iNf-eB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":907,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/sharing.myfoxatlanta.com\/sharewono\/photo\/2011\/06\/14\/Lunar_Eclipse_20110614074800_320_240.JPG\"){kind=link}
![http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3283\/3157394060_7cfa92fbd3_z.jpg?zz=1<\/a><\/p>\nSometimes called a \u2018silver frost\u2019, the words are used for auto paints and other things that make a search difficult.\u00a0 We have many photos but they are not on the web or in the cloud or whatever.\u00a0 This stuff is technically called \u201choar frost\u201d [O.E. har<\/em> — hoary, gray, venerable, old]<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frost<\/a><\/p>\nMy morning was spent with two wireless providers, and a long wait for customer service both places.\u00a0 Today our 2-yr contract with AT&T expired, and I was able to \u201cport\u201d the numbers from our old cell phones to our new plan with Consumer Cellular.\u00a0 They have a much better deal and there is no contract required.\u00a0 It can be raised or lowered at any time for no extra cost.\u00a0 If you get to the end of your contract and wish to switch to this Portland-based firm, who uses AT&T towers, please tell me so I can recommend you.\u00a0 That way we both get $10 credit to our accounts.<\/p>\nI also had to get instructions for how to load the SIM card in my phone, because I ordered (free) a new one for my new phone with my old number.\u00a0 (Luckily, John was in the house and could assist; 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