Saturday, November 30, 2019

TEA ADVENT CALENDAR

It is still raining.  I walked down to the post office to get my packages.  I got my English Tea Shoppe Advent Calendar.  I am so excited.  I got one last year and it was so much fun to get a new tea bag each day.  Plus I get to count down to Christmas.



I started working on the Christmas cards.  I also ordered stamps.  I didn't have enough and the post office ran out of the Christmas stamps.

I started watching The Crown.  It is really good this season.

Until tomorrow...

Friday, November 29, 2019

BLACK FRIDAY

It is Black Friday and I am staying inside.  It is raining and I am going to hibernate.  I am going to take Lucky for a walk between the rain drops.  I ordered my Christmas cards and went to pick them up.   I am excited to send them out this year.  I think they are cute.

I am just watching Christmas movies and relaxing.

Then I had to take Lucky and Happi to get their nails done.  Poor Happi got herself so worked up that it takes us SO long to get in the car and to the vet's.  I am going to talk to the vet to see if he can give me some anti anxiety meds for when I have to bring her to the vets office.  Since the car accident Happi and I were in, she hates the car.  I can't blame her.  She doesn't understand.  We got in an accident and then she was rushed in to have surgery that saved her life but she doesn't know that.  All she knows is that she was sleeping in a car when she was thrown when something hit the car.  Then instead of making her feel better, she was taken to the vet and given tests that confused her and then rushed into surgery that hurt.  Then weeks of recovery.  Poor baby.  No wonder she hates the car. 

Until tomorrow...

Thursday, November 28, 2019

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving was pretty nice this year.  I got to talk to most of my family before I headed out to my friend S mother's house.  Her mother was gracious enough to invite me to her family Thanksgiving feast.  I was warned that there would be nothing for me to eat so I brought my own food.  I made myself: vegan mac and cheese, roasted potatoes, vegan loaf and glazed carrots that I brought for everyone.  I didn't think the carrots came out that great but people ate them and complimented me on them.  The glaze didn't firm up enough.  Oh, well.  The carrots tasted good.

The folks at dinner were very nice.  They played games and had lively discussions about the English language.  It was nice to be included.

Until tomorrow...

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

SOME UPDATES

Stove: the stove was not broken.  Turns out the stove has not been "on" for the past few weeks.  The $10 thermostat that was in the oven broke and was stuck at 200 degrees.  So the oven guy came out and there was nothing to fix.  The oven is fine.  He does say that it is cooking 50 degrees less so I have to be careful when I cook things like cookies.  So he suggests I go buy another thermostat. 

Roof:  It poured last night.  I had a dream that the whole roof leaked and that water was leaking through on the whole top floor.  The spot where the ceiling showed water leakage is damp in one little spot.  So it is leaking a bit but not much.  There isn't supposed to be much rain over the next few days.  Last night was the worst.

Until tomorrow...

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

IT IS RAINING

Okay I should be happy it is raining.  I am happy about it but I wish it was raining next week.  After my roof was fixed.  I am worried that the leak in my roof will get worse.  It is a little leak but I don't know how long it will rain and how long the leak was here last time it leaked.  I don't really go around and look at my ceiling in all my rooms.  I guess that will change now.  I will have to do monthly ceiling checks to see if I have any leaks.  I had no idea that there was anything on the roof that could leak in that spot so I didn't know to look there.

Hopefully my roofer will be well enough next week to fix the roof before more rain comes.

I got a two phone calls with my new watch and could not figure out how to answer them.  New tech with garbage instructions.  The instructions tell you how to Decline calls but not how to answer them.  The directions say "swipe to answer".  Swipe which way??  Up? Down?  Right?  I figured it out, it is right.  Up declines the call and sends it to voicemail.  It takes a bit of time to get used to the watch.

Until tomorrow...

Monday, November 25, 2019

IT ARRIVED

It arrived!  My new watch arrived.  I haven't been excited to have a watch in about 25 years.  I stopped wearing a watch long before cellphones mostly because I got annoyed I had to keep replacing the batteries.  I have a whole drawer full of watches with dead batteries.  I guess I should take them out before they rot. 

My new watch!  I have only had it for a few hours and the first hour was charging it.  I haven't really figured it all out yet.  I got it all connected and I sent a text.  It was too late to make a phone call so I will have to try tomorrow.  I don't know how to change the volume or how to efficiently send a text.  So there is a lot to work on.  But I am excited!  A new toy. Merry Early Christmas to me!

I got an email response from my gut doctor today.  She is out until 12/13 but I have an appointment with her when she returns.  I can get everything checked out then.

Until tomorrow...

Sunday, November 24, 2019

NOT LUCKY'S DAY

I got super angry at Lucky today.  I was downstairs folding laundry, okay ignoring her, and she decided to begin climbing on the furniture.  She is not allowed on furniture and she knows it.  When she feels I am not paying enough attention to her, she gets mischievous.  She steals things like pens, tissues, paper towels, small things and takes them in her cage.  She doesn't really chew on them but just takes them in there because she knows I will notice they are missing and come get them.  To get them out, she gets a cookie.  I think she thinks this is a game.

Today she climbed on the furniture when I was downstairs.  I would not have minded it so much if it was just the couch but it wasn't.  It was the coffee table.  I think she was trying to get at a pen that was clipped on a pad.  To get to it she knocked over a cup of black tea.  In a lot of cases this would not be a big deal but my "coffee table" is really an old foot locker from college that I covered with cloth.  So the cloth was covered with spilled tea.  Then the pad of that I was writing on is a special pad called a RocketBook Everlast.  It is a pad with special "paper" that you write on over and over with a special pen.  Each "page of paper" can be wiped off when you are done with it.  It has a special app that you take a photo and it saves the page to your computer or emails it to someone.

I love my Rocketbook but I had not thought what would happen if my dog spilled a cup of liquid on it and I lost everything.  Luckily I think I saved everything by putting paper towels between each page.  I was so angry at Lucky.

Then later in the day she got angry at Happi and started to attack her.  She doesn't understand that Happi can't hear when she gives her the low "get away" growl.  Happi keeps getting closer to see what Lucky is doing and Lucky doesn't like it.

Today was not Lucky's day.

I took her outside to play ball and pack up the outside furniture.  I decided this year to fold up the table and chairs and put them under the deck to see if that gives them one more year of life.  I put some plastic chairs and a makeshift table out for the winter months.

Until tomorrow...

Saturday, November 23, 2019

ATE FIRST SOLID FOOD

I ate my first full meal.  I am not sure how I felt after I ate and I hope nothing happens. Still eating rice based food.

Until tomorrow...

Friday, November 22, 2019

ROOFER UPDATE

I spoke to the roofer and he will not be coming soon. He is really sick.  He sounds horrible.  He promised me the rain that is expected to come on Wednesday is not going to come to my area and will not be hard rain.  I hope he is right.  I feel bad for him and want him to get better but I also need my roof to get fixed.

Until tomorrow...

Thursday, November 21, 2019

VACATION PLANNED

Made a big decision that I am going to take a vacation after the first of the year.  I am going to take off and go to somewhere warmer.  I had to get the pieces together: dog sitter, flights, rental car, friends, etc.  I got it all to work and I am super excited that I am going.  I still have to find a hotel but I will.  I just want to go have some fun!

Until tomorrow...

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

LOOSING A CLIENT

Yup, I am going to be loosing a client.  I have been with this client for over 1.5 years.  Overall it has been a good experience.  It is time to leave.  My contract is expiring in a month and I will not be renewing it.  I am not sure if they would want me to but if they did I would not.  It is time to leave and I always know when it is time to go and when I stay longer it never ends well.  It is sort of like a sitcom.  You need to know the sweet spot of when to end the show; before no one is watching but not while the fans still want to see more.

I am feeling a bit better.  I didn't go out today and stayed in my pajamas all day.  I worked and tried to eat some bland food.  I am still on the antibiotics and anti-nausea meds.  I am a bit afraid to eat food.  So I am sticking to rice, bread, broth, apple sauce, bananas and tea. 

Until tomorrow...

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

EATING SOLID BUT BLAND FOOD

The anti-nausea medicine is working.  I took some last night and two today.  I have not felt nauseous today despite not eating much food.  I think the antibiotics are working.  Last night I slept really good.  I have three days of antibiotics to take.

The only thing that is not getting better and I have emailed my doctor, is my throat.  I think the curry burned my throat very bad.  Everything hurts my throat when I swallow.  I tried to eat rice and it felt like glass going down.  I am going to try broth tonight. 

I went to my ob/gyn today.  It was my first time with this doctor since my doctor moved to a rural area to work with low-income and undocumented people who need health care.  My new doctor was super nice and we got along great.  I convinced her to keep me on the medicine I have been on despite my age.  I do not want to change medicine.  I said what difference is one year?  She said she would not take me off the medicine I liked.  She is sending me for a newer BRCA panel.  I got a BRCA test many years ago when it came out.  I was targeted for the test since my mom had breast cancer twice.  Now that more people in my family have had it, she wants me to have this panel.  I have to schedule it soon. 

Until tomorrow...

Monday, November 18, 2019

SICK AGAIN

I made soup yesterday and ate it at about 7 pm.  About 3 hours later I felt horrible.  By 11 pm I was seeing the Curry Soup again.  I was vomiting it all up.  It was a replay of two weeks ago. The only difference is that curry burns like heck when it reappears.  I had tears in my eyes.

Oh, I got very little sleep last night as the food left my body.  I can't imagine what is happening.

I had to be at my clients office at 8:45am because I was the one letting a new employee in the office the first time.  At 6am I woke up and snoozed again until 6:30am.  Poor Happi peed on the floor multiple times during the night since I could not take her out between running for the bathroom.  I cleaned up the floor and little by little got my self together.  I took a cab to the client's office and did the meeting and then came home and fell asleep.

I called the gut doctor and she was out this week.  So I called my primary and he said he thinks I picked up a bacteria during my trip.  It is unusual for the bacteria to make a reappearance two weeks later but, as we know, if it is going to happen to someone it is me.  So I start a round of antibiotics as soon as the pharmacy gets them ready.  He also gave me some antinausea meds just in case.  I am to stick to bland foods for now so I am back to eating rice and saltines.

I was supposed to take my Orencia tomorrow but now I have to skip that for a week until I get off the antibiotics.

I finally got the meds at 8:30pm.  The pharmacy has 1/2 their employees out with a cold/flu.  I hope they work.  I need a good nights sleep.

Until tomorrow...

Sunday, November 17, 2019

MADE SOME SOUP

I made some lovely Curry Butternut Squash, Kale, Quinoa Soup.  It was delicious.  I ate it while on the phone with my dad getting the latest family updates. 

Today was a lazy day.  I took the dog for a walk and went food shopping.

Until tomorrow...

Saturday, November 16, 2019

NO ROOF FIXTURE

This morning I was supposed to get a small leak in my roof fixed. I called to remind the roofer and he  sounded awful. He has the cold that is going around. The roof is going to have to wait until later this coming week to get fixed.  The leak is the seal around a pipe on the roof. The seal got old and cracked. It just needs a patch.

Until tomorrow...

Friday, November 15, 2019

HAIRCUT

I got my haircut today.  After my haircut I went and got Thai food. Last night I had Thai food but not the Thai food I wanted so today I got the food I wanted. It was really good.

Until tomorrow...

Thursday, November 14, 2019

MOVIE NIGHT

Today I called my roofer. Before I went to Sedona I noticed that there is a leak in the ceiling in my guest room. It was an old leak but it was still a leak. It had not rained in a long time so it was dried. My roofer came over and checked it out. He said the seam around a vent had dried out and it needed patching but my roof looked great. He said he would come later that week and fix it. I did not need to be home.

Well, he didn’t come and then I was away and then sick and then catching up. Today I called and he said he would come over on Saturday. The weather report didn’t have rain so no worries. Then it rained. Of course it rained. It hasn’t rained in months. Today it rained.

Tonight was movie night. My friends S and B came over and we got Thai food. We hung out and watched a movie. We chose an older movie Blue Jasmine. It was an interesting movie to watch for movie night. I didn’t know it was a Woody Allen movie. I am not a fan of his work or him personally but this movie was not like some of his other work. It left us with a lot to discuss afterword.

Until tomorrow...

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

SUCCESS

After days of trying to get Disney+ I am now one of the million subscribers of the Disney+.  Tonight I tried one more time and to my surprise, I got through.  I don't mean to criticize Disney but whoever designed the directions to sign up for the platform really needed to do some quality control before launch.  There are very few directions and you get weird messages.  I got an email saying I was signed up.  I was ready to start watching.  Then I got another email stating I changed my account.  I never changed my account.  So I have no idea what is going on.  The Live Chat function had a wait time of over 30 minutes.  I figure if something goes wrong I will find out sometime in the future and deal with it then.  The rush will thin out once the free 7 day trial is over.

I feel like I should win a prize or something.  I guess getting Disney+ is the prize but I feel like I should get more.

Until tomorrow...

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

DISNEY+

I tried to get Disney+ today.  You would think I was trying to get Hamilton or Madonna tickets!  The website was down and then it was just the twirly wheel.  I guess Bob Iger didn't plan for the overwhelming desire for Disney+.  With all the promotion Disney did, he should have known.  This morning, Good Morning America spent the whole two hours talking about Disney+. 

I assume some day I will get Disney+.

Until tomorrow...


Monday, November 11, 2019

SOUP AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today I made an awesome soup.  Cannelini Bean, Carrot and Kale Soup.  I made it before but this time I made a little change and it tastes better.  I switched out the jalapenos and added some hot sauce instead.  I added just a few shakes and it added just the right amount of punch.



I want to wish my niece a happy 8th birthday.  We had a conversation for a few minutes today but then she "had to go".  I am not sure what an 8 year old has to rush off and do but she had to go.

Until tomorrow...

Sunday, November 10, 2019

DAY OF ERRANDS

Just another day of errands like food shopping and going to the library to pick up movies.  I want to make soup tomorrow.  I finally took down the Halloween decorations.

Still resting.

Until tomorrow...

Saturday, November 9, 2019

RECOUPERATION

Today is a day of rest.  I need to recoup from my week of illness. I watched TV and movies all day curled up on the couch.

Until tomorrow...

Friday, November 8, 2019

SICK DAY 5

Today I went to work for a full day.  I ate a actual food.  It was rice and peas but it was food.  It stayed down so I am happy.  I think I am going to be okay.

Until tomorrow...

Thursday, November 7, 2019

SICK DAY 4

I ate solid food today.  I ate a piece of toast.  I went to my clients office for a few hours.  I needed to get some work done.  I came home and slept.

Until tomorrow...

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

SICK DAY 3

Late last night I was sick again.  I was up all night again.  I think it will never end.  There can't be anything left since I haven't eaten anything.

Today I am feeling better and ate some apple sauce and crackers.  I feel lightheaded and weak but I think I am on my way to recovery.

Until tomorrow...

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

SICK DAY 2

Last evening I was hungry so I ate a big bowl of pasta.  Boy was that a mistake.  About 6 hours later it made a reappearance.  I vomited for hours and then it started coming out the other end.  I have not been this miserable in years.

I laid on the couch and in bed all day.  I had a headache and stomach ache.  I tried to drink tea, ginger ale, and broth.

I watched TV all day except when I had to run to the bank to pay a bill.  It was torture to go.

Until tomorrow...

Monday, November 4, 2019

NOT FEELING TOO GOOD

The day started out okay.  I didn't feel that great but I thought I was just tired from my day at the airport and my late flight.  As the day wore on I didn't feel much better.  I had to go to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription and I was okay.

I am going to sleep.

Until tomorrow...

Sunday, November 3, 2019

STUCK AT THE AIRPORT

I woke up early to catch my flight.  I mean really early.  I said goodbye to my parents and drove from Sedona to the Phoenix airport.  It takes about 2 hours.  During those 2 hours (unbeknownst to me) my flight was cancelled.  I got the airport, returned my car, got to the check in and the machine would not let me check in.  It said my flight was cancelled and the next flight was in 10 min.  I went to the counter and it was obvious I was not going to get the next flight.  It was 6:30 in the morning.  I guess everyone else got a text message and I did not.

They told me I was going to be stand by for the 6:10pm flight and I had a seat for the 8:50pm flight.   What do you do for 12 hours in an airport?  Especially Phoenix airport.  Phoenix airport has nothing to do.  No vegan food.  No comfy chairs.  Not like places like SFO where there are lounge chairs, yoga, meditation and great food.

So I hung out for hours.  I spoke to people.  I called friends.  I watched TV and movies.  I walked around.  I got on the 6:10pm flight.  I was the last stand by person on the plane.  Hallelujah!

Thank goodness my dog sitter could stay with the dogs for the extra hours.  Lucky was SO happy to see me.

Until tomorrow...

Saturday, November 2, 2019

SEDONA VACATION DAY 3

I started my day with a hike.  I hiked to the base of the Bell Rock.  It was a great hike and it was cleansing.
Bell Rock


We went to two small towns today.  First we went to Jerome.  It is a small copper mining town.  It was having an art festival that day and we decided to drive through and not stop since there was nowhere to park.  We stopped to take photos.



Then we went to Cottonwood.  There we walked around and ate some lunch.  Then we went shopping.  It was Día de los Muertos so there was Day of the Dead stuff everywhere.  My mom bought me something to remember this trip.



After we got back, we went to an art fair.  While my parents walked around, I got a chakra balance and reiki healing.  It was so interesting.  The reiki master just knew so much.  I felt so much lighter after the energy healing.  I am not sure my parents were convinced.

We went out to dinner for our last night together.  The TV was finally fixed a bit.

Until tomorrow...

Friday, November 1, 2019

SEDONA VACATION DAY 2

Today we went to see Sedona Uptown.  Why they call it Uptown I don't know.  It is the downtown but they call it Uptown.  We walked around and bought some stuff and then we went back to the restaurant from yesterday since we liked it so much.  After lunch we went for a drive to the Red Rock Information center.  It has a bunch of information about the Red Rocks.  It also had a short movie.

Bell Rock




We came back to the house and I went to Uptown to shop some more.

Until tomorrow...