A cold, cold day

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Today was cold.  Very, very COLD.  Last night got down to 19 degrees.  19!  Brrrrr.  When Ron got up to go to work, he threw his quilt over top of me (and my quilt) and also turned the heat up.  He said that I was practically shivering, so he thought he should.  Again, I think I'll keep that man!  I sure do love him a lot!

Anyway, when I woke up this morning, around 8:30, those damn birds were flapping and fluttering all around the back of the house again.  I sure don't know what is drawing them there, but they were driving me nuts!  I got up and turned the dryer on and it drove them away soon enough.  But, even though I had the alarm set for 9, I couldn't get back to sleep, so I laid there and read.  When the alarm went off, I got up, got dressed, and went off to start my day.  I was going to the funeral of the mother of a friend of mine from church.  It was a beautiful service at St. Bernadette's in Amelia.  The family chose the most touching readings and hymns and everyone did a wonderful job.

On the way home, I stopped at WalMart (what a surprise, right?) to pick up a few things.  Just a few.  Really.  But that means I did get in my WalMart walk and that's a good thing.  After I was done there, I went to Bob Evans and got me some lunch.  I thought about getting something different, but finally fell back on the good ol' Sunshine Skillet with banana nut bread.  What can I say?

As I was sitting there eating, Lois called me to ask about us walking tomorrow morning.  She can't walk when it's so cold, because she has breathing problems, and that's okay with me.  Now that I can ride that damn exercise bike, I feel that I do have that option.  I LIKE walking the path with her, but I sure don't want her to do anything that may hurt her in the long run and that wind is the kind that cuts right through you, that's for sure.  We will walk again when we can.
When I got home, she stopped by to pick up the basket she had won last weekend at the Craft Show that I had picked up for her.  I was going to give it to her tomorrow morning, but since that was out now, we made these other plans.  We stood here and talked - probably for the half hour we would have walked.  LOL

Ron actually got home before dark for a change.  When he got here, he covered his windsheild with his tarp and put on his new deer screamers (you know - the little things that scream at the deer from the grille of the vehicle?) that WalMart FINALLY had in stock.  Then he came in, and we had a very pleasant evening at home together.  I heated up the leftover spaghetti for my supper, with 2 butter breads, and he had one of his frozen dinners.

When I put all my food into myfitnesspal, I was 500+ calories short, so while I was watching Criminal Minds, I decided to have a snack.  Why not?  I decided on a bowl of cereal.  I quite enjoyed my bowl (a real serving!) of Cap'n Crunch Crunchberries!

I am giving today five stars for everything!  It was a pretty good day for everything - except it was cold!