A getting-stuff-accomplished day! I like those!

Wednesday, October 29, 2014


For some strange reason, I stayed awake after Ron left this morning.  Guess what I did? I laid there, on my bed, and played on my tablet!  I caught up my Scrabble and Word with Friends games, anyway - nothing more than that - but that was pretty cool, to lay in bed and play my games.  I did go back to sleep, then woke up around 10.
I got up after reading a bit, then got things accomplished here in the house.  I got all the dishes in the dishdrainer put away.  I got the rest of the laundry hung up, and the load of towels that were still in the dryer folded and put away, too!  I was feeling pretty good about myself, getting these things done.  If you know me, you know housework is not something I do - or like to do - very much, and for me to do it 2 days in a row is really something else.

I played on the pute for a bit, then got myself ready and left at 12:30 for my 'lunch' meeting, which was gonna happen at 2:00.  I drove through the post office first, mailing things that should have been mailed last week, if not earlier, and then I stopped at IGA to pick up a couple of things for my friend Bert's mom.  I wanted to drop these off to her as I drove down the road, which is why I left so early, and I did so.  She was glad to get her loaf of bread before lunchtime!  She thought I wasn't going to drop the stuff off until on my way home.  I had a nice little visit with her, then I went on down the road, getting to Bob Evans about 1:20.

I was going to eat my lunch before Pam got there, because the last time we 'talked' (IMs), she had said that she wasn't going to be able to have lunch, just have the meeting.  I had just ordered and the waitress walking away, when here came Pam walking around the corner.  That was a nice surprise!  She said that she had gotten off work sooner than expected, so had decided to eat lunch also - one of those great Change of Plans - and that was why she was there so early.  I'm glad it worked out so good for her.  She placed her order, then we started in on our meeting.  I have decided to go ahead and have a 31 party - a catalog party, not one here at my house - and I also had some trading of some other stuff that I had already purchased to do.  We did the trading first, and then we got to the nitty-gritty of the setting-up-of-the-party.  (If you want details, please let me know.  I'll put it on Facebook, but I'll also TELL people if they call or text me.)  I hope I do okay, because I'm really doing this for the free stuff, you know!  I'm on a very strict budget for Christmas this year.  Hahahahaha.
Anyway, the waitress brought our food - my country fried steak and eggs with potatoes and banana nut bread and her biscuits and gravy with potatoes - and we had stuff spread all, and I mean ALL, over the table!  We scooted stuff to the side enough so she could place the plates right on the very edge.  We had to finish things up, so that our food didn't get too cold on us, and we had a nice visit, just chit-chatting (I went to school with Pam) while we were eating.  When we got done eating, we went back and finished up the business, then we were done and she left.

As I got up to leave, I saw Jeanne, who is Donna Lunsford's daughter.  She is being pulled in twenty thousand different directions trying to set up her mother's Memorial Mass and is getting no help from the people she's supposed to be getting help from, or from her family.  I told her, once again, that I will help her, since I went through all of this not so long ago.  She finally asked me if I would join her at the funeral home tomorrow morning, because she was (is) pretty sure that it's not going to be a very (easy, smooth, relaxing) nice experience.  I finally saw her into her car, and I headed for home.

I got home and did my exercises after catching up on my games on the pute.  Since I was already dressed, I just had to put my gym shoes on when Ron texted me.  I walked more than a half mile, but didn't quite make it to what we call our half mile marker (the pole with the signs on it) when he showed up, or caught up to me, or however it should be worded.  Once again, I was pretty proud of myself today - I don't usually get that far!

We got back home, and got right into watching Quantum Leap episodes, since we had until 9 to watch them tonight. (Did I tell you we watched the episode where "Stevie" helped with the haunted house in Maine?  At the end of it, his mom picked him up, and the leading lady calls, "Bye, Mrs. King!" and Sam about has an egg!!  It was very cool to pick up all the books that were represented in that episode...) We paused once, between episodes, to make our supper.  I opened 3 cans of tuna, boiled eggs, chopped onions, etc., and made a big ol' bowl of tuna salad.  I made it with Miracle Whip (which is MY way), then got myself a small bowl out, and sat Ron's mayo (Hellman's) out on the counter so he could soup the rest of it up, and that was his supper.  Then, at 9, I watched Criminal Minds, and then it was time to get back on the pute.
I put my food and exercise in MFP, and I came in under on my calories.  Less than 50, but under!  So, once again, that was an accomplishment for the day - I'll take it!

No plans for tomorrow except for helping Jeanne at the funeral home.  I certainly hope that goes well enough.  I know it will be rough (how can it not?), but...