Wednesday and Game Day at the Senior Center

I was up early again and I dressed, made my bed and got myself ready for the day. I opened the front door but there were no cats out there yet.  It's only 5:05AM. I watched a TV program to pass the time.

I also caught "the weather on the 8's" and here it is.

Today is to be 73 degrees and PM showers. Tomorrow is to be 66 degrees and thunderstorms, Friday is to be 80 degrees and scattered thunderstorms and wind. Saturday is to be 70 degrees and thunderstorms and wind. Sunday is to be 80 degrees and thunderstorms and wind, Monday is to be 75 degrees and mostly sunny.Tuesday is to be 83 degrees and sunny. That's the week! Five days of rain! Monday and Tuesday are the only days without rain.

No cats yet either. It's  5:17AM now.

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The first cat to come for it's breakfast was Grey. He ate his fill and left and the Whitey came and took up where Grey had left off and finished what was left. Then Whitey came back for more and I put fresh food in the dish and she dug in.

Whitey is still eating..at least was while I was still in the living room.

More Even Later..

 

Tuesday and Another Trip to the Library

I was awake at 1:00AM this morning after having taken my usual three Melatonin at bedtime.. I got up then and took two more and got back to sleep until 6:00AM. I have had one cup of Chai Latte and a breakfast bar for my breakfast. When I opened the front door, Grey was out there waiting for his breakfast. I fixed it and took it out to him. He ate and left and then Whitey came for her/his breakfast. I took his/hers out to her and she is eating now.  

I am working on my second cup of Chai Latte now. 

I did catch  "the weather on the 8's" and here it is.

Today is to be 75 degrees and partly cloudy, tomorrow is to be  73 degrees and mostly cloudy, Thursday is o be 66 degrees and Thunderstorms, Friday is to be 78 degrees and scattered thunderstorms, Saturday is to be 79 degrees and thunderstorms and wind, Sunday is to be 76 degrees and Thunderstorms and Monday is to be 76 degrees and sunny. That's the week! Four days of rain! We can use it!

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Blondie finally came for his breakfast and after that he tried to get into the apartment but I took the broom and discouraged him from that. He knows he can't come in but it's chilly out there and he keeps trying. 

Then Whitey came back too. Blondie left and Whitey dug into the fresh food and is eating now again

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I called Sally to see if she wanted to go to Copan to have lunch and she did. I picked her up at noon. We had our usual...vegetable beef soup and we split a piece of German Chocolate pie. Then I took her home.  It's good to have someone to have lunch with.

I went to the library and checked out one book. I couldn't find another one I was interested in. Then when I started reading it, I saw that I had already read it. So I took it back down to the library to the book drop and dropped it in. Maybe I will find one at the Coffeyville library tomorrow after I get my hair done. Tomorrow is also game day at the senior center. at 1:00PM.

Monday and a week of Rain

I was up at 4:00AM again and had my Chai Latte and breakfast bar for my breakfast.  

When I opened the front door Blondie was out there waiting for his breakfast so I took it out to him. He has been busy eating. He never came for his breakfast yesterday so he is pretty hungry this morning.

I finished one of my two books yesterday but cannot get into the second one. I may take both of them back to the library today. 

I did catch "the weather on the 8's" this morning and here it is.

Today is to be 73 degrees and mostly cloudy and windy. Tomorrow is to be 74 degrees and mostly cloudy, Wednesday is to be 73 degrees and PM showers,  Thursday is to be 71 degrees and thunderstorms,  Friday is to be 76 degrees and Thunderstorms and wind. Saturday is to be 82 degrees and Thunderstorms, and Sunday is to be 76 degrees and scattered thunderstorms. That's the week! Five days of rain.Wednesday Thursday,  Friday Saturday and Sunday. That's the most rain forecast in weeks.

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Sunday and Church and Breakfast with Coffeecake

I was up fairly early again this morning, I knew I would be making my coffeecake for the breakfast at church. It's in the oven now and the timer is on. 

I dressed and made my bed and got myself ready for the day. I looked for a cat but it's too early for them I guess at 5:22AM.

I even caught "the weather on the 8's:" and here it is.

Today is to be 64 degrees and partly cloudy, tomorrow is to be 71 degrees and sunny and windy, Tuesday is to be 77 degrees and partly cloudy, Wednesday is to be 71 degrees and PM showers, Thursday is to be 73 degrees and thunderstorms, Friday is to be 78 degrees and scattered thunderstorms and Saturday is to be 85 degrees and isolated thunderstorms. That's the week! Four days of rain. That's good for a change but that may make my mowing difficult this week. 

It's 5:57AM and the coffeecake just came out of the oven. Then I opened the door  to find Grey out there waiting for his breakfast so I fixed him some hot and cold cat food. He is eating now. 

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I made my coffeecake and took it to church and several ate it.

Melissa had a good sermon.

After church Phyllis and I went to Eggbert's for lunch. Then when I got home I picked up my latest book again to read. 

When I got up and began to go to the den to check my e-mail, I fell...again on my knees. Luckily I fell on the den floor with the carpet. It's thin carpet though so that wasn't a lot of protection. Undoubtedly, I will have bruises again on my knees. It's getting harder and harder to walk without my knees giving out. The problem of being 88 years old, I guess. I probably need to resume my daily walking.   

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I watched the south Central States Mission Center worship service this evening on Zoom. Then I took my bath at 7:15PM. I will go back to my book now for awhile. I plan to go to bed at 9:00PM or so.

Saturday and a Reading Day

 I was up at 5:00AM  this morning, made my bed and dressed and got myself ready for the day.

When I opened the front door, Grey was waiting for breakfast so I gave him a bowl of wet and dry cat food. He ate his fill and left. No other cats have come yet so I brought the dish in the house. I don't want a dog to carry off the dish. That has happened several times.

The next time I checked, Blondie was out there waiting for his breakfast so I fixed him a bowl. He ate almost all of it and I brought it in too.

Finally "The weather on the 8's" came on and I took a photo of it and here it is:

Today is to be 64 degrees and partly cloudy., tomorrow is to be 63 degrees and mostly cloudy, Monday is to be 72 degrees and sunny, Tuesday is to be 77 degrees and partly cloudy, Wednesday is to be 71 degrees and partly cloudy, Thursday is to be 71 degrees and rain and thunderstorms, and Friday is to be 77 degrees and Thunderstorms and wind. That's the week! Two days of rain and that is Thursday and Friday. 

I am so glad I got the mowing and trimming done yesterday. I also got the housework done. It was a very productive day. Now I have a slower week to look forward to.

When I went back in the living room after posting on my blog, Blondie was waiting by the door for his breakfast. So I fixed his bowl with both wet and dry cat food and set it outside the door. He is eating now!

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I called Sally's number two times this morning but she evidently was not home. I got her answering machine both times. I wanted to ask her to go down to Copan for lunch with me. I just went by myself. As usual...it was very good!

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I finished the first of the two books  I got at the Caney library this evening. I have church tomorrow and I will make my coffeecake tomorrow for the breakfast.

It's 8:04 PM now and I will  soon go to bed.

Friday and A Stop at Caney's Library

I woke up very early again at 4:20AM this morning and again couldn't get back to sleep. 

I finally got up and transferred some money from my savings account to my checking account so I would have plenty in the checking account to pay an upcoming bill. Scott Mills is going to put a new back up mirror frame in the rider's side of my car. After I hit the garage door frame with that mirror, the mirror was replaced fine but the frame it fit in was still dented. So Scott Mills is going to put a new mirror frame on my car when it comes in. That's the bill I want to pay. Luckily there was plenty of money in my savings account to accommodate paying that bill. I am trying to keep my car as nice as I can for as long as I can. It and my furniture is all I have.

I had my oil changed yesterday at Main Street Auto and Tire and that cost me $47.15. But the life of the oil was down to 30% according to the gauge on the dash and it needed to be changed. 

And I went over to Coffeyville yesterday to return a book I had checked out there on Wednesday at the Coffeyville library. Our library here at Caney was not open when I got my car back yesterday. They have strange and different hours. 

I also needed to go out to Walmart there and get some more coffee cake mix for Sunday's breakfasts at church and also some flavored water to drink here at home. I try never to drink Caney's water. It has some strange chemicals in it and is not considered drinkable. And  now I saw in the chronicle that Caney's grocery market is closing.

And I needed to go to the bank and get some cash for the week too. Unfortunately the ATM machine at the bank was down...again. So I went to the police and fire department building there on 11th street and used their ATM machine. It was either that one or the one way out on northeast street. The bank needs to get a new ATM machine. The one at the bank drive-through seldom works.

While I was there in Coffeyville, I filled up my car with gas at their Conoco station. I am no longer going out to South Coffeyville to get the cheaper gas. Their pumps no longer accept debit cards. In fact they won't work at all unless you push a button on a pole next to the pump. It's not worth dealing with any more.

I also stopped at the US Cellular store and had them check out my phone. It has been ringing sporadically at best. I don't know if they fixed it or not. Anyhow they tried.

I will try to get to the Caney library today to get a couple of new books to read. 

Here are their hours:

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 12PM to 6:00PM

Tuesday 12 PM till 6:00 PM, 

Thursday 8:00AM till 2:00 PM

Saturday 8:00AM till 2:00 PM

Closed Sunday...

More Later...It's 7:14AM here now. 

I hope the grass will be dry today. I would like to at least get started on my mowing for the week. 

It's 6:49AM now and I just opened the door to see Grey waiting for his breakfast. So I fixed him a fresh breakfast and he ate and left. Soon Whitey came for breakfast too and I added some more fresh food. She/he is eating now. 

More Later..I also have the "weather on the 8's" and here it is:

Today is to be 64 degrees and partly cloudy, tomorrow is to be 63 degrees and mostly cloudy, Sunday is to be 65 degrees and mostly sunny, Monday is to be 70 degrees and sunny,  Tuesday is to be 76 degrees and partly cloudy, Wednesday is to be 71 degrees and mostly cloudy. Thursday is to be 72 degrees and scattered thunderstorms. That's the week...One day of rain and that's Thursday. Otherwise..cloudy.

The grass is still wet so I can't mow it unless it dries during the day. I will check on it later on.  

I checked the yard about an hour later and it was dry so I mowed the front and part of the west side....maybe half of it. Maybe I can finish the west side and do the back tomorrow if it doesn't rain. The back is smaller then either the front or the west side. The only day we are supposed to  get rain is Thursday. 

I did clean the apartment and mop the floors and vacuum. I will dust later...

I never did get up to the library. I had better go now if I am going to get something to read, It is 1:00PM now.

I checked out two books. That should hold me for awhile...at least a couple of days. 

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I also finished my mowing. I got the west side finished and the back and then I trimmed everything. It's done for another week!

I feel like I did a good thorough job too. I not only mowed the rest of the yard west side as well as the back and trimmed it all but I cleaned the apartment too. I both mopped and vacuumed. I even read a little between jobs. I got a lot done today. Maybe I will sleep better tonight. It's only 4:53 PM though so I have the entire evening ahead of me.

Thusday and Lunch at Copan

I went to bed at 9:00PM last night and woke up at 1:30AM and could not get back to sleep. I got up, made my bed, and dressed and got myself ready for the day. I got the book I checked out at the Coffeyville library yesterday and got up to read it. I finished it about 5:25AM.

I will take it back on Wednesday this week. I checked outdoors and there were no cats out there. 

While I was looking, Blondie walked up and wanted his breakfast so I took it out to him.

I did see the "weather on the 9's" though. Here it is for the week.

Today is to be 74 degrees and scattered thunderstorms and wind. Friday is to be 65 degrees and partly cloudy, Saturday is to be 6 degrees and cloudy, Sunday is to be 64 degrees and partly cloudy, Monday is to be 72 degrees and mostly sunny, Tuesday is to be 70 degrees and AM showers. and Wednesday is to be 71 degrees and mostly cloudy. That's the week.  Rain today and Tuesday.

More Later.. It's 5:32AM now.

I went to the Dollar General Store and bought cat food and breakfast bars. cat foo for the cats and the breakfast bars for me

While I was in Coffeyville yesterday, I washed my car. While I was in Dollar General, it began to rain.  So that was a wasted $5.00 for the car wash and a dollar each to dry it and vacuum it out. It's 8:54 AM now and I believe the Caney library is open now. I may go get another couple of books if it stops raining.

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I mowed Friday and Saturday last week. Maybe I can mow again this Friday and Saturday.  I trimmed my hedge this morning before I went to Dollar General. I saw in the Chronicle  that our Caney Market is closing. Not enough business is what they said was the reason. I see that many Caney people are shopping at the various Wall Marts.

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I went out to Myrtle's Market this afternoon  and bought some bedding plants and got them planted. Some in the back yard flower garden and the others in that small one by the front door where I keep my little flags denoting the type of season.. I could use some more flowers but this is a start.  I bought a Mother's Day flag yesterday at Liebert's in Coffeyville. Of course my mother has been gone for years but I still think about her from time to time...especially when I decorate the graves at Memorial Day.