IN Carmel

 Today was another interesting day.  There are so many.  The morning started with all the regular morning stuff.  That never changes very much.  By 8:45 I was on the way to church.  This time Mary was working at the front desk.  She had directions for knitting the Norwegian Red Protest Hats now being knitted protesting ICE. That was a challenge I wanted to take.  After a good visit I went on to Heidi's house with a hat she had ordered from Mary's friend.  And there was another good visit with Heidi and James.  Now good visits are a wonderful way to start the day.  On the way north I snaked my way through a neighborhood getting familiar again with an area that Rita and I will be visiting tomorrow early afternoon.   Home for a few minutes and then to the Y.  I skipped the strengthening class and went right to the treadmill for more than a mile walk finishing up at the NuStep.  Ear plugs in place brought more Schube...

 I'm always amazed at how different the day can feel.  If one thinks of a line, the feeling can go from one end to the other. And then one hopes that the feelings come back to the center at some point.  It's called thinking of living a balanced life.   Today, life stayed near the center with one exception when it ended near the end of the line. Julie, Dr. Schneider's nurse brought it all back to where my mind needed to be.  This morning, the monthly blood test happened. I watched the I U portal for results which came about two hours later with more red numbers then I had hoped for.  Red meant numbers were not where they should be.  Either too high or too low. So, I waited for Julie's call.  She assured me that what they were looking for was within reason.  I could start another month of Cancer meds.  Yeah!  The mind went too near the end of the line, but Julie guided me back to the center where all was OK for now.  Thank g...

 This was truly a lazy day.  Not crazy, just lazy. After another night of wonderful rest, the rest continued because it was Sunday for one reason.  Sunday rest doesn't always happen but today it did. I think my body is telling me thank you. I started the day in the usual way and until it was 10 o'clock I knitted.  That's one way to spend a lazy morning.  We were off to church.  I submitted bills for Palm Sunday palms.  Then it was off to the sanctuary to hear the choir rehearsal.  A new song with so many good words. Sometime ago one of the choir members asked what if anything I missed not singing with the group.  My answer was the words.  Of course, words go with notes, but I missed the words more than anything.  My bulletin has the words printed so I say the words as the choir sings them.   Our minister writes a study guide each Lenten season to go with the sermons for that season of the year. This year each Sunday in Len...

                                      One of the banners that was removed the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.  I'm celebrating today with a day of rest.  One day early but I just might as well have two in a row.  The celebration really began last night with 8 1/2 hours of sleep.  Woo.  What a tremendous gift my body has given me.  I must remember to gift back to what I live in.  Lesson learned.  Remembered?  I hope so. The exhaustion count is high and lasts long when I land in the ditch after doing more than I should.  This week I wasn't very good. In fact...Bad, bad! .                          There really is proof matrical arts is in my life although I must admit...I'm slow.                   ...

  Now isn't this just beautiful.  It's a peek into the kiln with mugs still more then hot enough to remove.  The kiln in this firing held a few more than 80 mugs. Kimmy is the spinner of the mugs.  Glazing was divided between Kimmy and Jared. All mugs are available by accessing an Etsy site.  And on Friday, she (Lela) observed the third day of rest even though according to the book there was one day only of rest on the seventh day.  Not being God, this body needed a bit more time.  It was a very short night.  Thinking back to 2021 there were three months of not sleeping in bed but in a chair after the big surgery.  So, I just took to the chair at 1:45 am as if it was 2021.  No problem at all.  I watched reruns having not seen them in the first run.  There were short naps and the day came around just as I knew it would.  Some things haven't changed.   The morning was easy with a 9 o'clock meeting I hoped would be ...

This may be a short message. I'm beat so resting the fingers might help. There was a little knitting this morning but not a whole lot. I think I got to the halfway point. Who can remember? Not me. I looked at the calendar realizing that I missed my primary doctor's appointment by 45 minutes.  I called the schedular and low and behold, the appointment had been moved to next week.  I forgot to change it on the calendar.  Dah.  If I had checked the portal, I could have figured that out.  Woo.  Lucky me. Then I was off to the Y taking a body that once again had more sleepless moments than I had wished for. I'm calling it over tired. I'm a product of my mother who did the same thing that I seemed to have copied. Words from my sister. Work like crazy and then take two days to recover. Understanding moderation would help.  I would say Tues. was the crazy day and now I'm living Thursday. I did about 10 minutes of NuStep to get the body started. Then it ...