fossilfreak | Mid-December Catch Up

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol 1 p. 560

214.9 miles

cold and sunny

373 recordings of 63 types. (Big Cat Week is doing me in, but apparently it's also deleting some, since I lost two old CPDs.) 40 old CPDs and 5 old SVUs, 22% clear.

Thursday the 7th I was way down on my weight (it's come back since, darn it!) and blood pressure.

0bama really DID fundamentally change America, politicizing the Justice Dept and the FBI, which is the worst since J. Edgar.

I drove downtown to the Del Monte Almond factory for the girls' family presents. I admit to being tempted by the habanero, shiracha, and wasabe almond assortment for Rob, but that would be unfair to the kids, especially Padreic. Then I wound my way through midtown to get onto the freeway to go drop off the carseat which I forgot to leave on Wednesday. With traffic calming, one-way streets, and construction, this was nearly impossible. I would have been better off going back to my area and getting on then. I spied a major traffic holdup northbound, so I came back on Power Inn/Howe. I see Squeeze Inn has changed its name to Squeeze Burger.

I worked some on the jigsaw puzzle. I'd turned it around and the different angle was helpful. Still very very slow, though.

Friday I drained and coiled the hoses, which was certainly cold cold work. I slow cooked the pork shoulder, but I will never again get one with a bone. Removing the cartilage was disgusting work, better done by a butcher.

Frank had been in the hospital (heart attack, AT the cardiologist's what timing! and they installed a pace maker.) He came home that night.

In the afternoon I went over to St. Philomene's and put flyers about the women's retreat into the bulletins. On the way I dropped books off at the library, and coming back I stopped at St. Vincent de Paul with two boxes of icicles and some Christmas window trim. I went in, and found a alarm-clock radio. (The one I have has been acting weird, gaining 0 to 20 minutes every day. Then I looked up digital clocks gaining time and started to worry about the circuit, but the new one seems to work fine.) It had a blinding display, but I found the switch to dim it and it's nice. GREAT BIG NUMBERS.

Saturday I went to the widowed person's breakfast and then drove out to the BevMo in Citrus Heights. They didn't have the big bottles of Amarula either, but had gift packages with a bottle and 2 glasses. So I got two of those. Later in the week I realized this liqueur is probably high in carbs, so I've only had one of them, till after my A1C test in January. This is hard.

I tried to replace the television, because I'd bought some speakers... the entirely wrong type. I keep asking Bernadette to help with this, and she keeps not doing so, and the whole thing was SO FRUSTRATING! I wanted to move the entertainment center to the hearth, to block off the fireplace and clear a wall. I threw a tantrum then moved the TV back to Hoarder Central. I am -><- this close to buying my own with its remote, and speakers, etc.

Once I calmed down I went for a walk of 3.3 miles. My sneakers are all on their last legs (ha!) and I will have to buy new ones. The funny thing is I don't remember where I usually buy shoes! I can picture it, but no idea where.