Got up early, and got Joe some breakfast. He soon went out to mow. It was a clear and warm day. First thing I brushed the dogs, and Sparky is really shedding. Added another big wad of hair to that I’m saving to make the dog hair sweater. I called Ruth and found out how much each size of mats cost on the prints that she did for me, so I can make up the price list for selling the prints on Saturday. Then worked on the yard with the weed eater for an hour or two again and clipped some more dead stems out of the raspberry bushes.
I kept getting phone calls. One was from some head of a Republican committee, politician congressman who wanted to give me a certificate of merit. I think they ask you to come to dinner with the President in Washington DC. I just hung up. This is the second or third time they have called. Laura, Dr. Blank’s nurse, called and gave us more information about Joe’s blood pressure, heart test, how best to use the blood pressure cuff for good readings. He’s been taking his blood pressure every day and I’m surprised and pretty happy how darn good it is. I haven’t tried taking mine yet. I almost don’t want to know. Did you know it should sit on a table about heart level when you use it? He had been sitting in his recliner with it in his lap. And that Dr. Blank thinks his dizziness that is bothering him so bad is not from his heart – that means it’s probably from his earlier stroke or something else. He has been dizzy ever since then and it’s just getting worse.
I called Best Buy twice and asked about the appointment to get the TV repaired or replaced. Had to leave a message for the service department but no one called back. After lunch a woman from Sony called and said a freight truck would bring a replacement reconditioned TV. The warranty will continue as if it were from the time I bought the broken one. She said it would be about 10 days or two weeks and that the driver would call from Boulder and then would come and set it in and take the old one away. At least something is going to happen with that.
Sheral thoughtfully called to see if I needed anything from town, so I had her get us some milk and fly spray for the horses. Their spray is almost gone, and I spray them every day. The horse flies really chew on them, so spraying helps. Worked in the yard until about 11:30 and then came in to shower, wash hair, and fix lunch, then began to do things for dinner. I started a batch of Bunillos, and the dough really turned out well, but I’m sure it is because it was plenty warm enough for them to raise nice and quick. The next day I realized I had skipped the step of brushing them with water and corn starch before they baked to make them crusty, but they were good anyway. Jackie called and we talked for most of an hour I would guess, mostly about WAOW things, and we did need to talk. It was good to hear from her. I’m very behind on my WAOW jobs, so have to get busy with that. Betty called and I had to tell her I’d have to visit another time.
Got the spaghetti sauce going, later made ranch dressing and salad, and a chess pie with Splenda. Sheral said the pie was good, but it sure didn’t turn out the way Chess Pie usually does. I didn’t like it that way at all and the texture was very odd. The pie is gone though. I will never make it that way again and probably will be hesitant to exchange sugar for Splenda in other baked things. Got the house cleaning done – vacuumed and finished mopping etc. – just before Aubrey and Pat drove into the yard. Then Sheral and Dick got here. Dick brought very good seedless watermelon all cut up to go with dinner. It was best to serve the meal buffet style, since the table is pretty small. We had a nice time visiting, I really enjoyed it. We are invited to go to the Rendezvous Rodeo tomorrow night, but I doubt that we will do that. Joe falls asleep so early that it would be hard for him to go. Now I’m wondering if I should go anyway and let him stay home.
There was another very red sun when it set, and smoke in the sky. I’m ready for bed tonight and already thinking about all to be done tomorrow. I have a huge batch of sticky notes all over my desk top with everything on them to remind me, and another letter size two sided list of things to be done, and that’s not even my main list. Arg.
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