Today I got a lot done. I love those days that start totally unstructured, like a blank book to fill in with activity. I didn't get much sleep last night because I stayed up trying to re write the minutes to the DKG meeting. I took minutes because the secretary who is supposed to had to be out of town. She was coming by to pick them up this morning either before or after her hair appointment which was near here. With gas the way it is, you make use of trips by doing more than one thing on a trip. Today for me was a no trip day.
I got up early and began to type the minutes on the computer. That way when I forgot things I could add them in. Then I got the information that Judy had missed from the meeting this summer together. I was able to eat breakfast and was having coffee on the porch when Judy arrived. All she will have to do is condense my notes. I tend to write a lot, which is why I don't do good at minutes. My minutes are more like hours.
AFter Judy left, I had a conference with the secy from the condos about the newsletter, but realized it was time for lunch. My sugar was 85 which is borderline low, so I ate well and healthy. I realized that I needed to catch up the several hours sleep I had lost last night so took a nap.
Then I was able to finish getting the sewing machine to work. I discovered that the manuals I had for the machine still had address tags from Moravian on them. I moved from Moravian in 1991. I had bought some oil and put it as best I could where the manual said to. I sewed a few stitches for practice, and discovered that my hands remembered how to run fabric through a machine. It felt good. I took on the chore I got the machine out for in the first place. Shortened the shoulder seams on the two bargain knit shirts I got from K Mart. I really should take out the sleeve to do it right, but there is piping on the edge, and taking it apart and putting it together again would be a massive job. If I had wanted to make a shirt from scratch, I would have done so. These are for bumming around in, so a few tucks here and there won't matter. Hopefully they will shrink a little when washed because I really needed to take them in further than was possible. I felt good that I was able to get the machine running, and actually use it in a convenient way in my upstairs office.
I still can't master the Library Thing so that the page appears on the blog, but if you are computer efficient and interested in books, here is the link for my profile. From there you can get to my library which is public and search titles, or look at covers. If something is there that you would like, phone me. I have tags that tell me where everything is in my house. I still have most of the upstairs books to do. I am tossing as I go, and may toss more. I tend to weed twice. This at least gives me a handle on things. Besides that it is fun.
http://www.librarything.com/home/Toastysmom
Tomorrow is the Chippewa Junior High picnic but I won't be able to go. I forgot to register, and gas is expensive. maybe next year. Vicki will be disappointed. She was the contact I made from the last picnic.
I also finally made the appointments with the St. Johns center on Romeo Plank road for the holter monitor, echogram and thallium stress tests that Dr. Khatter ordered. I think the shortness of breath I have is due to the fact that two different doctors have me on two different blood pressure pills. Neither one wants to stop the prescription, so Blue Cross will pay for the tests mostly and I should be able to get a third opinion as to which drug to stop. Dr. Tobin says there is another one I can take instead of Enalapril, but she wants to wait on the heart tests. I saw a Golden Girls episode where Blanche is fitted with a pacemaker. I guess its a sign of the times. Hopefully I will come out OK and not need that yet, but if I do, I do. I really think I am taking too many meds.
Well, It is time to start getting ready for bed... Do the laundry, get it upstairs, lay out tomorrows clothes, which can include my recently altered new shirts, and maybe do some reading.
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