December 16, 2017

Saturday

Tom and John went to Home Depot early this morning. I made breakfast for everyone when they got back, bacon and eggs. They worked downstairs all day, putting in a new door in Tom's workshop and insulation and paneling in the other room. 

I put supper in the crockpot, and Mom and I worked on a Christmas present for somebody; I can't say. :0) Later I made a salad and finished supper. We ate and then Mom and I finished our project while Tom and Eric watched hockey. I talked to Stacey on the phone, wrapped 2 presents, and went to bed. 

December 15, 2017

Friday

This morning my cousin, Eric, and I went for short walk. I showed him some of the damage. Susan's house has been demolished; it's gone. I hope they get a FEMA trailer soon. They are staying in a friend's house but they will be coming back in January. 

I did school with Charlie for most of the day. I did a little algebra, dropped Tommy off at church to work for the movie night, and then went to Winn Dixie. I made supper while putting the groceries away. We had chicken and biscuits and gravy. I made brownies later too. We watched a few Carol Burnett skits on YouTube. 

I did a math test with Tommy, and then we finished a lesson. I did dishes. 

I think Tom and Eric got a lot of work done downstairs. I didn't take a peek to see but they might have the sliding glass door in. I think tomorrow he might put up some paneling. Cross your fingers. 

December 14, 2017

Thursday

Charlie and I had fiddle lessons this morning. I didn't practice once all week. :0( Charlie did though. 

The boys did school and I cleaned the porch and went through all my plants. I had put a Christmas cactus on the table downstairs and the deer ate most of it. I should have known better. 

When Garrett got home he and Tommy took the bunk beds apart in their room and I cleaned and changed the bedding. I washed the floor. Tom fixed and painted the ceilings where we had water damage in both the boys' rooms and in the living room. He also put up the new bamboo blinds in our bedroom. He didn't like doing that though. The blinds that is. 

My mom and my cousin Eric got here after dark. They were delayed four hours in traffic from an accident on US 1.

We visited for a while, then ordered take-out from Bucktooth Rooster. 

December 9, 2017

Saturday

Yesterday (Friday)  we had our kid's fiddle jam at the church. On our way home we stopped at Artists in Paradise so I could put labels on my towels. Then I took Tommy and Charlie to Coco's for lunch.  Tom and John roofed all week and finished today. To celebrate that and my birthday we went out with John and Rita to Home Depot and the Hurricane. Roberto's band was playing. We had wings and pizza. When Tom was paying for our food a man asked me to dance. It was sweet but funny. I haven't danced in 30 years. 

Also, the band boys ran into a snow storm driving to their Atlanta gig. It was cancelled and they were blessed to get a hotel room and stay off the road for the night. They took some pics and made some fun videos. 

(Saturday) We were on our way out for breakfast this morning when we remembered that there was a give-away of free furniture at the old prison. So we went by to check it out. It was all from time shares or condos somewhere. It had all been unloaded outside and as we walked over to the furniture it started pouring. We ran back to the minivan but then decided to go look at stuff in the rain, since we were already wet. They were trying to cover everything with tarps. We ended up getting four rattan chairs, a matching couch, and four chairs for the kitchen table. We were soaked. Tom made two trips and John went with him on the second trip. 

We changed to dry clothes and went out for breakfast at Coco's with John. Charlie went to a friend's house all day. I started cleaning Charlie's room and closet. At 3 o'clock Tommy and I went to Kim's. Kim and I set up a new bin and screen for ice dying and we dyed the next batch of yarn. I came back home and worked till 8 PM in Charlie's room while also doing laundry. Tom started to fix the ceiling in Tommy's room. I ended up with two bags of garbage and one big bin for Ed and Ben to take to Nashville. They never moved all their stuff out. 

Tom watched hockey and I put decorations on the tree. I did a few rows of knitting before going to bed. 

December 7, 2017

Thursday

My birthday was Tuesday. I shouldn't have let it happen, but somehow I ended up doing dreaded paperwork that had been piling up on the kitchen table. The worst thing was many health insurance envelopes. If this, do that. Send this form. Deadlines. So confusing. Do we have this, or that? I thought we had this. I don't understand. And I was trying to do school. Charlie needed a ride to swimming. Tom was roofing. I had a Christmas party to go to and needed to bring a dish to share, so I had to go to the store to buy ingredients, and then make it, which I did. Kim said she'd go to the party with me, and Doug decided to be our driver. Tom took Charlie to swimming and we went to the party. But I thought it was at Artists in Paradise and it wasn't. We got there and there was just one girl there getting ready to close the shop. She made a few texts and found out where the party was. It was  a half hour away and we didn't feel like going that far. Instead we went to Bucktooth Rooster and had my birthday dinner. Tom wasn't back from swimming with Charlie yet so we ordered take out for him and met him at Kim's later. We hung out for a while. It ended up being a nice evening. Rob stopped by our house with gifts but we weren't home. Sad about that. Sorry Rob. 

Wednesday I tutored algebra and we did school. I moved some furniture around in the living room and put the tree up. I need to get rid of some stuff. We have no room. I couldn't find the Christmas tree lights. Either I threw them away last year because half of them didn't work, or Irma took them into the mangroves. That's where the tree I bought last year went. 

Charlie and I took a short walk. Some guy let his dogs run out into the road at us. Not fun. One was huge like a St. Bernard. Then we went to church for supper and Bible Study. On the way home we stopped at CVS and I bought new lights for the tree.  Tommy and I did algebra for a while. We were getting confused again, triangles, sines. cosines, and tangents. And one rate/time/distance problem. Poor me. 

Today, Thursday, school. And fiddle lessons. Skype chose to not work today and we had to do our lessons with FaceTime on my phone. I messed with it afterwards and I think it will work next week. Grrrrr.  I put the lights on the tree and called the guy who signed us up for our health insurance for help. I think we figured out a few things. They were sending me mail for things we already did, and the kids were signed up for Blue Cross with us, but first they have to be turned down for Medicaid, and then they would be added to our plan. We don't want Medicaid. No one down here takes it. 

I took Charlie to swimming. Then dropped him at youth group. Came home and made a frozen pizza.  I had salad already made in the fridge but we didn't eat it. I did math till I was falling asleep. But of course getting ready for bed cured me of my drowsiness. I had Tommy take out the garbage cans and empty the dishwasher. Charlie took some cardboard downstairs for the recyclable bin and then did his math homework. I loaded the dishwasher and took down two more bags of garbage. And then I finally went to bed (and wrote this).

December 4, 2017

Monday

Yesterday we went to church. Charlie and I went for a swim at Deb's and we got to visit with Deb a little bit. Then I took Charlie to Boyscouts. There was a meeting for parents too so I stayed.  We ended before the boys so I was able to get some groceries and then go back and pick up Charlie. I made stuffed peppers for supper. Tom worked on the roof all day till about 8 at night. He had lights up there. 

This morning I went walking and made yogurt with coconut milk.  I got the boys started in their online classes and then met Kim at the studio. We wound the yarn for my next project. I stopped at Winn Dixie on my way home and saw Donna,  my favorite cashier. I made lunch, did dishes, and set Charlie up for his art class. Kim and Doug stopped in with the boys. Then I had to take Charlie to swimming because Tom was working on the roof all day again. When we got back from swimming (three hours later- I don't have time for this) Tommy and I went over three lessons of algebra that we were both getting confused on. Tom came in and I fed him supper (leftovers from last night). I tried doing an algebra lesson but only got 6 problems done before I ran ran out of energy. I quickly did dishes and retired to my room to hide under the covers. Paperwork has been piling up on the kitchen table and I want to run away. Having a hard time planning my day tomorrow. 

December 1, 2017

Friday

Yesterday Charlie and I started back with our fiddle lessons. We did math and literature and then I went to work at Artists in Paradise. After that I picked up charlie and dropped him at youth group, then went to Winn Dixie for salad fixings. I went to Kim's, made salad, and we ate. Then I went back to church and picked up Charlie. When I got home I made a salad for Tom and Jonathan. Rob stopped in and watched some hockey with Tom. Charlie, Jonathan, and I made some art designs on paper with shaving cream and food color. I'm using it for tags on the things I make. 

This morning I took some things over to Deb's house that she ordered. I forgot to do it yesterday. We did school all day. Even while I ate my supper I was watching an archive of Charlie's missed art class from Wednesday. I went to the bank and before I made supper I took a short walk. I helped Tommy with homework after supper. Garrett stopped in so we chatted a little bit. 

November 29, 2017

Wednesday

When we got to John's house last night Charlie had some homework to finish. It was calligraphy for his art class. All he had to do was to copy the alphabet, upper and lower case. He acted like he was 7 years old, crying and complaining the whole time. 

John lives in a condo on the water. It's so peaceful. With the breeze and the sounds of the water I could sit on his porch all day. We went out for breakfast, then John dropped off charlie and I at his place and Tom went with John to help him move some tools from his shop into storage. Meanwhile, Charlie did an online class and I sat on the porch knitting. I finished Angelica's sweater while we drove yesterday. 

We drove five hours home. Made it to Big Pine at five o'clock. We went to church for supper and Bible study. Jonathan came over and he and the boys got Chinese. I went through the mail and unpacked my stuff before going to bed.  

November 28, 2017

Tuesday

On Sunday we watched church on our phones and then went to the boys' house. I brought food and made us all chili. I helped the boys pack a little while Tom and Bobby went to pick up the Uhaul truck. When they got back Tom took me back to TJ's house to babysit. TJ  went to work and Angelica went to a jam. Tom rode with TJ, who dropped him off somewhere and the boys picked him up so he could help load the Uhaul. 

Monday we went to their new house for an orientation and then went to the old house to finish loading a few things and to load the baby grand piano into the black trailer. Then we all headed to the new place. Ed and Kurt were driving Emma's car. While they were in some great conversation they started following the wrong truck. Bob was following them. So we got to the house and were wondering where they were. Ed said the truck they were following turned into a warehouse and they thought, "What's Dad doing here?" Then they realized what they had done. Luckily they hadn't gone too far out of the way. 

We cleaned and unloaded. Unpacked some stuff. Tom and Bob took the truck back. The boys put beds together. The Xfinity guy came and hooked up the internet. Tom and I went and picked up Jets pizza. Angelica brought the kids over to eat with us and check out the new house. Tom and I rode home with Angelica. The kids took baths and went to bed. 

Tuesday

Today was supposed to be Jake and Callie's first day of school but they both woke up with sore throats so they didn't go. Tom and I loaded up the minivan, gave goodbye hugs, and headed to the boy's house, which is just 2 1/2 miles from TJ's. We had to pick up Charlie and return their house key. We said goodbye to Ed and started heading south.

We left at 8 am and we have about 2 hours to go. We should arrive at Tom's friend, John's, at 10 PM where we will spend the night. :0) Very happy about that. When we get there Charlie has to do homework. Tomorrow we have about a 4 1/2 to 5 hour drive home. 

November 25, 2017

Saturday

This morning we hung out with the grandkids. I took a walk but didn't go too far because I didn't want to meet up with any dogs that weren't chained or behind a fence. Tom, Jake, and I went out for groceries and a car part. When we got home I sat outside knitting while Hazel played and Tom fixed the minivan. It was leaking transmission fluid. He also washed the van and played hockey with Jake in the garage. 

I made burritos for supper. TJ and Angelica had a gig. They practiced with some friends that joined them before they left. Violet and Hazel were sleeping but Violet woke up and woke Hazel up too. Jake was still up too when TJ and Angelica got home. Now Violet is having a hard time going back to sleep. 

The boys were supposed to start packing today. Tom rented a Uhaul for tomorrow so tomorrow we will go over and help them pack it. 

November 21, 2017

Tuesday

We slept at John's. It was luxurious to sleep in a bed and not the car. We also got to sit out on the balcony in the morning and watch the rain on the water. I even saw a rainbow. When we left we went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast. Then drove all day to Murfreesboro, TN. We dropped Charlie off at the boys' house a little after midnight, then went to TJ's about 1 AM. It's 32 degrees here. I'm in bed and my feet are just starting to warm up. I forgot to bring my alpaca socks that I knitted.  :0)

November 20, 2017

Monday

This morning I took care of paperwork and a few bills. Garrett had a ticket that he didn't take care of properly so I helped him out with that. I did math with Charlie. I was going to do math with Tommy but he took too long. 

I packed for myself and Charlie and packed a small cooler. Tom took Charlie to swimming and I put a few things in the car. When Tom got back he had decided that we would take the minivan, so I moved the stuff. Garrett stopped in for a few minutes.

 We left at 7 headed for Fort Pierce. It's about a 5 hour drive. We are staying at Tom's friend, John's house. Tomorrow we will finish the drive to Murfreesboro where we will stay for a week with the boys. 

November 16, 2017

Thursday

We did school. I felt very blah for the first half of the day, slow and lethargic, but eventually came out of it. Tom took Charlie to swimming and needed me to go with him so I could drive the "new" minivan home. I keep telling myself to be thankful but it's another old car. It's a 2004 with 67,000 miles. Something is better than nothing. A car is better than no car. 

On the way home we stopped at Kim's and gave Doug his truck back. He's been riding his bike to work and letting us use his truck for almost two weeks. Kim fed us supper and we went home. I corrected Charlie's math, did an algebra lesson, did the dishes, and went to bed. 

November 15, 2017

Wednesday

A few good things happened today. I washed the kitchen and living room floors.  tutored. I got to go out to lunch with Deb. Tom finally got his roof permit.

I went to a meeting at Artists in Paradise and then to church. We came home, Charlie finished his art homework, and we ate apple pie.

November 13, 2017

Monday

This morning I got the boys set up for their online classes and went walking. I took a different route so I could see more damage from the storm. I picked up over 30 nails in the street. 

After I showered I lost all my get up and go. I had to force myself to do math with Charlie. Then we went downstairs and sat outside while we read The Knights of the Round Table. Then Charlie had his art class and I started an algebra lesson. I made us all sandwiches for lunch. Then Tom wanted me to go with him to drop Charlie off at swimming and then we went to a look at a minivan. Tom bought it and will get it on Thursday. It's a 2004. 

Next we stopped at Home Depot. Then back to pick Charlie up from swimming. We stopped at Winn Dixie and picked up some frozen pizzas for supper. I was going to make a salad to go with it but didn't do it.  Kim, Doug, and the kids were here hanging out with Tommy when we got home. Kim did the dishes for me. :0) Thanks Kim!!

I've decided to move Tommy into the room with Charlie. My new vacuum cleaner came today so maybe tomorrow I can start tackling the bedrooms. 

I talked with Ed quite a bit today. They are looking for a new house to rent. I also tried to arrange a pick up for some furniture for TJ but it looks like it will have to wait till tomorrow. 

I did more math before I was too tired and went to bed. 

August 10, 2017

 

August 9, 2017

Wednesday

I packaged up some things for the band boys and did some cleaning. I met Kim at the studio at 10 and we finished setting up and started weaving. I was there for 4 hours and finished 3 towels. They're so pretty. I went home and put my swimsuit on. Then Charlie and I picked up Bob and we went to the beach. We stayed about 1 1/2 hours but there was a lot of seaweed and jellyfish so we went to my friend Deb's house and went swimming in her pool. It was perfect there, super quiet and relaxing. But after a little while we had to go back home. I fed Bob leftover spaghetti and made a salad for each of us.  I took Bob home then we went to church. 

After church we stopped at Winn Dixie for some frozen pizzas for Thursday's supper. 

 

August 6, 2017

Sunday

We went to church this morning. When we got home the battery on the van was fully charged so Jonathan took the charger off and the van started!! We were going to move it but I noticed that the rear driver's side tire looked flat. Turns out it was blown.  Garrett and Jonathan got the spare tire out but it's bad too. We are going to try the GMC spare tomorrow. Garrett cut a bunch of coconuts out of the tree.

The day sped by. Bobby stopped in after work and then he took Charlie to Boy Scouts. I picked him up and we both went to my class. We stopped at Winn Dixie on the way home for bread and milk. I sat around chatting with Jonathan for the rest of the evening. I had planned on practicing fiddle, and/or doing a lecture, or knitting, but didn't get to any of them. Oh well, there's always tomorrow. 

August 5, 2017

Saturday

I had a hard time deciding what to do today. I had a lot of things on my list. First, I stopped at Artists in Paradise and dropped off a stand for my flyer. Then I went to the studio and threaded heddles for two hours. I have about 15 minutes left to go on that job, then I will need Kim's help to wind the warp onto the back beam and then I can start weaving. 

I came home and made juice for lunch and did two lectures. I'm a little behind and trying to catch up. The electric company finally came and cut the branches out of the wires. It's the only tree I have in my yard. I kind of like it. 

I made baked potatoes and a mega veggie pasta salad for supper. Bobby came over for a little while. While I was doing studying my Spanish Fran stopped in and helped me hook up the trickle charger to the battery in he black van. Then I took my knitting and sat downstairs on the hammock chair for a while. I watered the plants on the porch. When I came in I did dishes and then knit a little more before going to bed. I wanted to practice fiddle but didn't. I have to fill out some paperwork for Tom too. I have to do it tomorrow. And my bookkeeping wasn't finished so I need to get back to that before I forget what I was doing. 

August 3, 2017

Thursday

I didn't sleep well and had a hard time getting up this morning, so I didn't go walking. I met Kim at the studio at 11:30 AM and she got me started threading the reed. It took me two hours. The colors are so pretty. I'm excited and nervous. I don't know how the towels will look until I start weaving. 

My piano student cancelled and that gave me time for bookkeeping. I did that for an hour and then took Charlie to swimming. Charlie listened to music on the way there and on the way back we listened to Tom Sawyer. While he had swim practice I sat in the heat and listened to a lecture and then knit.

I decided Thursdays are now pizza night. I think I'll make pizzas like I used to in the old days but today I picked it up on our way home from swimming. Bobby came over and ate a lot. I didn't count how many pieces but it was a lot. :0) Kim was going to come too but her kids were melting down so she decided not to. 

I did more bookkeeping and took care of the kitchen. I also cleaned the boys bathroom. No one has been cleaning it. I will have to do the tub another day though. 

I called the electric company about a week ago. There's a palm tree branch resting on the wires from the road to the house. It's weighing them down. If it gets too windy...I hope we don't lose power. Last year we lost power for about 12 hours and it was unbearable with no AC. Soooo, I just hope it's taken care of before there's a problem. I also need to hook up a battery charger to Tom's black van. It's dead. I've never done it before. Do you think YouTube will help me?