Quiet week

Little has gone on or “happened” this past week so this post is just going to be a collection of comments and short updates.

The weather is a little warmer but still in the 20s at night, making the mornings frosty. Only 1 day in the coming week has a small (20 percent) possibility of snow so the mild conditions look to continue for several days.

7-day forecast

Our local grocery store, City Market, has a loyalty card program that earns us “fuel points” on our purchases. We redeemed some this last week (points are good for a month) and paid $1.20 per gallon for regular after our $.70 cent discount. I took my extra fuel cans along and pumped 33.4 gallons total, saving us a bit over $23.00. Fuel prices will go up again, but we sure enjoy the current low prices. The 33 gallons will last us about two weeks as we are not running the truck or many of my toys.

Sanderling Update: We filled out the well permit application and mailed it off to the state, including our docket permit, warranty deed, and check for $100.00. It will be 6 – 8 weeks before we hear back.

I had dental work done this past week, a root canal and fitting for a crown. It will be 3 weeks before the crown is in and I finish this particular episode. I am not a big fan of dentists, but have two more teeth to work on before I can get an “all is well” so I’ll be back for more work later this year.

A CD player was added to our rehabbed stereo system so we can now move away from playing CDs on the computer. Player came from a Habitat for Humanity store in Grand Junction. I was also looking for a good cassette deck – we still have a couple dozen tapes in our collection – but did not find any so I am bidding on one from eBay. I hope to win it this week.

Daughter Felicity is currently in Malta (an island in the Mediterranean between Italy and Africa) but will begin a house-sit in England shortly. After that she takes the train to France for another house-sit.  Felic returns to the States in May to interview for an extended (5 month) house-sit back in the USA in the Portland, Oregon, area for next winter. Then she’s looking at cruising to Alaska.  That girl does get around.

The Honda turned over 352,000 miles. I had replaced the thermostat a few weeks ago and the check engine light no longer comes on, a good thing. One of these days  that car is just going to drop dead, but until then we keep on truckin’ with it.

My glucose levels are now averaging around 107. 70 – 130 is considered “normal” by the American Diabetes Association. Considering I started with a daily high of 338 in early December I am satisfied with the results so far. I did find that, for me, anything below about 90 results in trembling hands…not good…so I am getting closer to establishing the lower end of the levels that seem best for me.

14 day average glucose level

Pam is over a winter cold and is progressing on her guitar. We dug out a few of my early chord and song books; it is handy to have the chord charts handy when trying to learn a new song. It’s surprising how many books of this type we had kept over the years. Pam also finds lyrics and chords to almost any song we can think of on the internet.

We don’t have much going on right now so I may skip next week’s post unless something of note crops up.

That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!

Pam’s Two Cents Worth:

January – it has always been the month to “get through,” ever since childhood.  The high desert doesn’t feature the gray snow and ice buildup found in the Midwest, and I no longer walk the mile to school (and mile back) wearing pants under my skirt.  Still, a long and somewhat boring month.

Jer is missing his mountains; yesterday I located him on the driveway chopping firewood into kindling.

For some reason I am missing beaches, even with only a week’s exposure to the Florida panhandle last October.  I browse through real estate listings from that area to keep me dreaming.

Ft. Taylor Beach

Happy Trails.