Monday, November 25, 2019 - Blog Catch Up, Gate Valve/Leak Issue?, Laundry, What to Have for Dinner?

Monday, November 25, 2019 - Blog Catch Up, Gate Valve/Leak Issue?, Laundry and What to Have for Dinner?

We have really been busy the past couple of weeks and I think it finally caught up with me yesterday.  I slept great last night.  I think it was around 9:30 when I went to bed.  I woke up at 4:30 and felt like a new person.  The coffeepot was soon going.  While I waited for it to finish, I did my morning exercises.  By the time I was done with those, the coffee was ready.  I set at the table to start my Chromebook.  I was determined today to get caught up on the blog.  I try to always start my dad reading a devotional, my Bible and with prayer.  Sometimes I miss, but I find my days go better if I start them this way.

At 7:00 or so I laid the computer aside to make our smoothies.  I'm using frozen strawberries and bananas today.  We find them to be pretty filling, more so than some breakfasts foods.  I think Dean starts getting hungry about an hour before lunch, but overall he likes it and doesn't mind having them at all.  

After our "breakfast", Dean asked me to wait to do the dishes this morning.  The last time he emptied our waste tanks there was hardly any water released from the holding tank for the kitchen sink water.  He's not sure if the valve isn't closing entirely or what, so he wants to look at it this morning and see if he can find out what is happening.  

In the meantime I washed a load of clothes, as this water goes to a different tank.  He came to the door to see if I could come out and help him, so I had to change out of my pj's....yes, I was being lazy this morning.  My job was to open the gate valve when he told me to and when he said to shut it, I was to do that.  It was awful hard to open and close.  After checking it a few times it appears to be working fine, so we'll continue to keep an eye on it.  Possibly, at times it isn't getting closed entirely.  He will continue to keep and eye on it. We may need to replace the gate valve at some point.

Shortly after that, he left for the garage.  I hung up one load of laundry to dry and started a second one, then I was back to working on the blog.  I did stop for awhile to read a few of the blogs I follow - I am way behind on those as well, but I had to set them aside so I could get mine up to date.

When the second load stopped, I folded them up to put back in to dry, then I took time to do the dishes.  I decided while I was up, I may as well change the sheets on the bed since it's Monday.  

Dean came home at noon for lunch.  We cleaned the refrigerator of our leftovers for our lunch today, then we had our apple.  It's been a few days since we've had one with all of the running around we've had to do lately, so it's nice to get back into our "normal eating routine".

After he left I hung up the second load of clothes, jeans, and put the sheets in the washer.  Back to the blog.  I am now downloading the most recent pictures, cropping them and transferring them to this month's album in Google.  Next, to insert them in the proper places on the blog, so I'm getting very close to finishing through this past Sunday.  

By now it was getting close to 3:15.  Dean took Haleigh to school this morning.  I didn't know if she would need a ride home, so I called Dean to ask him.  He said she didn't mention it, so I sent her a text.  She didn't answer but something told me I'd better just drive on out to check.  Sure enough a few blocks from the school, she called to let me know she did need a ride.  Her car has a window that won't go up all the way, and since there was a chance of rain, Papa came to the rescue.  When it rains, we have been taking her to school.  She and her mom have been talking about finding her something that is more reliable to drive.  I have to say even though the car is no longer the greatest, it has served Misti, Logan and Haleigh for many, many years.  A good old Pontiac - my Papa Blackledge would be proud!  He owned an auto repair shop and sold Pontiac's for almost 50 years.  

After I dropped her off at home, I headed to the grocery store to get some meat.  My freezer only had a pork roast in it and of course there was not enough time to thaw it.  I stalked up on a few things to last us through the end of the month.  Because I've been busy with the blog and laundry today I decided to take advantage of a staple I try to keep on hand - Hamburger Helper, and a side of green beans.  A one pan meal is easy and neither of us mind having it occasionally. I also made sugar free pudding for an after dinner snack.  I had thought about making custard, but with all I was doing today I wanted something very simple.  

After dinner, we watched the final show of this season's Dancing with the Stars.  I say we watched it, we mostly listened and occasionally watched part of the dances.  We really didn't have a favorite this year like we have in the past, and I don't think we were really in to it as much as we have been before either.   

We have another busy day tomorrow, so it was nice to just stay at home today to get caught up, except I forgot Kamron had a basketball game tonight.  I cannot believe we missed it, but maybe for today it was the right thing for us.....to just have a day of rest and catching up.  It was her first game of the season and I'm sure we will be attending several of them before we head south.