Archive for January 8th, 2010

Today’s Business: 2010-01-08

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Today’s Activities

  • Cat duty.  DONE.
  • Dispensing Mom’s meds. DONE.
  • Shower. DONE.
  • Send out five pending memorial checks for the   WPSBC Alumni Association.
  • Pay all pending bills.  IN PROGRESS,
  • Fill out and Return all requested forms to the financial planner.
  • Go grocery shopping.  DONE.

Log 

08:45 AM: I’m up. My current weight is unchanged from yesterday, at 181.5 pounds.

08:55 AM: Sister Mary Ann just emailed me to say that she’d be visiting us this coming Monday, arriving at around noon.

09:30 AM: Swept all sidewalks and ramp; we got a dusting of snow overnight.

10:10 AM: Leaving for our weekly shopping trip with sister Jojo.

02:30 PM: We’re home again, and I’m putting things away and documenting the   shopping trip   now.

02:55 PM: Taking a nap.  Stand by.

06:15 PM: I’m back up again.  Mail received today follows:

  • An offer from Verizon for their DSL high-speed Internet and DIRECTV package for $70 a month for the first six months, then $94.99 a month for the next six months.  I’ve torn up so many of these, I can’t even count.
  • Income statements (W2s) for 2009.
  • A packet from some church in Oklahoma, inviting us to order a metal cross from them, as well as to send them any prayer requests.
  • A bank statement from one of my checking accounts.
  • Home telephone bills (Mom’s and mine).

 

06:45 PM: Posted the    Uncle Jack Sargent Died   piece.   I just found out today from Aunt Joan that Jack died on January 5th, 2006.

07:30 PM: Processed all pending grocery receipts.

07:55 PM: Posted the   Shopping Trip: 2009-12-23b   piece.

09:15 PM: Spent the last hour plus in contemplation, on my favorite bedroom rocking chair. 

11:40 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].  We’re discussing if we will in fact, attend camp this year.  In past years, our YES answer came so easily and without reservation.  This year though, the both of us are quite reserved about going, fearing that we’ll screw up our diets if we attend.  Well, we’ll continue discussing it until next month, when the forms for signing up arrive. 

01:10 AM: Fixed a bug on the   Recent Revisions Page,  that caused posts added or revised more than twenty-four hours ago to be displayed.  [Emmy]  mentioned tonight that she thought that duplicate posts were showing up from day to day in this list, that had not actually been changed during the last day, and in fact, sometimes, one would expect see the same post over several days appearing if I revise it multiple times over that same period.  However, posts that I last changed nearly two days ago appeared, erroneously, due to an apparent bug in the PHP function strtotime(), that incorrectly computes the current time minus 24 hours.  So I rewrote the code for the   Recent Revisions Page  so it no longer relies on this function, and things appear to be working correctly on that page now.  This fix has been applied to all my blogs. 

01:20 AM: Posted the list of changed or or added posts from this blog,  here.

01:25 AM: Posted the list of additions and revisions to the   Tom’s Love Quest   blog,   here

01:55 AM: My heavy eyelids are telling me that this day needs to be over now.  So, I’m going to bed.  *Yawn*   Good day, it was too.  Good day.  Hope yours was equally as fun.  Take care, friends, and I’ll catch you right here again later. 

Tom Hesley

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Diary Revisions: 2010-01-08

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Today, I either added or modified the following posts in  the   Tom’s Diary    blog for improved brevity, clarity, categorization, appearance,  and search-ability:

  • Shopping Trip: 2010-01-08
  • Mom’s Status: 2010-01-08
  • Today’s Business: 2010-01-08
  • Today’s Business: 2010-01-07
  • June Dillon Passed Away Today
  • Today’s Business: 2009-12-23
  • Shopping Trip: 2009-12-23b
  • Significant Dates
  • The Cold is Worse Again
  • Uncle Jack Sargent Died
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    Tom

    Shopping Trip: 2010-01-08

    Friday, January 8th, 2010

    As per usual on Friday mornings when Jojo has the day off, we went on our weekly shopping trip.  At Wal Mart, I purchased the following items.

    •  Diet caffeine-free Pepsi (16 liters)
    • Pepperidge Farm pumpernickel bread (3 loaves)
    • Kraft American cheese singles (3 pound package)
    • Jif peanut butter (1 small jar)
    • Salada green tea (40 bag box) (1)
    • Bigelo green tea (2 boxes)
    • Telephone receiver-to-phone cords, 25 Ft coiled (2)
    • Sun Maid raisins (2 canisters)
    • Sargento Muenster cheese (4 bags)
    • Del Monte canned apricots (4 cans)
    • Del Monte canned peaches (4 cans)
    • Blueberries, 12 Oz. (4 packs)
    • Mott’s individual portions of applesauce (4 packs)
    • Reddi-Whip whipped cream (3 cans)

    Total cost: $112.87

    Then, we stopped at some place that had a sale on Christmas ornaments. I didn’t catch its name.  But Jojo went in to look around, though she found nothing she wanted.

    Next, we visited the CVS pharmacy, so Mom could purchase some curlers.  I bought nothing there either.

    Then, we went to Hoss’s steakhouse for lunch, when I got a lunch special of popcorn coconut shrimp and a six-ounce steak, medium rare, a salad, a baked potato, spicy bread with cheese sauce, and soft-serve ice cream with fudge topping. 

    Yum.  But OH NO!

    Total cost for me: $20 

    Next, we stopped at the state store, so Jojo could get a bottle of wine.

    Finally, we visited the Hallmark store where Jojo, again, wanted to look for bargains on Christmas ornaments; you get the best prices on these around this time of year.

    My grand total: $132.87

    Tom Hesley 

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    Mom’s Status: 2010-01-08

    Friday, January 8th, 2010

    Pending appointments and issues:

    1. Order more Novolog (log) insulin.
    2. Thursday, 2010-01-14 @ 11:00 AM: Appointment with orthopedist for a quarterly checkup on the progress of healing of her charcot foot.
    3. Friday, 2010-01-15 @ 1:30 PM: Appointment with her PCP.
    4. Friday, 2010-01-22 @ 2:30 PM: Appointment with her eye doctor.

     

    09:45 AM: Dispensed Mom’s morning meds, including 40 units of the N insulin.

    09:50 Blood sugar: 204.  Covered with 12 units of log insulin.

    02:00 PM: Gave Mom 12 units of log insulin to cover her lunch.

    02:45 PM: Dispensed Mom’s after-lunch meds.

    06:30 PM: Blood sugar: 117.

    06:32 PM: Dispensed Mom’s evening meds.

    10:30 AM: Dispensed Mom’s night meds, including 40 units of the N insulin.

    10:35 PM: Blood sugar: 202.  Covered this and her late-night snack with 18 units of log insulin.

    Tom Hesley 

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