Archive for February 3rd, 2010

Today’s Business: 2010-02-03

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Today’s Planned Activities

  • Cat duty. DONE.
  • Dispense Mom’s meds. DONE.
  • Shower.  DONE.

Log

07:30 AM: I’m up.  My weight stayed the same as yesterday, at 175.0 pounds.

07:50 AM: Submitted feedback for all my completed Internet shopping purchases in January at Amazon.  All items ordered through them then have been received and in great condition.  Thus, all transactions went very well.

08:45 AM: Worked the   WPSBC Alumni Association Web Site Revamp   project.

10:30 AM: Continued transcribing audio journal episode:   AJE-2010-01-29-23-14   on the Victor Reader Stream for an upcoming post.

11:30 AM: Added a new   Statistics   category to this blog, and placed posts in it that give operational statistics (such as current data size, bandwidth use, Etc.).  Some older posts were reassigned from the   Status   and   Web Site Status   categories, as they seemed to fit better under   Statistics.

12:40 PM: Categorized ten more posts in this blog.  Just fifty left to do now.

01:40 PM: Listened to the iPod for a while.  No repeater songs today but still, lots of great music in it. 

01:55 PM: Verified with our financial planner that he did in fact receive my message last week, requesting a disbursement for Mom.  I also told him that I’d be sending along our tax forms sometime this month for his accountant to process for us. 

03:55 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   on the DVR.

04:20 PM: Categorized ten more posts in this blog.  Just forty left to do.  Nap time.

05:30 PM: I’m up again.

06:20 PM: Headed out shopping and will return later. 

08:30 PM: I’m back from the   shopping trip   now.

10:15 PM: Talked with [Emmy].

11:00 PM: And so ends another blogging day, and my bed is frantically calling me.  So I’ve got to get to it.  Good night and I’ll write more tomorrow.  Take care.

Tom Hesley

Received Mail

  • Tax, 2009 documents for Mom’s pension.
  • Card for Mom (1).
  • Consumer Reports audio magazine; the 2010-01 issue.

 

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Shopping Trip: 2010-02-03

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

06:20 PM: Going shopping tonight with Debbie. 

07:53 PM: Our only stop this evening was Wal Mart, where we purchased the following items:

  • Great Value quick oates (1 can)
  • Sargento muenster cheese (1 bag)
  • Sargento classic Shredded mozzarella cheese (16 Oz. bag)
  • Sargento reduced fat colby jack cheese (3 bags)
  • Sargento sliced provolone cheese (6 bags)
  • Anchor shot glasses (6).  They’re great for dispensing meds in.
  • Sterilite storage baskets (4).  Household organization continues.
  • Salmon fillets (2 pounds)
  • Catfish fillets (several pounds)
  • Chicken breast (5 pounds)
  • Stonyfield organic fat free (skim) milk (1 gallon)
  • Cheerios (2 large boxes)
  • Sun Maid raisins (6 cans)
  • Campbell’s tomato soup (6 cans)
  • Jif peanut butter (1 small jar)
  • V8 juice (80 Oz.)
  • 250 watt 3-way light bulb (2) for Mom’s reading lamp
  • Murray sugar-free vanilla wafers (4 packs)
  • Bananas (1 bunch)
  • Blueberries (24 Oz.)
  • Pepperidge Farm pumpernickel bread (2 loaves)
  • Cauliflower (1 head)
  • Tilap fish (2 fillets)
  • Celery
  • Green peppers
  • Cucumber
  • Broccoli
  • Asparagus
  • Gelatin
  • Pudding
  • Eggs (1 dozen)
  • Chip dip

 

Total cost: $185.38

Tom

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Diary Revisions: 2010-02-03

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

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

  • Bandwidth Usage: 2010-01
  • Today’s Business: 2010-02-03
  • Mom’s Status: 2010-02-03
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-02-03
  • Today’s Business: 2010-02-02
  • Weekly Backups: 2010-01-30
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-01-26
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-01-25
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-01-24
  • Weekly Backups: 2010-01-23
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-01-23
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-01-22
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-01-21
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-01-20
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-01-19
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-01-18
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-01-17
  • Today’s Business: 2010-01-16
  • Weekly Backups: 2010-01-16
  • Weekly Backups: 2010-01-09
  • Weight Loss: 2010-01-05
  • Bandwidth Usage: 2009-12
  • Weight Gain: 2010-01-03
  • Weekly Backups: 2010-01-02
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-12-26
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-12-19
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-12-12
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-12-05
  • Bandwidth Usage: 2009-11
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-11-28
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-11-21
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-11-14
  • Today’s Business: 2009-11-12
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-11-08
  • Bandwidth Usage: 2009-10
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-11-01
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-10-25
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-10-17
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-10-11
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-10-03
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-09-26
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-08-23
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-08-01
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-06-28
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-06-21
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-06-14
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-05-30
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-05-23
  • Weight Loss Progress: 2009-05-23
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-05-17
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-05-09
  • Bandwidth Usage: 2009-04
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-04-25
  • New Bandwidth High: 2009-04-21
  • Weekly Backups: 2009-04-19
  • New Bandwidth High: 2009-04-18
  • New Bandwidth High: 2009-04-14
  • Weight Control: 2009-04-13
  • Bandwidth Usage: 2009-03
  • Site Status: 2009-03-30
  • Weight Loss: 2009-03-19
  • Emmy Went Home Today
  • Mom Home from Hospital: 2009-03-09
  • First Day Abve 70 Degrees This Year
  • Bandwidth Usage: 2009-02
  • Reducing Appetite
  • I Got Ripped Off
  • Dieting and Such
  • On My Cousin’s Wedding and Dressing Up
  • On Data Vs. Body Packaging
  • Woes of Sending Pics Long Distances
  • Dear Lynn: On Neon and Pics
  • Dear Lynn: My Right Hand Injury
  • Dear Lynn: On Neon Lights
  • Dear Lynn: Emailing Pics Problem
  • Emailing Pics Problems
  • Dear Lynn: Going To My Cousin’s Wedding
  • Dear Lynn: On Her Low Cholesterol
  • Dear Lynn: My Musical Tastes
  • Dear Lynn: On My Past Relationships
  • The Chocolate-Covered Ant
  • Dear Lynn: Wedding Trip Planned
  • Short, Single-Subject Letters
  • My Tube Type Radios
  • My Crush on Melanie
  • The Hacker Gets Hired
  • On My Short-Lived Vegetarianism
  • My Cousin’s Wedding Gifts

    •  

    Tom

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    Bandwidth Usage: 2010-01

    Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

    Used 2243.54  MB for this cycle. That’s up from 1944.93 MB last month, by 298.61 MB.  This is a new record high, beating the old high established last November, of 2177.98 MB; an increase of 65.56 MB.  Looking good.  Shooting now for 2500 MB in a single month. 

    Tom

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    Mom’s Status: 2010-02-03

    Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

    Pending Appointments And Issues

    1. Pick up order for all pending prescriptions this week.
    2. 2010-02-19 @ 11:00 AM:  Friday: Appointment with her eye doctor to check the progress of the clearing up of the blood in her right eye.
    3. 2010-04-14 @ 11:10 AM: Wednesday: Appointment with orthopedist for the next quarterly checkup on the progress of healing of her charcot foot. 
    4. 2010-04-23 @ 02:00 PM: Friday: Appointment with PCP for quarterly checkup.

     

    Log

    05:00 AM: Covered her breakfast with 15 units of log insulin.

    10:00 AM: Dispensed Mon’s morning meds.

    10:05 AM: Blood sugar: 327.  Very bad.  Covered with 30 units of log insulin.

    10:30 AM: You know, I can’t believe my nose!  I think I smell bread toasting downstairs….  Yep.  Mom’s making MORE toast, even after we got that high sugar reading earlier.  I told her about it, saying that we’d never get consistent control of her blood-glucose levels, if she keeps goofing off.  Of course, she became indignant, and stubbornly defended her toast, saying that  she had to eat something.  I suggested that she eat more eggs, meat, fish, green vegetables, and cheese, and less of these refined carbs of which she’s so fond.  She countered that we have no eggs, she doesn’t like meat or fish, and she was too hungry to think a whole lot about planning a good meal.  Aaaaarrrrrggggggghhhhh!

    02:30 PM: Blood sugar: 346.  Even worse.  Covered with 35 units of log insulin. 

    02:30 PM: Dispensed Mon’s lunch-time meds.

    06:20 PM: Blood sugar: 153.  Covered with 10 units of log insulin.

    06:25 PM: Dispensed Mon’s evening meds.

    08:00 PM: Blood sugar: 83.  Great but a little low; she’s eating supper now.

    10:15 PM: Dispensed Mom’s night-time meds.

    10:40 PM: Blood sugar: 138.  Covered with 6 units of log insulin.

    Tom

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    Today’s Diet: 2010-02-03

    Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

    Today, I consumed the following items:

    • Peppermint tea and diet caffeine-free Pepsi throughout the day.  0 calories.
    • 03:05 PM: 2 cups skim milk.  160 calories.
    • 03:05 PM: 12 Oz. blueberries.  180 calories.
    • 03:05 PM: 1 cup raisins.  520 calories.
    • 03:05 PM: 1.5 cups Cheerios.  150 calories.
    • 03:05 PM: 1 cup Kashi Go-Lean Crunch.  190 calories.
    • 04:00 PM: Multivitamin.  0 calories.
    • 09:50 PM: 4 slices provolone cheese.  280 calories.

     

    Total calories: 1490.

    Tom

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