Archive for April 9th, 2010

Today’s Business: 2010-04-09

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Today’s Activities

  • Shower.  DONE.
  • Cat duty. DONE.

Log

07:30 AM: I’m up. My weight did not change from yesterday.  It’s still 173.5 Lbs.    See   here   for a summary of the progress on this goal so far in 2010.

07:35 AM: Read more of the   Classics for Pleasure   book overnight.

08:05 AM: Posted the   Shopping Trip: 2010-04-02   piece.

08:45 AM: Leaving for our weekly   shopping trip.

01:30 PM: I’m back home from the   shopping trip and lunch, and just put away the groceries.

02:50 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   on the DVR.

04:00 PM: Watched yesterday’s and today’s episodes of   Dr. Phil   on the DVR.

05:00 PM: Talked with [Emmy] for an hour.  Had to rest my right wrist today; I wrote too much yesterday it seems.

08:00 PM: Visited sister Christine for an hour or so.  Her three puppies are old enough to leave the nest.  So sister Mary Ann took one of them (Vancouver) home with her tonight. Christine will keep one, and a close family friend will probably get the last one on Monday.

09:15 PM: Loaded several Internet radio apps onto my iPod Touch.  I especially like the  I Heart Radio app, which includes lots of streams from Pittsburgh and Philly that I’ve been looking for, including Q102, Kiss 96.1, 94.5 FM 3WS, Power 99, and others.

09:20 PM: Calling [Emmy].

10:25 PM: Just finished with [Emmy].  Getting on to facebook for an hour or two.

02:20 AM: Recorded audio journal episode:   AJE-2010-04-10-01-30.

02:25 AM: Now, I’m going to read for a little while and then hit the hay.  So enjoy this chilly night, and I’ll catch you again tomorrow.

Tom

Received Mail and Shipments

  • Electricity bill ($166.24).
  • Renters insurance confirmation sheet.  Yep, I decided to renew because I have too much property to leave exposed to possible damage or loss.

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Diary Revisions: 2010-04-09

Friday, April 9th, 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:

  • Shopping Trip: 2010-04-09
  • Today’s Business: 2010-04-09
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-04-09
  • Today’s Business: 2010-04-08
  • Today’s Business: 2010-04-02
  • Shopping Trip: 2010-04-02

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    Shopping Trip: 2010-04-09

    Friday, April 9th, 2010

    02:00 PM: Got an early start this morning, leaving for our weekly shopping trip at around 8:30. First, we stopped at Wal Mart, where we purchased the following items:

    • Diet caffeine-free Pepsi (12 liters).
    • Kashi Go-Lean Crunch (2 big boxes).
    • Pounce cat treats (2 jars).
    • Great Value sucralose sweetener (200 pack box).
    • Great Value sucralose sweetener (9.7 Oz. bag – measures just like sugar).
    • Tyson pork roast and vegetables.
    • Low fat vanilla yogurt (1 4-cup container).
    • Yoplait peach yogurt (1 4-cup container).
    • Blueberries (3 containers, 6 Oz. each).
    • 1 small bucket.
    • Clorox liquid bleach (1.5 gallon bottle).
    • Swiffer wipes.
    • 1 Puffs three-box pack of tissues.
    • Broccoli.
    • Land-o-Lakes whipped butter (1 container).
    • Glad kitchen garbage bags (2 boxes).
    • Chow mein noodles.
    • Lettuce (1 head).
    • Celery (1 bunch).
    • Green grapes.
    • Chicken wings.
    • Stove Top stuffing mix (1 box).
    • Canned apricots (2 cans).
    • Colby jack cheese sticks (1 pack).
    • Vegetable soup (3 cans).
    • Mandarin oranges.
    • Peaches (3 cans).
    • Shortbread cookies (2 packs).
    • Lancets (100 count box) (1).
    • Jello (4 packs).
    • Fruit Jello (pre made) (1 pack).
    • Water chestnuts (1 can).
    • Campbell’s cream of chicken soup (5 cans).
    • Napkins (1 pack).

    Total cost: $151.44

    Next, we went to TGI Friday’s for lunch.  I had the pecan chicken salad, and half of Mom’s chicken club sandwich.

    Total cost: $7.00

    Finally, we swung by the farm equipment sales and repair place to pick up my John Deere chainsaw.  The sharpened the blade that was on it as well as ordered me a new chain as a spare. 

    Total cost: $33.39

    Grand total: $191.83

    Tom Hesley

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    Today’s Diet: 2010-04-09

    Friday, April 9th, 2010

    Today, I consumed the following items:

    • Herbal tea and diet caffeine-free Pepsi  throughout the day. 0 calories.
    • 11:30 AM: Pecan chicken salad.  800 calories.
    • 11:30 AM: 1/2 a chicken club sandwich.  400 calories.
    • 12:15 PM: Dunkin’ Donuts decaffeinated coffee with cream.  100 calories.
    • 01:40 PM: Multivitamin.  0 calories.
    • 05:00 PM: Cocoa wheats & 2% milk.  400 calories.
    • 05:00 PM: Candy.  60 calories.
    • 09:30 PM: 3 slices of reduced fat colby-jack cheese.  150 calories.

    Total calories: 1910.

    Tom

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