Today’s Business: 2010-09-22
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010Today’s Activities
- Shower. DONE.
- Cat duty. DONE.
- Vacuum upstairs. IN PROGRESS.
- Pay all pending bills.
- Balance all checkbooks. DONE.
- Get map to [Mentat's] upcoming moving destination. DONE.
- Clean roof gutters and downspouts. IN PROGRESS.
- Make sure all of Mom’s borrowed books have been returned to the library. IN PROGRESS.
Log
06:00 AM: I’m up.
09:00 AM: Got maps and driving directions printed out, that show how to get to [Mentat's] new dwelling in Ohio. Nephew Garrett and myself will help [Mentat] move next month.
10:20 AM: [Tad] called to ask if I’ve sent out the $1000 payment on behalf of the WPSBC Alumni Association, to repair the braille embosser at WPSBC. I told him that I have not yet because I’ve been so busy, and I wasn’t sure to whom to send it. He’s finding that out for me and should call back in the next few days. Then, I filled him in about Mom and found him very sympathetic.
12:00 PM: Replaced the batteries in both Mom’s and my cell phones. Will this lengthen the talk time between charges? We’ll use the phones for the next couple weeks to figure this out. In the meantime, I’m holding off on recycling the old batteries. However, as these are lithium ion batteries, they’re probably less chargeable now that they’re nearly three years old. Batteries of this type only perform well for just two years or so after they’re made. So they’re probably indeed bad. We’ll see.
12:30 PM: Nap time. Back later.
01:15 PM: Worked the Water Heater Replacement: 2010 project.
05:00 PM: Worked the Gutter Maintenance: 2010 project while the weather was still nice.
06:05 PM: Sister Jojo took Mom’s borrowed books back to the library. But I need to call the library and make sure that there are no other books out. Trying. It’s busy. So I’ll keep trying.
06:30 PM: Just talked with the librarian. All Mom’s books have been returned except for one. It’s called The Proposal, and it’s by Lori Wick. I’ll see if I can find that laying around here anywhere.
06:45 PM: Talked to sisters Christine and Diane. Mom is being moved tomorrow to a physical therapy facility, and we had to be sure everyone in the family knows about the move and agrees that it’s best. I think we agree on that.
07:15 PM: [Mentat] called. He’s in the midst of arranging for a U-Haul truck for the move we’ll be doing for him in October. However, we’re faced with the problem that many of the ten foot trucks (the size that [Mentat] needs) only have two seats. But we need three. So in order to guarantee that we’ll get a three-seater, we need to reserve a seventeen foot truck, which is way too big. Plus, nephew Garrett has never driven a truck that big before. so there’s a learning curve to negotiate as well. Our best bet is the try for the ten, and if they can’t reserve one in Tyrone, then we’ll go to Altoona to get one.
07:20 PM: I’m cooking some cat fish fillets for supper, seasoned with basil, olive oil, and garlic. Yum!
07:45 PM: I’ve finished that wonderful fish dinner with two courses: fish and strawberries for dessert. Delicious, like I just knew it would be.
08:20 PM: Posted the Mom’s Status: 2010-09-21 piece.
10:00 PM: {Emmy] and I chatted on the phone and listened to the third period of the first pre season Penguins game tonight. Yep fall is here.
10:30 PM: Heard from Mom’s friend Holly. She’s offering to take me shopping on Friday as well as to visit Mom. Yes ma’am. That’s sweet.
11:30 PM: Watched today’s episode of The Young and the Restless on the DVR.
11:50 PM: Signing off for tonight. More tomorrow. Take care.
Received Mail and Shipments
- List of books Mom currently has checked out from the local library. One of her best friends prepared this by hand. Nice friend!
- Consumer Reports magazine; the 2010-09 issue.
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