Friday

AHHH---- Barrie to the rescue.  She picked up my prescription. She started my truck and moved it off the street to the parking lot in front of Sublette Center.  She said she would come back and clear off the snow the city piled up around my truck, but I see Kevin is already out there on the little tractor clearing the street. 

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The prescription was only a little over $18!  Good grief!  I paid $139 for a tiny bottle of eye drops, and a ninety day prescription for blood pressure med was just $18.  Well, I did injure myself trying to get the darned cap off the bottle. 

 

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Barrie told me Kasey's dad would not be picking her up for the weekend because "his job blew away".  That seems to happen a lot.

 

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Everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when Kennedy was shot.  That is, if they are old enough. I had been to the dentist, and was driving down Miracle Mile just out of Tucson when the radio announcer said "It has been confirmed.  The President it dead."

 

My friend who was with me and I were stunned speechless.  When we got back to Silver Bell, I didn't go back to work.  We went in the house and spent the next two days glued to a television.

 



Thursday

Alice, my sister-in-law called this morning.  She had good news - she sold the sewing machine I had sent home with her.  A friend of ours bought it for her daughter for Christmas.

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There must be 8 inches of beautiful snow on the ground this morning.  It snowed during the night.

 

 

It looks like I better move my pickup off the street and into the parking lot in front of Sublette Center.  In fact, it looks like I should have done it yesterday!

 

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Meanwhile, in the kitchen - - - -I may have solved at least a small part of my failures.  I have an oven thermometer, but thought it was at the house.  I found it in the back of a drawer today, and tested the temperature in the oven.  Sure enough, if I want the oven to be 400°, I have to set it to 450°.

 

How did my grandmother ever bake such delicious bread and other things in her old coal/wood kitchen range?

 

 





Wednesday

Cooking hard boiled eggs (again) and rice.  Stay tuned.

 

These are the colored mats I ordered for the art group. I wasn't sure if they would be good quality, but they are nice, so I ordered some for 8" x 10" pictures.  These cost less than half what the mats cost in the art supply catalogs. 

 

I'm watching EBay for tubes of watercolor .  Sometimes you can get bargains, if you are patient and keep watching.

 

I started a new pencil drawing today.  It's only 5" x 7", so it shouldn't take long to finish it.

 

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In the Kitchen With Duene

 

Egg salad is so easy to make, right?  First you hard boil some eggs .........

Well, I had a little trouble getting past the first step.  An egg exploding in the microwave oven is VERY loud!  I've had that little microwave egg cooker for years, and it has always worked perfectly,  Until today.

I have a small frozen pizza, so I think that is what I will be having today. 

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And it goes on, and on, and on, and on.  Dr. Jensen's office called this morning.  The doctor wants to see the medical clearance, and he would rather it be in the form of a report, not just handwritten on a prescription pad. 

 

So I call Dr. Barry's office in Salt Lake.  Well, guess what?  They can't release my information unless they get a request from Dr. Jenson.  I guess the patient doesn't have the authority to ask them to send the release.

 

So, back on the phone with Ann, in Dr. Jensen's office, and they will fax a request to the cardiologist who can then fax the report to them. 

 

Why do I feel I'm caught in the vortex?

 

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Anyone want to come over for an egg salad sandwich?

 



 



Monday

I did manage to make a loaf of bread yesterday that looked good at least.  It was sourdough cracked wheat bread, and the taste was a little disappointing.  I think I am ready to grab a loaf of Wonder Bread and package of bologna off the shelf at Ridleys.

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I called the ophthalmologist's office in Rock Springs this morning.  I wanted to make sure he would accept what I had as a medical release for surgery.   I finally got a call back from a woman in his office this afternoon.  Progress!! I have an appointment Dec. 11 to have the surgery done in one eye.  I don't even have to go early for an exam, I can just show up at the surgery center at 10:30. I've been chasing that man for three months.   

Sunday

There are lots of tracks in the snow outside my window this morning.  Maybe they are deer tracks, but they are probably just Maggie and Boo, the two dogs who live here. 

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The cardiologist I saw Friday did prescribe blood pressure medication for me.  Kind of strange that he is the one who prescribed it, but whatever.  From the readings I have had in the past couple months, it looks like my blood pressure goes up sometimes and down sometimes.  I told him I had the opportunity to have my blood pressure checked on a regular basis here, and he thought that was a good idea.  And that I may end up cutting the dosage in half.

 

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Disaster!  Bad, bad, bad.  I have been looking for new bread baking ideas on the Internet, especially sourdough bread.  I usually use yeast in mine, but have been seeing articles and recipes about just letting the sourdough leaven the bread.  I think if I want any bread to eat this week, I better stick to a tried and true recipe.

 

These loaves fit into my trash can very nicely.

 



Friday

Happy Dance!!  Just got back from seeing a cardiologist at the clinic and I have a medical release in my hot little hand so the ophthalmologist in Rock Springs can give me a mild sedative and do cataract surgery.  They are not even open today, so I will call Monday and get this whole process started again.  Finally!

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I just found 20 multicolored mats for 11" x 14" prints for $38 and ordered them.  I don't need that many, but our art group at Rendezvous Pointe can always use more mats.

 

 

They are really moving along with the construction of the new apartments, and are even working weekends now. 

 

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The baby basil growing in my windowsill is thriving, but the parsley is slow to sprout.  I only see two little stems up.

 





Thursday

I visited with Rod R, and Sarah a while this morning.  Sarah flew into Rock Springs, Rod picked her up and brought her up here to visit with her Grandfather.  They said Big Rod was alert and enjoyed visiting with her.  He went to sleep that night and didn't wake up.  Leslie was with him when he died. 

I was so glad he was able to go that way, and enjoyed his last time with his family.

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They were scheduled to turn the power off here at 11:00 while they hooked up the power to the new apartments.  It didn't happen.  So I guess the power will be turned off at a different time.  We just don't know when.

 

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Kasey loves to climb this tree,  which is out in front of Sublette Center.

 

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I worked on a new painting of quakie trees yesterday, and did not make a good start.  I only got one tree trunk done, and it doesn't look right.  I guess it's too soon to quit on it, but it doesn't look promising.

 

 

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Well, my question about the power being off has been answered.  They turned it off about 1:00 and it is already back on.

 







Wednesday

We have been noticing how hot the art room at Rendezvous Pointe, and today I mentioned it to Cindy.  She said the whole place is too hot, and that Paul has fought with the county over  it.  Seems like it should be a simple thing to just turn the heat down, but what do I know?

 

Kasey was with me for two days, and we had a wonderful time.  She wanted to draw with my colored pencils.

 

 

And I have a new picture of my cat.

 

And a picture of Barrie when she was three.  I love how she spelled "Gerama". 

She read three books to me while she was here.  Barrie said her reading is over the top, but she is  just average in math.  I got some pennies out and we played an addition/subtraction game.  Then I got out a deck of cards and taught her how to play Blackjack.  Once she caught on, she loved playing Blackjack and decided she wants to go to a casino in Las Vegas!

We played "Go Fish" after that.  I was a little hazy on how to play the game, so Kasey took the liberty of changing the rules to what she wanted .  I decided to install both card games on my iPad. 

Someone posted this on Facebook not long ago.

 

And a few days later, someone posted this:

 



Remember : Cold season is starting and cows seek heat on car hoods. do not forget to tap on the hood to give the cow enough time to get off before you drive away. 

Now that's funny!

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Barrie just went down the hall to check my mail, and the stickers for my vehicle registration were there.  She put them on my license plates for me, and I am legal again.

 

Barrie is going to be working for Susie Blaha part time.  She will be learning vet tech skills directly from the veterinarian.  She originally worked for Susie to pay off a vet bill, but Susie wants her to stay on.  I think she will enjoy that job.