Thursday, October 8, 2015

We walked the loop, Kate came by at 10:15 as we were finishing
breakfast.

The battle of the mice continues.  I didn't catch any mice yesterday,
but found one today.  Also, they have been in the potato/onion
drawer and ate the last sweet potato in its entirety!  But, worse
Robert and Kate removed a drawer under the sink, in the Van.
They were trying to fix a leak in the sink drain, The drawer
had mice droppings and a partially eaten cake of soap.  Later
in the day, I cleaned all the drawers in the Van and checked
all the upper cupboards and found no sign of mice in them.
But, there were droppings in all the drawers! 

I went to make our bed this morning, but got distracted by
a 2013 Cook magazine which I hadn't really looked at since
I wasn't cooking in April 2013!  I clipped 3 recipes: "Fluffy
Omelet", " Beef Burgundy Makeover" (an easy way to
make beef burgundy), and the "Best Chicken Parmesan"!
I'm not making any of the recently clipped recipes.  The
mice are too much!.  I'm tired fro cleaning all the kitchen
drawers and all the Van drawers.

So, Kate and Robert, managed to fix the leak in the Van
kitchen sink.  I'm not sure what else Kate managed to do
without hurting her back.  She really did something to
her back while weight lifting at the gym.  I said that if
she went to see Olaf, I would pay for the first visit.  He
is so good at diagnosing muscle and tissue damage.  Kate
has Medicade, but isn't sure if that would pay for PT.
I think it probably does, but Olaf would have to agree
to accept Medicade payments.

Kat arrived at 1:30 and Kate left at 2:00.  Kat is working
on the snowball bush in the front yard.  It is so ugly and
could be lovely if it had been trimmed along the way.
In any case, she is taking out the old and too tall limbs
and we hope the new ones that are coming up will make
a more reasonable bush.  She has been at it all afternoon
and with Robert's help since Kate left.

Viki stopped by today, just as Robert had stopped for a
break.  She stayed for a while and commiserated with
us about the mouse problem.  She suggested, but not
seriously, that she should loan Zoro to us.  Zoro is her
cat and I guess he is a really good mouser.  Robert
said, Maybe we should get a cat.  I don't think he
meant it, but I'm at the point when I would like to
have a cat, but because of t 76th street and its
volume of traffic, we would have to make it a
house cat and I'm not sure either of us would like
to do that to a cat.  But, if we got a cat and let it
out I would have to stop feeding the birds, so I
guess IF we got a cat it would have to be a
house cat.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

This morning I had an appointment with my dermatologist,
Dr. Stephen Ho.  He used to be in Louisville and I drove
from Salina to Louisville when I went to see him.  I
thought, how nice, Dr. Ho is very close now only to find
he had moved to Denver, actually to Englewood.  I tried
his replacement, but I really trust Dr. Ho.  If he says
something needs attention, it does and if he says not
to worry, I don't.  In any case I was really worried by a
red area on my leg.  He determined it is just an inflamed
place, probably I rubbed it without thinking, or hit it
on something.  In any case the trip to Englewood was, in
some sense a waste of time, but in an other it was worth
it so I don't continue to worry.  Connie, my sweetheart,
met me at the Dr's office.  She is my memory.  She
remembers all my past ailments, better than I.  And,
she walked me to the parking garage to help me find
my car.  Actually, I think I could have found it without
help, but it gave us a chance to talk while we walked
the distance from the office to the car.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

On Saturday I re-potted the remaining orchid and brought it
inside for the winter.  It had finished blossoming and was
more than ready to be re-potted.  Actually, as I look at it
now, I see a new plant that is hanging outside the pot.  It
looks quite happy so maybe I'll just leave it alone.

In the evening we went to Salina for a meeting of the
Film Club.  The film was Sunset Boulevard starring
Gloria Swanson and William Hurt.  David Gatten
did an introduction to the film and a follow-
up after the end.  Robert commented that if we had
watched that film on TV we wouldn't have thought
much of it, but thanks to David it was pretty interesting.
He told us to look for familiar faces at the bridge table
and that Cecil B DeMille played himself in the movie,
as did Hedda Hopper.  Cameo appearances included
Buster Keaton, H.B.Warner and Anna Q. Nilsson.  I
recognized Hedda Hopper and Buster Keaton, but
missed the others.  There was quite a discussion of
the movie after it ended, too. 

After the discussion there were all sorts of goodies
to eat and wine or water to drink.  It was really nice
to be with the Salina folks for an evening.

This morning Keating called, but I was still asleep
and she didn't want Robert to wake me up; we'll
talk later in the week.  I look forward to that.

Friday, October 2, 2015

We walked the loop without the extension and without me
using my cane!  I am delighted to be able to walk without it. 
I will use walking sticks if we  should walk on trails that
aren't paved.

Kat arrived as we were eating breakfast (9:00 AM).  I
made her a cup of coffee.  She had been to McGucken's
to pick up irrigation supplies.

Later:

Robyn and I had a good talk.  She was at the entrance
of the ranch and was on her way home and not happy
to leave Alyssum and Aspen, but happy to leave
"that place."