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November 26, 2004
archie macphee is my pottery barn.
seriously, check out their new catalog. it's not just rubber chickens and devil duckies any more.
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thanksgiving went nicely. my applesauce, mashed potatoes and pumpkin cheesecake all turned out well. mom and i cut the burned bits off the top of the cheesecake before putting on the topping and it was just fine. everyone had a piece and seemed to like it. mom also made this chocolate pecan pie that was completely deadly-- i got halfway through a small piece and had to stop. i proclaimed, "i've hit the carb wall." and it was true.
got gran there and back ok, but she is really having a lot of trouble now getting in and out of the spacepod because it is so low. the next time i take her i might need to find someone with a slightly higher car who could trade cars for the day-- or beg someone to come out from raleigh in wayne's tahoe. i think she can get in and out of it ok.
she is also slowing down a lot. she always makes herself walk as much as she can, to the point of pain, because she doesn't want to become a vegetable. i can definitely respect that and it makes me proud of her, although i wish she would cut herself a little break-- she's 95, she's allowed to sit down, you know? anyway, getting down the hall to the elevator with her walker wears her out now, which is a big change over the last year. mentally, though, she's still completely on top of things. and i can still make her bust a gut laughing, so i think that's a good sign.
i definitely over-carbed and didn't feel so great when i went to bed. today when i got hungry for lunch, i felt a little shaky-- like i was about to crash. so i need to play it a little safer for a while.
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today i tore into a lot of tasks that have been waiting around the house and did manage to be highly productive. i got the eyeball collection cleaned out of the van and refilled the oil so i could drive it around for a few errands. i did try to drain the current oil so i wouldn't be mixing two kinds of oil, but i can't find my 13mm crescent wrench, and i broke my ratchet while trying to loosen the oil drain bolt while using an extender for leverage. and didn't loosen the bolt at all. what goliath tightened that thing? uh, that would be me. with a crescent wrench. guess i got it tight enough. (unless mark secretly torqued it or something-- but i doubt it.)
i've decided to start something new-- rather than always eating on the sofa in the living room while watching tv, i am going to try also eating at my kitchen passthru while reading and maybe listening to the radio. this means i need to keep that area clean a little more religiously, which would be a good thing. it also means the cat and i don't have to tussel over his behavior so much-- the line between eating area and living area will be a little more clear.
that is all.
Posted by lisa at November 26, 2004 05:11 PM | TrackBack
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