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chochiyo_samaMy New Year had a limping beginning. I didn't wake up until after 11 am, and then I was in sort of a daze the rest of the day. My sister Kim and I had sort of planned to go see The Day the Earth Stood Still today. I am a huge fan of the original movie with Michael Rennie, and, though I have heard that the remake is an abomination, I still want to see it. Kim wants to see it because she is in love with Keanu Reeves...
Sadly, it is no longer in Owatonna as a matinee, so the only way to see it as a matinee is in Rochester. Kim wasn't willing to sacrifice so much time to see the movie, so we made tenative plans to see it on Saturday. We talked on the phone for some time--so I didn't actually get downstairs till nearly 2 pm. Pretty much all my plans for the day fell into ruins as a result of my late start and my dopiness.
I took my morning meds at about 2 pm, and didn't take my suppertime meds at all.
I didn't get a whole lot done because I just could not seem to focus.
All I accomplished on this lovely day was to wash three loads of laundry and clear a bunch of crap off my dining room table. The two OTHER biggies I wanted to accomplish today were vacuuming the living and dining rooms and changing my bedding. Did not get either done. Tomorrow for sure I will do these.
Jim and DeAnn invited me over for supper, but I just felt so doped out and sort of weepy--I don't know what my issue was. Part was most likely that I didn't eat much today--and what I did eat wasn't all that stunning, nutritionally speaking. I have to do better tomorrow. I have to be in better shape for school on Monday.
Tomorrow I will meet Jim and DeAnn in Owatonna and we will have lunch. I also have to speak to the people at altell and get my account number so I can put my friend-favorites into my account. Damn place never did give me my account number.
I started working through my 6,000 emails in my cho_chiyo yahoo mail. I always used to keep up with that one better than any other because that's where all my doll collecting emails go through, but I've just been totally neglecting it since October. Part of the reason was that I had that damned swap for Anne to finish and I just couldn't seem to get it done. And then when it WAS done, I couldn't seem to get it to the post office to mail it.
Well, I took care of it, finally, on New Year's Eve day. I am not going to sign up for any more swaps until I feel able to keep up. Also, I need to finish those doll clothes I promised Dave K's little granddaughter. I have many, many cut out, but I have to sew them. Also, I have to send some cool Marley stuff to Doris. I have plenty of cool things to look through to give to her, but she really wants socks and tights, and I don't have a lot of those made. I've just been getting into the swing of making those items. I don't have a lot of the stretchy, thin fabric making them requires.
No new pictures for the new year yet. Sorry.
Hopefully I will feel a little perkier and more ambitious tomorrow.
Sigh.
You did better than I.
Date: 2009-01-02 08:10 am (UTC)I love the original with Michael Rennie. I've decided to pass on the remake. I need to go to the museum instead.
I didn't get much of anything done. Slept in. Then had to go to store for fresh olive oil as mine is older than 6 months. I think. Found some interesting info online on shelf life of olive oil, purity, labeling etc. Anyway, cooked hoppin'john. Made lunch. Ate lunch. They lay down with the dog for a little. (He loves that.) Then it was off to the 'rents. While there I made two macramé hangars. Tomorrow it's laundry, bathroom, attic, kitchen. Plus I need to start cooking. I'll be putting out the trash for Saturday pickup. (Holiday this week so they're a day late.)And I need to cover all of the cardboard I stacked outside with plastic. On the list for next week: I need to view boxes of vhs tapes for keepers and tossers.
And I need to get my phone line fixed. My phones work except for the bedroom extension. No dial tone, won't ring and so answering machine won't work either. Man, it's just one thing after another.
I need to pull up all of the tomato plants. I need to finish turning that planter so I can plant the apricot tree my parents have been holding for me for a year. Bare root season is almost here so it will need to be transplanted.
Re: You did better than I.
Date: 2009-01-02 02:46 pm (UTC)You are right--it is ALWAYS something.
Sigh.
My cat loves it when I lie in bed or on the couch so she can snuggle up next to me. That girl. Heh heh.
She'd keep me in bed all day if she could.
She's an old lady now, and she needs a lot of sleep. She prefers it if her mommy is with her.
:)
Re: You did better than I.
Date: 2009-01-02 08:08 pm (UTC)Not sure about pecans. I know there were walnut groves in San Jose when we lived there. My Dad had an almond tree that never did much.
I've got two columnar apple trees I'm working on. My Dad has one grafted with 7 kinds of apple that gets some apples.
And my Mother has a lilac that she has coaxed into blooming.
They are working on hybrids of colder loving things that can grow in moderate So. Cal weather.
No to holly and cardinals. But we have poinsettias and hummingbirds.
And no to cherry. They need cold. But I'm sure the hybridizers are working on it.
My dog is going on 5 and he still sleeps 90% of the day away. And prefers if he can do it in my presence, preferably with some sort of physical contact.