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03/07/2022. I had a video appointment with Dr. Lieptke. She cleared me for Hawaii! I dropped off the kitties "sample" and shopped at TJ's.
03/06/2022. The husband & I shopped at TJ’s & I worked on taxes.
03/05/2022. I attended the Bows & Beaus club Zoom meeting & worked on taxes. I FT’d with my sister.
03/04/2022. The husband & I got gas ⛽️ for his car at Costco & we also shopped there. We ran into a person selling Costco Internet & signed up. I still have more research to do. I worked on taxes.
03/03/2022. I shopped at Petco for more food for the kitties & called to place this food on automated delivery.
03/02/2022. The husband took me for a nice hike around the ‘hood. (Steps = 9.4K with square dancing) & I said some of my prayers 🙏. We Zoom’d with our sister / sister-in-law. I studied the Plus calls and attended club…I was a “square head” so attended early to set everything up.
03/01/2022. Jose Jr. came over to take the broken spotlight. I visited my friend who had the knee replacement & she is doing very well. We took a few laps in her ‘hood & he sent me home with shrimp 🍤 for the husband. The husband made delicious 😋 vegetables with tofu for dinner.
02/28/2022. I hiked with the group today on the Chamise Trail at Rancho San Antonio, accessing it from Stonebrook Ave, Los Altos Hills. It’s a very tough hike with many steep ascents (steps = 15.2K). After, we had coffee at Starbucks & I got a yogurt 🍦 for myself and for the husband.
I went to the dentist and got my final crown installed 🎊🎉🥳! It took 4 tries to get the right color!
I washed clothes 👚👖 and worked on taxes, getting the big spreadsheet created.
02/27/2022. I watered the phaeleonopsis and worked on taxes a little. I also did a bit of gardening 👩🏻🌾.
02/26/2022. We took Miss Cassie in to the vet today. I warned Dr. Neal that she is very wild, and Dr. Neal should wear gloves. So Dr. Neal & her technician 👩🏻⚕️took Cassie away to a more contained space. When they came back, she said, Cassie was fine, she examined her mouth, and trimmed her nails! I was dumbfounded! When we got home, Cassie let the husband pet her too! I updated the FF web site and started on taxes. I also cleaned out my e-mail & set up the new e-mail account for Bows & Beaus. I sent E-mails to the presidents & callers of three other clubs to ask them to help me spread the word.
02/25/2022. We geocached at Rancho San Antonio, accessing it from Magdalena (5.5 miles, steps = 13.8k). We found 5 geocaches too! I also talked to the previous Bows & Beaus publicity person & she gave me some great ideas. I entered an advertisement in the calendar section of the Mountain View voice. I also sent e-mails to folks who had expressed an interest in the class when it was being held in January.
02/24/2022. I had a nice shower 🚿 🧼 and watered all the plants 🪴 . The cleaners came & the house looks great. I washed the throw rugs and the items used for cleaning 🧹. I worked on the Bows & Beaus Google Voice (GV) phone 📞 number & couldn’t figure out how to link more than 2 GV numbers to one phone no. I updated the FF web site.
02/23/2022. The husband took me for a walk around the ‘hood. I had a nice shower 🚿 🧼 & studied the Plus calls. I attended Club, great fun 🤩! (Steps = 9.7K, with dancing).
02/22/2022. Happy 2/22/22! Some think it’s a thing to celebrate and a lot of the stores are offering 22% discounts (buy, buy, buy)! The husband & I walked downtown today to look at all the construction 🚧! There are a lot of 4 story buildings being built. We had coffee ☕️ at Peet’s and I had a small bagel 🥯 from the Posh Bagel 😋. The rest of the day I spent on getting the new square dance class ad in the Palo Alto Daily news 📰. The ads look great! I FT’d my sister too…she has a lot going on!
02/21/2022. I had a great hike today with my hiking group at Sierra Azul Preserve in Los Gatos (steps = 15.8K, 6.3 miles). It was a clear, crisp, and beautiful day and the wildflowers are starting to bloom. Afterwards we have coffee at Starbucks. The husband and I made tofu vegetarian chili for dinner, so delicious 😋.
Views from various points along the trail.
Wildflowers!
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| Vegetarian chili with tofu, delicious! |
Pebbles napping on the husband's lap!
02/20/2022. The flapper on the downstairs toilet broke so I watched YouTube videos on how to repair it, went to Ace Hardware to buy a replacement and did the repair. I watered all the downstairs plants and washed clothes.
02/19/2022. I had a nice shower 🚿🧼 and visited my wonderful hairdresser. The husband and I drove to Costco Redwood City to fill my car with gas and we shopped. The kitten food arrived this afternoon.
02/18/2022. I got up at 7:15 am to go to PAMF urgent care. They x-rayed my rib & determined that nothing is broken 🎊🥳🎉. Afterwards, I returned the very expensive ($63) cat food & bought some more. The husband wasn't happy that I had purchased only dry food, & no canned food so I ordered some canned kitten food at Amazon. I also ordered some nail clippers. I FT'd with my sister.
Two beautiful tulip trees in the 'hood
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| Dinner |
02/17/2022. My partner and I geo-cached up at Magdalena. We found 4 caches, one super-micro cache, very challenging. My rib is hurting.
Views from Magdalena
Geocache # 1
Geocache # 2
Tiny, tiny geocache with rock glued to top! We were very, very lucky to find this one!
Geocache # 4 has a digital fish inside!
Interesting log, looked like an animal to me!
This is the vegan dish we cooked using the meal kit gifted by my friend. All ingredients were included in the kit and it took quite a bit of preparation.
02/16/2022. I had a nice shower 🚿🧼, studied the Plus calls and danced. My round dance partner and I round danced. Unfortunately, I slightly tripped and fell and hurt my rib. I hope it's not broken.
02/15/2022. I visited my friend, helped her with her computer (easy fixes), and watered her plants 🪴. She sent me home with some ready fix vegetarian meals 😋😋😋! I attended the Bows and Beaus alumni meeting (3 hours 🤪) and it was great seeing everyone & hearing their stories. The Apple Watch ⌚️ arrived and I started configuring it.
Clematis in bloom all along the fence. The scent is amazing!
02/14/2022. Happy Valentine’s Day 💕! I hiked with our group (5.4 miles) and joined them for coffee ☕️ at Peets. I shopped at TJ’s and then the husband & I exchanged Valentines Day cards. He got me a wonderful card 💕💕💕! I replied to a lot of the Valentine’s Day greetings. The wildflowers are starting to bloom!
I talked to an acquaintance, washed clothes, and FT’d with my sister.
I talked to an acquaintance, washed clothes, and FT’d with my sister.
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| Wildflower at Rancho |
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| Schlumbergerain bloom |
02/13/2022. I continued working on Outlook. I used the Outlook 2019 "Clean up Folder" section to clean up "Inbox" and "All Mail" and moved the deleted items to a new off-line folder (6,141 messages). Now I have lots of room! The husband took me for a lovely walk around the 'hood. I created and sent out our Valentine's Day message.
02/12/2022. What a day! I updated this blog and accidently deleted all the e-mail in "All Mail" 🤯🤯🤯! That started a chain reaction....I took a break and shopped at Costco. I tried to recover by moving everything from "Trash" into my "Inbox", which increased the size of my mailbox enormously. Then I decided to mess around with a special e-mail that I have since it was the smallest with which to experiment and then I struggled to recreate it. Eventually I complete deleted the entire mailbox and started over.
02/11/2022. I dropped off the sample for Pebbles and met my geo-caching partner. We went up Magdalena Road, but were unable to gain access to the park where we planned to geo-cache. We hunted in other places and found 4 geo-caches, 3 of which came with "fish" trackers, very fun. Then we had yogurt at Rancho. I took my car in to have the trim piece replaced. The husband made delicious vegetables with tofu 😋😋😋!
Geoache # 1
Geocache # 2
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| My partner is taking the bracelet home to his grandaughter! |
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| Another digital fish! |
Geocache # 3
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| Very hard to find, coordinates were way off 🤪! |
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| Lots of goodies |
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| Another digital fish Geocache # 4 |
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| Extremely hard to find! |
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| Magnetic attached to back of galvanized pipe sprinkler |
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| Reward: Yogurt: mostly toppings, little yogurt! 😋😋😋 |
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| Pretty flowers |
02/10/2022. I watered all the indoor plants & had a nice shower 🚿🧼. We straightened up the house for the cleaners. They arrived and did a great job. I also washed and dried all the rags and our throw rugs. I had the gardeners fix another line chewed by the squirrels. I collected a sample from Pebbles to try to determine why she has diarrhea.
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| Purple calla lily unfortunately with stamen chewed off |
02/09/2022. We took Pebbles in this morning. It was very challenging getting her in the carrier: she scratched the husband drawing blood 🩸 which dripped all over the floors 😢. We finally wrapped her in a towel and got her in. Dr. Echard at Los Altos Vet said she was a great cat once she got in there 😻
😻😻! I registered hers and Cassie's microchips on a free site that I found.
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| Chili and tofu made by the husband |
02/08/2022. I made appointments for Pebbles, for taxes, and with Dr. Sellmeyer & the radiology department. That was very challenging. I visited my friend & we celebrated her birthday 🎉🎈🎊🎁🥳🎂! Afterwards, I watered her outside plants. I washed clothes & prepared paperwork for Pebbles tomorrow.
02/07/2022. I hiked at Don Edwards National Wildlife Reserve in Alviso (5.5 miles). It was a foggy morning then the sun 🌞 came out. We saw both white & blue herons fishing! A few of us had coffee ☕️ at Panero’s. I shopped at TJ’s & later shopped at Safeway for treats to celebrate my friend’s birthday tomorrow.
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| Snowy egret |
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| Great blue heron |
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| Great blue heron & snowy egret |
02/06/2022. The husband & I shopped at Costco, then walked around the ‘hood. I organized one cc statement & had a nice shower 🚿 🧼. I watered all the indoor plants 🪴 & the phaeleonopsis.
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| Dinner |
02/05/2022. I attended the Bows & Beaus board meeting today, 10 am to 12:30 pm. I cleaned up my e-mail. I'm still conflicted about the Hawaii trip. I really want to go, but feel very reluctant to fly in the face of this pandemic. I pruned most of the roses 🌹 and started in on the blackberries.
02/04/2022. I went to Anderson Honda & Active Auto Body to get an estimate to repair the trim piece that I tore off when I hit a large rock 🪨 exiting the Ladera Church parking lot 😓! I stopped off at Stanford for my quarterly blood 🩸 draws. The husband joined me to for the 2nd estimate & afterwards we stopped at “In and Out Burger”. We got two orders of French fries 🍟😋😋😋 , a chocolate milkshake & a double double cheeseburger 🍔. I also did a last minute update to the FF web site. I sent in my Publicity report to Bows & Beaus.
02/03/2022. I geocached with my dance partner at Fremont Older Open Space district. We found 4 geocaches & walked 10.4K steps, 3.9 miles. It was a beautiful day, & the hiking 🥾 was challenging. I shopped at Safeway to get the husband a Valentine’s Day 💞 card & bought a package of Dutch crunch rolls. I ordered 2 SodaStream cartridges for the husband.
Views from Fremont Older Open Space
Wildflowers starting to bloom!
Geocache # 1
Geocache # 2, magnetic, attached to a pipe, & had a few snails on it
Geocache # 4 Johnny Appleseed, easy find
02/02/2022. The husband took me for a nice walk around the 'hood today. We had our weekly Zoom meeting with our sister /sister-in-law. It was her birthday today 🎉🎁🥳🎂🎊🎈! We also did a cc statement.
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| Birds of Paradise in our yard. |
02/01/2022. I visited my friend who is recovering from a knee replacement and watered her outdoor plants. I also took her to a pharmacy to pick up some meds. The husband made some delicious chili for us!
01/31/2022. I hiked with the group at Rancho San Antonio (4.1 miles). There was water and ducks in the little pond. We had coffee at Peet's and then I shopped at Trader Joes.
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| Pebbles cuddling up with her human |
01/30/2022. I returned an Amazon item at Kohl’s & shopped for a bit. Today was not a good football 🏈 day. Kansas City Chiefs lost after being ahead 23-11 at halftime. That game went into a sudden death playoff. Then the Rams won against the 49er’s 17-20. I watered the phaeleonopsis & the husband made a wonderful chili, rice, & tofu meal 😋!
01/29/2022. I visited my friend who had a knee replacement & unfortunately is still in a lot of pain. She served me a delicious 😋 apple 🍏 pie & I took home a piece for the husband. My great nephew fell while skiing ⛷ & suffered a concussion 🤕. They are watching him closely. It’s very scary! I did some banking.
01/28/2022. I hiked with my geo-caching partner at Fremont Older Open Space District (steps = 8.2K). It was a beautiful day & we found 3 geo-caches. I had been out of hiking for a long tine due to twisting my knee & COVID so I was happy at how well I did. My partner also felt that he did very well too.
I updated the financials and deposited some checks I found buried in my piles. I'm attempting to clean out 4 magazines each day.
Geocache # 1, a pretty easy find
Geocache # 2, a bit tricky. Hadn't been found in a long time!
Geocache # 3, hidden inside a metal fence gate!
01/27/2022. Our wonderful cleaners came today, early! I had a nice shower 🚿🧼 and then washed all the towels used by the cleaners and our throw rugs.
01/26/2022. The husband & I went to check out an acquaintance’s home in Palo Alto. It is filled with many old cars and trucks & actually looks like an unkempt junkyard. It is in a very upscale neighborhood! We shopped at TJ’s and Zoom’d with our sister / sister-in-law. I also FT’d with my sister, watered my plants 🪴, cleaned up the crafts room, repaired my lighted earrings, and, in general, prepared for the cleaners! I’m so happy they are coming tomorrow 🎉🎊🥳!
01/25/2022. The husband took me for another nice walk around the 'hood. I called my auto repair person, Jim, of Independence Auto, to fix the piece I tore off of the car. Jim is retiring, after 30 years in business. I'm very happy for him, sad for me! I searched Yelp for more Auto Body repair places and found 3 that are highly rated. I made arrangements to have our broken recliner picked up this Friday (small tiff with husband over that one). I went to Dr. Martin to be fitted for my new crown. He wanted to numb me and I said, no let's try it without that and it was all good. The person making the crown was present and I heard him say that he's going to make 2 crowns, just to make sure! This one will be the 3rd one!
I updated the FF web site. I also caught up with one of my lovely friends from square dancing. She is undergoing treatment and is doing extremely well 🥳🎉🎊!
Love this beautiful field of mustard plants!
Cassie on her top perch
01/24/2022. The husband took me for a nice walk around the hood. I cleaned out my grimy coffee cup.
Flowers in the 'hood
01/ 23/2022. The husband took me for a nice walk around the ‘hood. We watched Tom Brady, Buccaneers, lose to the Los Angeles Rams. This is another shocker, because the Buccaneers are a much better team. Tom Brady staged a fabulous comeback, but didn’t quite get there. Then the Kansas City Chiefs 🏈 won against the Buffalo Bills in overtime! That also was an exciting game. The husband & I shopped at Petco & an Auto Parts store. Meanwhile I ate 8 pieces of chocolate, pretzels 🥨 & hummus & shockingly do not feel well 🤢! I talked to my great friend & spiritual mentor; she & her husband are down at the beach enjoying life! My nephew has Covid-19 that he caught from his roommates. He says it’s very mild! I watered my phalaenopsis.
Field of mustard blooms!
Tazzy with one of his favorite people & he’s breaking all of my sisters’ rules 🤣!
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01/22/2022. I saw my wonderful hairdresser 💇🏻♀️ today. Then the husband & I brought my car 🚘 to Redwood City for gas ⛽️ & we shopped there. We looked at furniture but I didn’t really like the furniture. I ordered some sheet protectors on-line at Costco. My sister received her test results & does not have COVID 🎉🎊🥳! We watched Aaron Rogers, Green Bay Packers lose to the 49ers 🏈, shocking! The Packers are the much better team!
01/21/2022. I paid the remaining insurance bills, ordered cat food, and updated the FF web site. My sister will not have her test results for a few days. I also created an accounting 🧾 spreadsheet to show the distribution & sent it to my sister.
01/20/2022. My sister & I met to figure out this year’s distribution. I paid insurance bills & FT’d with my sister. She is sick with a 🤒 temperature! She’s going in tomorrow to be tested!
01/19/2022. I did a home test today and I tested negative 🎊🎉🥳 just as the doctor predicted. The husband took me for a nice walk around the ‘hood & we Zoom’d with our sister / sister-in-law. This time we had a lot to talk about!
01/18/2022. I chatted with Quicken, wait time of 36 minutes🤨, then installed the subscription I purchased.
01/17/2022. The husband & I ordered take out at Chef Chus. Unfortunately, I found two large shrimp in my order so we returned it & had them make up a new order! The food was delicious, as always!
01/16/2022. I made amends with my sister 🎊🎉🥳. The husband is feeling better today. We stayed in all day and yes I'm getting very bored. I watered my phalaenopsis.
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| Cassie and Pebbles basking in the sun & enjoying their new cat tree |
01/15/2022. I attended the SCVSDA meeting from 11 am to 3:30 pm. I called my nephew in law over concern over the husband's damaged larynx (clothesline trauma or blunt neck trauma). He thinks the husband will be OK. I asked my sister to send me a COVID test kit Tuesday or Wednesday. She said she could only send me one test. I was furious & texted her about my feelings: that her husband gave me COVID and now they could only spare me one test! Meanwhile, I've been out of commission since 28th of December 😷🤕🤒😪🥴. I've cancelled the cleaners and fretted about the positive test I got. Now I've accumulated bad Karma in dealing with my sister and brother-in-law.
I called & I found test kits at Walgrens and immediately went down and purchased 4.
01/14/2022. The husband took me for a walk around the 'hood. I was resting and got a call from the husband that he was injured. I rushed out to the back yard where he was laying ion his side and I immediately called 911. Very shortly a fire truck and paramedics arrived. They checked him out and helped him up. He was in a lot of pain but was able to breath, swallow, and move all his limbs (no paralysis).
I sent in my reports to the SCVSDA board.
The husband had a very bad night, sleeping only a few hours in one of the downstairs chairs.
Magnolia Stellata from our walk
Santa Clara County Fireman
Paramedics putting away their gear, fully dressed in PPE
01/13/2022. I did major changes to the FF website to reflect February.
01/12/2022. The husband and I had a nice walk around the 'hood. We Zoom'd with our sister / sister-in-law. We rolled the Christmas tree out to the garage and assembled the new 7 1/2 foot cat tree for our kitties. We hope they like it.
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| Cassie licking the spoon |
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| Pebbles standing up begging |
Magnolia Stellata
This evening the results of my COVID-19 test came in; they were positive 😰😭. I messaged my Doctor to get more information about this.
01/11/2022. I got my COVID test at El Camino Hospital. It was a long walk over to the test site from my car. I was exhausted when I arrived home.
01/10/2022. I made an appointment for a COVID test tomorrow. I FT'd with my sister and also had a conversation with my cousin. His wife got very sick & they had to take her by ambulance all the way to Sacramento to find her a hospital room. This is the unintended consequences of the unvaccinated. I also talked to my friend who just had surgery. She is doing OK.
01/09/2022. I talked to my friend today who had surgery. Today was a bit rough for her.
01/08/2022. I attended the Bows & Beaus meeting today (2 1/2 hours). I FT'd with my sister and cleaned up my e-mail. The kitty food arrived today.
01/07/2022. The cat tree I've been looking at dropped back to 1/2 price so I ordered it. I hope that both I & the cats will like it. The husband ventured out to both TJ's and Costco to get food for us !🎊🎉!
I updated the FF web site because two additional bands / groups dropped out. I also copied the FF web site to prepare for next month's update & deleted all of this month's e-mails. I sent out the report to the Bows & Beaus folks.
The husband and I made delicious vegetarian chili.
01/06/2022. I straightened out the two 529 accounts, hopefully for the last time 🤪🤣. I did a lot of updates to the FF web site. My sister spent the day again helping our nephew at his new home. They got the entire office unpacked and it looks great!
I talked to my friend who is having a knee replacement in Friday.
01/05/2022. I updated a number of my financial accounts. For some reason, Quicken disconnected my online accounts and it was a bit painful to get them re-established.
01/04/2022. I woke up without a migraine headache today for the first time in at least 5 days 🎉🎊🥳! I conferred with a square dancing friend and we updated the dance flyer for the new class. I sent it out to the usual recepients.
Many of the clubs have suspended activities due to the Omicron COVID variant. It is highly virulent and has infected over 1 M people in the US over the weekend 😭. More infections are expected. I watered my 🪴 plants; that took so much energy, that I realize I have a very long way to go to recover! I also think I straightened out those two 529 accounts. We’ll see 🤣! I talked with my sister who spent the day helping her son, my nephew, to unpack & get settled in his new home.
01/03/2022. I rested, my energy is very low & I still have the migraine headaches 🤕🤕🤕!
01/02/2022. Our Bows & Beaus club met to discuss club activities in the face of the Omicron COVID variant. After much discussion, we decided to suspend club activities and to postpone the class for new dancers I updated the flyers for the class to reflect the new dates.
01/01/2022. Happy New Years 🎉🎊🥳! I rested all day today & for dinner the husband made delicious vegetarian chili with tofu & quinoa. I texted with my sister several times today. The brother-in-law is feeling better; she took a COVID test that turned up negative! I watered the phaeleonopsis.
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