February 20, 2010

Today was an excellent day for Susan and I. Of course, every weekend is fabulous. Yesterday we were tempted by Catholicism and EWTN, but early this Saturday morning while watching Ghost Whisperer, Susan turned to me on the couch and said that she was inspired by the occult and no longer interested in the "catholic" thing, and I immediately agreed because I was feeling that also, and so we went to Barnes and Nobles and bought a Tarot deck for my Queen and some other "out there" stuff, and we felt this tremendous feeling of liberation for not having to squeeze ourselves into a religious frame of mind that we didn't want to force ourselves into in the first place. I didn't want to pretend that "jesus is lord" and that I should feel some remorse for the pagan self that I am. Susan and I had a wonderful day. Also I should mention that she picked the MOON card in her Tarot deck, which is most auspicious, and I'm hoping that, finally, we WIN the Washington State Lotto drawing tonight!.

February 15, 2010

Susan and I have had a wonderful--as always--four day weekend. We were able to walk 3 out of the four days. We had to wear yak-tracs on Friday and Saturday, but today the morning temperature was near 40, and we were able to wear tennis shoes. This afternoon we also received via UPS our packages from Weight Watchers. Susan signed up for Weight Watchers online last week and order the scales, and the other great stuff. Tomorrow we will weigh ourselves thereby establishing a baseline.

February 1, 2010

I am very pleased that I have recovered from the illness that afflicted me last week. Susan had a very good day, also, and I am so pleased about that. We watched a DVD on Thailand that she got from the County Library, and then we continued watching a show that she recorded to the DVR (Dish Network) on Angkor. So beautiful!

January 30, 2010

We had a wonderful day together. Went early to Huckleberry's. We started the Low Carb diet today in earnest. Lots of meats, and products with low-carbs and very little, or no sugars. We watched Medium and Ghost Whisperer--two of our favorite shows, and we watched Travelogue from CCTV9 featuring Qingdao. A very beautiful city. We would love to retire there. I'm feeling somewhat better and haven't been coughing hardly at all, but I do feel that this cold has affected by lungs, which is always a cause for concern. Susan's sore neck is better, but not completely well, yet.

January 28, 2010

It's Thursday, the end of my week. I still haven't been feeling well. I've got this nagging cough, besides work was rather stressful. I'm not complaining--except for the darn cough--just wanted to briefly mentioned this when I look back on these posts later, or next year. The weather has been good: just below freezing in the morning, and high 30's, nearly 40, with sunshine in the afternoon. Tomorrow is predicted to be 42 degrees.

January 24, 2010

I forgot the mention this in yesterday's post, but on Saturday morning Susan received an automated call on her cell. It seems that someone was trying to purchase airline tickets to Switzerland using her Debit Card. She, of course, blocked the purchased when asked to confirm or deny the transaction. This purchase was for $1,000.00. There were at least four others. We were shocked! Later, Susan called WSECU and spoke to Katie. Her Debit Card has been blocked from all future purchases. We are very relieved that it didn't turned out worse.

January 23, 2010

Well we have suffered through another week. I have been ill. Caught the virus, but rallied enough to make it to work. MLK-Day, being on Monday necessitated working on Friday which I usually have off. However, I only had to make it through four short hours, and Susan was so wonderful to meet me at 12:30 (in the car of course). Ordinarily, I would have had to endue another cramped bus trip into Spokane, and then transfer to another bus to Medical Lake. Ah, life is so tedious most of the time. I'm pleased to report that I'm feeling better, and Susan is quite improved. Still we have not managed our usual weekend constitutional (i.e. walk) around the lake. Well, we have been ill, you know. It's nearly 40 degrees, but they are predicting some snow on Monday. I don't care--it will not amount to anything. We are in--they say--an El Niño weather pattern.