31 dec 2010 (f)

i woke up at about 5:30 again. got on-line and checked email and worked until about 8:00. went downstairs at 8:00.

breakfast

bagel w/ creamcheese
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

watched the today show and read a little. found out the king's speech is playing at fairfax towne center. decided to go see the 2:30 show.

lunch

quarter pounder
iced tea

stopped at the mcdonald's on the way to fairfax.

snack

popcorn
soda

at the movie. excellent movie. funny. sad. sweet. moving. excellent performances, costumes, music, every thing. really a great time.

the movie theater is another story. $9 to see a "matinee". $4.50 for 20 oz of coke. $6.75 for a med. popcorn.  then once you get in the theater you sit through commercial after commercial before the movie comes on. they seem to be doing their utmost to ruin the experience.

very hungry after the movie. went to cpk for dinner.

dinner

thai chicken linguine
iced tea
cappucino

good but not as good as cpk used to be. very sleepy when we got home. watched bits and pieces on tv and napped. elizabeth watched rosemary and thyme on the upstairs tv.

it's new year's eve and once again i'm going to bed before midnight. when you've seen the ball drop, you've seen the ball drop.

30 dec 2010 (th)

woke up at about 3:30. freezing. kicked off all of the blankets. shoulder, knee very sore. back to sleep with blankets.

woke up at 5:30. feeling better. decided to get up and check mail.

worked on computer until around 8:00

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
pineapple juice
iced tea
coffee

watched forgetting sarah marshall on dvd in the morning. liked it very much this time. so so on this movie first time i saw it.

lunch

beef pot pie
orange
iced tea

dinner

turkey sandwiches (2)
pasta salad
iced tea

i should have had just one sandwich. two was too much. stomach was upset after dinner.

e. went upstairs to watch rosemary and time. i watched big bang and a show about live aid called when harvey met bob. don't really like big bank without penny. surprised by how much i liked harvey met bob. very interesting.

29 dec 2010 (w)

woke up at about 4 in the morning. shoulder was aching. took an advil at that time. woke up again at about 8:00 feeling much better. wish i knew what i did to this shoulder. don't remember what started this problem.

breakfast

eggs (2)
bagel w/ cream cheese
pineapple juice
banana
coffee
iced tea

mostly reading in the morning. how to be good and the girl who played with fire.

snack

pretzels

remember that the snyder of pa hard pretzels are bland. try rolld gold or another brand.

wanted to go to the marine corps museum. very slow going until we reached i-95. 95 was just crawling. it took about 1 hour to go 6 miles. miserable. finally had to get off to go to the bathroom.

lunch

salad
country fried steak w/ gravy
corn bread
roll
turnip greens
home fry casserole
iced tea

pretty good. steak was too much. should have had a regular steak.

came back home by a different route which seemed MUCH faster. will have to try that next time.

snack

cappucinno (med)

at caribou

both pretty full after having late lunch/early dinner at cracker barrel. watched the moving finger on dvd.

dinner

swiss cheese sandwich
pickles (2)
pretzels (3)
iced tea

went to bed early.

28 dec 2010 (tu)

woke up at 6:00. thought about getting up. had a bit of a headache. decided to go back to sleep. woke up again at 8:00. went downstairs. e. was already up.

breakfast

toast w/ butter
pineapple juice
coffee
iced tea

reviewed some documentation today. took a while. didn't get lunch until after 3:00.

lunch

meatball sub
donut
iced tea

at wegmans. sub is too large.

got groceries at wegmans and h-t. pretty busy at both places. tomatoes very expensive. valentine's day candy on display at wegmans already.

dinner

hot dogs (2)
beans
cole slaw
iced tea

very good. hit the spot.

dessert

cookies (3)

very sleepy in the evening. slept through most of foyle's war. must watch later.

27 dec 2010 (m)

i woke up at around 6:00. felt wide awake. went downstairs and watched sports center.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
pineapple juice
iced tea
coffee

took it pretty easy today. watched today show.

lunch

spicy chicken sandwich
fries
iced tea

at wendy's in warrenton

went to the library to return a bunch of books. pretty busy there today. went to borders afterward.

snack

med. vanilla latte
cookie (large)

at borders. cookie was a bit bland.

dinner

turkey
stuffing
mashed taters
gravy
iced tea

we watched mrs. miniver on the dvd. good old movie.

26 dec 2010 (su)

a little bit of snow in the morning. predicting fairly light snow for us, say 1-3 in, but heavy snow to the east from north carolina to canada.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
pineapple juice
coffee
iced tea

lots of dishes to do today.

the person who was going to pick candy up at the airport has said that he will not be coming. more to the story but i won't record it here. now we are trying to get candy on an earlier plane or find someone to pick her up at nearly midnight on a cold, windy, snowy, sunday in charlotte. jeez.

karen says don and leslie will come to get candy. in the meantime, mommy's flight for monday is cancelled and karen is trying to get her rebooked. seems a lot of us are spending a lot of time on the sunday after christmas dealing with plane reservations. no fun..

lunch

turkey dinner sandwich
iced tea
two chocolate covered cherries

candy and elizabeth went out in the snow just to get out of the house. candy in a bad mood. i decided to stay and watch a little football.

dinner

small salad
cup of soup

feeling overwhelmed by the turkey. light meal seems better.

we left for iad at about 7:15. roads were not bad once you got out of the neighborhood. 66 was just fun. 28 not bad. dropped candy and elizabeth at departures. e. got gate pass to go with candy to the gate. i waited at baggage claim and kept an eye on the departures status board.

snack

pannini sandwich
water

not a good sandwich. good water.

plane took off 15 min late at about 10:10. we got home around 11:30. candy had a problem connecting with leslie. either a phone problem of confusion. karen and elizabeth finally managed to get them connected. candy got home around 1:00 don and leslie around 1:20 or 1:30 i guess.

my back was aching for some reason. i took an advil at about 11:30 and woke up at 3:00 in the morning.

25 dec 2010 (sa)

christmas

i slept in the family room. i woke up around 7:00. elizabeth came down around 8:00. candy around 8:30.

breakfast

mexican omelette
cinnamon roll
coffee
iced tea

quite good.

opened presents after. we were planning to go to the king's speech but the timing of the showings didn't work out well.

don't remember lunch!

dinner

turkey
stuffing
mashed potatoes
gravy
rolls
cranberry sauce
green beans
iced tea

good. mix of food from giant and food made at home.

dessert

pumpkin pie
whipped cream
coffee

24 dec 2010 (f)

set the alarm for 7:00. woke up with the first alarm. got up at 7:10. had to get the trash out in time for the trash guys. i forgot last week so there was a lot of trash.

breakfast

bagel w/ creamcheese
coffee
iced tea
oj

had to go to giant early to pick up christmas dinner. arrived around 9:00. out by about 9:30. e. called to say that c.'s flight is delayed so i got gas on the way home. giant was not very crowded when i arrived but getting crowded when i left.

gas at $3.29 per gallon. geez. got $20 instead of filling up.

left for the airport around 11:20. traffic not too bad. candy's plane landed early but we couldn't seem to hook up. finally saw her come through the doors.

lunch

salad (1.5)
soup (1.5)
breadsticks (2)
choc. mouse (3 oz)
cappacino
iced tea

at olive garden. everything was good. very good cappa.

very tired when we got home. fell asleep for a little while.

dinner

tuna wraps (2)
fruit salad
iced tea

we watched max dugan returns on cable.

dessert

cookies (pepperidge farm)
coffee

slept in the family room w/ the tv on. slept ok for the most part. knees were sore in the ack emma.

23 dec 2010 (th)

woke up at about 5:30. fairly warm in the house. very thirsty because i spilled my tea in the night. went downstairs to watch the end of lost in translation.

breakfast

bagel w/ egg, cream cheese and sprouts
banana
coffee
oj
iced tea

suddenly the wegmans bagels taste more like bread than bagels.

watched the end of the movie. very sluggish in parts. anna faris is very funny. wish there were more scenes with bill and scarlett.

lots of chores today. bathrooms, kitchen, etc.

lunch

turkey, bacon, and guacomole
sun chips
iced tea

from quizno's. i used to really like quizno's. just ok now. sub today was pretty good. elizabeth got the subs while she was out running errands.

finished chores around 5:30. really tired. bad headache. decided to order pizza for supper.

dinner

pizza (4 sl)
salad
iced tea

we watched the last episode of a murder is announced and then an episode of poirot called the wasp's nest. both pretty good. don't remember going to bed!

22 dec 2010 (w)

december is going by amazingly quickly. can't keep up.

not so cold overnight. 32 deg at 5:00 am. much easier on the heating system. i took one advil before going to bed. fell asleep very quickly. not so sore in the morning.

breakfast

oatmeal
coffee
oj
iced tea

did more chores today. elizabeth went out to track down a few things we need. traffic was so bad that it took her at least 90 minutes to get home from gainesville. crazy!

lunch

chicken and swiss sandwich (2)
pickles
pretzels
iced tea

dinner

ravioli w/ tomato sauce
salad
iced tea

watched two episodes of a murder is announced. haven't seen that one in a while.

21 dec 2010 (tu)

woke up at about 5:00 and thought about going downstairs. fell back to sleep instead. not so cold overnight. slept a little better. not so stiff in the morning. got up at about 6:30.

watched an episode of house when i got up. keep thinking it is saturday.

breakfast

waffles w/ butter and syrup
coffee
iced tea

lunch

chicken and swiss wraps (2)
pickles
chips
iced tea

wegmans in the afternoon. store very busy.

snack

egg roll
iced tea

at wegmans

dinner

grilled ham and swiss
slaw
pretzels

good sandwich. so so slaw

watched the accidental tourist on cable. that movie is nearly 25 years old. when it came out i was 30. kind of amazing.

20 dec 2010 (m)

up at about 6:00. dr. appointment today. fasting.

dropped e. at the vre. went from the vre station to the dr. office. got to ffx 30 min early. listened to book on tape for 15 min. arrived at the office 10 min early. i was in the examining room by 9:00 and on the way to breakfast by 9:15. normally i don't get to the exam room until about 9:20 or 9:30. seems the key is to arrive early.

dr. says he agrees with need for another sleep study. he says to try advil for the shoulder problem. if advil, rest, and warm heat don't alleviate the problem in about 3 wks, i should follow up.

he says to keep a record of stomach problems. include date, description of problem, and info about food eaten in last 12-24 hrs. we'll look for pattern in april.

suggests a goal of losing 1-2 pounds per week. increase exercise. stay away from sugar, carbs.

call to follow up on dec. 27 or 28.

breakfast

breakfast burrito w/ sawmill gravy
hash browns
chips and salsa
iced tea

at anita's. quite good. anita's was very busy in the ack emma.

dropped coats at humane society. went to whole foods for candy's xmas dinner.

lunch

salad with tofu from whole foods
orange
iced tea

dinner

steak and cheese w/ jus
fries
slaw
iced tea

at red robin.

tried to watch jersey girl in the evening. really bad. watched two episodes of house instead. pretty good. from season 6.

19 dec 2010 (su)

went to bed around 2:00 (some naps downstairs). woke up at 6:20 feeling pretty much awake. got up at 6:30 and got on line around 6:40. 27 deg outside at 7:00. a little warmer than it has been lately.

breakfast

egg sandwich (2)
orange (half)
coffee
oj
iced tea

lots of chores today getting ready for candy's visit.

lunch

hot dogs (2)
chili
coke
iced tea

watched most of cowboys / redskins while vacuuming and doing dishes. exciting game. gave grossman credit for a much better performance than i expected. he nearly pulled out the win.

dinner

frozen lasagna
salad

pretty good. we may need to try another brand of lasagna for the sake of variety.

18 dec. 2010 (sa)

woke up several times during the night. heat running. air very dry. tried differnt positions to see if my shoulder would feel better. some worked better than others.

ended up waking up at 6:00. 14 deg at that time. Up to 15 now.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
coffee
iced tea

chores in the morning. determined that the old vacuum is kaput. have to get a new one today.

researched vacuums, christmas dinners, wheel chairs on the internet. ordered dinner for xmas day.

have to go to manassas for the vacuum.

lunch

mater soup
crackers
iced tea

crazy traffic to manassas. mall very busy. usually you can hear the wind blow at manassas mall. got the vacuum.

snack

gingerbread loaf (shared)
milk chocolate mocha

at caribou. very good. betty's coffee was too strong.

went to petsmart as well.

dinner

veg. burgers (2)
fries
iced tea

watched as time goes by and doc martin on pbs. e. went to bed after doc. i fell asleep on the couch for about an hour. woke up and watched blade ii. liked it better the first time. tried to watch snl after. bored to tears. find i can't stand watching rappers perform generally. they seem like the guy who celebrates a spectacular tackle made after a huge gain by the other team. big splash for a little dive.

17 dec 2010 (f)

woke up w/ the alarm at 6:15. felt like the heat ran all night. 24 deg at 9:00 am.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
coffee
oj

drove e to the vre in the morning. neighborhood roads were slick but passable. hopefully they'll be better in the evening.

snack

bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit
iced tea

at chick-fil-a

shoulder is very sore today.

lunch

ham, chicken and swiss sandwich
pasta salad
iced tea

went to walmart and safeway in the afternoon. most of the roads are in pretty good shape.

dinner

ham and egg and swiss sandwich (2)
pickles
iced tea
orange

we watched most of miracle on 34th street in the evening. went to bed early.

16 dec 2010 (th)

i woke up at 5:30. left shoulder extremely painful when i put any weight on it. ok otherwise. got up to get on-line. afraid it will be too cold downstairs. 15 deg at 5:30 am. emergency heat has been running all night.

it's supposed to snow starting at about 8 in the ack emma.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

it's supposed to start snowing around 8:00 or 9:00. we're supposed to get 1-3 in. i have to go to the bank and borders in the morning. try to get to the bank around 9:00.

it really did start snowing at about 8:30. i went over to the bank at about 9:00. roads were ok toward gainesville. decided to go to the borders in warrenton because of the snow. w'ton was way worse than gainesville. roads were getting pretty slick and the snow was sticking well the closer you got to town. i would have skipped borders if i'd known how bad the roads were on that side. got home ok after all.

lunch

bowl of soup
pretzels
iced tea

got hungry after doing dishes.

snack

bowl of cereal

it looks like we've already had about 2 in at 2:30.

watched death at a funeral in the afternoon. not bad but not terribly funny. just a few really funny moments.

dinner

cubed steak with onions, peppers, and tomatoes
rice
iced tea

watched a scandal in bohemia

15 dec 2010 (w)

woke up at 6:15 when the alarm went off. left shoulder really sore. been bad since saturday. no idea what's up.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

got to vre 10 minutes early and the train was there! planned to go to the gym but i'm totally off schedule. had to run home to the bathroom. will try again on friday.

lunch

chicken, ham, and cheese sandwich
pickle slices
pasta salad
iced tea
pretzels

watched the last episode of corner gas at lunch.

finally managed to get the part reattached to the vacuum. still doesn't work.

got gas, picked up dry cleaning on the way to vre.train was on time.

dinner

hot dogs (2)
beans
iced tea

we watched avatar after dinner.

14 dec 2010 (tu)

woke up at 5:00. thought about getting up then. fell asleep while contemplating. woke up at 6:30.

breakfast

toast with butter (2)
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

watched an episode of corner gas and an episode of  i, claudius. that livia is absolutely vicious.

lunch

turkey and pastrami wrap
cole slaw
pretzels
iced tea

grocery store in the afternoon

snack

slice of pizza
iced tea

at wegmans

amazingly cold. car said 21 degrees but when the wind blows in your face it is much colder. could not walk from the car to the store without zipping up my coat.

dinner

quesadillas (2)
refried beans
iced tea

dessert

donuts (2)
iced tea

watched desk set in the evening.

13 dec 2010 (m)

woke up when the alarm went off for the first time in a long time. put on clothes to go to the gym after dropping elizabeth at the vre

breakfast

coffee
banana
oj

we got to the vre 10 min early only to find that the train was running at least 55 minutes late. 2nd time in two weeks. we ended up going to metro. very slow traffic. vre is getting very unreliable.

snack

egg mcmuffin
coffee

lunch

turkey, pastrami, cheese sandwich
cole slaw
iced tea

left for the vre a little late. intended to get subs on the way over.

train came in a little early. elizabeth finally got the new computer. it was supposed to be quite small. turns out it is huge. anyway, she'll be able to work from home on any thing that is on the network.

we stopped at subway on the way home.

vint hall came to a standstill around the golf course. we sat for about 20 minutes and finally realized that the police were simply turning everyone around. we had to double back to sudley manor (to linton hall to 29 and so on) to get home.

huge headache from the traffic and the lights.

dinner

chicken and bacon sub (12 in)
chips
iced tea

dessert

banana

we watched while you were sleeping in the eventide.

12 dec 2010 (su)

woke up at 5:00 am and had to run to the bathroom. stomach has been weird for 2-3 days. checked email after that. went downstairs around 7:00.

breakfast

bagel thin w/ cream cheese
oj
coffee
iced tea
banana

not feeling well at all. had planned to go to borders in the morning with e to pick out christmas cards but didn't feel up to it. decided to do some chores around the house and try to take it easy.

3 trips to the bathroom between 9 and 1:30. much better after that.

watched some football, the world at war, and true grit.

really liked true grit. had not seen it in many, many years.

lunch

turkey and cheese wrap
iced tea
club soda

had lunch around 3:00.

elizabeth went to borders in the morning and then to tudor place. she got home around 5:00, i think.

dinner

salmon patties
cole slaw
corn
iced tea

very good. haven't had salmon patties is a long time.

watched the bishop's wife on dvd. pretty good movie. it may be e's fave christmas movie.

took a shower late. the hot water really  helps my back and shoulder.

11 dec 2010 (sa)

woke up around 6:00. turned on the computer to check the weather report. planning to drive down to williamsburg, see the decorations, and come home.

weather report indicates rain around 4:00 in billsburg but no rain/snow in the evening in warrenton.

breakfast

two eggs, fried
toast (2)
oj
coffee
iced tea

leave for billsburg at about 9:00. we hoped to leave at 8:00. oh well.

stopped twice on the way down. at hardee's in falmouth for a bathroom break and a drink. in ashland to get gas, change drivers.

got to williamsburg at about noon. crowded. lucked into a spot in the parking garage. starving at this time. we should have eaten in mechant's square but were tempted by taverns. got seated at king's arms around 1:30.

lunch

beef pot roast
polenta
rolls
iced tea
coffee
salad
shared slice of pecan pie w/ peppermint ice cream

mine was excellent except for the polenta. elizabeth had chicken and didn't really enjoy the meal.

left the tavern at 2:30 to find moderate rain outside. i went back to the bookstore. back was aching from the cold and damp. elizabeth went for a walk on dog street. she ended up at the bookstore about 15 min after me because the rain started to come down heavily. we headed back around 3:30 or so. betty drove all the way back. i slept a good part of the way. did not feel well at all.

dinner

bowl of cereal
iced tea

went to bed early.

10 dec 2010 (f)

elizabeth had to get up very early on friday. going to a seminar in dc. i woke up at 6:20 and she was already up.

breakfast

bagel thin w/ butter
oj
coffee
iced tea

e left at around 7:30 to go to the metro. meeting at the national press club.

i was planning to go to the gym but was having some digestion problems. decided to work until about noon and then run some errands.

got a call from the service company at about 11:30 reminding me that the guy was on his way to do the winter service on the furnace. had to revise my plan. service guy was much more thorough than usual. he seemed to really be interested in hvac. gave some advice about how to lower our electric bill which we'll try for a while.

he also said that the dripping of our water heater is a serious problem and we should get it looked at soon. he said they can replace ($900-$1000 installed depending on the size of heater we get) but whatever we do we should do something soon.

he left around 1:15. i was just about to get in the shower at 2:30 when e. came home. i thought she'd come back later. we decided to do the chores together and get some lunch in the process. bank - lunch - dry cleaner - coffee - groceries.

lunch

meatball and cheese sub
fries
iced tea

at ledo's in gainesville

coffee

medium milk chocolate mocha

at caribou

8 million 10 - 14 year olds around the caribou.

dinner

oat meal
coffee
iced tea

bed early

9 dec. 2010 (th)

woke up at 6:00. very cold in the house. 18 or 19 outside i think. had to put on a bunch of clothes just to go downstairs.

breakfast

bagel thin w/ butter
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

elizabeth was ready for the vre about 10 minutes early. we got there in plenty of time.

snack

sausage biscuit
iced tea

at chik fil a

rewrote resume in the morning.

lunch

turkey and pastrami wrap
pastrami wrap
pretzels
iced tea

picked up e at the vre as usual. meant to drop the dry cleaning off on the way. got out of the house too late.

cat food run on the way home.

dinner

oatmeal
eggs (2)
bagel thin w/ cream cheese
coffee
iced tea

we watched dear frankie on dvd. pretty good movie. better than i expected. temp. was around 19 deg at bed time. tres cold.

8 dec 2010 (w)

woke up for about the 7th time at 5:00 am. head ache, sore throat, terrible thirst. air pressure in the mask was very high. actually chapped my lips.

took a shower at the sleep center to get the goo out of my hair. left the center around 5:30.

extremely cold out. around 20. car was parked outside and was actually a little hard to start.

breakfast

southern omelette
bacon (2 strips)
hash browns
iced tea

at denny's

quite good bacon and hash browns. omelette was pretty good.

got home in time to take elizabeth to the vre. we got to the station at about 3 min before the train is supposed to leave only to find that the train was delayed by 55 minutes. elizabeth decided to work from home today and go to the office on thursday.

article in the post this week regarding extensive complaints about the vre.

lunch

hot dogs (2)
pretzels
banana
iced tea

dinner

tuna wraps (2)
fruit salad
iced tea

we watched an episode of foyle's war in the evening. i fell asleep on part of it so i didn't really follow completely.

7 dec 2010 (tu)

woke up a lot during the night. woke up at 6:00 and went down stairs. back is stiff but not as sore as yesterday. very cold over night. about 29 when i turned on the tv.

breakfast

bagel thin with cream cheese
oj
coffee
iced tea

watched two episodes of corner gas in the morning.

lunch

turkey and provolone wrap
plain tortilla
yogurt
iced tea

went back to find the vacuum store today. turns out they just haven't updated their web page. the store moved to the location i found yesterday.

snack

fries
iced tea

from wendy's. the new fries. pretty good. hotter than usual, of course. see if they keep that up.

snack

tall caramel macchiato

sleep study tonight. not sleeping at home. i find this process amazingly disorienting.

dinner

turkey reuben (1)
fruit salad
iced tea

left for the sleep study at about 8:40. full house at the clinic. four, older men, say 50-65, all overweight, all looking pretty tired.

tech. started working with me around 10:00. tried a new kind of mask that covers nose and mouth. felt like i was sleeping ok but woke up every 60-90 minutes. tried a different mask around 2:00 am. tech showed me a full face mask. tried that on and was immediately freaked out. said no thank you please. ended up using a more compact nose and mouth mask. preferred it to the first mask but pressure was very high. pressure woke me up several times.

6 dec. 2010 (m)

digestion is off track lately. woke up at 5:00 and had to go to the bathroom. went downstairs at around 6:00.

watched a little of the rock & roll hall of fame. ate breakfast around 6:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
coffee
iced tea
banana

left for vre at 7:25. we usually make it if we leave at that time. we got to the vre just in time to see the train drive away. we need a better system. dropped e off at vienna.

errands in warrenton: bank, vacuum, groceries, lunch.

lunch

burrito
tacos (2)
iced tea

at tippy taco in warrenton. pretty good. i wish i'd gotten chicken instead of beef.

picked up e at vre at about 6:30.

dinner

ham and swiss wrap
chicken soup
iced tea

we watched scrooge in the evening.

5 dec 2010 (su)

i woke up at about 5:15. got up to check mail and so on.

went downstairs at about 7:30.

breakfast

ham
eggs
toast
coffee
oj
iced tea

very good

planned to do some raking today but it was very windy. did some chores in the house, watched some football, watched a few episodes of corner gas.

lunch

turkey and pastrami sandwich
potato salad
pickle spears (2)
coke

dinner

hot dogs on buns (2)
chili
french fries
iced tea

dogs and fries were quite good. chili was pretty good.

we watched an episode of the world at war. kind of depressing. elizabeth went up. i watched disk 1 of the rock and roll hall of fame performance disks. entertaining.

4 dec 2010 (sa)

woke up pretty early and got on line. went down around 7:00. elizabeth had been down.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
coffee
iced tea

elizabeth went to front royal to meet a palsy-wal for brunch. expects to be back around 1:00.

doing a few chores, reading, watching tv in the morning. listened to wait, wait. mike rowe from dirty jobs was very funny. glib, well-spoken, and fast with his responses. turns out his first job on tv was on qvc.

lunch

sub
pickles (2 spears)
iced tea

elizabeth got home later than expected and said she couldn't go to the library. went over at about 4:00.

dinner

chicken chipotle sandwich
potato chips
iced tea
coffee mocha

at panera. chipotle had a lot of bite. mocha was free.

elizabeth went to a pals for dinner and a group of the oatlands syndicate went to see a concert in reston.

watched some corner gas. a very funny episode about pink eye. watched fsu vs. vt with t he sound off. best way to watch a football game.

elizabeth got home around 9:30. said the dinner was pretty good but rushed. concert was not here flagon of mead. the group overpowered the venue.

snack

bowl of cereal
iced tea

fell asleep on the couch. woke up FREEZING at about 12:30. went up to bed at that time.

3 dec 2010 (f)

i woke up at 6:30. went down at 6:45.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
oj
coffee
iced tea

drove e to the vre. got started too late. missed the train. dropped e off at vienna.

lunch

sub
pickle
pretzels
iced tea

dinner

ham steak
au gratin potatoes
yellow squash

dessert

toast w/ marmalade and butter

we watched the last episode of unpleasantness at the bellona club. one of the better wimseys from that period. in fact i like the adaptation better than the book. elizabeth was very tired. went to bed at about 9:30. only got a few hours sleep last night.

i woke up on the coach at about 12:30 and came up to bed.

2 dec 2010 (th)

i got up at a little after 5:00 for the conference call. mostly rested but cold and a little groggy. concall went as scheduled. interesting. got good feedback. next call will be in january.

went downstairs after checking email, etc. down around 7:30. elizabeth came down around 8:30.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese and sprouts
banana
oj
coffee
iced tea

watched an episode of corner gas during breakfast. took a nap for about 40 minutes.

had to leave at 10:30 to get to dentist on time. traffic in ffx city is still just awful.

dentist went ok. i had a headache the whole time but this hygienist is fairly is on the old jaws.

lunch

indonesian peanut saute w/ chicken
iced tea

HOT! just a little too hot for me. should have stuck with the old favorite.

went to sears on the way home. they say i can get the part on-line. back to zero.

dinner

chicken a la bear w/ spaghetti
salad
iced tea

dessert

orange (half)

we watched invictus in the evening. pretty good movie.

1 dec. 2010 (w)

very hard to believe that it is dec. already. amazing!

woke up at about 5:20. rain was pouring down. making a lot of noise against the window. i decided to get up and check mail, etc. went down around 6:20.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
coffee
oj

just made it to the vre this morning. we left early enough but there was a huge line at the light at rte 28 so we had to improvise. got to the station as the conductor was about to close the doors.

stopped at mcdonalds to use the bathroom.

sausage mcmuffin
iced tea

raining a lot today. flash flood watch until about 11:00.

lunch

sub
potato salad
pickle
iced tea

watched an episode of corner gas at lunch

picked up e at the vre at the normal time.

dinner

ravioli and sauce
broc.
iced tea

dessert

orange (half)

we watched the blind side with sandra bullock this evening. really good movie. could have gotten very schmaltzy but managed to avoid it.

30 nov. 2010 (tu)

woke up before the alarm and got on-line. concall scheduled for 6 am.

concall cancelled late. rescheduled for thursday. worked from 5 to 7:15 while waiting for concall. very hungry, very thirsty.

breakfast

bagel w/ cream cheese
banana
coffee
iced tea

took a nap and watched some episodes of  corner gas after breakfast.

worked from 10:00 to 2:30. lunch during work

sub (1)
cole slaw
iced tea

grocery store in the afternoon.

snack

pizza (sl)

dinner

hot dogs on buns (2)
beans
slaw
iced tea

best hot dogs i've had lately. ball park bun size beef franks. like the regular beef better than the angus.

watched part of harry potter and the half blood prince. realized we've seen it before. too dark to see what is happening in many scenes. largely a bore.