TheCapeBlog

We are watching “1883” with great pleasure on Paramount Plus.

I’ve been working steadily on the new MRS.

We made a chocolate cake for Christmas. I figure it cost about $2.80 and better than most store cakes at 3 or 4 times the price.

I also made a quiche and Ron did a nice salad. We had ravioli on Christmas day.

I picked up beef hearts on sale for Liz and made a stew with it today. Hope it lasts at least two days.

We did the transfer station run yesterday and were able to personally deliver our Christmas gifts to our three guys.

The box of oranges from Florida arrived today at Doc vonHaam’s office.

We had lunch and exchanged gifts on Friday, Christmas Eve, with Cindy and Cathy. Also got to give Robert and Peter the gifts for the grands.

Finally, we mailed a tip to our paper delivery person. Hope she received it.

Last Thursday, the person from Geek Squad connected the new modem. I brought the old one back to Comcast. He reconfigured the phones, Ron’s computers and the Roku, but I forgot Sonos and the thermostat. Got those connected myself.

Ron bought me a nice pair of slippers yesterday. They are exactly what I wanted.

Today I did four errands in one trip: Washashore (closing at the end of the month/year) for cookies, beer run, bank for gifts and Roche for cooking oil.

Paid for Ron’s car repair yesterday but he was less than enthused, so I complained and he’ll pay me back.

It occurred to me that it takes ego to expect people to be grateful for your good deeds. If you aren’t that sort of person, the gift is bare in the eyes of the recipient.

Tried to transfer funds to First Citizens, but it got held up by Rockland. Squared it away this morning, hope the funds will be there tomorrow.

Have been working non-stop on MRS. New code for DotDigital and Admin.

Ron is working on laundry.

I made food for Lizzie and pea soup for us yesterday. Made another pumpkin pie earlier this week. Need to find a store that sells chicken gizzards. Maybe Shaw’s.

Ron and I raked the back yard yesterday.

I’ve been working on MRS stuff this week, having left KnarrTek on Monday afternoon.

We are trying not to get on each other’s nerves, but it’s not easy.

We raked leaves yesterday and filled up the truck again.

I did grocery shopping and made food for Lizzie.

Ron has been working on his holiday cards.

Had a nice lunch with Cindy and Cathy on Saturday.

I’ve been struggling with PCmover and ended up copying individual directories from the old PC to the Seagate drive.

Installed new ink cartridges in the Canon printer.

After spending a small fortune on Office software, finally got Outlook squared away.

Ordered a box of oranges for Dr. vonHaam’s office.

UPS confirmed delivery of Ron’s signed and notarized agreement on the Deed to Deborah.

Up very early these days, before 5 am. Fell asleep with my day clothes still on last night after 60 Minutes.

Ron has been doing a great job taking care of Lizzie while I am busy with other things, including work.

It’s great to be back.

I baked the two pumpkins purchased from the Falmouth Art Center and got 2 1/2 pounds of filling from them. Made a pie with a pound of the filling, a Pillsbury crust and Dollar Store pumpkin pie spice and sweetened condensed milk.

Stress test appointment was cancelled for today, thank goodness. Insurance is deciding whether to pay for it or not.

Yesterday, Ron checked and inflated the tires on both vehicles.

I made an apple pie. It is better today, actually not bad at all. I used an S&S crust, a can of apple filling and additional homemade filling from three apples on hand.

While Ron was working on the tires, I strung the outdoor winter holiday lights after setting up the extension cords and the window candles.

This was in between loading, running and understanding a sample VB project prepared by a generous colleague.

The day before, Ron trimmed the bushes in front of the house. I cleaned out the leaves and managed to cut the extension cord before Ron took over. The pie was in the way of penance.

Ron was upset yesterday, claiming that his two pharmacies had lost track of his meds and it was his fault.

Turns out, his accounts are fine, the prescription records are all there, and I was able to set up new logins for him on both websites.

He argued and argued and argued with me about this. Instead of listening and watching what I was doing, he kept ranting about what the pharmacies’ staff told him, none of which made sense. He claimed that “guilt” prevented him from thinking clearly.

I’ve asked his doctor to diagnose him for Alzheimer’s before, and it looks like it may be time to do that again.

Meanwhile, I had a full day.

Picked up a superb mincemeat pie and cardamom bread at the Meetinghouse Farm baked goods fundraiser in West Barnstable.

Dropped off the holter at the cardio office, and stopped off at Janet’s for more bread. She gave me an extra loaf that “wasn’t up to quality control standards” but still very good.

Drove home to take Lizzie to the vet’s for blood tests, the results of which were outstanding. Her previously high levels were way down and well within normal range. Fantastic news!

Finally, had my computer glasses adjusted at Bayview.

Ron did a transfer station run with leaves. While we were raking the front yard, Cathy dropped off mac and cheese.

It was cool, it rained early on and it was Sunday: the ugly racket of trees being murdered and leaf blowers was not to be heard until later in the day.

We filled the truck three times and made it to the transfer station twice. I can’t recall ever doing that much work in a single day. It helped that the leaves were damp; they stuck together in piles and on the tarps much better than if they were dry.

I made food for Lizzie in the morning.

Ron did laundry. I realize around 4:30 that we’d stripped the bed, but we were able to put it back together in between watching Kansas City defeat Dallas.

My legs, feet and back are sore tonight. I haven’t done much yard work in the last couple of days, but I did cook a big pot of food for Lizzie yesterday and shopped today.

Have been making some nice salads with lettuce, red cabbage and miscellaneous other ingredients.

New contract starts on Monday.

Joined the national and state Libertarian parties today. Want to keep in touch, and their Facebook posts just aren’t sufficient.

Ron has been raving about people who refuse to get vaccinated. I say we are better off without those who refuse to protect themselves for pseudo-political “reasons”.

The Senate needs to ratify Biden’s choices for the Post Office Board of Governors. Oh, goody, another battle with the buffoons.

Lizzie joined us on August 30. They say that a dog has settled in to a new home after about three months, at which time their true nature becomes clearer.

It’ll be three months in a couple of weeks, so Lizzie may be a little ahead of the curve.

She’s been barking when she wants something rather than just standing quietly in front of us, although she still does the latter on a regular basis.

Earlier this week, I tried to get her to ride with me in the truck, but she bolted instead, trumped in the neighbor’s yard and trotted up Dixon until Norene’s dogs gave her a piece of their minds.