In Summary:
* A quiet Wednesday winds down. Had a nice, but brief, face time video chat with my daughter from up in Indiana. That was clearly the high point of my day.
Diet:
* 06:20 – 1 peanut butter sandwich
* 11:45 – snack on saltine crackers
* 12:30 – meat loaf, brown gravy, white rice
* 17:40 – 1 fresh apple
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:30 – listen to local news talk radio
* 05:45 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:00 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 15:40 – watching old episodes of Classic Doctor Who
* 17:40 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 19:00 – the night prayers are wrapped up, think I'll find some relaxing music to end this day.
Chess:
* 11:28 – have moved in most pending CC games
* 15:20 – moved in today's remaining CC games
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:00 – listen to local news talk radio
* 04:40 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 04:50 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 10:00 to 12:30 – yard work, mow, rake up leaves in front yard, falling once
* 12:45 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 14:15 – tuned into the NCAA college football Boca Raton Bowl: Toledo Rockets vs Louisville Cardinals... and Louisville wins, 27 to 22.
* 16:50 – tuned into the New Orleans Bowl: Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles...and the Hilltoppers win, 27 to 16.
In Summary:
* The day started VERY early for me. I was standing at the curb well before sun up, hauling tall trash bags out of my big brown trash bin before the trash truck came to collect it. I was worried that I might have mistakenly thrown away something I shouldn't have. Now I get to go through each of those bags again, very carefully, and look for an old photo album of the wife. Better safe than sorry, ya' know.
Diet:
* 06:20 – 1 pb&j sandwich
* 09:35 – 1 cheese & seafood salad sandwich
* 12:30 – bowl of home made chicken noodle soup
* 15:40 – 1 fresh apple
* 19:00 – ½ Wendy's Junior Cheeseburger, chicken tenders, 1 chocolate milkshake
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:00 – listen to local news talk radio
* 04:40 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 05:00 – pull trash for resorting
* 05:45 -read, pray, follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 10:00 – start my weekly laundry
* 14:00 – finished folding the last of the laundry
* 15:00 – listening to The Jack Riccardi Show
* 16:00 – tuned in to The Flagship Station for IU Sports ahead of tonight's NCAA men's basketball game between the Siena Saints and the Indiana Hoosiers...and the Hoosiers win 81 to 60.
* 19:00 – watch old game shows and eat dinner at home with Sylvia
* 19:30 – time now to wrap up the night prayers, listen to relaxing music, and quietly read my way to bedtime.
In Summary:
* Today has been heavy duty cleaning, getting ready for a vistit from the daughter-in-law and her fiance. They won't be staying here with us, but they'll be in and out over the next two or three weeks.
Diet:
* 07:40 – 1 peanut butter sandwich, cookies
* 08:25 – 1 seafood salad and cheese sandwich
* 12:10 – home made chicken and noodles soup with white rice
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 07:00 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 07:10 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 12:00 – listen to the radio call of an IU women's basketball game ... !U wins over the Western Carolina Catamounts 77 to 44
* 13:00 to 15:00 – clean and organize back porch
* 16:00 – listening to relaxing Christmas music
* 19:30 – time now to wrap up the night prayers and try to get ready for bed.
Chess:
* 17:55 – moved in most pending CC games, shall catch the rest tomorrow
In Summary:
* With her washing machine fixed, the wife has been generally happier today than she's been for awhile. And with good college basketball for me to follow all day, I've been well entertained and generally happy all day, too.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:30 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 08:30 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 11:25 – tuned in to The Flagship Station for IU Sports ahead of this afternoon's NCAA men's basketball game between the Chicago State Cougers and the Indiana Hoosiers.
* 13:52 – ... and the Hoosiers win 78 to 58.
* 14:30 – listening to the Ohio State Sports Network ahead of the afternoon Buckeyes men's basketball game in the CBS Sports Classic vs. the North Carolina State Tar Heels.
* 16:35 – ... and the Tar Heels win 71 to 70.
* 17:00 – listening to Purdue Men's Basketball Radio ahead of tonight's game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the Indy Classic, Auburn Tigers vs Purdue Boilermakers.
* 19:25 – ... and Purdue wins 88 to 60.
* 19:30 – time now to turn off the radio, wrap up the night prayers, listen to relaxing music, and quietly read until bedtime.
In Summary:
* A good day: washing machine is fixed. This is going to allow a return to our old, comfortable schedule. And I had good college sports to follow all day long.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:00 – listen to local news talk radio
* 06:10 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:30 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 10:00 – now following NCAA football at the Murtle Beach Bowl, Kennesaw St. Owls vs. Western Michigan Broncos
* 15:40 – tuned into the radio feed of the South Dakota Sports Network ahead of the NCAA men's basketball game between the South Dakota St. Jackrabbits and the Milwaukee Panthers
* 16:15 – called away from basketball to kitchen duty
* 18:10 – back to basketball now, I find I missed a one-point game, Panthers won: 88 – 87.
* 18:20 – now listening to another NCAA men's basketball game, Tulsa Golden Hurricane vs Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.
* 20:45 – and another 1-point game: the Hurricane win 82-81. Good basketball.
* 20:50 – switching off the radio. shall wrap up my night prayers and get ready for bed.
In Summary:
* Happy to have found an early NCAA women's basketball game. That game having just ended my plan now is to wrap up the night prayers, start shutting things down around this joint, and head to bed early.
Diet:
* 05:50 – toast & butter
* 06:30 – 1 banana
* 10:00 – fried rice, beef chop suey, white bread and butter, 1 peanut butter sandwich
* 13:45 – pizza
* 14:40 – 2 HEB Bakery cookies
* 16:50 – 2 more cookies
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:00 – listen to local news talk radio
* 06:10 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:30 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 13:45 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 16:20 – listening to The Jack Riccardi Show
* 17:30 – listening to the Ohio State Sports Network for an NCAA women's basketball game between the Norfolk St. Spartans and the Ohio St. Buckeyes
* 19:20 – ... and Ohio St. wins, final score: Buckeyes 79 – Spartans 45.
In Summary:
* I heard President Trump's Address to the Nation tonight, all 20 minutes of it, and learned nothing new. He touted the economic successes of his Administration during this, his first year in office. As one who follows the news closely, and his frequent posts on his Truth Social platform, I was aware of everything he spoke about tonight. There was nothing new nor alarming revealed. So I should sleep easy tonight.
Diet:
* 05:50 – toast & butter
* 06:35 – 1 banana
* 07:00 – 2 blueberry muffins
* 09:00 – noodles w. cheese sauce
* 11:00 – home made meat & vegetables soup
* 12:00 – beef chop suey, egg drop soup, Rangoon
* 17:00 – bowl of soup.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:30 – listen to local news talk radio
* 05:40 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:00 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 12:00 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 17:20 – tuned into the Xavier Sports Network to listen to the Radio Call of tonight's NCAA men's basketball game between the Creighton Bluejays and the Xavier Musketeers, opening tip is minutes away. Let's Go X!
* 19:25 – Creighton won, final score: Bluejays 98 – Musketeers 57
* 19:30 – President Trump's address to the nation is coming up in half an hour. Shall work on my night prayers until then. Depending on the content of his speech, I'll ready myself for bed after that.
In Summary:
* Two things that I'm particularly happy about today: 1.) ordered the wife's Christmas and birthday gifts and cards. (Her birthday is Dec. 31, so I usually order her stuff at the same time.) and 2.) found an early men's basketball game to follow, so I'll be able to finish the game and still ease my way into a sensible senior bedtime.
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 04:45 – listen to local news talk radio
* 05:50 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:00 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources, surf the socials
* 16:00 – listening to The Jack Riccardi Show
* 17:00 – listening to The Joe Pags Show
* 18:00 – tuned into the radio call of an NCAA men's basketball game, Toledo Rockets vs. Michigan St. Spartans, late in the 1st half.
* 19:30 – MSU wins 92 to 69. Time now to turn off the radio, put on some relaxing music, and quietly read before bed.
In Summary:
* A pretty good Monday, though it stll feels odd not to have this as a big laundry day. My chess load may be bigger now than it has ever been. With several tournaments running in my different online chess clubs, I have between 50 and 60 games to work on every day. That's about the maximum number I can handle.
Diet:
* 05:30 – 1 blueberry muffin
* 06:45 – 1 more blueberry muffin, 1 bowl of oatmeal
* 08:05 – baked salmon w. mushroom sauce
* 12:30 – noodles and cheese sauce
* 16:45 – 1 more blueberry muffin
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:00 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 05:15 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources
* 12:30 to 14:30 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 16:20 – listening to The Jack Riccardi Show
* 17:00 – listening to The Joe Pags Show
* 18:30 – follow news reports from various sources
* 20:00 – listening to relaxing music and quietly reading until bedtime