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
In Summary:
* And another Sunday winds down. This day has had a sense of tension to it. I'm not sure why. Hopefully a good night's sleep will find me waking more relaxed in the morning.
Diet:
* 06:35 – 3 boiled eggs
* 07:35 – toast and butter
* 09:35 – 1 banana
* 11:45 – baked salmon w. mushrooms, noodles w. sauce, steak w. cooked vegetables, bluebarry muffins.
* 16:45 – 1 more blueberry muffin
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:30 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 05:45 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources
* 11:30 – tuning into [B97 – The Home for IU Women's Basketball(https://wbwb.com/) ahead of this afternoon's game between the Eastern Michigan Eagles and the Indiana Hoosiers
* 15:25 – trying to listen to the radio call of this afternoon's NFL Indianapolis Colts vs the Seattle Seahawks game through the annoying buffering
In Summary:
* Today I followed three college games. The first was a basketball game, Arkansas Razorbacks vs Texas Tech Red Raiders. The second was a football game, the Army / Navy game. And the third is another basketball game, Indiana vs Kentucky, currently at halftime. I plan to listen to this game to the end, but I may finish it from bed. The head is getting heavy and I sense sleep sneaking up on me. After I put this blog post online, I'll start shutting things down around this joint..
Diet:
* 07:30 – 1 ½ MacDonalds double cheeseburger sandwiches, macnuggets
* 09:45 – 1 cheese sandwich
* 14:15 – home made meat and vegetable soup
* 16:40 – snacking on saltine crackers and peanut butter
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 07:00 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 07:45 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources
* 11:25 – tuned into NCAA men's basketball, Arkansas Razorbacks vs Texas Tech Red Raiders, midway through the 1st half, the Red Raiders lead 24 to 18.
* 13:20 – and the Razorbacks win, final score: Arkansas 93 – Texas Tech 86
* 13:30 – now watching the CBS College Football Today Show previewing this afternoon's Army/Navy Game, planning to stay on this channel to watch the game.
* 15:35 – at halftime, I've turned off the TV and will follow the rest of the game listening to the radio call from the Army Black Knights football network. Score at the half, Army 13 – Navy 7.
* 17:20 – Navy wins the Army / Navy game with a final score of 17 to 16. And I'm tuning in The Flagship Station for IU Sports ahead of tonight's game, Kentucky Wildcats vs Indiana Hoosiers. Opening tip is scheduled for 18:30 Central Time.
* 19:50 – At halftime the Hoosiers lead Kentucky 39 to 32.
In Summary:
* This morning I put 3 loads of laundry through the little machine, and I'm all set to comfortably make it through the weekend. Next scheduled laundry will be Monday morning when I'll plan on putting 2 or 3 loads through.
Diet:
* 06:20 – toast and butter
* 07:55 – boiled eggs
* 12:00 – home made meat & vegetable soup, fried egg plant & white rice
* 15:50 – fried egg plant & white bread
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:00 – listen to local news talk radio
* 06:00 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 06:45 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources
* 08:45 – wash 3 small loads of laundry
* 12:00 – watch old game shows & eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 15:00 – listening to The Jack Riccardi Show
* 17:00 – listening to The Joe Pags Show
* 18:00 – listening to the Xavier Sports Network for the radio call of an NCAA men's basketball game, the Missouri St. Bears vs. the Xavier Musketeers
* 19:50 – the Xavier Muskies beat the Bears 75 to 57. Time now to switch off the radio, listen to relaxing music, and quietly read my way to an early bedtime.
In Summary:
* An ordinary Thursday is about to end. And ordinary in the Roscoe-verse is pretty good. I continue to be satisfied with the performance of my little substitute washing machine and how I've been able to adjust my laundry routine.
Diet:
* 06:45 – toast & butter, crispy oatmeal cookies
* 10:00 – snacking on saltine crackers & cheese
* 12:30 – egg drop soup, beef chop suey, fried rice
* 15:10 – fried rice, white bread & butter
* 19:15 – crispy oatmeal cookies
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:15 – listen to local news talk radio
* 06:30 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 07:00 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources
* 08:00 – laundry
* 12:30 to 13:30 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia
* 16:20 – tune my radio to B97 – The Home for IU Women's Basketball ahead of tonight's NCAA women's basketball game between the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks and my Indiana Hoosiers
* 19:54 – After a nice win by Indiana (Final score 98 to 54), the plan is to put on some relaxing music and quietly read until bedtime.
In Summary:
* Two high points of this Wednesday in the Roscoe-verse:
First – This morning I used my new little washing machine for the first time, and was pleased with how it worked. I'm thinking now that using it for about an hour or so, three or four mornings per week, that should allow me to keep up with socks, underwear, and shirts. I can live with that. :)
Second – I've got a Big Ten Conference men's basketball game to follow on the radio tonight. This game should take me up close to a comfortable, old guy bedtime.
Diet:
* 06:45 – 1 peanut butter sandwich
* 11:00 – crispy oatmeal cookies, home made meat and vegetable soup
* 16:00 – more crispy oatmeal cookies, more home made meat and vegetable soup
* 16:50 – 1 fresh apple
Activities, Chores, etc.:
* 05:15 – listen to local news talk radio
* 06:30 – bank accounts activity monitored
* 07:00 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources
* 08:00 – do laundry
* 10:00 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources
* 12:30 to 14:00 – watch old game shows with Sylvia
* 15:15 – read, pray, follow news reports from various sources
* 15:30 – listening to The Jack Riccardi Show
* 17:00 – listening to The Joe Pags Show
* 18:00 – listening to a Big Ten Conference men's basketball game, the (5-4) Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. the (8-1) Purdue Boilermakers