Tool Apron for Tevita

Today was Tevita's birthday.  I made a 'busy apron' for him using some things I had around the house: small scissors, a multinut tool, five crayons in a plastic box, to fill the pockets and a picture I created by making a picture of Tevita on Presentations and adding some clip-art representing cooking, building, and art.  I think he had hoped for a toy and was sort of bemused and disappointed, but his mother loved it.

Electrified

Adam persisted and in the last minute before I left for Marge Lewis's house this afternoon he achieved successful electrification of the trailer lights.  The trailer is now done, although today I ordered a wheeled jack for easier attaching to the car and I am still working on a box to hold all the spare equipment on the tongue such as wheels, ball combination, cargo net and wrench for changing tires.

Dreams of Forbidden Food

I have decided to put certain foods behind me.  On the other hand, I took a nap today and began to fantasize about Haagen Daz Almond Ice Cream Bars.  I have been fasting, first a water only fast for 24 hours and then a dry fast for 24 hours and water fasting again.  I thought I would fast for 72 hours total but I decided to end at 55 hours after having successive dreams of various chocolate and almond and ice cream treats.  I banned such foods from my life for health reasons.  But a recent post by one of the regulars in the "Lion Diet" group has weakened my resolve.  I had become very concerned about the effect of oxalates but he cast shade on the intensity and dangers of foods containing the substances.  Now I wonder if my revulsion against the potential dangers of oxalates, and my sacrifice of the chocolate stores and almonds I had on hand were another folly I committed.  At any rate I took a t-bone steak out of the freezer and plan to end my fast.

Almost Finished

Today Adam and Calvin came to my house and worked for hours building the rest of the fence around my trailer.  They bent pipe for a secondary support, helped me make a back gate that can be removed easily, and screwed the pipe to the vinyl railing material with conduit fasteners.  I put together a box from assorted pieces laying around the yard, including a couple of railing structures that were intended to make another garden box, but since gardening is no longer a concern, I happily cut and repurposed them. The box is meant to hold various items concerned with the trailer such as the balls for the hitch, the cargo netting and possibly a tire.  I doubt there is room for two tires. 

Rudy hugged me

It was a strong, spontaneous hug after he ran to meet me today. 

Woolen Sock Redux

It has been a year since I began this blog.  Some amazing things have happened in the past year.  I am back to wearing warm socks to keep my comfort level, but I have revised some important areas of my life.  The most important is my weekly visit with my grandson, Rudy.  In terms of lifestyle my decision to eat a carnivore style diet is the major change.  I am nearly halfway through a month of eating only ruminant meat and water along with electrolytes, slightly flavored with fruit flavor. 

Transition

Although I had other plans for today, I decided it was time to transition my wardrobe.  I have lost almost 50 pounds since the last time I put my cold weather clothing in storage.  This mostly affected casual pants.  I tossed a pile of 'work' pants away along with a beaten up heavy black sweater that I seldom used.  I purchased three pairs of corduroy pants when Winter Silks had their closing clearance.  I believe I can reduce their size enough to make them acceptable.  Otherwise I can wear most of my skirts and blouses with a few tweaks.  My dresses were mostly purchased when I weighed less in the period after my surgery almost 5 years ago and my favorite coat was purchased in New York City to replace a coat that had become baggy.  I have worn it for the past few years but it fit me less and less well.  Other than completing the outfit I started in 2017 in homage to Melania Trump's magnificent inauguration day outfit I plan few additions.