Tuesday, March 2, 2021, was spent doing things in our home. I did manage to get all the March birthday packages wrapped and packaged so I can just put them in the mail when the time comes.
Wednesday, March 3, 2021, Claude was itching to get out of the house and just be a human. We got in the Jeep and drove the back roads to Paris and then to Winchester. One has to be careful where one drives now as they are still clearing broken trees on back roads and the water is still flooding in lots of areas. When we got to Winchester, we ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant we learned about a few years ago. The food is good and very reasonably priced.
After lunch, Claude drove back roads again to get to Lexington. We went to Cabela's to find a new air mattress. We have two. We have loaned one out. We have company coming in a couple of weeks and our other air mattress has a seam that had popped. It works great but the person sleeping on the side where the seam has popped loose rolls downhill to the person where all the seams are in tact. We needed to replace this air mattress. We found a nice one. Then we shopped the end of season sales and I bought my first Christmas present for 2021. Then Claude took me to Cold Stone Creamery for an ice cream dessert.
Now to Georgetown to pick up a prescription at CVS and then walk at Moss Park. This was a tricky deal. They have water along the walking path nearest Elkhorn Creek. Claude picked us a place to walk on the grass thinking that would be best at that point. We slid all over the place but didn't fall. However, our shoes were caked with mud when we got back to the Jeep.
We enjoyed a quiet evening at home. I tried to read by couldn't get my book to come up on my Kindle. It is a book Claude purchased and I get to read because we are in the family program with Kindle. The problem was it never really downloaded to my Kindle. The Wifi keeps dropping on my Kindle. I couldn't keep Wifi long enough to open the book this time. I went down to my laptop and opened up Amazon. I found a place to report, through chatting, what my problem was. A nice agent chatted with me and determined I had done all the steps on his list to verify how to fix the problem. I was sitting by the router and it had all green lights. I had Wifi on my laptop and on my cellphone. Not on the Kindle. He eventually said he would send me a new Kindle and see if that helped. I will have to return my old Kindle. Ugh. Here we go again! Electronics are a necessity in today's world but they bring their own share of headaches.
Katelyn received the package with Emelia and Raelyn's ponchos. She sent a cute video of Emelia twirling in hers and these two pictures. The girls were very happy with their ponchos. That is Raelyn in Frozen on the left and Emelia in Paw Patrol on the right.
Thursday, March 4, 2021, Claude decided he wanted to do the grocery shopping and get dinner in Georgetown. I was able to get the plants watered and the spring decorations placed on the front porch.
Then I tried to tackle the television in our bedroom. It has not worked and I wanted to get it going again. I turned it on. That part works. But it kept giving this message on screen 'No Video Signal'. I tried all the input settings for the television. Same message. Claude came in and unplugged everything and then we plugged everything back in. Same message. We tried resetting the receiver by pressing that little red button. It tried to get the television to work with DirecTV but it failed again. I found a web address and got it on my cellphone. There was an option to chat with a service person. I chose that. After only a half hour, we determined the problem was the receiver. After being sure they had the right product numbers, they have placed an order for a new receiver and we'll get to install that when it arrives and mail the bad one back.
We went to Georgetown and did our walk. We tried the grass on the other side of the sidewalk where it was really muddy. Worked better than the day before but was still fairly muddy. Then I took a treat bag to Papa and filled his birdfeeder. Claude treated me to my favorite meal at Applebee's, Chicken Wonton Tacos. Oh how I love these things. They are really an appetizer. You get four with your order. I just order it for my meal. Claude did his grocery shopping while I waited in the Jeep. Then it was home for a quiet evening watching some more Psyche.
Friday, March 5, 2021, was amazing! No electronics to get help with fixing. Yippee!!
We received an eMail request from our local church leaders Thursday evening. We have had major, severe flooding in Kentucky with the ice and snow melting and then rain after that. The towns in southeastern Kentucky have been particularly hard it. You have lots of forests and mountain areas and the ice broke many trees over narrow roads. Then the creeks and rivers flooded and washed many things away. It is truly a mess. The most amazing video was shown yesterday on the news of a dock from up the Kentucky river which broke free and floated down the Kentucky River. When it got to Frankfort, it hit a bridge and that is where it began to break in pieces. Anyway, the eMail request stated that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was sending a big truck full of relief supplies for these people. In addition, they were asking members of our Lexington North Stake (group of congregations) to help with additional cleaning supplies. Particularly the 18 gallon plastic totes, heavy duty trash bags, rubber gloves, and cleaning agents. We had two of these totes we could give them. We found cleaning supplies we purchased for the pandemic which we could donate. Then today, we drove into Georgetown again to shop at Lowe's for more cleaning supplies. Claude just went down the aisle and picked up two of everything. I have put out a request to neighbors and friends who might want to help and this is a way they could do so.
While in Georgetown, we took another walk at Moss Park. That muddy spot is still there but you can walk down the highest part of the path and be okay today. Yeah!! We ate lunch at Jimmy John's. Now we'll have another quiet evening at home. I have picked out a crochet project that I may start on tonight. Or, I may read my book.
While in Lowe's, I sent Claude a text from the Jeep and asked him to see if they had any pansies. He bought me a package with 12 little plants in it. When we got home, I put them in the planter on the front porch. Hope they make it. We are supposed to have some days of warmer weather for them to get used to the planter. Then, I am thinking and hoping pansies will be fairly hearty if it turns cold again.
Just an ordinary week at the Christensen home.
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