Monday, January 12th, I awoke not feeling on my game. Felt like I was getting the flu. Achy. No fever but felt feverish. Decided I was not going to give in but try and accomplish some things as I could. By days end, I felt a bit better.
I was able to get my Blog done and all the pictures taken care of. I also went to the Church website and set up to receive reimbursements directly to our bank account.
Claude and I sat and decided about roadside assistance with our insurance. I have had it with OnStar and pay a huge annual premium for this benefit. However, I have only used it once and that was on my previous car. It felt like a lot of expense for very little benefit. We looked into how roadside assistance is for Claude and he is using some little thing with ATT attached to his cell phone. We see our future as more road trips and less over the big pond trips. We decided to put both cars on our car insurance for roadside assistance and not renew OnStar. Little decisions but it feels good to both agree on a course of action and take that course.
Tuesday, January 13th, I awoke with a purposeful day in mind. I started with little things like filling my pill box for the next week, making the bed in the guest bedroom and walking the treadmill.
Claude started his day with an early visit to our dentist. He had a tooth that was bothering him. Dr. Hollin took x-rays and determined she would refer him to Dr. Kelly in Lexington. Dr. Kelly would see him in the afternoon. Dr. Kelly would diagnose the need for a root canal. Ugh. Poor guy. He already has a post implanted and waiting for his February appointment to proceed with that implant.
In between his dental visits, Claude took a nap. I used that time to watch some of my documentaries and delete them from the DVR.
While Claude was in Lexington, I finished reading The Screwtape Letter by C.S. Lewis. It is an interesting book to read. It is told from the point of Screwtape writing to his nephew. Screwtape and his nephew are both followers of Satan and their employment and joy in life is messing up the lives to mortals. Screwtape is the senior in the effort and his letters are direction and criticism of this nephew and how he is handling the man who is his target. It was difficult for me to get started in this book again (I read it many years ago) because it is from the point of evil. I tend to read from the perspective of good. It seemed to end very abruptly. However, in the years since the book was first published, Lewis had written a epilogue. That setting is a banquet and Screwtape is the guest speaker. It is his final council to all the young tempters. I found that epilogue to be very interesting.
Then I started The Book of Enoch. This is one of the apocryphal writings and is attributed to Enoch of the Old Testament. I did preface this reading by reading my scriptural accounts in the Old Testament and Pearl of Great Price. I also ready the Institute manuals on these chapters. I had this 'flash of intellect' that I will be okay reading The Book of Enoch if I look at it as reading The Iliad or The Odyssey by Homer with my background of knowledge about Enoch himself.
I also started some chair yoga.
Wednesday, January 14th, was another purposeful day. I started with a walk on the treadmill followed by chair yoga.
Claude had a visit with his audiologist. The audiologist basically told Claude as he aged his hearing would not get any better. Very uplifting, don't you think!?
I spent time crocheting ornaments for 2026 Christmas gifts to the Relief Society sisters.
In the evening we started watching Psych.
My cousin, Sue, in Louisiana, posted a picture that sent me on a family history post for our family. I found a picture of a water pump and added it to Sue's picture of a child dipping water from a bucket and posted this for our family.
Family history lesson for today.
Mimi's parents lived in the country in southern Louisiana. They did not have running water or electricity. They did have a well in their back yard with a pump you had to 'prime' to get it to bring water up to the spout. Then you pumped as the water came up and filled your bucket. A bucket of fresh well water stayed on the back porch with a dipper. Everyone wanting a drink used the same dipper from the bucket to get their drink. Water was always delicious. If you needed water to cook or bathe with, you had to prime the pump and pump buckets of water depending on your need. Thought this water bottle generation might enjoy this bit of history.
"Mommy Daddy wake me up and eat pepperoni. He didn't listen me. I used potty okay momma."
"Momma I used potty and dadda not leave me alone."
"Momma dadda not leave me alone he wake me up."
Love this little nugget.
Yes her face is messy and honestly it's bath day so we will clean her up later right now I am enjoying snuggles and the conversation.
Thursday, January 15th, I did laundry and walked the treadmill. Then I crocheted.
In the afternoon, we had a visit set with the Carter family. Laura is my BFF and her family is precious to us. Laura us recuperating from breast cancer. I was amazed she fixed us taco salads for a meal (Howard helped). It was so good to sit and visit with them. Howard is refurbishing a school bus for them to travel in. He had amazing plans he had created to do this. Jessie was very happy to share her visits with Bill Mecke, a meteorologist in Lexington and also the drum she got for Christmas.
We came home to a warm house that felt especially good. It was a super cold day for Kentucky. I told Laura it was warm at her home and our home but in between it was brutal. She had been out for PT that morning and heartily agreed.
Friday, January 16th, I walked my treadmill while Claude went to his ophthalmologist appointment. Well, he tried to go to his appointment but they didn't have him on their records. They scheduled it for the next week. Ugh! So Claude went grocery shopping instead.
This was the beginning of our three dates in a row. Georgetown Cinema was showing Lord of the Rings, extended edition. We purchased tickets for the first weekend they were doing this for all three days. The first movie "The Fellowship of the Rings" was set for 7pm. We had dinner at 5 Guys and then headed to the theater. The movies was 3 hours and 45 minutes long.
Peter Jackson, the director, gave and introduction to the film. He shared that Viggo Mortensen went surfing before the filming of the scenes in the mines. He was hit in the eye by his surfboard. His left eye was swollen. He had to shoot all of that with the right side of Viggo's face.
Peter also told that they filmed all three movies at once. Sometimes they had one day they were filming one movie and another day they were filming scenes from a different movie. They were very unsure about the way these movies would be received. They would all come out different years. They would have to remember that a scene they shot might not go public for 4 years. In the midst of this uncertainty, they were asked to provide a 30-minute finished clip of the movie for Cannes. The piece they shot was the mines scene. It got rave reviews and made them more confident in their efforts and the success of the finished product.
We very much enjoyed the extended edition. Our grandson, Hayden, has been after us to watch the extended edition for years. We have owned the theatrical cut of these movies for years. It is our New Year's Eve tradition watching all three back to back. Hayden kept telling us we should watch the extended edition. We felt spending that money was a silly move as we were happy with our current situation. After watching this first movie, Claude sent Hayden a text apologizing for nor listening to him sooner and to let him know we were looking at ways to rectify the situation. Lesson learned: Sometimes grandmonsters know best!!
Saturday, January 17th, in the morning I walked my treadmill, did my ironing, scanned the returned Relief Society birthday cards and some picture Christmas cards.
We had a 2pm viewing of the second Lord of the Rings movie: The Two Towers. Since the movie was early, we determined we would have dinner after and it would be a Chipotle.
Peter Jackson did an introduction for this movie. He spoke of Christopher Lee and his death scene at the end of this film. It was determined it would not be a part of the theatrical cut. Christopher Lee was extremely upset about this and had harsh words for Peter Jackson. However, they made amends and ended up as great friends. The death scene is a part of the extended edition. The other thing he touched on was his love of war scenes. He was hands on with the Battle for Helm's Deep.
The extended version of the movie was 3 hours and 55 minutes long.
Sunday, January 18th, we attended church in the morning. Parker Risher gave his return talk after finishing his mission to Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was one of the best return home talks I have heard. He talked about how the Lord had changed him through certain principles in his life: peace, love, humility.
We had a 2pm showing of the last Lord of the Rings movie. We got a biscuit before church as our meeting starts at 10:30am for 2026. This would tide us over till dinner after the movie. That would be chili from Wendy's. Great on another very cold day.
Peter Jackson gave his final introduction for these films. He took time this time to pay tribute to the actors and people he worked with who have passed away since the making of the movies.
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