Thursday Thirteen

THURSDAY THIRTEEN

My morning routine:

1.  Get out of bed 

2.  Put on my housecoat, turn on the kitchen light, and take my morning pill (for my stomach).  This was when I made my coffee, back when I still drank it. 

3.  Take the dog out.  If it's 4:30 or after, I give him his breakfast.  Otherwise, he waits.

4.  After he eats, he's ready to do more that just pee, so he sits at the door until I take him out again.

5.  I read my daily portion in my one-year Bible.  There are good things in there, and I also feel it honors my ancestors who lived by it.  If I don't do it first thing, I get behind.  This year, because it's the first thing I do, I will have read the entire Bible by December 31 except for the "begats".  Yes, some parts are boring and some parts are brutal; I know my favorite stories almost by heart, but those are the ones I enjoy the most.

6.  I check email, Facebook, weather and some of the news, all on the computer.  If I have enough time and have some idea for a blog entry, I'll start that.

7.  When it's daylight, I feed the cats on the back deck.  The raccoons and possums don't usually visit in daylight.  

8.  Shortly before 7, I make Cliff's coffee.  He likes me to wake him up at seven because if he stays in bed too long, it makes him even more achy than usual; it hurts when he lies on his right shoulder, and when he lies on his left hip... not to mention if his asthma is extra bad, he may have trouble breathing.  Sometimes I get under the covers with him, but we really can't talk, because he's so deaf without his hearing aids. 

9.  I fix Cliff's breakfast.  Sometimes he has an agg or two with toast, sometimes he has Cream of Wheat; this morning he had grits.  But often he just eats cereal, and yes, I deliver it to him.

10.  Gabe and I go for our walk in the pasture and woods.

11.  I get back to the house and take a break to rest; of course the computer is at my side, so I see what's happening online again.

12.  On or before ten o'clock, I start getting dinner ready.  Of course, lots of times we have leftovers from the previous day, so on those days I can read, garden, give the dog a bath... anything I can think of that is more fun than housework!

13.  Usually at straight-up noon we eat dinner, and then often take a nap on the couch afterward.

          WHAT A LIFE!

This is the first time I've participated in Thursday Thirteen, in which you make a list of thirteen about anything you want.  If you'd like to take part, you can share your entry on the Thursday Thirteen blog so other players can read it. 

Sunday Stealing

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?

I think it's about time for a haircut.

2. What shirt are you wearing?

One of four tractor club T-shirts we own.  Cliff  never wears them, so I wear them around home to get some use out of them; neighbors probably think I'm wearing the same shirt every day.

3. Do you label yourself?

All the time, depending on what I'm doing and the mood I'm in  .  The word "unique" seems to cover all the labels, though, whether good or bad.

4. What does your watch look like?

I don't have one.

5. What were you doing at midnight last night?

Sleeping

6. Last furry thing you touched?

My dog, Gabe.

7. Favorite age you have been so far?

My whole decade from age 40 to 50.  I could dive deeper and come up drier.  I had lots of energy, I was writing songs and poems, and I gained my first grandchildren during that time.

8. What is your current desktop picture?

A picture I took during my morning walk of the sun shining through trees on our property.

9. If you had to choose between $1,000,000 or to be able to fly what would it be?

I'd take the money.

10. The last song you listened to?

"I Need Thee Every Hour" with the congregation at the Baptist Church this morning. 

11. What do you do when vending machines steal your money?

I don't use vending machines.  The stuff in them is priced too high, and there's never anything but junk food in them.

12. Would you move for the person you loved?

Oh yes, to the ends of the earth if need be.

13. Name three things that you have on you at all times?

My wedding band and my glasses.  The only other thing I could add is my clothes.  But wait, does "all times" include nighttime when I'm sleeping?  If so, forget the glasses.

14. What’s your favorite town/city?

Favorite town, Wellington, Missouri; I've lived less than two miles from the town since 1975.  Favorite city, Kansas City.

15. Does anything hurt on your body right now?

My knees always hurt if I stop to think about it, but most of the time I don't think about it. 

If you'd like to do these memes, you'll find one every  Sunday at the  Sunday Stealing blog.  Some of their questions are too personal to suit me, so I only do them occasionally when they suit me.