FRIDAY

. . . . . . I knew after breakfast that if I did not hop on the stepper and get my thirty minutes of exercise right away I would not get at it later in the day. I felt much better after having kept that promise to myself. We had several rain clouds deliver us some Oregon Mist in the course of this afternoon, I got caught up on my reading and also had a nice long winter nap. The Taco I built for lunch was especially good and very filling. It was another good day but perhaps I should find some way to get more exercise. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

THURSDAY

. . . . . .I stopped by the lab for my Pro-time blood check before arriving at the bowling alley today. The blood check was a perfect 2.4 and I am to return in 6 weeks, one day before catching the big bird to Mazatlan. My bowling results were awful but that is nothing new, the surprising thing is that out of 22 teams we are in third place. After today I am sure we will be a solid third place. Now I have to begin doing a better job of bowling so we don’t fall behind. I am 18 spots above the bottom in the league but the team likes my high handicap. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

WEDNESDAY

. . . .I did spend half an hour on the stepper today. Hate to say it but that was about all that I did. I did try not to eat too much, that could be considered an accomplishment for the day also. It rained for a while this afternoon but I missed it because it happened during my nap time. The temperature was 34 when I got up this morning, winter is getting too close for me! http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

TUESDAY

. . . . I never got out of the house today, Roy even delivered my mail to the door. The first thing I did this morning was glance at the thermometer outside my living room window and when I saw the 33 reading I decided inside was best for me. Once during the day I started walking on my stepper but something interrupted me and I never got back to that. I have no idea what tomorrow may bring but I do hope I can at least use the stepper for thirty minutes! http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

MONDAY

. . . . I left the house at 9:15 to make it to my doctor appointment in Vancouver. All is well with my urology report and my next appointment will be a year from now. On the way home I stopped at Burger King in Longview for lunch before stopping by the bowling alley for ten lines. It turned out to be a good day but the first five lines only averaged 130. I buckled down and paid attention the second hour and made a 153 average for five lines. My average for the day was a couple of pins better than my league average so I left feeling pretty good about life. I was home by 3pm and settled in for the evening. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

SUNDAY

. . . . .. I never did accomplish a lot today but when half time rolled around during Seattle’s football game I ran out and washed the car. The weather is supposed to be nice tomorrow and I have a doctors appointment in Beaverton in the morning so at least I will have the pleasure of driving a clean car. Washing the car was my exercise for the day except for being in the kitchen fixing stuff to eat. I don’t imagine that would count as exercise though. It was a good day and I really did try not to eat too much.

SATURDAY

. . . . .I pigged out in front of the TV today. I talked myself into putting 2,000 steps on the stepper, I felt overdue for some exercise of some kind. I watched the Oregon game but turned it off in the third quarter, the excitement was out of the game by that time. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

FRIDAY

. . . . . I spent a couple of hours bowling today. I averaged 138 for ten lines. On the way home I bought a Tracfone airtime card [actually I bought four 90 day cards] and installed them on my Tracfone. The remarkable thing is that I could have purchased a one year card for $109.00 and gotten the same thing. I purchased four because the price was only $19.99 each. I have discovered that doing it that way lowered my cost for a cell phone to $7.21 per month. Had I purchased the one year card it would be $9.08 per month. I was not too happy with my bowling results but the shopping results made up for it. It was a good day. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

THANKSGIVING

. . . . .I had a nice dinner with the Teigen’s today. I was home by 2:30 and had planned on watching football but got on the puter and forgot all about it. I have not decided which is worse for one, TV or the Internet. Happy Thanksgiving, all. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

WEDNESDAY

. . . . . . More rain today. Melvin phoned me this morning to let me know he had driven into town for a doctors appointment and had taken Tippy, his dog along. The doctor wanted to run some tests that required him to stay the night in hospital so my job was to go get Tippy and take her home. She is now at the house with a full bowl of water and a two days supply of dog food. Roy, Mel’s neighbor, will look in on her tomorrow morning and Mel expects to be home early afternoon. I was back home by 10:30 and spent the day reading and generally doing nothing. I even forgot to get on my stepper today, that makes two days in a row. I really have trouble exercising! http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

TUESDAY

. . . .. Doggy and I visited with Ron and Caren today. They introduced us to Hanna, a young lady who is visiting them from Holland, she seems very nice. They had been visiting Sol yesterday, his health is good too. The entire family is getting ready for the Big Season! . . . There is a big rain just south of Portland as I type this, nothing headed in our direction though. I hope. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

MONDAY

. . . . . .The power has been out four times in the past 24 hours. The storm turned out to be a serious gully washer. The poor old Cowlitz River is straining at the load all along its banks but seems to be holding well. I went bowling today and averaged only 135 for ten lines. I also stocked up on more groceries so I am set for a while. Let it storm, it is fine with me as long as the temperature stays above freezing. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

SUNDAY

. . . . . . . . I pigged out all day today, watched TV, took a nap, all of the important stuff. The rains returned later this afternoon, nothing new there. Doggy and I are doing fine! http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

SATURDAY

. . . . .I drove into town in the rain today. I stopped at the Post Office and found it closed. I thought the Post Office was open at least half a day on Saturday. I then drove in the rain to the bowling alley and bowled ten lines, averaging my league 139. I then drove in the rain to the dollar store to buy five more books. I then drove home in the rain. Needless to say it rained today. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

FRIDAY

. . . . I took care of some paper work that has needed attention for some time and ate some more of my delicious spaghetti sauce for lunch. It threatened rain all day but it never happened. That didn’t bother me a lot since I never got out of the house anyway. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

THURSDAY

. . . . . I bowled so poorly today that I didn’t even write down the score. I think I bowled 145-126-112= a 126 average. My team is in 4th place though and that is a good thing. Of course it is still early in the season but we have two bowlers who are very good and two with very large handicaps. If the two of us who are not doing so well can improve as the season progresses we can as a team make a pretty good showing. I went looking for a battery for my cell phone today and found none are available. After getting home and working with the darn thing I found I had forgotten that in order to turn the animal on the ‘on’ button must be held down for at least 3 seconds. Anyway, I still have a cell phone. No rain today, some sunshine but it is getting cool as fall moves, in pushing summer aside. I noticed on the weather report that it is about 80 degrees in Mazatlan. Happy Day! http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

WEDNESDAY

. . . . Bill, Melvin and Had a Kentucky Fried Chicken Birthday party this afternoon. Melvin and Bill both had birthdays this month so I supplied the food and drinks for a celebration in Melvin’s garage. It was a nice afternoon-the doors were open during the festivities and the sun was shining brightly. Mel had driven into town earlier to pickup the food and Bill, I delivered Bill back home about 4:30 and returned home myself. I took ChiChi along, he had a good time too, Bill fed him a lot of chicken. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

TUESDAY

.. . . . .I met the ‘52’ gang for lunch, only eight of us showed up but the conversation was lively enough to be entertaining. Only Bob and I were left after the tables cleared so we visited for almost an hour before we both decided it was time to get on with our day. I was only a couple hundred yards away from the bowling alley so I stopped in to bowl ten lines. The first five lines created a 126 average and the second five gave me a 142, I was 133.7 for the day. The nice part is that the second five lines were better than the first. I also noticed that the first three games gave me a 153. I sure hope I can repeat that on Thursday. It was cool today but little rain, it sprinkled a little on the way home. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

MONDAY

……….I returned to the bowling alley again today for another ten line session. I averaged 145.2 which put me really close to the 150 that I hope to eventually end up with. Colder weather is slowly sitting in, it might have gotten to 50 degrees today and felt a lot cooler than that. Rain is forecast for the next couple of days then perhaps we can get a break so I can wash my car again. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

SUNDAY

. . . .I had a nice day today, I drove to Canby to visit Jean and Ben for an hour or so. Jean just got back from a couple of weeks in Costa Rica and the sunshine seemed to help her completion, she looks healthy as heck. She is looking forward to starting her chemo therapy Tuesday, mainly to get it over with as soon as possible. On the way I stopped at the Cemetery and left flowers for Ron and Pat, Terrie’s parents. I also stopped by Art Huntington’s marker and paused for a moment in honor of his life. There was plenty of rain during the drive home but that just added to the romance of the road. It was nice being on the highway for a few hours, short as they were. My plan now is to catch the end of the Seattle game and pop some popcorn for dinner! http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

SATURDAY

. . . .I bowled 15 lines today and felt like I could have continued. My average during the first 5 lines was 136, the second 5 was 137 and the third set of five was a 147 average. That came out to 142 for the day and that is above my league average so I feel pretty good about it all. I also did a bit of shopping and got home before 4:30. The temperature was about 45 degrees, OK for a light jacket but just barely. . . . I noticed later in the evening that my muscles were beginning to feel like I had had a work out today, that’s a good thing. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

FRIDAY

. . . .. We had nice weather today and I got in a twenty minute walk to go with my usual 2,000 steps on my stepper machine. I built myself a very nice hamburger for lunch, had a nap and did lots of reading. I still feel the need for more activity so I believe I will return to the bowling alley tomorrow and try my luck. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

THURSDAY

. . . . . Few clouds today, mostly clear skies but it was not warm. I only wore a light jacket into town and I am happy to have had it along. My bowling was one pin above my average for the day so I will not complain about that. All is fine. ChiChi and I are feeling fine and trying to cut back on our eating. Wish us luck. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

WEDNESDAY

. . . . .My guy didn’t win, a lot of people will be glad to hear that, I suppose. I caught up on my sleep this afternoon, cut out one meal because I am putting on too much weight and can not blame it on water retention. Earlier in the day I gave some thought to going to the river but the rains came before I could get in the car so I stayed home. Tomorrow is bowling day and today I did get in my 2,000 steps on the stepper. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

ELECTION DAY

. . . . .I got a call at 8AM to help take the boat out of the river. ChiChi and I drove the pickup and trailer to the Camelot riverside park and backed it into the water. Five minutes later the boat was loaded and after getting it strapped down Mel drove us back to his place where my car was parked. We ran into a light rain but that was expected because storm clouds were on the horizon. The balance of the day was spent reading and eating. This evening I will be watching Romney win? the election. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

MONDAY

. . . . .I left the house at 10:40 to do a little shopping before meeting Rick at the bowling alley for lunch. Rick is a member of my team and our scores are about the same so we tried to help each other. That is sort of like a blond leading a blond. We bowled a bunch of practice games and neither one of us did much good. My average for eight lines came out to 129. A poor showing on Monday usually means I will do well on League day so I am waiting for Thursday. Ron and Caren invited me over to their place for dinner so I got there in time to watch O’Reilly with them. Ron and I talked politics, he is a real Democrat and I am definitely not so we had a lot of laughs and a good time. I think neither of us knew what the devil we were talking about most of the time. But that is just fine, we enjoyed it. I got home at 7:30 and now I will post the blog and call it a day. Mel called, he wants me to help him move his boat tomorrow, it is fall again and time to take the boat out of the river until next spring. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

SUNDAY

. . . . . . I got out of the house long enough to hand Roy the rent check and check the weather. The rest of the day was spent pigging out in front of the TV and napping. I did use my stepper for 28 minutes today, worked up some perspiration in the process, I felt good about that. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

SATURDAY

. . . . . Another lazy day at home. I took a nap so I will be able to get up at 2AM to turn the clocks back. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

FRIDAY

. . . . . .I have no idea where all of the energy came from but I had two loads of laundry done by 9AM. While all of that was going on I cleaned and polished my bowling shoes. The laces are looking worn and I will replace them sometime this weekend. The weather report didn’t say much about rain so I considered washing the car too. I was able to force myself to stay away from that duty for a couple of hours but finally I gave in. The sprinkles started just as I finished putting the hose back on the rack. At 3PM I stopped by Charlotte’s house to take her out to dinner. Charlotte is the lady who introduced me to the local senior bowling club. She has just gotten back from India and I wanted to pick her brain about her trip. She was very happy about the three weeks and now seems to have a ‘travel bug’. It was nice visiting with her after so many months of nothing more than ‘Hi’ at the bowling alley. She had some pictures she shared with me but they were purchased in India, she was sorry she failed to take a camera although her daughter was along so there are pictures available eventually. I was home at 7PM and doggy was happy to see me because I had failed to feed him before I left. Missing a meal didn’t hurt him a bit! It might be good for both of us to miss one once in a while. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

THURSDAY

. . . .My bowling results ended up being four points below my 140 average today. I have to get in to do more practicing I suppose. I was happy with my third game today when I scored a 171 but I am not pleased with the fact that I did so poorly in the first two games. Never say die! http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52

WEDNESDAY

. . . .I guess you can read yesterdays entry and get the general idea for today’s. The only difference would be more rain and the wind is picking up. The barometer is reading as low as it has in a long time. http://celford52.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/celford52