Preparing for the Fourth
The day started with a lot of very bright sunshine and nothing but blue skies. And they stuck around the whole time. After a morning low of 52 degrees, the high reached 85.
My blood sugar dropped a bit once again, down to 181. This was most likely due to the lack of food eaten yesterday and the little bit of walking I managed to do.
After Nancy and I finished our coffee and played the usual online brain games, Nancy took time to do some yoga. Meanwhile, I did updates on my Flickr and other social media.
When she was done with her yoga, Nancy went out to take care of the garden, and I continued my online scrolling.
Next, we made protein drinks, once again using blueberries, strawberries and bananas. Nancy showed me how she does it so I can get started on my own in the future.
Then we showered and dressed and drove over to Albertsons to get a few groceries, along with more food for the fussy cats. It was already a little warm, so we turned on the mini-split to 76 degrees before we left.
A little while after we got back from shopping, Nancy gave me another shiatsu treatment to relieve more of the aches and pains I have been experiencing lately.
Then she made a salad for lunch using lettuce from the garden in the back yard. She included some of the leftover chicken.
Just after we finished eating, my recovery friend Jozef showed up to look at our trees in the back yard. He will have his own equipment in September or before, and then he will be able to take care of what we would like to have done.
In the meantime, Nancy and I might start ripping up more of the plastic covering the yard, especially around the Sitka spruce.
Then, while Nancy played her electric piano, I sat and read more in the newly acquired Clay Edison novel. Then Nancy went outside with a glass of wine and sat in the shade. I went out join her a few minutes later.
For dinner we boiled some of the spinach and mozzarella ravioli and warmed up marinara to go with it. We also made a couple of pieces of garlic toast.
After cleaning up, we kicked off our evening streaming entertainment with an episode from the new—and final—series of “Grantchester” on PBS. We followed that with another episode of “SOKO Linz.”
We have been distracted for the past couple of days by the noises from some kind of construction going on a couple of houses away. There is a lot of hammering and sawing. By the time the dark arrived, we were subject to a lot of fireworks going off in the neighborhood. There will no doubt be plenty more tomorrow.
Tomorrow promises to be sunny and bright again, with a high in the low 80s after an overnight low of 54 degrees.
A big celebration for the Fourth of July is planned for Island Park, which is only a few blocks away, on the edge of the Willamette River. I believe there are fireworks included.
On the personal side, we have nothing planned. We might simply stick around the house and enjoy the cool air from our mini-split, although I might try and get out for a walk early in the day, before the warmer temperatures take over.
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On this day in 1767, Norway’s oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, was founded and the first edition was published.
July 3, 1860, was the birth date of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, and advocate for social reform. She was an early and leading figure in the women’s rights movement in the United States. Her works were primarily focused on gender, specifically gendered labor division in society, and the problem of male domination.
Today is National Stay Out of the Sun Day, Air Conditioning Appreciation Day, Comic Sans Day, Disobedience Day, Drive Your Corvette to Work Day, International Drop a Rock Day, International Plastic Bag-Free Day, National Chocolate Wafer Day, National Compliment Your Mirror Day, National Eat Your Beans Day, National Fried Clam Day, National Grill Safety Day, National Independent Beer Run Day, and Start the Conversation Day, which urges us to check in with loved ones about their mental health.
