Wednesday the 22nd: Settling in

 This week in the moving in process:

1. I had my first dentist appointment with the new dentist. She was very thorough; once we see the first bill (she is out of network) we'll decide whether to stay with her or not.

2. I bought some CD holders and need to buy some more to hold all of our collection.

3. Today I will (hopefully) call a general practitioner to see if they have room to take on my son and me.

4. The Son is working on finding a new psychiatrist.

5. I'm going to sort our plastic bags and figure out where to take the one-use plastics that I can't reuse.

6. I bought stamps.

7. I called a window well egress cover place and they are coming to give us an estimate.

 

That might be enough--I might need to stop for the week! 

Tuesday the 21st: Choir trip cont.

 We ate at Spaghetti Warehouse at Laclede's Landing and had this beautiful view of the Arch from the alley near the restaurant. The children mostly behaved very nicely.

We also had a beautiful view from our hotel. It was so nice to sleep in a little and have a leisurely breakfast before heading to the amusement park. 

 

 

Monday the 20th: Saint of the Week

 Today's optional memorial is St. Apollinaris. Here's what I put about him in my saints document:

 

Saint Apollinaris (OM), Bishop, Martyr

                Dates:  July 20     d.c.79; added to calendar 2002

                Place:  born Antioch, Turkey; died Ravenna, Italy

                Importance:  mentioned in Acts of the Apostles; disciple of St. Peter; first bishop of Ravenna

                Food/Symbol:  sword

 Picture from https://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical-year/july-20-saint-apollinaris-bishop-and-martyr/

 

 

Friday the 17th: Students

 I had a small group of students to take care of at the zoo. We made sure we stopped for pictures, and I made sure I got them a ride on the carousel.

 

 

Thursday the 16th: Food of the Week

 *Looking ahead, on Friday we're having black bean and corn tacos. I got the recipe from the July 2020 edition of Southern Living; unfortunately, it looks like their online recipe archive is woefully incomplete.

*Last night we made Mexican Beef Burgers  which are easy but also fall apart. I served them with just cheddar cheese and warmed tortillas. We did a side of roasted green beans; the Son over salted them but they were fine.

*Monday the Son made his dish of the week, Curried Chicken and Pasta from Betty Crocker (again, inadequate online recipe archive). While the dish was tasty, we decided the sauce was more hot and bland than anything; adding some leftover peanut sauce from the weekend helped. (Bottom picture)

(Sunday we made the middle picture, Thai Pork Tenderloin with Cucumber Salad.  The salad had maybe a little too much onion for my taste; I might want to pickle or soak it in water next time to tame it a little.)

(Friday the boy made Fettuccine Alfredo from Betty Crocker and did a great job. We had it with bucatini. Top picture.) 

 

 

Wednesday the 15th: Music of the Week

 *Since I'm unemployed there's a lot less music in my life. I do play every day, but I generally play the same songs for a year or so at a time to work on them, or on a particular book for a year or so. 

THUS I need a new theme for Wednesdays or I need to take Wednesdays off.

For now, Wednesdays can be what needs to be done for the moving process to continue settling.

This week I turned in a credit card application so we can change credit cards to our new bank. That means I need to start monitoring and making a list of what needs to change when we have the new credit card so we can close the old card with as little muss as possible. Same with the bank accounts. Direct Withdrawal is great except when changing accounts. 

I need to buy two new frames, but that's more from taking a trip and buying a print of the Arch along with finding an old game the Husband created when he was young that I want to frame for his office.

We got a phone wallet for the Son so he can stop forgetting to take his cards places with him.

What else will the week bring? 

Tuesday the 14th: Choir trip

 The same week as my retreat we took a choir trip to St. Louis to sing for a festival, tour the basilica, and visit Six Flags. The students (and the adults) were awed by the mosaics in the Cathedral; this is just a very small sampling from the main dome.