Peek at the Week

The last week of July 2018 -- today the 209th day of the year and that's the news -- just kidding though this week has high lighted the normal day to day mundane acts that happen through our typical week. Almost nothing is noteworthy but never-the-less it goes on.

The above represents just some of the things that stuck in my memory in picture form representing this week. There are a ton more images that could be included that would define the week more, but this will suffice for now.

So just what does go on in the lives of a couple of shut-ins like us. This week is a good example of the activities that take up our daily routines.


Some of the highlights of our week are laundry day (Monday) with maybe some housekeeping as well e.g. vacuuming.

Garbage pick-up (Friday morning) means late Thursday hauling out the cans curbside.

In between those days, we have regular daily duties like meal preparation, puzzle work maybe, reading the morning paper, watching TV and of course napping.

I try to squeeze in some genealogical searching and communicating with cousins at different times during the day.

Then there are the administrivia duties that present themselves at various times throughout the week. Often after one of the highlighted regimens occurs, i.e. postal delivery -- we try to have as much sent to us via the internet as we have NO confidence in our mail service.

But, over all the many years we have lived here, there have been very few times that we did not receive any mail for a given day -- though we know that there has been a couple of days when it wasn't sleet or snow that prevented mail delivery -- but pure mismanagement on the part of the USPS that caused them to not deliver the mail that particular day . . .

Our car tells us the last date that we have driven the vehicle -- and the other day it gave us the information that it had been 12 days since we had gone out for a drive -- fairly typical for us lately.

We try to have as much shopping done on the web as possible and then it is receiving often daily shipments from UPS, FedEx and even the USPS with an increased need for cardboard management.

Basically, we have and try to keep a routine that allows us to enjoy the day with three squares, maybe an exciting sporting event, some puzzling work (or needlepoint), napping and keeping up with "Wheel & Jeopardy".

I almost forgot -- this week, another highlight was that we both got haircuts -- Gail in the salon from the woman who she has been going to for almost 20 years -- and me at home from me . . .

By now I'm sure you can tell that this has been an uneventful week (and that is a good thing).

The above comic is so representative of expressions. I wish that I had pictures of my great-grandparents -- I have a few but I need so many others. Gail has quite a few of her g g parents photos.

And looking into the future -- I have always felt that the things shared on social media sites will be there forever and I'm sure that future folks interested in family history will have a field day when researching those sites.

So that is a bit of our "regular" week, today is supposed to be "National Hamburger Day" so guess what is on our menu for tonight -- actually, tuna/noodle salad . . . we'll celebrate tomorrow.

See you all "in a few"! 👨👩