Concerned about an older couple I know, friends of mine for years, who have been tested covid-positive. He's now hospitalized, she's at home.
Moving my "listed and logged" posts to a new blog on a different platform. This is my last here, being mirrored essentially to there. All future posts will be over there.
Prayers, etc.:
07:45 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
12:15 - Lk 6:36-38
19:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Monday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
19:50 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for Monday, 01 March
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Joyful Mysteries
Diet:
07:45 - bowl of oatmeal
09:15 - 1 orange
10:30 - 1 peanut butter sandwich
13:00 - baked fish and vegetables
15:30 - 1 Arby's RB sandwich
17:30 - another Arby's RB sandwich
Chores, etc.:
08:50 - created a new blog to replace another published on a different platform that wasn't working as well as I'd hoped.
I'm so glad I was able to hear President Trump's Speech at CPAC this afternoon. He looked and sounded fantastic! and having heard him, I now feel much better about the future.
19:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
19:50 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 28 February, 2nd Sunday in Lent
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Glorious Mysteries
Diet:
07:45 - 1 grapefruit
09:45 - bowl of livers & gizzards, bread and butter
14:30 - Waiting for President Trump's speech at CPAC
18:30 - after sitting for too many hours in the most uncomfortable chair in the house (that old office chair in my room) I've moved to the most comfortable (recliner in the front room. ) Think I'll sit for a spell and let my my hips and back recover before doing much else.
A moment of near panic: the "rabbit ears" antenna attached to the TV back in my room almost didn't pull in a strong enough signal to watch Svengoolie tonight. But after fiddling with it for a few minutes, it started working.
18:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Saturday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
18:50 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 27 February, Comm: St. Gabriel of the Sorrowing Virgin, C
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Glorious Mysteries.
Diet:
08:45 - 4 hot dog sandwiches, 1 fried egg sandwich
Despite waking really early this morning to help Sylvia get off to work early, I've made it through this day in fine form. And tonight I can sleep without setting the alarm. Sweet.
18:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Friday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
18:20 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 26 February,
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Sorrowful Mysteries.
19:15 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Thursday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
19:30 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 25 February,
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Joyful Mysteries.
Diet:
08:00 - 1 bowl of oatmeal
09:15 - 1 egg salad sandwich
13:20 - baked fish and vegetables
16:15 - bowl of livers and gizzards, followed by cooked bananas with butter
This has been an odd sort of day. I was able to be productive enough, taking care of some unusual chores. but the high tree pollen count (ash, elm, cedar) had me feeling very "out of phase" as it sometimes does. Thank God I've got a good supply of Zyrtec!
19:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Wednesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
19:45 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 24 February, St. Matthius, Ap
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Glorious Mysteries.
Amazing how the weather can change. This time last week our roads were impassable with snow and ice, and we had sub-zero temperatures. Today it was sunny and 75 degrees, and tomorrow it may hit 80. Amazing.
Prayers, etc.:
03:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
17:15 - Mt 6:7-15
20:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Tuesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
20:50 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 23 February, Comm: S. Peter Damian, B C D
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Sorrowful Mysteries.
My morning health metrics were great, and there were no surprises in my financial metrics: good news all around, a nice way to start the week.
OTOH the one remaining giant pecan tree in my front yard appears to have a serious problem. I'll be calling the landlord and asking him to send his tree man out to look at it.
Prayers, etc.:
06:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
08:15 - Mt: 16:13-19
20:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Monday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
20:50 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 22 February, Chair of St. Peter
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Joyful Mysteries.
I'm glad NASCAR will be featuring a greater number of road races this year. These things are VERY exciting!
Prayers, etc.:
06:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
09:30 - Mk 1:12-15
20:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
20:15 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 21 February, 1st Sunday of Advent
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Glorious Mysteries.
Our landlord called to see how we are doing check on the condition of the house after this past week of hard weather. He was relieved to hear that everything was okay.
19:40 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and the Saturday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
Tonight's Rosary before bed will be the Sorrowful mysteries.
Diet:
04:30 - 2 poached egg sandwiches
09:30 - apple slices and peanut butter
11:00 - cooked vegetables in tomato sauce
16:00 - munching on cheese
18:45 - DQ banana split
Chores, etc.:
01:45 - unable to sleep on my mattress, I've moved to the recliner in the front room where I'm more comfortable
Spent much time in the early AM boiling water for our cooking and drinking.
Tomorrow morning she returns to work, assuming the streets are safe to drive on. It's been nice having her home all week during this spate of hard weather.
Prayers, etc.:
06:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
13:40 - Lk 9:22-25
20:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and the Thursday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
20:45 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 18 February, Comm: St. Simeon, B M
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Joyful Mysteries.
It is decided: I shall begin assembling what camping gear I have and purchasing what more I need in order to "camp out" here at home in the event of loss of power and water in the future. Once upon a time I did tent camping in Indiana in the winter time, I can sure as shootin' do it here at home if need be!
Prayers, etc.:
06 40 - Pater Noster
08:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
15:10 - Mk 6:1-6,16-18
21:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Wednesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
21:45 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 17 February, Ash Wednesday
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Glorious Mysteries.
For those keeping score, the coldest nights of this hard week are now behind us. Sunday night and Monday night saw wind chills well below zero, mighty rare for San Antonio. Up next are the two worst nights for road conditions, tonight and tomorrow night with snow, sleet, and freezing rain.
Prayers, etc.:
07:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
13:25 - Mk 8:14-21
21:10 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Tuesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
21:30 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 16 February
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Sorrowful Mysteries.
Good news! Sylvia won't be going to work tomorrow, so I won't need to set my alarms to wake up early in the morning!
Prayers, etc.:
05:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
10:15 - Mk 8:11-13
20:20 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Monday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
20:35 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 15 February, Comm: SS. Faustinus and Jovita, MM
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Joyful Mysteries.
Hoping everyone will have / is having / had a nice Valentine's Day.
Waiting, waiting, waiting for the Daytona 500 to be restarted. Waiting for over five hours so far.
Prayers, etc.:
08:10 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
19:20 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
19:45 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 14 February, Quinquagesima Sunday.
21:05 - Mk 1:40-45
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Glorious Mysteries.
Diet:
09:45 - sausage, fried eggs, whole wheat bread
11:50 - apple chunks with peanut butter
14:15 - pineapple rings
16:30 - bowl of green beans and chopped meat
18:00 - cooked bananas with butter
Chores, etc.:
11:30 - began following Daytona 500 pre-race coverage
It's cold and getting colder. Glad I can stay inside where it's nice and warm.
Prayers, etc.:
08:15 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
10:45 - Mk 8:1-10
19:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Saturday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.
19:45 - The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 13 February, Our Lady's Saturday.
Tonight's Rosary before bed is the Glorious Mysteries.
Diet:
08:20 - bowl of oatmeal, 1 grapefruit
10:20 - 2 glazed doughnuts
11:45 - bowl of chicken, pork, and vegetable soup
16:30 - bowl of fish and vegetable soup
Chores, etc.:
10:30 - first grocery order from Walmart has just been delivered, and put away. Very convenient and, compared to the service I used to use for grocery delivery, very efficient and cost-effective.
Noon - updating paper planner and note cards with Ohio State and IU playing on TV