January 14

Judy had another good day.  Although she didn't eat much lunch, she had a few bites of her roast beef dinner and she is ploughing through her orange Ensure stockpile one teaspoon at a time.  She added another duty to my cleaning list. Apparently, she informed her brother, David, that, "Sometimes Alvin cooks chicken and only uses a dish rag and dish soap to clean the counter.  He needs to use Lysol wipes to get the counter completely clean."  You see, I wasn't even aware that I was in breach of counter cleaning protocols.  Now that I know, I won't make the same mistake again.  Judy is quite proud of me for the money saving measures I have taken in her absence.  Most of the measures have been taken without her approval, but I can't tell you what they are because the Queen has snitches everywhere.  One measure I can tell you about was stealing power from my neighbors.  They just found out yesterday that their power bill and gas bill is two times as expensive as mine.  The reason for this is: I have been running the cord from my electric heater to their outdoor plug in.  I also run as many of my appliances as their circuit will tolerate.  I didn't think they would notice the spike in their bills.  I thought they would blame the outrageous bills on the fact they keep chickens in their garage.  Those brood lamps really suck the power.  Tomorrow is another busy day.  Car to the garage, play volleyball from 9:30-11:00, visit Judy, eat, afternoon nap, happy hour with my girls, dance a few dances at the Scandinavian Club, and cap the night off with late night hockey.  I'm really slowing down as I approach 60.