Sunday Dan Parkins sermon 12/28/2025

Today is Grayce House and Dad Bingemann's birthday.  Grayce is 21 and dad would be almost 100?

 Pastor Paul should be coming home today, according to church.

It was COLD this morning and I was up by 4 30, seems like the cat BunBun just wanna wake us up early and walk around.  So we were up by about 5.  I spent the first two hours cleaning the counter which I had left a mess last night and then KR took Angel to the beach, it was too cold for me to walk around outside.  He saw Sean and took a pic and I sent it to Hubert.

We went to church in two cars.  The vertigo was much better today, not like yesterday.  Hip pain not too bad either.  My appt is tomorrow, Dr Fleming, at Coastal, which is now Cedar Sinai.

I went for a ride around, and it warmed up a bit to 67 or something, sunny.  

KR came home and had late lunch and we tried to nap.  I went to sleep right away and KR says my apnea kept him awake so he did pictures.

KR watched a bunch of YouTube videos and had some soup I made from the ham bone Chuck gave us last night and we read more of Dan Parkins' 30 days of Trial and went to bed.  Tomorrow is the last week of 2025.  Where did the time go?

Saturday

 HAHA  I am finally writing the same day as the post

We were up really early.  Bun woke me up and I was up by 5 am!!!  We went to the beach after coffee and walked Angel.  It was really cold.  Then it was laundry and FM and PICKLEBALL  !!!!  Yup I played about half hour with KR and to the jacuzzi.  

I was SUPER DIZZY today

Alden text me and asked if we had any more Serequel, nope, said he needs an appt to get more.  

KR had a nap and I rode around and saw a blanket I might go back to get tomorrow

KR went and played pickleball AGAIN with the NH group.  

I just laid around as the hip started to whinge me a little, but mostly the dizziness.  Charity came by and dropped off cookies that Nyssa baked. OH WOWOWOWO  We had left over.  Chuck came by with a ham bone and I started the Instapot but we have NO split pea or lentil.  Will have to buy some tomorrow.

We read chapter 2 or Dan's 30 days....

Boxing Day 12/26/2025

 So it rained some today, most of the day was clear, and not too cold. 

No Marmi nor Mr Gray this morning, but they both came this evening and I even brought Mr Gray into the garage and he stayed a bit while I was petting him.  Maybe I can make him a somewhat indoor cat in 2026.

Kurt and Corrina and Helen landed late last night in Seattle and was at Conor's apartment.  Looks very nice in the city of Kent, south of the city, by a lake.  Very cold, high in the low 40's and low in the upper 30's, so not my kind of weather. 

KR tried to go surfing no go, and came home and took Angel to the park at Lago Seco.  I stayed home trying to do more paperwork cleaning and photo distrubuting.  We started taking boxes of the old photos and have three containers out and each kid gets the photos of him.  Plus some of us, too and grandparents.

There were thoughsands of pics.

I had a pilates class, and that is all I did.  Roads too wet to ride but tomorrow should be good.

We read 30 days of overcoming trials, by Dan Parkins, and had questions for him already.

Will ask Lovely too.  

Merry Christmas 2025

 Well, it was a no go for KR     HAHAHAAH  no surfing either.

We were up early and Kurt had spent the night at Corrina's.  She had to leave her car here as she left her keys in Helen's car and Helen went home.  So Kurt drove up there last night.  I spent HOURS cleaning, plus making the lime pie, which I overcooked, and baked the potatoes, plus the quiches, mini ones as I had to use the 6 eggwhites for something, so I put some cheese and milk and onions with some chicken and potatoes from last nights dinner.  The potatoes were very spicy but they turned out great mixing with other stuff.

KR walked Angel and came home to help me.  Kurt didn't get home until about 11 45.

Will and Diamond were suppose to come at noon, and Brian M too but none of them showed up until 12 20.  We were so hungry and KR was getting grumpy and frustrated.  Well, we scarfed down: 2 crabs (yesterday from Doug), wagu steak (one I cooked), quiche, potatoes, left over Mediterranean food and Brian brought over a cake from Nothing Bundt cake, white chocolate and raspberry, which we had two slices and too much food.  Cream spinach from Ralphs, and we were so full.

Will and Diamond got their little presents, socks and underwear for Will, Armani lotion set and socks for Diamond and they left after helping Kurt do the dishes.  We ran the dishwasher and tried to nap.  KR had a great nap, my reflux went on high alert and I started coughing.

So I got up.

I delivered the cake to Charity.  Harmony was cooking the steak on the stove.  She is an amazing cook, met her whole family.  

My hip was really hurting me all morning, and I felt so so tired.  Sleep score was 46  Must figure out what the problem is.

I wore my MAD three nights in a row and still no bueno. 

Wednesday and Church Christmas Eve with the Rehm's

 I was up early and tried to clean house.  KR took out one tub of pictures and are dividing the stuff between the kids so we won't have so much stuff.  RIGHT !!  He went down to the beach but no surf and came home to walk Angel.  I went through stuff he threw out and found some original pics of Christmas 1970.  I didn't realize we had that many presents.  The whole table was full.  There was even a pic of MONKEY and Brown Bear, KaShiun.  HAHAHAHA  Plus Skunky.  

I went to a pilates class and then to do some weights.  My hip hurts.  I got the result.  

At L2-3: There is moderate to severe disc space narrowing with mild posterior disc bulge resulting in mild central spinal stenosis. There is no significant stenosis of the recesses. There is mild stenosis of bilateral neural foramina. 

At L3-4: There is moderate to severe disc space narrowing with mild posterior disc bulge and mild bilateral facet osteoarthritis. There is mild central spinal stenosis. There is no significant stenosis of the recesses. There is severe stenosis of the right neural foramen with probable compression of the exiting right L3 nerve root. The left neural foramen is normal. 

At L4-5: There is severe disc space narrowing with mild posterior disc osteophyte and bilateral facet osteoarthritis. There is no significant central spinal stenosis or stenosis of the recesses. There is mild stenosis of bilateral neural foramina, left greater than right.

So What am I to do?  No idea.  Gonna see Tiffany Rogers first week of January.  I spoke with Julie Jensen and will also see Dr Fleming at Coastal for another opinion.  Will call Friday to see if they have appt soon.  

Corrina came down early, and she and Kurt sat in the garage, with the door open.  It was really cold and rain a bit.  We opened gifts, little stuff, Kurt bought us gifts, and I told him he didn't need to.  I gave Corrina and Helen some small gifts.  Bomba socks for both and some face cream for Corrina and Lorde & Belle wrinkle powder for Helen.  

We went over to Steve and Patty's and had a few drinks.  HAHAHAH.  They had just finished dinner and were playing UNO, which I had never played, and Steve likes to drink tequila and KR had a few, then some grand marnier and they made me this drink with kahlua and coffee and vodka, or some such thing.  I didn't feel any of it.  Must be that I ate too much.

KR and I went to church and the three of them drove separately.  It was candlelight service.  After, Kurt went to Seafood Town, and text us and said that the line was WWWAAAAAYYYYY long, so we went to La Zeez Pita off of Western and Sepulveda.  Menu has changed.  No more shrimp, and no more baba ghanoush....  sad   However, we had some great food and took over a lot of left over.  

I was pooped plus dizzy plus my hip hurts.

Tuesday and I still over did it HAHA

 So a man has to know his limitation, is not quite true with me. Sleep score was 45, dang.  Wore my MAD too but who knows.  I thought I had a class at 10 and 9 but NONONONO   it was 8 and 9, so I get there at almost 9 and yoga was ending.  SHEESH.

I did pilates and came home.  I told Adrian to come in and start work.  KR was walking Angel and he came back and started working with him. Adrian is too slow, but hey, at least he is willing to come and work.  No other kid has been willing.  He wants the money I think.  KR also weed whacked some of the serenity garden.  I planted two flats.  Spent the morning sorting and getting rid of stuff.  We have too much stuff and I gave away the bunny basket and the fake Easter grass and the two blankets, one that Alicia made, she said that I asked Sumi to see if anyone can finish.  It was from someone that died.  I have NO IDEA who that can be???   Maybe Rita T?  But I don't think there was anything there that needed finishing, at least not crocheting. 

I did not go for a ride as it was threathening to rain.  We picked up a large sheet of wood from the construction next door and placed it over the chicken coop so the hens can have some dry place to hang tomorrow.  It was suppose to start raining at 4 and now it is almost 8 and no rain yet. 

We went to the jacuzzi and my hip felt better.  Kurt brought the vege platter home.  NO one even opened it to eat at his office party.  HAHAHA  He brought home three tamales and a bunch of other food.  We were going out to dinner until we saw that.  Nope, we had left over.

Monday I over did it

 So since I was feeling pretty good after the cortizone injection, I over did it and is suffering in pain......

For three days after the injection I was pain free.  Yup, nothing, and I can lift my thigh past 90 degrees.  Well, no more.  

This morning Adrian came to work, got here about 8:23 and worked until about 4:23.  He does not work too hard.  Both times I went out there he was on his phone, or eating.  He did the serenity garden and helped me plant the sunflowers, which I have a hard time doing.

I went to yoga at 9 and rushed to pre-op with Dr Lee.  Put a lot of things on the patio and all gone.  We are surprised that Sumi did not bring any food over BUT we got really good Katsu and katsu musubi from Chuck.  They had ordered from King's Hawaiian and had too much.  BRING IT OVER.

Kurt had work all day and came home early.  I made his lunch, pizza and cookies and soda.  NEEDS more green food I am sure.

My hip was so sore that I went to the jacuzzi,