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Hi, haven’t really been that busy – just haven’t taken the time. Have things done that need to be done so can chat now. Ralph is back resting his back. He doesn’t know what he did but it has been hurting all day. He has still managed to go out and gather eggs but he hasn’t been that hungry either. I straightened the house – just the basics. We technically aren’t having the big Sunday dinners again but Lori and her girls are going to eat here since we have to back at the church at 3. Our 4-H is doing a short play of the Christmas story at the Whitewater Christmas Tree lighting so need to go through at least one time and get costumes. I’m glad tomorrow is supposed to be a nice. We don’t do it until 5 but should not have to dress too warmly.
Since we didn’t have anyone over for Thanksgiving, we took boxes to each of them. I fixed applesauce jello, made 4 pumpkin pies, dinner rolls and ugly deviled eggs. Then we boxed it up and delivered to each house. Now I’m thinking about what to take for Christmas. I also talked Ralph into eating supper at Wendy’s before we went home. I was tired after making all that. Then Thanksgiving morning, I put a ham on. When we got home I made mashed potatoes while Ralph sliced the ham. Then we put out our portions of all the things we made plus cranberry sauce. We had plenty to eat (unlike many we hear about on the news). It was a quiet day but Ralph said he enjoyed it.
Friday morning we watched Alan’s kids while they went to buy a washer and dryer on a black Friday sale. We went to town in the afternoon. Getting a prescription was the main reason to go but while in town you pick up a few other things too. The weekend was quiet except for going to church. Have started a few little things that seem helpful. Emptying the trash cans before they are stuffed. Doing the dishes in the evening instead of during the day. Seem like good things so far. Monday I was at home, Tuesday was Good News Club. Wednesday was supposed to be a lot of snow. But we were able to have Bible study in the morning and rain started in the afternoon. Found out one of the two nursery kids was going to be gone so decided to check on the other one and she had a runny nose so I ended up staying home which was nice.
Thursday we had a little snow on the ground. Roads were fine but I didn’t slow down close enough to the turn into church so slid past and went down to the corner. I called one person I work with and suggested she stay home. I didn’t want her sliding or slipping as she is 90. She said she would drive slow and part under the overhang at the one door. She got there safely. We did the 2 year old Sunday School material and then ate the taco soup I had brought and then she helped me set up for Willing Workers. We had a nice turnout. We used more table and put less people at each one. Speaker was a missionary from Japan and always good. Friday it was off to town again. The McRib is making it’s usual appearance. Sadly the McDonalds in town quit having indoor dining due to the rise in covid numbers so we got the sauce on the side and took our sandwiches home. Tasted good but not the fun of eating out.
Today was at home. Decided to take it easier and just made breadsticks. Derek and two of the girls stopped by by so shared a few with them. They liked that. Ralph did something to his back so has been in bed a lot. He hasn’t eaten as much either. We’ll see if goes to church tomorrow or not.
I just got a phone call from one of our class SS teachers. She got a call from the school nurse that her two high school girls have been exposed to someone who was exposed. Kind of far down the chain but rather than take any chances, they will stay home tomorrow. I guess it’s enough of a problem that the high school is going all remote this week. One of the girls in our 4-H play also goes to Remington so guess I should check with her as to whether she can still come. She’s a narrator so one of the other readers could easily do her part.
Sheryl, sorry Norma’s plans got changed. But at least she got a nice visit with you. That would be wonderful if she could come back in January to help you out. Getting those cataracts taken care of will be wonderful for you. Glad you enjoyed your turkey dinner when it suited you the best. Beef stew sounds yummy. Interesting on all you learned about your grandma and the flu epidemic. They talk about how people wore masks back then and they didn’t have the same good hospital care we have now.
Isabella, your weekend sounds nice. Bummer on the turkey. At least there was some meat. And so nice that Dan went out with you too. I would like to be in your Bible study group and get your gift.
Your long weekend sounds like it was very nice.
Lindsey’s grandpa ended up improving and got out of the hospital after 15 days. Two days later they had trouble waking him up so though he was close to the end so set him up on hospice and they were able to go in to see him and now he is improving. Today he was in the dining hall for breakfast. So now they’ll probably quit letting the girls visit but that was probably a help to him. One day at a time.
I’ll got tomorrow morning and do the 4-H thing in the afternoon but not sure about church in the evening. Will see how Ralph feels and may decide it’s one thing we can let go. Need to finish doing my Christmas shopping (actually a lot left to do sort of). I also need to finish the 4-H program book. And I could get back to decluttering since the kids won’t be here on Sunday. Not sure how we’ll handle Christmas yet.
Oh yeah, we had another snake in the sump pump. When Alan finally came and got it out, it wasn’t as big as I thought but I’m still glad to have it gone. This is getting plenty long so best let you all go.
Have a great week.
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Hello. It's been a busy weekend for me. Got up early Saturday because I was concerned that it would be busy since our crazy governor is going to lock us all down again after Sunday. Restaurants are going to be take out only, hair salons and gyms closed. I don't think our small businesses can survive much more of this. I went to Trader Joe's then farmer's market where I bought a fabulous piece of ocean trout and some honey. Then I went to the new Aldi then Sprouts. We had the fish for dinner and really enjoyed it. It was SO fresh. Sunday I met a couple of friends for lunch and we chatted for 2 hours. It was really good to see them and have the fellowship. We promised not to wait so long to do it again.
Now I am cooking dinner which I really need to get back to.
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Well, I kind of had a busy week. We had three teachers and 14 kids in Sunday School and it went okay. The 4-Hers did a nice job with the play. Had a smaller trailer so had to adapt a bit but it worked. And you could make smores and ornaments. The afternoon was nice but it sure started cooling down at 5. Masks do help keep your face warm.
Tuesday was Good News Club. We had our last story and next week was to be the party. Wednesday we learned that K-4 was going online this coming week so not party. But the school worked with us and we took our gifts to the school Friday. They had the Good News kids come to the office and we could hand them out. The middle school is the only one still in school. Wednesday morning was Bible study. We only had one in the nursery but we had a good time visiting. Thursday morning I worked with friend. We filled the bead containers and went through all the small bracelets. People are paying attention and it doesn’t take us long to go through them now. Thursday evening we watched Maggie’s program on the computer. Not as nice as being there but it’s better than not seeing it at all. Didn’t think about asking where Maggie would be standing. Hard to recognize them in costumes.
Friday was town and errands. I’ve also done a lot of online shopping this week so getting packages almost every day. Always another deadline. Got the 4-H program book done. Now I’m working on other stuff for 4-h and getting the treasurer books for Willing Workers ready for the auditor (my procrastination again). Then I hope to do some baking – peppernuts for sure – and get the gifts wrapped. Then we’ll figure out how to get together with each of the families. Hoping for some nice afternoons. We had some this week but not the last two days. Only in the 30s today.
Tomorrow night is our children’s Christmas program. Our class is going to practice during Sunday School. We sing one verse of Away in the Manger. It will probably take us more time to line up than to do the song. But they’ll look cute. We’ve asked the Wednesday teachers of this age to sit with us too so will just have to be in charge of 3 kids each. We sit on the front rows so we have a good view. If any of you would be interested in seeing the livestream, let me know and I’ll tell you how to see it. The little I saw at practice looked good.
Isabella, sorry things are shutting back down. If it helps, it’s a good thing. The one McDonalds we could go eat inside quit that. So far other things haven’t changed much. Did you do some stocking up on food? I didn’t think I was but have more than I realized. Need to make a list. Had some milk I thought might go bad so made rice pudding tonight. More filling than I realized it would be. But good.
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Hi all. Getting here late today. Temps have been much cooler but still pretty nice days. I did my usual shopping this week and also went to Target. I really like their coated paper plates and they have the best price on low sodium V-8 which Dan drinks to help with his high blood pressure because it is high in potassium. So when I run out of it I make a Target run. One of the knobs broke on my most used cook top burner yesterday so I made several calls and finally found an appliance repair that seemed pretty good and will be able to come out in the next couple of days. I am going to ask them to fix my back burner as well while they are at it. Thank God the burner was still off when the knob broke instead of waiting until it was on then not being able to turn it off. That would have been a nightmare. So for now, I only have the 2 small burners working. But I shall persevere!
It is an electric cooktop with the coils. It came with the house when it was built in 1988.
I joined MeWe today. Hope to see you both there.
Debora sounds like you were very busy but you always are. I would like the info on how to stream the Christmas program. Don't know if I'll be able to but I'd certainly like to try. I didn't really stock up intentionally either but it seems that I have plenty of food. So much so that I'm not sure how I'm going to fit the lasagna leftovers in the freezer if/when I make it for Christmas or New Years.
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Hi ladies, I took yesterday off to use up a vacation day. We took Dan's car in for maintenance. They also found that the rear shocks were leaking to we had to have those replaced. It was an expensive visit but needed to be done. We had Jersey Mike's subs for lunch then I made Trader Joe's frozen mac & cheese for dinner.
Today I did my usual Trader Joe's and Sprouts shopping. I now have all the ingredients I need to make lasagna for Christmas. Then just hung out and read and enjoyed the sunshine. I will make leftovers for dinner and we will watch one of the movies we have recorded. our next door neighbors brought us a little Christmas gift bag today. It has raspberry jam, truffles, and cookies. Very sweet. The girls were really cute! We will have to pick them up a gift card to Target or something to thank them.
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Good Evening, I'm popping in late because my computer is working right now and I can't trust it to wait til morning. Plus, mornings are not the same anymore, I simply don't have that nice routine that I had for years.
I was a zombie for weeks, no sleep hardly at all. Then, I hit on a solution for part of the problem. John was constantly waking me up complaining that he's cold and we would find the blankets on the floor. I had some really nice, high thread-count sheets and I think they were too slick. After John complained that it was "raining in bed" and "everything is wet", but it turned out that he was just feeling COLD sheets, I bought some flannel sheets. Yay, John is warm and the blankets stay put on the bed. I finally got some sleep 2 nights in a row.
I think it's time to buy a new computer. I do not look forward to the learning curve it will take to get used to a new system. Ugh!
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Our house looks a bit more like Christmas this week. I brought up our little tree yesterday, strung lights on the front half and put on our small ornaments and the nativity set went up beside it on the table. This is the tree we got years ago kept even after we got a big tree. The push was carolers coming tonight so they could see lights in the window but we are enjoying it too. I’ve also been wrapping presents and have ¾ of them done. I waiting for a bit to come in the mail and left Derek’s till last since they are gong to Colorado this week. If I push with the baking the next two day, we’ll try and see each of the kids in the days after that – one family at a time. Tonight Ralph said it didn’t have to be outside – just not a big group together and the families with kids have bigger houses than we do so if they’ll let us come there (otherwise I’d really have to do some cleaning) So it sounding better to me.
I had made Ralph an appointment to get a spot on his forehead looked at. It was not cancer – just an irritated age spot (I suppose his cap rubs it). The doctor said he could freeze it off so we said okay. Ralph had no idea it would hurt that much so I got to drive for awhile. We went to the bigger town for a little shopping – a couple gift cards that I can’t get at Dillons – and we saw where Derek’s new office is and ate at Wendy’s. Oh yes, Ralph went to one bookstore.
I had Bible study on Wednesday and worked with friend on Thursday. Our project this week was to do the ballots for our church’s annual meeting. It took us the whole two hours but it’s one thing our secretary won’t have to do. Friday was town and then home till today. We had 4 of our regulars gone in SS but had two visitors so still had 13 kids and one mom so her boy would stay.
I fixed hamburgers for dinner today. Then took a nap, wrapped a few presents, visited with Matthew and Julie when they came to get eggs. Shortly after they left, the carolers came. Ralph sat on the porch to listen to them and visit from a distance.
Tomorrow I want to make peppernuts, maybe some pumpkin bread to help use up my pumpkin, and tiger butter – should say in the next 2-3 days will do that. We’ll see what really happens.
Isabella, sounds like you had a nice weekend. Glad you got the car fixed up – doesn’t take much to add up in cost. I’m about ready to try making my own lasagna. Stouffer one doesn’t seem to come out as nice and they changed they baking “rules” which I don’t do since I do it during church. We’ll see.
That’s wonderful you can find what you need for a stove of that age. It’s easier to get by when you know a fix in coming soon.
So you actually went to MeWe. I heard some talking about it but for now I’m planning to just stay on facebook. Do you like it better? I found out the Christmas program was not livestreamed but the Sunday before we had a CE Christmas program that you would enjoy. But you get to it through facebook. So if you can still get on it, go to Emmaus Mennonite Church Facebook page. Click on videos and look for the CE Christmas Program.
Hi Sheryl, what a smart solution for staying warm in bed and getting some sleep. You’re a good problem solver. Hope you getting to sleep. Bummer on computer problems but computers don’t last forever. When we switched last December, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was gong to be. The harder part was deciding what to get. Will look forward to hearing from you again.
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Merry Christmas eve ladies! It is 56 degrees and cloudy right now. A bit of CA winter weather. My cooktop is all better now and it is REALLY nice to have all 4 burners working again! The new knob works so much smoother than the others we had replaced those years ago. I think they must have used really poor quality parts that last time. We will definitely keep this appliance repair company's number for future reference. Had a busy week at work trying to catch up on the ONE day I was off. Crazy! You would think it would be slow with so many people off for the holidays but no. I guess maybe they were trying to get things sewn up before the holiday. I didn't get totally caught up but only about 1/2 day behind by the time I left yesterday. I'm off until Monday now. I have plans to see Jami and go for a walk on Saturday morning so that will break things up a bit. I'm looking forward to it. We haven't seen each other in a couple of months. Tonight we plan to order Chicago style pizza from this new restaurant that opened up in Sept. It got really good reviews. Then we will probably watch a Christmas movie. Tomorrow I am going to make lasagna and we'll probably watch another Christmas movie. Hopefully one of the classics like A Christmas Carol or It's a Wonderful Life.
I don't remember if I told you that I went to the dermatologist to have a growth on my left cheek checked out (they did a whole body check while they were at it). I've had the growth for several years but it was now getting red next to it. Well, the biopsy came back and it is cancerous so I will have to have it removed. They well have the ENT (whatever that means) call me in a couple of weeks to schedule something. I'm not worried but I don't want to tell Dan for now because he will definitely freak out. I'll wait until I talk to the "ENT".
Sheryl, so glad you got a chance to pop in. Brilliant idea to get the flannel sheets. People seem to love them. SO very glad you've been able to get some sleep. Hopefully that will continue. Also praying that the new computer system won't be too difficult for you. When we had to get updated we found that it was pretty similar but that they had moved a bunch of stuff (good old microsoft!) so it was just a matter of finding where everything was. Not too bad. Hopefully it will be the same for you. But you are SO smart I don't think you'll have too much of a problem either way. Keep us posted.
Debora, sounds like you got a lot done. What are peppernuts? It will be really nice to go to the different homes and visit. Really glad that Ralph's growth was benign and they froze it off! The carolers sound wonderful also! I don't know if you heard about what Kirk Cameron is doing? He is having a peaceful protest with Christmas Caroling gatherings. He is a Christian actor in case you didn't know. He has had many people gather to sing Christmas Carols. He said the intention is to bring Hope back. God is SO good! I will go to FB and see if I can find the program you recommended. I don't think MeWe is better. I haven't really figured it out yet. But I'll keep trying. I don't want to support FB or those other big tech companies. I totally get why most people are still there though. It is easy and all our friends are there!
OK, I've rattled on long enough!
Merry Christmas ladies! God's blessings to you!
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Merry Christmas! Thought I'd share this beautiful rendition of O Holy Night.
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Just popped in to say Merry Christmas. Have a blessed day!0
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This morning I made another batch of cream puffs (have to do more baking when we do individual stops), got the presents and things loaded and we left the house around 11. We all enjoyed the pizza and breadsticks. Then we gathered in their living room – which is larger than ours. Ralph read the Christmas story and then we opened presents – basically one each so it didn’t take too long.
We stayed until 3 and then went to my uncle’s ex to give her some peppernuts (from a conversation we had at his funeral). She gave me a container with homemade fudge. I didn’t make any so it will be a treat.
Got my weekly call to my sister made.
Matthew and Julie brought the pizza last night (we paid). I ordered 2 large and they came in with 1 large and 2 medium. Place ran our of large pans so we had even more pizza. Plenty left so sent some home with them. They changed the flourescent bulbs for us. Room is nice and bright now. We had a good time visiting. They gave us both puzzles (Ralph’s box has 4 puzzles and mine has 10) They’ll last us for a long time. Ralph started one of his today – has a red tractor on it. I enjoy them but can spend a lot of time on them.
Went to SS and church this morning. I taught. Came home and ate and then slept longer than I planned. But it is Sunday.
And so goes another week. Busy but fun.
Isabella, how nice to have you cooktop fixed. Enjoy. Enjoy. Glad business is good but it keeps you on your toes. Hope you can get all caught up this week. I’ve been eating lots of pizza. Do you have nice comfy chairs you sit in when watching all your movies?
Nice to go for a walk with Jamie. Doing something outside is good.
Glad you realized the mole was changing and got it checked out. I understand about having all the information before telling Dan.
Peppernuts are a small crunchy cookie - from the Mennonite background. They take time to make and are made this time of year. But we all like them. There are many different recipes for them.
Love O Holy Night = thanks for sharing
Have three medium sized projects to work on this week so will send this off and start on my list for tomorrow. Should be home a good part of the week.0 -
Happy 2021 ladies!! Glad 2020 is officially over even tho nothing has really changed. Praying for truths to be revealed and people to stand strong this year. God's protection on us all and on our loved ones.
Didn't do much last night. Watched an old movie as is our custom. Watched The Thin Man with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Very enjoyable. I am going to make penne alfredo with shrimp and broccoli for our special dinner today.
Debora, your celebration sounds very nice. Thanks for the explanation of the peppernuts. I'll have to look at some recipes. I watched the program you suggested on FB. It was nice.
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2021 is here. We went to bed at our usual time and let it come in by itself. It was a year with a lot of hard things but yet there were many of God’s blessings in it too.
Sunday we started on one of Ralph’s puzzles and finished it Monday evening. We started a second one. It was harder but we finished it Thursday. They both had red tractors in them. Ralph got all the pieces and work especially on the tractors. He decided he was puzzled out so I got one of mine out. I did not pull out the one I thought I did – this one has a fish swimming in water so a lot of blue but I have it started. Ralph will not do anything on it.
Wednesday morning we went to town and got some lab work done for Ralph and went to Etc. shop – Ralph found some books and I found some other things – some I can use for gifts. We went to Walmart and bought a windshield wiper and I looked over the Christmas clearance and then home. I baked cream puffs (did the breadsticks on Tuesday) and ordered the pizza and we went to Derek’s in the evening. All in all, we had a very nice time. One special gift was a charm of Deacon’s thumbprint. I don’t wear much jewelry besides my wing and watch so will probably keep it in the box for now. I got a new welcome mat too – put it out today.
Thursday morning we went to town to do our errands (bank would be closed Friday). List was not long and I got the process started to move our prescriptions from Walmart to Dillons. It will save us a little bit and the pharmacy will always be open when we get there. Sometimes I have to do some extra looking at Walmart. I hope they all got transferred. Worked at church with my friend in the afternoon – we’d skipped a week so it was nice to visit.
Friday morning we woke up to snow. Not enough to keep me from going walking but we ended up with 3-4 inches. It was so pretty coming down and kids were not in school so they got to enjoy playing in it. Since it was January 1, I started my decluttering again. I started under the kitchen sink. I have needed to change the liner for a long time. It was horrible looking and there was stuff I’d forgotten about and stuff to trash. It looks much better now. Next I think I’ll do a box out of the basement. I decided it doesn’t matter what I do as long as I do something. And hopefully, I’ll stay with it. I’m also working on year end report for Willing Workers and the year end stuff for our farm books and trying to take care of some jobs that have been in the file for a long time. I even got the sheets changed and we won’t discuss how long it had been.
School starts for the grands again this week and other stuff will start back up after the Christmas break so will lose some of the time at home but that’s life. We also hope to get together with Alan’s family this week since their quarantine if over. No one got sick. We will have a funeral to go to soon too. A girl I’ve known since she was a baby died from covid. She was one of those that had to go to a town 3 hours away to find an ICU bed about 3 weeks ago. Was sedated and on a ventilator. Se got better enough that they removed the sedation and the family got to zoom with her but her kidneys started failing and her lungs just were too week. Very sad. But I’m sure it won’t make anything think they need to take it more seriously.
Isabella, doing something relaxing is a nice way to spend the evening. I’ve never heard of that movie. I taped a lot of shows of Promised Land so am enjoying them along with Monk. Glad you were able to find the program. Hey, could you send me your address?
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How are you doing? I’ve been trying to think of what we did this week and there was certainly nothing exciting. We were going to get together with Alan’s family Tuesday night and Owen had a cough and then got a fever so still haven’t done that. Wednesday night was our church annual business meeting. We got everything done in two hours which is amazing. It does help when people get nominated ahead of time.
Thursday morning we had Willing Workers, in the afternoon was the funeral for our friend and then in the evening I had a zoom 4-H Council meeting. So it was the busiest going day of the week. Friday morning we did our shopping and have been home ever since.
I so far have stayed up with 10 minutes of decluttering. It’s slow going. I have gone through two drawers and one cupboard in the kitchen and have let go of something in each one. I’ve also worked some in the basement and let go of a bit there. I found all the kids school pictures so now put a job on my list to sort them by kids. I bought frames years ago to fill with their school pictures and actually still have them – so should I still do that. Something to think about. I figure I can work in any room that I feel like. As long as I’m working is what counts. And I’m trying really hard to let go. Not always easy.
Monday is 4-H so will need to get ready for it. I’ve mentioned we’ve been in a vaccine study. We got a letter this week saying we could go in and find out if we got the placebo or not and they would give us the vaccine if we got the placebo. And we will still be in the study – just will know we have the vaccination. But we can still be watched.
I used to sort sox for Lori’s family every once in awhile. I enjoy it and they always had plenty of sox. Well, they hadn’t brought any in awhile and I thought they were under the crib in the guest room. Today I found out they are in one of those 30 gallon trash bags but date of when last sorted. Lori said I could just toss them but I’m gong to give it to her so she can be amazed at home many there are – that’s a lot of sox.0 -
HI it was a beautiful day today. I did my usual shopping and a little bit more. Read my book outside for an hour or so. Did 2 loads of laundry. Now I'm here then I'll start dinner. We're having hot dogs. Very simple. Not much else going on. I'm very busy at work. Still had 60 emails untouched When I left work on Friday. Oh well, they'll have to wait. I'm hoping I'll be able to work a Saturday soon and try to get caught up.
Debora, did you go and find out whether you got the vaccine or a placebo? Hope all are doing well. Good job with starting up the decluttering again. I bet it feels good. Are you asking for my home address? It is 12663 Calle Charmona, San Diego, CA 92128. Why do you ask?
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Hi Isabella and Debora. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Even when you don't know all the details, I know you are supporting me and the Lord continues to Bless. I've been in the hospital for a week (Mon-Fri) and recovering at home now. Norma sent a few email updates while she was here and since I'm not feeling up to typing much yet, I'll copy/paste her emails to catch you up.
Hello Family and Friends,
Forgive the mass email, but I am trying to get information out about Sheryl.
To update some of you that have not been contacted as yet, Sheryl was admitted to the hospital on Monday after an Eco cardiogram was taken as prescribed by her oncologist after a PET scan she had on Tuesday, Dec 29. They found fluid surrounding the heart and she was in FULL A-Fib on Monday. I flew up Monday evening so I could take care of John and the animals.
She is doing very well, they drained over a liter of fluid. The pathology of the fluid was found to be cancerous and so tomorrow (Thursday) she will be having a surgery at 8:30 a.m. called Pericardial Window. They will cut the sack around the heart so that the fluid will drain and not collect around the heart. As I learn more I will pass the information on to you.
Good morning!
We received a phone call from Sheryl yesterday stating that she was being discharged from the hospital. John and I drove to Portland a little after 3:00 and arrived at the hospital around 4:00. As typical of hospitals, it took another hour and a half before we drove up to the main entrance and got Sheryl into the car.
On our way home, we had to stop by Fred Meyers to pick up a new prescription for Sheryl and arrived home at 7:00 p.m. We all slept very well last night and are ready to start making some adjustments to lighten the load for Sheryl.
Again thank you for all of your love and prayers for Sheryl's healing and recovery.
Love and hugs, Norma
Good morning,
Just wanted to give you an update on Sheryl. She came home from the hospital on Friday evening with a chest tube, to help with the fluid draining. On Sunday, Sheryl's legs started to swell. As a precaution, we took Sheryl to the ER at Legacy Medical Center (Salmon Creek) to check out the problem. They found that her right leg has a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). They gave her a shot to thin her blood and help with the circulation.
On Monday morning, we had an appointment with the surgeon to have the drainage tube removed. The incision was healing well and they removed the tube. On our way back from Portland, we stopped at Compass Oncology to have Sheryl's INR checked to determine if the Warfarin she is taking was sufficient. The number was too low and they are having Sheryl take shots along with the tablets.
On Tuesday, we had a visiting nurse come out to the house as well as a physical therapist. After being examined; run through a series of questions and exercises, it was determined that she is doing very well and would not need any additional nursing or therapy sessions. We were thrilled to get that news.
Sheryl is feeling so much better. Her breathing is easier and she is able to do more activities. She still needs to be checked for her INR to get the warfarin medication balanced and stable. She is on her way back to health. I was glad to be up here to help her, but will be flying back home tomorrow afternoon.
Again thank you for all your prayers and messages of encouragement.
Love and Hugs, Norma
I'm really taking it easy these days. My cataract surgery got postponed, so my vision is still very bad and my eyes hurt, but I'll do my best to keep you updated. So much more to say, but, I'll close for now and try again later.0 -
We had more cold weather and Thursday and Friday were very windy – gusts up to 60 mph. My friend fought the wind walking out to cars on Thursday. And when we went to town on Friday Ralph was careful where he parked or would let me out so the wind would blow the doors out of our hands. Today was much nicer but I only went outside to get the mail.
Last Monday was 4-H so got ready for it during the day. I’m past the really busy part so that’s nice. We only had two of our talks but they were good. Recreation was an indoor snowball fight (I want to look for some of those snowballs for next year). The kids played and played – especially some of the boys.
Tuesday afternoon we had our appointment with the vaccine study. We are still in the study but the forman is different because they unblinded the study. Ralph was right. He got the vaccine but I didn’t so I got my first dose. Arm was a bit sore the next day but they say the second will be worse. We are still supposed to social distance and wear our masks even vaccinated cause there is still a slim chance of still getting a light case and there is just so much of it out there still. I’ll get my next dose in February. I was at the appointment for 2 hours. First they had to do a covid test and bloodwork. Then I waited a half hour to get the vaccine and had to stay 30 minutes after getting it. So Ralph went to the thrift store and ended up buying some books. Then we did a little shopping. By now it’s 5:30 so I convinced Ralph to go through Arby’s and get their roast beef special. We also stopped by my friends who had lost her daughter to buy some hooded towels. I have bought a lot over the years so I got all the duplicates. It was good to talk with them but didn’t stay too long. The couple lived with her mom so at this point they are still togeher. He is just like a son to her. It was nice to be able to eat as soon as we got home.
Wednesday was Bible study and then the nursery in the evening where we technically had no kids. I saw a dad walk by with their baby and suggested he leave her. He did but mom came to check and she was not happy. So mom stayed in the nursery and we had a nice visit. I think we are just down to one child most evenings but won’t drop the second person till I’m sure.
Thursday I worked with my friend. We filled up the bead containers and went through the big bracelets made at our last meeting. I had the rest of the day at home which was nice since ti was so windy. In the evening Alan’s family finally was able to come for Christmas. I fixed hamburgers and hot dogs. Had some snacks for while we opened presents and enjoyed time together. We did a puzzle race. I had two of the same puzzle and two teams. My team lost but it was still fun. Then I got out a dessert I had made and we did Molly’s birthday. She was 12 January 1.
Friday morning we did our shopping. I was able to buy a bunch of pencils on a real good deal Ten cents for 24 pencils. But we had to sort boxes at the checkout lane cause I got all the 24 packs and only one upc code was that the low price. Checked the clearance at Walgreens but just not much this year. Got home about 11:30 and have been home since then. But that means I’m making progress on the yearly treasurer report, more stuff out of the furnace room and plugging along on stuff I think I need to do.
Isabella, thank you for your address. I put a package into the mail yesterday – it has a DVD of our Christmas program and a few peppernuts for you to sample.
Sheryl, sorry to hear you were in the hospital but sounds like you were well taken care of. So wonderful that Norma could fly up and take care of things on the home front. And if you keep improving, the cataract surgery can be rescheduled. Sharing Norma’s emails was a great way to let us know what all went on. You are smart to take it as easy as you can. Hopefully, john cooperates so you can. Will keep praying.
Okay, will send this on its way and head for bed. Night.0 -
Good morning! It's been hot this week. In the mid 80's for several days. It will go back down to the mid 60's starting Monday. Did my usual shopping this week and added a trip to Jimbo's as well. We ordered pizza for dinner last night. It was a nice treat. We didn't watch any movies last night. We watched several hour shows we had recorded instead so we can keep up with them. We are actually getting some stuff to watch now. It is a nice change. I sat outside yesterday and finished my book. It was a John Grisham novel about a lawyer. Very well written but then all his books are. I hadn't read one of his books in quite a while. Today I will listen to my church service on line then have breakfast and cook my greens for the week. We have a pork loin for dinner.
Debora, that is very thoughtful of you to send me a package. I will look forward to getting it. Sounds like you had a good week. I am so jealous of you being able to have Arby's! I really like them but we don't have one near us. Let me know if you get any side effects from the vaccine. Do you know if it was the Pfizer or the Moderna vaccine?
Sheryl, so sorry to hear that you were in the hospital! Thank you for posting Norma's email updates so we would know what's been going on with you. Glad you're doing better and will keep you and John in my prayers. Please keep us updated when you can.
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Hi all, we're having rain here. Finally. We really needed it. Did my shopping very early this morning and now I'm just puttering on the computer. I ordered a wallet case for our smart phone we never use so I'll be more comfortable carrying it around in my purse. We watched a new sitcom called "Call your mother". It was actually laugh out loud funny and we're enjoying watching it. I'm very behind at work. We are going to work next Saturday so that should help. Our bible study is going to start back up this coming Wednesday. I'm not excited to go out at night but look forward to seeing everyone and starting a new study. Nothing else new going on.
Debora, I received your package. Thanks very much for sending the peppernuts for us to taste. That was very thoughtful of you. Thanks for the disc of the Children's program. I haven't watched it yet. Probably tomorrow. Hope all is going well.
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Hi, here we are – ¾ through another month. I got the funrace room emptied, swept the floor, wiped off the shelves, put up the new shelf and am not working on putting things back in and letting things go. Takes a little more thought that taking it out did.
I did the usual things this week – Bible study, working with friend, nursery Wednesday evening, and errands Friday morning. The sad thing that happened was my nephew-in-law passed away on Monday but not too sad because his suffering is done. Michelle doesn’t want people to come to the memorial to keep covid at bay so will watch it virtual. We will see her tomorrow as she wanted to give Ralph the lift chair and since, they can, she and her daughter are doing a day trip (5 hours one way) to bring the chair. She will stay her distance and drop it off and head home. Then she can work on selling the wheel chair van. She has lots of things to dispose of and if she can give to places they will be used, she likes that. It’s been a long time since they could take off and do something so this will be fun for them.
The fun thing we did was Thursday afternoon. We went and watched Jeremiah bowl, ate at Wendy’s (and got our key fobs for the next year), and watched Lucy scrimmage in volleyball. And we were home by 7.
I’m slowly make progress on my puzzle, I baked a cookie mix today, and almost have the farm books ready to go in. There’s never a lack of things to do.
Oh my Isabell, you’re hot and we’re cold. Getting up to 50 happens some but we get down into the 20 most nights. Funny, came on to did the game first and while I was doing it, you posted. I’ve enjoyed some new shows too but its seems like there are 2 or 3 weeks worth – Nothing like when they used to run 13 weeks or more. But it is what it is.
We are in the Moderna study so that’s the one I got. My arm was a little sore for a day but they say the second one is the one to watch out for.
How fun to find a show that is that funny. I haven’t seen with that name.
Nice to have your Bible study start up. What will you study? We are finishing up our book within the next two weeks so I orders our new ones today and hope they come in time. We’ll do Philippians this time.
Thanks for letting me know you got the package. It’s always fun to share them. Hope next Saturday gets you close to caught up.
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Saturday night and all is well.
Monday our project committee met. We don’t have to do as much cleaning but enjoyed visiting a big and had refreshments while we planned our projects.
Tuesday night we went to Derek’s to celebrate Brecken’s birthday. She mad a delicious chicken vegetable soup (and sent the leftovers home with us). Brecken liked her gift. And it was fun to see everyone.
Wednesday was Bible study and nursery in the evening. We had two kids and one did not enjoy it. Then we had two moms and their babies join us so that was fun to visit with them.
Thursday morning I worked with friend on the newly laminated Echoes. I’ve also spent time reminding people about stories for the Echoes cause it gets done next week.
Thursday afternoon I had to take the farm books in so I suggested we do our shopping.too. I’m glad we did cause it only took about 15 minutes to have her go through the books = just not much goes in them now. So the last two days I worked on Willing Workers treasury stuff, more on the basement – down to the hard things to find a place for. Taking it out of the room worked really well so hope I can do that on a smaller scale for the next room.
Ralph finally made his fruit cake today – recipe makes 5 loaves so that will last him for awhile even if he shares some of it. A friend gave us a few cinnamon rolls and I ate two of them. I just keep plugging away on regular stuff the last tow days. Even got the containers up for the Christmas stuff although I didn’t finish.
We are going to start Good News Club up next week so I got the invites ready and took them to the schools.
Most of the days this week the weather stayed in the 20s. Last night it warmed up and was 48 this morning and it rained off and on all day. Some places got like 2 inches which is unusual this time of year. Ralph had gone to get some cinnamon rolls a friend had made and I though I heard him come home but he didn’t come inside. I heard the garage door jiggle so went to look. Well, it was athe fed ex man and he was trying to put my package out of the rain. But out garage door is hard to open so he put it as close to the front door as he could. Since I saw him, I got the box in. Too bad they aren’t allowed to just know and run or ring the doorbell and run. Not a big deal on most days. But now I have the books for Bible study.
Isabella, I found out I could watch Call Your Mother so taped it. It is pretty good. Thank you for the nice note. Always fun to get something in the mail.
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Hello! Sorry I was MIA last week. It was so busy I got distracted. Weather has been very nice. Should be in the mid to high 60's this week. Not much else going on. I got fairly well caught up at work on Saturday but still didn't get to the "back burner" projects. Oh well, I'll keep plugging at it. Feels good to have the every day stuff caught up.
Debora, Sorry to hear about your nephew in law passing but as you said at least he is no longer suffering. Glad you got to see "Call your Mother" and enjoyed it. Congrats on getting the farm books done and submitted and on getting more decluttering done.
On a sad note, we just found out that an old friend of ours has stage 4 cancer of the prostate but they said it is also in his bones. His name is Keith. I would appreciate it if you would keep him in your prayers.
Dan just started a new puzzle as well. It is of a 60's Texaco gas station with the old pumps and 2 cool cars - a Camaro and a Mustang. It will be challenging but fun. Our bible study book study this time is on the Sermon on the Mount. I'm behind though because I missed the first one, attended the 2nd one, the 3rd one was via zoom so I missed that one, this week's is cancelled because our teacher's husband is having surgery the next day, then the next one is my birthday so I won't be attending. Oh well, I'll have to try to keep up with the book anyway. I took this coming Friday the 12th off to use some vacation time so that will be nice. Hopefully I won't get too far behind.
Sheryl, hope you and John doing well. I am still praying for you both.
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We have moved into a week of very cold weather and got a bit of snow yesterday. High today was 22 and that’s about how the whole week is supposed to be. Hopefully, there won’t be much wind. I have somewhere to go every day this week. I only have to be out to get to the car or from car to where I go but it is cold.
Last week was pretty normal. Sunday was church and then at home. Monday was the whole day at home. Tuesday we started Good News Club. Had 11 kids. Some were just back from quarantining so did not have the notes so might have more this week. We’ll also more adults this week cause this was class is coming to teach. Wednesday morning was Bible study and then was in the nursery in the evening. Just had the one so we could visit and she had fun.
Thursday morning, friend and finished cutting the laminated Echoes so I got a notebook and dividers so we can hole punch and put them in when we have time. Hopefully, we have SS material to do this week along with working on the bead containers for necklaces. I like knowing we have projects lined up. I stayed at church for a lunch executive meeting (I took ICE drinks for my part and will use them agan form women’s things – good and some people will drink them where they won’t drink pop). and then it was our Willing Workers meeting. We had a good turnout and a yummy dessert for refreshments. I was glad to be home in the evening.
Friday morning we went to town with a short list so got home early so Ralph could check on his chickens. He and Alan had cleaned the one chicken house so Ralph had moved the one year old hens to that building so they are adjusting. Now he can get the house they were in ready for the chicks he had me order. He will start 100 of them. He has about 74 hens now. In the afternoon we watched my nephew-in-law’s memorial service. It was very nicely done and I appreciated the salvation message given.
Saturday I was home all day but Ralph and Clark went to an auction. They did not buy the tractor they were looking at (I’m not too sad). I’m done in the furnace room except for the stuff I want to show Ralph. So I took all the stuff on the table in the freezer room and put it out on two couches and am sorting through. I’ve always tried to do it at the table and think I just sift stuff around. So hoepfully, this works better. I would have liked to have taken more out of the room but this room is very full and if Ralph would decide the kids could come, I don’t want to have too much to put back.
Today was Communion Sunday. We used the disposal items again. Works well and makes for less handing. We were just at home the rest of the day. I did finish a 300 piece puzzle – a bunch of open umbrellas – fairly easy – worked it by colors. Now I’m listening to the Super Bowl – wrong team is winning.
Two funny things – started going through the container I take to Willing Workers. Found a card I had those at Willing Workers sign and then forgot to give to the woman who turned 100 in September. I’ll get it to her now with a note and she can still enjoy it. She with the help of her daughter are doing the valentine cookies for Good News Club as she has for many years.
In the stuff I cleared off the table is a puzzle still wrapped in plastic. I remember we did that puzzle years ago and there was one piece missing. I wrote or emailed the company and they sent a whole new puzzle. It was a hard one so I’ll not attempt it again. It wil go in the give away pile easily.
This coming week has something on everyday. So hope the weather cooperates.
Isabella, missed you so glad you’re back. Yay on being fairly caught up. Hope Dan enjoys the puzzle. Will you work on it too. Sounds like a good picture for a guy.
So sorry to hear about Keith. Said a prayer an put him on the list.
Wow, you do have a lot of conflicts with Bible study. I’m bad about doing it if I miss. I’m glad you do better. Have a good short week and enjoy your weekend.
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Good morning! Happy Valentine's Day! Really enjoying my weekend! Friday it was cool and rainy in the morning but cleared up around noon so Dan and I went out to late lunch. California is still only allowed to have outdoor dining but the restaurant we chose had a "portable fireplace" on the patio and it kept us warm and cozy. I had a pulled pork sandwich and Dan had a roast beef melt. The coleslaw was delicious too. It felt really good to get out and feel somewhat human again! Later that evening we watched an old movie called "Small Town Girl" with Jane Powell, Ann Miller, and Farley Granger. Very light and fun. Saturday I went to the farmer's market to get some nice fresh fish for Valentine's day dinner. I bought some steel head trout which is basically an ocean trout and looks and tastes like a mild salmon. We really enjoyed it last time so I bought that again. I will serve it with rice and asparagus. I couldn't believe how long the line was for the fresh fish guy. There were about 15 people waiting in line when I got there and probably another 10 that lined up behind me. It was a bit of a wait but I'm sure it will be well worth it. After the market I did the rest of my usual shopping. I also stopped at famous footwear because they gave me a $5 coupon for my birthday. I bought a pair of sketchers to replace a pair that is wearing out. I also found a pair of sandals and a pair of black leather shoes in the clearance section. The shoes were a bit tight so I had them order a wide for me. They will ship them to my house free and if they don't fit I can return them to the store. I made out well! Then I came home and did chores such as laundry and cleaned the bathrooms. We had chicken fettuccini for dinner then relaxed and watched TV for the night.
Debora, you are still doing a great job with the decluttering and have a lot going on this week. Even more than usual! Dan finished his gas station puzzle. I didn't help with this one. I let him enjoy it all. The puzzle we did before this one had a piece missing. I told Dan we should let them know since it cost us $20 but he didn't want to bother with it especially since it wasn't a critical piece (it was piece of a Christmas tree) so I just gave it to someone with the warning that there was a piece missing. She was OK with it so I guess it's all good. Wow, Ralph has 74 hens and ordered 100 more chicks?! How many of those 100 will typically survive? Are you guys selling the eggs? Do you let them roam or do they stay in the chicken house? I have a friend at work who has a few chickens and has been sharing some of the eggs with me. Nothing like fresh eggs straight from the chicken! Especially when the chickens are fed healthy stuff and allowed to roam. Yum!! Thanks SO much for keeping Keith in your prayers! I really appreciate it. I'm not so sure I'll be able to stay up on the bible study chapters either but I'm going to make some effort and see how it goes. On that note, I'm going to go work on that right now.
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Baby, it’s cold outside. We have not been above freezing since last Friday – not much over 20. I’m not even sure we got up to 10 today – it’s 2 right now. We got some snow last night but it has stopped as has the wind so we can still get out. But the cold didn’t stop too many thing. We did do 4-H by zoom last Monday cause the roads weren’t real good. Zoom works but in person is so much better.
Tuesday I got my second vaccine shot. And Good News Club was in the afternoon. Wednesday morning I went to Bible study. My arm was a tad sore and had a bump. During Bible study I felt tired and my neck ached. After I got home, I realized that was probably side effects so I took a nap and was fine after that. So I’m thankful it went so well. We had one child in the nursery in the evening so other woman and I had a good time visiting as we played.
Thursday I worked with my friend. We divided up the Sunday School papers and then we went and ate lunch in the nearby town for friend’s half-birthday. We both got the mushroom cheeseburger and french fries. It was very good. I was home the rest of the day.
Friday was our usual trip to town. As long as you don’t have car trouble, it’s not bad going in and out of stores. And I didn’t have a lot of shopping to do. When I came home from walking, Ralph asked me not to be upset with him – very contrite – I’m been encouraging him to go to the dentist and no luck. Well, now his bottom plate broke and he said he might have gum damage. It is what it is. He has not been to the dentist since our one retired. I had changed but he didn’t. I’m going to call the dentist associated with our doctor’s office in the morning and hopefully, he can get it there. The dentist I go to is very busy. Saturday was the usual. Surprisingly, the sun came out in the afternoon (still cold) and roads were good so I quickly got the valentine stuff together for the kids and we went around to each of their houses. Dropped it off at a couple and visited some with a couple. They are all okay with doing Sunday dinners again so just need to get my husband okay with it.
Today started our Bible conference. Speaker is interesting but I didn’t find out till tonight cause I was n the nursery this morning. My helper was a young girl who did her best but working with another adult is better. We only had 4 kids but I was holding one so when another one got fussy, I had to tell the girl what to do. Came home and had our soup, a nap. Then tonight we started to church and decided not to chance the roads and watched it on TV. We are down in the negative numbers temperature wise now. It’s okay as long as we don’t have car trouble. But all the guys with chores get plenty cold. Our son-in-law and grandson work for a security company part-time and Friday night they watched a parking garage. When they weren’t making round they could be in their car but you never really are warm.
We are hoping to get to 34 by the end of the week. Not often I would call that warm. It’s Monday morning now. We are supposed to have a high of one today. Snowed a little. We rescheduled Ralph’s appointment for today (the week we moved it to will be extra busy now) but it is so cold and we aren’t sure what the roads will be like. I’m okay to not go ot church to but it’s not as far so we’ll see. Some of the times will be livestreamed so then can watch from home. I doubt the morning ones will be.
Isabella, your meal out sounds delicious. Glad Dan got his puzzle done. I would go the way Dad did with the missing piece if it happened again. They said they could just replace one piece as every puzzle is unique. Almost envious of the good deals you got at the shoestore. They really worked with you. Enjoy your fresh fish. Hope you can keep up with your Bible study. We had our first lesson last week. We ill not meet this week with the Bible Conference going on.
Yes, we sell the eggs. Some through a vet clinic through us and some through the private school our kids and Ralph attended. When we had lots, our son-in-law moved some for us but we don’t have as many now (although 5 dozen a day sounds like lots to you.). Hopefully, most of the 100 make it. He make sell some of them when they are old enough to lay eggs. No, ours do not roam the yard but they are fed well and get plenty of light and fresh air. That’s how he has always done them.
Will send this off and try and get something done in the house. Plenty of soup to eat. Going to mix up meatloaf to put in the crockpot tomorrow. That should be soft along with mashed potatoes. Have stuff for cole slaw too but I’ll just enjoy it.
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What a warm day we are having. It’s up to 40 and the sun is shining and the snow is melting. This is a big change from the first part of the week.
Monday was like 17 below when we got out and we weren’t sure about roads so we changed the appointment Ralph had that day. So again, we were home all day. I called to make a dental appointmetn for Ralph. They had an opening Tuesday or the end of the month so we took Tuesday. It was still really cold but the roads we traveled weren’t too bad. The place we took him too charges on a sliding scale so he pays $75.00 a visit and they did a full set of xrays and checked him out. Decision was made to pull the last three teeth on the bottom cause he has some gum disease and they had a Wednesday appointment. So we went back the next morning and got them pulled. Now he has to let it heal for 6 weeks. Needs more time cause of the gum disease. So now he is eating soup that I blend. It’s going well.
Thursday it’s still hovering around 0 but friend and I worked. Then we went to my periodonist appointment (was cost a lot more than Ralph’s two). I was supposed to have a zoom meeting in the evening but it got canceled. Friday I got to walk cause road grader finally cleared road. We stayed home till woman game and delivered a bunch of yarn and stuff for Lori and then we went to town and did our shopping. We actually got above 0 – even up to almost 32. And today it sunshiny, and up to 40. Balmy. We did close vents and turn our thermostat down a bit to help use less energy. We just wear more layers.
Our good car won’t start – we think it needs a started. Our youngest son can fix tha when he has time. At least the other car runs – although I don’t like driving it as well. Today has been all at home Have been working in the basement some, cutting tshirts for jumpropes and other odds and ends. It’s time to do a house straightening again. We’ve got lots of stuff sitting out and I probably have more than Ralph does.
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Hello! Had a very nice weekend. Jami and I got together Saturday for my birthday outing. We went to a town up north called Temecula. We went to the farmer's market there then strolled the shops and boutiques in the old town area. Very nice. Jami bought me a little purse for my birthday. I bought a dish towel with lemons on it and a little plaque for my friend Grace for her birthday. Then we had lunch at a taco shop and headed home. I got home about 3pm and did a quick version of my usual Trader Joe's and Sprouts shopping. For dinner I heated up the baked ziti I bought but didn't eat on my birthday. It was plenty for both of us and still some left over for me for a lunch. Dan and I watched a Hallmark movie afterward. It was called Love on Iceland and we really enjoyed seeing the scenery of Iceland. Today, we repotted a plant and I baked a "blood orange loaf" from a boxed mix I bought at Trader Joe's. Smells wonderful so I'm sure it will be very tasty. I am going to work next Saturday so I should be able to get somewhat caught up.
Debora, Thanks very much for the cute birthday card. Really enjoyed it. Sorry to hear that it is so cold there. Also sorry to hear about Ralph's bottom plate. Hopefully they will get him all fixed up soon because I'm sure blended soup is getting old real fast. Can he have mashed potatoes or mac and cheese? Did you get the car fixed?
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Hello, this week was way nicer weatherwise. Up in the 70s one day – today we hit 60 and most of the iime we didn’t go too much below freezing. I had Monday at home. We were going to meet Matthew and Julie for supper for Julie’s birthday but that ended happening on Thursday. We ate at McAllister’s and the food was good. The one surprise we had on Monday was an email saying Ralph’s chickens at shipped. We thought that was happening on Wednesday so Ralph had to work at little harder to get things ready. We think they had some cancelled orders. They were also dealing with shipping In that for one week you couldn’t ship live animals so they had to use their insulated trucks.
Tuesday was Good News Club and it was the nicest day of the week so no problem with kids not being dressed warm enough. Thomas (grandson) did the verse and I thought he did a very good job. Wednesday I had Bible study, home in the afternoon and in the nursery at church in the evening. Thursday was working with friend. We got the bead containers ready for Willing Workers and finished the SS material for the 2 year olds. We worked a little later but got it done.
While eating with Matthew and Julie, Ralph grudgingly said we could go back. So now I need to get all the stuff (projects) we’ve left out cleaned up. I had been working on the kitchen so finished it today and the back hall, utility room and I even mopped the floors in those room – I don’t do that as often as I should, but…. Then I vacuumed the front hall. Still have more to do so won’t email the kids till I’m a bit further along. Haven’t really done a bit meal in quite awhile. I’m excited. Numbers keep going down so unless that changes, we’ll try it.
This afternoon we went and saw the musical White Christmas. Sunrise was doing it. Lori does a lot with the costumes. Maggie and Paige had small parts in it but they did them well and were so cute. Maggie’s hair is usually a mess but it was fixed so nice. Paige had french braids in her hair. I invited a friend to join us and she was quite late so I was a bit worried. She had lost her phone so had to find it and then was looking on the wrong mile. But she did get there.
Next week looks to be a busy one so check in next week to see what all went on – ha.
Isabella, sounds like a wonderful time with Jaimie and having an easy supper was smart. How was the bread. You always have interesting shows to watch.
Yes, Alan put a new started on the car Tuesday afternoon. I’m very much enjoying having it back.
Yes, Ralph can do mashed potatoes, meatloaf. He could do mac and cheese but has never liked it. I’m not blending his soup now. I did a tuna noodle casserole. It is going okay with not getting the sandwich and pizza for Friday and Saturday – probably less sodium in what we do eat.
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Good morning! Sorry I was MIA last week but I worked a full day Saturday and also got my hair cut then the rest of the weekend was getting stuff done here and grocery shopping so doing anything on the computer completely slipped my mind. I didn't even watch the Sunday church service. I'll watch it today then I'll be current for the one tomorrow. Our bible study teacher didn't feel well on Wednesday so study was cancelled. I'll be ready for this Wednesday although it is supposed to rain so I'm praying it will be somewhat clear when I have to drive there because she is about 25 miles away and I have to get on the freeway.
This week I took Friday off to use up vacation time. Dan and I drove to the surgery center where I will have the growth cut off my face on March 16th. I wanted to make sure I know where I am going that day so that will be one less thing to worry about. I don't know if I told you about the surgery. There is a little growth on my face to the left of my nose that I have had for several years. It started to look a bit different so I had it checked. They said it is cancer so I have to have it cut out. No big deal though - they said it won't be much different than when they cut it off to do the biopsy. It is a local anesthetic and I can drive myself home afterward. I didn't use "the C word" when I told Dan about it because I don't want him to get anxious.
Anyway, after our drive I sat outside for a while and started a new book. This one is by Dick Francis. I don't know if you're familiar with him. He is known for writing murder mysteries centered around horse racing. His books are always a page turner and I haven't read one for quite a while. I'm really enjoying it. Then I picked up some Mexican food for dinner. We shared a shredded beef quesadilla and some Mexican rice. Watched recorded shows after that. We decided we don't like The Rookie and deleted that series. Dan doesn't really like cop shows anyway. Then programmed Magnum PI to record to see how we like that. Hard to find decent shows to watch these days.
Today I will do my usual grocery shopping. I pulled a portion of lasagna from the freezer and we will have that for dinner. I also want to sit outside and read more of my book. I am on vacation after all. Hopefully we'll watch a movie tonight. We recorded Lilies of the Field with Sidney Poitier. Always a good one. Tomorrow I am meeting a couple of old friends for breakfast. Really looking forward to seeing them. I'm trying to talk Dan into joining us. We'll see how he feels.
Debora, the blood orange loaf was wonderful. We both really enjoyed it. Glad you got your car back. Also nice to hear that you got to have dinner with Matthew and Julie. And very happy to hear that Ralph agreed to big dinner again. Hope all goes really well. How are his gums and his bottom plate doing? Did he get a new one yet? Did he get his chicks? You're doing really well in getting the house decluttered and organized. Great job! The play sounds like it was really nice too.
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Hi, I was around last weekend but never got in here to chat. No good reason, just didn’t. Seems like we been on the go a lot. Both of us had appointments with our covid study. I had 40H so had stuff tro get ready for it. I had the usual Bible study, working with friend, going to town. Ralph had his physical. All is good. Doctor does not like that he got a lift chair – said it’s not goof for the muscles. Well, it’s not the only chair he sits in and he doesn’t have it push him out. We’ve had a lot of warmer days, some days with lots of wind, and yesterday we got a good inch of rain.
We had our all day Willing Workers meeting. One of the hostesses was sick so I stepped and helped set up and serve. She made the delicious pumpkin chocolate muffins. We have a pot luck that day. So many delicious choices. One woman made a 12 layer jello – very pretty but way too much work for me. I tried out a new recipe of a grasshopper cake. It had green in it so made me think of St. Patrick's Day. I may make it for the third Sunday. Starting tomorrow we are starting to have the kids here again. Tomorrow will just be Lori’s family which is good since we still have a recliner in the middle of the living room.
This next week is spring break for a lot of the schools. Our Youth Group is leaving for a camp in Texas in the morning for work project. We won’t have Good News Club and we don’t have any appointments so I’m hoping to have a little more time at home. It feels good to have the house straightened up again so will do better at keeping that way. But I did a bit of stashing away that I’ll need to work on.
We’ve caught three mice in the last two weeks. Two upstairs and one in the basement. One was caught by his bottom so was still moving. Now Ralph has one trap in his car trying to catch a mouse there. Last night he ate the peanut butter and didn’t get caught. Hope he tried again tonight and does get caught. Hmmm, Ralph just came in and the peanut butter was cleaned out again. So he filled it again.
We did something new today. Every once in awhile, food boxes are given out. We don’t really need to get one but a friend encouraged us to do it as they need to get them gone. Had a nice visit with the ones handing them out. We got one for Alan, one for Lori and one for us. We dropped Alan’s off and will give Lori’s hers tomorrow. All good stuff but I hope those that really need it got it too. I’ve never used liquified eggs before so that will be interesting.
Isabella, a full day on Saturday – that was probably a big hop in catching up. Nice that you got your haircut. I’m ready to do that. Just need a nice day when Ralph won’t mind the wait in the car. Did you make it to Bible study this week? No, you had not mentioned the surgery. I’m glad you had it checked and you’re right. It’s one of the “best” cancers to have. Not good for Dan to get anxious.
I’ve not heard of Dick Francis. I’m not big on murder mysteries. But it’s great he keeps your attention. Mexican is always good. Sorry you don’t like The Rookie. I do. I enjoy Magnum PI too. Nowadays, it seems like they make 2 or 3 new shows and then are back to reruns. Not the 13 or more weeks worth that you used to get. So I like it the Tivo keeps up with that for me.
Nice to have the lasagna to pull out of the freezer. We just finished up the last of meatloaf I made 2 or three weeks ago. We never got tired of it. We also finished off the rice pudding I made but it never made it to the freezer. Did Dan go along to breakfast.
I guess Ralph’s gums are doing fine. We don’t go have them checked until March 31 so no plate yet. Yes he got his chicks. They came in good shape. And he bought 6 more at a store when he saw some he had wanted to order but couldn’t. Thanks on the house but there’s still a long way to go. It does help when I stay home more. I’ll keep trying.
Hope you enjoyed your vacation and prayers that things will go well on Tuesday. How early do you have to go in?0
