Good Morning. Finally got my cousins' email update sent off. So funny, I started off by saying this was the hardest email to write because I have no new and exciting news and then preceded to write a page and a half. Still, really nothing new and exciting, mentioned the new deck and working on the garage door and gutters. Well, easiest thing to do is copy/paste it here, most of it you already know.

Update as of October 30, 2016

Good Sunday Morning.

For some reason, this update has been the hardest one to write. I guess because I want to give you new and exciting news, and I have none. I’ve written and read it, reread it and back-space it out.
I can be thankful that we’ve fallen back into mundane life of planning chores and trying to get them done.

My check-up with my oncologist was a routine appointment. All blood work and tests were good and within normal parameters. I go back in January.

I also had an appointment with my PCP last month and finally got someone to take heed to my wanting to reduce the blood pressure medication that I’ve been taking. Way back at the beginning, when I was so sick and not knowing why, and being misdiagnosed, my blood pressure was high. A cardiologist put me on meds. From the time I started cancer treatment to the present, my blood pressure has been in the normal range, but I was told that was due to the meds. I felt that my BP was high solely due to the stress and frustration of going from doctor to doctor and not getting answers. Now, I’m being weaned off of the meds and my BP is still normal.

I’m still having some breathing problems and getting enough air through the vocal chords to talk properly. I got another referral for the ENT to check on the status of the left larynx and also a referral to a lung specialist to check on my respiratory system. I just run out of breath to quickly when I exert myself.

I was excited to be able to get back to chores and projects this past summer, but, the summer went too fast and not everything on my list got completed. The things that we did get to went fairly well, although we work much slower these days. We tore out the old rotten deck and had a new PVC/vinyl one installed. Looks great and is safe and best of all, no maintenance. We’re working on the garage doors and gutters before we get into the extreme rains. We got some fence repair done, but most sections started and not completed yet. And, always raking and weeding, which makes the yard look good temporarily, but soon needs to be done again. John is really good handling this ongoing process. He stays active and spends most of his time outside. I will be put to the test in the next few months trying to keep him occupied in the house during the winter weather.

As I’ve stated in previous emails, John is very gradually getting worse. What an awful disease that creeps in and destroys. Dealing with it daily, it’s become the norm for us, but there are times when something will happen that shocks me into the realization of how devastated John must feel. Sometimes, we sit down for lunch and he just sits there…doesn’t remember how to put a sandwich together.

He still won’t relinquish his old International Harvester trucks and talks about working on them, even while saying in the same sentence that he can’t anymore. That’s his control, just having them, and he isn’t ready to lose that.
Naturally, he gets upset more often over little things, which are big things to him.

Mom is getting weaker physically because she is doing less and less. We’ve tried to encourage her to participate in more activities, but she seems most content staying in her apartment. There is a fitness class that she could benefit from, but she’s not interested in even trying it. Everything we suggest, she says she can’t, it would be too tiring. It’s too bad since the less she does, the less she is able to do.

I guess that’s it for now. Thank you for all your love and prayers.

Love, Sheryl


Debora, thanks for the recipe, it sounds so delicious. I love cream puffs, but need to restrain myself. In the process of looking at that post, I was reminded of your Prince cabbage salad, I have cabbage and apples in the fridge, guess what I'll be making today.

I checked FB and saw that my friend who had a stroke has now been moved from the hospital to rehab. Still a long road ahead of him, but his son wrote that he is showing his great sense of humor through this ordeal. I just love this guy.

I also saw on FB, that Christina was in the ER again yesterday, not sure of details, I haven't talked to her directly. I'll share details when I get them.

Debating whether I should start a fire this morning...it's chilly, but forecast to rain and if the woodstove is hot, I can't wrap towels around the leaks. What a dilemma. I'll be so happy when the new woodstove is installed. And yes, Debora, you're right, watching the fire will be enticing to John, and to me. We'll wile away the hours staring at the box.

I guess I'll continue to send email updates out today, I got the family taken care of, but now I'll go through some friends' email addresses. I have lots of duplicates and incorrect addresses in the computer, but can't figure out how to get in there to delete those. I change the "Address Book", but it doesn't affect the list of addresses that come up when I click "Send To". Once again, the computer got the better of me.

Mmmmm, house smelled good when I got up Sunday morning with the roast cooking. Several kids were not as happy coming to Sunday School but they settled down. We put all the chairs for the story in one row but we end up with two. So funny. The lesson was about a deaf man so they played the maracas (that we could hear) and one boy bopped himself in the head - twice. His comment was I don't need a bandaid - I'm not bleeding. He did have a red spot on his forehead. Service was good. Pastor started a series on the book of Jude. We had dinner and everyone hung around for awhile. Katie had gone home so she could get a nap while they were here. As soon as the last one left, I headed for a women's thing at church. Lots of pumpkin desserts and a speaker who left us with a good challenge. The rest of the evening was at home.

This morning Ralph got up at 4 and headed for Emporia with a load of beans. He was hoping to get there before a lot of other trucks. It didn't happen. There were all kinds of semis there. He got home about 1:30. Now they are out combining again and he'll go to Wichita tomorrow. Beans are making good so places are filling up. I walked with my friend and then have been able to be at home the rest of the day and have enjoyed it a lot. There's something going on all the other days. I even surprised Ralph and made some whole wheat bread. I was going to do it last Thursday and found out the whole wheat flour I had on hand but no longer good so had to toss it and get some new stuff. So one's out to eat and I froze two.

Alan's kids did trick and treating for the first time with school. Their parents went in to sign the paperwork for Ava to start school tomorrow and brought the kids by so I could see them. The boys were cowboys and Molly was an schoolgirl from the 50s. So far no one has come here and I don't think anyone will. Just not many kids in the neighborhood and it's so much easier to go to town where the businesses do things. I'm sure I'll see a picture of Derek's kids on facebook. I thought about us driving in if Ralph wouldn't have been busy.

Sheryl, glad you got your family email done. You did a good job. Even though I know most of it, it was still interesting to read. Sorry your mom doesn't want to do more but you guys have done all you can to encourage her. One thing my sister likes about cream puffs is they don't have sugar in them. I make her some for her birthday and she eats them plain. Did you get the slaw made?
Christina goes through so much. I heard from my niece that they are now treating my brother for parkinsons and will see if there's any change in three weeks. Hope it helps him. Glad you heard back from the handyman.

Happy Halloween everyone.

P.S. I just got your card Sheryl. Thank you.

Good Morning, I woke up to a wonderful email from Granny this morning. She is doing extremely well. Here it is:

Dear Sheryl,

So great to get your long and informative update. It seemed to have very great news on how well your health is doing. Sorry to hear John is not doing well, but that is to be expected, I guess. Sorry to hear your mom is staying in her apartment and not wanting to join in the fitness class. Wayne and I are going to exercise classes 5 days a week, and I am the instructor in the 2 here at the Senior Center where I live. We go to one on Monday and Friday at my church, I teach the ones on Tuesday and Thursday here at the Center, and we go to one in Owasso at the Community Center where we are forced to go eat lunch on Wednesday. They stopped serving lunches here at our Center at our Center a few months ago and we have to ride the bus to Owasso to eat every weekday or we will lose our bus. We don't want to lose our bus since it takes us lots of places. It takes people to Walmart 3 days a week, to Dollar General once a week, to Aldi once a week, out to dinner at various place on Mondays and Thursdays, breakfast on Saturday mornings at various places, and takes people to doctor's appointments, banks, and any place else they need to go. It also takes us to a Food Bank every other Wednesday at 9 in the morning, and they give us food and toilet tissue free. They keep us so busy here we don't have time to realize how old we are. Of course there are some here that won't get out and do anything, so they just sit around and gripe. Some don't even come out of their apartments.

It is almost time for me to go out and walk my 2 miles around the building, then I come inside and make the coffee in the dining room. Then about 8:30 Wayne come over and several of us sit around and have coffee and talk till it's time for us to go to exercise class at 9:30. Then we barely get back here in time to catch the bus at 10:30 to go to Owasso for lunch. We get back home about 12:00 and Wayne and I nearly always have places to go or things to do. Today is the one afternoon we don't have anything on the schedule, so we just enjoy being together, usually at his house or going out for just messing around. Then we go out to eat someplace. Every Friday night we go to a Gospel Singing they have in Owasso. We have gone there every Friday for nearly a year now. We have been together every day for what will be a year on November 30. He is such a wonderful man, and he thinks I am pretty wonderful also.

We will be going to another Gospel Singing in Broken Arrow on this Saturday night. They just have it once a month, and it is really good. They have more famous people than the one in Owasso does. They are both free, but do take up an offering.

We go play Bingo once a month at an Indian place near us. It is lots of fun, but costs $23 to play. When we win, we get our $23 as a prize. Sometimes we both win, but we always enjoy going even when we don't win.

On Thursday the 10th Wayne and I will be going on his church bus about a couple of hours from here to an Amish place where they serve groups at huge long tables family style. I have been there in the past and their food is really great. I know it will be a wonderful trip.

Well, I must get out and begin my walk so I can get the coffee on by 8 o'clock.

Love you,
Granny


I saw Billie's name pop up on FB last night, so I sent another email, if I don't get a reply in a couple days, I'll call her on the phone. At least I know that she is still able to log on to the computer.

Marcie, whenever I see cats, I think of your Simon and Casey and also Christina's Obie and Rocket. I had two cats when growing up, they were Siamese and it's rare to find cats that look like that in the e-cards. The e-card ones are mostly black.

Here's a photo of Lucy, Kel's new puppy.



Lucy and Paco, Kel said you can see how small she is compared to their feet...



I hope you guys don't mind me posting the photos here instead of on the photo post, I figured out how to resize them so they don't mess up our scrolling on this post and want to attach them right now while I'm thinking of it.

New development with my tv/dvd. I woke up two days ago and the converter box quit working. We have a digital tv, but the VHS/dvd recorder needs a converter box to receive signals to record. Now, if I want to watch a program, I'm going to have to sit and watch a program. Can't record it and watch it later. Or, watch one show and record another one at the same time. I had to choose between Bull and This Is Us last night. I got lucky that Bull was a rerun and I had seen it, so I watched This Is Us. (John watched the World Series in the other room). I wonder if they even sell converter boxes anymore. I imagine most people have Netflix or Xfinity or some other automatic recording device. If I go out, I'll swing by Radio Shack. Oh, I guess I could check Amazon and then have it delivered. Yay for home delivery!! I'm getting spoiled with that.

Two days and counting for Sue's knee surgery, I'll keep you posted.

Speaking of counting days...I'll bet that Elaine has it down to the minute for Christmas. I remember that she goes Christmas Crazy.

I'm getting weepy...Oh, how I miss the journal room.

Good Morning,

Jannie, so good to see you, I am so hoping that you get some pain relief. Sounds like the hip replacement is the answer. Wow, Austin getting his license already, they grow up way too fast. Congratulations on the weight loss, I have wondered about the hypnosis thing, hope it works long term.
I got an email from Sue and her knee replacement surgery went well yesterday. She said that they already had her up on her feet and walking "around the block" a couple of times.

I am moving slow this morning...new mouse. I'm in the back bedroom, testing this thing out. I got a shocker when it arrived yesterday, it came in a plastic bag with a sticker on it, "Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball-(Certified Refurbished) New". I hadn't realized that I purchased a refurbished one, I expected new, in the box. So, there is no owners' manual, but I figured almost everything out myself and am printing some info from the Logitech web site right now.

Well, I scanned through what I printed and it does not mention these two buttons that I don't know what they are for. Marcie, they are to the left of the left click, just above the battery light. Can you help? If not, I guess I don't need them, I can scroll and left and right click, and that's what is really necessary. So far, so good.

Hi again, Sylvia's email post has taken on a life of it's own. Reminds me of the old journal room, a very long thread.

I don't want to give out email addresses without permission first, but instead of reposting the news here, if you want to be included in this post, I'll add you in, just let me know.

Marcie, Debora and Isabella, I already have your email addresses, but again, I will not give it out without you telling me it's OK.

Less time at home since Monday but that was the plan. Ralph headed out early again on Tuesday so my morning was quiet. Good News Club was in the afternoon. Small group but again everyone gets a turn to help or do something almost and they like that. One teacher used two balloons to demonstrate how God helps us resist temptation. One balloon was filled with air. It could handle the heat of a flame (representing temptation) but the one filled with water (representing God's help) did not pop with the flame put to it. Cool to watch.

Wednesday morning Ralph was off early again with another load of soybeans and I worked on the Echoes - we're up in the 90s now with punching holes in the pages but there is still other things to do so I foresee several months of it ahead of us. I'm working with a fun person and she's willing. If it was just me I'd skip some Wednesdays when the week is busy so this good for me too. From church I headed for Derek's house. Lindsey headed for the Social Security office. She had been trying to get a card for Aven for a long time (she's 5) and still needed Madden. Seems like they always want one more thing. She was home in a couple of hours. She found out the office is closed Wednesday afternoon so she did a couple of errands and came home. Church was in the evening - I still got to go to the kindergarten class but I think she's feeling more relaxed. When I got home from church, I found out Ralph was leaving. Alan found the place we were taking the beans was going to stay open all night and then close at 6 am. So he left at 9 pm and got home at 4:30 am. The semi is not a comfortable place to sleep he said.

Thursday was a full day of going. I was back at Derek's. Lindsey left at 9 and got home a little after 1 and was successful in getting both cards. Well, the cards will come in the mail. I went straight to the Potwin Community House and friend and I did a basic cleaning. Good I started a tad early cause we didn't know the Girl Scouts were meeting after school but we were just finishing. Evening was Bible study which was good.

Friday was my usual errand day. I also went up and voted so that's taken care of. We don't have many propositions at all. Not sure what I did Friday afternoon cause stuff I got in town did not get put away. Maybe I just moved slow. The evening we went to the Haggai Banquet. Good meal and the speaker was good plus he played the piano for us.

This morning we headed for Lori's house. She and her hubby went to do a 5 mile race which out youngest and husband were also doing. Thomas had play practice. Maggie was free to play and I was supposed to get the other three to work on their rooms. So I used my timer and they worked ten minutes and then had a 10 minute break. Didn't get finished but made progress and I did the dishes and straightened the bathroom, kitchen, halls and playroom (which they still call Emily's room). They got home about 11. Jim won in the men's division. Lori said she finished and did not come in last. Julie and Matthew were just ahead of Lori. I think doing 5 miles is great.

We brought 3 of Lori's kids home with us. They cleaned up my leftovers. We left Thomas at the church to practice a skit and the other two went with me to help get ready for the 4-H County Achievement Celebration. Lori and Thomas came later. Yummy appetizers and then the kids got their pins. I was even recognized for being a leader for 30 years. Doesn't seem that long. Came home and finally put away what I bought yesterday, washed the eggs, got my steps in, helped get the stuff in from the field and will head for be when done here. Tomorrow will be a full day. It's Youth Group Sunday and they are in charge of the service and then serve us a meal. There's a bridal shower in the afternoon (widow marrying a widower from our church - neat couple) and CE in the evening.

Sheryl, so neat that you heard back from so many from NM. Kind of like old home week. So fun to hear the updates. Good to hear that Granny is doing so well. Not often you hear from her and not a mention of any of her family. She sounds very happy. I hope you are able to visit Billie. Yay for a good knee surgery for Sue. Cool on getting your converter box and being so happy with it. I was going to tell you we have a couple sitting around here that you could have but this is better cause you got it and can stay up to date with your shows. Elaine hasn't done too much on facebook about Christmas but she is doing okay. I keep up with her through our fitbit account. She helps keep me on the move.

Marcie, happy you're getting more rain. We haven't had any for awhile. We also haven't had a hard freeze yet which is very unusual. It often happens toward the end of September. In fact, we've still got mosquitoes around. Good buy on the glasses. Are you liking them okay? Smart to take you leftover candy to work. I'm sure I'll use and eat some of mine and some will get used at Good News Club. The egg sandwich makes was an investment for you. Sounds yummy. Nice that your friend got a promotions but sorry it puts a distance in the office. Glad you could do lunch together.
Not sure how work can get busier for you. But I know it does with the end of the year. We'll ahve to remember that if you don't drop in as much. But we might be a good sanity check.

Jannie, good to hear from you. Sorry about the hip setback but glad it's slowly getting better. Cool that the hypnotism is working for you. Congrats on the 10 lost pounds. Different things work for different people so hope this keeps working for you. Glad the jobs are working out well. Austin getting his driver's license. Wow. I'm still adjusting to Thomas having his. This morning he was going to buy donuts before play practice and my thought you're driving on those streets but he's used to it. Hope it goes well for Austin and he gets it done the first time.
Sheryl, your new mouse can sure do more than mine. Sounds nice but I'm probably not do a thing as long as this one works. Feel free to share my email address if they don't mind. I may not need one more thing to keep up with but would enjoy it too.

Isabella, sorry for the car problems. Hope it stays on the minor end and Dan handles without any more stress. Not anything you could do about it. We didn't have any damage to the car but had to pull one out from when Ralph tried to drive into one of the fields. And he's always so much calmer when he does whatever than when someone else does it. Glad the linquini and clams was good. I know nothing about clams but those thought would probably have ruined the whole meal for me.
Yes, Sutherlands lumberyard. Every fall they bring in fruits, nuts, potatoes, and stuff and have good prices on it. It does sound a bit strange.

Ok, I'll end this and head to bed. If I don't go soon I won't get any of that extra hour of sleep. Enjoy your Sunday.

Hi, I'm back!

What is it with men...trying to do as much as possible all in one trip. I don't mind walking extra and making two trips. I have to stop John from loading up too much when he helps me unload groceries. Take that one only, it's heavy. Don't squash the bread.
Anyway, the latest is collecting eggs. John puts the eggs in his pocket and then proceeds to do something else while he's outside and ends up breaking an egg in his pocket. Lots of goo to clean up, I'm doing laundry now.

I got all the clocks changed. I always wait until Sunday to do that because I go to bed before John and if I change them early, he gets even more confused. Plus, I never am sure of what device may change itself. The computer, the VCR, etc.

I'll talk to my sister later and see how she did with Mom. We figure there is no reason why Mom can't do that herself, but she doesn't do ANYTHING for herself anymore. It's infuriating.

Isabella, I usually drink my coffee black, but I decided to enjoy a mug with milk in it. The A2 works very well in coffee. I still don't drink just a straight glass of milk.

I guess that's it again for now, today is a weird day...I may be back again later.

Good Morning. I got the sad news out to the cousins about Jerry's passing and I received a reply from another cousin, Doreen who lost her husband a couple years ago. I was just thinking of her last week and should have contacted her, but didn't. Her short reply spurred me to answer and I ended up writing her a book. I didn't realize I had that much to say, but you guys know how I get when I start rambling. ha ha ha

Norma's been widowed 10 years, Doreen, 2 years and now Marjie. Wow, it's hard getting old, losing our loved ones. Carol told me recently that all they seem to do now is go to funerals. The weddings and baby showers are in the past for her peers. I notice that Jack and Gayla go to a lot of memorial services too. Several of John's retired former co-pilots have passed, but John wouldn't go to any of the services.

This afternoon, I'm seeing my PCP for a flu shot. I also have all my BP readings and will ask if I can reduce the meds some more. The pills that I'm getting now are "scribed" so they would be easy to cut in half. I don't even have to change the Rx, I'll just take 1/2 each day. I need to ask about a pneumonia shot too, I know I got one last January, but I can't remember if that's an annual thing or once in several years, like tetanus.

I got a shock yesterday, I couldn't find John for awhile. He asked if he could go out front and get weeds out of the front ditch. After I finished what I was doing, (about an hour later), I went out to see his progress and all I found was the wheelbarrow and rake. I finally found him 3 houses down the road, in their front ditch with the hoe. He was cleaning out everyone's ditch to make the water flow. I told him to come home, we are only responsible for our own property. He said, but if it's not clear down here, it backs up. Oh boy, I've got a problem now. Too bad I can't set him loose behind us...maybe he can dig out the ditch for the development, except I don't know where he'll put all the vegetation, dirt and debris, I don't want him to bring it home.

We should have a few dry days this week, so I'm hoping the handyman will call and get started on the fascia boards and gutters. A lot is happening this week, I hope to go to Bible study tomorrow and then Wednesday, the garage door gets installed and I have blood work in the afternoon.

I've had my mug of coffee this morning, now, I'm debating on a second mug or go back to hot water with cinnamon oil. Since the cleanse/restore, I have not made a second pot of coffee on any day. To my surprise, I've cut back dramatically.

Hello everyone, I know, I have been gone too long again. I haven't been feeling up to par lately and finally got to see the doc today. I have water on my lungs, a good indicator as to why I was waking up gasping for air. It's been a long hard last couple of weeks with this but I am hoping it will get better from here on out. Doc gave me diuretics and an inhaler. I am supposed to only use the inhaler when I wake up and can't get a breath. The other I will take twice a day to get the excess water out.

I did get out to vote today before I saw the doc, so I was able to cast my vote in this ever contentious race. I hope to never see another one like this in my lifetime. I had to call hubby to come get me at the polling place and take me to the doctor, I just could not get my breath walking into the polling place from my truck, and knew I wouldn't be able to get to the doctors because the parking is too far away from the building entrance. It's on base and there is a lot of walking once I get into the building. It was hard enough getting the Xrays, Labs and even got a mammogram done today after I had chest xrays. Each department is in a separate corner of the building, then the pharmacy is in the middle, lol. Sheesh, a lot of walking to get things done and hard to breathe once I got to point B.

I hope you all have a great night and I will try to come back sometime this week.

Good Morning, Just popping in to say all is well. I got the burn pile going yesterday by 7:30 am and the wind was calm, and stayed calm all day. The smoke went straight up and never blew into anyone's home. Yay, Victory. I was constantly thinking of you, Marcie. I checked on it this morning and it's still smoldering and greatly reduced in size. I threw a few more buckets of pine cones on it. Gotta get rid of all these pine cones that John has been collecting. Buckets and barrels stacking up in the barn. He has become a "collector" of many things. Pine cones and the popsicle sticks from the frozen fruit bars that I buy for him. He's a huge fan of popsicles, whether summer or winter. A couple years ago, I decided that popsicles are just sugar water, so I started buying real fruit juice bars. I think it's a much healthier snack, especially since he eats so many of them. But, now he has many peanut butter jars filled with those sticks. All lined up on his desk. Maybe I can convince him to burn those in the new woodstove later this winter.
Just for humor sake, here's a photo:



At least he makes sure they are clean and dry before sealing them up. He needs to eat more peanut butter for more jars. We are pretty weird!!!!

I am so surprised that I can easily go back and forth from one computer to another and adjust quickly to the different mouse. I like the new one, perfect for that smaller table space in the back bedroom.

Also, a comment about the eggs in the pocket. I can't seem to get John to take the basket, even though I have one. But, since we only have 4 hens anymore and right now only 2 are laying, the basket isn't crucial.

Hi all, busy weekend so I'm just now able to check in. Got my car back Friday afternoon. They found damage to the front fender so total cost was $1,360. Well at least no one got hurt and it was done quickly. Now we can move on.Glad the election is over too. We will have to pray for the new administration and for our nation. We had our free library concert yesterday then Dan and I went to a new Mexican taco shop that opened up very close to us that we could walk to. Unfortunately we were pretty disappointed. The food was very sub par! Hopefully they will get someone in the kitchen who knows what they are doing. We won't go back there any time soon. I checked on line and discovered that the "black stuff" in the clam was indeed excrement although all the "clam savvy" people said you could eat it anyway because they only eat plants. Well, NO THANK YOU!! I guess when you buy them minced that is already removed or something. I made a really good turkey meatloaf today and a casserole that has lentils and beans and veggies for later in the week.

Sheryl, sorry to hear about Jerry. I got such a chuckle out of John putting the eggs in his pockets then bending over to pick something up. I put my little hot peppers in my pocket when I pick them but they are not messy if forgotten. Great job on cutting back on the coffee but bummer that the coffee overflowed. That happens at work sometimes and people aren't very good about cleaning it up. Really happy to hear that you can come off the BP meds! I have heard that a cough is a very common side effect of some BP meds so I will be very curious to hear if yours clears up now. I am really surprised that you have to do a poop test after a colonoscopy. My doc told me if I had a colonoscopy I wouldn't have to have another one for 10 years and that I wouldn't have to do a poop test but I refused. Perhaps there is a concern for you? Have you had polyps? Your garage door looks great. I thought you were talking about the large one you drive thru also. We always have all our locks work on the same key. It makes life much easier.

Debra, that is amazing that you have been 4-H leader for 30yrs! Congrats. You are amazing! I had to laugh when you said one of your days "was a full day". Seems like all your days are full days!!! Glad your grandson had a cute skit. I can't imagine getting 4 dozen eggs at a time. What do you do with them all? Can you sell them?

Anew, glad you finally got to the Dr. Hope you are better soon. Gasping for breath is very scary!!

Marcie, We love our local Mongolian BBQ. We don't go often but we really enjoy it. Ours is called Stir Fresh and you can opt for a single helping or pay for all you can eat. We always get the single helping because it is always more than enough. Your poor dad with the jalapenos. Good thing he could start over with another plate! Your sprouts sound wonderful. That is on my list of things to try to do some day.

Well my hubby has been waiting for me so I will close for now. Have an awesome week everyone!

Good Morning. Nothing new except that the handyman postponed...too much rain. I can certainly understand, I wouldn't work out in the rain and I don't want him painting in the rain, it would turn out to be a terrible job. I told him to fit me in whenever he can, when the weather cooperates.

John has gotten up very early the last few mornings, leaving me no free time to chat. Not that I couldn't just continue to chat anyway, but when he's looking over my shoulder, reading what I type, I get weirded out and then can't type anything. ha ha ha, Not that I'm trying to hide something from him, but I guess I am, sort of. This is my time to share and vent if I need to.

The llamas have been spending the nights in the front yard, higher ground and therefore dryer. And, to prevent a muddy mess trekking out to the feed bunks in the stall/pasture, I've been feeding them their morning hay in the backyard. We figured any left over hay on the ground would be a good ground-cover to prevent more mud...HA! nothing left on the ground, they clean it up all the way down to the mud.

The coffee pot is done gurgling, I'm ready with my mug...