I can't tell you how long it had been, but today, I got to stay home all day. What a neat deal that was.
I woke up at 6:00AM and could hear Chelsea whining outside the closed bedroom door. So I got up and we went for our walk.
Then I worked in the garden in the back. It looks really nice now that I have all the weeds out of it. I think I will move the day lilies to from in back of the lilacs in the fall so that we can see them when they bloom. It does seem silly to have them in back of the trees.
Tomorrow I will finish hand quilting the last of the blocks on the kitty quilt. I am, as I said, getting anxious because I can see the end of the project.
When I was a little girl, I used to climb trees. We had one next to our house that we kids climbed all the time. It has several spots that were fun to just kind of curl up on and look out over the world. This was the same tree that Dad would hang the deer on when he went hunting in the fall. Neat old tree. I guess that is why I like to take pictures of trees and share them with you all.
My boys liked to climb things sometimes too. I always had a rule. If they asked me to lift them up into a tree, I would tell them no. I told them that if they could not get up by themselves they would surely not be able to get down again either. One required the other. And they learned.
Love
Mary
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Friday, June 08, 2007
Today was supposed to be really nice. After the storm (which we did not get) we were promised a nice calm day with temps in the 70s. Well it did reach the 70s but not until late afternoon after I had changed twice because I was cold and had to keep layering more clothes on my chilly body.
Chelsea again woke me up too early. This morning it was 5:15AM. Dick was sleeping again and you know that if he is sleeping I try to keep him that way because he has such trouble getting rest. SO -there we went, walking at an ungodly hour again. At least it is summer and is light then. It was not too cold but I wore a light shirt to keep the chill out and we walked for about 40 minutes. It was a pleasant walk but I am starting to feel the lack of sleep. It probably would be OK if this stormy weather was not causing achy joints and muscles from the arthritis. As they say, growing old is not for the weak.
I did all my physical work this morning so I would be able to lay back a bit this afternoon when I knew the early rising would hit me. So I cleaned the kitchen and went out in the back garden for about an hour this morning before I took my shower. Pretty good plan, I thought.
I had lunch with my bank buddies at DairyQueen. Then home and a short nap. Some days I can really relax and others it just isn't as successful. Today my neck and arm ached and the nap was only mildly too successful. I sound like a whiner. Don't I? Don't mean to as overall it was not a Bad day. I miss my kitties though. Probably because I am tired and miss old Oscar. He always cuddled me when I was tired. He was such a comfort.
Now I am rambling.
I fixed a lasagna out of the leftover spaghetti and meatballs that we had left from the other night for dinner. It sure was good. We had fresh dill bread that I made this afternoon too. Love that bread machine.
Tonight I went downstairs and quilted some more. I have one more panel and two corners to hand quilt on the kitty quilt. Then I can do the binding and will only have the sashing left to do. I feel excited now, as I always do when suddenly I can see the end of a project. It does seem to be sudden too. Though of course one keeps working towards it.
The following is on a tag that came with the Don't Piss Off the Fairies stone. I love it.
They are armed with sling shots, bows and arrows and wands. Keep them on your side. Be sure the water in the bird bath is fresh and there's Krispy Kreme and Coca Cola around... they love sweets...however, this leads to a carb high. Then you really have to tippy toe around.
Wonderful things will happen if they settle in your garden,
flowers will bloom, your trash will smell sweet and
cats will be very wary.
Here are a few fairy facts:
They don't grant wishes, they make decisions.
They don't wear panties.
Their wings get waterlogged in rainstorms...then they can't fly.
This may be your only chance to see one.
Isn't that a cool write up? I will be looking during and after the next storm.
Love
Mary
Chelsea again woke me up too early. This morning it was 5:15AM. Dick was sleeping again and you know that if he is sleeping I try to keep him that way because he has such trouble getting rest. SO -there we went, walking at an ungodly hour again. At least it is summer and is light then. It was not too cold but I wore a light shirt to keep the chill out and we walked for about 40 minutes. It was a pleasant walk but I am starting to feel the lack of sleep. It probably would be OK if this stormy weather was not causing achy joints and muscles from the arthritis. As they say, growing old is not for the weak.
I did all my physical work this morning so I would be able to lay back a bit this afternoon when I knew the early rising would hit me. So I cleaned the kitchen and went out in the back garden for about an hour this morning before I took my shower. Pretty good plan, I thought.
I had lunch with my bank buddies at DairyQueen. Then home and a short nap. Some days I can really relax and others it just isn't as successful. Today my neck and arm ached and the nap was only mildly too successful. I sound like a whiner. Don't I? Don't mean to as overall it was not a Bad day. I miss my kitties though. Probably because I am tired and miss old Oscar. He always cuddled me when I was tired. He was such a comfort.
Now I am rambling.
I fixed a lasagna out of the leftover spaghetti and meatballs that we had left from the other night for dinner. It sure was good. We had fresh dill bread that I made this afternoon too. Love that bread machine.
Tonight I went downstairs and quilted some more. I have one more panel and two corners to hand quilt on the kitty quilt. Then I can do the binding and will only have the sashing left to do. I feel excited now, as I always do when suddenly I can see the end of a project. It does seem to be sudden too. Though of course one keeps working towards it.
The following is on a tag that came with the Don't Piss Off the Fairies stone. I love it.
They are armed with sling shots, bows and arrows and wands. Keep them on your side. Be sure the water in the bird bath is fresh and there's Krispy Kreme and Coca Cola around... they love sweets...however, this leads to a carb high. Then you really have to tippy toe around.
Wonderful things will happen if they settle in your garden,
flowers will bloom, your trash will smell sweet and
cats will be very wary.
Here are a few fairy facts:
They don't grant wishes, they make decisions.
They don't wear panties.
Their wings get waterlogged in rainstorms...then they can't fly.
This may be your only chance to see one.
Isn't that a cool write up? I will be looking during and after the next storm.
Love
Mary
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Well this week is sure going fast. Dick managed to keep Chelsea out of the bedroom this morning so I got to sleep until 6AM. I had to get up then because we had to be ready to go to The Clinic at 8:15 for Dick's massage treatments. We are still getting results from the wrappings and compression. Sandy had us schedule one more treatment so we have two next week. After the second one, we will go into Sheboygan to have him fitted for the thigh length stockings. THAT should be interesting.
I had ordered those tomatoes in a bag that you see advertised on TV several weeks ago. They finally came yesterday. I am rather impatient to see how they work so I have started one peat starter piece with seeds but did buy a seedling at Kmart so I can get it going sooner. Today was hot and windy and we are supposed to possibly have strong storms and maybe even a tornado warning tonight up until midnight. So I planted the seeds in the peat and will wait until they sprout, but fixed one of the bags and planted the seedling and hung it in the garage for tonight. Tomorrow I will put it out on the deck and then it will be on its own. This will be fun.
I wrote a couple of articles for CWI and did some quilting this afternoon and evening. So it was a busy day. I had wanted to work out in the yard a bit but did not because the wind was unpleasant. Dick and I DID put the stepping stone that says "Don't piss off the fairies" out in the garden in front of the house next to the entry path. I really like that. I have been watching the park for the fairy rings that were all over it last year. So far - no sign, but I have been noticing flower clusters here and there. Maybe the fairies moved on and left the flowers.
Michelle and Jim invited us to a fireworks celebration on July 3. Sounds like a super time and we will have a view of Milwaukee's fireworks near the Art Museum. I am delighted.
Enjoy Friday. The weekend is nigh.
Love
Mary
I had ordered those tomatoes in a bag that you see advertised on TV several weeks ago. They finally came yesterday. I am rather impatient to see how they work so I have started one peat starter piece with seeds but did buy a seedling at Kmart so I can get it going sooner. Today was hot and windy and we are supposed to possibly have strong storms and maybe even a tornado warning tonight up until midnight. So I planted the seeds in the peat and will wait until they sprout, but fixed one of the bags and planted the seedling and hung it in the garage for tonight. Tomorrow I will put it out on the deck and then it will be on its own. This will be fun.
I wrote a couple of articles for CWI and did some quilting this afternoon and evening. So it was a busy day. I had wanted to work out in the yard a bit but did not because the wind was unpleasant. Dick and I DID put the stepping stone that says "Don't piss off the fairies" out in the garden in front of the house next to the entry path. I really like that. I have been watching the park for the fairy rings that were all over it last year. So far - no sign, but I have been noticing flower clusters here and there. Maybe the fairies moved on and left the flowers.
Michelle and Jim invited us to a fireworks celebration on July 3. Sounds like a super time and we will have a view of Milwaukee's fireworks near the Art Museum. I am delighted.
Enjoy Friday. The weekend is nigh.
Love
Mary
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Chelsea was very mean to me this morning. She woke me up at 5:20AM. Dick was sleeping (rather unusual) so I didn't want to disturb him. SO I got up and took her for her walk. We did our whole walk. It was about 45 degrees and that makes for a nice workout. We did not see a single soul. I was quite irritated with her to say the least BUT then I got a surprise. A deer came bounding to the edge of the park as we were walking. AND I saw a beautiful cardinal swoop across the lawn to a tree.
We went to breakfast at Mc Donalds and then grocery shopping. With our early start we were home by 9:30AM. So I had time to do some weeding in the back around the bird bath while Dick took a nap and before we went for his blood test.
We had fruit salad and cottage cheese for lunch. That is our special treat on shopping day. Then I took a short nap. So did Dick. I had trouble sleeping so I went downstairs and did some quilting instead. When Dick woke up I did some vacuuming. Then dinner and some more quilting while getting Dick's legs all taken care of.
Tomorrow we go to the Clinic for another massage session. We DO feel that there is some improvement.
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you
stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
And
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia
once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring
child.
The winner was a four year old child whose next door
neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the
old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor,
the little boy said,
"Nothing, I just helped him cry"
Got these in an email from a friend and I liked them.
Later
Mary
We went to breakfast at Mc Donalds and then grocery shopping. With our early start we were home by 9:30AM. So I had time to do some weeding in the back around the bird bath while Dick took a nap and before we went for his blood test.
We had fruit salad and cottage cheese for lunch. That is our special treat on shopping day. Then I took a short nap. So did Dick. I had trouble sleeping so I went downstairs and did some quilting instead. When Dick woke up I did some vacuuming. Then dinner and some more quilting while getting Dick's legs all taken care of.
Tomorrow we go to the Clinic for another massage session. We DO feel that there is some improvement.
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you
stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
And
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia
once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring
child.
The winner was a four year old child whose next door
neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.
Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the
old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor,
the little boy said,
"Nothing, I just helped him cry"
Got these in an email from a friend and I liked them.
Later
Mary
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Another therapy session at Aurora. The new building is really nice, but Dick is sure uncomfortable on their tables. But the massage and sequential compression therapy are helping. His legs are still losing circumferance and as long as they do not stabalize we will continue with the treatments as is. Then there will be thigh high stockings prescribed and fitted.
When we finished that we went right to Sheboygan to Mark Miller's office to pick up our taxes. We had requested an extension because a couple of our documents had not arrived. Now that is done. Next year should be MUCH easier because we won't have all the stock transactions, sales and purchases that we had last year. They are sold and invested in this condo.
On our way home, we dropped some items that I had purchased for Mother at her house. She was not home, having gone to the Senior meals with Lucy Carderelle today. We had lunch at the Park View Restaurant across form River Park in Falls. I had a great tuna sandwich.
When we got home we were both tired. I tried to rest but could not sleep so got to work. I had a couple of articles and letters to write and a phone call or too. Then we vacuumed the living room and racked some wine. So, tired or not we did get a lot done.
After dinner, Dick said that he thought he would like to go outside for a bit because it is so nice out there tonight. So, we hooked up Chelsea and took a little walk. Chelsea was delighted. She pranced along quite gleefully. At least she didn't act like Zero used to when we both took HIM for a walk. He was just fine if only one of us took him, but if we both walked him he would get too excited. Once he started hyperventilating and staggering and gasping for air. Dick told me that if he died, I had to carry the body back home. After that we did not take him for walks together. I was quite alarmed and thought that perhaps I WOULD have to carry a body home.
I have a quote from an email for you today.
It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in having "In God We Trust" on our money and having "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the 14% to Shut Up, lay down and BE QUIET!!!
Love
Mary
When we finished that we went right to Sheboygan to Mark Miller's office to pick up our taxes. We had requested an extension because a couple of our documents had not arrived. Now that is done. Next year should be MUCH easier because we won't have all the stock transactions, sales and purchases that we had last year. They are sold and invested in this condo.
On our way home, we dropped some items that I had purchased for Mother at her house. She was not home, having gone to the Senior meals with Lucy Carderelle today. We had lunch at the Park View Restaurant across form River Park in Falls. I had a great tuna sandwich.
When we got home we were both tired. I tried to rest but could not sleep so got to work. I had a couple of articles and letters to write and a phone call or too. Then we vacuumed the living room and racked some wine. So, tired or not we did get a lot done.
After dinner, Dick said that he thought he would like to go outside for a bit because it is so nice out there tonight. So, we hooked up Chelsea and took a little walk. Chelsea was delighted. She pranced along quite gleefully. At least she didn't act like Zero used to when we both took HIM for a walk. He was just fine if only one of us took him, but if we both walked him he would get too excited. Once he started hyperventilating and staggering and gasping for air. Dick told me that if he died, I had to carry the body back home. After that we did not take him for walks together. I was quite alarmed and thought that perhaps I WOULD have to carry a body home.
I have a quote from an email for you today.
It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in having "In God We Trust" on our money and having "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the 14% to Shut Up, lay down and BE QUIET!!!
Love
Mary
Monday, June 04, 2007
Busy day. I was able to sleep a little late. A good thing since I woke up in the middle of the night again with pain in my hips and had a heck of a time getting back to sleep. I have found that soaking in a hot tub of water helps. Chelsea and I had a wonderful walk. We ran into three other people walking dogs and also Marilyn Bordeau, who does the Tall Grass Association Directory and had called me last night for some updates. I told her what she needed to know and saved myself a phone call.
I had bible study this morning. It was really lively today. Next Sunday is the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ and we got into quite a healthy discussion of the importance of bread to every culture and why Christ used bread for his body. I remembered an interesting experience from when I lived out in California. We had gone down to Mexico and stayed with some friends of my in-laws who were Mexican citizens. We camped on their property and brought a lot of chicken, potatoes etc so that we could fix them an American dinner to show our appreciation for their hosting us. So we fried the chicken and mashed the potatoes and fixed all the side dishes. We put all the food on the tables and called Concha and Ramon to the table. Ramon looked everything over and said "Donde esta el frijoles y tortillas?" (Where are the beans and tortillas?) Concha just smiled and zipped into the house and brought out a big pot of beans and a stack of tortillas to go with the meal. He could not imagine a meal without beans and tortillas, tortillas being Mexican bread.
Then I went to visit Mom for a bit. She is fine but said that she sure was tired yesterday after we got home from the Cancer Survivor day.
Then I went home and fixed lunch. We then started getting Dick's legs soaped and all for his shower. I went to Walgreens and the bank to do some errands for Mother at about 3:00 and got home just about when it was time to do some more work on Dick's legs. After dinner we racked some wine. Then Bret called. He sounds good. He is very busy at work but was able to go out to the River over Memorial Day.
I quilted one more panel on the quilt and now am ready to wind down for the night.
I remembered my haiku for the day. I call it New Corn
Sewn in straight green rows
Precious stitches on the quilt
Sown in straight green rows.
Be happy this Tuesday. It rained a lot today. Everything is green and beautiful. I want to hang up the "Don't Piss off the Fairies" stepping stone, but we need a sunny day to do it in because I need Dick to help me choose where to hang it and to actually help me hang it.
Should get sun soon.
Love
Mary
I had bible study this morning. It was really lively today. Next Sunday is the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ and we got into quite a healthy discussion of the importance of bread to every culture and why Christ used bread for his body. I remembered an interesting experience from when I lived out in California. We had gone down to Mexico and stayed with some friends of my in-laws who were Mexican citizens. We camped on their property and brought a lot of chicken, potatoes etc so that we could fix them an American dinner to show our appreciation for their hosting us. So we fried the chicken and mashed the potatoes and fixed all the side dishes. We put all the food on the tables and called Concha and Ramon to the table. Ramon looked everything over and said "Donde esta el frijoles y tortillas?" (Where are the beans and tortillas?) Concha just smiled and zipped into the house and brought out a big pot of beans and a stack of tortillas to go with the meal. He could not imagine a meal without beans and tortillas, tortillas being Mexican bread.
Then I went to visit Mom for a bit. She is fine but said that she sure was tired yesterday after we got home from the Cancer Survivor day.
Then I went home and fixed lunch. We then started getting Dick's legs soaped and all for his shower. I went to Walgreens and the bank to do some errands for Mother at about 3:00 and got home just about when it was time to do some more work on Dick's legs. After dinner we racked some wine. Then Bret called. He sounds good. He is very busy at work but was able to go out to the River over Memorial Day.
I quilted one more panel on the quilt and now am ready to wind down for the night.
I remembered my haiku for the day. I call it New Corn
Sewn in straight green rows
Precious stitches on the quilt
Sown in straight green rows.
Be happy this Tuesday. It rained a lot today. Everything is green and beautiful. I want to hang up the "Don't Piss off the Fairies" stepping stone, but we need a sunny day to do it in because I need Dick to help me choose where to hang it and to actually help me hang it.
Should get sun soon.
Love
Mary
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Dick was enjoying watching two rabbits from his view from his desk in the "office". Nice bunnies grazing on the grass on the lawn.
This morning, I got to sleep until 6:15. It was wonderful. Especially since my night was not too good. Chelsea and I had a lovely walk. It was a bit muggy but the temperature was pleasant. She tried to take a shortcut but I make her go the whole way.
I went to church in Sheboygan Falls today at 10:30 with Mother. After Mass, we drove to Sheboygan to St. Nicholas Hospital where a Cancer Survivor Day was being celebrated from noon to 3. They had a wonderful meal prepared by Two Guys and a Grill. The theme was German. People were asked to come in German costumes if they had them and a few did. They had a German band playing and the Chordaliers, a local choral group, sang for us. Mom and I stayed until about 2PM and I think she had a fine time. Mom is a 36 year cancer survivor and should be an inspiration to everybody.
Such a nice Sunday. I did a little bit of quilting, and we racked some wine but there were no big deals that had to be done and it was quiet.
I have been trying to remember Ellen Kort's advice to write a haiku a day. She said that if a person does something for 21 days it will be a habit. (Of course, it takes 21 days to erase a habit too.) It has been 12 days and I have only forgotten Once. Two days, I did do two haikus so maybe that means that I don't have to start all over from the day after the miss. Here is today's
Every soul on earth
Needs to see the sun go down
And come up again.
Be happy this week.
Love
Mary
This morning, I got to sleep until 6:15. It was wonderful. Especially since my night was not too good. Chelsea and I had a lovely walk. It was a bit muggy but the temperature was pleasant. She tried to take a shortcut but I make her go the whole way.
I went to church in Sheboygan Falls today at 10:30 with Mother. After Mass, we drove to Sheboygan to St. Nicholas Hospital where a Cancer Survivor Day was being celebrated from noon to 3. They had a wonderful meal prepared by Two Guys and a Grill. The theme was German. People were asked to come in German costumes if they had them and a few did. They had a German band playing and the Chordaliers, a local choral group, sang for us. Mom and I stayed until about 2PM and I think she had a fine time. Mom is a 36 year cancer survivor and should be an inspiration to everybody.
Such a nice Sunday. I did a little bit of quilting, and we racked some wine but there were no big deals that had to be done and it was quiet.
I have been trying to remember Ellen Kort's advice to write a haiku a day. She said that if a person does something for 21 days it will be a habit. (Of course, it takes 21 days to erase a habit too.) It has been 12 days and I have only forgotten Once. Two days, I did do two haikus so maybe that means that I don't have to start all over from the day after the miss. Here is today's
Every soul on earth
Needs to see the sun go down
And come up again.
Be happy this week.
Love
Mary
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