A day at home. The only place I had to drive today was to pick up Nancy and go on out to Rhine to finish our league targets. It is amazing what a pleasure being at home can be.
Chelsea and I went for a nice long walk this morning. We met the older lady with the cane. She had just come back from Las Vegas and was saying that she wished she had stayed. Actually today was warm enough that I was able to just wear my denim jacket instead of the winter coat. Don't know how long that will last but one can hope.
I spent the morning working on computer projects, notably finishing that newspaper article. I am ready to forward it on Monday morning. I am just giving Kate a chance to look it over first. Toni has said it is OK.
Nancy and I left at about 10:30 and were back home by about 11:30. With no one else out there it does not take long to shoot a few targets. We had to get our league targets finished because I can't go next Friday and the next Friday is the bust up.
I made a 2XL tshirt smaller for me today. I got it free and wanted it. I did a couple of odd things to give it "a look". I think I will enjoy it this summer. I am trying to figure out how to shorten the sleeves on a jacket that I bought for Dick. To compound the problem, it is fully lined. Any suggestions.
Jim and Michelle came over tonight and we played a couple of games of Rummy. They were hot tonight and each ran away with one. It was a pleasant evening. They are going on a cruise next week. They leave on Friday so I will be taking care of the Bootsie cat.
Tomorrow I will be picking Bobbie up at about 9:30AM so we can go to the class on Fermenting Beverages. We will have a good time I know. I am glad that she won't have to miss that. She spent today taking pictures of her cast and the kitties and sending them. She got some pretty good ones of Big Oscar and that is not easy and the one of Foxy Roxie in back of the plants is just spectacular.
Today is Bart and Barb's Anniversary. They are together in Florida and less than a month until she is home for good.
Love You All
Mary
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Friday, May 02, 2008
Strange weather day. It had rained during last night but was just cloudy and somewhat cold when we took our walk, Chelsea and I. She was really perky. She spent the rest of the day asking me to take her out every time I sat down, at least that is how it seemed. The only good thing about it is that this last time, I saw a deer in the middle of the green space in front of our condo.
I cleaned the kitchen and vacuumed the stairs this morning. Then did a bunch of computer work.
Dick had to be at Sheboygan Memorial by 1:45PM for his procedure. We left at about 12:30 so I could pick up Mother's prescriptions at Walgreens and drop them off with a couple of other things on our way to the hospital. I took her some of the Mexican Turkey casserole and a dish of apple crisp. She is looking really well. It just poured on our way from Plymouth to Sheboygan Falls and then again on our way to Sheboygan. Mother was kind of disappointed. Today, Deacon Jens was having an Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. If the weather is nice she loves to go over for part of it but she is very wise and does not attempt it if it is wet. We are so proud of her being so sensible. I was glad I stopped in. A break in her day.
The procedure was the Sclerotherapy - the easiest of all of them. Unfortunately, Dr. Siddique checked the left leg and has found a large vein in the thigh area that will have to have a laser treatment. Therefore, we now have scheduled four more procedures. A little discouraging as we thought we might be nearly done. But - encouraging as the legs are improving and this will be even more of a fix.
Got an e mail from Bobbie today. She broke her leg, an oblique fracture of the distal fibula in her lower leg. She is so disgusted. It is, after all, the beginning of the planting and yard work season and for the first time - she is retired. We are going to the class on Fermenting Beverages on Sunday. But instead of walking, I will drive her.
We are hearing thunder in the distance tonight but so far, Sheboygan County is outside of the severe weather alerts.
I went shooting tonight with Nancy. My first one was a disaster and the second not much better. I was encouraged by the last one. I guess I am just going to have to go to see the doctor about my arm. I keep thinking it will heal itself but I think I keep restraining it and need advice on to how to make it better. It just plain hurts.
We will go again tomorrow and at least finish the league targets. Nancy did really well tonight. She will turn out to be competition for Lil eventually.
Have a great evening and stay dry.
Mary
P. S. I did not forget the picture of the flower. It was raining every time I was able to get out to do it.
Maybe tomorrow.
Mary
I cleaned the kitchen and vacuumed the stairs this morning. Then did a bunch of computer work.
Dick had to be at Sheboygan Memorial by 1:45PM for his procedure. We left at about 12:30 so I could pick up Mother's prescriptions at Walgreens and drop them off with a couple of other things on our way to the hospital. I took her some of the Mexican Turkey casserole and a dish of apple crisp. She is looking really well. It just poured on our way from Plymouth to Sheboygan Falls and then again on our way to Sheboygan. Mother was kind of disappointed. Today, Deacon Jens was having an Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. If the weather is nice she loves to go over for part of it but she is very wise and does not attempt it if it is wet. We are so proud of her being so sensible. I was glad I stopped in. A break in her day.
The procedure was the Sclerotherapy - the easiest of all of them. Unfortunately, Dr. Siddique checked the left leg and has found a large vein in the thigh area that will have to have a laser treatment. Therefore, we now have scheduled four more procedures. A little discouraging as we thought we might be nearly done. But - encouraging as the legs are improving and this will be even more of a fix.
Got an e mail from Bobbie today. She broke her leg, an oblique fracture of the distal fibula in her lower leg. She is so disgusted. It is, after all, the beginning of the planting and yard work season and for the first time - she is retired. We are going to the class on Fermenting Beverages on Sunday. But instead of walking, I will drive her.
We are hearing thunder in the distance tonight but so far, Sheboygan County is outside of the severe weather alerts.
I went shooting tonight with Nancy. My first one was a disaster and the second not much better. I was encouraged by the last one. I guess I am just going to have to go to see the doctor about my arm. I keep thinking it will heal itself but I think I keep restraining it and need advice on to how to make it better. It just plain hurts.
We will go again tomorrow and at least finish the league targets. Nancy did really well tonight. She will turn out to be competition for Lil eventually.
Have a great evening and stay dry.
Mary
P. S. I did not forget the picture of the flower. It was raining every time I was able to get out to do it.
Maybe tomorrow.
Mary
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Hello again. We had sunshine most of the day. The temperatures did not go much over 50 but there was no wind and it was comfortable. Bart and Barb called tonight and when I told Barb the temperature here, she just laughed and said that they consider it cold if it is 60. They are well. Saturday is their anniversary and I am so glad that Bart is there with her. She will be going back permanently to Oklahoma at the end of May. Actually she will get there just in time for them to turn around and go to Virginia to meet Adam's ship when it gets back from the Gulf.
We had a pretty quiet day. We drove in to Sheboygan to pay our condo fees. That was really the only time we had to go very far. I cleaned bathrooms and the downstairs den and bedroom.
Chelsea was very disappointed in me today. After my shower, I pulled her in and scrubbed her down. She now is a gorgeous fluffy white vision of beauty. She would rather be a smelly little girl.
I dug up a flower to show to Mother tomorrow. We were talking about the May Flowers and I think that this MIGHT be one. I will let you know. And if it is I will take pictures and post it tomorrow. We are stopping at her house tomorrow and I will also share the Mexican Chicken and the Apple Crisp that we have . I find I can make somewhat larger batches of things because I can share with her.
Now I am tired. So. Wind down I will and go to bed.
Take Care
Mary
We had a pretty quiet day. We drove in to Sheboygan to pay our condo fees. That was really the only time we had to go very far. I cleaned bathrooms and the downstairs den and bedroom.
Chelsea was very disappointed in me today. After my shower, I pulled her in and scrubbed her down. She now is a gorgeous fluffy white vision of beauty. She would rather be a smelly little girl.
I dug up a flower to show to Mother tomorrow. We were talking about the May Flowers and I think that this MIGHT be one. I will let you know. And if it is I will take pictures and post it tomorrow. We are stopping at her house tomorrow and I will also share the Mexican Chicken and the Apple Crisp that we have . I find I can make somewhat larger batches of things because I can share with her.
Now I am tired. So. Wind down I will and go to bed.
Take Care
Mary
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Wednesday already. Grocery shopping day. Chelsea and I took a nice Long walk this morning. She was a happy girl. It was sunny, kind of cool but very still and we really enjoyed it.
Then Dick and I went to Mc Donalds for breakfast, to the bank and over to the Pig. I had to go back later to do the majority of the shopping because Dick's knee is really bothering him. He thinks he twisted it.
Then I spent the rest of the morning finishing the article for the Review on the Spring Fling and consolidating most of the leftover items so that Kate, Toni and I can dispense and disburse them when we do a recap on the weekend.
Dick had therapy this afternoon and Jaran had him do a modified version. He did not have to do anything that made the knee feel uncomfortable. So he did mostly balancing and sideways walking.
Tomorrow we get to be home all day. That will be a welcome change after the past couple of weeks.
Today Mother called. She liked the gift bag that I gave her, especially the recipe book. It did turn out nice. With my doing the book and Toni's idea for the cover it really is nice. While I was talking to her I saw the biggest bunny out in our back yard under the lilac bushes which, by the way, are starting to leaf out. Where was he when I was out rabbit hunting. Actually there are a LOT of bunnies around but this one is much bigger than the others.
I was remembering June Bugs today. Don't ask why.
When I owned my little house in Sheboygan Falls, I went down in the basement one day and there was a huge bug down there. It was the kind of bug the kids used to call Helicopter Bugs. They would catch them and put them on strings and fly them around. Anyway, I was not happy to have it in the house so I called Dick who was upstairs, and he came down and carefully took a newspaper and scooped it up ans took it outside to let it go.
The next year another one appeared in the basement so I called Bart, who was home at the time. He came down, took a look at it, shrugged and stomped on it.
Love
Mary
Then Dick and I went to Mc Donalds for breakfast, to the bank and over to the Pig. I had to go back later to do the majority of the shopping because Dick's knee is really bothering him. He thinks he twisted it.
Then I spent the rest of the morning finishing the article for the Review on the Spring Fling and consolidating most of the leftover items so that Kate, Toni and I can dispense and disburse them when we do a recap on the weekend.
Dick had therapy this afternoon and Jaran had him do a modified version. He did not have to do anything that made the knee feel uncomfortable. So he did mostly balancing and sideways walking.
Tomorrow we get to be home all day. That will be a welcome change after the past couple of weeks.
Today Mother called. She liked the gift bag that I gave her, especially the recipe book. It did turn out nice. With my doing the book and Toni's idea for the cover it really is nice. While I was talking to her I saw the biggest bunny out in our back yard under the lilac bushes which, by the way, are starting to leaf out. Where was he when I was out rabbit hunting. Actually there are a LOT of bunnies around but this one is much bigger than the others.
I was remembering June Bugs today. Don't ask why.
When I owned my little house in Sheboygan Falls, I went down in the basement one day and there was a huge bug down there. It was the kind of bug the kids used to call Helicopter Bugs. They would catch them and put them on strings and fly them around. Anyway, I was not happy to have it in the house so I called Dick who was upstairs, and he came down and carefully took a newspaper and scooped it up ans took it outside to let it go.
The next year another one appeared in the basement so I called Bart, who was home at the time. He came down, took a look at it, shrugged and stomped on it.
Love
Mary
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
I slept until almost 6:30 this morning. That was pleasant. Chelsea wanted to take a shortcut through the park and I wanted to take a shortcut through the woods because we have not done that for some time. The only trouble is that I have to carry her over the little bridge that goes over the creek. The boards have gaps that are just big enough for her little feet to get caught. I was looking for May flowers. Mother and I were remembering that on the first of May, we used to make baskets and gather May flowers and leave them on peoples front doors. You never hear of that any more. I think there are a few May flowers down at the bottom of my yard next to the wood. I will take one to Mother for confirmation.
Dick got his blood coagulation test this morning and was Right On. It registered at 2.2 which is great.
Then,this noon, I went to the bank, the drug store and to Dairy Queen to have lunch with my friend Beth Hoegger, the choir director at Blessed Trinity Parish. I have told her that as long a she is there I will help her with the Celtic Mass at Blessed Trinity if they have one. We had a productive time and just caught up.
When I got home, I spent the afternoon cleaning and sorting my desk. I also worked on the article for the Review on the Spring Fling. I will finish tomorrow and send it to Kate and Toni for their review before I send it on.
I brought Dick home a cheeseburger and fries for lunch so we had snacky stuff for supper. I had salmon salad and Dick had soup.
Tomorrow we shop and Dick has Physical Therapy but I can spend the rest of the day finishing up things.
Hope you are all doing well. Wasn't it wonderful to see the sun? Not as warm as one would like but at least we had the sun.
Remember that you are special.
Mary
Dick got his blood coagulation test this morning and was Right On. It registered at 2.2 which is great.
Then,this noon, I went to the bank, the drug store and to Dairy Queen to have lunch with my friend Beth Hoegger, the choir director at Blessed Trinity Parish. I have told her that as long a she is there I will help her with the Celtic Mass at Blessed Trinity if they have one. We had a productive time and just caught up.
When I got home, I spent the afternoon cleaning and sorting my desk. I also worked on the article for the Review on the Spring Fling. I will finish tomorrow and send it to Kate and Toni for their review before I send it on.
I brought Dick home a cheeseburger and fries for lunch so we had snacky stuff for supper. I had salmon salad and Dick had soup.
Tomorrow we shop and Dick has Physical Therapy but I can spend the rest of the day finishing up things.
Hope you are all doing well. Wasn't it wonderful to see the sun? Not as warm as one would like but at least we had the sun.
Remember that you are special.
Mary
Monday, April 28, 2008
Another busy Monday.
Chelsea and I went for a walk in the rain this morning. She was not bothered but I was not really happy with the rain and somewhat flurries. So we headed back when I figured she was done with her business. It was rather chilly but did clear up during the day.
Went to Bible Study at 9:30AM. I stopped at St. Mary's Cemetery on the way to check Courtney's flowers. The pot was tipped over but the flowers looked great so I just set it up. With that wind I am happy that there was no other damage. The three yellow roses still looked fresh as when I put them there. We had a good crowd at the study. There were 8 of us. We discussed the Ascension which is celebrated next Sunday instead of on Thursday which is really proper. After all it is supposed to by 40 days after the Resurrection. It was cold and damp this morning. Fran Woodke commented that our Joe Reindl was wearing tennis shoes instead of his usual sandals. So we KNOW that it was cold.
Stopped at Mother's next. She WAS going to play canasta with a couple of her friends. However, two of them had sons coming into town or something and had to cancel SO they decided to reschedule the game. Mom thought if it was nice she would go across to Church and join the Senior Saints in their card games. I took her one of the gift bags from the Celtic Spring Fling. I know that she will have fun opening the bag. It is FULL of good STUFF.
Dick had therapy at 12:45PM so we at lunch as soon as I got home and hied our way over there. Time will tell. He did say that when temps start hitting 60 or better he will start going on walks with me.
I spent the afternoon trying to coordinate things from the fling and just cleaning generally. I don't think that I mentioned that when we were lunching at the Madison Avenue Inn in Cascade, I saw a china set (not complete but enough for me. because it is fun.) It is Windsor Ware by Johnson Brothers in England with a lovely rose pattern. It was priced at $20. Probably because it is NOT complete and there are no cups at all. I decided to get it. You will all, if you let me feed you, get to enjoy it. I walked up and told Brenda that I wanted to buy it and she said that "the lady over there bought it for you for an early birthday present." My friend Kate. She is a treasure. It told her that the next time Ron and she were over they would experience it.
At 4PM Celtic Women had a Telephone conference. We covered a lot of ground.
So my day is winding down. Dick and Brenda are taking us out on May 9th to celebrate their Dick's birthday. Bill and Bobbie too. That will be a busy weekend for everybody. We will be so glad to see Dick and Brenda. Sometimes Madison is VERY far away. And they, especially Brenda, are so very busy these days.
On of my Celtic friends gave me a flyer on the 2008 Mother Earth Water Walk which is being done by a Mrs. Josephine Mandamin, an Objibwe Indian who walks the perimeters of the Great Lakes to raise awareness of the importance of protecting our waters for future generations. She will be in Milwaukee Tuesday, May 6. I want to see if she will be stopping in Sheboygan. She does traditional water ceremonies which would be very special.
Mary said to just put her name in. I will let you know what I find out.
Love
Mary
Chelsea and I went for a walk in the rain this morning. She was not bothered but I was not really happy with the rain and somewhat flurries. So we headed back when I figured she was done with her business. It was rather chilly but did clear up during the day.
Went to Bible Study at 9:30AM. I stopped at St. Mary's Cemetery on the way to check Courtney's flowers. The pot was tipped over but the flowers looked great so I just set it up. With that wind I am happy that there was no other damage. The three yellow roses still looked fresh as when I put them there. We had a good crowd at the study. There were 8 of us. We discussed the Ascension which is celebrated next Sunday instead of on Thursday which is really proper. After all it is supposed to by 40 days after the Resurrection. It was cold and damp this morning. Fran Woodke commented that our Joe Reindl was wearing tennis shoes instead of his usual sandals. So we KNOW that it was cold.
Stopped at Mother's next. She WAS going to play canasta with a couple of her friends. However, two of them had sons coming into town or something and had to cancel SO they decided to reschedule the game. Mom thought if it was nice she would go across to Church and join the Senior Saints in their card games. I took her one of the gift bags from the Celtic Spring Fling. I know that she will have fun opening the bag. It is FULL of good STUFF.
Dick had therapy at 12:45PM so we at lunch as soon as I got home and hied our way over there. Time will tell. He did say that when temps start hitting 60 or better he will start going on walks with me.
I spent the afternoon trying to coordinate things from the fling and just cleaning generally. I don't think that I mentioned that when we were lunching at the Madison Avenue Inn in Cascade, I saw a china set (not complete but enough for me. because it is fun.) It is Windsor Ware by Johnson Brothers in England with a lovely rose pattern. It was priced at $20. Probably because it is NOT complete and there are no cups at all. I decided to get it. You will all, if you let me feed you, get to enjoy it. I walked up and told Brenda that I wanted to buy it and she said that "the lady over there bought it for you for an early birthday present." My friend Kate. She is a treasure. It told her that the next time Ron and she were over they would experience it.
At 4PM Celtic Women had a Telephone conference. We covered a lot of ground.
So my day is winding down. Dick and Brenda are taking us out on May 9th to celebrate their Dick's birthday. Bill and Bobbie too. That will be a busy weekend for everybody. We will be so glad to see Dick and Brenda. Sometimes Madison is VERY far away. And they, especially Brenda, are so very busy these days.
On of my Celtic friends gave me a flyer on the 2008 Mother Earth Water Walk which is being done by a Mrs. Josephine Mandamin, an Objibwe Indian who walks the perimeters of the Great Lakes to raise awareness of the importance of protecting our waters for future generations. She will be in Milwaukee Tuesday, May 6. I want to see if she will be stopping in Sheboygan. She does traditional water ceremonies which would be very special.
Mary said to just put her name in. I will let you know what I find out.
Love
Mary
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Front row. Anne Mc Caffrey, Gail Mc Aleese, Joan Kramer
2nd row. Toni Nevicosi, Linda campana Chris Wolff, Mary Kunert, Sue Crawford
Back Row: Joan Sheehan,Betty Plowers , Rosmary Mugan, Kate Herman, Betty Gavitt, Sheila Isakson, Rosemary Beaumont, Mary Schultz, Janet Bielske, Peg Payne
Back row. Rosemary Mugan, Toni Nevicosi, Kate Herman, Peg Payne and Janet Bielske
Front row. Joan Kramer and Me
We were so pleased with the turnout and the wonderful comaradarie.
Love
Mary
It was the end of a perfect weekend.
Dick DID forget to turn off his watch alarm so I got up much too early and am quite tired now, but the morning was clear and pleasant for Chelsea and me. She seemed to be a little tired this morning. She sat down at least three times to rest. This IS a bit unusual.
I went to the 10:30AM mass with the Celtic Women. Kate had arranged for the choir to welcome us and they sang the Irish Blessing as a prelude. There were a couple of other Celtic songs too so it was a special mass. To add to the specialness of it - two home schooled children were receiving their First Communion AND Fr. Van Beeck mentioned that the next four weeks are very special feast days. The Milwaukee Archdiocese is celebrating Ascension next Sunday instead of Thursday. The next week is Pentecost followed by Trinity Sunday and ending with the feast of Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of Christ. Fr. Van Beeck has "declared" a month of "retreat" for St. John the Baptist Church. A time for us to reflect and try to get our spirits in as good an order as our corporal affairs. He says we have IRAs, 401Ks etc. and we need the same for our life hereafter.
After Mass, the Celtic Women met at Antoinettes for a farewell lunch and goodby. It is hard to part but we had SUCH a wonderful weekend that it is easy to move on and feast on the memories. I will send a picture of most of us from our Antoinette's lunch.
Guess that is all. The picture will cap everything off.
Love
|
Mary
Dick DID forget to turn off his watch alarm so I got up much too early and am quite tired now, but the morning was clear and pleasant for Chelsea and me. She seemed to be a little tired this morning. She sat down at least three times to rest. This IS a bit unusual.
I went to the 10:30AM mass with the Celtic Women. Kate had arranged for the choir to welcome us and they sang the Irish Blessing as a prelude. There were a couple of other Celtic songs too so it was a special mass. To add to the specialness of it - two home schooled children were receiving their First Communion AND Fr. Van Beeck mentioned that the next four weeks are very special feast days. The Milwaukee Archdiocese is celebrating Ascension next Sunday instead of Thursday. The next week is Pentecost followed by Trinity Sunday and ending with the feast of Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of Christ. Fr. Van Beeck has "declared" a month of "retreat" for St. John the Baptist Church. A time for us to reflect and try to get our spirits in as good an order as our corporal affairs. He says we have IRAs, 401Ks etc. and we need the same for our life hereafter.
After Mass, the Celtic Women met at Antoinettes for a farewell lunch and goodby. It is hard to part but we had SUCH a wonderful weekend that it is easy to move on and feast on the memories. I will send a picture of most of us from our Antoinette's lunch.
Guess that is all. The picture will cap everything off.
Love
|
Mary
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