Such a nice Saturday. I got up at 6AM after a pretty good night's sleep. Chelsea seemed a bit tired and sat down TWICE while we were on the walk. THEN, when we got home, she saw Dick standing by the counter and BOUNDED into the house to him.
We did the sequential compression early this morning so that we could get it in three times today. As we speak, it is 8:50PM and the third time is well under say so we did good.
Jim and Michelle came over at about 9AM to clean. They were volunteering last night so changed to today. I left for about 2 hours and did some shopping. I finally got to Amy's Hallmark to get the Christmas ornaments for everybody. They were ALL there. Usually I have to order one or two but now that part of the shopping is over. Then I picked up a prescription at Walgreens, went to the bank for Mom and stopped at Cappelle's for corn and tomatoes for supper. We invited Jim and Michelle to come over after I got home from Mass for a corn/tomato supper with us. They are leaving for St. Louis for a vacation and to find out more about Michelle's father. She is quite excited as well she should be. I hope she finds out a LOT. I figured that it would be nice if they did not have to cook and clean tonight as they are leaving VERY early in the morning.
I will be feeding the Boots Kitty while they are gone. He is easy. In the morning, I just check the litter box, his water and his food as he is not used to much attention then. In the evenings I always spend a half an hour to an hour with him. Just so he has some company.
I have been listening to Garrison Keillor's Poet's corner. I have it sent to me by email, that way I don't have to be near a radio at any particular time. Today, one of the authors he featured was Isabel Allende. He had a wonderful quote from her that I will share with you. "Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken."
Hope your Sunday is blessed. We still have a couple of seats to fill on the bus going to Irishfest on August 17. If you are interested let me know.
Love
Mary
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Friday, August 01, 2008
It was a stay at home day. I could have gone out for lunch but decided not to. It was just nicer being able to be here all day.
I slept til a bit after six and got a really good night's sleep. That was certainly welcome after the night before. I was so uncomfortable that I had to get up and soak my hips in a hot bath at about 3AM. But last night was really restful.
Chelsea and I had a good walk anyway. I spent the day baking and sewing and taking care of Dick.
Nothing really interesting to report. I called Mother this morning. She is doing fine and looking forward to the "Reunion of the Clans" at St. Michaels in Parnell a week from Sunday. Jeff is having tshirts made for us with the Clifford Crest on . He is going to have Clifford above the Crest and Bowser below as a Clifford married a Bowser which is what gives us our Irish on Mom's side. It will be such a good time.
I think I have everything ready to present my request to change the amendments of Tallgrass Condo association to allow more than one pet. Now I need to send it to Phil, the president to present to the board and decide if I should get presignatures from the residents so I know that I have the 2/3 majority that I need.
So much to do.
Have a nice weekend.
Mary
I slept til a bit after six and got a really good night's sleep. That was certainly welcome after the night before. I was so uncomfortable that I had to get up and soak my hips in a hot bath at about 3AM. But last night was really restful.
Chelsea and I had a good walk anyway. I spent the day baking and sewing and taking care of Dick.
Nothing really interesting to report. I called Mother this morning. She is doing fine and looking forward to the "Reunion of the Clans" at St. Michaels in Parnell a week from Sunday. Jeff is having tshirts made for us with the Clifford Crest on . He is going to have Clifford above the Crest and Bowser below as a Clifford married a Bowser which is what gives us our Irish on Mom's side. It will be such a good time.
I think I have everything ready to present my request to change the amendments of Tallgrass Condo association to allow more than one pet. Now I need to send it to Phil, the president to present to the board and decide if I should get presignatures from the residents so I know that I have the 2/3 majority that I need.
So much to do.
Have a nice weekend.
Mary
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The morning was the busiest part of my day. Chelsea woke me up way to early after a not so restful night. I woke up in the middle of the night again with achy hips an knees. I have finally accepted that the only solution is to get up, fill the bathtub with water as hot as I can stand it and soak.
This Would be the morning that Chelsea starts bugging me at 5:30. I decided that there was no hope for it an just got up and walked her. It was actually a very nice walk.
When I got home Dick was up but he went back to bed right away. I took a shower and fixed some breakfast for myself and cooked bacon for Dick when he woke up. We got him up and dressed before 9AM when Rachel, our nurse from VNA came . She checked him all over and answered a few questions that I had. She is ordering more Saline Wound Wash for us. I did not know that they provide that too. I have been buying it at Walgreens. We should be in pretty good shape now. Rachel is going to come every two weeks now and I can call if I have any questions.
At 10AM I met Rich and Janet Bieschke at Rhine. Toni, Janet and I had set this time to meet and review and shoot pistol. Toni apparnetly had somethign else going on, so Rich and Janet and I did just fine. Janet is really good. Rich and Janet may join Rhine as members. That would be nice. I am always glad to get another woman in the club and Rich is really wonderful. He shoots pistol pretty good too and is interested in the rifle range. Sounds like a perfect match to me.
When I got home, we had lunch and I hooked Dick up to the sequential machine. Then I took a nap. When I woke up, he took a nap and I did some quilting and some phone calls. We had brat patties and hamburgers for dinner.
I am glad the day is almost over. It is a bit early but I want to just hook Dick up again when he wakes up and then go to bed so want to have communicated with you all.
I feel like I should be saying something wise to you today so will repeat something that I know that I already told you is one of my favorite saying.
Jesus said. "I never told you that it would be easy. I just said that it would be worth it."
As Fr. Van Beeck said, Wouldn't it be awful if we walked up to the gates of heaven and knocked, and Jesus came to the door and said. "I don't know you."
Tomorrow is a quiet day. I will probably have lunch with my bank friends. I still have some seats left f0r the trip to Irish Fest on August 17. Let me know if you are interested. My friend Cindy Matyi, the artist is going to be in the cultural village and is doing some classes. Could be a lot of fun.
Love
Mary
This Would be the morning that Chelsea starts bugging me at 5:30. I decided that there was no hope for it an just got up and walked her. It was actually a very nice walk.
When I got home Dick was up but he went back to bed right away. I took a shower and fixed some breakfast for myself and cooked bacon for Dick when he woke up. We got him up and dressed before 9AM when Rachel, our nurse from VNA came . She checked him all over and answered a few questions that I had. She is ordering more Saline Wound Wash for us. I did not know that they provide that too. I have been buying it at Walgreens. We should be in pretty good shape now. Rachel is going to come every two weeks now and I can call if I have any questions.
At 10AM I met Rich and Janet Bieschke at Rhine. Toni, Janet and I had set this time to meet and review and shoot pistol. Toni apparnetly had somethign else going on, so Rich and Janet and I did just fine. Janet is really good. Rich and Janet may join Rhine as members. That would be nice. I am always glad to get another woman in the club and Rich is really wonderful. He shoots pistol pretty good too and is interested in the rifle range. Sounds like a perfect match to me.
When I got home, we had lunch and I hooked Dick up to the sequential machine. Then I took a nap. When I woke up, he took a nap and I did some quilting and some phone calls. We had brat patties and hamburgers for dinner.
I am glad the day is almost over. It is a bit early but I want to just hook Dick up again when he wakes up and then go to bed so want to have communicated with you all.
I feel like I should be saying something wise to you today so will repeat something that I know that I already told you is one of my favorite saying.
Jesus said. "I never told you that it would be easy. I just said that it would be worth it."
As Fr. Van Beeck said, Wouldn't it be awful if we walked up to the gates of heaven and knocked, and Jesus came to the door and said. "I don't know you."
Tomorrow is a quiet day. I will probably have lunch with my bank friends. I still have some seats left f0r the trip to Irish Fest on August 17. Let me know if you are interested. My friend Cindy Matyi, the artist is going to be in the cultural village and is doing some classes. Could be a lot of fun.
Love
Mary
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
We had to be at the Plymouth Clinic at 8AM for Dick's lab tests. No problem getting up, Chelsea started at 5:30 and managed to make me get up by coughing so much that she choked up phlegm. That is the first time that she has choked anything up. Hope she is not going to turn into another Zero. He had allergies and was ALWAYS choking up phlegm. Got to be a real pain.
Anyway, on our way back from the clinic we stopped at Mc Donalds and picked up breakfast. Dick had been fasting and we were really quite hungry.
After we got home and settled, I went to the Pig and did out grocery shopping. It is always good to get that out of the way.
I had lunch at the Family Restaurant with the Rotary Club. Kate had invited me to come because the speaker was from the Physicians Health Network and telling us what services are available in the area from their network and about ways to make ourselves more healthy. There will be a series of speakers, once a month, on specific problems such as diabetes, sleep apnea, respiratory problems etc. Should be good. I figure anything I can learn will help me to take care of Dick more efficiently.
The rest of the afternoon was easy. I did some computer stuff and took care of Dick and watered a LOT. Good thing I got out to the deck plants because one of my tomato plants that actually has a little tomato on it was starting to droop.
We had leftovers for supper so the fixing and the cleaning up were really easy tonight. This evening, I went out on the deck and read for a while. If I go before it is too late, the mosquitoes don't discover that I am there. It is absolutely gorgeous out there and I can hear the happy noises from the park off in the distance. My pots of flowers and herbs are blooming and beautiful. I will have to start harvesting one of these days. Maybe with any luck at all, I can figure out how to deep the herbs thriving during the winter. When I was at Hunters Glen, I had an herb garden next to the house that must have been in just the right place because my lavender, oregano, thyme and chives all came back year after year.
Try to stay cool tomorrow. It is supposed to get REALLY hot.
Love
Mary
Anyway, on our way back from the clinic we stopped at Mc Donalds and picked up breakfast. Dick had been fasting and we were really quite hungry.
After we got home and settled, I went to the Pig and did out grocery shopping. It is always good to get that out of the way.
I had lunch at the Family Restaurant with the Rotary Club. Kate had invited me to come because the speaker was from the Physicians Health Network and telling us what services are available in the area from their network and about ways to make ourselves more healthy. There will be a series of speakers, once a month, on specific problems such as diabetes, sleep apnea, respiratory problems etc. Should be good. I figure anything I can learn will help me to take care of Dick more efficiently.
The rest of the afternoon was easy. I did some computer stuff and took care of Dick and watered a LOT. Good thing I got out to the deck plants because one of my tomato plants that actually has a little tomato on it was starting to droop.
We had leftovers for supper so the fixing and the cleaning up were really easy tonight. This evening, I went out on the deck and read for a while. If I go before it is too late, the mosquitoes don't discover that I am there. It is absolutely gorgeous out there and I can hear the happy noises from the park off in the distance. My pots of flowers and herbs are blooming and beautiful. I will have to start harvesting one of these days. Maybe with any luck at all, I can figure out how to deep the herbs thriving during the winter. When I was at Hunters Glen, I had an herb garden next to the house that must have been in just the right place because my lavender, oregano, thyme and chives all came back year after year.
Try to stay cool tomorrow. It is supposed to get REALLY hot.
Love
Mary
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
This morning I HAD to get up at 6AM to get Chelsea out for her walk. It was a lovely morning for a walk. The temperature was 57 degrees and it was dry. I met Toni and Janet at the Wilderness, a restaurant over on Hwy 57 for breakfast.
We wanted to discuss Toni and Janet doing pistol shooting. We are going out to Rhine on Thursday morning to do a bit of practicing. Toni went out with John in the past couple of days and did not do badly at all. Janet has done some trap, I think, but no pistol shooting. So we will go on Thursday and just go over the safety measures and the basics of the pistol itself and shoot a couple of targets. It would be really nice if we had a few more people to join our pistol league in the fall. This was a nice break for me. I ordered an omelet, which is way to much for me, and brought half of it home for Dick's breakfast along with half of the hash browns. We have always found that sharing an omelet is MORE than enough for the two of us.
On the way home, I stopped at Walgreens to pick up a prescription for mother and got a few other things that were on sale, including some licorice for Dick.
After that I got to be home for the rest of the day which was a real treat. I cleaned the downstairs kitchen and bath and sewed and made several necessary phone calls.
This afternoon, I received a message from my friend Janet Thomas who lived in Costa Mesa CA. She reported that there had been a 5.4 to 5.6 earthquake in the area. She said her house was really rattling but they were all OK. So tonight I called my Bret. He is just fine. He said that it was definitely a quake that was felt and there was some damage in the warehouse where he works as some of the pallets fell but that all was good with him and his.
Tomorrow we have to get up by 6AM again as Dick has to be at the lab at Aurora Plymouth for his pre physical tests. He sees Dr. Sharon NEXT Wednesday for his annual physical.
One can be serene
In the sultry heavy days
Of lazy summer.
Have a nice Wednesday.
Mary
We wanted to discuss Toni and Janet doing pistol shooting. We are going out to Rhine on Thursday morning to do a bit of practicing. Toni went out with John in the past couple of days and did not do badly at all. Janet has done some trap, I think, but no pistol shooting. So we will go on Thursday and just go over the safety measures and the basics of the pistol itself and shoot a couple of targets. It would be really nice if we had a few more people to join our pistol league in the fall. This was a nice break for me. I ordered an omelet, which is way to much for me, and brought half of it home for Dick's breakfast along with half of the hash browns. We have always found that sharing an omelet is MORE than enough for the two of us.
On the way home, I stopped at Walgreens to pick up a prescription for mother and got a few other things that were on sale, including some licorice for Dick.
After that I got to be home for the rest of the day which was a real treat. I cleaned the downstairs kitchen and bath and sewed and made several necessary phone calls.
This afternoon, I received a message from my friend Janet Thomas who lived in Costa Mesa CA. She reported that there had been a 5.4 to 5.6 earthquake in the area. She said her house was really rattling but they were all OK. So tonight I called my Bret. He is just fine. He said that it was definitely a quake that was felt and there was some damage in the warehouse where he works as some of the pallets fell but that all was good with him and his.
Tomorrow we have to get up by 6AM again as Dick has to be at the lab at Aurora Plymouth for his pre physical tests. He sees Dr. Sharon NEXT Wednesday for his annual physical.
One can be serene
In the sultry heavy days
Of lazy summer.
Have a nice Wednesday.
Mary
Monday, July 28, 2008
I had to get up at 6AM this morning so I could get everything done before I had to leave for bible study. I had a LOT to do. First. The Walk. Then I had to shower and get ready. On the way, I stopped and filled up the gas tank.
We had a lively discussion.The first reading was from Isaiah 55: 1-7. I love the idea. The first verse says "Let all who are thirsty, Come to the water." There is a beautiful hymn (Probably more) that use that theme.
My friend Dan Vircks sent me an e mail of Tony Snow's Testimony, a summary of his faith before he died. This is an excerpt from it. I found it a really wonderful read and if I did not forward the whole thing to you and you want it, let me know.
I sat by my best friend's bedside a few years ago as a wasting cancer took him away. He kept at his table a worn Bible and a 1928 edition of the Book of Common Prayer. A shattering grief disabled his family, many of his old friends, and at least one priest. Here was an humble and very good guy, someone who apologized when he winced with pain because he thought it made his guest uncomfortable. He retained his equanimity and good humor literally until his last conscious moment. 'I'm going to try to beat [this cancer],' he told me several months before he died. 'But if I don't, I'll see you on the other side.'
His gift was to remind everyone around him that even though God doesn't promise us tomorrow, he does promise us eternity
After Bible study, I went and visited with Mom. I took her a piece of pie and a dinner of pot roast. Jeff had brought tons of leaf lettuce so she shared some with me AND the cleaning lady.
I got home in time to fix lunch and then Dick and I had to get to Sheboygan at 1PM to see Dr. Moreno about his wounds. The right foot is healing quite well, but a blood blister showed up. The left is at least pinker and the toes are warm. He put some extra padding on the foot and wrapped the leg in Profor bandages again. We go back next Monday so this week we keep up with the sequential compression and the daily bandage change.
That was pretty much it. By the time we got home it was almost 3:30PM. Dick took a nap, I don't blame him after doctors and nurses messed with his legs for almost 2 hours. I watered the plants outdoors and then sat out on the deck for a while. It was a really beautiful day.
We had fresh corn, salad and blueberry pie for dinner. Sure was good.
Hope your week started out as well.
Love
Mary
We had a lively discussion.The first reading was from Isaiah 55: 1-7. I love the idea. The first verse says "Let all who are thirsty, Come to the water." There is a beautiful hymn (Probably more) that use that theme.
My friend Dan Vircks sent me an e mail of Tony Snow's Testimony, a summary of his faith before he died. This is an excerpt from it. I found it a really wonderful read and if I did not forward the whole thing to you and you want it, let me know.
I sat by my best friend's bedside a few years ago as a wasting cancer took him away. He kept at his table a worn Bible and a 1928 edition of the Book of Common Prayer. A shattering grief disabled his family, many of his old friends, and at least one priest. Here was an humble and very good guy, someone who apologized when he winced with pain because he thought it made his guest uncomfortable. He retained his equanimity and good humor literally until his last conscious moment. 'I'm going to try to beat [this cancer],' he told me several months before he died. 'But if I don't, I'll see you on the other side.'
His gift was to remind everyone around him that even though God doesn't promise us tomorrow, he does promise us eternity
After Bible study, I went and visited with Mom. I took her a piece of pie and a dinner of pot roast. Jeff had brought tons of leaf lettuce so she shared some with me AND the cleaning lady.
I got home in time to fix lunch and then Dick and I had to get to Sheboygan at 1PM to see Dr. Moreno about his wounds. The right foot is healing quite well, but a blood blister showed up. The left is at least pinker and the toes are warm. He put some extra padding on the foot and wrapped the leg in Profor bandages again. We go back next Monday so this week we keep up with the sequential compression and the daily bandage change.
That was pretty much it. By the time we got home it was almost 3:30PM. Dick took a nap, I don't blame him after doctors and nurses messed with his legs for almost 2 hours. I watered the plants outdoors and then sat out on the deck for a while. It was a really beautiful day.
We had fresh corn, salad and blueberry pie for dinner. Sure was good.
Hope your week started out as well.
Love
Mary
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Today was both stress and quiet renewal. Our walk was very pleasant. The mornings are comfortable. I even wore a long sleeved shirt because the temps were in the low 60s.
Then I fixed breakfast and worked on computer stuff until it was time to go to church at 10:45AM. Mass was very nice. We helped two couples celebrate anniversaries today. Bud and Mary Dwyer celebrated 55 years and Richard and Faye Wieser celebrated 45 years. I have known Bud for many years as he was a realtor when I was a mortgage banker AND when Mother was very little, the Dwyers lived on a farm near the Bowsers. Mother went to school with Bud's older brother George. The first day they went to school, Grandma Bowser was working in the kitchen when Mr. Dwyer appeared at the kitchen door before lunch with George and my Mom. Grandma was alarmed thinking that something had happened and asked what was wrong. Mr. Dwyer just said that he went and got them because "That was long enough for these little ones." They had to tell him to leave them there for the whole day after that. I think that is so sweet.
I don't know the Wiesers, but I am probably related. My Grandma Deeley was a Ziegler and one of her siblings married a Wieser.
Then home and I got to stay home all day. I baked a blueberry pie and make a pot roast and just took care of Dick.
Jim and Michelle came over after supper to have dessert with us. It seemed like a good idea in fresh blueberry season. They went camping this weekend at Elkhart Lake and had a great time.
Well that is it for today. Chelsea is being a pest and wanting SOMETHING. This is the time of day when she really pesters me and I never know exactly what she wants. She is old and I think a bit senile.
Have a good week. Til Tomorrow,
Love
Mary
Then I fixed breakfast and worked on computer stuff until it was time to go to church at 10:45AM. Mass was very nice. We helped two couples celebrate anniversaries today. Bud and Mary Dwyer celebrated 55 years and Richard and Faye Wieser celebrated 45 years. I have known Bud for many years as he was a realtor when I was a mortgage banker AND when Mother was very little, the Dwyers lived on a farm near the Bowsers. Mother went to school with Bud's older brother George. The first day they went to school, Grandma Bowser was working in the kitchen when Mr. Dwyer appeared at the kitchen door before lunch with George and my Mom. Grandma was alarmed thinking that something had happened and asked what was wrong. Mr. Dwyer just said that he went and got them because "That was long enough for these little ones." They had to tell him to leave them there for the whole day after that. I think that is so sweet.
I don't know the Wiesers, but I am probably related. My Grandma Deeley was a Ziegler and one of her siblings married a Wieser.
Then home and I got to stay home all day. I baked a blueberry pie and make a pot roast and just took care of Dick.
Jim and Michelle came over after supper to have dessert with us. It seemed like a good idea in fresh blueberry season. They went camping this weekend at Elkhart Lake and had a great time.
Well that is it for today. Chelsea is being a pest and wanting SOMETHING. This is the time of day when she really pesters me and I never know exactly what she wants. She is old and I think a bit senile.
Have a good week. Til Tomorrow,
Love
Mary
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