This was an extremely LONG Saturday. Chelsea woke me up at about 4:30AM but I was able to get back to sleep until a little after 6. Then I got up and started getting to work.
At 4:30AM there was very little snow by 6 it was up to a couple of inches. I took care of the animals and prepared breakfast and showered. Then it was time to go to pick up Kate as we were going to the Plymoth Armory to pick up our Share package. By then the snow was really getting deeper. We helped them set up the tables and load them for the pick up at the Share Site. They were a bit behind because the room with the tables was locked an they had to get a key. I stopped and had a cup of tea with Kate before heading home. By then the snow was up to at least four inches. BUT I had no trouble at all UNTIL I started up that little rise into the garage and I got stuck. I spent about a half an hour shoveling the driveway and around the car and finally got it into the garage.
Needless to say, that was the last time I left the house today. It just stopped snowing less than an hour ago and the plows are finally starting their rounds. I decided to put Mass off until tomorrow morning. Hopefully, the roads will be plowed and I can get there.
This afternoon, I vacuumed the living room and the stairwell going down to the den. I tried to take a nap but two cups of tea really did me in. So I made soup instead. My friend Nancy gave me a Garden Vegetable Soup last summer and I had frozen corn and zuccini so decided it was time to make it again. With Lent starting on Wednesday, I will have something to eat that is meatless. It is really good. Nancy's son John gave it to her.
Did I tell you that the other day, I looked in the "cat's" room shortly after I gave them their food. Chelsea was sitting there just watching them and both cats, unconcerned, were just eating as if she wasn't even there. So I guess they are OK. They are not intimidated by her obviously and she knows that she has to wait until they are done before she can look for any leavings.
I recieved a mailing from UW Sheboygan yesterday and found a three week storytelling course. It is in March. I asked Dick if he would mind if I went and he said it would be OK. Kate wants to go with me. That way, since the course is from 6 to 8 PM I won't be traveling back and forth alone.
So the day is winding down and so am I. I have a beautiful quote that is part of a rather long mailing that I received the other day.
"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is a quiet foice at the end of the day saying....'I will try again tomorrow.' " by Mary Ann Radmacher
Be safe and warm and have a perfect Sunday. I want to just do fun stuff. We are going to get a pizza and watch the Oscars in the evening.
All my love
Mary
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
A very busy day. I spent the morning cleaning. Got everything but the livingroom done before it was time to have FUN.
I joined the bank ladies at the Dairy Queen at 12:30PM. I had one of their grilled sandwiches and brought home cheeseburger and fries for Dick for his lunch. Had a nice visit with the gals. I think I had the best news as I was able to tell everybody that Dick's wounds are healed and that he is to be fitted for his shoe. WOW. I still get all aquiver.
I dropped off the food for Dick and then went right out to Rhine Plymouth to shoot pistol. Some of the pistol shooters were going out early to avoid the smoke that fills up in the main room during the main shooting period from 5 to9 PM. There were six of us, John, Toni, Janet, Rich, Nancy and me so we had a really good time. My shooting is way down this year. I personally don't think I am concentrating. I think I will take Ken Pipping up on giving me some lessons.
Jeff Foxworthy said the following:
What is really funny is that, I don't know if you ever thought about it, my sons are named Bret and Bart. The two best quarterbacks that Green Bay ever had, Right?
However, my Bret is older than Favre and my Bart is the younger of the two. They were actually named for the Maverick brothers, a TV series that we liked a lot before they were born. It was actually over long before my Bret was born. Kind of goofy Huh!
Mary
When I got home, I made a rhubarb pie. Boy is it good. With Dick in the Center Rehab for so long, I have frozen veggies and fruits that are in need of being used up. The rhubarb is the first of the secrets. Next week I volunteered to bake two desserts for the church's fish fry dinners. I think I will make a cherry dream pie that my mother in law Lily used to make AND a carrot cake. I told Kate, I can't volunteer time at this point but I can bake and I love to bake.
I joined the bank ladies at the Dairy Queen at 12:30PM. I had one of their grilled sandwiches and brought home cheeseburger and fries for Dick for his lunch. Had a nice visit with the gals. I think I had the best news as I was able to tell everybody that Dick's wounds are healed and that he is to be fitted for his shoe. WOW. I still get all aquiver.
I dropped off the food for Dick and then went right out to Rhine Plymouth to shoot pistol. Some of the pistol shooters were going out early to avoid the smoke that fills up in the main room during the main shooting period from 5 to9 PM. There were six of us, John, Toni, Janet, Rich, Nancy and me so we had a really good time. My shooting is way down this year. I personally don't think I am concentrating. I think I will take Ken Pipping up on giving me some lessons.
Jeff Foxworthy said the following:
If you may not have actually eaten it, but you have heard
> of Head Cheese, you might live in Wisconsin .
>
>
> If you have either a pet or a child named
> 'Brett,' you might live in Wisconsin .
>
> If your town has an equal number of bars and churches,
> you might live in Wisconsin .
>
>
> If you know how to say Oconomowoc, Waukesha , Menomonie
> & Manitowoc, you might live in Wisconsin .
What is really funny is that, I don't know if you ever thought about it, my sons are named Bret and Bart. The two best quarterbacks that Green Bay ever had, Right?
However, my Bret is older than Favre and my Bart is the younger of the two. They were actually named for the Maverick brothers, a TV series that we liked a lot before they were born. It was actually over long before my Bret was born. Kind of goofy Huh!
Mary
When I got home, I made a rhubarb pie. Boy is it good. With Dick in the Center Rehab for so long, I have frozen veggies and fruits that are in need of being used up. The rhubarb is the first of the secrets. Next week I volunteered to bake two desserts for the church's fish fry dinners. I think I will make a cherry dream pie that my mother in law Lily used to make AND a carrot cake. I told Kate, I can't volunteer time at this point but I can bake and I love to bake.
Boy, I forgot to blog last night. It is now 4:13AM. Chelsea woke me up to "use the facility" and I remembered.
It was a very eventful day too, so I decided to post before going back to bed.
We had an appointment with Dr. Moreno and things are VERY good. The foot is healed and we are ready to have the shoe fitted. So he gave us a prescription to give to the orthotic person. We will be using the same company that is working with him on the prosthesis. We are SO excited.
We got home in plenty of time to have lunch. I fixed hamburger helper. I know. But we like it and have not had it in a long, long time. It was good too.
Bobbie got here at about 12:30 and helped me take Dick to his therapy. She is coming any time that there are two appointments. Especially when it involves loading the wheel chair. Lori, the therapist was as happy as we are. We made an appointment with the orthotic person to come to the next therapy session which is next Tuesday for the casting and beginnings of the making of the shoe. Yippee. Then we came home and all had tea, Bobbie and I hot tea and Dick his iced tea.
After Bobbie left, both Dick and I napped for a little bit but the rest of the day oas just a quiet, catch up time.
I thought of a funny event that happened to Jacquie and me when we were roommates in Costa Mesa California. We rented a little house that was in back of her brother Ronnie and his wife Doris. It was a duplex kind of deal for them. Anyway. Those days people hung their wash on the line. That is hard to imagine these days. Our condo complex does not even want clothes lines up. But that is how it was. Clothes sure smelled good then.
Jacquie and I did our was one weekend and hung all of it out. We came home and ALL of our underpants were gone. There must have been about 20 pair or more. ALL gone. So we called the police.
Two officers came. One of them a really good looking guy who had gone to school with Jacquie. They were really polite and tried very hard to be serious but some of the questions such as 'Describe the items taken" were really difficult to ask with a straight face. Especially when I was able to describe one as very large with a hole in it. Mom had sent me a pair that I think she forgot what size I was.
We were in quite a pickle, we only had the underwear we had on.
At that time, there had been a rash of what were being called "pantie raids" by college boys. Our line of so many must have been more than they could stand.
Believe it or not we DID get a few back. They found them strewn along the highway.
Love
Mary
It was a very eventful day too, so I decided to post before going back to bed.
We had an appointment with Dr. Moreno and things are VERY good. The foot is healed and we are ready to have the shoe fitted. So he gave us a prescription to give to the orthotic person. We will be using the same company that is working with him on the prosthesis. We are SO excited.
We got home in plenty of time to have lunch. I fixed hamburger helper. I know. But we like it and have not had it in a long, long time. It was good too.
Bobbie got here at about 12:30 and helped me take Dick to his therapy. She is coming any time that there are two appointments. Especially when it involves loading the wheel chair. Lori, the therapist was as happy as we are. We made an appointment with the orthotic person to come to the next therapy session which is next Tuesday for the casting and beginnings of the making of the shoe. Yippee. Then we came home and all had tea, Bobbie and I hot tea and Dick his iced tea.
After Bobbie left, both Dick and I napped for a little bit but the rest of the day oas just a quiet, catch up time.
I thought of a funny event that happened to Jacquie and me when we were roommates in Costa Mesa California. We rented a little house that was in back of her brother Ronnie and his wife Doris. It was a duplex kind of deal for them. Anyway. Those days people hung their wash on the line. That is hard to imagine these days. Our condo complex does not even want clothes lines up. But that is how it was. Clothes sure smelled good then.
Jacquie and I did our was one weekend and hung all of it out. We came home and ALL of our underpants were gone. There must have been about 20 pair or more. ALL gone. So we called the police.
Two officers came. One of them a really good looking guy who had gone to school with Jacquie. They were really polite and tried very hard to be serious but some of the questions such as 'Describe the items taken" were really difficult to ask with a straight face. Especially when I was able to describe one as very large with a hole in it. Mom had sent me a pair that I think she forgot what size I was.
We were in quite a pickle, we only had the underwear we had on.
At that time, there had been a rash of what were being called "pantie raids" by college boys. Our line of so many must have been more than they could stand.
Believe it or not we DID get a few back. They found them strewn along the highway.
Love
Mary
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
We had to be at the Plymouth Care Therapy at 9AM this morning because Diane was there to do an evaluation. She was very pleased with how far Dick has come. He stood for good long periods of time. The first 6:45. We were able to go anyway. They had been predicting 4 t0 8 inches of snow which fortunately did not materialize. It is snowing now. Hopefully it too will amount to little as we have to be in Sheboygan to see Dr. Moreno at 10AM tomorrow morning.
When we got home, I took off almost immediately for the grocery store. That took longer than usual, but I was able to get dinner on the table by 12:30PM. It was good. We had chicken, fried potatoes, peas and Waldorf Salad. I bought a piece of watermelon today. So we had a piece of that with a cookie for dessert.
After lunch, we both took naps. Then I cleaned off my desk AGAIN. I have managed to lose a group of pictures, an address folder and a church directory in the last two months. They HAVE to be here somewhere.
Roxie has taken to settling down in my desk chair whenever I vacate it. I think she has decided that if it is good enough for me it is better for her. Dick thinks she likes it because it smells like me. Both reasons make sense.
Someone sent me an email of dolphins playing in the sea. I saw that once. Dolphins love to play with humans and their boats. Uncle Jim took us out on a whale watching tour when Bret was very young and someone was visiting. I remember that the boat captain came upon a school of dolphins and told us he was going to get them to play. And he did. They ran along side, jumping in and out of the water and dove across the bow. It is truly spectacular. I loved the whale watching tours and any tour out onto the ocean (at least when the water was not choppy, I was not the greatest sailor and sometimes would get a little swarmy in my tummy.) But I still loved going out. On one tour we saw a killer whale out there in the wild.
The tours on the Pacific Coast were to find the gray whale. They migrate from up in Alaska I believe to southern Baja California each year, so the tours were twice a year during their migrating season. They are also truly spectacular. You can see when they are going to come up because they blow out of their blowhole and there is a flat circle on the ocean just before they come up. They are majestic. I have pictures of them and a certificate that says I saw them.
Take care
Spring is coming soon.
Mary
When we got home, I took off almost immediately for the grocery store. That took longer than usual, but I was able to get dinner on the table by 12:30PM. It was good. We had chicken, fried potatoes, peas and Waldorf Salad. I bought a piece of watermelon today. So we had a piece of that with a cookie for dessert.
After lunch, we both took naps. Then I cleaned off my desk AGAIN. I have managed to lose a group of pictures, an address folder and a church directory in the last two months. They HAVE to be here somewhere.
Roxie has taken to settling down in my desk chair whenever I vacate it. I think she has decided that if it is good enough for me it is better for her. Dick thinks she likes it because it smells like me. Both reasons make sense.
Someone sent me an email of dolphins playing in the sea. I saw that once. Dolphins love to play with humans and their boats. Uncle Jim took us out on a whale watching tour when Bret was very young and someone was visiting. I remember that the boat captain came upon a school of dolphins and told us he was going to get them to play. And he did. They ran along side, jumping in and out of the water and dove across the bow. It is truly spectacular. I loved the whale watching tours and any tour out onto the ocean (at least when the water was not choppy, I was not the greatest sailor and sometimes would get a little swarmy in my tummy.) But I still loved going out. On one tour we saw a killer whale out there in the wild.
The tours on the Pacific Coast were to find the gray whale. They migrate from up in Alaska I believe to southern Baja California each year, so the tours were twice a year during their migrating season. They are also truly spectacular. You can see when they are going to come up because they blow out of their blowhole and there is a flat circle on the ocean just before they come up. They are majestic. I have pictures of them and a certificate that says I saw them.
Take care
Spring is coming soon.
Mary
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
A full day. The night before was not too good. Chelsea got me up at about 3AM again. It has been over a week since she had done that. I was not happy and had trouble getting back to sleep again. Finally got up for good at 6AM.
We spent the morning getting Dick bathed, his food and leg dressing changed, and taking care of animals. Dick had therapy at 11AM. That went quite well. He stood the first time for over 7 minutes. The next three tries were shorter but the total was impressive.
I fixed tostadas for dinner. We finished the lemon merengue too. Then I was able to lie down for about a half an hour before Toni, Kate, Nancy and Janet came over so we could work on making Stump Dolls together. We got a lot of visiting and lots of sharing and dolls partly finished. We figure we can finish them at our homes and we plan on sharing them at our April meeting. We will be meeting on the 17th of each month according to plan and today, the five of us decided that we will meet somewhere for lunch on that day. I will get the word out to the rest of the gang.
I am working on two stump dolls. One is going to be a guy with a hat and a coat and vest and a beard. The other will be a young lady and I intend to dress her in the CWI tartan with golden jewels. I need to come up with something else to make her special. but that is her beginning.
We are supposed to be getting a winter storm tonight and tomorrow. I hope they are wrong. Dick is scheduled for therapy at 9AM because he is supposed to be evaluated. I won't take him out if there is too much snow. It just wouldn't be safe.
I will let you know tomorrow.
Today was Dick's sister Hazel's birthday. She is now 92 years old. Just about a year behind my motherl Suzi is home and doing pretty well. I must email her and tell her how glad I am that she is doing so well.
Take care - until tomorrow.
Mary
We spent the morning getting Dick bathed, his food and leg dressing changed, and taking care of animals. Dick had therapy at 11AM. That went quite well. He stood the first time for over 7 minutes. The next three tries were shorter but the total was impressive.
I fixed tostadas for dinner. We finished the lemon merengue too. Then I was able to lie down for about a half an hour before Toni, Kate, Nancy and Janet came over so we could work on making Stump Dolls together. We got a lot of visiting and lots of sharing and dolls partly finished. We figure we can finish them at our homes and we plan on sharing them at our April meeting. We will be meeting on the 17th of each month according to plan and today, the five of us decided that we will meet somewhere for lunch on that day. I will get the word out to the rest of the gang.
I am working on two stump dolls. One is going to be a guy with a hat and a coat and vest and a beard. The other will be a young lady and I intend to dress her in the CWI tartan with golden jewels. I need to come up with something else to make her special. but that is her beginning.
We are supposed to be getting a winter storm tonight and tomorrow. I hope they are wrong. Dick is scheduled for therapy at 9AM because he is supposed to be evaluated. I won't take him out if there is too much snow. It just wouldn't be safe.
I will let you know tomorrow.
Today was Dick's sister Hazel's birthday. She is now 92 years old. Just about a year behind my motherl Suzi is home and doing pretty well. I must email her and tell her how glad I am that she is doing so well.
Take care - until tomorrow.
Mary
Monday, February 16, 2009
I like my Mondays. It is busier than heck from the time I wake up until I leave at 9:15 or so for bible study, but then I have a lovely couple of hours.
We had a lively Bible Study today. There were 7 of us there today. The Gospel was the one in Mark 1 that tells of the four guys who dropped their paralyzed friend through the roof to ask for healing because the house was so crowded with people listening to Jesus (including Scribes) that they could not get in. What a lucky man to have four such loyal friends. And what faith these five had. It paid off too. We liked the fact that when Jesus told him to get up and walk, he did. And he picked up his stretcher and walked out with it. Guess Jesus showed those Scribes who questioned his right to "forgive sins" which he did before he told the guy to get up and walk.
Of course, then I went over to Mother's. She was getting ready to host her friends for a card game this afternoon. I helped her get some chairs ready and we had a nice visit. I brought her some of my pecan/red onion bread and Waldorf Salad.
This afternoon was the Cream City Writers. I picked up Kate as her car was in the shop. We had a very nice meeting this time. Usually they are OK but sometimes a couple of our members who are quite "devout" start preaching at us. We are there to judge the writing, not necessarily the content and surely not the try to change each others opinions or values.
Anyway, everybody had something to read and much of it was very good. Kate is on a rampage against greed in the executives in our country and wondering what will become of us. She is writing about it and I told her to "Go Girl!" Enthusiasm, happy or unhappy, brings good writing.
Usually we all give a word or two and give that as an assignment for the next month. It is intended as a reminder to be sure to write. Sometimes, that is all I need to get started. This month, however, Sy read an Acrostic poem that he had written for Karl Elder, the poet of Lakeland College. An acrostic poem is one that the first letter of each line in order spells a word and it is good to have the content of the poem reflect the word. Then you can expand it by spelling the word backwards for a second stanza.
Example
Combustion engine
Air pollution
Ride the ribbon 0f
Road, packed
Awful traffic jam
Congested highway
Just to give the idea. I will have fun with that.
Dick called tonight to tell us about his and Brenda's trip to Florida. He said the only bad thing about it was that they had to come home.
Now it is time to get ready for bed.
Tomorrow will be a busy and fun day. Therapy and a doll making session.
Therapy the busy part, the doll making fun.
Take care
Love
Mary
We had a lively Bible Study today. There were 7 of us there today. The Gospel was the one in Mark 1 that tells of the four guys who dropped their paralyzed friend through the roof to ask for healing because the house was so crowded with people listening to Jesus (including Scribes) that they could not get in. What a lucky man to have four such loyal friends. And what faith these five had. It paid off too. We liked the fact that when Jesus told him to get up and walk, he did. And he picked up his stretcher and walked out with it. Guess Jesus showed those Scribes who questioned his right to "forgive sins" which he did before he told the guy to get up and walk.
Of course, then I went over to Mother's. She was getting ready to host her friends for a card game this afternoon. I helped her get some chairs ready and we had a nice visit. I brought her some of my pecan/red onion bread and Waldorf Salad.
This afternoon was the Cream City Writers. I picked up Kate as her car was in the shop. We had a very nice meeting this time. Usually they are OK but sometimes a couple of our members who are quite "devout" start preaching at us. We are there to judge the writing, not necessarily the content and surely not the try to change each others opinions or values.
Anyway, everybody had something to read and much of it was very good. Kate is on a rampage against greed in the executives in our country and wondering what will become of us. She is writing about it and I told her to "Go Girl!" Enthusiasm, happy or unhappy, brings good writing.
Usually we all give a word or two and give that as an assignment for the next month. It is intended as a reminder to be sure to write. Sometimes, that is all I need to get started. This month, however, Sy read an Acrostic poem that he had written for Karl Elder, the poet of Lakeland College. An acrostic poem is one that the first letter of each line in order spells a word and it is good to have the content of the poem reflect the word. Then you can expand it by spelling the word backwards for a second stanza.
Example
Combustion engine
Air pollution
Ride the ribbon 0f
Road, packed
Awful traffic jam
Congested highway
Just to give the idea. I will have fun with that.
Dick called tonight to tell us about his and Brenda's trip to Florida. He said the only bad thing about it was that they had to come home.
Now it is time to get ready for bed.
Tomorrow will be a busy and fun day. Therapy and a doll making session.
Therapy the busy part, the doll making fun.
Take care
Love
Mary
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Chelsea did not wake me up this morning. I woke up at about six AM and there was no sign of her. She is an old lady, you know, and I had a funny feeling. I told Dick, who was sitting at the side of the bed, that I wondered where she was.
So finally, I got up at about 6:15AM and wandered apprehensively into the living room. There she was, very busy. I couldn't tell what she was doing at first and the poor deaf little thing did not hear me coming. I finally reached her and saw that she was happily chewing on a steak bone.
Dick and I had that T Bone yesterday for our dinner. I put the bone in the trash under the sink. Chelsea is a good girl and NEVER goes into the trash, especially the trash under the sink.
Roxie, however, has no such qualms. When she first moved back in with us, she was in there quite a bit and I got into the habit of putting a rubber band on the door to keep it shut. Recently, I got careless and stopped that habit. Bad mistake. Roxie must keep tabs on these things.
Chelsea did not seem too upset when I took the bone away from her but I know she enjoyed it as long as she had it.
We had a cold walk this morning. My legs got really cold but Chelsea loved it.
The rest of the day was very quiet. I did a lot of computer work. Took care of Dick - showers, putting on the leg etc. We both took short naps. I think I am ready for tomorrow and for Tuesday when some of my friends are coming over to make dolls. Dick is glad that something I am doing does not involve going away.
We had beef fajitas for lunch today with refried beans and Waldorf salad. Tonight we had soup and fresh bread with cheese. I made a Red Onion Pecan Bread and is it ever good. Especially warm out of the bread maker. I will take some to Mother tomorrow. She is also getting some Waldorf Salad as I have a lot and we love to share, especially with Mom.
Anyway, It was a nice quiet day. I even did not shower. Oops. Told more than I needed to. I just wanted to do nothing.
If I get as good a sleep tonight as I did last night. I think I will be ready for the week.
Take care and be well.
All my love
Mary
So finally, I got up at about 6:15AM and wandered apprehensively into the living room. There she was, very busy. I couldn't tell what she was doing at first and the poor deaf little thing did not hear me coming. I finally reached her and saw that she was happily chewing on a steak bone.
Dick and I had that T Bone yesterday for our dinner. I put the bone in the trash under the sink. Chelsea is a good girl and NEVER goes into the trash, especially the trash under the sink.
Roxie, however, has no such qualms. When she first moved back in with us, she was in there quite a bit and I got into the habit of putting a rubber band on the door to keep it shut. Recently, I got careless and stopped that habit. Bad mistake. Roxie must keep tabs on these things.
Chelsea did not seem too upset when I took the bone away from her but I know she enjoyed it as long as she had it.
We had a cold walk this morning. My legs got really cold but Chelsea loved it.
The rest of the day was very quiet. I did a lot of computer work. Took care of Dick - showers, putting on the leg etc. We both took short naps. I think I am ready for tomorrow and for Tuesday when some of my friends are coming over to make dolls. Dick is glad that something I am doing does not involve going away.
We had beef fajitas for lunch today with refried beans and Waldorf salad. Tonight we had soup and fresh bread with cheese. I made a Red Onion Pecan Bread and is it ever good. Especially warm out of the bread maker. I will take some to Mother tomorrow. She is also getting some Waldorf Salad as I have a lot and we love to share, especially with Mom.
Anyway, It was a nice quiet day. I even did not shower. Oops. Told more than I needed to. I just wanted to do nothing.
If I get as good a sleep tonight as I did last night. I think I will be ready for the week.
Take care and be well.
All my love
Mary
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