Such a lovely day. I picked up Kate at 9AM and we went and got our Share groceries. Then we stopped by her house and put her groceries away and came back to my house to finish the pasties.
Kate and I spent the next three hours, chopping veggies, grinding meat and mixing everything together. Then we rolled out the balls of pastry into rounds and stuffed them with the mixture. We baked all that we were not eating tonight for 30 minutes and then wrapped them in foil for freezing.
About halfway through we had our lunch.
We each ended up with 16 pasties and a nice bunch of ground meat and veggies for hash for our breakfast tomorrow.
We used pork, venison, potatoes, cabbage, onion, carrots and rutabaga in our pasties. We had them for supper tonight and they are really good.
Then I tried to nap but did not have much luck. I went to the 4PM Mass. It was a nice Mass. I saw several friends there, notably Ruth Dobrozinski. Her husband Wally has been quite sick so we decided that we are tough wild women and will use each other as rocks to lean on. She is a real dear.
Tomorrow we will be hosting Jim, Michelle, Bobbie and Bill as Jim and Michelle will be returning from Oklahoma, we hope and are sure, with good news and will be leaving withing the month for a new position in Oklahoma City. We pray that this will be the case and that all will go well. It is a big move and another of our children will be further away, but this is the way things go and we can always go visit.
That is all the news for now. Take care and have a good Sunday.
Love
Mary
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
I got to stay home all day until Nancy came to pick me up to go to Rhine at 5PM. It was really nice.
I cleaned the kitchen and bathrooms in the morning and fixed baked potato, chicken and beets for dinner. Then Kate came over at about 1PM and we mixed up the dough for the pasties that we are going to put together tomorrow. Ron simply LOVED them so we are making a double batch so we each will have 16 pasties, lots to freeze for the future. They make such a good meal and cook well - from frozen to the plate in 1/2 hour.
Shooting was OK. I didn't do too well, but each one improved and Nancy and I always have fun. And at least each one DID improve.
I finished the last little doll that I have been working on. I gave her a music book and she is holding it as if she is ready to sing. When I take a picture of it I will post it.
So today is over now. Chelsea is not eating too well. That and the say she sleeps is kind of distressing, but she still goes for her morning walks like a young pup.
I commented to Dick that the only living creature in this house that does not take some meds or supplements is Oscar. Roxie has six more days of her antibiotics. I told him I need one of the med carts like the nurses had at the Plymouth Care. You know, in all my growing up and all my adult years, I never wanted to be a nurse. But I do a good job at it. I still don't want to be a nurse though.
Have a great weekend. It is supposed to be wet.
The lilacs are sprouting green in the back yard. And I hear the peepers in the evening and morning from over in the wetlands. Spring is really nice.
Love
Mary
I cleaned the kitchen and bathrooms in the morning and fixed baked potato, chicken and beets for dinner. Then Kate came over at about 1PM and we mixed up the dough for the pasties that we are going to put together tomorrow. Ron simply LOVED them so we are making a double batch so we each will have 16 pasties, lots to freeze for the future. They make such a good meal and cook well - from frozen to the plate in 1/2 hour.
Shooting was OK. I didn't do too well, but each one improved and Nancy and I always have fun. And at least each one DID improve.
I finished the last little doll that I have been working on. I gave her a music book and she is holding it as if she is ready to sing. When I take a picture of it I will post it.
So today is over now. Chelsea is not eating too well. That and the say she sleeps is kind of distressing, but she still goes for her morning walks like a young pup.
I commented to Dick that the only living creature in this house that does not take some meds or supplements is Oscar. Roxie has six more days of her antibiotics. I told him I need one of the med carts like the nurses had at the Plymouth Care. You know, in all my growing up and all my adult years, I never wanted to be a nurse. But I do a good job at it. I still don't want to be a nurse though.
Have a great weekend. It is supposed to be wet.
The lilacs are sprouting green in the back yard. And I hear the peepers in the evening and morning from over in the wetlands. Spring is really nice.
Love
Mary
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Today was not as full of good news as the previous few days have been. We had an appointment with Dr. Moreno and the small red spots that we see on the bony areas of the foot are of concern to him. He wants the shoe adapted a bit so that there is no longer any shear abrasion. It is not serious now but we do not want anything to develop what with the history. So we have to suspend walking until the shoe is adapted. Andrea and Tim from Wisconsin Prosthetics and Orthotics will be meeting with us at his scheduled appointment on Monday and talk to Dr. Moreno to be sure they all agree on what needs to be done.
Not a huge thing but a little setback. Well nobody said it would be easy.
Oscar had to go the the vet to have the second half of his distemper shot. He was not a happy guy and let me know that all the way there and back. But now he and Roxie are all done for a whole year. I am still giving Roxie her antibiotics. Sure will be glad when I am done with her. I feel like I am running my own care center here. I do all the care and medicine dispensing. At least Dick won't have to go anywhere tomorrow and the only time I plan on leaving is to go shooting with Nancy in the evening.
Kate is coming over in the afternoon to mix up the pastry for the pasties that we are going to make on Saturday. I will definitely have to remember to take out the meat to get it thawed. I did remember to buy suet for the recipe and have all the veggies that I need.
I am gradually getting things gathered together for the Celtic Gathering the first weekend in May. Now I have to add a poetry talk to the list. THat will be fun. I have a general idea what I want to do.
Our neighbor, Dick, went to the Cubs game today, so I walked his little dog Katrina a couple of times for him. She is such a loving little dog and is always SO glad to see me. But I would have a problem with her as she leaks when she gets excited.
Did I tell you that I took my herbs in their planters out onto the deck last weekend? I was starting to see new growth on several of them and since they spent the entire winter in the cold garage decided that even if we get some snow and frost yet, the sun and fresh air would do them good. They are surely hardened against the cold.
It is supposed to get up into the 70s tomorrow. I can hardly wait.
Take care
Mary
Not a huge thing but a little setback. Well nobody said it would be easy.
Oscar had to go the the vet to have the second half of his distemper shot. He was not a happy guy and let me know that all the way there and back. But now he and Roxie are all done for a whole year. I am still giving Roxie her antibiotics. Sure will be glad when I am done with her. I feel like I am running my own care center here. I do all the care and medicine dispensing. At least Dick won't have to go anywhere tomorrow and the only time I plan on leaving is to go shooting with Nancy in the evening.
Kate is coming over in the afternoon to mix up the pastry for the pasties that we are going to make on Saturday. I will definitely have to remember to take out the meat to get it thawed. I did remember to buy suet for the recipe and have all the veggies that I need.
I am gradually getting things gathered together for the Celtic Gathering the first weekend in May. Now I have to add a poetry talk to the list. THat will be fun. I have a general idea what I want to do.
Our neighbor, Dick, went to the Cubs game today, so I walked his little dog Katrina a couple of times for him. She is such a loving little dog and is always SO glad to see me. But I would have a problem with her as she leaks when she gets excited.
Did I tell you that I took my herbs in their planters out onto the deck last weekend? I was starting to see new growth on several of them and since they spent the entire winter in the cold garage decided that even if we get some snow and frost yet, the sun and fresh air would do them good. They are surely hardened against the cold.
It is supposed to get up into the 70s tomorrow. I can hardly wait.
Take care
Mary
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
This day was a bit easier than it first appeared because the Amputee Support Group meeting that I thought was this afternoon is NEXT week. Apparently it is not the 4th Wednesday, as I thought, but the last Wednesday of the month. I got to Rocky Knoll and found the room we meet in empty - I mean empty. It was being cleaned and even all the chairs and tables were out of it. So I wandered the halls until I found my friend Kim Loose who is the activity director and asked her. I threw her for a loop too but she looked at her calendar and we were both reassured that it is next week. That gave me a little more time to grocery shop
We had our first appointment this morning with a Dr. Mandel, an eye doctor that Cheryl Ziegler wanted to check Dick's eyes. Whew. He checked the eyes very carefully and said that he sees no problems that would need any further care and he will write to Dr. Ziegler to tell her so. There are a couple of things to be watched and he would like Dick to be examined every 6 months or so.
We went right from there to the Care Center for therapy. Dick had to be recertified for Medicare. That has to happen every so often so they will continue covering the therapy. Diane does the re certifying and ran him through his paces. He walked several times at the bars and then twice down the hall with the walker. He is still working on proper "footwork" and placement but doing very well.
When we got home, I fixed lunch and then did the grocery shopping. It has been a long day. When I got home from grocery shopping, Dick was napping. Then I realized that I had not picked up a prescription that I needed to put out tonight so Chelsea got a ride. Boy, was she ever a happy little girl.
I was worried about her this morning. She did not want to eat her breakfast. I kept picking it up to keep it away from Oscar but I don't know who ended up finishing it. Tonight, after her happy ride time, she ate her supper right up. So that made us feel better.
It only got to the mid 50s today and there were even a few clouds and raindrops but there was no wind and that sun that shone most of the day felt just wonderful.
Tomorrow will be even warmer. I expect green on trees soon.
Love
Mary
We had our first appointment this morning with a Dr. Mandel, an eye doctor that Cheryl Ziegler wanted to check Dick's eyes. Whew. He checked the eyes very carefully and said that he sees no problems that would need any further care and he will write to Dr. Ziegler to tell her so. There are a couple of things to be watched and he would like Dick to be examined every 6 months or so.
We went right from there to the Care Center for therapy. Dick had to be recertified for Medicare. That has to happen every so often so they will continue covering the therapy. Diane does the re certifying and ran him through his paces. He walked several times at the bars and then twice down the hall with the walker. He is still working on proper "footwork" and placement but doing very well.
When we got home, I fixed lunch and then did the grocery shopping. It has been a long day. When I got home from grocery shopping, Dick was napping. Then I realized that I had not picked up a prescription that I needed to put out tonight so Chelsea got a ride. Boy, was she ever a happy little girl.
I was worried about her this morning. She did not want to eat her breakfast. I kept picking it up to keep it away from Oscar but I don't know who ended up finishing it. Tonight, after her happy ride time, she ate her supper right up. So that made us feel better.
It only got to the mid 50s today and there were even a few clouds and raindrops but there was no wind and that sun that shone most of the day felt just wonderful.
Tomorrow will be even warmer. I expect green on trees soon.
Love
Mary
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Poor little Roxie had her dental work today. I had to have her at Kettle Moraine between 6 and 7AM. They called me at about 9:30 and I was able to pick her up at 11. She had a lot of tarter and her gums are a bit sensitive but she did not have to lose any teeth and her teeth look good. She will be on antibiotics for 10 days because of the gums. I am putting it in her canned food rather than trying to shove it down her throat.
Dick had therapy at 1PM. He did a LOT of walking today. I am hoping for more freedom and more walker experience. That would make the wheel chair less needed and perhaps I won't have to be lifting it into the car for short trips at least.
What with some cleaning and more paperwork (I am locating Deeley information for Jeff too now.) the day just sped by. I am very tired. More tired than I think I should be. Perhaps, if I can just get to bed by 9, I will feel better in the morning.
We did not hear from Jim and Michelle today. I assume that this is good news on her condition. I tried to call but the answering machine picked up so we figured we had just better wait for them to contact us.
Guess that is all for now. Rest easy and deep.
Love
Mary
Dick had therapy at 1PM. He did a LOT of walking today. I am hoping for more freedom and more walker experience. That would make the wheel chair less needed and perhaps I won't have to be lifting it into the car for short trips at least.
What with some cleaning and more paperwork (I am locating Deeley information for Jeff too now.) the day just sped by. I am very tired. More tired than I think I should be. Perhaps, if I can just get to bed by 9, I will feel better in the morning.
We did not hear from Jim and Michelle today. I assume that this is good news on her condition. I tried to call but the answering machine picked up so we figured we had just better wait for them to contact us.
Guess that is all for now. Rest easy and deep.
Love
Mary
Monday, April 20, 2009
It was raining slightly this morning when Chelsea and I went out for our walk, so we did not go too far. That kind of rain doesn't bother her but I don't like it because it was also damp and chilly and that goes right into the bones.
I left for Sheboygan Falls a little after 9AM for bible study. There were six of us there this morning. A nice group. The apostles will still be in the locked room and Jesus will appear in their midst and he asks for lunch. This is Luke's version. They all have the same basic facts but different details.
Then I went over to Mom's for a visit. I took her some of the pot roast that we had on Saturday. We had most of the rest for lunch today. We, as usual, had a wonderful visit. Jeff and Kathy are going to Boston to meet with some of his old army friends at the end of May. He is going to try to do some searching for Deeley relatives out in that area. I will send him all the information that I have in my PAF files to see if it is any help in the search. Years ago, when I was very young, Daddy went to a Wool Institute for some training out in Massachusetts. He did meet with some of our cousins at that time but look how long ago that was. Well, I will be a fun trip anyway.
Got home in time to fix lunch and to find out that Jim had called, very distressed, shortly after 9AM. They were on their way to a training for Michelle's work when she developed severe pain in her abdomen and back. He took her too the closest emergency room. They believe it is a kidney stone and hope that it will pass tonight. Please pray for her that this will pass quickly and easily. The other possible scenarios are a bit more difficult, such as appendicitis. Though that can often just dissipate too. Anyway, lets pray her through this.
Then on to Cream City Writers club. Almost everybody DID try the Pantoum which I had suggested last week as an alternative to us all giving a word and trying to construct a poem from the words. Those that did them had some really good results, I thought. I will put mine in here. See what you think. Beverly Schellhaas had a haiku accepted for next years Wisconsin Poets Calendar. Yea Beverly.
BRAVE LITTLE DAFFODIL
Believing in spring is a test of faith
On these cold snowy days in March
I wonder how the daffodils feel
As they reach their arms to the sky
On these cold snowy days in March
Only to be encased in an icy sheath
I wonder how the daffodils feel
Coaxed into growing by days of warm sun.
Only to be encased in an icy sheath
When the promise of the robin's song
Coaxed into growing by days of warm sun.
With gentle warm breezes and life giving rain
Cling to dreams of summer days.
I wonder how the daffodils feel
Shivering in their sheath of ice
Believing in spring is a test of faith.
Got home at about 2:30 and took a nap. Then I worked on clearing up more paperwork and getting it in order. One would think when I got it in order I could keep it that way. Wouldn't one?
We had mac and cheese for supper and now have watched Dancing with the Stars. I really like the fact that Dick is watching it with me this year. It makes it all that more fun.
I finished reading Taylor Caldwell's Grandmother and the Priests today. The last chapter had a paragraph written about the famine that really impressed me so I will share. "The Irish do not forgive freely, and it is hard to forgive when ye must strike a spade through the frozen ground of winter in the graveyard to bury your wife or your child or your mother, who starved to death, and the food going to England. The Irish will forgive England in time, but never will they forget the Famine, and they will never forget the colleens and the lads who fled to America so they'd not eat the little left and could make some money to send back home."
Tomorrow our poor little Roxie gets her teeth cleaned. I am already apologizing to her.
Love
Mary
I left for Sheboygan Falls a little after 9AM for bible study. There were six of us there this morning. A nice group. The apostles will still be in the locked room and Jesus will appear in their midst and he asks for lunch. This is Luke's version. They all have the same basic facts but different details.
Then I went over to Mom's for a visit. I took her some of the pot roast that we had on Saturday. We had most of the rest for lunch today. We, as usual, had a wonderful visit. Jeff and Kathy are going to Boston to meet with some of his old army friends at the end of May. He is going to try to do some searching for Deeley relatives out in that area. I will send him all the information that I have in my PAF files to see if it is any help in the search. Years ago, when I was very young, Daddy went to a Wool Institute for some training out in Massachusetts. He did meet with some of our cousins at that time but look how long ago that was. Well, I will be a fun trip anyway.
Got home in time to fix lunch and to find out that Jim had called, very distressed, shortly after 9AM. They were on their way to a training for Michelle's work when she developed severe pain in her abdomen and back. He took her too the closest emergency room. They believe it is a kidney stone and hope that it will pass tonight. Please pray for her that this will pass quickly and easily. The other possible scenarios are a bit more difficult, such as appendicitis. Though that can often just dissipate too. Anyway, lets pray her through this.
Then on to Cream City Writers club. Almost everybody DID try the Pantoum which I had suggested last week as an alternative to us all giving a word and trying to construct a poem from the words. Those that did them had some really good results, I thought. I will put mine in here. See what you think. Beverly Schellhaas had a haiku accepted for next years Wisconsin Poets Calendar. Yea Beverly.
BRAVE LITTLE DAFFODIL
Believing in spring is a test of faith
On these cold snowy days in March
I wonder how the daffodils feel
As they reach their arms to the sky
On these cold snowy days in March
Only to be encased in an icy sheath
I wonder how the daffodils feel
Coaxed into growing by days of warm sun.
Only to be encased in an icy sheath
When the promise of the robin's song
Coaxed into growing by days of warm sun.
With gentle warm breezes and life giving rain
Cling to dreams of summer days.
I wonder how the daffodils feel
Shivering in their sheath of ice
Believing in spring is a test of faith.
Got home at about 2:30 and took a nap. Then I worked on clearing up more paperwork and getting it in order. One would think when I got it in order I could keep it that way. Wouldn't one?
We had mac and cheese for supper and now have watched Dancing with the Stars. I really like the fact that Dick is watching it with me this year. It makes it all that more fun.
I finished reading Taylor Caldwell's Grandmother and the Priests today. The last chapter had a paragraph written about the famine that really impressed me so I will share. "The Irish do not forgive freely, and it is hard to forgive when ye must strike a spade through the frozen ground of winter in the graveyard to bury your wife or your child or your mother, who starved to death, and the food going to England. The Irish will forgive England in time, but never will they forget the Famine, and they will never forget the colleens and the lads who fled to America so they'd not eat the little left and could make some money to send back home."
Tomorrow our poor little Roxie gets her teeth cleaned. I am already apologizing to her.
Love
Mary
Sunday, April 19, 2009
A quiet and delightful day. I spent most of the morning sorting PAPER. By this evening, I am ready for tomorrow.
I pulled up information on next Sunday's readings and marked them in the bible so I am ready for bible study. This morning's Gospel was different that the one they said would be read last week though the event was the one in the upper room with the apostles scared out of their wits. With good reason as it appeared. I went to Mass this morning at 1o:45 because Jim and Michelle were here over Mass time yesterday at the time I usually go. It was a nice Mass. The contemporary choir sang this morning. So the music was very good. And Father gave a good sermon. Our prayers are continuing for the unemployed and the under employed. I had personal prayers for my friends, Keith and Mary Dallman's family.
It was kind of chilly today. The ground was a bit damp when I woke up but it did not rain during the day. That little bit of rain made the grass on the green really brighten up. I expect that if we get more rain as we are promised the trees will burst open like firecrackers.
Another busy week of therapy and doctor appointments looms ahead. Next Friday and Saturday Kate and I are going to make another batch of pasties. It takes two days because you have to make the pastry the day ahead and refrigerate it.
I listened to the song that Jim Wilsing composed and was performed at the Unity Concert. It is absolutely beautiful. I wish I knew how to share it with you. Remind me to play it for you when we are together. The Cancer fund has extra copies for sale as part of the fundraising effort.
Take care and have a good week.
Mary
I pulled up information on next Sunday's readings and marked them in the bible so I am ready for bible study. This morning's Gospel was different that the one they said would be read last week though the event was the one in the upper room with the apostles scared out of their wits. With good reason as it appeared. I went to Mass this morning at 1o:45 because Jim and Michelle were here over Mass time yesterday at the time I usually go. It was a nice Mass. The contemporary choir sang this morning. So the music was very good. And Father gave a good sermon. Our prayers are continuing for the unemployed and the under employed. I had personal prayers for my friends, Keith and Mary Dallman's family.
It was kind of chilly today. The ground was a bit damp when I woke up but it did not rain during the day. That little bit of rain made the grass on the green really brighten up. I expect that if we get more rain as we are promised the trees will burst open like firecrackers.
Another busy week of therapy and doctor appointments looms ahead. Next Friday and Saturday Kate and I are going to make another batch of pasties. It takes two days because you have to make the pastry the day ahead and refrigerate it.
I listened to the song that Jim Wilsing composed and was performed at the Unity Concert. It is absolutely beautiful. I wish I knew how to share it with you. Remind me to play it for you when we are together. The Cancer fund has extra copies for sale as part of the fundraising effort.
Take care and have a good week.
Mary
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