It was a rather quiet day. Chelsea got me up at a little before 6AM, but that was all right. I spent the morning doing a lot of computer stuff and making phone calls.
I called Jacquie's house today because I knew that Bret was going to be there. He is helping Jacquie figure out a few things as to value or how to handle things in their storage shed. They both sounded good. Bret and Jacquie had breakfast together and Bret was getting ready to join some friends across the river in Loflin Nevada for an evening of gambling and fun.
I went to church at 4PM and now will be able to stay home until Monday morning with any luck at all. The Time Warner repairman came by about 8:30AM this morning to figure out why we have been losing channels. He reset everything and said that if it happens again, we should reboot and if it continues, just take the box in for a replacement. Makes sense in computer speak.
So It was a nice quiet day and tomorrow looks like much the same. Hope all is well with you. Jim and Michelle's new puppy passed away. Apparently it had an infection that could not be cured . They are very sad and so are we for them. Sometimes it is just not easy.
Here is an explanation of the shortness of a dog's live that I got in an email and saved.
Perhaps this brings comfort - It has for all the creatures that have gone before me and I expect them to be waiting when I get to heaven.
Love
Mary
A�Dog's Purpose�(from a 6-year-old).�
Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle.�
I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we couldn't do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home.�
As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to observe the procedure. They felt as though Shane might learn something from the experience.�
The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker's family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away.�
The little boy seemed to accept Belker's transition without any difficulty or confusion. We sat together for a while after Belker's Death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives. Shane, who had bee n listening quietly, piped up, 'I know why.'�
Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his mouth next stunned me. I'd never heard a more comforting explanation.�
He said, 'People are born so that they can learn how to live a good Life -- like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?' The Six-year-old continued, 'Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long.'�
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Today was a mixture of running around and staying at home. This morning was at home.Jody came to clean and I did a bunch of wash, including washing the sheets and getting the bed remade.Why do we call it "making a bed". Isn't it more "dressing a bed." or perhaps " wrapping a bed?"
Anyway. I caught up on email and a few phone calls before leaving at about 11:30AM for several errands before meeting my friends at Dairy Queen. I went over to Time Warner to review our account and to ask that someone come over and fix the strange things that seem to be happening to it. Then , I went to Walgreens to pick up some prescriptions for Dick and a couple of other items we needed. On the way to fill the gas tank, I noticed that Capelle's Farm Market HAS FRESH SWEET CORN. So I picked up our first half dozen as a surprise for Dick for our supper. Then I filled the tank. I had .86 off with my Pig Points so I only paid $1.84 for the gas. For the first time in months I paid less that $30. to fill up. Remember the gas wars with gas costing .25 and they gave you glasses and other premiums on top of it all.
Had a nice lunch with Betty, Marlene and Mary. Hadn't seen Mary for a few weeks. She is always amazed that Chelsea is still alive. She got a dog , Shadow, at about the same time that we got Chelsea and Shadow has been gone for quite some time.
Chelsea had a seizure this afternoon one of the times that I took her out. But she was a happy girl most of the day.
The corn was absolutely wonderful and I even had a tomato or two to go with it. Now we are in the special season of the year. Corn every Friday.
This weekend should be fairly quiet - This will be nice, as next weekend is the Kunert Reunion and will by its very nature NOT be quiet.
God love you all
Til tomorrow
Mary
Anyway. I caught up on email and a few phone calls before leaving at about 11:30AM for several errands before meeting my friends at Dairy Queen. I went over to Time Warner to review our account and to ask that someone come over and fix the strange things that seem to be happening to it. Then , I went to Walgreens to pick up some prescriptions for Dick and a couple of other items we needed. On the way to fill the gas tank, I noticed that Capelle's Farm Market HAS FRESH SWEET CORN. So I picked up our first half dozen as a surprise for Dick for our supper. Then I filled the tank. I had .86 off with my Pig Points so I only paid $1.84 for the gas. For the first time in months I paid less that $30. to fill up. Remember the gas wars with gas costing .25 and they gave you glasses and other premiums on top of it all.
Had a nice lunch with Betty, Marlene and Mary. Hadn't seen Mary for a few weeks. She is always amazed that Chelsea is still alive. She got a dog , Shadow, at about the same time that we got Chelsea and Shadow has been gone for quite some time.
Chelsea had a seizure this afternoon one of the times that I took her out. But she was a happy girl most of the day.
The corn was absolutely wonderful and I even had a tomato or two to go with it. Now we are in the special season of the year. Corn every Friday.
This weekend should be fairly quiet - This will be nice, as next weekend is the Kunert Reunion and will by its very nature NOT be quiet.
God love you all
Til tomorrow
Mary
Thursday, July 22, 2010
A whole day at home. What a wonderful gift.
I have been busy all day. I cleaned the carousel cabinets in the kitchen. They were covered with crumbs and stuff because, I am not always good about closing them when I am cooking. I still have to scatter the bay leaves on the shelves. Did you know that bay leaves are good for discouraging those little black bugs from invading your flour and cereal products? My friend Ione told me that. I now put bay leaves in my flour too.
It has been raining all day. Sometimes very hard. There is actually a tornado watch on until 9PM. Since we cannot get Dick downstairs, the plan it to go into the bathroom off of the laundry area which is in the center of the house. The trick will be to get Chelsea and Roxie in there with us.
We had brat's and potato salad for lunch and Chef''s salad for dinner. I made an "no bake cheesecake" with blueberry topping for dessert and I also made a nice fruit salad for snacking on the next few days. Boy is the cantaloupe good this week.
Chelsea is being a real pain tonight. I must have taken her out three times since 5PM and it is not even 7PM yet. I am sure that she is not asking to go out but I do not know what she is asking for so we are in trouble. She did have one seizure today.
So Thursday is over and I am content. Tomorrow will not be quite so quiet but not overwhelming anyway.
Have a great Friday yourselves.
A week from Saturday is the Kunert Reunion here at our house. I am looking forward to that.
God love you
Mary
I have been busy all day. I cleaned the carousel cabinets in the kitchen. They were covered with crumbs and stuff because, I am not always good about closing them when I am cooking. I still have to scatter the bay leaves on the shelves. Did you know that bay leaves are good for discouraging those little black bugs from invading your flour and cereal products? My friend Ione told me that. I now put bay leaves in my flour too.
It has been raining all day. Sometimes very hard. There is actually a tornado watch on until 9PM. Since we cannot get Dick downstairs, the plan it to go into the bathroom off of the laundry area which is in the center of the house. The trick will be to get Chelsea and Roxie in there with us.
We had brat's and potato salad for lunch and Chef''s salad for dinner. I made an "no bake cheesecake" with blueberry topping for dessert and I also made a nice fruit salad for snacking on the next few days. Boy is the cantaloupe good this week.
Chelsea is being a real pain tonight. I must have taken her out three times since 5PM and it is not even 7PM yet. I am sure that she is not asking to go out but I do not know what she is asking for so we are in trouble. She did have one seizure today.
So Thursday is over and I am content. Tomorrow will not be quite so quiet but not overwhelming anyway.
Have a great Friday yourselves.
A week from Saturday is the Kunert Reunion here at our house. I am looking forward to that.
God love you
Mary
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Another Busy Day. Starting with grocery shopping in the morning. I got there at about 8:00AM and zipped though pretty quickly. I had to go back after I got our wine because the Broasted Chicken was done and I wanted one for our lunch. We had broasted chicken and Piggly Wiggly' Auntie Em's potato salad for our lunch.
After I got home, I had just enough time to put the groceries away and have a quick cup of coffee before leaving to pick Nancy Roehre up on my way to Rhine to shoot. Nancy and I shot two rounds of pistol before I shot two rounds of trap. Nancy and I both were pleased with our pistol scores. We had not shot since late May and did pretty good. I blew the first 25 trap shots but my second round was not bad, at least for me. I hope that what the guys are telling me is finally sinking into my poor befuddled brain.
We got home just before noon. After lunch I took a nap then had one more outing, to Walgreens and to Fleet Farm, before settlling in for the next 48 hours at least. I talked to Jacquie today. She is doing OK.
I also called Bart with some questions and now am settling in for an early night. Chelsea is sleeping and Roxie is sitting on her chair in "her" room.
Tomorrow I should be able to stay home the whole day and am looking forward to that. There is a lot to catch up on around here and I know that Dick and the critters like it better when I am here.
Have a good Thursday yourself.
God love you.
Mary
After I got home, I had just enough time to put the groceries away and have a quick cup of coffee before leaving to pick Nancy Roehre up on my way to Rhine to shoot. Nancy and I shot two rounds of pistol before I shot two rounds of trap. Nancy and I both were pleased with our pistol scores. We had not shot since late May and did pretty good. I blew the first 25 trap shots but my second round was not bad, at least for me. I hope that what the guys are telling me is finally sinking into my poor befuddled brain.
We got home just before noon. After lunch I took a nap then had one more outing, to Walgreens and to Fleet Farm, before settlling in for the next 48 hours at least. I talked to Jacquie today. She is doing OK.
I also called Bart with some questions and now am settling in for an early night. Chelsea is sleeping and Roxie is sitting on her chair in "her" room.
Tomorrow I should be able to stay home the whole day and am looking forward to that. There is a lot to catch up on around here and I know that Dick and the critters like it better when I am here.
Have a good Thursday yourself.
God love you.
Mary
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
I am really not prepared to have Tuesday be as busy as Monday. But there you are.
I got up at 6:AM or so and managed to get everything done fairly smoothly. It was even trash day so I had to add that to the mix.
When I got done, Dick and I decided that we would like Mc Donald's breakfasts so I zipped on over there and got Dick a big breakfast and me a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit. I LIKE Mc Donald Breakfasts.
We had to have Dick at the Plymouth Clinic at 10:45AM. We had to get him changed and bathed before then so the rest of the morning was busy too. His anti- coagulation test came out OK. It is supposed to be between 2 and 3. Last month it was 2.10 this month it is 3. Not enough to make any changes in either the meds or the time between visits. Yippee.
We had leftover Enchilada Stacks for our lunch then we rested for a while.
After we rested, I cleaned the currents that Jeff and Kathy gave Bobbie and put them in the freezer for future wine.
At 3:30PM we left for Dr Ziegler's office for Dr. Cheryl to look at Dick's eye which is giving us some trouble. We have a slightly different medication and hope to get the "bump" on his eyelid under control so he won't need to have it surgically removed. What he has is not serious unless it causes irritation to the eye itself.
Now the day is winding down and we are both exhausted. We old people don't respond well to two appointments in one day.
Tomorrow is grocery shopping day and Trap league day. I also want to stop at Fleet and pick up some nuts and raising. (they do have the best prices and variety.)
So I am going to fix my self a nice cup of decaf tea and sip it until I can take the dog out and go to bed.
Hope your week is going as successfully as ours.
God love you
Mary
I got up at 6:AM or so and managed to get everything done fairly smoothly. It was even trash day so I had to add that to the mix.
When I got done, Dick and I decided that we would like Mc Donald's breakfasts so I zipped on over there and got Dick a big breakfast and me a bacon, egg and cheese biscuit. I LIKE Mc Donald Breakfasts.
We had to have Dick at the Plymouth Clinic at 10:45AM. We had to get him changed and bathed before then so the rest of the morning was busy too. His anti- coagulation test came out OK. It is supposed to be between 2 and 3. Last month it was 2.10 this month it is 3. Not enough to make any changes in either the meds or the time between visits. Yippee.
We had leftover Enchilada Stacks for our lunch then we rested for a while.
After we rested, I cleaned the currents that Jeff and Kathy gave Bobbie and put them in the freezer for future wine.
At 3:30PM we left for Dr Ziegler's office for Dr. Cheryl to look at Dick's eye which is giving us some trouble. We have a slightly different medication and hope to get the "bump" on his eyelid under control so he won't need to have it surgically removed. What he has is not serious unless it causes irritation to the eye itself.
Now the day is winding down and we are both exhausted. We old people don't respond well to two appointments in one day.
Tomorrow is grocery shopping day and Trap league day. I also want to stop at Fleet and pick up some nuts and raising. (they do have the best prices and variety.)
So I am going to fix my self a nice cup of decaf tea and sip it until I can take the dog out and go to bed.
Hope your week is going as successfully as ours.
God love you
Mary
Monday, July 19, 2010
Mondays are always Mondays. It does not seem to matter if one is retired or working. Mondays are always packed and today was no exception.
The morning "rituals" had to be taken care of. I JUST made it to the 9:30AM Bible Study by 9:30AM. We had such a good group as we always do. Studying Mark, we are just beginning to experience the Last Supper and all that it implies.
After the study, I went to Mother's. I showed her the pictures that I had enlarged and we talked about the display at the When Irish Eyes Were Smiling. I brought her a meal of Swedish Meatballs too. She was delighted. She said that now she is set for two days as Donna had brought her some zucchini chowder for tonight.
I told her that I may have a link to Johanna Horigan Clifford's parents. I received a new leaf on Saturday that indicates a link to her parents. I have not had a chance to investigate. Wouldn't that be exciting?
Dick and I had leftover Swedish Meatballs and noodles for our lunch. Then I gathered things up and went to Book Heads for the Cream City Writers meeting. There were six of us there, a nice group. We read our works and also discussed the possible "relocating" of part of St. John the Baptist Cemetery. Not a good idea. It is not a good idea to mess with the resting places of the dead. I wrote a haiku about that. Here it is. Can you think of a title?
Don't disturb the dead
As no good will come of it.
Leave them where they lie.
Home again, I took a short nap then made a couple of calls and emailed a couple of people.
I just took Chelsea out for a walk and ran into several of the neighbors. Dick was out there and his son Lee and his girlfriend are visiting. Alison, our Condo board president was also out there, so we just gabbed for a while.
I am anticipating a good night's sleep as tomorrow, Dick has two doctor appointments. Did I tell you that Chelsea has suddenly decided that she should not come around the bed to wake me up to take her out when it is light out? She comes while it is dark between 2 and 4 but will not come around the bed once it is light.
Go figure
God love you
Mary
The morning "rituals" had to be taken care of. I JUST made it to the 9:30AM Bible Study by 9:30AM. We had such a good group as we always do. Studying Mark, we are just beginning to experience the Last Supper and all that it implies.
After the study, I went to Mother's. I showed her the pictures that I had enlarged and we talked about the display at the When Irish Eyes Were Smiling. I brought her a meal of Swedish Meatballs too. She was delighted. She said that now she is set for two days as Donna had brought her some zucchini chowder for tonight.
I told her that I may have a link to Johanna Horigan Clifford's parents. I received a new leaf on Saturday that indicates a link to her parents. I have not had a chance to investigate. Wouldn't that be exciting?
Dick and I had leftover Swedish Meatballs and noodles for our lunch. Then I gathered things up and went to Book Heads for the Cream City Writers meeting. There were six of us there, a nice group. We read our works and also discussed the possible "relocating" of part of St. John the Baptist Cemetery. Not a good idea. It is not a good idea to mess with the resting places of the dead. I wrote a haiku about that. Here it is. Can you think of a title?
Don't disturb the dead
As no good will come of it.
Leave them where they lie.
Home again, I took a short nap then made a couple of calls and emailed a couple of people.
I just took Chelsea out for a walk and ran into several of the neighbors. Dick was out there and his son Lee and his girlfriend are visiting. Alison, our Condo board president was also out there, so we just gabbed for a while.
I am anticipating a good night's sleep as tomorrow, Dick has two doctor appointments. Did I tell you that Chelsea has suddenly decided that she should not come around the bed to wake me up to take her out when it is light out? She comes while it is dark between 2 and 4 but will not come around the bed once it is light.
Go figure
God love you
Mary
Sunday, July 18, 2010
A day to kind of catch up. Not a very successful catch up but that's the way it goes. I went to the 9:30AM Mass this morning and we had Swedish Meatballs and noodles for lunch.
The weather was really weird. It rained rather heavily but for a very short time, while I was in church but when I got out it seemed to have passed. Then this afternoon, it started again and there was a tornado warning with sirens and everything. We were listening to the weather report and knew that the touchdown was in the Waldo area so did not rush into the bathroom. The idea of corralling Chelsea and Roxie is not pleasant.
It passed over very quickly and was over the lake before you could almost blink an eye.
The coming week is turning out to be a bit busier than I had planned. But I am trying to not add anything to it. I have enough things to do around here to just keep treading water. In two weeks we will be the hosts of the Kunert Family reunion. I am sure looking forward to that. I really don't have to do anything to get ready for that. What a way to host a party.
God love you
Mary
The weather was really weird. It rained rather heavily but for a very short time, while I was in church but when I got out it seemed to have passed. Then this afternoon, it started again and there was a tornado warning with sirens and everything. We were listening to the weather report and knew that the touchdown was in the Waldo area so did not rush into the bathroom. The idea of corralling Chelsea and Roxie is not pleasant.
It passed over very quickly and was over the lake before you could almost blink an eye.
The coming week is turning out to be a bit busier than I had planned. But I am trying to not add anything to it. I have enough things to do around here to just keep treading water. In two weeks we will be the hosts of the Kunert Family reunion. I am sure looking forward to that. I really don't have to do anything to get ready for that. What a way to host a party.
God love you
Mary
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