This was a day on the run and I am still having trouble with my ribs and stomach.   Tomorrow I am going to try to take a walk if it as nice as it was today.   I don't know if that is a good or a bad thing, but I hate to not be exercising.

Had a busy morning doing all the errands that I had intended to do yesterday but ran out of time because Joan and I were too gabby during my reflexology treatment.

I left shortly after 9AM and really got a lot done.   I went first to Gander Mountain and picked up some 22 shells for my league shooting.   Then I went on over to Miesfeld's and bought meat.  I got some apple and sauerkraut bratwurst and some port steak and round steak.    The latter two because I want to make a mock duck for dinner this week.  In case you don't know what mock duck is: it came from my Grandma Deeley.    You put a pork steak or two on the bottom of a roaster.   Then you place a mound of stuffing on top of the pork steaks.   finally you form a round steak, preferably tenderized over the stuffing making the whole think look like a bird - hence - Mock Duck.  It is then roasted at 350 degrees until it is done (Again the "until it is done" directions, but that is the only one I got.)   Pork and beef together is a super taste.


From Mielfeld's, I headed to Sheboygan Falls.   I went to Evans to get a piece of interfacing so that I can finish my Samhain placemat.   I only have a week left now.


I took Mother her prescription and visited for just a bit as I had to get home to fix our lunch.   I had a pork chop and lima bean casserole ready to put into the oven.  We haven't had one of those for a long time and I was really hungry for it.  

One more stop before I got home though.  Walgreens to pick up a prescription for Dick.

After we ate (the casserole was great.) then I took a nap.    

I went to the 4PM Mass tonight.   The adult choir was singing, so I saw Kate and her sister.   They are going to bible study with me on Monday morning.    That will be nice.  

Mass was a good experience.The Gospel was the one about the 10 lepers asking Jesus to cure them.   He sent them to see the priest. on the way, they discovered that they were healed.   One of them came back to thank Jesus.  We always have a tendency to wonder why the other nine didn't bother to say thank you.   But Father pointer out that they all must have been beside themselves with joy and anxious to get home.

ALSO - think about it.   He sent them to the priest and not one of them questioned him.   They all trotted off with complete faith that all would be well and they were right.

So the day is over.   I get to stay home until  Monday morning.   That will be quite a relief maybe I will get some rest.

Hope your weekend is good.

God love you

Mary.

We had a nice quiet morning.   I slept until 7AM.   Dick was up a bit earlier and fed Roxie for me.   Of course, when I got up, she tried to tell me that she had not had a bite.   She is such a con kitty.

I fixed a little mini meatloaf out of the leftover raw beef.   I raw fried red potatoes and onions to go with it.   It was a good dinner.   There was enough meatloaf left for a sandwich for Dick's supper.   Since I was going to the opening of the Art show down at the Plymouth Art Center, that made it very easy and he loves it.

I left after lunch for my appointment with my friend Joan Kramer for a relexology treatment.   Usually it takes about two hours but Joan and I were just too gabby today and the whole thing took about 3 hours.   She was able to feel the problem in my left side area and is wondering if it could be involved with my immune system.   I have a lot to aske the doctor on Tuesday.    I felt really good when I left Joan's but am hurting again now.

I picked up Nancy at about quarter to 5PM so that we could go shooting.   That was really kind of a waste.  We had fun but especially my scores were pretty bad.  We went from there to The Plymouth Art Center for the opening of their new exhibit.   There were three galleries.   The one towards the back was paintings an drawings by a Dale Knaak.   He seems to like alleys.   A lot of his pictures were of alleys from Milwaukee to Sheboygan and back.   They were beautiful.   He had one painting of a young girl that he called Coffee Girl that was scary.   I told him that and he laughed and said that he did not think the model was too happy with it either.   I also told him how much I loved his other work.

The middle gallery was the result of an event where they asked or had people paint their impressions of Plymouth..  It was stunning .   Pictures of Mill Street,  Stafford Street, the Mill Pond and all kinds of other scenes including a Cow's But.  

The front gallery was the Three Sisters.   Three Sister of the Pankratz Family.   One does quilt art.   Intricate and outstanding.  One does oils.  Very lively and impressive.  The third a Sue Pankeraz Rupp is deceased and did a highly collectible series of graphic art pieces reminicent of Beatrix Potter but more whimsical.



I saw a lot of friends, Kate and Ron Herman, Joanne and Glenn Huehns, Gary Kramer, Alan Pape .  So it was a good evening.

I am glad the day is done thought.   It is time for me to got to bed with my little heating pad and sleep.

Til tomorrow.

God loves you

Mary

Hello There
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Thursday.   I only had to leave the house this morning.   I had an appointment at the bank so decided to get some cash and check out our safe deposit bank while I was there.   Every once in a while a person has to just review things.

When I got home I was pretty sore, so I rested a bit.   We had fish and fries and green beans for lunch. 

I finished the main Celtic Knot on my placemat.  This afternoon, I embroidered the names on it.  I need to get a piece of interfacing and then I can finish it.  I have over a week so the main thing is the shopping for the interfacing.



So I don't have any thing exciting to add today.  Tomorrow will be busier.    I will be shooting and going to an Art Center opening.   Lots more exciting things to report.

Have a nice Friday yourself.

God love you

Mary

Dick and I had decided to get Mc Donald's for breakfast this morning.   For the past week - at least, Dick has been up before 6AM - fed the cat and been waiting for me when I got up at 7AM or later. 

Today he slept in.   So I did all my morning stuff, then at 7:30AM went to get our breakfast figuring he would be up before I got back.   No way.

SO I ate my breakfast, left him a note and went grocery shopping.   I got home at 9:30AM and he was JUST getting set for the day.   I sometimes think he plans it.   I was able to warm his sandwich up so it tasted good for him.

Because Jody is still on the road to recovery, Bonnie, the owner of the cleaning company and one of her other helpers came to clean today.   They got her at about 10:30Am.   I told them where everything was, then finished the rest of the errands I had today.   I picked up prescriptions from Walgreens and got  the new lenses put into my glasses.  I can really tell the difference in that already.

Bobbie and Bill got her shortly after 12:30PM and we all ate raw beef and onion (cannibal) sandwiches.  I had micro brews for those who drink beer to try.

Bobbie and I worked in the winery, racking two wines, while Bill went to buy bulbs an insert them into the burned out lights in the den downstairs.   Now I know what I need and how to get into them.   It is so nice to have a son in law who is so willing to help.  I also could call on my brothers.   Bobbie and Bill are so good to us.

One think Dr. Murthy told me a couple of years ago was to not be afraid to ask for help.  I try to remember that, especially now that my ribs are giving me so much grief. 

Tomorrow is much quieter.   I only have one appointment outside of the house.  That is at the bank at 9Am.  So I should be able to really give myself a chance to heal, if I am going to.   I am also going to call Dr. Sochi agout my stomach.

Pray for me as I pray for you all each day.

God love you

Mary

What a day.    This morning, I just had to rest, call a couple of places, do some wash and fix lunch.   Then, I left at about 12:30PM.   I had time to leave some vases at Kate's house.   She was gone but I got to meet her sister Patty who is visiting.   You sure can tell that they are sisters.

Then I dropped Dick's absentee ballot form off at the court house.   He will get a ballot now for every election unless he does not vote in one.  

Next was the Kettle Country Quilter meeting.   My friend Toni joined us.   I hope that group is ready for Toni.   She was quite comfortable and I know that everybody was interested in what she had to share so it may be all right.   Only three more squares for out block of the month.  I have the pattern for one of them.  AND I want to make a lap robe for our Christmas project.

I got a haircut today after the quilt club meeting.  I also picked up some fabric to finish off the quilt that will be formed from the block of the month pieces that are almost done.

We had leftovers for supper and now I am ready to call it for the day.   Tomorrow will be quite busy also.   I shop in the early morning.   The cleaners are coming at 10:30AM and then Bobbie and Bill will be here for lunch at 12:30PM or 1PM.  

I remembered to stir Bobbie's wine so I am on a roll.     I want to start the Marigold at the end of the week.  Then I will be done for the year and just have to be an assistant for Bobbie's brews.

So enjoy your Wednesday and check in again tomorrow.  I love you all and wish you nothing but good.

God be with you

Mary

Whew - it was Monday and I have been going all day.

Starting off, I left at 9AM so that I could fill the gas tank before Bible Study.   One of our Pig points cards had .89 on it so for the first time in ages, I paid under $2 per gallon and filled the tank for just over $28.    Not at all like the "olden" days when they had gas wars  with gas selling for  .20 per gallon and I vaguely remember, even less.  We also got glassware.

There were 6 of us at Bible Study.  Both of our guys were gone, Tom to a meeting and Joe to Medjugorje Croatia on a pilgrimage.  The gals in the office noticed that we were laughing a lot more.    We had a lot of opinions as we are now in the last chapter of Mark's gospel and it starts with the women coming to the tomb and finding Jesus gone.  We decided that the women approached the tomb wondered how they would move the rock in front of the tomb but trusted that something would come up.  Men, however, would have gone never thinking about the rock and after much discussion try all kinds of things until they moved it.   We like the fact that men and women are different.

Then I spent time with Mom.   Helped her pay a couple of bills and we had a good visit.  She looked good but told me that she does feel a bit weak.   I am glad she accepts that as it makes her be a little less ambitious and just do what she can.  She was going to walk on the porch a bit.   Fresh air will be good for her.

Home again, we had a nice lunch then I took a nap.   My ribs were quite uncomfortable and the nap helped a lot.   I slept for over an hour.

Bobbie got here at about 2:30PM to help me get Dick to the Plymouth Clinic for his doctor appointment.   I can't get him up and down the ramp.  Dr. Sharon is pleased with the healing on his leg.   He says his lungs are clear but took a blood test which may show if there if another reason for the breathlessness and gasping that he does with any exertion.   Of course if he could do more, this would eventually make him stronger, but we are constantly balancing exercise with wound.  We also both got our flu shots.

Home again,  the three of us visited for while.   Bobbie told us about the adventures of tearing out their kitchen  ceiling.    They had a leak and will be remodeling the bathroom as they have to do all this anyway.   They took away buckets of stuff to the drop off site.

We had a light supper then I went to the Rhine Plymouth meeting.  That was efficient and we got a lot done.

So, now it is 9PM.  I got home in time to watch some of Dancing with the Stars but not in time to vote.   They all looked pretty good from what I could see.   I will be able to watch tomorrow for the elimination round.

God love you all

Tomorrow will be easier.

Mary

Sunday.  The beginning of a new week.   I do feel better though I think there will be at least a week or two before I am AOK

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I was remembering my very first dog this weekend.   It is one of my very first memories.  It was a cold and rather snowy night.    Then somebody came to our back door.   That was the door that came into the kitchen.  Actually most people came in that way.   It was my cousin, Patty Deeley and their neighbor, Joyce Weinkauf.  To the delight of myself, and I imagine, Nora and maybe Tim, they had a little puppy for us.   It was a little brown and white terrier mix which we promptly named Chip and he was our companion for some years.

Chip had one bad habit.  (In these days one did not leash dogs, at least out in the country which we were on the fringes of)   He chased cars.   He got hit at least twice before the end of his life.   Finally, Dad and I and Chip were out on the main road for something and Chip took off after a car.   It had to be in early spring because there were patches of show along the side of the road.  The car ran over Chip - I remember that I could see the tire print on his tummy.   He ran to one of the snow packs and lay down to die.   I tried to go to him but Dad held me back.  He could see what I could not.  That Chip was mortally wounded.   We buried him under the weeping willow tree in our back yard.   Even the willow tree is gone.  But my memory of Chip is still in my heart.

He too will be waiting over the rainbow bridge.

A rather quiet day.   I talked to our neighbors and found out that the tree in back of our house that is growing over the roof and the one in back or their house in the same situation will be removed in the next week or so.    After the second tree went down in back of our neighbors, Harold and Helen, Dick and I got a bit nervious so we are quite relieved..  

I fixed Chicken with mashed potato patties, green beans and salad for our dinner and we had grilled cheese for supper.     I sewed on my Celtic Knots on the place mat for Samhain during the Packer game.   That was a nail biter but they did win.    My other picks are not spectacular.  I have to hope that my points will keep me close to the top.   Each week is anew beginning.

Tomorrow will be busy.   I feel well enough to go to Bible study and I have some things to do for Mom on our visit.  Then Dick has a doctor appointment.  Bobbie is coming to help as I still could not get him back up the ramp with the problem with my ribs.


I talked to Jacquie over the weekend.  Aunt Velma Patterson died on September 28.  Her funeral is on Monday.   I contacted Bart and Bret and asked Bret if he thought the could get to the house anyway.  The funeral might be a bit early for him.   Aunt Velma is my ex mother in law, Lily's sister.   A lovely woman, we have continued to exchange Christmas greetings over the years.  This year and perhaps last, I did not hear from her as she was not sending cards but she mentioned to Jacquie that she had heard from me.   She was a noble lady and deserves a great deal of credit for being who she was.   Pray for her as  she makes her way to God.

God love you all

Mary