Today started mighty early.    I got up at 6:30AM, a little later than I planned, to be at Rocky Knoll by 7:45AM so that I could have breakfast with Dick and help him get ready for the trip to Aurora in Sheboygan to see Dr. Kream.

Tim picked us up at 9:AM and got us to the clinic in plenty of time for our appointment at 9:30.   However, we did not see the doctor until almost 10:30AM.  He is a very good doctor, but way to busy and it seems that there is always a LONG wait to see him, but this really put us behind.   Especially when he decided that he needed an Xray and a blood test taken before we left.    Anyway, all was accomplished by 11:30.   I had a lunch date with Kate at noon, so I called her to tell her I would be a bit late.   Which she was fine with.

Anyway.   Dick's exam went quite well.   Dr. Kream is pleased that the increased diuretic and the new meds in the nebulizer are helping his lungs clear.  The xray and blood tests are to see where all the other vitals are.   Hopefully they will be OK too.   He will apparently will need a nebulizer after he comes home too.

So we got back to Rocky Knoll a bit before noon.  So I walked Dick down to the lunch room and  dropped off the doctor's instuctions to the nurses.  Then I gathered up all the dirty clothes and my other stuff and went to Antoinettes to meet Kate.  

We had a really nice visit and catch up.   As we have been so involved in our own lives, busy as they are.  (Please pray for her daughter in law who is very ill with a hole in her heart, and her family who love her so.)
We had a lot to catch up on, for sure.    As it turns out , Monday is Writers club and we are going to Don's for the meeting.   Several of us are going to meet for lunch at the new Taco place and carpool out to Don's.  That will be lost of fun.

Then I went to the bank to meet Jeff and take care of some corrections on Mom's accounts to make everything clear and easy for all of us.   Shane was there too.   They had come for lunch with Mother, did a few errands and then were going out to do some bow hunting (Shane), squirrel hunting (Jeff) before going home.

Shane and Georgie can't come for liver on Saturday - pheasant hunting.   But I told him that I will invite them any time I cook it until they can come. 

So home again, I did some sewing.  Actually.  Everything on my list is crossed off, so tonight, I will just goof off and do what ever I want to do until bed time.   Isn't that a novel idea?

I am adding a cute Wisconsin email that I received from my friend Dan, who I consider a 6 foot leprechaun.

God love you and have a great Friday.

Mary

THE  RULES OF RURAL WISCONSIN ARE  AS FOLLOWS:

1.  Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.

2. Turn your cap  right, your head isn't crooked.

3. Let's get this straight; it's called a  'dirt road.'  I drive a pickup truck because I want to.  No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.

4. They are cattle. They're live steaks. That's why they smell funny to you. But they smell like money to Wisconsin farmers. Get over it. Don't like it?  I-94 goes east and west, pick one.

5. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed. Grain farmers have $350,000 combines that they drive only 3 weeks a year.

6. So every person in rural Wisconsin waves. It's called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.

7. If that cell phone rings while an 8-point buck and 3 does are coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand.  You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.

8. Yeah, we eat taters, gravy, beans and cornbread.  You really want sushi and caviar?  It's available at Jim's bait shop...

9. The 'Opener' refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday in November.

10. We open doors for women. That applies to all women, regardless of  age.

11. No, there's no 'vegetarian special' on the menu.  Order steak. Or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey.

12. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes:  meats, vegetables, and breads.  We use three seasonings - salt, pepper, and ketchup. 

13. You bring 'coke'  into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice.

14. You bring 'Mary Jane' into my house, she better be homegrown, cute, knows how to shoot, drive a truck, and she better have long hair..

15. College and high school football/basketball are as important here as the PACKERS andtheBUCKS.... and more fun to watch.

16.  Yeah, we have golf courses.  But don't hit the water hazards --  it spooks the fish.                                                

Voc-techs.  Folks come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at everybody when they come for the holidays.

18.Turn down that  blasted car stereo!  That thumpity-thump crap ain't music, anyway. We don't want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers. Refer back to #1.

19. Four inches of snow  isn't a blizzard - it's a flurry.  Drive in it like you got some sense, and DON'T take all our bread, milk, and bleach from the grocery stores. This ain't Alaska .  Worst case  you may have to live a whole day without croissants. The pickups with snowplows will have you out the next  day.

20.  By the way.... if you want to talk to God in Wisconsin , it's a local call.

A true Wisconsinite will send this on!!