Change is a comin?

Another day hot as heck.   When I was out for lunch at the Dairy Queen, it was 91 degrees.    That promised cool front has not appeared as yet, though there is a breeze.

That breeze blowing around noon was no good at all because it was too hot.   I picked up a couple of supplies that I figured we needed for the Brigit Bead fun on Sunday Afternoon.    I even bought a little kid's kit that says it will make 34 bracelets.   What is left will come with me when I go to Oklahoma so that I can play with my great granddaughters.

I did not have to cook at all today.   Bran muffins for breakfast, a hamburger at the Dairy Queen for lunch and leftover Mexican from yesterday for my supper with a Dairy Queen sundae for dessert.  

Now tomorrow, back to work in the kitchen.

I am beginning to get the Mass that Fr. Mike Shea is going to say at St. Michaels together.    Have to contact him and a pianist.    Mary Calvey will sing.   I want to "steal" a book from church tomorrow, so that I can get the readings.   Probably could find it on the net but I like having a book and could get one in October when the new ones come out anywsy.

Nothing else terribly exciting.   I am getting close to the end of the first chapter of the Celtic Saints book - St. Andrew.    Want to be done by the end of the month.   Then I will put it away until I finish the other eleven when I will go back and start all over again with reviewing and editing.   This is fun. 

I also have to finish three poems by the end of August.    I love deadlines.

Til tomorrow

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Another hot and humid day.    A cool front is supposed to be coming through late tomorrow or Saturday.

I had a neck and shoulder massage this morning.   It should help accelerate the healing from the epidural I got yesterday.    Hopefully.   I think it did help loosen some things but my muscles are really knotted up, so time will tell.   And it will be a couple of days before the shot itself is working.

Then I did a couple of errands and came home.    Dick's nephew, Tim, came today to meet me and take me for lunch.     I had to direct him in from the Waldo area as he is not familiar with Plymouth.   He got here about noon and we went to the new Taco Place in town that is next to Chester's.   That restaurant is SO good.   They start with a basket of warm tortillas and dips and the food is super.

I had not met Tim but knew of him and got Facebooked with him along with other Kunerts.    One day he asked,  Who are you?.   So I told him and we decided it was time he met his old Aunt Mary since he couldn't meet his uncle.    We had a grand time, a great visit and got to know each other a bit.  A nice guy.

 He goes to Irish Fest every year so will meet up with him there.    I am going with Suzi on Saturday and staying at her house Saturday night, then going for the Sunday events too. 

It is hot, but several of the Tallgrass Condo dwellers met in the shade across the way anyhow.  

So it was a full day.    I had a nap and am still tired.   I think yesterday wore me out.

So to bed to read early,

Dia Dhuit

Mary

It was hotter than the hinges of hell today.   And humid as all git out.

At about 4PM it started to rain buckets and came down for quite a bit.    I had decided to water the berms out front and had to slip around the house under the eave to turn the hose off.   Guess I should have waited.   But it is supposed to stay hot for at least two more days before a cool spell moved through.   This is just the beginning I fear.

I had to be at Sheboygan Memorial this morning at 9AM for an epidural on my neck.   It went just fine.   They told me that it could take 2 to 5 days to see if it is going to work.    I also heard that massage therapy can help this procedure to work better and Dr. Gehring agreed, so tomorrow, I will be going to have an upper body massage.   I will do whatever it takes to stop this pain.   I was terribly tired when I got home so took a nap.   I spent the rest of the day quietly doing quiet things.   I worked on my book and contacted several people that I needed to reach.

I intend to go to bed early.   Tomorrow I will have my massage at 9AM and Tim Kunert, a nephew that I have not met, is coming to have lunch with me at noon.   I love his Facebook entries and look forward to meeting him.   Perhaps I can tell him a bit about his uncle who I don't believe he ever met.

So. Until tomorrow.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Boy, I thought that yesterday was hot.    I still am not sure of the temperature as the thermometers are breaking around me and the one that I thought I could depend on is showing hotter that 120 Degrees and I know that is wrong.

The humidity is icky too.

I did some grocery shopping this morning and got Dick his lottery ticket.   Didn't need too much as far as groceries, that I want to make 6 week muffins and had to pick up the bran cereals for the mix.

I had lunch at the Generations Center here in Plymouth this noon.   One of our neighbors had sent a note around suggesting that we meet there for lunch today.    It was nice.   I had not been there before and am impressed.   They have a reasonable meal everyday, exercise and craft classes and lots of other things.   Not much I need but perhaps the exercises for arthritis might help.   I'll have to think about that.

The afternoon was nice and quiet, I even got a nap and worked on writing and a couple of other projects that I have going.

Pray for me tomorrow.   I am having that epidural.   I called them and they say there are no after effects usually so I am just going to drive myself.  

That is the day.

Hope you are weathering the heat OK.   I know that we broke 90 today and the humidity is oppressive.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

The heat and muggy weather is back.   My thermometer on the deck is showing over 90.   I am glad that, though I was out a good part of the day, I was able to be in air conditioning most of the time.

As it is Monday, my first scheduled event was the Blessed Trinity Bible Study.  Almost everybody was there, we were missing one of our Helens.    Always worry when we don't hear but will assume she is just fine and pray for her anyway.  We have finished the last of the Psalms that we will be discussing in this study.   There are two more lessons that bring us to the New Testament to wrap up the series.  0----y7uuuuuuuuuuu]'[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[677  The last part is a message from Roxie.   If you understand it, please let me know the translation.

I went to Mom's next.    She said that she felt weak, but we had good visit and got all her business taken care of.  She is reading my book and said that she is enjoying memories that are in the book.   This makes me happy.

I went right from there to The Exchange Bank to meet my friend Peggy for lunch before Writer's Club.  Kate joined us too.   That was nice, as Peggy's doctor appointment took longer than she thought.   She got there in time to have lunch anyway and we walked over to the club meeting at Book Heads.    Kate didn't come.   Right now she is doing her lawn and her house. 

We had a nice meeting.   Most of had done the "assignment" of making a poem of random words for this month.  The words were:  star, fireworks, gaze, chocolate, flag, fireflies, peony, work.

Here is my poem:

EYE CANDY FOR THE 4TH OF JULY

I gaze skyward into the chocolate vastness of space
above the flag waving bravely.
Fantastic fireworks rival the stars.
Vibrant peonies provide bleachers for ants
who take time from their work
to enjoy the spectacle above them.
 Closer to the ground
we are rewarded with another show,
as fireflies randomly light up the lawn.

Hope you enjoy.

Until tomorrow.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Pictures - Cooker by the Lake

 

 

The above are pictures of me at my display at the Cooler By The Lake event at EBCOARtspace in Sheboygan.   Obviously two days worth, but ie sas such a lovely event and we had lots of attendees.   Such a thrill to be a part of it.

I slept til after 8AM this morning as I was so tired from the two previous days.   What a wonderful way to get worn out though.   I would easily do it again.  

Since I was not able to go to Mass last night, I went at 9:30AM this morning.   Picked up my friend Kate and after Mass we stopped at the Exchange Bank for a cup of coffee and a snack so we could talk for a bit.   She wanted to hear about the weekend and we had not caught up for a week anyway.

Home again, I lunched and got a call from another friend.    Love real people to talk to and Maureen is always a pleasure. 

Then I zipped into Sheboygan to Amy's Hallmark, as it is already time to purchase the Christmas ornaments that I get everybody for a present.   This year I have three more little great grandsons to add to the mix so it was really exciting.  

Home again, the doorbell rang,  it was Mary Eckhardt dropping off something from the Cooler at the Lake thing.    We had a great visit and then I finished the "accounting" for my book signing event, lined up everything for tomorrow morning (you know how Monday mornings are) and somewhat caught up on email.   At least I have the things I am not caught up on listed so that I won't forget them.

So the weekend is over.   Next week will be very busy too, but that is OK.   At least everything is not jammed into two days

Dia Dhuit

Mary