Well, it was a quiet day and a nice early evening.

It was rather warm.   I lift the doors open until it got into the mid 70s.   After that, this house just gets too warm and stays that way.

I worked on the book this morning and went through the books.   I am giving lots of them to St. Vinny's.   If anybody would like to go through them first, let me know.

A nice mass this evening.   I was the lector today.   My second time at St. John's.   I kind of like doing that.   Kate had called last night and asked if I would like to go to dinner with her after Mass.    I took communion to Tom and Rita and then met her at Antonettes.   We had a nice dinner and a good visit.   She was treating me for a belated birthday present, which was very sweet.  

The evenings are always long for me and this helped.

Til tomorrow.   If anybody wants to volunteer to read some of Ulysses on the 16th, I would be SO happy.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

I seem to have neglected the blog.

This has been a strange and busy week.  

I think I mentioned that I was going on a day trip to the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help not too far from Green Bay near Champion.    Our Lady appeared to a young Belgian girl name Adele Brise in 1859.     Just recently the sighting with the work of Bishop David Ricken, was declared worthy of belief by the Catholic peoples.    During the Pestigo fire, the 6 acres that are the site of the shrine, were saved from burning by the believers marching around the site with a statue of Our Lady.   Not a soul within the area was hurt and they say the grass and trees were emerald green amid the blackened ground that surrounded it.    I have been wanting to go to the shrine and a friend who is a St. Vincent volunteer invited me to come on their tour.   Bishop Hyink was on the tour also.   It was a wonderful day.

Wednesday I had a doctor appointment with Dr. Leben.   My shoulder and arm are getting much worse.   She has concluded that the shots are not providing long enough relief, so is referring me to a surgeon, Dr. Fehrman.  He was Dick's doctor.   I know that my range of motion is diminishing and that I am hurting more and having trouble sleeping.   I had an x ray done on Wednesday and will have an MRI on the 5th then I will see Dr. Fehrman on the 10th to see what can be done.

Yesterday was all a flutter as we closed on Mom's home then.    It is such a relief that it went smoothly and quickly.    I am sure Mom has mixed feelings but I know that she is very happy that the neighbors bought it.   They stopped to see her last week and she told them that if they had any questions about anything they should not hesitate to come and ask her.  But not having to think about maintaining or having us maintain the house will be a relief to her.

Today, I had lunch with the bank ladies and then passed out several posters for the Bloomsday event.
Anybody want to spend an hour reading on June 16th.

So that is all for now.   I have started walking of an evening.   It really does not seem proper without a doggie, but I am doing it anyway.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

What a day.    I left, in beautiful weather, for St. Fridolin's Church in Glenbeulah.   The Memorial Day Mass was held there.   St. Fridolin's is only a chapel now, like St. Michaels is to Shepherd of the Hills.   It is nice to have a service there every so often.   It is a lovely little church.   There was a nice crowd there too.   I picked up the hosts that I needed to take to Mother and her fellow Catholic residents at Meadow View.    I had to go around twice, once when I got there and once later as a couple of them were asleep.  There is one new lady just down from Mother too.

She and I had a nice visit.   John and Holly came in with Jack and Sam while I was there.   They are almost walking alone and growing like weeds.   They are a couple of very handsome dudes.   I love seeing the babies.

Home again, I have been working on the book and cleaning things in the garage and house.  
There is so much to do.     Tonight I fried some brats and venison steaks outside.  So I have meals for the next week that just need sides.

Tomorrow I am going on a bus trip from St. Peter Claver to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, one of the places that is supposed to be dear to Our Lady.   I have been wanting to go and a friend told me about this trip.   The only instructions.   To bring your rosary.   Lunch is provided too.

So. I will go to bed at my usual early time and read as I have to be at St.Peter Claver's at 7:45AM. 

I never have to worry about WAKING up, Roxie takes care of that.

Dia Dhuit

Mary


Philip Neri prayed, "Let me get through today, and I shall not fear tomorrow."

It was a beautiful day. The sun shone and the temperatures were up in the 70s most of the day. It was Sunday so I decided to treat it as such. This morning I finished the hard work about my "gardening" by putting the compost/manure in the bed in the front that I will plant my tomatoes in. I did put the basil in the bed . I know a little and am sure that tomato and basil make good companion plants. I watered everything that needed watering and spent the rest of the day watering and washing clothes. Tomorrow is Memorial day. I am going to Mass at St. Fridolin's parish in Glenbeulah and will bring communion from the mass to MeadowView for Mom and her companion residents. This afternoon, I sat out on the deck for quite a while reading with my Roxie enjoying the fresh air and sunshine too. She does like to be out there. So until tomorrow Dia Dhuit Mary