Dick and I finished our Christmas shopping today. I refuse to buy ANOTHER thing. I wrapped everything too. There is one gift that we ordered online that needs wrapping but everything else is under the tree and it look very pretty.
I also dropped the recipes for Irish Soda Bread and Scripture cake off at the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center for Beth to publish in the newsletter. I still remember people that had been to Ireland taking a big wiff of that Brown Bread before slathering on the butter and taking a bite. Memory food. I will have to make a batch next weekend and get a loaf to Mom and Bobbie for Christmas.
Today, I sent a few more e-christmascards. And Dick and I racked the chokecherry wine. It will need at least two more rackings before we bottle it.
I have two little things to share with you. A quote "How sad it would be to see clouds where there are angels."
And a poem that I wrote for a Christmas Card this year.
Reason for the Season
Sparkling
Birthday Candles!
The stars in the heavens
Proclaim the birthday of the King.
Everlasting.
Sleep tight.
Mary
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Friday, December 15, 2006
I called Mother this morning to see how she was feeling. She told me that she was feeling better but was really disgusted because she had just received a call from the doctor's office. The results of her tests showed that she still has the bladder infection and the doctor has prescribed antibiotics again. This time he ordered Amoxycillin. This is a MUCH milder and antibiotic and less likely to cause trouble, but Mom had vowed that she wasn't going to take any more new meds. I told her that she should because the infection HAS to be cleared up before she will really be well.
Randy stopped by a bit later and she told him how she felt. Randy called the doctor's office and consulted with the nurse, who told them ALL the possible side effects. She also reaffirmed what I had said about clearing up the infection. It won't clear itself and will only get worse without treatment. SO. When I went out for lunch with the girls, I picked up the prescription AND yogurt. All we would need is for her to get a yeast infection on top of everything else. She has taken two doses so far and no adverse effects.
The rest of the day has been rather quiet. Michelle had invited me to join her and Jim at her Christmas party, but it was in Milwaukee and didn't start until after 8:00PM. A bit late for me to be driving around alone and too close to the bedtime. I am glad she thinks of me.
I will be a communion minister for the first time at St. John's on Sunday. I will feel a part of the congregation then.
The wedding day was fast approaching. Everything was ready,
> and nothing could dampen Jennifer's excitement, not even her parents'
> nasty divorce.
>
> Her mother Sheila finally found the PERFECT dress to wear
> and would be the best dressed mother of the bride EVER!
>
> A week later, Jennifer was horrified to learn her new young
> stepmother, Katie, had purchased the same dress. She asked Katie to
> exchange the dress, but Katie refused, "Absolutely not! I'm going to
> wear this dress; I'll look like a million in it!"
>
> Jennifer told her mother, who graciously replied, "Never
> mind dear. I'll get another dress, after all it's YOUR special day, not
> hers."
>
> Two weeks later, another dress was finally found. When they
> stopped for lunch, Jennifer asked her mother, "What are you going to
> do with the first dress? Maybe you should return it. You don't have
> any place to wear it."
> Sheila grinned and replied, "Of course, I do, dear! I'm
> wearing it to the rehearsal dinner!"
>
Love
Mary
Randy stopped by a bit later and she told him how she felt. Randy called the doctor's office and consulted with the nurse, who told them ALL the possible side effects. She also reaffirmed what I had said about clearing up the infection. It won't clear itself and will only get worse without treatment. SO. When I went out for lunch with the girls, I picked up the prescription AND yogurt. All we would need is for her to get a yeast infection on top of everything else. She has taken two doses so far and no adverse effects.
The rest of the day has been rather quiet. Michelle had invited me to join her and Jim at her Christmas party, but it was in Milwaukee and didn't start until after 8:00PM. A bit late for me to be driving around alone and too close to the bedtime. I am glad she thinks of me.
I will be a communion minister for the first time at St. John's on Sunday. I will feel a part of the congregation then.
The wedding day was fast approaching. Everything was ready,
> and nothing could dampen Jennifer's excitement, not even her parents'
> nasty divorce.
>
> Her mother Sheila finally found the PERFECT dress to wear
> and would be the best dressed mother of the bride EVER!
>
> A week later, Jennifer was horrified to learn her new young
> stepmother, Katie, had purchased the same dress. She asked Katie to
> exchange the dress, but Katie refused, "Absolutely not! I'm going to
> wear this dress; I'll look like a million in it!"
>
> Jennifer told her mother, who graciously replied, "Never
> mind dear. I'll get another dress, after all it's YOUR special day, not
> hers."
>
> Two weeks later, another dress was finally found. When they
> stopped for lunch, Jennifer asked her mother, "What are you going to
> do with the first dress? Maybe you should return it. You don't have
> any place to wear it."
> Sheila grinned and replied, "Of course, I do, dear! I'm
> wearing it to the rehearsal dinner!"
>
Love
Mary
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Today was much warmer than yesterday. It started out quite cloudy and even rained for a while, but the sun came out this afternoon and warmed things up nicely.
It was another eventful day. Chelsea and I went for our walk, a very successful walk. Then Dick and I went to Mc Donalds for Egg Mc Muffins for breakfast followed by our weekly grocery shopping.
We got home in time to put everything away, then piled back in the car to to to National Pedontics to pick up Dick's prescription insoles. That seemed to take forever. We had to wait almost a half an hour past our appointment time because the lady before us was such a problem. Not a mean or uncooperative problem. Her poor feet are so troubled by arthritis that they are just trying everything to get her shoes and insoles so that she is as comfortable and as mobile as possible. Dick says his new insoles are really comfortable and we got him new shoes also.
We stopped at Bublitz for lunch on the way home. Quite a pleasant lunch. When we got home we napped. Then I did some computer work and cleaned a bathroom and we racked the Currant wine.
Whew. Now I am watching Harvey. My annual watching of Harvey. If you haven't seen it. DO! The most charming movie I know.
Growing up on Pinehurst Court, as we did, was a very small town cozy way to grow up.
Across the street from us on the corner of Pinehurst and Pine lived the Billman Family. Louie Billman and my Dad were best of friends up until Louie died (of old age). Both of them had trouble walking. Dad used a cane for years and Louie used to occasionally ride his lawnmower across the street to visit Dad during the summer when it became to hard for him to do much walking.
One slippery winter day, Dad went for a walk. Why I don't know, but as he turned the corner off of Pine onto Pinehurst where there is a slight incline, he slipped on the ice and couldn't get up again. Now this is, of course, not funny, but Dad is very resourceful and independent. So - he crawled to the street sign on the corner and using his hands and his cane pulled himself to his feet and proceeded home.
A couple of days later when he was talking to Louie, Dad mentioned that he had fallen on the ice at the end of the street. Louie told Dad that he knew that, he had seen the whole thing. Dad asked him why he hadn't come to help. Louie said that he was watching him. He figured that if he had gone to help Dad, they both would have been down on the ground. But he told him that if he hadn't gotten up he would have called for help. That is a true friend. A friend who lets you try to get out of an uncomfortable situation by yourself, if you can, but is ready to bail you out if you need it.
Love
Mary
It was another eventful day. Chelsea and I went for our walk, a very successful walk. Then Dick and I went to Mc Donalds for Egg Mc Muffins for breakfast followed by our weekly grocery shopping.
We got home in time to put everything away, then piled back in the car to to to National Pedontics to pick up Dick's prescription insoles. That seemed to take forever. We had to wait almost a half an hour past our appointment time because the lady before us was such a problem. Not a mean or uncooperative problem. Her poor feet are so troubled by arthritis that they are just trying everything to get her shoes and insoles so that she is as comfortable and as mobile as possible. Dick says his new insoles are really comfortable and we got him new shoes also.
We stopped at Bublitz for lunch on the way home. Quite a pleasant lunch. When we got home we napped. Then I did some computer work and cleaned a bathroom and we racked the Currant wine.
Whew. Now I am watching Harvey. My annual watching of Harvey. If you haven't seen it. DO! The most charming movie I know.
Growing up on Pinehurst Court, as we did, was a very small town cozy way to grow up.
Across the street from us on the corner of Pinehurst and Pine lived the Billman Family. Louie Billman and my Dad were best of friends up until Louie died (of old age). Both of them had trouble walking. Dad used a cane for years and Louie used to occasionally ride his lawnmower across the street to visit Dad during the summer when it became to hard for him to do much walking.
One slippery winter day, Dad went for a walk. Why I don't know, but as he turned the corner off of Pine onto Pinehurst where there is a slight incline, he slipped on the ice and couldn't get up again. Now this is, of course, not funny, but Dad is very resourceful and independent. So - he crawled to the street sign on the corner and using his hands and his cane pulled himself to his feet and proceeded home.
A couple of days later when he was talking to Louie, Dad mentioned that he had fallen on the ice at the end of the street. Louie told Dad that he knew that, he had seen the whole thing. Dad asked him why he hadn't come to help. Louie said that he was watching him. He figured that if he had gone to help Dad, they both would have been down on the ground. But he told him that if he hadn't gotten up he would have called for help. That is a true friend. A friend who lets you try to get out of an uncomfortable situation by yourself, if you can, but is ready to bail you out if you need it.
Love
Mary
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Today turned out to be much more productive than we thought it would be.
We started out early and dropped off the car at the dealer for maintenance. They gave us a loaner. So. We went to Amber's, formerly Zana's, for breakfast. It really has not changed at all, so we were pleased with our meal. Then we moved on to the DMV where we FINALLY updated our driver's licenses. That place sure has changed. People used to DREAD going there because the employees were so crabby and rude. Now they are friendly and very efficient. They are much more modern too. We got our new licenses, both of them, in less than a half an hour.
Then on to home where we did a bit of computer work and just relaxed until it was time to go BACK to pick up the car. On the way back to Plymouth we stopped at Office Max and picked up some black ink cartridges. (Are you tired yet?)
Next stop, ReMax on Eastern Avenue in downtown Plymouth for their annual Open House. What a spread and I saw a few people that I had not seen in several years. Nice. Then home so Dick could take a nap.
I vacuumed the den downstairs and finished making the stollen using Mom's recipe. It seems OK. They look a bit primitive, but do taste good. I made two without nuts so Jim can have them too.
Tonight I almost finished the Christmas cards. I have three snail mail and a few computer cards to go.
So. It is 20 after 9 and time for this old lady to think about bed. Chelsea has been hinting that she is ready too. She does start bugging me at about this time. She doesn't like to go to bed alone.
We started out early and dropped off the car at the dealer for maintenance. They gave us a loaner. So. We went to Amber's, formerly Zana's, for breakfast. It really has not changed at all, so we were pleased with our meal. Then we moved on to the DMV where we FINALLY updated our driver's licenses. That place sure has changed. People used to DREAD going there because the employees were so crabby and rude. Now they are friendly and very efficient. They are much more modern too. We got our new licenses, both of them, in less than a half an hour.
Then on to home where we did a bit of computer work and just relaxed until it was time to go BACK to pick up the car. On the way back to Plymouth we stopped at Office Max and picked up some black ink cartridges. (Are you tired yet?)
Next stop, ReMax on Eastern Avenue in downtown Plymouth for their annual Open House. What a spread and I saw a few people that I had not seen in several years. Nice. Then home so Dick could take a nap.
I vacuumed the den downstairs and finished making the stollen using Mom's recipe. It seems OK. They look a bit primitive, but do taste good. I made two without nuts so Jim can have them too.
Tonight I almost finished the Christmas cards. I have three snail mail and a few computer cards to go.
So. It is 20 after 9 and time for this old lady to think about bed. Chelsea has been hinting that she is ready too. She does start bugging me at about this time. She doesn't like to go to bed alone.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
It was quite foggy today, especially from the late morning until about 7:30PM. Warm too. The grass and streets are wet and gucky with car grime and everything. Poor Chelsea is putting up with getting her feet wiped off and even that is not getting everything.
I went to the bank and did some shifting of the assets in my 401K today. Learned a lot and I was able to tell my broker something too. Not about assets too much but about the way that Wells matches the funds for commissioned employees.
Tonight was the second of the four Adult Religious Education classes that Fr. Van Beeck presents each year. The last two will be in January and February. The first was on the existence of God and the Images of God. Tonight was on the Humanity AND Divinity of Jesus. He pull lots of scripture passages to support the information. The mentioned that we are all promised glorified bodies at the end of time and that Jesus came to the apostles after his resurrection with a glorified body. It must have been very much like the body he walked around this world in though several times his disciples did not recognize Him right away. Fr. Van Beeck also said that though we may not be able to be A students we can all reach C+.
Tomorrow we will have to take the car to be serviced and have to get it there by 7:30AM. I will get up at 5:30. I might have been able to sleep late this morning, Chelsea was not moving at 6:00, then Dick's watch alarm went off and there you go.
Jeff and Kathy took Mom to Dr. Hancock for a checkup. He said that she is doing OK and that it will take time for her to get her strength back. The results of the blood and urine tests will show if she needs any supplements. Jeff also has another deer that a friend gave him and will share the meat with me. I will either get 1/3 or 1/4. It is not a big one but will be nice to have. I only got one lb of hamburger from the hunt. Someday I will get a deer and be entitled to a full share.
Did I tell you that my friend Ann Pirrung asked if I had my Kitties yet. She knows how hard it is for me to be without them. I am trying not to dwell.
Love
Mary
I went to the bank and did some shifting of the assets in my 401K today. Learned a lot and I was able to tell my broker something too. Not about assets too much but about the way that Wells matches the funds for commissioned employees.
Tonight was the second of the four Adult Religious Education classes that Fr. Van Beeck presents each year. The last two will be in January and February. The first was on the existence of God and the Images of God. Tonight was on the Humanity AND Divinity of Jesus. He pull lots of scripture passages to support the information. The mentioned that we are all promised glorified bodies at the end of time and that Jesus came to the apostles after his resurrection with a glorified body. It must have been very much like the body he walked around this world in though several times his disciples did not recognize Him right away. Fr. Van Beeck also said that though we may not be able to be A students we can all reach C+.
Tomorrow we will have to take the car to be serviced and have to get it there by 7:30AM. I will get up at 5:30. I might have been able to sleep late this morning, Chelsea was not moving at 6:00, then Dick's watch alarm went off and there you go.
Jeff and Kathy took Mom to Dr. Hancock for a checkup. He said that she is doing OK and that it will take time for her to get her strength back. The results of the blood and urine tests will show if she needs any supplements. Jeff also has another deer that a friend gave him and will share the meat with me. I will either get 1/3 or 1/4. It is not a big one but will be nice to have. I only got one lb of hamburger from the hunt. Someday I will get a deer and be entitled to a full share.
Did I tell you that my friend Ann Pirrung asked if I had my Kitties yet. She knows how hard it is for me to be without them. I am trying not to dwell.
Love
Mary
Monday, December 11, 2006
Chelsea and I took our first long walk in several days this morning. We went out of Tall Grass, around Lions Park and through the woods. She was very pleased with me.
I stopped to see Mother before and after Bible Study this morning. She is still very weak but sounds a bit stronger. I called tonight and she said that she ate a real meal, chicken, mashed potatoes and jello for supper tonight. That is the first solid food besides soup and soft boiled eggs that she has had in days. Tomorrow, Jeff will take her to see Dr. Hancock. We will be relieved when she is given a clean bill of health AND feels like it.
Bible study was nice. The next week's readings are about the joy and exulting in your heart. God is in our midst and will "sing joyfully because of you, as one sings at festivals." Isn't that pretty?
The Gospel is about John the Baptist coming out of the desert to make way for Jesus. We were very lively.
This afternoon, I spent with my fellow writers at Arabella's in Sheboygan for our Christmas party. We exchange gifts and get door prizes and eat and share ideas. This year our co presidents Ann Pirrung and Jane Kocmoud turned over the gavel to our new co presidents, John Textor and Sue Bartenstein. John had to accept the gavel himself because Sue was unable to come to the party. On February 10, the Sheboygan County Writer will celebrate 50 years in existence. I belonged to the club back in 1959 and 60 or thereabouts, just before I moved to California. We will have an event at Mead on that Saturday from 1 to 4. John has suggested that all members who want to should bring a poem, or a short essay printed on half of a 8 1/2 by 14 sheet of paper and we will assemble little books to be available for maybe .50, the cost of the item. We will display a history of the club and works from members who wish to display and hopefully get a bit of publicity. Sounds like lots of fun.
I got a book called Fondling your Muse from Sylvia Bright-Green. (Yes that REALLY is her name and she is an excellent writer). and a door prize of a little blue carrying case that I can use instead of folders to go to the meetings.
I made up a little poem that I put on a card to go with the present that I brought for the gift exchange. Here it is:
Reason for the Season
Sparkling
Birthday Candles!
The stars in the heavens
Proclaim the birthday of the King.
Everlasting.
I had a dream last night - it was two part. I dreamt that we were moving again and no matter how much we packed and cleaned and how much help we had there was no end to the stuff and/or the dirt. Then the second part had to do with the fact that Jim and Michelle saw a deer in front of the condo when they got home last night and had a heck of a time getting it to move so they could get in the garage. In my dream, I found out that it was not a deer at all. It was a kangaroo. Wait until I tell Michelle that.
Have a nice tomorrow.
Love
Mary
I stopped to see Mother before and after Bible Study this morning. She is still very weak but sounds a bit stronger. I called tonight and she said that she ate a real meal, chicken, mashed potatoes and jello for supper tonight. That is the first solid food besides soup and soft boiled eggs that she has had in days. Tomorrow, Jeff will take her to see Dr. Hancock. We will be relieved when she is given a clean bill of health AND feels like it.
Bible study was nice. The next week's readings are about the joy and exulting in your heart. God is in our midst and will "sing joyfully because of you, as one sings at festivals." Isn't that pretty?
The Gospel is about John the Baptist coming out of the desert to make way for Jesus. We were very lively.
This afternoon, I spent with my fellow writers at Arabella's in Sheboygan for our Christmas party. We exchange gifts and get door prizes and eat and share ideas. This year our co presidents Ann Pirrung and Jane Kocmoud turned over the gavel to our new co presidents, John Textor and Sue Bartenstein. John had to accept the gavel himself because Sue was unable to come to the party. On February 10, the Sheboygan County Writer will celebrate 50 years in existence. I belonged to the club back in 1959 and 60 or thereabouts, just before I moved to California. We will have an event at Mead on that Saturday from 1 to 4. John has suggested that all members who want to should bring a poem, or a short essay printed on half of a 8 1/2 by 14 sheet of paper and we will assemble little books to be available for maybe .50, the cost of the item. We will display a history of the club and works from members who wish to display and hopefully get a bit of publicity. Sounds like lots of fun.
I got a book called Fondling your Muse from Sylvia Bright-Green. (Yes that REALLY is her name and she is an excellent writer). and a door prize of a little blue carrying case that I can use instead of folders to go to the meetings.
I made up a little poem that I put on a card to go with the present that I brought for the gift exchange. Here it is:
Reason for the Season
Sparkling
Birthday Candles!
The stars in the heavens
Proclaim the birthday of the King.
Everlasting.
I had a dream last night - it was two part. I dreamt that we were moving again and no matter how much we packed and cleaned and how much help we had there was no end to the stuff and/or the dirt. Then the second part had to do with the fact that Jim and Michelle saw a deer in front of the condo when they got home last night and had a heck of a time getting it to move so they could get in the garage. In my dream, I found out that it was not a deer at all. It was a kangaroo. Wait until I tell Michelle that.
Have a nice tomorrow.
Love
Mary
Sunday, December 10, 2006
A lovely productive Sunday. Chelsea woke me up at 6:00AM on the dot and we went for a short walk. It was dark and there were a few slippery spots so we did not go far. Besides that I went to church at 8:00AM and wanted to spend a bit of time with Boots. He was such a lonely little kitty with his Jim and Michelle gone.
Church was very nice. Fr. Van Beeck said something in his sermon that I want to be sure to share at Bible Study tomorrow. He said that Married People have to minister and proclaim the word to each other, and Parents well obviously they proclaim to their children. Then he said "Single People Lucky you have everybody."
Isn't that great!
Then I wrapped presents and cleaned my dirty kitchen and cooked a huge ham. Bobbie and Bill DID come for dinner and Jim and Michelle came home at about 6 and joined us too. Good thing because that ham will be with us for a long time anyway. It sure is a good one. All spiral cut too, so very easy to serve.
I guess that is all for now. I talked to Mother twice today. She is still very weak but is eating lightly and I thought that her voice sounded a bit stronger. I will stop tomorrow between Bible Study and Writer's Club to check on her and see if she needs anything.
Have a good week.
Love
Mary
Church was very nice. Fr. Van Beeck said something in his sermon that I want to be sure to share at Bible Study tomorrow. He said that Married People have to minister and proclaim the word to each other, and Parents well obviously they proclaim to their children. Then he said "Single People Lucky you have everybody."
Isn't that great!
Then I wrapped presents and cleaned my dirty kitchen and cooked a huge ham. Bobbie and Bill DID come for dinner and Jim and Michelle came home at about 6 and joined us too. Good thing because that ham will be with us for a long time anyway. It sure is a good one. All spiral cut too, so very easy to serve.
I guess that is all for now. I talked to Mother twice today. She is still very weak but is eating lightly and I thought that her voice sounded a bit stronger. I will stop tomorrow between Bible Study and Writer's Club to check on her and see if she needs anything.
Have a good week.
Love
Mary
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Today was not a bad day overall. Most things went well. I baked Irish Brown Bread for the Irish program at the Plymouth History Museum.
I spent three separate times with Boots over at Jim and Michelle's. He is a lonely little guy and is sure glad to be let out of that little room. I have been trying to give him enough time to stretch. He is so cute but sometimes bites. I think he is so GLAD to be with that he gets carried away.
Then we went to the Condo Association meeting. We met a few people and helped approve the budget. On the way home we saw a man walking TWO dogs. I am really mad.
At 1:00 I went over to the Plymouth History Museum to help Beth and Katie, her daughter, set up the food and chairs and all. Dorothy Walsh Best, the harpist, and her husband, Jeff Best, a minister in the "Celtic American Catholic" church arrived almost immediately and she set up her harp. She does a wonderful program, playing traditional and Irish American music and Christmas too. She gives talks about the pieces she plays, the history of the harp and Irish history. The audience was transfixed.
It was fun talking to her husband too. He gives talks on Celtic Spirituality sometimes. I would find that interesting. I find it easy to incorporate many of the Celtic beliefs into my Catholic beliefs. Goodness is goodness. Goodness knows.
We had tea and coffee with cookies and my brown bread and Scripture Cake. All went over really well. Several people asked for the recipes, so I will give them to Beth to put into the next Sheboygan County Historical Research Center newsletter. I have just enough left for a good breakfast tomorrow.
Many people were asking when we will have the next one, so right after Christmas, Beth and I will plan another program.
When I got home, Dick told me to call Leslie. We have BIG news. Nora is engaged and will be married in about two weeks. Then she is planning to join the Air Force and take advantage of the benefits offered by the service. We wish her well. That is an awful lot to take on in only two short months. She had better grit her teeth and hang on for the ride of her life.
Mother is feeling better today. She is still weak as can be but has not felt nauseated since yesterday noon. She ate three light meals today, including a soft boiled egg and is doing her very best to drink 8 glasses of fluids. By trying hard, she will at least get more than she would have otherwise. She is going to lay low and stay home all this next week so she can get all healed.
Guess that is the day. Pretty full, wouldn't you say.
Love
Mary
I spent three separate times with Boots over at Jim and Michelle's. He is a lonely little guy and is sure glad to be let out of that little room. I have been trying to give him enough time to stretch. He is so cute but sometimes bites. I think he is so GLAD to be with that he gets carried away.
Then we went to the Condo Association meeting. We met a few people and helped approve the budget. On the way home we saw a man walking TWO dogs. I am really mad.
At 1:00 I went over to the Plymouth History Museum to help Beth and Katie, her daughter, set up the food and chairs and all. Dorothy Walsh Best, the harpist, and her husband, Jeff Best, a minister in the "Celtic American Catholic" church arrived almost immediately and she set up her harp. She does a wonderful program, playing traditional and Irish American music and Christmas too. She gives talks about the pieces she plays, the history of the harp and Irish history. The audience was transfixed.
It was fun talking to her husband too. He gives talks on Celtic Spirituality sometimes. I would find that interesting. I find it easy to incorporate many of the Celtic beliefs into my Catholic beliefs. Goodness is goodness. Goodness knows.
We had tea and coffee with cookies and my brown bread and Scripture Cake. All went over really well. Several people asked for the recipes, so I will give them to Beth to put into the next Sheboygan County Historical Research Center newsletter. I have just enough left for a good breakfast tomorrow.
Many people were asking when we will have the next one, so right after Christmas, Beth and I will plan another program.
When I got home, Dick told me to call Leslie. We have BIG news. Nora is engaged and will be married in about two weeks. Then she is planning to join the Air Force and take advantage of the benefits offered by the service. We wish her well. That is an awful lot to take on in only two short months. She had better grit her teeth and hang on for the ride of her life.
Mother is feeling better today. She is still weak as can be but has not felt nauseated since yesterday noon. She ate three light meals today, including a soft boiled egg and is doing her very best to drink 8 glasses of fluids. By trying hard, she will at least get more than she would have otherwise. She is going to lay low and stay home all this next week so she can get all healed.
Guess that is the day. Pretty full, wouldn't you say.
Love
Mary
Friday, December 08, 2006
Last night I got a call about 9:30 from Donna that they had taken Mother to emergency because she started throwing up and became very faint and was not too coherent. So not much sleep until after one AM when I received a final call from Jeff that they had taken her home after she received some intravenous saline drips. She was dehydrated from all the nausea which was a reaction to the anti biotic that they had given her for the bladder infection. What a circle this turned out to be.
She feels much better tonight after a somewhat rocky day. She slept a lot and still had trouble eating. However, tonight she ate a cup of soup and had a cup of tea and seemed a bit stronger. Someone stayed with her all day, but she wants to spend her night alone she says. I will call her in the morning as I am sure everybody else will.
This morning Dick and I went to Hunters Glen to check it out and run water and flush toilets. Then we proceeded to Bobbie and Bill's to feed Roxie and Oscar as Bobbie and Bill spent last night in Milwaukee and went to see the Cudahy Carolers. Roxie reluctantly let me cuddle her. She really just wanted her food. Oscar did not run away, but was only interested in food. I don't think he loves me any more. I sure miss them.
Tonight I went to Mass for the holy day at Blessed Trinity and sang with the choir. We sang Mary Did You Know which is really lovely. Then Cindy Dorn had us all over to her house for hor d oerves, wine and song. It was fun. I do miss singing with the choir but will have to decide if I REALLY want to commit that time at St. John's. I feel I can only pick one time consuming ministry and don't know what it will be yet.
That's all for now. I am really tired.
Michelle called Dick to tell us that Jim had made it to DC safe and sound and that they were going out for dinner. We are watching their kitty, Boots. We went over for about a half an hour this evening so he had some company. I will spend some time tomorrow and Sunday too. He is a cute little guy.
Subject: E-mail from God
She feels much better tonight after a somewhat rocky day. She slept a lot and still had trouble eating. However, tonight she ate a cup of soup and had a cup of tea and seemed a bit stronger. Someone stayed with her all day, but she wants to spend her night alone she says. I will call her in the morning as I am sure everybody else will.
This morning Dick and I went to Hunters Glen to check it out and run water and flush toilets. Then we proceeded to Bobbie and Bill's to feed Roxie and Oscar as Bobbie and Bill spent last night in Milwaukee and went to see the Cudahy Carolers. Roxie reluctantly let me cuddle her. She really just wanted her food. Oscar did not run away, but was only interested in food. I don't think he loves me any more. I sure miss them.
Tonight I went to Mass for the holy day at Blessed Trinity and sang with the choir. We sang Mary Did You Know which is really lovely. Then Cindy Dorn had us all over to her house for hor d oerves, wine and song. It was fun. I do miss singing with the choir but will have to decide if I REALLY want to commit that time at St. John's. I feel I can only pick one time consuming ministry and don't know what it will be yet.
That's all for now. I am really tired.
Michelle called Dick to tell us that Jim had made it to DC safe and sound and that they were going out for dinner. We are watching their kitty, Boots. We went over for about a half an hour this evening so he had some company. I will spend some time tomorrow and Sunday too. He is a cute little guy.
Subject: E-mail from God
One day God was looking down at Earth and saw
all of the rascally behavior that was going on. So
God called one of the angels and sent the angel to
Earth.
When she returned, she told God, "Yes, it is
bad on Earth; 95% are misbehaving and only 5% are
not."
God thought for a moment and said, "Maybe I
had better send down a second angel to get another
opinion."
So God called another angel and sent him to
earth for a time too. When the angel returned he
; went to God and said, "Yes, it's true The earth is
in decline; 95% are misbehaving, but 5% are being
good."
God was not pleased. So He decided to e-mail
the 5% who were being good, because he wanted to
encourage them...give them a little something to
help them keep going.
Do you know what the e-mail said?
Okay, just wondering; I didn't get one either.
Love
Mary
Thursday, December 07, 2006
I got my blood test done this morning. One has to fast for 10 hours you know so I did that last night. Then Dick and I went to breakfast and grocery shopping.
I called Mother and she still sounds SO weak. She gets a reaction to the antibiotic. This evening Donna called because Mother was almost out of it after taking the pill tonight after dinner. She and Randy were almost ready to take her to the emergency ward. They called the pharmacist who said that the reaction is not uncommon but that the medication is still one of the best. However, can we leave her alone for that hour or so after she takes the pill? Donna called Dolores and she and Kenny will come out to be with her in the morning. She will eat breakfast and take the pill at about 7:00AM. I had told Donna that I could be there if I am needed but I am really glad that Dolores can come because she works with the elderly and will know what do do with odd reactions. She has been doing it long enough. That poor little lady. I hope this does not continue for the whole time she has to take the medication. She is not scheduled to see Dr. Hancock until Tuesday afternoon. Jeff is coming in to take her for her appointment.
I am going to church tomorrow for the holy day in Sheboygan Falls so will spend the hour before Mass with Mother. That will be a good time as she will be taking another pill about that time. I really don't want to tell her that I am coming because she MAY decide to feel guilty for not going to Mass ON the holy day. We don't need that on top of everything else that she is going through.
I made Scripture Cake today. In case you don't have the recipe, here it is.
We should always let the scriptures be our guide. It even works when making Christmas goodies - at least it works when making this delicious cake. Rad the scriptures indicated to find the ingredients and make this interesting and informative cake for a special family home evening activity.
1 cup Judges 5:25
1 cup Jeremiah 6:20
5 Jeremiah 17:11
1 cup Judges 4:19
2 cups Numbers 28:5
5 teasp. Amos 4:5
1 teasp. Leviticus 2:13
2 cups 1 Samuel 30:12
2 cups Naham 3:12
1 cup Numbers 17:8
Assorted 2Chronicles 9:9 to taste
Follow Solomon's directions for making a good boy Proverbs 23:14. Bake as a fruit cake about 350 degrees for 45to 50 minutes. Makes two standard loaves or five small loaves.
Have fun. I always do.
Mary
P. S. Please pray for my Mom.
I called Mother and she still sounds SO weak. She gets a reaction to the antibiotic. This evening Donna called because Mother was almost out of it after taking the pill tonight after dinner. She and Randy were almost ready to take her to the emergency ward. They called the pharmacist who said that the reaction is not uncommon but that the medication is still one of the best. However, can we leave her alone for that hour or so after she takes the pill? Donna called Dolores and she and Kenny will come out to be with her in the morning. She will eat breakfast and take the pill at about 7:00AM. I had told Donna that I could be there if I am needed but I am really glad that Dolores can come because she works with the elderly and will know what do do with odd reactions. She has been doing it long enough. That poor little lady. I hope this does not continue for the whole time she has to take the medication. She is not scheduled to see Dr. Hancock until Tuesday afternoon. Jeff is coming in to take her for her appointment.
I am going to church tomorrow for the holy day in Sheboygan Falls so will spend the hour before Mass with Mother. That will be a good time as she will be taking another pill about that time. I really don't want to tell her that I am coming because she MAY decide to feel guilty for not going to Mass ON the holy day. We don't need that on top of everything else that she is going through.
I made Scripture Cake today. In case you don't have the recipe, here it is.
We should always let the scriptures be our guide. It even works when making Christmas goodies - at least it works when making this delicious cake. Rad the scriptures indicated to find the ingredients and make this interesting and informative cake for a special family home evening activity.
1 cup Judges 5:25
1 cup Jeremiah 6:20
5 Jeremiah 17:11
1 cup Judges 4:19
2 cups Numbers 28:5
5 teasp. Amos 4:5
1 teasp. Leviticus 2:13
2 cups 1 Samuel 30:12
2 cups Naham 3:12
1 cup Numbers 17:8
Assorted 2Chronicles 9:9 to taste
Follow Solomon's directions for making a good boy Proverbs 23:14. Bake as a fruit cake about 350 degrees for 45to 50 minutes. Makes two standard loaves or five small loaves.
Have fun. I always do.
Mary
P. S. Please pray for my Mom.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
I am exhausted. It was quite warm when I woke up this morning, in the low 30s. It still was not a great day for walking as there was a little film of something or other all over the roads. It was not especially slippery but it covered up ice patches. Then Chelsea wanted to go around the park but there were definite patches of ice on the sidewalk leading to the park. So I deferred. It is supposed to get very cold overnight again but warm up for the weekend.
I did some more decorating today. Got all the nativity sets placed around the house. I also hung a few things on doors. The only things left are the music boxes.
Mother called this afternoon and said that she was just unable to go to the play tonight. She sounded so weak. I asked her what was wrong and she said that she just felt weak and that that pain in her side that she suffered about three weeks ago was hurting again. I went right over there and we called the doctor. It turned out that Dr. Hancock had left for the day and the doctor on call, Dr. Willis, (he doesn't impress me. Hasn't for some time.) suggested that she wait for Dr. Hancock in the morning. When I told her that she looked so forlorn that I told her we should just go right away and I took her to the walk in clinic. Four hours later, with an exhausted little lady in tow, we left there with a diagnosis of a bladder infection (which has apparently been building since three weeks ago when the symptoms first appeared) after she received a shot of antibiotics and a prescription to take for the next several days.
As we were coming out of x-ray, Becky showed up. She had come to the clinic for her own appointment and when she talked to her mother, Donna, and found out that Grandma was there she looked for us. So she stayed, bless her sweet heart until we were all done and had Mom loaded into the car.
When we got Mother home it was almost 7:00. I fixed some cup a soup for both of us and some tea for her. Then I came home.
So now you know why I am tired. I found out that I should not wait so long to eat. My stomach started to bother me at about 6:30. Perhaps it would have been OK if I had not been so worried.
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.
Have a nice day.
Mary
I did some more decorating today. Got all the nativity sets placed around the house. I also hung a few things on doors. The only things left are the music boxes.
Mother called this afternoon and said that she was just unable to go to the play tonight. She sounded so weak. I asked her what was wrong and she said that she just felt weak and that that pain in her side that she suffered about three weeks ago was hurting again. I went right over there and we called the doctor. It turned out that Dr. Hancock had left for the day and the doctor on call, Dr. Willis, (he doesn't impress me. Hasn't for some time.) suggested that she wait for Dr. Hancock in the morning. When I told her that she looked so forlorn that I told her we should just go right away and I took her to the walk in clinic. Four hours later, with an exhausted little lady in tow, we left there with a diagnosis of a bladder infection (which has apparently been building since three weeks ago when the symptoms first appeared) after she received a shot of antibiotics and a prescription to take for the next several days.
As we were coming out of x-ray, Becky showed up. She had come to the clinic for her own appointment and when she talked to her mother, Donna, and found out that Grandma was there she looked for us. So she stayed, bless her sweet heart until we were all done and had Mom loaded into the car.
When we got Mother home it was almost 7:00. I fixed some cup a soup for both of us and some tea for her. Then I came home.
So now you know why I am tired. I found out that I should not wait so long to eat. My stomach started to bother me at about 6:30. Perhaps it would have been OK if I had not been so worried.
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.
Have a nice day.
Mary
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Today it was 4 degrees when Chelsea and I got up. BRRR!. Needless to say we did not walk very far. Later when the temperatures had gotten up into the low 20s we went a bit further but her poor little paw got cold and I had to warm it up once so we could get home again.
We did not have to go anywhere today. I decorated the Christmas tree. It is really beautiful. We have it at the end of the living room in front of a window near the fireplace . It reflects off of everything. So it is doubly pretty and full of light.
I make Lizzies today too. Boy are they good. Now I just have the Scripture Cake to bake before Christmas. I still haven't found figs in Plymouth. Hopefully they will have them at Pick and Save. I need to get to work on Christmas Cards too. Time is a'wastin.
Saturday is the Irish Christmas gathering at Plymouth History Museum. I got an e-mail from Beth Dipple. We have 25 people signed up which is really good as we know it can only increase. We have to limit it to 50 anyway. I want to see if I can recruit a Celtic Women's group. Perhaps just a few ladies (and gentlemen if they want) would like to be a part of the Celtic Women.
Tomorrow, Dick and I will be taking Mother to see Beauty and the Beast presented by the Sheboygan Theatre Company. Beth Hoegger, my choir director friend, saw it and said that the Beast is magnificent. So I am really excited about seeing it.
Someone looked at the Hunters Glen House today and seem to be interested. They had questions about the well. Please keep your prayers going. Maybe this will be an early Christmas present. We must keep the faith. It is a lovely home and should be lived in. I just hope the new owners have as much happiness as we did there.
We will be taking care of Jim and Michelle's little Boots kitty while they are in Washington DC. Michelle has training starting tomorrow and Jim will be joining her for the weekend. He is a really cute little guy. I will have to spend a bit of time with him so he doesn't think he is totally alone. He will miss them.
A little Imponderable for you.
Why, Why, Why???
do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?
Have a nice Wednesday.
Love
Mary
We did not have to go anywhere today. I decorated the Christmas tree. It is really beautiful. We have it at the end of the living room in front of a window near the fireplace . It reflects off of everything. So it is doubly pretty and full of light.
I make Lizzies today too. Boy are they good. Now I just have the Scripture Cake to bake before Christmas. I still haven't found figs in Plymouth. Hopefully they will have them at Pick and Save. I need to get to work on Christmas Cards too. Time is a'wastin.
Saturday is the Irish Christmas gathering at Plymouth History Museum. I got an e-mail from Beth Dipple. We have 25 people signed up which is really good as we know it can only increase. We have to limit it to 50 anyway. I want to see if I can recruit a Celtic Women's group. Perhaps just a few ladies (and gentlemen if they want) would like to be a part of the Celtic Women.
Tomorrow, Dick and I will be taking Mother to see Beauty and the Beast presented by the Sheboygan Theatre Company. Beth Hoegger, my choir director friend, saw it and said that the Beast is magnificent. So I am really excited about seeing it.
Someone looked at the Hunters Glen House today and seem to be interested. They had questions about the well. Please keep your prayers going. Maybe this will be an early Christmas present. We must keep the faith. It is a lovely home and should be lived in. I just hope the new owners have as much happiness as we did there.
We will be taking care of Jim and Michelle's little Boots kitty while they are in Washington DC. Michelle has training starting tomorrow and Jim will be joining her for the weekend. He is a really cute little guy. I will have to spend a bit of time with him so he doesn't think he is totally alone. He will miss them.
A little Imponderable for you.
Why, Why, Why???
do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?
Have a nice Wednesday.
Love
Mary
Monday, December 04, 2006
This was a very productive day. Started out with bible study. We had a very lively discussion on God's promise to make the path level. He speaks of leveling the mountains and straightening the paths and filling in the gorges for us. We decided that the Jewish people of the time did not understand that the straight way was to heaven, not necessarily and probably not to Israel itself. Perhaps they still don't. Perhaps we don't. Tom Keyes pointed out that Israel is withdrawing from some of the territories that they finally agree they should not be in. It would be nice, he said, that if instead of bulldozing the homes in the areas they vacate, would leave them standing for the reoccupying citizens. We were really hot today anyway.
By the way, please say special prayers for my friends, Dan and Shirley Moioffer's son, David who has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that has attacked his liver. The only treatment right now is steroids which present their own set of problems but he will try. Anyway, please pray, this is a hard one.
I stopped at Mother's after Bible Study. We had a nice visit. She reminded me that tomorrow is St. Nicholas Day. Do you celebrate it? We did when we were young and my boys got visits from St. Nick too.
She told me a story. When she was a little girl and their family lived on a farm, she saw St. Nick. He came during the evening, a big man with a heavy old black coat made of animal hides and carrying a whip. He came into the kitchen where everybody was sitting around the kitchen table. There was the Bowser Family, Grandma, Grandpa, Mother, probably Uncle Noel and Uncle George AND a hired hand (they always had supper with the families they worked for.) He came in and started asking questions of everybody. He finally asked the hired hand if he said his prayers at night. The hired hand laughed and said that he never prayed. With that St. Nick took his whip and started beating that hired hand across the back and drove him right out the door. Scared Mother half to death. I could tell that the memory was still there.
She says that she knows NOW that "St. Nick" was one of their neighbors who did this every year, dressed up in the old carriage robes that people wore those days in the winter. But what good did that do then.
Poor little people, what we put them through. Bobbie told me that she never liked clowns. They scared her as a kid. She figured there was something suspicious with a grown person who dressed up like that and acted so silly.
After that I had lunch with my friend Beth in downtown Plymouth. We had soup. They had a chicken chili that was REALLY good.
Dick and I went to Sheboygan Falls to the Bemis store to buy a new toilet seat for our bathroom. It broke. Would you believe? We decided to do it quickly before one of us accidentally sat on it and pinched our bottoms or worse. Years ago, when I was young and Jacquie and I rented a house from Ron and Doris in Costa Mesa, I owned an old Chevy. Those old cars had chrome strip on them and the chrome strip on my car at the front fender was bent. Jacquie and her cousin Linda and I were going into the garage off the alley and when we pulled the garage door open, for some reason, I jumped back too fast and impaled the tip of that chrome strip in my right gluteus maximus. It was NOT good. When we checked it Jacquie and Linda decided that we had better get it checked. It took something like five stitches. I remember the doctor saying, that he and the nurses would not tell anybody. I told him that with Jacquie and Linda out there in the waiting room laughing their heads off, that his promise would not keep it off the streets.
I finished off the day with the last meeting of Rhine Plymouth that I have to take minutes for. They gave me a pin that says Rhine Plymouth Field and Stream - Secretary Four Straight. Wasn't that a sweet thing to do? They are a great group of people.
Have a great Tuesday. I get to stay home and decorate the tree.
Love
Mary
By the way, please say special prayers for my friends, Dan and Shirley Moioffer's son, David who has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that has attacked his liver. The only treatment right now is steroids which present their own set of problems but he will try. Anyway, please pray, this is a hard one.
I stopped at Mother's after Bible Study. We had a nice visit. She reminded me that tomorrow is St. Nicholas Day. Do you celebrate it? We did when we were young and my boys got visits from St. Nick too.
She told me a story. When she was a little girl and their family lived on a farm, she saw St. Nick. He came during the evening, a big man with a heavy old black coat made of animal hides and carrying a whip. He came into the kitchen where everybody was sitting around the kitchen table. There was the Bowser Family, Grandma, Grandpa, Mother, probably Uncle Noel and Uncle George AND a hired hand (they always had supper with the families they worked for.) He came in and started asking questions of everybody. He finally asked the hired hand if he said his prayers at night. The hired hand laughed and said that he never prayed. With that St. Nick took his whip and started beating that hired hand across the back and drove him right out the door. Scared Mother half to death. I could tell that the memory was still there.
She says that she knows NOW that "St. Nick" was one of their neighbors who did this every year, dressed up in the old carriage robes that people wore those days in the winter. But what good did that do then.
Poor little people, what we put them through. Bobbie told me that she never liked clowns. They scared her as a kid. She figured there was something suspicious with a grown person who dressed up like that and acted so silly.
After that I had lunch with my friend Beth in downtown Plymouth. We had soup. They had a chicken chili that was REALLY good.
Dick and I went to Sheboygan Falls to the Bemis store to buy a new toilet seat for our bathroom. It broke. Would you believe? We decided to do it quickly before one of us accidentally sat on it and pinched our bottoms or worse. Years ago, when I was young and Jacquie and I rented a house from Ron and Doris in Costa Mesa, I owned an old Chevy. Those old cars had chrome strip on them and the chrome strip on my car at the front fender was bent. Jacquie and her cousin Linda and I were going into the garage off the alley and when we pulled the garage door open, for some reason, I jumped back too fast and impaled the tip of that chrome strip in my right gluteus maximus. It was NOT good. When we checked it Jacquie and Linda decided that we had better get it checked. It took something like five stitches. I remember the doctor saying, that he and the nurses would not tell anybody. I told him that with Jacquie and Linda out there in the waiting room laughing their heads off, that his promise would not keep it off the streets.
I finished off the day with the last meeting of Rhine Plymouth that I have to take minutes for. They gave me a pin that says Rhine Plymouth Field and Stream - Secretary Four Straight. Wasn't that a sweet thing to do? They are a great group of people.
Have a great Tuesday. I get to stay home and decorate the tree.
Love
Mary
Sunday, December 03, 2006
It was COLD all day today. When I woke up it was 11 degrees and I never saw it over 17. BRRRR! Chelsea and I went on VERY short walks off and on today and I started to get a bit testy about it this evening. As cold as it is, it becomes a big production each time. She finds it easy because she does not have to put on boots, gloves, jacket and hat for each trek.
Dick went to church with me this morning. We were testing it out. He likes to go with me once in a while but was avoiding Blessed Trinity because the seats were not padded and were very uncomfortable for him. So he went to St. John's today and was quite comfortable so he will start going again. He was going once a month or so. I like the company too. We went to the Family Restaurant for breakfast. That was a nice break in the day but Chelsea kept asking for her breakfast treats.
This afternoon, Bobbie and I worked at Rhine. We stayed until 3. There were all of three shooters who each shot two rounds. The rest of the people in the building were club members who all watched the Packers get creamed. They lost 38 to 10. What a mess. Sure glad that I chose the NYJets. I would feel guilty but THEY are the ones letting me down.
While I was gone Dick tried to get the tree up. He had called Jim and Michelle and they arrived shortly after I did. Between the four of us, we got it up. It is a new one, a prelit that rotates even. I put on the new Mary's Angel treetop and the tree skirt underneath. Tomorrow and the next day, I will get up the ornaments and finish. That is the FUN part of decorating. Taking out each memory and putting it on the tree. I love it.
Tomorrow will be rather busy. It will be the last meeting that I am the secretary of Rhine Plymouth. After four years, that will be a big load off of me.
Have a nice week and stay warm. We will have to really work at it from the forecast.
Love
Mary
Dick went to church with me this morning. We were testing it out. He likes to go with me once in a while but was avoiding Blessed Trinity because the seats were not padded and were very uncomfortable for him. So he went to St. John's today and was quite comfortable so he will start going again. He was going once a month or so. I like the company too. We went to the Family Restaurant for breakfast. That was a nice break in the day but Chelsea kept asking for her breakfast treats.
This afternoon, Bobbie and I worked at Rhine. We stayed until 3. There were all of three shooters who each shot two rounds. The rest of the people in the building were club members who all watched the Packers get creamed. They lost 38 to 10. What a mess. Sure glad that I chose the NYJets. I would feel guilty but THEY are the ones letting me down.
While I was gone Dick tried to get the tree up. He had called Jim and Michelle and they arrived shortly after I did. Between the four of us, we got it up. It is a new one, a prelit that rotates even. I put on the new Mary's Angel treetop and the tree skirt underneath. Tomorrow and the next day, I will get up the ornaments and finish. That is the FUN part of decorating. Taking out each memory and putting it on the tree. I love it.
Tomorrow will be rather busy. It will be the last meeting that I am the secretary of Rhine Plymouth. After four years, that will be a big load off of me.
Have a nice week and stay warm. We will have to really work at it from the forecast.
Love
Mary
Saturday, December 02, 2006
We stayed home all day today. The driveway was solid ice, so Chelsea and I did not go for a walk this morning. I am starting to get a little restless myself and she certainly is. The sun was out part of the day and did melt some of the ice away. I went out and scraped a path so that we can walk to the street without slipping. Hopefully, It will still be clear tomorrow and we can go for a bit of a walk in the morning.
I packed the boxes for Leslie, Bret and Bart today. Whew. When we get those off, I always feel better. We DO have to get the gift certificates yet. This year Sara and Nora are out of school and on their own so we are using Mother's rule that they will no longer will get presents. We don't know their addresses either so it is a good cut off time. I hope they are doing well, we have not talked to them or heard from them directly for at least three years.
Leslie has sent pictures and some updates. They are good looking girls. One of my favorite pictures of them, however, is the one of them in the tea party hats that Bobbie made for them when they were just little. I enlarged it and hung it in this house. We had it in the office at Hunters Glen.
We were watching Who Wants to Be a Millionaire tonight. I was remembering that I have watched Regis Philbin off and on for over 30 years. He was a local celebrity in Los Angeles when I lived there and co hosted with Cyndy Garvey, Steve Garvey's now Ex Wife. She was a lovely blond lady. They used to refer to her and Steve Garvey as Ken and Barbie. They were a beautiful couple but that did not last. She has gone down hill from there I understand. Too bad. She and Regis were a good mix at the time.
It was snowing a bit this evening when I took Chelsea out before dinner. It is not supposed to be too messy though and will not get as low at the 10degrees that I woke up to this morning.
Talked to Mother this morning. Randy went to St. Louis on Wednesday and as of last night was still waiting to get out of the St. Louis Airport. He had spent the night before in the airport and was still waiting. I hope he is home now. He told Donna that it was useless to try to get a hotel room too because of the crowds, they were all full.
Take care and enjoy your Sunday. I am sure that we will. I do have to work at Rhine, but Dick is putting up the tree while I am gone so I can start decorating it this week.
Love
Mary
I packed the boxes for Leslie, Bret and Bart today. Whew. When we get those off, I always feel better. We DO have to get the gift certificates yet. This year Sara and Nora are out of school and on their own so we are using Mother's rule that they will no longer will get presents. We don't know their addresses either so it is a good cut off time. I hope they are doing well, we have not talked to them or heard from them directly for at least three years.
Leslie has sent pictures and some updates. They are good looking girls. One of my favorite pictures of them, however, is the one of them in the tea party hats that Bobbie made for them when they were just little. I enlarged it and hung it in this house. We had it in the office at Hunters Glen.
We were watching Who Wants to Be a Millionaire tonight. I was remembering that I have watched Regis Philbin off and on for over 30 years. He was a local celebrity in Los Angeles when I lived there and co hosted with Cyndy Garvey, Steve Garvey's now Ex Wife. She was a lovely blond lady. They used to refer to her and Steve Garvey as Ken and Barbie. They were a beautiful couple but that did not last. She has gone down hill from there I understand. Too bad. She and Regis were a good mix at the time.
It was snowing a bit this evening when I took Chelsea out before dinner. It is not supposed to be too messy though and will not get as low at the 10degrees that I woke up to this morning.
Talked to Mother this morning. Randy went to St. Louis on Wednesday and as of last night was still waiting to get out of the St. Louis Airport. He had spent the night before in the airport and was still waiting. I hope he is home now. He told Donna that it was useless to try to get a hotel room too because of the crowds, they were all full.
Take care and enjoy your Sunday. I am sure that we will. I do have to work at Rhine, but Dick is putting up the tree while I am gone so I can start decorating it this week.
Love
Mary
Friday, December 01, 2006
We got our first blizzard of the season. It was bad and we did not get hit as hard as Milwaukee and Chicago.
I did go to my doctor's appointment and did everything else that I planned in Sheboygan. Jim and Michelle started to work this morning but were back by 6:30AM. It was so bad when they hit Ozaukee County that they turned back so they drove into Sheboygan with me and they did an errand or two also.
I had my physical, my mammogram, gave blood and got my hair cut. Jim gave blood for the first time today. Michelle's iron count was a bit low so she has to wait. She is going to try again on Monday. We left Carina Capelle, the beauty shop, at about 11:00 and headed home. Michelle drove. It was AWFUL. The windshield wipers froze and were almost useless. Fortunately they did clear a nice spot for Michelle and after all the driver DOES need to see. There were at least 10 cars in the ditch including a couple of semis. None of them rolled. Three police cars were assisting some of the problem areas and probably had to move on the the next ones. I don't envy them their job. Hwy 23 was the worst. When we turned off on 57 the plows had been through and it was not too bad getting the rest of the way home. The snow was done by three and the sun actually came out. We are now plowed out completely.
I spent this afternoon clearing my desk, cleaning the kitchen and taking a nap.
We went to the Wilderness for supper tonight. We got the buffet. They did have perch on the buffet, and smelt. I think I much prefer on the menu items. I should really know that and just go for it. But it was good.
Time for bed. Tomorrow we are going to the house in Sheboygan to run the water and such.
Take care.
Mary
I did go to my doctor's appointment and did everything else that I planned in Sheboygan. Jim and Michelle started to work this morning but were back by 6:30AM. It was so bad when they hit Ozaukee County that they turned back so they drove into Sheboygan with me and they did an errand or two also.
I had my physical, my mammogram, gave blood and got my hair cut. Jim gave blood for the first time today. Michelle's iron count was a bit low so she has to wait. She is going to try again on Monday. We left Carina Capelle, the beauty shop, at about 11:00 and headed home. Michelle drove. It was AWFUL. The windshield wipers froze and were almost useless. Fortunately they did clear a nice spot for Michelle and after all the driver DOES need to see. There were at least 10 cars in the ditch including a couple of semis. None of them rolled. Three police cars were assisting some of the problem areas and probably had to move on the the next ones. I don't envy them their job. Hwy 23 was the worst. When we turned off on 57 the plows had been through and it was not too bad getting the rest of the way home. The snow was done by three and the sun actually came out. We are now plowed out completely.
I spent this afternoon clearing my desk, cleaning the kitchen and taking a nap.
We went to the Wilderness for supper tonight. We got the buffet. They did have perch on the buffet, and smelt. I think I much prefer on the menu items. I should really know that and just go for it. But it was good.
Time for bed. Tomorrow we are going to the house in Sheboygan to run the water and such.
Take care.
Mary
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during a recent interview.
When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America, he said:
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in ... and how many want out."
That is my thought for today.
It DID cool down today and it is supposed to start snowing at 3:AM. Chelsea will like that. She loves nothing more that jumping around in the snow.
Dick and I started this morning with breakfast at Mc Donalds. Then we went to the clinic for his blood test. He is perfect again. Sue wants to see him in three weeks again, to be sure that we are REALLY back on track. Then we went directly up to see Dr. Hodous to have his feet checked. They are healing quite well, but we have real hope of the insoles that we have ordered that should take the pressure off of those sensitive areas.
Grocery shopping was next. Then we got to stay home the whole rest of the day. I finally got around to dipping the buckeyes and I made fudge so that I can get the Christmas packages for the out of towners ready soon. Hopefully I can mail them next Monday or Tuesday.
Tomorrow is MY doctor day. I have my annual checkup followed by a mamagram (ick). Then I am going to get my hair cut and out to lunch with the bank ladies. Guess what, Saturday, IU don't have to go ANYWHERE.
Tomorrow, Dick and I are going out to dinner with Jim and Michelle using our coupons from the Welcome Lady. That should be nice. I won't be cooking at all.
Guess that is all
Love
Mary
When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America, he said:
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in ... and how many want out."
That is my thought for today.
It DID cool down today and it is supposed to start snowing at 3:AM. Chelsea will like that. She loves nothing more that jumping around in the snow.
Dick and I started this morning with breakfast at Mc Donalds. Then we went to the clinic for his blood test. He is perfect again. Sue wants to see him in three weeks again, to be sure that we are REALLY back on track. Then we went directly up to see Dr. Hodous to have his feet checked. They are healing quite well, but we have real hope of the insoles that we have ordered that should take the pressure off of those sensitive areas.
Grocery shopping was next. Then we got to stay home the whole rest of the day. I finally got around to dipping the buckeyes and I made fudge so that I can get the Christmas packages for the out of towners ready soon. Hopefully I can mail them next Monday or Tuesday.
Tomorrow is MY doctor day. I have my annual checkup followed by a mamagram (ick). Then I am going to get my hair cut and out to lunch with the bank ladies. Guess what, Saturday, IU don't have to go ANYWHERE.
Tomorrow, Dick and I are going out to dinner with Jim and Michelle using our coupons from the Welcome Lady. That should be nice. I won't be cooking at all.
Guess that is all
Love
Mary
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The weather - it is a'changin'. It was very warm this morning, so warm that I was able to wear a light jacket and a baseball cap on our walk. This evening it is cooling down and there is a possibility of snow showers tonight and tomorrow.
I had a dentist appointment today for a cleaning and checkup. I went right over to Mother's fromt he appointment and picked up the deer hide. Then after lunch, Dick and I drove to Hartford to W. B. Place to drop the hide off for tanning. I will have 5 hides. That will probably be enough for a jacket. they say 5 to 7 and I am not really very big. So maybe it will work. Otherwise, I will just have to wait until next year.
I made some Hello Dollies, or as they are sometimes called. 7 Layer Cookies. I made a few changes. I used chocolate graham crackers and substituted white chocolate chips for the butterscotch chips. They are REALLY good. I will have to rename them.
Tomorrow we take Dick to get the blood tested and to see Dr. Hodous for his feet. Then we will grocery shop and I will be able to stay home for the rest of the day.
I guess that is all for today. I am really tired and haven't much imagination left.
Have a good day tomorrow.
Love
Mary
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
It rained again today. Not too bad but it did rain. This is probably the last day that it will be warm enough to rain. Chelsea and I has a nice walk in the fog. Did I ever tell you that there are fairy rings in Lion's Park. Well there are. LOTS of them. I suppose the fairies like the fact that children play there.
After the walk I spent most of the morning on the phone trying to get some appointments scheduled and clear up some loose ends. Then this afternoon I went to Wells to talk to our investment broker about some stuff. Every so often I like to review a few things. Then I went to talk to Bill Cain, our real estate broker. We adjusted the sales price and will do a new push with the new price to see if we can drum up some action. Come on St. Joseph. Do your stuff.
Dick and I went over to K Mart and found a tree that is already lighted. That should make it very easy to get up for Dick. I want to start this week so I can be done by the end of next week. I started the Buckeyes today too.
I heard something on TV this morning about children who have imaginary friends. My Dad had two imaginary friends. Grandma Deeley and Aunt Helen told me about them. They were called Beanie and Ga Ga.
Jacquie called tonight. She liked the slippers that I sent her and wants to get some for Christmas gifts so I gave her all the information. I think I WILL get a pair for myself.
Tomorrow , the dentist and then Dick and I will take the deerskin down the Hartford for tanning.
This week is much too busy but it tapers off for the rest of the month.
Have a nice evening.
Love
Mary
After the walk I spent most of the morning on the phone trying to get some appointments scheduled and clear up some loose ends. Then this afternoon I went to Wells to talk to our investment broker about some stuff. Every so often I like to review a few things. Then I went to talk to Bill Cain, our real estate broker. We adjusted the sales price and will do a new push with the new price to see if we can drum up some action. Come on St. Joseph. Do your stuff.
Dick and I went over to K Mart and found a tree that is already lighted. That should make it very easy to get up for Dick. I want to start this week so I can be done by the end of next week. I started the Buckeyes today too.
I heard something on TV this morning about children who have imaginary friends. My Dad had two imaginary friends. Grandma Deeley and Aunt Helen told me about them. They were called Beanie and Ga Ga.
Jacquie called tonight. She liked the slippers that I sent her and wants to get some for Christmas gifts so I gave her all the information. I think I WILL get a pair for myself.
Tomorrow , the dentist and then Dick and I will take the deerskin down the Hartford for tanning.
This week is much too busy but it tapers off for the rest of the month.
Have a nice evening.
Love
Mary
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