June 19, 2009

• Uneventful Friday

  Uneventful Friday . . . just the way I like it.  Quiet and no melodrama!

  Shushi is fine.  For those of you who missed it, I posted a "Pulse" asking for prayer when she was headed to the Critical Care and Emergency Vet Clinic on Wednesday.  She tore the trash out of the girls' bathroom waste basket this morning.  I guess it's true, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," but, neither can you teach a new dog new tricks!!!

  I have a few photos left to share regarding Stephanie's birthday last Friday.

                              
                                            (Gifts from her sisters and one from Jesse & me
                                                       and a card from my parents.)

  I had a relatively quiet day yesterday.  No more shooting pains.  Only a few cramps in my feet and toes, if I stand on my foot, the cramps go away.  No need for any pain medicine - none at all.  I took it easy.  Puttered around the house doing a few things like cleaned off my desk top, arranged some food in the kitchen (the groceries our neighbor brought us), and cleaned off my bathroom sink of prescription medicines I'm not using.  I read a bit and then tried to rest/sleep, but those Charlie Horse cramps in my toes kept me awake.  It's hard to sleep when your feet and toes start to cramp.  Tends to keep you awake!  So, I waited for the news to come on at 4:30pm.

                             
                                      (It's more exciting to "give" than to "receive"!!!!!)

  Marie came over to visit, but she and JoAnn were in the den and I stayed on my bed most of the day.  I wasn't quite up to visiting with company.  Today Don has come back to try to install that garage door opener.  He's in the garage and JoAnn, Abreeana, and I are locked up in the house.  I told Jesse to tell Don I wasn't up to having visitors today, either.

                   

  We ate leftovers for dinner last night.  We had some barbecued beef and buns from one meal and chicken, rice, vegetables & fruit from another that church people had brought this week.  I had fruit for breakfast again today.  There's nothing better than a fresh fruit salad.  Oklahoma has slim pickins when it comes to fresh fruit, so this was especially good to eat!

                                                        
                                                                            (Lots of hugs and thank yous!)

  The girls will stay at Stephanie's house until tomorrow afternoon.  They are really enjoying swimming in Stephanie's big pool.  Also, there are cement steps that lead down into the pool and that is a perfect area for Luci to play around, since she is very intimidated by the size and depth of the whole pool.  Stephanie talked with Jesse last night and, I think, asked him to get the girls "noodles" to help teach them to swim or paddle around in the water.

                    
                                     (This may be a duplicate.  I took 3 group photos
                                          and can't tell one from another, now!)

  I found a ham bone in the freezer yesterday and will make a pot of beans and ham for dinner.  My meal ideas are the easiest ones to make, lately!  Nothing like the old days, where I cooked things that are time consuming or complicated!

  
  (Bad side view of the messy Cupcake Tower I made!)

  Jesse is working fast and furiously to get done as many lawns as possible.  What he doesn't finish today, he will finish tomorrow, giving him a day on Sunday to relax.

                                              
                                                   (JanaLyn hugging Abreeana - Abreeana with her "smiley eyes"!!!)
                                                          (Both of them had package ribbons tied in their hair!)

  The temperatures continue to be in the mid 90's and VERY muggy.  I'm glad I don't have to go anywhere out in this heat.  I don't even walk to the mailbox, one of the girls usually goes or Jesse picks it up when he comes home at night.  I don't usually get anything interesting in the mail, anyway.  There's an occasional card or note from a friend or family member.  That's always nice.  Much better than only getting bills and junk mail - but, unfortunately, we receive our fair share of that, too!

                                
                                                               (Stephanie, me, and Tango.)

  No plans for today.  I've already made our bed, cleaned off my desk, balanced the checkbook, and paid a bill online.  I made a spread sheet using Excel to keep track of the pills I take and what time I take them.  That was as creative as I could be for today!

  JoAnn will go pick up Jesse's Father's Day cards and gifts for me.  I wanted the girls to have something to give him - I'm teaching them to be givers and not takers all the time!  I should be fine staying by myself while she shops.  As long as I stay on top of the bed and only get up for an occasional drink, etc.

  No goals or lofty and ambitious ideas - just planning to make time to relax.

  Be Blessed  ~

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