July 8, 2009

  • Doctor, Restaurant, & Lion

    I was a little "stir crazy" yesterday.  Guess staying home all the time has finally gotten to me! 

    Yesterday, Annamarie had an appointment to have her swimmer's ear checked and I decided to have a recheck done on Rissy's ear.  Jesse was going to take the girls by himself and, last minute, I decided to go along with him.  It felt so good to get out of the house! 

    The two girls were released to go to Stephanie's house, as long as they didn't put their heads under water in the pool.  Luci didn't get to go because of some behavioral problems Stephanie had with her last week.  We dropped the girls off at Stephanie's place after the doctor appointment.  She lives less than a mile from the doctor's office.

                                    
                                        Abreeana was scared by the noise and flash of the fireworks.
                                                 She preferred to watch from the window in the den!

    I had planned to cook dinner last night, but Jesse suggested we go out to eat at a restaurant up the street from us.  I ordered apricot chicken over wild rice and think I can duplicate the recipe.  It was very good.  Jesse had a bite and said he liked it and was amazed when the manager of the restaurant confirmed what I guessed to be the ingredients of the sauce!  I guess when you are as old as I am and cook all the time, it's an easy guessing game!

    Tonight, I'll fix the cranberry chicken I had planned to fix last night.  The two girls and Aolani won't be here, so I have thawed more chicken breasts than necessary, but, leftovers of this dish always taste good.

    Tomorrow, Jesse wants to take Karen (and the rest of the family) to our favorite Italian restaurant which is an hour and a half drive from here.  I KNOW, after chemo, I won't feel like driving 3 hours (to and back) or sitting in a restaurant for dinner.  He was trying to think of someone to "sit" with me.  I feel like a child!  But, I know it's not safe for me to be alone - especially for hours and hours.  We'll see how that all pans out.  They may have to forgo showing Karen the countryside and some good Italian food.

      Before picture of Karen's auburn hair.                                   After picture of light brown hair - JoAnn's handiwork. 

    I had a horrible nightmare last night.  I dreamed a lion was after me.  Can you imagine, at *my* age, having a scary lion dream?  It truly was scary.  I woke up Jesse and asked him to put his arms around me because I'd had a nightmare.  Everyone went to the zoo, yesterday, and they talked about the animals they saw.  Maybe I had lions on my mind!  Jesse laughed at me, this morning, when I told him the details of my dream.  It was a rather dumb dream - but SCARY, nonetheless!!!

                                     
                                                       Aolani has finally arrived from Tacoma!

    Chirp has been on a wild terror this morning.  He sounds like a train running up and down the hallway.  He's usually not so wound up, and we've all laughed at my "wild child's" antics!  Even Sushi has been chasing him and egging him on!

                                     
                                                      Abreena is thrilled to have her "Sissy" here!

    No plans for today.  I think I should take it easy . . . which means, back to staying home.  I hate to push it, although I'd love to get out of the house again.  Maybe I can go to the local Target for a bit and walk around.  Do I sound desperate???!!!  LOL

    Be Blessed  ~

Comments (4)

  • Glad you were able to get out at least for a little bit!  I've been that way a few times myself.

  • How fun to get to go out to eat -- and come home with a new recipe idea :) Your cranberry chicken sounds yummy, also. I bet Karen was pleased with her hair -- it looks great in the after photo. I'll pray that all goes well for you today -- if you go to Target, think of it as a trip and take the "scenic route" down an aisle you don't usually travel :)

  • I'm so sorry you have cabin fever! I remember times of feeling like that. When we first moved here and had no car, my husband and daughter were able to get out and walk, but because of physical limitations, I couldn't do that very well. Just walking to the bus stop wore me out. I spent days and days inside and we had no phone, TV or computer! The apricot chicken sounds good! What all is in cranberry chicken? That sounds good, too!

  • I'm liking the sound of that cranberry chicken too! I wouldn't mind if you posted it!

    You don't sound desperate...you sound like your itching to get on the move! I hope you were able to get out for a bit to Target...to bad about the Italian Restaurant though, I remember it from past post and it looked and sounded like a very charming little place.

    Take care and God Bless...you are always in my prayers~Dawne

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