Found out Saturday am getting a whole new roof and they are going to fix the ceiling too. Won't be for a couple of weeks but the deal is done. yea !!
Went to see Cowboy yesterday. Had planned to go Saturday but it was pouring down rain so didn't want to deal with it. It was gorgeous out yesterday. We walked around outside for quite a while and Cowboy kept picking up the leaves that had fallen. Some of them were large and quite pretty, oak and maple.. We also picked up acorns and examined them carefully. Cowboy talked about me taking them all home??????
My daughter bought a 60 inch TV for the game room Saturday. Are getting it hung on the wall this afternoon. The game room is coming together. I haven't bothered with much upstairs and because she travels it is taking awhile but it is going to be really neat. Still need to find a bar and some other things.
Things are coming together for Thanksgiving. Looks like we are going to have a houseful. Don't think can put both a turkey and a ham in the oven at the same time and then there all the sides. Am going to have to figure out how to do it all.
I am going to go get Cowboy on Wednesday and take him back on Friday. They have a rule of not keeping them out more than 48 hours. I explained it to him yesterday and made arrangements with staff to have him ready.
Happy Thanksgiving !!
Monday, November 24, 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Wednesday, November 19
I went to see Cowboy on Sunday and then again today. On Sunday he seemed very surprised to see me and asked me why I was there on a "Sunday?" Since I often go on Sunday can't say where that came from. It was cold and wet so we stayed in and spent some time in the common area and watched some TV. He was restless but cheerful.
Today he was in a really good humor. For some unexplained reason traffic was light and it went well going and coming home. Still cold so couldn't get out. We looked at the newspaper, walked around and just hung out. He spent some time looking at the grocery ad and got all wrapped up in the customer loyalty requirement on the sale items. I tried to explain it but he just couldn't comprehend what I was talking about.
I bought him two pair of jeans on Sunday after my visit and I brought them to him. They fit fine. Some of his jeans seemed to have "left the building".
The dentist was there Monday did the impression to modify his bridge. He looks kind of funny with no teeth on the bottom in front. He can still eat but with some difficulty.
I made arrangements for a podiatrist to visit and to order him a pair of shoes. His current shoes are 3 years old and I think we are supposed to get new ones every year. I have been a bad girl letting it go like this.
My roof is still not fixed. Am in a "kerfuffle" with the insurance company. A new adjuster and my roofer were here Saturday to reinspect it and I am waiting to hear from them. The roofer seems to think they will approve replacing the whole roof. Here's hoping.........
I had a handyman here last Thursday and he finished the guest bathroom and painted a little bit of the ceiling where my grandson had accidentally got some green paint on the white ceiling.
Yesterday the pool man told me there is no electricity to the pump for the pool. Geez !! I swear it is always something. Called an electrician and he will be here tomorrow. I have a son-in-law who is an electrician. Unfortunately, he is in upstate New York.
Won't be long I will have this place in good shape (I hope).
A friend of mine and her husband are going with me on a trip in January. She plays accordion with the group I used to be in and is a retired nurse. Her hubby is a retired Lutheran minister and very nice. They used to help me out with Cowboy when he was still at home.
I am so excited. I am going to Peru and will see Machu Pichu and Lima. Then I will go to Chile, landing in Santiago. Don't have all the details handy at the moment but will make a stop in Patagonia then on to Argentina.
After that not sure what might want to do. My daughter wants to plan a trip to Australia and to start putting money aside for that. Since she travels all the time she has lots of airline miles and wants to accumulate enough for the flight for both of us. Will take about another year, she thinks.
I can't complain. Am sitting here in my easy chair in a warm and attractive house and have talked to several family members over the course of the day.
I have this neat recipe for salmon that I am going to try tomorrow. It calls for bourbon so had to make a stop at the liquor store but will be fun to try. Working on Thanksgiving dinner in my head.
Today he was in a really good humor. For some unexplained reason traffic was light and it went well going and coming home. Still cold so couldn't get out. We looked at the newspaper, walked around and just hung out. He spent some time looking at the grocery ad and got all wrapped up in the customer loyalty requirement on the sale items. I tried to explain it but he just couldn't comprehend what I was talking about.
I bought him two pair of jeans on Sunday after my visit and I brought them to him. They fit fine. Some of his jeans seemed to have "left the building".
The dentist was there Monday did the impression to modify his bridge. He looks kind of funny with no teeth on the bottom in front. He can still eat but with some difficulty.
I made arrangements for a podiatrist to visit and to order him a pair of shoes. His current shoes are 3 years old and I think we are supposed to get new ones every year. I have been a bad girl letting it go like this.
My roof is still not fixed. Am in a "kerfuffle" with the insurance company. A new adjuster and my roofer were here Saturday to reinspect it and I am waiting to hear from them. The roofer seems to think they will approve replacing the whole roof. Here's hoping.........
I had a handyman here last Thursday and he finished the guest bathroom and painted a little bit of the ceiling where my grandson had accidentally got some green paint on the white ceiling.
Yesterday the pool man told me there is no electricity to the pump for the pool. Geez !! I swear it is always something. Called an electrician and he will be here tomorrow. I have a son-in-law who is an electrician. Unfortunately, he is in upstate New York.
Won't be long I will have this place in good shape (I hope).
A friend of mine and her husband are going with me on a trip in January. She plays accordion with the group I used to be in and is a retired nurse. Her hubby is a retired Lutheran minister and very nice. They used to help me out with Cowboy when he was still at home.
I am so excited. I am going to Peru and will see Machu Pichu and Lima. Then I will go to Chile, landing in Santiago. Don't have all the details handy at the moment but will make a stop in Patagonia then on to Argentina.
After that not sure what might want to do. My daughter wants to plan a trip to Australia and to start putting money aside for that. Since she travels all the time she has lots of airline miles and wants to accumulate enough for the flight for both of us. Will take about another year, she thinks.
I can't complain. Am sitting here in my easy chair in a warm and attractive house and have talked to several family members over the course of the day.
I have this neat recipe for salmon that I am going to try tomorrow. It calls for bourbon so had to make a stop at the liquor store but will be fun to try. Working on Thanksgiving dinner in my head.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Thursday, November 13
The days just seem to fly by. I always have a list of things to do.
I spent this morning going from Dollar General store to other Dollar General stores trying to gather up enough Santa wall hangings to put one on each residents' door. It took 4 stores but I have them. The idea came from one of the other wives but they will look pretty cool I think. We are going to put up the tree and decorate the day after Thanksgiving.
I made a visit to Cowboy on Saturday and we walked quite a bit. He was fretting about the bird seed issue. Ran into the activity aide and she said she has some, not to worry.
I went to the home Tuesday in the afternoon. At 5 we had a special dinner with tablecloths, cloth napkins and centerpieces. We celebrated Veterans day in style. There were a group of soldiers from Ft Hood that came around and visited with everyone.
Cowboy had already been shaved, showered and dressed before I got there. He had on a rose boutinere and looked really nice. I put on a dress up top and patent dress shoes and jewelry. It was a nice event.
Because it was late when it was over I stayed over at a hotel and then drove home yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon I had an appointment with the gastrenterologist. (how do you spell that anyway?)
He wants to do an upper GI. I have never had one and have a lot of trouble with acid reflux so is time to make sure there isn't damage in there. It is scheduled for the 15th of December. The medicine he gave me last month for my colon is working wonders for the irritable bowel issue. Modern medicine is a wonderful thing.
My daughter and I are going to host Thanksgiving this year and I have been picking up things that we will need when I am out. I found some place mats on sale at the dollar store. who knew? They will be great for the little ones.
I have a handyman here and am finally getting the guest bath finished. He is also doing a little patching on some of the painting that my grandson did. We had green paint on the ceiling and we dabbed white on it.
I also talked to a landscaper this morning. I have decided I couldn't keep the weeds out if I pulled them everyday so I going to turn it over to an expert.
I spent this morning going from Dollar General store to other Dollar General stores trying to gather up enough Santa wall hangings to put one on each residents' door. It took 4 stores but I have them. The idea came from one of the other wives but they will look pretty cool I think. We are going to put up the tree and decorate the day after Thanksgiving.
I made a visit to Cowboy on Saturday and we walked quite a bit. He was fretting about the bird seed issue. Ran into the activity aide and she said she has some, not to worry.
I went to the home Tuesday in the afternoon. At 5 we had a special dinner with tablecloths, cloth napkins and centerpieces. We celebrated Veterans day in style. There were a group of soldiers from Ft Hood that came around and visited with everyone.
Cowboy had already been shaved, showered and dressed before I got there. He had on a rose boutinere and looked really nice. I put on a dress up top and patent dress shoes and jewelry. It was a nice event.
Because it was late when it was over I stayed over at a hotel and then drove home yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon I had an appointment with the gastrenterologist. (how do you spell that anyway?)
He wants to do an upper GI. I have never had one and have a lot of trouble with acid reflux so is time to make sure there isn't damage in there. It is scheduled for the 15th of December. The medicine he gave me last month for my colon is working wonders for the irritable bowel issue. Modern medicine is a wonderful thing.
My daughter and I are going to host Thanksgiving this year and I have been picking up things that we will need when I am out. I found some place mats on sale at the dollar store. who knew? They will be great for the little ones.
I have a handyman here and am finally getting the guest bath finished. He is also doing a little patching on some of the painting that my grandson did. We had green paint on the ceiling and we dabbed white on it.
I also talked to a landscaper this morning. I have decided I couldn't keep the weeds out if I pulled them everyday so I going to turn it over to an expert.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Tuesday, November 4
I can't even tell you what I have done this week. I certainly didn't accomplish much of anything. My daughter was home from Saturday til this morning and we did get some time to chat. Grandson #4 was over as well. I also spent quite a bit of time catching up with my favorite TV shows.
I went to see Cowboy on Friday and he was doing fine. We had their wonderful catfish and spent a lot of time looking at an old atlas. I would ask him where in South Dakota he lived as a child. He couldn't tell me. We looked at a map of Arizona and New Mexico and he told me there used to be another state in between them. We looked at some of the places in Europe we visited when we lived in Germany many years ago. I showed him where I had been on my trip. It was nice because we were actually conversing even though he was having a little trouble remembering things.
I was going to see him today but it is raining very hard here today and I didn't want to drive in it. I35 is enough of a challenge on a good day. I will go tomorrow. I called him and told him and he was fine.
There is another good reason to wait until tomorrow. He is to see the dentist to get an impression made so they can modify his bridge. He likes for me to be nearby when he sees the dentist.
I have started a menu for Thanksgiving. We are going to have folks over. Don't know how many yet but will probably be a houseful. Then I can build a shopping list.
I need to carve out some time to go through the several hundred pictures I took on my trip and print out the best ones.
I will be staying in today for sure. I can hear the rain beating down.
I went to see Cowboy on Friday and he was doing fine. We had their wonderful catfish and spent a lot of time looking at an old atlas. I would ask him where in South Dakota he lived as a child. He couldn't tell me. We looked at a map of Arizona and New Mexico and he told me there used to be another state in between them. We looked at some of the places in Europe we visited when we lived in Germany many years ago. I showed him where I had been on my trip. It was nice because we were actually conversing even though he was having a little trouble remembering things.
I was going to see him today but it is raining very hard here today and I didn't want to drive in it. I35 is enough of a challenge on a good day. I will go tomorrow. I called him and told him and he was fine.
There is another good reason to wait until tomorrow. He is to see the dentist to get an impression made so they can modify his bridge. He likes for me to be nearby when he sees the dentist.
I have started a menu for Thanksgiving. We are going to have folks over. Don't know how many yet but will probably be a houseful. Then I can build a shopping list.
I need to carve out some time to go through the several hundred pictures I took on my trip and print out the best ones.
I will be staying in today for sure. I can hear the rain beating down.
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