Monday, January 7th., 2019…... We had some rain
last night and it puddled up in places on the driveway. The temps came down to
30º and that was enough to make all of that water freeze and make black ice. Even
though the sun was out, the driveway and all of our street was still really slippery.
Monster mutt started out and did the slip and slide for a foot or so and that
got her attention! But she didn’t blink after that and was fine for our walk. The
temps came up and we only got a few minutes of rain all day. Lydia and I left a little later and went first
to my sister’s (to help her move some furniture) and then to Walmart for some
shopping. Among other things, we got some ciabatta bread for bbq sandwiches for
dinner tonight. Once we got home and got everything put away, I got caught up
on some of my taped shows and she did some swiffering around the house. We have
decided to try another location for the dog’s food and water. We had it under
the window in the dining area, off the kitchen. It was on our hardwood floor
and we are seeing some delamination of the varnish coat. We’ve got the feeding
area covered with waterproof carpet but she’s got a pretty good sized ‘slop
zone’ after she drinks. We’ll try the laundry area because that’s laminate.
Around 4:45pm we drove down to Lou’s and I showed Lydia how to feed Bailey and
Lucy. We checked their water and fed the cat on the way out and we were done.
We will do that each day until Friday afternoon.
Then we came home and she
put together our bbq sandwiches and she headed off to her tv and I settled in
to watch the College Football Championship game. Go Clemson!
Tuesday, January 8th., 2019…… Happy
Birthday to my Sister Penny! She
shares the same birthday as Elvis! (and David Bowie, Bob Eubanks, and Kim
Jong-uh among others!). Imagine - Elvis would have been 84 today! She and
Quincy came over for their walk and then I took her down to Lou’s to help me
feed his dogs. After that we took off to Kevin’s for breakfast. But when we got
there, it was closed. Not sure why – will have to check. I drove us to
Brownsville and to the Pioneer Truck Stop out on I5. I had been there before
and I liked it. They have the best bacon! Nice and thick! We came back home and
after Penny and Quincy left, we hung around the house for a few minutes and then
we left and took Rylee with us and headed off to Corvallis for Lydia’s gastro
dr. appointment. She’s doing better but they are still concerned that the area
is still sensitive and she’s still passing a filmy substance (which is coming
from the inflamed area). So, they are going to try stronger antibiotics
(flagyl). Lydia has had a reaction to the flagyl in the past but she’s willing
to try it again if it will knock this thing back! As of this evening we’re
waiting for the pharmacy to fill it and call us. Later, Penny came back and we left for Coburg
to have Pizza for her birthday. Plus, we each have scratch-offs and can win
free food or even cash. Problem was when we got there it is still closed for
renovations. They were supposed to be finished by now but guess not. So, we
went to Bronco’s Saloon, just down the street. Lydia and I had been there
before and liked it. The meals were really good and we even had room for bread
pudding for dessert! We drove back home and stopped at Lou’s house and fed the
dogs again. They are happy to see us and both dove in to their dishes pretty
quickly. I’ll take pics tomorrow morning. Then it was back home and tv and
quiet time (sorry – that’s not possible with monster puppy in the house!) until
bed.
Wednesday, January 9th., 2019…... This morning I got up a few times – just couldn’t
sleep – and went into my office to watch tv and/or try to sleep. I did this a
few times. Back and forth from bed to my recliner! I feel fine for now but I
will probably be taking a nap or two sometime today. I did all of my duties
this morning, though. Fed Bailey and Lucy, walked Rylee, and went and got us
breakfast. I even stopped at Walmart for
a few things and got the truck gassed up on the way. Once home, we settled in
and ate breakfast and I started watching Mecum Auction Kissimmee which starts
today. I broke it up by going out to the shop for a while. Lydia left and went
to get her prescription and then to do her labs. The weather is just ok. No
rain but it’s cloudy. Forecast is for rain today only then sun and no rain for
the next seven days. Yaay! We like the sun! We decided to go to Costco today
and get a few things. While we were there, we saw my sister, who just got her
new tires installed and was headed off to Corvallis to get the front-end alignment
done. While we were in Costco, we ran across some outside security lights. We
had seen them at Lowes and were going to buy two there (at $75. per light) but
we saw these. They were virtually the same thing and they were $29.99! so, we
added those to our shopping cart. We got back home and I took Rylee out to the
shop with me. She needs to get out and I had some more of the Christmas stuff I
needed to get put back up on the racks. My sister called later and gave us an
update on a missing lady in the area. The story has been on the news for a few days
now. She went to work early Monday morning and never made it to work. Her truck
was found in the Willamette River, just across the road from the HP facility in
Corvallis. They think she hit black ice (same as we had here on Monday) and
skidded over the embankment. Penny said on her way to Corvallis, she went by
the site and they were finished with the recovery. Boats are now out on the
river, and divers are searching. They think she drowned but no body as of yet. Sad.
We didn’t
eat lunch so Lydia got an early start on dinner (spaghetti) and then we went over
to feed Lou’s dogs and check the house. Then it was back home and rest and tv
until we called it a night.
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