Thursday, Sep 19th, 2019…… This morning we had a schedule. I
got up and out with the Q and then monkey butt, and then went and got
breakfast/coffee/tea. I worked a bit on the blog and got the last one posted.
By then it was time to load up and head to Salem for my sister’s Dr’s
appointment. I dropped them off and found a parking spot. The doctor removed
her drain tubes and she was good to go. She can now shower and with some
restrictions can get back to her life. After that, we headed over to the Salem Best
Buy and I got two more car chargers for our phones. I had found one there when
we got our stove that I liked. It is a fast charge 27-amp charger and really
works well for us when we travel. That completed, we went just down the street
and had lunch at Red Lobster, courtesy of my sister’s credit card. They have all-you-can-eat shrimp going on right
now so we all tried that. It was yummy! Thanks, Sis! We got back home and rested from our outing.
Later, Sis gathered up her stuff and Lydia took her back home. We kept Quincy
here. So now Penny can relax and take a nice long shower and get some quiet
time today and tonight. Once Lydia got home, we were in for the night. No dinner tonight, just cheese and apples (I
had grapes!). We watched our tv shows for a bit. Treasa texted me asking for
the name of the campground we both stayed at in St Ignace in Michigan when we
were there in 2012, going to tour Mackinaw Island. I found it in my 2012 trip
book and sent it to her. Of course, I
had to keep reading and finished each logged-in report for the entire 3-month
trip! That was some serious reading! I
went to bed but had a hard time falling asleep. Butthead got me up around 2:30
to go outside (forgot to let her out when I came to bed!) and I had to try hard
to go back to sleep again. I’m sure tomorrow will be a slow day.
Friday, Sep 20th, 2019…... Surprisingly, I was up before
7:00am! I showered and waited for sis to come over. She was going to take
Quincy out her for her run/walk. So, in the meantime, I took Rylee for our
usual walk and got our newspaper. She got here and they had their walk and Rylee
went out to play with them a bit. Penny was told she wasn’t supposed to hold a
leash so she fixed up two leashes and attached it to her waist. She doesn’t
need it here but put it on to get Quincy out to her car! She will try that out tomorrow when they walk
at home. I went and got coffee/tea while Lydia made sausage and scrambled eggs
for breakfast. No rains yet but it’s cloudy. The forecast is 10% chance of
rain. The grass is still soggy but I think it’s ok for the mower to be on and
the grass clumps should come right up. But I waited until the afternoon just to
give it more time and then went out and got that job started. I did the area
back of the garage by the grapes and then started on the west side of the
driveway. But wait - after one pass I had to quit! The grass there was still way
too soggy and made some serious tracks in the lawn as you can see in the pic
below…
I went over
to the grass area next to the garage and dumped the partial load I had which
Lydia was quick to pick up while I put the tractor away. I think by the time
the grass is dry, it will be time to just mow it again! The way things are going, the lawn will probably
need mowing a couple more times this season.
I think we will need just one more mowing of the ‘west 40’ so Chuck has
been given the green light to come do that whenever he chooses. Next week we
are supposed to have warmer days with no rain.
I didn’t
have anything else planned today but I needed to do something. So, I got out
the large ladder and moved the hanging plant brackets out closer to the front
of the porch. That way, they can get more sunlight. We have already added the
devices my sister gave us that will allow Lydia to pull them down to be able to
water them easier.
Lydia
fixed a casserole for dinner which was very good. We settled in and watched our
own taped programs until it was time for bed.
Saturday, Sep 21st, 2019…... Absolutely nothing on the agenda
for me today. Sis wanted to go to the local car show in town but Lydia didn’t
care to go and I just wasn’t interested this time. She sent me pics and it
looked like they had some interesting cars but I still opted out. The weather
was actually pretty good. Today was sunny all day (but still not enough to work
in the yard). Lydia left later to go get some fabric for a quilting class she
has signed up for at the senior center. I don’t think I went outside except to
walk and play with Rylee. Just a lazy day. Lydia got home and got some white
beans soaking. She had ham and potatoes and onions sliced and ready to get
cooking with the beans and had that on the stove cooking for some time into the
evening. She added some cornbread and we had a great dinner. More tv and
finally bedtime.
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