Thursday, Nov 28th, 2019…… HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Hope everyone enjoys the holiday and finds
many, many things to be thankful for this holiday. We were not going to do the
traditional turkey this year. Since we had the nice meal at the senior center,
we decided to have bbq ribs, scalloped potatoes, brussel sprouts, salad, and
apple pie for dinner. Penny is coming over at noon to help us put everything
together. The weather is still pretty cold up here. When I took Rylee out for
our walk this morning, the sun was just coming up over the Cascades. It was 25º
!!! Cold enough to snow but the skies
were bright blue. There is no rain in
the forecast and they say we will get have sun and all day with a high of 53º.
Lydia took Tylenol pm last night but woke up early with pain enough to make her
take one of her new pills. Actually, they were the same as what she already had
from her Calif. doctors- hydrocodone acetaminophen. The old meds had expired
and the one she took last night was enough for her to get some sleep. But she
needed Tylenol when she got up. After the usual morning tasks, I spent time
getting the ribs and potatoes out and prepped for the oven. Then I took down
all of the fall decorations. We needed the dining room table so that helped. I
have already gotten down all of the Christmas stuff. Lydia says that because we
will be leaving for SoCal right after the holidays, she won’t be doing the
decorating to the nines that we are used to seeing. I’m still doing the outside
lights like last year. I already have the nails in so it should go up (and
down) quickly. At noon, sis got here and we already had the ribs in the oven
and cooking. These are the Costco packaged ribs and we have found that
following the directions yields terrific results. Once we got the brussel
sprouts and the scalloped potatoes done, we were ready and settled in for a
nice meal.
Before we
ate, we called Randy and Maryanne and then facetimed Jeff & Krista and the
grandkids. Except for Krista, everyone seems to be doing well. J&K have a
houseguest – one of the girl’s friends, who is having trouble at home and is
staying with them now. They are not given any financial assistance so something
has to give soon! Krista is still off work (three weeks) dealing with her
illness (uti). Her mom came in from Indiana last week and will be there for a
few more days. R&MA are doing well. They showed us – via their tablet - their
house full of dogs and cats. They have a
tenant who rents a room with them so they had a quiet Thanksgiving at home. We
discussed Christmas and hope to get together (via social media) then.
After our
meal and cleanup, I spent most of the day watching football and relaxing. The
girls watched their own shows and the dogs napped. Later, after sis went home
(she left Q for the night) we snacked and then I let Quincy out to pee and poop
and took butthead out again for another walk before we relaxed and watched tv
and finally called it a night.
Friday, Nov 29th, 2019…… Another freezing morning. It was 22º at 7:15am
w/frost on the ground. Here’s a pic I took while on our walk….
And a
couple from sis as she came back this morning to walk Quincy….
No plans
for Black Friday shopping. We did that many years ago and choose not to fight
the crowds – although Black Friday crowds here are about the same as a normal
day of shopping down in SoCal! Still, we are using amazon and whatever.com for
a lot of what we are buying. We have the same thing going with the kids as we
did last year. Each of us buys something we want for ourselves and we will wrap
them and put them under our trees – then on Christmas morning we facetime or
marco polo or whatever with them and we open those gifts then. It’s really the
same as asking for something and having it bought by them and brought over and
put under the tree. Plus, it’s way better than gift cards! Anyway, we will be
doing it again this year.
Lydia has
been doing ok. She is not going out anywhere (except for doctor’s visits)
because being on her feet causes swelling (and pain). The pain meds are working
when she uses them but she’s trying to get by with Tylenol as much as she can.
She’s really tired of just sitting around and wants to go out. We will probably
head out later tonight to the fairgrounds. They have a drive-thru Christmas display
that we heard is pretty good. I think we’ll plan on going to the show a couple
of times as well. Maybe next week. We like the lounge chairs at the theater in
Eugene and that will help her as Lydia did finally get her 'welcome' call from UHC. They will be getting her insurance card out to her in a few days. So we are now good to go for next tear! Whew!
I spent
most of the day bringing in all of the Christmas boxes and staged them on the
back porch. Before that, Lydia came out
and we eliminated some of those that have items we won’t be putting out this
year. I was going to start on the
outdoor lights but got lazy. Tomorrow. We had a late lunch today so when it
came time for dinner, we each heated up a piece of the tri-tip and that was all
we had. We fed Rylee and headed off to get sis and go over to Corvallis to the
fairgrounds. The Pastega Family has been putting up a Christmas display for
many years and they have combined with local businesses and it has moved to the
fairgrounds where there is more room. They have canned food bins set out for
donations for the local shelter. We thought they would have a bin for money
donations but we saw nothing and no one was there. The road winds around and
through the fairground exhibit buildings and they have done a nice job with
themed vignettes with Christmas music to match. It was really fun and
comfortable since we didn’t have to walk anywhere.
We got
back home and Lydia put her feet up and watched tv and tried to rest before
taking more pain meds and going to bed. She was sound asleep when I came in a
bit later.
Saturday, Nov 30th, 2019…… I had a few things to do today, which involved
Birthdays & Christmas. We are sending a package off to the kids in Florida
so I needed to get that ready. My sister has added a few things as well. This
package includes birthday gifts for the girls who are turning 17 in Dec. Turns
out Lydia had already taken care of the task of getting everything in and all
of the cards signed as well and everything is ready to mail off on Monday. The
second task was putting up the tree and getting the lights put up outside. I
started on the tree, which is pre-lit. I think my sister will be coming over to
assist decorating it this year since Lydia can’t stand on her feet too long
right now. After setting up the tree, I brought in everything else and got it all
out of the boxes and ready for Lydia to direct me as to where she wants it set
out. Next up was the outdoor lights. I rested
and waited until the sun came out and it got a bit warmer. But it stayed cloudy
and really didn’t warm up and was still super cold out on the front porch,
which faces north and never gets any direct sunlight anyway. So, I decided to
wait another day.
I thought
I might hear from Peterson Trucking today about the motorhome but the call
didn’t come in. They said they would only have a skeleton crew working Saturday,
so I wasn’t surprised. I’m in no hurry
so next week will be fine with me. I got my boat tags in the mail yesterday so
I went out and put them on. Like car tags in Oregon, these are also good for
two years. Not a bad deal!
So, most
of the day was spent inside where it was nice and warm. I watched all of the
college games – some really exciting, others not so much. I have one more race on
tomorrow - an F1 season ending one. There are three more Mecum auction dates next
Fri.-Sun. and I will have all of my scheduled shows for 2019 completed. Lately
I have been stuck on watching MASH reruns. I think I have gone through over 65
shows since I started taping them. I know it ranks as one of the top five series
I have enjoyed over the years.
We heated
up leftovers again tonight. This time it was bbq ribs and brussel sprouts and
scalloped potatoes and apple pie. We had cooked two full racks of ribs for
Thanksgiving and even though my sister took some home to freeze, we still had a
bunch and have frozen them in portion bags for whenever we want a quick meal. I
let monkey butt out just before bedtime and we all headed off to bed.
No comments:
Post a Comment