Holly, I went onto your blog and looked at your zigzag tabletops.  Oh, they are so bright and cheerful!  The last one had such pretty pastels.

It is near 70 degrees today.  It did rain some this morning and now the weather people are saying perhaps some strong storms or a tornado coming this evening.  

I am still scrap busting and made another little quilt for Project Linus.  I used a Bonnie Hunter pattern and it did turn out cute.  I need to look through some of my many quilt books and find one that is not a scrap pattern.  Perhaps I will do that tonight.

Dean got a piece of metal in his eye from working on his car.  We took him to our eye doctor and he removed it easily and then asked Dean if he had done this often.  Yep.  A car mechanic/welder gets lots of debris in the eyes even when wearing safety glasses.  The sliver of metal this time went right under the bottom  of the glasses.  Anyway, all is well and he is on eye drops for the next seven days.

I took some chicken breasts out of the freezer and will make something with them for supper.  Not sure what just yet but we have salad fixings so that will be the side.

Better run as I have to pick up kids after school today.

Take care.

I got my laundry done today, changed sheets, washed mattress topper and mattress pad. This mattress topper has made my memory foam mattress (the expensive one!) bearable. It's 3" thick and takes awhile to dry. I put it over my leather sofa to dry all day, then in the dryer to finish, if needed.

Cheryl, we only schedule cruises when Carter is on school break. Greg won a "free" cruise playing in the casino. He and Carter are going on the Harmony of the Seas in June. It's only for two people, but they need a cruise without Nana and that's way too soon for me. They are flying to Galveston. He's already booked the cruise and their flights. 

Sandra, no rest/peace for G&E. They had the kids here because the parents worked too late. Also, Hannah's horse, Bacardi, had a terrible accident. Her foot got caught in the fence and ripped the skin & flesh off. The bone is exposed. The neighbors came over and helped her get the horse in the trailer. She will need surgery and is still at the vet. So far it's at $4,000 and going up. I'm proud of H for making sure her horse is getting the best care. As for Molly and Gracie, Gracie sat with Gary every night and laid her head on his leg. She's never done that with me except when it thunders, lol! 

I went to visit Gary this evening, as I haven't been there in quite a long time. Hannah wants to put her horse in the shop when she gets to come home. Gary didn't want to do this, as he has a living area and a 75" tv in there, but he got overruled, lol. It gave him some space to get away from the RV. She is getting stalls built. This is a 2,400 square foot shop. Today she bought a huge storage building to put furniture in (that is in the shop) and a lot of other things. There is a barn on the property (not their property, but they have the right to use it), but it's a long story why H doesn't want to use it. 

Gary got a decision from SS on 2/21, but his case was pulled for quality review (this is randomly done). Could be another 4 weeks or even longer before he knows the answer.

Tomorrow I am scheduled for my mammogram. I'm not sure if I will need to have these every 6 months, but I will find out tomorrow. 

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It sounds like everyone is busy and getting lots done - cooking, cruising, exercising, etc. I enjoy reading about all of it.

We had a wonderful “Christmas”. The kids were so much fun to watch and interact with. The 4 year old woke up her mom at daybreak saying “ The sun is up and so am I!”  She was ready to open gifts but patiently waited until after breakfast.  18 month old Winnifred walked around all day with raised hand saying “I, I” (meaning high five).  So cute!    We had quite a buffet for breakfast. Abigail brought bagels and cream cheese from Panera. Jessica fixed a lovely fruit platter and made chocolate scones. Melanie scrambled eggs and fixed toast. We FaceTimed with Nathanael in Savannah while opening gifts. I had mailed his so he could open when the rest of us did.  Lunch was breakfast leftovers with the addition of a couple salads. We had takeout from local restaurant for supper. My drive both ways was easy, traffic was light and weather was good. I’m already wondering when I can go again, maybe in May when a couple of people have birthdays.

Sandra, we get the wind advisory tonight, so it must be moving south. 

I didn’t take a nap yesterday, and at 9 last night I couldn’t keep my eyes open, so went to bed. Work up so hungry this morning! We went to the diner for breakfast, so good! We brought a lot home. Then to the library to swap out books, now home. It’s a drizzley day. Got gas when we were out, $2.99 at the corner, yay! 

Mary Lou, sounds like a great visit with your family! So hard when they live far away. 

We are under a wind advisory. I can hear things moving around on the patio.

Molly was more thrilled than Gracie to see me. Pictures below. I have so many good cruise pictures, I've decided to share them by areas. Maybe I can share some tonight. 

Sandra, it's the other way around. H has been paying all of the bills since E lost her job at Home Depot. There is SS backpay if you are approved, but he won't get it back to 2021. They have changed it. They enjoyed being in a house for a week instead of an RV. She cooked a lot while here, but my house was spotless, the way I left it. There's no prep room to cook in an RV, so she enjoyed having a better stove and able to move around in a bigger kitchen. 

I told Gary to put his dirty laundry in my backseat and I would do it for him. It's all finished! There is a big project going on at his place that I will share later.

I am off to get a shower & head to my appointment. 




You can see in the above pictures how red and swollen her paws are. I cut the hair back shorter so I could see & I was disappointed. She will be going back to the vet. 

Before grooming...I can't believe I let her get this bad. She still needs some touchup. I didn't cut them too short, as I didn't know how cold it would be.






 

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We have WINTER again.  It snowed overnight but only about an inch.  Will be warming up tomorrow as drastically as it cooled off overnight--30 degrees.  Brrrr

Glad we got my cardio appt. and some errands done yesterday in the springlike weather.  Had a good appt.  Doctor said, after the echo cardiogram and an EKG right before he came in, that there was nothing major wrong.  I have a bit if stenosis with one valve but he said that is a slow-moving condition so nothing to do for it.  My ejection fraction was 65.  Needs to be over 50.  So that is what I'm most thankful for, today.
Wish my lower back and hips were as good.  We were in the doc's office for 2 1/2 hours.  Extra busy day.

We had lunch at the China House afterwards--our favorite.  Then, got some groceries and the ingredients I need to make dessert for our small group on Friday.  Blueberry cheesecake, an old recipe I've been making for "eons".     

Theresa, what a find you have.  And, what a wonderful legacy for your kids.  That's what Mom did, sometimes...slept through my visit.  And there was NO waking her, either.  You'll have pecans for years!  I suppose you put them in the freezer.  Congrats on the coat find for Luke.. 

Mary Lou, how nice for you.  Planning another visit is a good idea.  Won't happen unless you plan it.  Go while you can.  The little ones sound so sweet and fun. Their old-fashioned names make me smile.   What do your grands and great grands call you?

QB, smart to get rid of that bathtub mat.  I guess we'd all be amazed at how much sloughs off us every day!  But our bodies are made to do that.  Glad you're up to walking.  That's the one thing my cardio urged me to do is walk more...everyday. When you go to bingo, it's work for you.  Hope you can have fun, too.

Devonne, it's always fun to hear about your cruising/vacation adventures.  Carter will have fond memories of all these trips and Nana being along will be a big part of that.  Too bad about Hannah's horse.  Hope they can fix her and save her.  One good thing is Gary lives close enough to come to your house for some respite when he's had enough.  Surely he'll get his disability and when that happens, things will change for him.  Sweet baby dog.  Which one is this?

I just saw a cedar waxwing or a titmouse on the deck.  Not sure which it was but it had that little crest on it's head.  Time to get off here and get busy.  Have a good afternoon.
Indy
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Here, finally, is the quilt for Bingo Bonnie from the old message board.  Her daughter, Nora, died a year ago.  This was a FB group project that Lisa started.  We solicited the bright blocks, we made the dark blocks, she and I put it together -- yes, all of those star points match up!  I quilted it, and she bound it.  It's gorgeous, but never again.  


 

Judy, your EF of 65 is great!  Mine is 40. My brother lived the last 3 years of his life with an EF of 15-20. Obviously he was quite low on energy but surprisingly was still able to take care of himself until the last month or so.     Yes, the little girls do have very old fashioned names. I am not particularly fond of Matilda’s name but definitely don’t like her nickname of Tilly. That is probably because a grade school friend had a mean grandma named Tilly.  Winnifred gets called by her whole name or Winnie or sometimes Freddie.  The older girls are almost always called Livi and Nora.   They all call me Grandma Lou, which Jessica named me when she was a toddler because Grandma Mary Lou was too much for her to say.  Their other great grandma is simply Granny. The little ones call David and Melanie Ozzie and Mia, not sure how that got started.

Last edited by Pvillelou (2/28/2024 11:50 pm)

Hi all.  I have a lot to catch up on here.

Good Morning, well, there is snow on the ground, about an inch, and it's raining.  It is 36* outside right now and very still.  The snow is dripping off the tree branches. Still a bunch of snow on the truck, but it is fading fast with the rain.

I have no plans for the day, am feeling a bit lazy, did get my exercises done though.  My garbage pail has blown over, but I guess the fellow  can right it and dump the garbage.  Since I have nothing to say, will just sign off, wishing you all well, BJ.