Monday, March 18, 2024

Chilly Monday

Spring is just around the corner...like arriving tomorrow night...but we have one of those TN winters coming around the corner, too...I think that it may be Redbud Winter, as the redbuds are blooming. We have a freeze warning out for the over night and early morning hours. It is supposed to get into the upper 20s. Brrrrrrrrrrr! I just covered the car windows to keep from having to scrape them in the morning...the wind may keep the frost away, but better safe than sorry! It will be bad enough having to face the low temps once again as we head out dark and early...don't want to have to scrape windows to freeze my fingers even more. It was already cold tonight when I came home from prayer meeting. We have had a quiet day. I did a little of this and a little of that around the house. I am also trying to finish a book before it is whisked back into cyberspace. It is one for next month's Cottey bookclub so I want to finish it. If I let it get away from me unfinished, I may not get high enough on the list to get it back again before the next meeting. I have not cared a lot for this book, but am determined to finish it...just a few chapters left...I think I can, I think I can..! Woody has been pretty quiet today and told me a little while ago that he has a headache...but so far isn't interested in taking any Tyelenol. I told him not to let it keep him from sleeping so ask me for some if it gets to that point. I don't think that I have done any dozing during the day today so maybe I will be able to sleep through the night. Last night I fell asleep shortly after settling into my chair and then woke up around midnight and then had trouble falling back to sleep for several hours. I am hoping to fall asleep a little later and then sleep through the whole night...we will see! I also stitched on one of my cross stitch projects...one that I hadn't touched for a while and managed to get finished with a part that was a bit of a struggle to keep the colors straight in it...I think that since I got that part finished that the rest of it will go easier...time will tell. I added more to the box puzzle in the closet. The one end of the closet is about boxed in...the other side needs to wait till I take the corner tree down that I have decoated with Spring and Easter decorations. The corner tree box is the bottom of the box puzzle on that end of the closet. So a bit away from getting all the boxes put away. I think that once I get the one end boxed in, that I will put the boxes that are left into Melany's old room...that will clear the hallway. I'm ready for more order upstairs! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Mid-March Saturday

Once again, today has seemed like a day and a half. The time change is still messing with us. I can't get used to what seems like lots of extra hours at the end of the day. I still am not sleeping right...waking up too early...and then it is too close to the time to get up that I don't dare go back to sleep...os I might get into too deep a sleep and not respond to my alarms. I woke up so early this morning that I ended up working on the Sunday School lesson in the middle of the night...then the rest of the day I have been fighting sleep...have taken several naps...not planning to! Woody has dozed off and on this afternoon, too. I had my Zoom Cottey College Alum book club meeting for an hour this morning...right after I got Woody back home from dialysis. We had an enjoyable discussion as we always have. Interesting to see what others see in a book that you have read...see other points of view. I rested and worked on the Sunday School lesson this afternoon. Then went downstairs and worked on supper for Woody. The plan was for tacos and this time that meant that I had to make flour tortillas as we were out. I make them as the store bought ones have preservatives that Woody isn't supposed to have. Tortilla making is not my favotite thing to do! But they are made and they do keep for quite a while so I won't have to make them again for a while. I also had to make the meat mixture as there was none left in the freezer to use. So lots of "from the start" that I had to do for this meal. Thus he has just finished his supper...a bit later than usual for us. Woody seems to be doing so much better with his dialysis since they have upped his dry weight. He has now had two good weeks of dialysis with no "spells" during or at the end. A very good thing! I have quite a mess to clean up in the kitchen and still have to get the Sunday School lesson notes completed and printed out...so the evening isn't over for me. Still have his leg wound to dress, too. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Friday, March 15, 2024

A Quiet Friday

Not a lot happened around here...or lots of little things got done today. I have done a little of this and a little of that. I managed to get a handle on the stack of EOBs...and think that the way I have organized them I can search them if a question comes up. I have the ones pulled that there is presently a controversy over...two claims that say we owe and according to EOBs we don't. Supposedly "they" are checking into it. I have packed some more boxes into the Christmas closet...an endless job, it seems to me! I have done some work on this Sunday's lesson. Our teacher has the flu so I will be the substitute teacher this week. Woody completed his year's worth of daily crossword puzzles today...a lot of year left! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Progress

First I will report on Woody's progress! He is fianlly gaining some weight and they aren't attempting to pull off the weight he has gained at dialysis (They pull off fluid weight during dialysis and Woody just isn't retaining enough fluid to need it pulled off.). Dr. O, Woody's nephrologist, told Woody today that they had raised his dry weight (the weight they accept before pulling off excess fluid). Today, and this still sounds horrible, Woody weighed 132.32 lbs...that's ten pounds more than he weighed when he came home from the hospital/rehab the end of January 2023. He still weighs too little but at least we are seeing some pouds come back on him! Major progress! Woody doesn't know what his dry weight was raised to...of course, he rarely asks questions of the doctor! I was just glad to hear the improvement in his weight. Tonight's photo shows my progress on the Bristol sampler that I am stitching. The top row shows the width that the sampler will be. Now I am working down and just doing part of the rows so I can see what the length of the sampler will be. I have reached the last row of alphabets/letters. This last row of letters that at the moment has an "SD" is probably a row of initials...often initials of family members or friends are included on samplers. I'm wondering if these iniials are for some of the sisters' friends at the orphanage. Sometimes when I am stitching reproductions of samplers, I like to speculate about the life/circumstances of the stitcher. On this sampler, I wonder which sister stitched what I happen to be stitching at the time. I have stitched on three pieces today...one that will be a gift and then this sampler and another sampler that will stay in our home...either finished or unfinished! I'm about to head down to dress Woody's leg wound and then attempt to put the brace back on. It is not easy to put on correctly and lately it has seemed to be bothering him some. We have to be so careful that it doesn't create more wounds! We are supposed to be in for storms/rain tomorrow. I'm hoping that we are going to be able to stay in for the day. I ran a couple of errands today so I wouldn't have to go out tomorrow. No dialysis so there is a strong possiblity that we will be able to be home bodies tomorrow...our preference! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Quiet Day

We had a quiet stay-at-home day today...the kind that we like to have at least once in a while! I did as close to nothing as I could...just decided that today I was going to rest and stitch. I finished stitching another little cross stitch piece and stitched on several more...just rotated through three or four of my projects. Woody did his usual four crossword puzzles and then did a lot more of his daily crosswords in his daily calendar. For him the year is nearing an end! It is going fast enough as it is...I can't believe that we are almost halfway through March. It was a beautiful spring day here ib Niddle TN. I wonder if any of you wonder about my designation of Middle TN. TN is divided into three sections...Western, Middle, and Eastern. Trutfully the three sections are almost like separate states...We are such a wide state from the eastern most point to the western most part...differ in many ways...especially terrain. Tomorrow is another early dialysis morning. Hopefully all will continue to go well with his treatments. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Tuesday After Time Change

I think I may feel a little like this barn looks...changing times seem to do me in! It has seemed like another loooooong day...with it staying light so long into the evening now. Of course, it is disappointing to once again have to deal with leaving in the dark when we head off to dialysis. Woody had another good day at dialysis...so that is four dialysis treatments with no "episodes." I remembered to ask the nurse how much he weighed and he has gained some weight...a good thing...but he is still way too skinny! Donna and I got back to the routine of working in the library on Tuesday afternoons. We accomplished several tasks towards getting another group of books ready to be checked out. We only had a few mysteries to solve today...for example...why was the computer dating things for today as February 14, 2006. Thankfully I noticed it and got the items that I had checked out with that major erroneous date all fixed with today's date so they are right in the computer. I know about the time change...but if that is what caused the date glitch...our computer was even more confused by the time change than I am! I got things ready to make shredded pork enchiladas this afternoon after I got home from the library. I made a small pan for tonight's supper...and either tomorrow's lunch or supper. I will make the rest as an enchilada casserole...too much trouble and too messy to roll them as I did tonight...the rest will be done in layers...not rolled! Woody is settled on his new couch bed for the night...he likes his new place of rest. I still have a bit of a mess to clean up in the kitchen...then it is upstairs for me and hopefully I will be able to keep my eyes open to be able to stitch at least a few Xs. I did finish a little Spring design today that I plan to make into a small pillow...I have another Spring piece that I finished the end of last week that I will also be making into a small pillow. Items to display in my antique scoop...or maybe...the knife box that I purchased at the moving/estate sale on Saturday? To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!