Twas the Night Before December and All Through the House…

And, all through the house Lois' sewing projects have sprung! The sewing room, the bedroom, the living room...all have projects in them...some finished and some in the process of being finished. I am in full swing since I feel that today is the last "free" day that I have...once December arrives then I have to go full force in order to be finished. Today I got the three oraments completely finished that were almost finished last night. I completed sewing four gifts and have four more cut out ready to be pressed prior to going to the sewing machine...not major sewing but still have to do quite a bit prior to the sewing...cutting and pressing then comes the sewing. I like the finished products...so far. I prepared five ornaments to be finished...so lots going on! Woody had a good dialysis day...he said that it was L O N G. He got his puzzles done while there. Woody rested on the couch while Donna and I worked in the church library today. He has had his supper and when I publish this, I will go downstairs to check on him and change the bandage on his leg and check on the wound on his arm. I will finish in the kitchen. The dishwasher is running already. I just have a few dishes to wash by hand. Then I will head back upstairs and try to figure out how to make things out of chaos! But I think that I am about through for today...no nap today...so I am starting to feel the 4:30 am get-up time closing in on me. I hope that I can put in a few more stitches tonight than I did last night...woke up with my needlework in my lap, but no stitching had been done on it before I fell asleep...and, the little stitching elves didn't visit in the night to help me out! So tonight ends November...and from now on the clock will be ticking bringing us closer to Christmas. I'm glad that I am already decorated...that job is behind me. I'm glad that I am where I am with my sewing and gifts that need to be put in the mail...wish I was slightly closer fot those that need to be mailed...but I "think" that I will have things ready in a reasonable time...which means in the mail so they will get there before Christmas. We still have quite a bit of shopping that needs to be done for those close by. Hopefully time to accomplish that, too! Tomorrow Woody has his monthly appointment with wound care...and, it isn't an early appointment. To be continued. Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 'Tis the season!

Mama Mia! Progress and More Messes

This has been a stay at home day. Woody pretty lounged around per usual...since he really can't do otherwise! I have stayed busy all day...well, this morning I did spend an extra long time sitting in the living room with my tea looking at my tree with the sun streaming in on it. I can remember back in the days when I worked at Ray's Montessori, I would wish as I headed out the door during December that I could sit down and enjoy my tree instead of heading out the door! Now I can. Woody said that because of him I can! Anyway, I wanted to take advantage of another sunny day to enjoy seeing the sunlight bounce off the ornaments. It was hard to get up and move on to another room and get busy. The sewing machine has had a workout today and I have accomplished other sewing preparations for more Christmas projects as the machine stitched. I have three more ornaments totally finished and ready to gift and another one just needing a hanging cord and a little empblishment. I did a lot of pressing of fabric for another project. Anyway, things are moving along. I also did a little stitching. I have decided that since I did a lot in the sewing room today, that tonight I will relax in my recliner and do some more stitching before my eyes close. The messy part of the day happened in the kitchen..where most of my messes occur! It was time for me to make some more tortillas as Woody was ready to have tacos again...so I did that late this afternoon. I'm still not really comfortable making them...I need a refresher course each time which is provided by YouTube. Well, this time I couldn't find the young lady that I usually watch and it's her recipe that I use. BUT I found another one that taked about using the Kitchenaid Mixer to make them...so I decided that I would adapt the other girls recipe to the instructions of this YouTube...worked well...and not as messy for my hands...now for the kitchen...whew! This is a job that I can't seem to contain the flour! I think that I have just about got it all dust mopped off the floor and scraped and wiped off the counters...good enough. The dishes are in the dishwasher and it is running...just couldn't get enough in so am having to handwash more than I would like. Some are soaking...like the mixer bowl. But shortly after I publish tonight's blog, I will have the mess cleaned up well enough so I can head upstairs and collapse. Tomorrow morning is another early morning for dialysis...but it isn't supposed to be as cold as it was yesterday and today. Today it got into the upper teens...too cold! We were both very thankful to not have to head out this morning. Tomorrow it is supposed to be around freezing...a heat wave compared to today and yesterday! Woody is settled on his couch/bed hoping for a good night's sleep. I have dressed a new wound on his arm...he scraped it the other day. I think that it is healing okay, but it will probably be good that he has a wound care appointment on Friday. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 'Tis the season!

'Tis The Season!

'Tis the season to sit down with a cup of tea in the early morning and enjoy Christmas surrounding me! And, I do have a Christmas mug...but it is small...amd, today was a cold morning that called for a bigger mug of warmth! It was pretty cold this morniing when we left for dialysis...around 23°! Brrrrrrr! But we both bundled up well and got the warm seats in the car turned on and before we go too far, the car heater was spewing forth warm air! When I got back home, the living room and a nice hot cup of tea was calling me. I enjoyed a time just looking at the ornaments on the tree and also enjoying the things surrounding me. I also did a little reading before I got busy on other things around the house. The book I was reading was going to be whisked back into cyberspace in a few days so I concentrated on getting it finished today. Just a few minutes ago, I finished it. I spent a good part of the rest of the time, prior to picking Woody up, making a turkey casserole. It's one of Mother's recipes. The first time that we had it was when we visited in Arizona one time. We all like it including the kids. It is called Turkey Olé. It takes me a bit lomger to make it than it should since it calls for canned soup and I make it from scratch when it is called for. This recipe calls for Cream of Mushroom and Cream of Chicken...since the recipe that I use can be adapted for both and makes equilivant of two cans, I just added ingredients for both kinds of soup into the one pot and got the job done. Woody seemed to enjoy it for lunch and even asked for seconds! After lunch, I took off to get my hair cut...then came back home to face the mess in the kitchen. Kitchen is cleaned and closed for the evening! Woody has had a pretty good day as far as I can tell. He said that everything went well at dialysis and the rest of the day went fine, too. On the way home from getting my hair cut, I stopped and picked up some thread. I needed some machine embroidery thread for Christmas ornaments and also just some plain thread...white and natural and two spools of 100% cotton thread...I bought six spools total...the total price...almost $30!!!! What would our grandmothers think of spending that much for THREAD?!?!?! The embriodery thread lasts a long time...once I got basic colors and some not so basic I rarely had to go to get more. And, a large spool of white thread lasts a long time, too. It was just that I needed several spools at once! Woody lounged around this afternoon as in he spent the afternoon on the couch rather than in his recliner. We have had supper and are now settling in for a long winter's nap...it's going to be another cold, cold morning tomorrow. Good thing about tomorrow? We don't have to go anywhere so will stay put and hopefully stay warm inside our cozy home! Woody's watching TV. I plan to put some of that expensive thread on my machine and get back to making ornaments. While the sewing machine stitches, I plan to sit close by in case something might go wrong, but also plan to take some cross stitch in with me so I can hand stitch while the machine is stitching...multitasking!!! Need to do a lot of multitasking at this point in the year! I am just thankful that I am finished with decorating and it isn't December...yet! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 'Tis the season!

Before and After

I think you can tell which is before and which is after! As of a little after 4pm, I am finished with decorating the tree. All the little boxes have been put back in the bigger boxes and have been whisked upstairs and some are even back in the Christmas closet. I will attack the puzzle of putting the boxes back in the closet at another time. Next I must get busy on completing Christmas gifts that I am making. I can now enjoy our Christmas decorations for the rest of the holiday season! Decorating is quite ajob, but when I am finished I am always glad that I did it...until time to put them away!!!!! Woody has felt cold all day...I guess a premonition of what is to come. In the morning we are supposed to have to face around 25° when we leave in the morning. Brrrrrr! I hope I can get him bundled up well enough! I went to prayer meeting tonight, but Woody didn't. He had thought that he would go, but I discouraged him about going as he would have had to face temps in the 30s then and then have to attempt to warm up after getting back home. I hope that he can sleep well tonight and we will face what we have to face in the morning! We have had a "lazy" day at home today...except that I went to prayer meeting this evening. I won't say that my day was too lazy as I kept at the tree almost all day...but good job done! I just checked to see when the empty tree picture was taken and it was last Tuesday...a little under a week to get it complete...but Pie Day preparation did take presidence over other things for several days. I do enjoy decorating the tree...so many memories tied up in it...memories of friends, memories of trips taken, memories of favorite family things, memories of something that I have made, and just memories of seeing an ornament that has been hanging on the tree for many years...some for 50+ years! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 'Tis the Season!

Mess ➡️ Cleanup ➡️ Mess ➡️ Cleanup…

It seems like I just have a mess...clean it up...make another...clean it up and the cycle goes on and on! Today's big mess was making Turkey broth...which meant that I had to cut off the turkey from the carcas first...one mess...then since I had that mess, I decided that I might as well make the next one...make the broth. Broth is now in the refrigerator and the mess is mostly cleaned up...the stock pot and insert are soaking in the sink...and may stay there till tomorrow and I will load them into the dishwasher after I empty it from the load that I have in there now...no room for stock pot and insert! The other mess is that I have gone back to decorating my tree. Nathan and Elijah helped me get ornaments on the top yesterday and I continued to unload from the boxes they got ornaments from yesterday...of course all the boxes are on the floor next to the box...so that will be a packing puzzle once I have gotten into all the boxes inside the 2 big boxes. So at the moment...a bit of a mess near the Christmas tree. Besides making messes and cleaning up and repeating said pattern, I have also worked on tomorrow's Sunday School lesson. So I have done a little of this and a little of that today. Woody said that he had a good day at dialysis...other than the fact that it took so long! Think about it, four hours of sitting hooked to a machine...not being able to get up and move around or really do much of anything. He worked on his crossword puzzles...but today's are the hardest of the week...at least two of them are so he needs some to use some of his helps that he can't take there. So he finished his puzzles after he got home and he has watched quite a bit of football...so a good afternoon and evening...so far. He has settled onto his couch/bed for the night. We will be up and out of here fairly early but no where as early as dialysis days! He is teaching his Sunday School boys tomorrow. Tonight's photo shows a nice surprise that we received today. A friend, who I hadn't seen in a long time, stopped by and brought us a Christmas card and a poinsettia...so thoughtful! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! 'Tis the Season!

Pie Day 2023

Happy Thanksgiving 2023 AKA Pie-Making Day

Coming Along…BUT…

I have made progress today, but still a ways to go! I had 7 pie dough discs in the refrigerqtor by 8:15 this morning, then I moved on to other things...like putting away Fall decorations that had still been adorning the guest room. I also gotout four small nativity sets and put them on a little shelf in the upstairs hallway. I got the kitchen all clean...anticipating the next mess. I still have dishes to load that have accumulated. I probably should be rushing the tree...but this is my favorite thing to decorate...so many memories...so I often linger over each ornament thinking about the associations I have with it...plus have to find just the right spot for each! I don't feel the need to have the tree done by Friday aka Pie Day. As a matter of fact, I may need some help with the top of the tree...hard for me to reach the upper branches these days. Tomorrow is "Pie-Making Day." I know that I will make the pumpkin and pecan pies...maybe the apple and the make the cherry on Pie Day (Friday) morning. There's no telling what else i will be able to do tomorrow! Important thing is to get some pies made...or the next day will be incorrectly named!!! Woody's dialysis went well today. And, now he has two days off and then we will be back on a regular dialysis schedule. Which means that he will have dialysis Saturday and then have two days off. Having two sets of two days between treatments so closely together is a bit of a gift, too. He has been working on crossword puzzles and watching some TV since coming home. Pretty much a regular dialysis day for him. He is feeling better today...a good thing. Hopefully he will feel like partwking in some of the Turkey Day food that we have on hand. Well, back to doing "something" constructive! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Closer…But Still A Ways to Go!

Before lunch today I had the tree put together and ready. I have hung one ornament on the tree! It is one that I stitched this year and had been displaying in my antique feed scoop. I made it so it could also be an ornament so for Christmas it is adorning the tree. See all the boxes to the side of the tree (and, some can't be seen)? Those boxes are filled with ornaments that will eventually be hung on the tree! But having the tree up is a big step...one of my goals of the day...get the tree together and ready for ornaments. The other goal was to cook the little pie pumpkins that I had used for Fall decorations so they would be ready to become pumpkin pies later in the week. Woody has had a better day today...though still not feeling totally great after yesterday. But we both enjoyed not having to go out this morning for dialysis especially since it was raining. We did get rain that had been promised. For a while today, we actually had some puddles in our yard. It was good to hear the rain on the roof for a change! Another goal, if I had time, was to make a traditional gelatin salad that we usually have at Thanksgiving. I just got that done a few minutes ago. Now to finish getting the kitchen cleaned up. Cooking fresh pumpkin makes a pretty good mess! I about have all that will fit in the dishwasher...then will do things that have to be done by hand and decide if I will also wash the others that just didn't fit in the dishwasher! I think I would rather hang ornaments than wash dishes! Tomorrow is pie crust making day...just put the dough together and shape them into discs and wrap them in plastic wrap and put them in the refrigerator to let the gluten develop (I learned this trick a few years ago and it does make it much easier to roll them out.). If I figure correctly I should end up with 9 discs chilling by the end of the day. Perhaps I will take breaks between batches of pie crust dough and hang a few ornaments? Time will tell. Woody has headed to his couch/bed and will hopefully have a good night's rest prior to our early rising time. I will be glad to get back on our normal routine for dialysis days...which will happen on Saturday. He will have two days off after tomorrow and then have dialysis on Saturday and immediately have two more days off in a row before his next treatment. That will be nice for him...I hope! My routine is off enough that I just realized that I hadn't taken the garbage can to the road for pickup tomorrow...well, not really a problem as we are up so early, I will have time to both take garbage can to the road and take out the recycle items. I have the bags by the front door to remind me when I come downstairs in the morning! Well, back to the kitchen mess and then may hang an ornament or two. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Out of Routine Monday

About tonight's photo...I had heard about the UT barns...University of TN pays farmers to display UT logo on them...like the barns that say "See Ruby Falls" or "See Rock City" that are prolific in our area. I figured that I would have to go closer to Knoxville to see one...but low and behold I spied this one just a few miles away. Well, today was definitely out of routine for us...Woody had dialysis on Monday. I had to keep reminding myself all day that it was Monday and not Tuesday. I was afraid that I would forget about Monday prayer meeting...to the point that I had Alexa give me a reminder at 6pm to make sure that I wouldn't forget to go. Managed to get to dialysis on time and also didn't forget prayer meeting. Woody hasn't had the most pleasant day. He has been nauseated and gotten sick several times today...a first was that he got sick during his dialysis treatment. I'm keeping track and three weeks ago he got sick a few days into the next week after he had Keytruda. I think last time he was a bit farther into the week. I was hoping that he wouldn't be sick this week since it is Thanksgiving...but "glad" that it happened early in the week and not on "Pie Day," which is Friday. Today I cooked our little 10# turkey...smallest turkey that I have ever cooked! I used the added feature to our oven that does all the settings for you for a turkey...I gave information to the app on my iPad and it told me things to do...like how to put the temperature probe into the turkey and put it in the oven and "plug" in the probe into the oven and tap next and the oven turned onto the correct temperature and started registering the probe temperature until it got to the temperature that the app set for the oven. It did use the convection oven and cooked it very well. I was impressed and the turkey is quite good and very moist and done to perfection! Easy peasy! Fun just to try it. I had looked up what temperature and approximately how long per pound to check it between what I read and what the app set the oven for...very close in all aspects. Next time, I will know that I can trust the oven and let it do all the settings, if and when, I cook a turkey next. Woody did enjoy a hot turkey sandwich for supper...hoping it agrees with him and that his nausea and being sick is over for this round of Keytruda! It sounded good to Woody so he was willing to give it a try for a late supper, after I got home from prayer meeting. That is one strange thing about Woody's nausea...it is really only momentary...comes on him quickly and as soon as he is sick, he feels okay. Just today breakfast and lunch did not stay down and he felt sick late afternoon, but never got sick. My Christmas decorating is finished except for the BIG Christmas tree and its over 700 ornaments! I am in the process of bringing down the branches and putting in stacks of the colors on their branch attachment. I texted that I was missing my "tree brigade" and asked him to ask the children if they remember...all but Joseph should remember. They would gather and Graham was sort of in charge of organizing the group. I would stand upstairs at the end of the box and hand out branches for them to take down the stairs and Graham would make sure that they were sorted according to color. It was a fun tradition...and helpful!!!! Now this old grammy is a brigade of one! I hope to have all the branches downstairs before I go to bed so I can put the branches on the tree in the morning. It will take me less than an hour...this is a very easy tree to "fluff," which is helpful. Also we don't put lights on our tree...also helpful as far as not having to take the time to put them on! Our ornaments are our lights! Tomorrow is cook the pie pumpkins so we will have pumpkin for the pies that I will make on Thursday. I'll also add to our turkey and gravy and make our traditional gelatin salad and "maybe" the sweet potato casserole...the latter may happen another day. I don't need too big of a mess to clean up in the kitchen along with all the other "things" that I am trying to do! Today's turkey and gravy pans were pretty messy...hand wash items...but they are done. And, the dishwasher is just waiting for our supper plates and utinsels and I will run it and be done in the kitchen for today. We are under a wind advisary and also "supposed" to get some rain...seeling will be believing on the rain...it's been so long since we have had a good rain that we won't hold our breath! It did sprinkle on me enough on my way to prayer meeting to trigger the automatic windshield wipers. Maybe...just maybe...tonight and tomorrow we will get some rain that is measureable! Tomorrow is NO dialysis...I must remember that...but am not sure what to do with my alarms as I have them set for every dialysis day...hate to cancel them and have to convince Alexa to tell me each Tuesday when it is time to get up. Still thinking on that one...to be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

A Little Organizing

Time to get organized for Thanksgiving week...at least give a little attempt at it. I always feel better once I go over what I am making and add needed ingredients to the grocery list. I decided that today was THE day to do the final, time will tell, grocery shopping for Thanksgiving week cooking. One thing I needed to do was get another pie plate, as we have added another pie to our pumpkin, pecan and apple. Woody brought home a suggested set of recipes from Fresenius the other day and the pie recommended was cherry. I was talked into it as I love cherry pie! of course now making six pies makes me gulp just a bit! After I dropped Woody off at the dialysis center, I headed to WalMart. I ended up getting a large pie plate (10") as I always have trouble getting my pumpkin pie filling into one 10" and one 9"...both are extra full...this should help. After my purchase of a pie plate at 6:30am, I headed home to finalize my grocery list. I neglected to mention last night that I ended up getting a small turkey at the grocery store down the street...first time that I have found a turkey that meets the sodium amounts...in other words, a turkey that isn't pumped full of saline solution. I decided that since they had a small one, I would get one. Woody said that the turkey sandwich that he had at the hospital tasted pretty good so he wouldn't mind having some turkey for a change. I plan to cook the turkey in the next day or so...not going to wait till Thanksgiving as I will be pretty busy making pies on Thanksgiving Day! I have also chosen a couple of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes that are "ok," sort of, for Woody's diet. Anyway, I went through all the recipes added what I needed to the list and then headed off for Krogers. I have found that I like shopping at Kroger early on Saturday mornings as the shelves are really well stocked for their expected busy weekend shopping and at that hour not all the shoppers are out yet, since it is Saturday. I didn't even have to wait in line to check out...no one in front of me. The check-out lady scanned them as fast as I unloaded them. I got home in time to be able to unload the car and get all the groceries put away before I needed to pick up Woody. I even did a little straightening/dusting of my little table next to my recliner...it tends to get messy with stitching utinsels...they just needed to be organized a little. Woody was waiting when I got to the center. Once again, he was taken off a little early as he showed signs of clotting in his lines. He was rather weak and very hungry. I got him into the house and ensconsed in his chair and got him a snack to tide him over till lunch. After getting him settled, I headed upstairs to join my Cottey Zoom Book Club meeting. We had a lively discussion and enjoyed each other's company. We're starting to get to know the alum that we didn't know before. There are several from my class or the class below me. My longtime friend since early childhood put in an appearance but had to leave to go decorate for something for the historical society in my hometown in AZ. Zoom meeting was over which meant lunchtime. Woody continued working on his daily crossword puzzles. He has discovered that two of the puzzles that he works get more difficult as the week progresses and Saturdays are really difficult...which means that he doesn't get them done during dialysis as he needs extra help either from the internet or his crossword puzzle help books. He got those done and also enjoyed several football games this afternoon. I got into a few more boxes (this is getting old, and seemingly endless!). I am getting closer to just having ornament boxes left in the closet...a good sign. BUT I know that all the boxes aren't all ornaments as I am still missing some of my trees and snowmen...they are hiding very well this year! I did nap a little this afternoon. When I woke up, I decided that it was time to work some more on the Christmas stitching project. I made a little more headway on it. That got me to supper time...which is now over...kitchen is about cleaned up...Woody is settling in for the night...and, I'm writing the blog. That has you up to date on some of what we have done today...a little organizing for meals for the week, a little more decorating, a little more stitching and now I will head back to do a "little more" of something! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Friday Fading

It's been a pretty busy day...lots of ups and downs for me...as in up and down the stairs. I have been taking out, going through, and putting away boxes. I am about through with what is on one side of the Christmas closet. I think that there is only one more box to look in on that side of the closet. Then lots more to be taken out of the other side...BUT...a good many of those boxes contain Christmas tree ornaments and of course the biggest box of all...the Christmas tree box. That is on the very bottom on that side of the closet. But I am getting closer to that box. I plan to keep on a bit longer tonight...though I am about ready to stop climbing up and down the stairs. I will look through that last one of the one side of the closet. Then I'm not sure that I am going to attack the other side till tomorrow. Maybe I will call it quits shortly and then work some more on machine Christmas ornaments and also prepping a sewing project that will result in nine Christmas gifts. It has been another unseasonably warm day for November. We'll take these warm days while we can. We were predicted to get some rain...well, so far...it sprinkled on a little while we were getting into the car to go to TN Oncology and then when I came upstairs a couple minutes ago and I heard rain on the roof...but that sound didn't last long. We still may get a little tonight. We need rain so badly...we are sooooooo dry! Woody had his Keytruda appointment. Everything went well there as far as I know. I think we were successful in getting making sure that they fill out some paperwork and also faxed in a prescription that Woody is about to run out of. Also the labs showed that his hemoglobin is still where it was after his blood transfusions over last weekend. May have even been up a little from what they reported Sunday evening before he was discharged. Woody has already headed to his couch...I guess he has had enough of this day. He did finish another crossword puzzle book while he was at Oncology. I hope he gets a good night's rest so he will be ready to be up and at um early in the morning. Tomorrow on schedule per usual for dialysis...his next one will have us all confussed as to what day it is. He will have it on Monday...saying that so I get it into my head! Well, guess it is time to go down and finish cleaning up the kitchen...extra dishes have gathered to be added to the dishwasher...Christmas mugs and a few items that I have been using, but will put away till after Christmas. Trees are sprouting and snowmen have been built in the kitchen since last night's blog. 'Tis the season! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

This Is Thursday

Lately I have to keep reminding myself what day of the week it is! I know nwxt week I will really be confused when Woody goes to dialysis two of his treatment times on out-of-the-norm days. I'm not sure that Thanksgiving week is the best week to be confused in my mind as to what day it is. Of course, we do out Thanksgiving tradition on Friday rather than Thursday...so I am mixing myself up with that too! Last night I decided that I wanted to make cookies today so I set out most of the ingredients and bowls and measuring items that I would need. So when I got home from dropping Woody off at dialysis I set to work making Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies. I had found this recipe a while back on the internet and had never tried it...so toay was "the day!" By 8am I had three dozen cookies cooling on racks. After that I got ready to run errands around 9am. I went to the grocery down the street from us to buy corn tortillas...don't know why I, but I can't seem to find them at Kroger these days...except for the street taco size...really small ones. But I knew this store carries them so stopped there and picked up two other items and then checked out. I had one of the nicest unexpected things happen. The check-out lady had scanned my items and I was reaching for my wallet to pay and the lady behind me asked if she could pay for them. That wnas totally a serendipity! I thanked her and told her I would "pay it forward" at another time. Next I made a stop at the Credit Union. It still wasn't time to pick Woody up so I decided to walk around in Hobby Lobby till it was time for Woody's dialysis to be over. Hobby Lobby is just a hop, skip and a jump away from the dialysis center. I actually just looked and walked out without purchasing anything. I had one item in mind that I wanted to perhaps get and I didn't find exactly what I was looking for. It was still fun to walk up and down the aisles checking out what they have. I do prove to myself that I have more than enough when it comes to Christmas decorations, as I really wasn't even tempted by much! Woody was ready when I got there. He said that he got out a little early as they had to stop his treatment a little early as his lines started to clot. After getting home, Woody had a snack...this time his snack included one of the cookies that I had baked. I don't do much cookie baking these days so it is unusual to have a cookie be part of his after-diaysis snack. Woody worked on crossword puzzles part of the afternoon and watched TV and rested. I did a little resting and have continued on with the decorating. Mostly today so far, I have just taken things out of the china cabinet that are everyday so I can replace them with things that are Christmasy. I am starting to go through the next boxes that I have come across to see if there are things in them that I want to use this year. It is fun to swap out over the years...then I get to see favorites that I haven't used for a while. I just got the kitchen cleaned up and fed Woody his supper. I will go back down and load up tonight's supper dishes and run the dishwasher. I plan to sit in the sewing room while the machine is stitcing away on a Christmas ornament or two and go through some more decoration boxes to see what I want too use in each of the boxes. I am still looking for all my trees that I use on countertops and shelves and tabletops, etc. I need those to be able to do what I want to do in the kitchen. I did unearth one item I wanted to use in the kitchen a little while ago. It is a process! And, with that process, I am slowly moving my way toward the Christmas tree box! Still a lot to do to get to the point of being able to get the tree up and decorated! But at this point, most of the mess is contained in the upstairs hallway...once again you can sit on a couch or chair and also eat at the dining room table...so that is progress! Woody continues to feel fairly well. Tomorrow he has Keytruda. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Quiet Wednesday

We have had a pretty quiet stay-at-home day. I had a couple of errands I could have run, but just couldn't make myself leave home! Tomorrow is another day...have to go out for dialysis so will probably run those errands before I head to pick him up. I have worked towards Christmas...more stitching and more decorating. Pretty much cleaned up the mess so I can make the next mess. I have pulled out a couple of big boxes to go through to see if I find something that I want to use. I started cleaning off kitchen counters getting them ready for some trees and snowmen. I found a couple trees in another container today and have those placed. Lots more to find! Woody has had a very good day today...eaten well and seems stronger and the pain that he has been having seems to have lessened, if not gone away. He has had another day of TV and crossword puzzles. He's watching Jeopardy at the moment. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Pretty Good Tuesday

Woody got up and going this morning...malaise seems to have left him. Now, he's not going to win any races, but he does feel much better today. He's eaten three good meals and has spent a lot of time working on some of his crossword puzzle books. I got back to work on decorating. The living room is "close" to being done except for the Christmas tree. And! Inhaven't even gotten close to the Christmas tree box, yet. I have even packed up most of the things that I had put on the dining room table. I have the boxes that contain the centerpiece for the dining room table so when I move a few more things I will get those out. I have also done some cross stitching on a Christmas piece. Now it is time for me to go down and at least put the ingredients together for Woody's breakfast sausage. I may wait for the morning to make the patties...that way I won't have to cook it all tonight and he will have it freshly cooked in the morning. I will cook the rest of the patties after I get his breakfast and then freeze them...it's a month's worth of sausage patties. He got a good report from Fresenius this morning...all the things they check for in his labs came back good...like phosphorus and potassium, calcium, how well he is being dialized, etc. Of course this is the blood work that sent him for a transfusion...so the red cells and hemoglobin aren't in line but should be much better now. He did talk with Dr. O this morning. Dr. O asked him if he felt like a young man after his transfusions. Woody said, "not quite!" I sent a note to the nurses asking them to consider changing his dry weight (weight they want him to be after dialysis), as the weight he might have put on might not be from retained fluids, but from him eating better. At this point in his dialysis, he is not retaining fluid and if they pull off too much he will be weak AND not be able to gain weight...we'll see if that note makes any difference. I was hoping they would discuss it with the doctor. Woody said that both nurses who worked with him today did read the note. I just know that I rarely pulled any fluids off when I was doing it at home. They weigh him as he comes in for treatment and again just before they wheel him out to the waiting room when he is ready to go home. Well, I'm going to go make the sausage mixture and check on Woody and probably do a little more with the decorating before I head vack upstairs. Got to get going on the decorating or we will still be in a mess for "Pie Day!" This year pie day is the day after Thanksgiving. Both Melany's family and Nathan's will come plus perhaps Kathy's parents if they come to Tullahoma for Thanksgiving and I expect Abigail will want to bring along a special young man! I think when I counted up there is a possibility of 17 including Woody and me, who may have pie in our abode that day! But...the good thing about that...that is all I will cook towards a Thanksgiving Day meal...just pie...no turkey or sides. Oh, Woody got a new schedule for dialysis for Thanksgiving week...I know I will be confused! But he will go Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday that week. And the usual Monday, Wednesday, Friday folk will go Sunday, Tuesday, Friday. The staff usually gets Sunday off, but this next week they will work Sunday so they can have Thanksgiving off. I'm having trouble with what day it is this week...I think because of losing the weekend to the hospital...I can imagine we will really be confused next week! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Monday Malaise

I couldn't think of a picture to portray "malaise," so decided to post a barn! I was hoping that Woody's energy would have risen after his transfusions, but no such luck, at this point, anyway! I think it may just be the after effects of being in the hospital for a good part of two days! He has just taken it easy today. He had no place to go so that was possible! Tomorrow we will be heading out the door early for dialysis. I just got home from Monday Night Furnace Room Prayer Meeting. That is the only place that I went today. I have worked some more on getting Christmas ornaments done. My decorating seems to be in a stall pattern. I must get back on it...at this rate starting early will not have made a difference! I even mentioned to Cheryl today that maybe I should just stop and load the boxes back up with what I have done and just put it all back in the Christmas closet! Last year I started early and was so glad that I had, when Woody landed in the hospital at the end of the first week in December. But this time he landed in the hospital as I was starting to decorate...not the best omen! Last year when he entered the hospital, he stayed in the hospital for three weeks and then went to rehab for four weeks. So, I guess, it is a good sign that he got out quickly this time! Really the only reason that he was even entered into the hospital for a transfusion was because it was the weekend. Normally he would have gone in on the day that Fresenius said that he needed to get a transfusion...would have been typed and cross checked and then would have gone home and come back the next day for the transfusion. All the running down of the correct blood would have been done prior to his return for the actual transfusion. Having to go through the ER isn't recommended, at least by us! I have worked on getting wash done that I had planned to do over the weekend and a few other things around the house. I had my sewing machine up and humming doing the stitching for me for the ornaments I did today. I got two more done today. The ones I am making take over an hour to stitch at 400 stitches a minute. My machine can stitch faster than that, but the type ornaments I am making at this point it is not recommended to do them super fast...its hard to slow the machine down when I want to get them done as quickly as possible! But anytime that I had it go faster problems arose. So I learned that they probably get done faster by sewing slower! Lesson learned! I left Woody eating some yogurt, I guess I had better go check to see if he is now ready to settle in for the night. I hope he sleeps well tonight. He did sleep better lasat night than he had slept in a while...whether it is because his hemoglobin was up a bit or if it was because he was tired after the hospital stay...whichever we will take him sleeping better! We're both very glad that he is home!To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Doing a Happy Dance…on Sunday!

We just got in the house from the hospital...it is 9:15pm!! Woody's persistance is the only reason that he got discharged. They were in no hurry and planned to discharge him in the morning. He received two units of blood and his hemoglobin number rose significantly...almost to the goal that Fresenius Kidney Care has set for him...still low but acceptable for him as a kidney patient. This is quick tonight...just wanted to update folk who check in regularly!

Life is Always an Adventure Around Here!

Just to be sure that you realize that tonight's photo is not a caroler! Now to explain the photo. Woody had his usual dialysis treatment this morning. I did our grocery shopping while he ws there. i got all the perishables put away and left the rest in their bags to put away when we got home from his dialysis. Well, the first thing that he greeted me with when he came out of dialysis was that he was going to have to go to the hospital to get things arranged for a blood transfusion. His bloodwork came back from earlier this week was back and it showed that he once again needs a transifusion. I suggested that we go home and get him some lunch before we went to the hospital. Today being Saturday plus a holiday made our entering the hospital different than on the week days. Everyone has to enter through the ER. So I was pretty sure that the transfusion would be handled differently. Usually he goes in one day to get his blood typed and cross checked, etc. and then has the transfusion the next day or even the next. Well, today they put him in a room in the ER. They had trouble getting him stuck for both the blood draws and the IV...we lost count...but it took three different people trying and each of those stuck him at least twice and I'm pretty sure that the last one stuck him three times...no fun...although, it sort of comes with the territory for Woody lately. Finally got all the bood they needed and an IV in place. Not long after that, they came in and said that they were going to have to get his blood from Chattanooga. His blood tested this time for an antibody which meant he needed irradiated blood and they don't have that in Tullahoma. Since it was going to mean a LONG time till his blood gets here, it was decided to admit him for overnight and then will do the transfusion whenever it gets here. It took a couple of hours to get him moved upstairs. He was ensconced in a room with a crossword puzzle book and the Tennessee Misourri game when I left to come home a little before 5pm. That is an interesting game for him...his undergraduate degree is from University of Missouri and his graduate degree is from the Universityn of Tennessee...so does that mean that he can't lose with this game?!? I will hopefully go back and spring him tomorrow sometime. We got to the hospital a little after 11:30 this morning...so it was pretty much just twiddling thumbs until he got taken upstairs around 4:30pm. The weekend is not the time to need a transfusion! So not exactly the way we expected our Saturday to unfold! He is really feeling pretty well...for him! So he should feel even better once they release him! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Friday…All Day!

Well, I had the title for the blog all typed in...but guess I dozed off...and, just woke up! I was pretty fast asleep, as I thought it was morning! Oh, well. I thought that I had blogged...I even remember some of what I said...guess maybe I dreamed that I was blogging...after I wrote the title in? I didn't do a lot about decorating today, instead I worked toward getting some Christmas sewing done. I managed to get five more ornaments "stitched"...not by hand but by machine...goes much faster by machine! Woody has had a quiet day, too. We both enjoyed not "having" to go anywhere! He has done crossword puzzles...he did his usual four that I print off the internet, but then he has continued to do more in one of the crossword puzzle books that he has. He seems to continue to feel better...hoping that this is a trend! Earlier this evening I had a drop-down message from Alexa asking if I wanted to cancel our alarms tomorrow because it is a holiday. Dialysis doesn't take holidays. I quickly tapped a reply to "not turn off the alarms" for in the mornning! We will be up early and out the door as usual! To be continued! Be safe Be well! Be cautious!

Carolers Continue to Gather: More Expected!

Another dialysis day for Woody. He had a rare happening today...his blood pressure was higher than they like it to be...usually it's lower than they like! Can't win for losing. But he got rolled out earlier than he usually does and he didn't feel as weak as he often does. I left the house a little earlier than I usually do to pick him up, as I needed to get gas. So I ended up getting to the dialysis center a bit earlier than I usually do. I just had time to sit down and they rolled him out. After he got home, I got him a snack and then got busy making chili. I had gathered all the ingredients prior to leaving the house...so then it was brown meat with the chooped onion and garlic and then dump in the rest of the ingredients and then simmer it for a while. I brought down a few more Christmas things this morning and also made further plans for ornaments that I plan to make on my machine. Also have a couple of Christmas gifts that need my attention for making them. The makings of several of those gifts arrived in the mail yesterday...so now to get busy! I still have one Christmas item to finish stitching, if it is going to be gifted this year! Woody completed a crossword book today along with his daily four puzzles. He's now relaxing on the couch after soending most of the day in his recliner. He seems to be feeling better. Looks like the gastro doctor has him on the right track...hoping so, anyway! I finished reading the book for the Cottey book club, today. so now am back reading a cozy mystery that I had set to one side so I could finish the Cottey book first. I'm about finished with that one, too. So will be seeking another e-book to read shortly and also get back to reading a "real" book that I had started a couple of weeks ago. Lots to read...never lack in reading material, especially now that I have a whole library of e-books at my beck and call whenever I need a new read! It sounds like we are finally getting a little rain..."they" kept saying that we were going to get some, but "they" kept putting off when it would actually get here. The lack of rain in these parts lately makes it hard to believe the ones that say that it WILL rain! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

The Eyes Have It!

I'm still a little bleary eyed due to my eye exam this afternoon. I didn't get home till after 5pm...in other words after dark. The hardest part was the drive home...usually when it is daytime and my eyes are dilated...it is brightness of the sun that I have to contend with. When it is dark it is ALL the car lights! I was so glad when I pulled into my driveway! I did have to make a stop to pick up the medicine that the gastro doctor phoned in. I did have to message the gastro's nurse as the pharmacy still hadn't heard from them this morning. But his nurse took care of it right away and I heard from the pharmacist about as soon as she got it as she had to check about allergies and also to get me to approve the price as this med isn't covered by insurance. I stopped on my way home from the eye doctor and picked it up. I got a good report from the eye doctor. Everything was ok or status quo except for my cataracts and they continue to get a bit bigger...or whatever they get...maybe thicker? Anyway, I told him that I would come back in six months and at that time plan to set up a time for my surgery. Right eye is the worst so he will do that one first. Melany has said that she can come help with her daddy while I recoup over her summer vacation...so May we can choose a date when she can come help for a bit. The rest of the day has been spent here just puttering around and getting a little more done with the decorating...still a lot to go! We are both settling in for the evening. I am pretty tired after sitting at the doctor's office for so long. I got quite a bit of reading done as I had my book downloaded on my phone. I started reading at 68% of the book finished and by the end of the appointment, I had 87% read. Getting that close to finished was a good thing as will soon be whisked away from me and I want to get it finished as it the December book for my Cottey book club. When I complete this book I have read all the books assigned for our book club year that ends in March. I am really enjoying this book. It is a historical novel that takes place during the Civil War. It's called The Thread Collectors. Well, time to go get Woody settled for the night so we can be up bright and early in the morning. This time change has made it not be so dark when we leave...sunrise yesterday was 6:15...so when we go out close to 6am it is not pitch black. I like being able to see better when getting Woody and the wheel chair into the car...and, just prefer to drive when it is lighter. I will say that I am still not used to the time change and continue to wake up too early...so it makes it hard for me to get through the day without a nap...or two! I do like the time change for it just being one hour between my sister and me...so much easier to call when we are only separated by an hour. We have made quite a few calls to each other since the time change! Not that we didn't call before! Since we are both working on decorating for Christmas these calls can also become "'tis the season" calls. 'Tis the season calls began back when our mother was still alive and back in the day when it wasn't as easy to make long disance calls. The way we handled long distance calls was that we would call once a week...one week I would call them and the next week my parents (usually Mother) would call me. BUT when it was Christmas time, we were more lenient about calling and we called them 'tis the season calls. That tradition has continued...though calling is soooo much easier today than back in the day!!! Also we used to call at the cheapest times...one of the reason we are so aware of time change. For those that haven't heard me bemoan the time change before...Arizona doesn't change times so part of the year we are one hour apart and the other part we are two hours...and trying to keep in mind the time change is hard at times...and though it may sound silly...two hours difference really makes a difference. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious.

Carolers Are Gathering!

I haven't accomplished a lot today...guess window washing yesterday did me in! Well, there was quite a bit going on...dialysis this morning and then 45 minutes after we got home it was time for Woody's telehealth visit with his gastro doctor. Though appointment time and when the doctor dropped in on our iPad were a bit different! We waited in the virtual waiting room about as long and perhaps longer than we uwually wait in an actual waiting room. There is a number to call if it is beyond 10 minutes after your appointment time and I did call it. I was assured that they could "see" us in the waiting room and to just stay where we were...I guess both on the iPad and where we were seated! He finally got to us about an hour after our appointment time. He did appologize for the fact that he was running behind. He and Woody had a good discussion about what is going on with Woody and his digestion problems. The doctor suggested a couple of things to do and also has prescribed a med that we still have to pick up at our pharmacy...I called a little before the pharmacy closed tonight and they still didn't have the prescription. I will call again in the morning and if it still isn't there I will contact his nurse via MyHealth at Vanderbilt. Woody is doing much better today...maybe it has something to do with just talking to the doctor. I think that it may more likely have to do with the fact that the different antibiotics that he had been on have finally worked their way out of his system. Anyway, we felt that questions were answered very well by the doctor and he listened very well to Woody when he talked about his symptoms. Now...time will tell if this option works or if we have to go down another avenue at another time. Woody was really spent after dialysis once again. But he did sort of revive after a snack upon his return home. Today I have put away a few more things...packed up the boxes that the Precious Moments Nativity came out of...so now I have the hallway upstairs starting to fill up with things to unpack and things that are already unpacked and can go back in the Chrsitmas closet once I have gotten to everything that I want to use this year. That will take a while. I have only barely touched the tip of the iceburg of items inside that closet! Lots to go and one week of November has already come and gone! Time just won't stand still! I considered washing some more windows today, but decided that my time would be spent better in another way...the windows that can't be washed once the Christmas tree is up have been done...all other windows in the house will still be accesible...though the weather may not be as favorable. The windows have waited this long to be washed...guess they can wait a little...or a lot...longer! I have stitched a little more on a Christmas piece that I need to finish...so that needs to be done too. We both woke up too early this morning...which has meant a sleepy day for me. I did go back to sleep after I took Woody to dialysis...I figured if I didn't then, I might not get through the day. And, I have managed to make it through the rest of the day with my eyes open. Speaking of eyes...tomorrow I go for my eye exam...always something. At least Woody doesn't have to go anywhere tomorrow...at least not as of right now! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Moved An Hour Closer to AZ, Since Last I Posted!

Time change is for the birds...well, doubt that birds are aware that time has changed! Both yesterday and today, it seems like the afternoon drags...like it is later than the clock states! I took advantage of another day at home and continued to clean in preparation for Christmas decorating. Yesterday I unloaded table tops, etc. and didnget the Precious Moments Nativity out...other than that I haven't gotten very far with the decorating. Today I spent time washing windows...did the four windows in the living room and one of the kitchen windows. I can't donthe dining room window till I get some of what is on the table off...that is where all the cleanign of surfaces landed...dining room table! So it is covered and heavier than usual so didn't try to move the table out into the room so I could wash that window. It was a nice warm day...an okay day to open windows. I took down the curtains in the living room and put the curtains through a fluff cycle panel by panel. Washed the windows, sills, vacuumed screens, etc. Then had to put the cirtains back up. the honeycomb blinds in the kitchen cut out the curtain step! Anyway, a much needed job that I had put off for too long! The living room is topsy turvy...vut have to move furniture before tree can go up...so a step in that direction. Woody has had a pretty good day. Tomorrow he has a telemed visit with his gastro doctor. We have been filling out "paper work" online...insert rolling eyes! Didn't think we would ever get through the questions! We shoukd be set except for getting connected tomorrow. That shoukd happen a little before noon. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Sunday Blessings

Time Change Has Alexa Confused…Already!!!

Blog title explanation first and then photo explanation! I have two alarms set to remind me to take my medicine...one at 4:30pm and one at 8pm. At 3:30 Melany and I were upstairs in the bedroom looking at stitchy stuff and the alarm went off. Suspicious! The only thing that I could think was that it was due to tomorrow's time change. And...no alarm sounded at 4:30. At 7pm the alarm sounded...guessing that there won't be one at 8pm. Just goes to show you that AI (artificial inteligence) isn't all that it is cracked up to be!!!! I guess Alexa started changing her clocks early like I did a few minutes ago with the clocks downstairs that need to be changed manually! I'm glad that tomorrow isn't dialysis since I don't know whether I can trust the alarms that I have set to awaken us on dialysis mornings! Tomorrow we are lying low...seems strange not to be planning to head off to church...but I think that it is best for both of us due to the outbreak of Covid among some of our church members. We just don't need Covid! Now to explain about tonight's photo...it isn't mine...it is Melany's. Melany brought her laptop and shared some of the photos that she took on their latest cruise to Alaska...I also got a shirt! Can't say that I have been...but I do have a shirt from Alaska! We had a nice visit with Melany and Wade. They brought us a delicious lunch that we all enjoyed very much. Woody enjoyed the visit and has had a fairly good day. He has already headed to his bed/couch. I asked him if the visit wore him out. He said that he didn't think it was the visit but probably dialysis. He was really "done in" after his treatment today...I wonder if they do a little extra drawing off of fluid on the days that he has two days before the next treatment. Anyway, he did enjoy the visit today and he enjoyed the lunch very much, too. He tried a little of everything that they brought. We plan on doing very little tomorrow and don't plan to go anywhere...just take it easy. We will attend our church online...a good thing that grew out of Covid. I have started decorating for Christmas. While Woody was at dialysis this morning. I vacuumed and dusted "his room" and took a couple of things off the mantle and added a couple of Christmas things at the fireplace end of "his room." I'm sort of decorating as I come across things in the Christmas closet. So...Mr. Snowman is on the hearth and a wreath that Melany made is on the mantle. There are some snowmen who will also go there...BUT...haven't run across them in the closet...YET! I put out Christmas pillows in the living room and took non-Christmas pillows upstairs to reside on the beds upstairs until after Christmas. Once I publish this, I plan to stitch for a while this evening. Last night, I did finish all the ornaments for my grandchildren and my sister's grandchildren...good job done! Now to get back to stitching another Christmas gift...better get a move on it. I did stitch a little after Melany and Wade headed back home, but I felt like stitching on a Fall project rather than a Christmas project! I have two small Fall proects ongoing that I hope to have finished by next Fall! So no major time crunch for them...except I just felt like stitching on one of them earlier today. But this evening I plan to go back to Christmas stitching. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Much Better Day

Woody is feeling much better today. I haven't done a lot today except get out of things! Our first chance to get out of something came when we got a call from wound care that Woody's doctor was sick...did he want to postpone for two weeks or come in for a nurse visit. Woody opted to go in today for the nuese visit. At first I wished that we had postponed, but then realized that we needed one of the items needed for dressing his wound and needed to get it from them. Plus he hadn't had his wound looked at for four weeks...this way it could be checked out. That visit went well. They did a really good job of cleaning up his leg...getting all the dry skin and dry particles from the dressing spray off. They measured and took pictures so the doctor will know how it is doing. Unless she wants us back sooner, we will go back in four weeks. Woody worked his usual four crossword puzzles and then has continued on with a crossword puzzle book that he has for a good part of the day with the TV running in the background. I was supposed to teach Sunday School this morning, but Marie, the class teacher, called and said that she had found out about quite a few Covid cases within a large group of ladies in our church who went on a retreat last weekend and she thought that I shouldn't go and possibly get exposed. Woody has the option of not going this week as the youth minister is going to teach the whole youth group this Sunday. So Woody made the decision not to go...so he will stay away from possible exposure. I texted a few ladies in our class and talked with them about possible ways the class could go on without either Marie or myself and so now I am not going to go and take a chance. So won't be teaching Sunday School after all...so abandoned lesson preparations! Melany and Wade are going to come to visit tomorrow and I was going through possible things to make for lunch...had sort of decided, but hadn't started any preparations when Melany texted and said that they were bringing lunch from a yummy Italian restaurant in Nashville...so quickly stopped planning a meal! I did complete another ornament for the grandchildren today and have started on another...so when the one I am stitching is completed there will only be one more...so that is a good accomplishment for today...nearing one end. I haven't done any decorating today...just looked at a couple of blank surfaces that need to ve dusted and polished so they will be ready for Christmas decorations...more clearing of surfaces needs to take place. I came upstairs mid afternoon to do some more stitching and...found myself waking up from a nap a while later...not a lot of stitching takes place while I am napping...unfortunately! Time continues to march on whether I am awake or sleeping! Dialysis in the morning...not supposed to be as cold in the morning as yesterday. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

A Blank Slate

Today I decided to bite the bullet and start getting prepared to decorate for Christmas...clearing off surfaces of furniture so I will have some blank slates for decorating! I left a few pumpkins and turkeys, etc. on the table in the living room. The rest I took upstairs and put them on the guest bed awaiting being put back into storage untill next Fall. I know that I am a bit early, but if I am going to decorate, I need to give myself time. I know that I was really glad last year that I got my decorating done early as Woody ended up in the hospital for the last three weeks in December and then in rehab for most of January. So hopefully that won't be the reason that I am glad that I did it early this year! Hoping for a better end to 2023 and start to 2024! Woody has had a better day, for the most part, than yesterday. All was pretty good up until supper time and all he wanted to eat was yogurt...but that didn't stay down. So I don't know what is going on with him. I wonder if it could have anything to do with his Keytruda treatment last Friday. I need to keep track to see if that may be one of the reasons. As far as I know, all went well in dialysis today. He did find out from his nutritionist that he can stop one of the medications that he has been taking, at least for the time being. She told him not to get rid of the bottle of pills as he might need to go back on it at some point. So one less pill for him to take every morning. I didn't do any cooking today except for warming things...did enough yesterday! Tomorrow he has a wound care appointment. We have had a respite from that appointment for four weeks. All is going well as far as I can tell with the wound on his leg...if anything it is growing smaller. We'll see if the nurse and doctor think so. It will be more obvious to them since they haven't seen it in four weeks and I see it every other day. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Welcome, November!

This is going to be short and sweet tonight! It has been a rough day and I want to have my supper! Woody has not felt well today. I have done several loads of wash due to him being sick. Then he managed slip off the couch and couldn't maneuver to get himself back to a sitting position. We can't say enough good things about our good neighbors. I SOS'd a neighbor across the street and down a house and he came right over and helped give the momentum needed to get Woody back up. Woody is all tucked in...I hope he stays that way for the night and that his stomach stays settled. I have done a bunch of cooking today...one thing to go...what I planned to eat for my supper...then it is big-time clean up! I did get my hair cut this afternoon before all this started happening. It's going to be a cold morning when we head out in the darkfor dialysis tomorrow...we don't look forward to that! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!