A Tuesday Nail Biter

Elijah's game was the late game tonight and we just got home. It was another game that was too close for comfort for most of the game and Elijah's team always seemed to be playing catch-up. But in the end when it counted they went ahead and stayed there when it counted...at the end! At this point in the day, I can't even remember what we have done today! The children and I did have school. Woody worked some out in the yard. Since Elijah's game was later, Woody went to the church for his time in the prayer room before the game.

Monday...Once Again

I took tonight's photo on our excursion to the doctor this past Friday. It just shows how green and pretty our area is at this time of the year...all the rain has really greened us up! Woody started out his day by heading off to therapy before 8am. After his therapy he did his usual Monday stop at the Life Care Center. He also did our WalMart shopping that he didn't do on Saturday. I had a usual Monday school day with the neighbor grandchildren. Esther cut out the doll dress that she has been machine embroidering and even got to start sewing it. She is doing a great job. Doll clothes are good because they have short seams...but they are also difficult because those seams are small and the area to work in is small. So far Esther is doing a great job making a new dress for her 18" doll, Noel. After lunch, Woody and I went outside and he pulled my new "toy" (the tractor scoot seat) around to the back to the garlic bed. He decided that he would harvest some of the garlic today AND I decided to help...guess the new gardening seat that the Proctor's gave me for Mother's Day influenced me. (Gardening isn't exactly my thing...for those who don't know me!) I took over after Woody harvested quite a few heads of garlic and we pulled the tractor gardening seat back to the back "patio" slab and I got the garlic heads ready to dry. Looks like we will have fresh garlic to cook with for a while. After I did that I pulled my garden seat around to each of the garden containers on the back patio and did a little weeding. I even went out front and finished the deadheading that I had started while the Proctor's were here on Saturday. I will say that the new gardening seat really does help a lot. Today was a good day to work outdoors...not too hot and not too cool and not much wind to speak of...quite pleasant. When it isn't so pleasant and the mosquitoes get bad then I will have trouble spending much time outside. The front porch looks so inviting with the new hanging baskets. Wade noticed that a bird has built a next in the chicken bird house that they gave me for my birthday. We don't know what kind of bird it is...guess I need to sit quietly on the front porch and see if I can spy it/them coming or going. Woody made another trip out this afternoon...he drove down the street to the pharmacy to pick up a couple of his prescriptions. He also made his filling for veggie burritos this evening and cleaned up the kitchen. After supper I made the mistake of getting too comfortable in my recliner and napped for a bit. I told myself that I shouldn't sit down there when it was just a little before "blogging time" and I was right...a bit late tonight as it took me a while to motivate myself out of the chair after I woke up.

It Takes a Village!

From the above picture it looks like it took quite an effort or at least concentration on the part of quite a few in our family to get my Mother's Day present from the Proctor's put together! It finally did get put together and immediately the little boys decided that it will be a great addition to outside riding/pull toys!

Once the tractor seat gardening seat got put together, Melany used it to plant the flowers that they gave me. She had planned to come and weed for us and she did do some weeding, but it was a pretty chilly day and got chillier as the day went on. After lunch, Woody and Alex went to Elijah's ball game. Elijah's team had another great game. Melany, Wade, Erin and Alex stayed till late afternoon. After they left, I pulled my new gardening seat over to one of the gardens and finished deadheading the plants that I had started while Melany and Wade were planting. It was nice to be able to do that without having to bend over to do the task. We are settling in for a quiet evening. My next task is to go finalize the Sunday School lesson for tomorrow. I had a nice day celebrating Mother's Day for the second time!

Another Nail Biter!

Tonight was sort of a see saw type of game...the other team got ahead...we caught up...they caught up...and finally our team pulled ahead when it mattered...right at the end of the game and came away with another victory--18-14. Quite a game! Our day started out a bit differently for a Friday. We headed out early for a doctor appointment for me. This is my six-month check-in mainly for labs to make sure that my many meds aren't doing things to me that they shouldn't! The doctor is in a town 45 minutes away...so we had a 1 1/2 hour drive and then a little more than an hour with the nurse practitioner and doctor. I have a problem with one of my elbows that is probably another place that gout has decided to take up residence. The doctor is trying to figure out what to do about my gout. I say "just carry on!" I think that they were more concerned today with my blood pressure...but by the time that I got home it was in a good range. My blood pressure is never very good at any doctor's office. I am to take it periodically over the next couple of weeks and report the readings back to the doctor. I spent the afternoon cleaning. Isaac came over and was a big help with putting things back in the toy closet and back on low shelves in the kitchen. The public library is almost next to the ball field where Elijah played tonight so we left a little early and made a library stop. I had a book on hold and Woody did his Saturday library stop on Friday today. We are rearranging out day tomorrow a bit since Melany and family are going to pay us a visit. I was going to add another picture, but it took so long for the pictures to load tonight that I will hold off on this other one for another day. I am off to do a few more things around the house before I call it quits for the day and settle into my recliner. Woody is downstairs cleaning up some of his things in the family room. He has been busy today. Woody took advantage of being at the doctor today and got one of his prescriptions straightened out. He got a hair cut soon after we got home from the doctor. Then after lunch he actually mowed a good portion of the front yard. Graham finished it for him. And an aside...Woody checked the rain gauge today and we got 2 inches of rain yesterday...no wonder everything is so green! Very pretty in Middle Tennessee at this time of the year!

Rainy Thursday

This morning started out a bit differently than a usual Thursday. I only had Joseph come for school. The rest of school got cancelled because Nathan and Joseph's six siblings had to head off to a juggling gig. Joseph came over a couple of other times to stay with us as Kathy needed to go help out some friends. Woody woke up with his foot and ankle hurting. He said that it was rather discouraging to wake up hurting worse than when he went to sleep last night.Woody's knee is doing great! His main pain is now in his foot and ankle. The therapist is working on that. Woody continues to faithfully do his PT exercises. Late this afternoon Woody went next door so Kathy and Nathan could go out on their weekly Thursday date. He came back just a few minutes ago. We have had a couple of periods of rain waft through our area. One came through with quite a bit of thunder. At the moment all is quiet outside weatherwise and we are settling in for another quiet evening inside.

Snake in the Grass!

Can you spot the snake? I saw him slither across our patio in the back of the house. I had to go grab the closest camera and when I got back outside it was a bit of a challenge to find him. But find him I did. I cropped this picture so you could spot him more easily...that is if you want to spot him!

Wednesday went pretty much as usual. Except that Woody had a physical therapy session early this morning. After his session, he went on to do our Wednesday Krogering. Since I was having school, Woody even put the groceries away. He went next door for a short time to keep an eye on some of the children. Nathan and Kathy were helping a friend get her house ready to move into. After school time I grabbed a quick lunch and then headed off to church. Donna and I worked for a couple of hours in the library. On the way home I stopped at the public library...dropped off some books that I had finished reading and some DVD's that Woody had watched...picked ups several more books for me to read. We have eaten supper and are settling in for the evening. I will end this post with a picture of a pretty iris...to make up for the pictures of the snake!

WOW! What a Game!

Another evening at the ball park! And, it was one of those games where you sat at the edge of your seat because it was so close. Elijah had a great game. He played in the pitcher position...in coach pitch it is an infield position. He did a great job of stopping the balls and getting them thrown to the base they needed to be thrown to. Way to go Elijah. On top of good fielding, he did great hitting too. AND...drum roll............He got the game ball again! He is really becoming quite the little ball player...and he is loving it. Oh, and, we were the home team this time so we edged by the other team by one run. Earlier in the day, we pretty much had a usual Tuesday. I had school with the children. Joy got her sewing notebook caught up to date and then spent the rest of her time doing art work. She is drawing a picture of her family using pencil and chalk pastels. My back seems to be much better today...it just feels tired...if that makes any sense! I made a pot of potato soup. Woody followed behind me and cleaned up the kitchen. He is faithfully doing his exercises getting ready for his next therapy session which is tomorrow. After the game, he dropped me off here at the house and then drove to church for his time in the prayer room.