Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Wednesday

Another day of a little of this and a little of that. I spent some time in the kitchen after breakfast prepping green, yellow, orange, and red bell peppers for recipes and then putting them in the freezer to have them ready for when I need them. I did a little stitching...slowly and steadily making a little headway on the gifts that I am stitching...still a long way to go! After lunch I headed off to get my hair cut and then ran a couple of errands. I got gas for the car and then stopped at the pharmacy, Only one of three of Woody's prescriptions had been filled...mine were ready. I came home and have written a note to the dialysis center asking them to see if Dr. O wants Woody to continue on the one med that the hospitalist wanted him to take and if he does would he please fax a prescription to the pharmacy. The other prescription I will have Woody ask for a refill when he goes to TN Oncology on Friday. I also discovered that a payment that I thought that I had paid with bill pay hadn't bee received...I made a call to check to see what the Credit Union records said and they didn't have a record of it sso I must not have finalized the payment when I thouught that I had paid...I had recorded payment in check book. Oh, well, I think I was successful this time. So lots of littles of thises and littles of thats today. I will change Woody's bandage in a little while and finish up in the kitchen and then head upstairs and hopefully be able to stitch. I made a goal for my stitching and have about made that goal...maybe I'll surpass it before I fall asleep with needle in hand! Woody has had a pretty good day as far as I can tell. Dialysis in the morning...going to be a bit cold...there is a frost warning for us...so I went out earlier and covered the car windows...don't want to have to scrape the car windows on top of everything else I have to do in the morning! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Rain and Shine!

We have experienced both rain and shine today. It was raining when we headed to dialysis early this morning...thanks to good rain jackets we didn't get too wet. It was raining when I picked Woody up after he was finished with dialysis...but not as hard as it was when going to dialysis. Then it was raining when I went to work in the library after lunch. BUT when Donna and I came out after getting a stack of new books ready to be checked out, it was bright and sunny...blue sky...no evidence of all those rain clouds. From what I understand, we are in for a really nice end to the week and also a good start to another. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Monday, March 25, 2024

The March Wind Doth Blow!

It has been pretty windy all day. I think that these winds are supposed to blow in storms over night and into the morning. When I got home from prayer meeting, I saw to tasks that helped Woody be ready for the overnight hours and then fixed myself some supper and cleaned up the dishes. Except for prayer meeting, our car didn't leave the driveway today. I thought that I would pick up prescriptions at the pharmacy today, but there were problms with figuring out refills for some of Woody's. But that is the reason that I like dealing with a independent pharmacy...we know them, they know us and they go the extra mile. One of the pharmacists called me to figure out which doctors to contact about which prescription. I didn't even try to pick up the medicine today...figure it will take a day of two to get all of them phoned in and then have the doctors' offices to respond. I do know that one has been faxed back to the drugstore as Vanderbilt messaged me that it had. I will stop by tomorrow and pick up my prescriptions and see if his have been taken care of...I was just trying to get a group of meds all being filled at the same time to save extra trips to the drugstore...imagine that it will take several trips to get all five that I phoned in today...mine should already be filled...just Woody's are causing the problem! At least we are not at the last of his so maybe by the time he runs out they will be filled! One of them is from TN Oncology, if they haven't responded to the pharmacy by Friday, I will have Woody tell them that he needs a refill. I am going to need to buckle down and do a lot of stitching over the next days...if I am to have the gifts ready that I have planned. I texted with Kathy today and she said that Abigail is planning to get her wedding shoes sometime this week...hopefully...then she will be over here to try on her dress and we will see if it has to be shortened. Joy and Esther also have to come over with their bridesmaids dresses and see if their Grammy has the skills to alter them. I can shorten them, but other alterations we will have to see about! Grammy hasn't been sewing much so her skills may be a bit rusty! Woody worked on his usual crossword puzzles and also did more in several of his crossword books...he has baseball crosswords and Bible crosswords...both of which he has been working in since he finished his yearly calendar of daily puzzles. I'm hoping that it won't be stormy when we leave dark and early in the morning...hoping that there will be a break in the rain at least while we get Woody into the car. There is a cover where I let him out at the center. I hate for him to get wet and have to sit in wet clothes for the four hours of dialysis! He has a good hooded jacket that does a pretty good job of keeping his dry...and a fleece throw over him will help too...but that short period of time when he transfers from his wheelchair to the carseat can be a time to get fairly wet depending on his speed of transfer! I guess time will tell at what point we are in when leaving as to where the storms are that are supposed to blow through here. Hopefully we can zip between raindrops and stay dry!!!!! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Nice Day

This was Melany's first day of Spring Break and she and Wade came here and worked on claning up our flower beds...getting them ready for Spring! This is my birthday gift from them.,.along with a couple of other things for our gardens/gardening. They raked and moved a LOT of wet leaves. The temperatures were pretty chilly and it was windy, but they perservered and even worked up a sweat! Our day started out as a typical Saturday...up and atum early and out the door early to get Woody to dialysis. I came home and got busy in the kitchen preparing our lunch. I made a cake for our strawberry shortcake base and put together a pot of Spicy Vegetable Beef Soup...a little before time to eat, I put together one of our favorite corn bread recipes and popped that into the oven. I think they were ready to eat after all their hard work. We visited for a while after lunch and then they headed back to Murfreesboro mid afternoon. I think that Woody and I took a nap! I unloaded the dishwasher a few minutes ago and am in the process of reloading it with what didn't fit in and what we have used since they left. I will start it when I go back down and load the last few things in that I have soaking and then wash the handwash items. Woody has already headed to his bed/couch...it has been a busier than usual day for him. When he wasn't in dialysis or visiting, he watched March Madness basketball. He plans to go to Sunday School in the morning. I will be teaching in the morning. I still need to go over my notes and see if more needs to be added to what I have already written down in my notes...I attempted to do that after they left, but my eyes closed before I even got the book open or the lesson notes pulled up on my iPad! We'll see if that was nap enough to get me to be able to get a little farther next try! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Friday, March 22, 2024

Could It Really Be 55 Years?

I won't go as far as to say that it seems like yesterday...but 55 years?!? How could that many years have flowed under the proverbial bridge?!? It is what it is and we are what we are, as we head into our 56th year together! It has been a day like most when Woody doesn't have dialysis...try to get done what needs to be done and also do as little as possible at the same time! I have kept a bit busy. I did go to the grocery store this morning...that took a chunk out of the day...especially when you add in putting the purchases away. By the time I had them put away, it was time for lunch. I cooked some of the fresh vegetables that I bought...asparagus and also cauliflower. We had some of the asparagus with chicken pot pie for lunch. I made a favorite of both of ours with the cauliflower, Italian-Style Cauliflower, which is good both hot and cold. We each had a couple of florets when it was warm and then I put the rest in the refrigerator to chill. I had that mess to clean up...so have already run the dishwasher today and now need to empty it before I can put the supper dishes in the dishwasher. I have done some vacuuming downstairs. I plan to take the vacuum upstairs when I go back up and vacuum the hall. I worked some more on the Sunday School lesson and I also took a short nap before supper. We have had supper...tacos...so have that mess to clean up. Melany and Wade are coming tomorrow to work in the yard. I plan to make soup for our lunch tomorrow...and want to make somethiing for dessert...and perhaps a bread...but I think that I will just do preparation for some of this cooking and then cook it tomorrow when I am fresher. I may make banana bread in a few minutes, as I had some bananas in the refrigerator that needed attention...so that may happen in a few minutes once I get the counters cleaned off from taco fixings. Woody has been enjoying March Madness on his new TV...so far it is still working! Tomorrow will be another early-leave-in-the-dark morning...looking forward to several weeks ahead when we will be back to leaving in the daylight...again...I really don't like this time change! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Looking Back on Today

Just sat down to blog and started looking back on what happened today...and, am not sure! Nathan did stop by with a new TV...if at first you don't succeed, try, try again...third time is a charm?!? We did also get a new surge protector just in case that was the cause of both TV failures! We're back to the original brand since this last brand barely lasted three weeks! At least Woody has a TV to watch all the basketball that is going on and whatever else he wants to watch. I did get the boxes out of the hallway and into Melany's old room and I have a stack of empty boxes just in case I need another one or two before the closet puzzle backing gets complete. Woody decided that he wanted a meatloaf...that used to be a recipe that I was always making, but then I guess he grew tired of them...this is his first request for one in a long time, I made one this afternoon and so he got his requested meatloaf sandwich for supper tonight. I have started preparing for Sunday's lesson for my ladieis' class...keep getting pulled away from my preparations or...falling asleep while I'm attempting to read the material! I must get focused!!!! I almost have the kitchen cleaned up from my latest cooking mess. I was about to run the dishwasher, but decided that I would come upstairs and get a mug and glass from next to my chair to add to the dishwasher. Once I got up here, I decided that I would blog before going back downstairs...this is all sort of like the book, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie!" One thing always seems to lead to another and thus many things get started, but few finished! Tomorrow is a vacuuming and soup making day...and Sunday School lesson prep day...and, it may include a grocery trip. It's a special day tomorrow...more about that tomorrow...as...tomorrow is another day! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!