Putting Down Roots

This is our new Tulip Poplar tree. One of our friends gave us one a while back that she had dug up in her yard and nurtured before she gave it to us. We planted it between Nathan and Kathy's and our house. Well, when the roofers brought vehicles, etc. between our houses, they weren't very careful and managed to back over it. Today the roofing company brought us our new tree and planted it. I discovered that it is quite hard to take a picture of a small tree without leaves, but I think that you get the picture. This tree happens to be a bit larger than the one that we had, but we won't argue with them! The Tulip Poplar is Tennessee's state tree.


We were quite popular this morning...either the phone or the doorbell seemed to be ringing. I think that the TVA energy reinspection has finally been set up. The roofers brought our new little tree and they also took a list of things that still need to be done in order to complete their hail repair job. Then Woody's new urologist's office called and they want him to have further blood work. In that time I continued to try to undecorate. I would climb up the stairs and/or the stepladder and have to climb down to answer the phone or the door. But I still managed to get quite a few more boxes filled and up in the upstairs hallway...slowly but surely?! Last night I managed to get the tops of the kitchen cabinets dusted and wiped down and rearranged on one side of the kitchen. This evening I went back to working on the other side...at least it is the shorter side. I'm about half-way through with it so we will be all neat and clean up towards the ceiling in the kitchen! All my angels "flew" down to a lower perch today. I put away all the dishes that had to come down when the siding crew was over zealous last week. I even wiped off those shelves so it is a bit cleaner in several areas inside the kitchen cabinets. It just seems like that are so many little jobs that keep rearing their ugly little heads that need to be done while I am undecorating and just making the job take longer and longer.


Woody worked on planting more seeds in flats today. He's hoping to grow more of our plants from seeds this year and not have to buy plants. He took the car that we will be taking next week in to have a tire checked that was losing air. The problem was found...probably caused by a roofing staple/nail...so now the tire is fixed and hopefully ready to take us on down the road next week towards Maryland. Woody emailed a young lady we know who has been diagnosed with stage-4 melanoma. He wanted to encourage her. She will start her treatments next week at M. D. Anderson in Houston. Woody seems to be getting stronger and hasn't had any kidney stone pain today...he still tires easily and feels a bit weak, but not as shaky and not as cold (according to him). He walked to and from church this evening for his time in the prayer room. He is resting after his walk in his recliner watching TV.


I am going to make our hotel reservations in a little while. We have decided to stay outside Bethesda in Virginia this time. It worked well and we liked this hotel the last time so we plan to try it again...this time for both of the nights that we will be there.