Get together

 Bob and I are still fiddling around... me with bear making... him with computer stuff.

BUT.. yesterday's UPS delivered our batch of political postcards. They are to be addressed and a short message added. So we set up a place at one end of the dining room table and I have started! As I go past I do a couple. The sum total will be 100 ! They are to be stamped and mailed  as a batch in April.

We will be meeting our daughters for dinner at MooCho in Oak Grove tonight... The four of us haven't gotten together since Bob and I became ill. So looking forward to it!! 

Dinner was fun and we were all stuffed and took home "to go" boxes. 

While "All Creatures Great and Small" was on PBS/tv and managed to get my bear's head stuffed! I just need to add eyes, a nose and ears... and assemble him and he will be " fini " !

 

AS MS. MOON SAID ...25 th amendment.... time for the 25th amendment?

 

 

Little of this little of that

Spent the morning yesterday working on a bear and his outfit. Bob was fiddling on his computer...

I had an appointment with my podiatrist but then the office called... It was not busy and could I come earlier. Fine by me.. and the visit went well.

Bob spent the time while I was seeing the doctor on his cell phone with his younger brother in Rochester ... Jamie was trying to call his pizza place and ended up on the cell phone with Bob.. No one can figure out how that happened.

After the podiatrist we stopped at Lowe's to look at dishwashers. Our is more that 10 years old and has started overfilling and so water leaks from under the . We put a bowl under the door for now till we can decide what brand etc. We poked and prodded on all the dishwashers on display...all prices and all different insides!  Still not  sure which ! Met another looker... turns out he installs dishwashers for $90 ( Lowe's and Home Depot are around $150 ) ... so maybe we give him the job if Bob decides not to install it himself. He's installed lots of them...including our daughters!

Today was more bear making and going to Target for the cat's prescription. 

 

Settling down

My b--i-l is out of the hospital  and back home. BUT he  was stuck with the problem of what to do about his car which had ended up in a snowbank.... 

Well... the wonderful thing is... my elder daughter here in KC fixed everything. She found where the car had been towed to (impound lot)... paid for the storage etc fees. Got a tow truck operator to take the car to Jamie's house . The tow operator did not like the smell of Jamie's car but after much grumpyess by my b-i-l managed to get him to go out to the car in the driveway and agree to the gas smell.   The tow operator will come back and tow it to a garage.... and my daughter will take care of the bill.

Long range success!! 

 

Different kind of weekend

Valentines Day started off pretty much as usual... but our daily text ( and some  earlier ones in the week) were some what weird from my b-i-l in Rochester, NY. Obviously far from Missouri. The feeling about the texts  was felt by our daughters who are part of the daily text routine.

Bob tried to reach Jamie by phone and the weird-ness was magnified...We finally reached a friend who claimed Jamie was fine but another phone call to Jamie didn't make much sense.

Yesterday was received at phone call from the ER at Strong Hosp in Rochester. Jamie had run into a snow bank and the ambulance  thought he was confused and sent him to the ER. The ER physician assistant called Bob and he gave him as much info as we had. The PA decided to keep him overnight. This morning Jamie is still in the ER and we know nothing more...

Bob is 84 and Jamie is 72... not married, no children and few friends. This makes things difficult....

 

Later he was released and of course due to HIPA we got no info from the hosp.... and when Bob called his brother .. no reply. 

no coat

 We went to our neighborhood WalMart with a shopping list but no coats. The temperature is in the high 60's !!  This Walmart is in the process of updating... and it seems like almost everything is somewhere else. Had to ask people stocking and unloading where things were.... must have been used to it because they took me to where things were with smiles on their faces and a laugh at my confusion!!  They new layout has more self-serve checkouts and more regular checkouts!

So far Friday the 13th is fine!!

 Working on my bear and trying to ignore my thumb.... leftovers from Olive Garden for dinner plus some of the red cabbage I made the other day...and a green salad.

  

Thumb still inconvenient... plus 60 years

 Yes.. .the thumb still gets in the way and hurts when I try to do bear making things... though I did manage to cut out a cat!  And take pictures for my selling page!

We are celebrating our 60th wedding anniversary today ... going out to Olive Garden - thanks to a tempting email they sent!! 60 years sounds like forever... I started thinking about the actual ceremony... St. Anthony's Church in Nanuet, NY......Seems like everybody is gone.. parents, relatives,and so on. Only Bob and I and his younger brothers ...one of whom acted as an alter boy... are left...

Dinner was fun...we talked and  remembered different things about the wedding!  

When Carolyn called on her way home ( it was a late day due to parent-teacher conferences) she told us that all the lunch ladies at her school heard her mention our 60th anniversary and were amazed and sent us warmest of good wishes!!

 

 

 

 

 

forgot to post

 Somehow I sliced the top of my right thumb from the nail down about 1/3 of an inch. Aggravating and uncomfortable so no bear making for awhile...Luckily I have a few new books on my Kindle!

Bob is quietly reading a book he picked up from the library yesterday.

Today is the anniversary of our son's death... didn't sleep well last night ...

Since I can't push pins or sew I have been decluttering a bit ( and reading)...Spent time organizing my mohair closet and getting rid of lots of wire hangers.  

Both the kitchen floor and the entry way/lobby needed cleaning... so Bob and I went at it. He even got down on the floor to clean under the stove. Things look much better... especially the lobby which gets all the dirty/ salty water from our snow shoes or boots!