Still busy

Yesterday meant a trip to Aldi, post card writing and working on a new CAT! Bob made an Irish Soda bread... from a Christmas present mix. We wondered how it would taste but it was good especially with loads of butter or Aldi's chicken, cranberries and almond sandwich spread!! 

Today I came downstairs to the sounds of large equipment parked on the street behind... even a large crane....Didn't have any idea what the workers had in mind but soon found out as large tree tops and branches came down. Not all from the same property which was surprising  . Bob mentioned taking a walk to check things out but changed his mind when he saw all that they were doing.

More postcards with my morning cup of Irish Breakfast tea! 

We've been watching the "tree guys" from our kitchen windows. The crane has lifted huge parts over another tree to get to the grinder!  The arm of the crane reaches over 40 feet high!! Two big ones down... what's next? I hear the grinder still working away!

We  tried the RO  (?) spaghetti sauce for dinner. I had seen a competition where this one won... and when I saw it at Aldi's I decided to try it. When I looked at my receipt later on I found I had spent $7.44 on the jar! Shock... Well the sauce is good but not $7.44 good!  

 

 

 

Today is busier than expected

Bob took off this morning for the car's oil change appointment, a stop at the QT gas station and a hair cut which he really needed! He goes to an "old men" barbershop  which was evidently full today!  LOL

I stayed at home finish up the latest bear,  do his picture taking session and do postcard "stuff' - addressing and writing the message. My hands get tired and the postcards are supposed to be hand printed which makes it a little more time consuming.  We are almost halfway there.... Bob is looking into buying postcard stamps online.... deadline for this all is April 15th ... tax day...

We are up to 59 F  this afternoon... 

My teacher /daughter told us about a goose nest very close to her school. It was not noticed until eggs had been laid and the geese are not happy being visited by school children.  They can be very aggressive about eggs, babies etc. Our daughter is trying hard to keep her students away... and why!

 

Trip to Walmart

 I needed a few things so left Bob behind and headed to Walmart...three very different replies from asking for help. One barely acknowledged my asking where the Worchestershire sauce was... a second told me which aisle! But the best was the man I asked if he could get down a bag of Crafter's Choice from the top shelf... he had to jump!! But jump he did even though he was almost as old as I am!!

The regular checkout worker was delighted to have customer (me)... everyone else was going to the self-checkouts! 

MO DOT is adding a third lane on I70 both east and west of Blue Springs.... it seems like there is an accident almost daily.  Today cars were backed up for over an hour due to a bad accident... bet someone was speeding ( construction areas are 55) or not paying enough attention when entering the highway!

Finished the bear... served(?) Moocho leftovers for dinner... and then we settled down for some Antique Roadshow on PBS. 

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.