Busy Couple of Weeks

June 11th - Friday Beautiful blue sky with low humidity

I have received several phone calls asking what has happened to my posts, so will take a few minutes before going to bed to bring you all up to date on the happenings in our lives.

Seems like after the Memorial Day Holiday, we got very busy, I had an appointment with Dr. Fox for my eyes and new glasses, an appointment to have mud flaps installed on our new car. Along came baccalaureate on the same night as square dancing and Lou and I were in charge of snacks, so we went to square dancing early to set up and then to the high school for the service and then back to square dancing to clean up.

On Thursday, Lou and I washed our house down along with the garage and got all of the windows washed. That is a hard job but with the two of us, we accomplished it all in one day. That evening for dinner we enjoyed the fruits of our labor from the garden and had a wonderful salad that was comprised of four different types of lettuce and greens from the garden, along with radishes.

Friday brought up a good day of low humidity, so I stained the back deck, picnic table and glider while Lou put a bottom in an old dresser that Sue and I devised several years ago to store our cushions and such on the deck. We attended Michelle's graduation on Friday night. We are very proud of our National Honor Society graduate.

Saturday, Lou worked at his house. Sandra and Preston came to help him for the day. Preston and Lou washed the RV down and Sandra painted the pillars on the house. Lou is having problems with his wrists and fingers again, so we need to get the top of the RV waxed and then I can clean it out inside and get it into storage until it is needed again. I am going to wax the roof and use my polisher on it to finish the job. That will save wear and tear on all of our joints.

Sunday we attended church, had breakfast out and then we both worked on getting the back deck settled back. It certainly looks good to have things back to normal. I had waited to get our outside furniture out until we had the deck completed, so now we are ready to sit outside and enjoy the sites.

Monday, brought a day of yard work and we have to agree that things look pretty good right now, the grass has all been cut again and the weed eater run, just need to get some annuals purchased and set out. I have never been this late in getting my flowers out, but we have certainly enjoyed the perennials that have bloomed and have more ready to pop.

Lou cut the grass at his house on Monday while I stained the front deck, sidewalk and railings. Hopefully, we are through staining until we start on the white board fence. Harry just cut us some new boards, so hopefully next week we can get to that.

Wednesday night was a picnic with our square dancing group and then dancing following. The lessons are basically over; however, our president has suggested lessons and practice once weekly, so we are going to dance in our garage or our driveway, depending on the weather. Our garage is air conditioned, so we can go inside if it is humid. Sounds like a good time to us.

Wednesday Lou woke up during the night and said he didn't feel well, had a temp of 102 degrees and later had diarrhea, he had been introduced to the bug that has been going around, he still isn't back to normal, but insists one day in bed is enough, so today, I changed the bed all the way through and hung all on the line, and he thought he should cut the grass at our house. I had done the grass down over the bank yesterday, so it didn't take too long to finish it all up and then I ran the weed eater, so we look good all the way around.

Today brought some excitement - Estee had an appointment for her yearly physical and Lou felt he needed to take us and we picked up gas for the lawnmower and some new medicine for Lou. We got back home to find that our dear neighbor across the street (he is from Bensalem, PA, but has a cabin across from us) was out cutting up some wood and had a heart attack, he was taken to Wellsboro Hospital and then flown from Wellsboro to Sayre. I spoke to his wife, in Bensalem, this afternoon, and he had a cath this afternoon and had two stents placed. They expect to keep him three more days. Lou and I are going up to Sayre in the morning to see him and report back to his wife. Bless her heart, she has a 91 year old mamma staying with her and can't come to be with her husband. This couple have been such dear friends of ours wish we could do more for them right now. He needs prayers along with his wife and son as they will be coming up on Sunday night.