Almost back to normal

November 2nd Tuesday - Election Day Beautiful Sunny Day

Our morning started out very cold, we had a very cold and frosty 17 degrees when we jumped out of bed. Our pine tree in the front yard was beautifully decorated by Jack Frost with a touch of frosting on each bough.

After breakfast, I ventured outside in the sunshine, while Lou caught up on some of his e-mail and reading. I was amazed at what a beautiful day it was, no wind and the sunshine was very warming. I was able to get all of our Autumn Joy trimmed off, along with some of the other late blooming perennials trimmed, that is another job to cross off our list for fall.

We had an appointment for Estee for a follow up for her respiratory infection at 2:30 this afternoon and Dr. Suresh checked her out and found that all symptoms that he had found previously have all abated, he pronounced her healthy. We were both elated to hear the good news. No CHF and no further studies at this time.

We stopped in Whitneyville to vote and found a good turn out, so tonight we will enjoy listening to the results, hoping we all made the correct decision.

Lou is finding that Dr. Nespola was correct in telling him that he would become fatigued quickly, so after the first attempt to accomplish a lot, we are taking each day slow. This weekend, we both rested, we found that we were both tired and our own bed felt good.

Sunday, Lou sporting his new purple shirt and tie and I attended church and were happily greeted by our church family. (Have you noticed home many news casters are wearing purple?) Our church body had grouped together to put new siding on the church parsonage on the weekend and it looks so good and all were glad the job was accomplished and pleased with their task.

After church, Lou and I went out for lunch at A Heck of a Place, which is owned by friends of ours. We enjoy eating there and always see someone that we know and catch up on the news of the neighborhood. The eating place is located three miles from our home.

Lou read the two newspapers in the afternoon and I caught up on our ironing while I fixed chicken for dinner. Lou did go out to the garden and dig the beets, completing the garden for another year.

Monday I spent the day cooking and freezing beets. Lou had dug a bushel of the scarlet gems, I froze 14 pints, and made six quarts of harvard beets. I was ready to sit down Monday night after cleaning up the mess of beet juice all over the stove and such. We know they will taste good this winter when it is snowing.

We were able to get our spouting cleaned out today and some adjustments made to the spouting on the house. Glad to be able to accomplish this job when the wind wasn't blowing. Let it snow we are ready.... almost...

Tomorrow is a day of errands in town and then to recycling in the afternoon and tomorrow night is square dancing.