Monday With Summer and My Tuesday......

Monday morning as I was taking out the trash, this mockingbird was singing his heart out.

I walked back and forth right under him and he just ignored me and continued to sing.

He sang so long!

 I went in and got my phone, came out and he was still singing!!

Monday's weather was amazing!

81 degrees! On February 4th!

I was about to head over to Rowlett and take Summer to the hospital for a hernia opperation and found Louis Dean was sitting out in the garden. It was no quick goodbye.

He loves to be recorded!

I ordered a Trump 20/20 hat for him three weeks ago and it just arrived Monday!

He said, "Take a picture of this! I put the tag up there so this can my Minnie Pearl look!"

He's so much fun!

Summer had her surgery in Rowlett.....

Here she is with her surgeon!

I was posting updates and photos on Facebook and when Amber saw this pic, she immediately recognized the doctor. Amber went to school with her sister!

It's such a small small world!

Surgery was a success!

Scheduled at 3:30, the doctor came out 45 minutes later and said everything went just fine.

We arrived at 1:30 and it was after 7:00 when we left.

Recovery takes a good while.

We picked up Rx's on our way and Sherry (the lady whose home Summer lives in) had heated up the potato soup I had brought and had dinner all ready when we got home. She'd even made Summer's bed down! There was a gas fire burning in the fireplace, candles were lit and it was just about the coziest homecoming you could have.

We all three gathered in Summer's room and ate together.

It was the perfect ending to our day.

I stayed until about 10:00 before coming back home.

Summer was in bed and resting comfortably when I left and has continued to do well in recovery.

One reason may have been the set of deep tissue injections she was given after the surgery to block the pain.

This morning I got up early and had the coffee and breakfast all ready by 7:45!

Why??

I took my brother, Lonnie, to the airport.

He was flying to South Carolina to see his youngest son and his family.

It was wonderful to have coffee and spend a few minutes with 'Brother.'

That's what Mother always called her one and only brother.

She also called Aunt Irene - for whom I am named - 'Sister.'

Today was TUESDAY!

I decided to go all out and hit up three thrift stores!

In the first one I found a beautiful dressy white long sleeved blouse for Lillian!

It looks brand new. With the Senior discount it came to $2.08!

I'm going to take photos of my treasures tomorrow and show you where they 'live' now.

The second store was Goodwill and I made a haul!

A full basket that cost $32 total!

I meant to get my eyeglass prescription filled.

I have put it off for nearly a year and the Rx won't be any good after March!

But it was getting late and I was tired and hungry.....so I will go do that on Thursday.

I love a good old fashioned sandwich with Mayo, meat and cheese, lettuce and tomatoes, and bread and butter pickles! We had leftover potato salad and baked beans from Sunday so it made a good meal.

What was even better was this cola drink I bought at Aldi back during the holidays.

It was a seasonal item and I love trying new things. When Louis Dean cleaned out one of our little beverage refrigerator, I found lots of cool stuff I had forgot about.

At 140 calories per bottle and made with pure cane sugar, I won't be drinking this every day.

But it was seriously delicious!!!!

Louis Dean and I are still working on the Christmas stuff.

This late afternoon and early evening we concentrated on getting the lights down from the front yard and off the den windows. I even managed to prune several rose bushes while I was out there.

I hung one of the wreaths I bought today on the stone wall above the porch bench.

The other one hangs on the front door.

I haven't fluffed them up yet.

I'm going to add some extra flowers where some are missing and jazz them up a bit.

It not only feels like spring - it's looking like it, too!!

See the blue flowers on the top left pic?

That's on the rosemary!

I had no  idea that rosemary actually has blooms!

I've never ever seen any before and I have had rosemary for many many years!

Tonight we took a break from our projects and watched the State of the Union Address.

I loved see Astronaut Buzz Aldrin stand and salute the President.

Such a good speech and so many wonderful moments.

Made me so proud to be  an American!

I talked to Summer this afternoon and she continues to be doing well in recovery.

Thank you for the prayers......