Tuesday Treasures and Wednesday.....

Tuesday afternoon was my appointment with Dr. Sander's office to get my staples out.

It didn't hurt at all!

Since we were out, I asked Louis Dean to take me to the Goodwill and a thrift store before we went home. He's such a good sport!

Not only did I find a few treasures, I ran into a friend!

It's always such a good feeling when you recognize someone.

Rebecca is the daughter of my friend, Debbie, and she had her new baby with her. I loved getting to see her for a few minutes!

This is such a cute top and it's what I wore today with black leggings.

I'll be wearing this comfy shirt tomorrow with skinny jeans.

The colors in this top are so rich and beautiful.

You can't go wrong with Coldwater Creek.

A bag from Charming Charlie's!

Right up my alley!

Two Texas throw pillows.

I'm planning on decorating the gazebo this summer in a patriotic theme.

My last find was this pretty scarf.

As if I needed another one!

However, as I am getting older, I find a pretty scarf can make a big difference to my neckline.

Tuesday morning I was up before Louis Dean so I decided to tackle some of the kitchen cleaning.

He's been doing much of the cooking and not done to bad a job of cleaning up. 

Still, he's not exactly Mr. Clean!

I chose the microwave and stove area as my project.

The inside of the microwave was remarkably clean but I noticed he has spilled what I assumed was potato soup on the little 'lip' under the microwave - supposedly there to catch drips. Then I noticed the bottom of the microwave door was crusted with stuff.

I scrubbed and scrubbed. I used a scraper. I tried an SOS pad. I chipped at it with a flat head screw driver. It would not budge. Finally, I unscrewed the shelf and put it in the sink with hot soapy water and left it the rest of the day.

When we got back home, I told Louis Dean I was going to need his help to get that potato soup scraped off. He very casually said, "Oh, that's not potato soup. It's Gorilla Glue."

WHAT??????

I vaguely remembered him saying something about the shelf thing needing to be glued.

Good grief!!!

I told him if he's not careful I am going to confiscate all his Gorilla Glue and keep it under lock and key! NOTHING can get that glue off! As far as I can tell, the shelf isn't necessary for the microwave to work so I am throwing it in the trash. I'll just have to learn to live with a crusty bottom door.

I suppose all the exertion of going to the doctor and then shopping PLUS the kitchen ordeal wore me out because I was in bed at 7:30 Tuesday night.

Since I went to bed so early, it was no surprise when I woke up around 2:00 in the morning.

I decided to get up and read for awhile.

I had classical music playing and it was raining outside so the living room was nice and cozy.

About 2:30 Louis Dean got up and was walking to the kitchen when he noticed me sitting in the big chair. We decided to have a glass of wine together.

It was like old times drinking wine in the wee hours of the morning!

I love that this year will mark our 15th wedding anniversary.

We have history now. 

As we sat in the living room we talked about how in the summertime we would wait until late to go out and water the yard. One year it was so hot we had to wait until after 11:00 at night to go outside.

One of the things we used to do was go to Whataburger at 2:00 in the morning.

Whataburger stays open 24 hours and we have been known to do that 2:00 run a couple of times....

"Oops....I did it Again!"

But this night we were sedate little old people and stuck to just drinking a glass of wine and going back to bed.

Today (Wednesday) Kirby came and signed off on my Home Health care.

I did my exercises on my own and called the out patient therapy place and scheduled a session for the first week in February. I'm taking next week to go to the ranch and I can keep up with the exercises I already know while I'm there.

I don't know what was the matter today but I was so very tired.

I pulled myself through the morning and all my routine chores but then after lunch I just had to go to bed and I spent the rest of the afternoon napping. It was 7:00 and dark when I woke up to see Louis Dean hovering at the door.

I had a visitor while I was sleeping!

Four year old Savannah lives a few houses down the street and she and her mother came over to see how I was doing. I'm so sorry I missed her! She left me this beautiful coloring paper.

I have been so cheered by the kindness of friends sending me cards and get well wishes and little visits. I had forgotten how special getting mail was and I intend to start sending more out myself.

About the only real accomplishment I did today was fill our boxes up with a month's worth of medicine.

Neither one of us took much medicine when we got married.

These include vitamins, OTC allergy pills as well as prescriptions.

It takes a good hour to do four weeks for each of us but then we are good to go for the month.

I slept all afternoon and now it's after 11:00 so I guess it's time to go to bed.

I'm just now smiling about the Gorilla glue.....

some things take time.

Don't even get me started about how he wanted to revitalize the car battery when the Ford place tested it and said it was time to replace it.

I'm learning to stamp my foot and say, "NO! Just go buy a new battery!!"