Potato Soup, Herb Garden and Update on our Brother.....

 Louis Dean had an appointment with his cardiologist this morning.
He had to go alone but this time he brought back the printed summary of his visit and the two appointments they scheduled for him.....and electocardiogram plus the followup to that.

Then he went off to buy new packages of seeds for the garden since we can't find the other two batches we bought! This time I am keeping them where I can find them!!

I read his summary of the doctor visit and called to reschedule the two appointments since he had made them for when we will be at the ranch next month.

While Louis Dean was gone, I had my morning and early afternoon all to myself today.
We had a good many potatoes that I needed to use so I put on a crockpot of Creamy Potato Soup.

The recipe is from MA at ON THE BRIGHT SIDE!
and it is a good one!!! She has such a bright upbeat blog and I love the way she counts down the days to the next season or holiday. Her recipes are always good!!

So I drug out my largest crockpot and put all the things together to start cooking.

Instead of bacon, I used the scrap bacon Louis Dean loves to buy for seasoning.

I have no idea where the crockpot lid went! 

It was on there when I pulled the pot out of the pantry - or at least I think it was.

Now I can't find it anywhere!

No problem......I used a similar lid to an old pot I have that I like to use to cook my roasts.

Towards the end of the cooking, I added a package of frozen mixed vegetables.

Before serving, I added some shredded cheese on top.

It was delicious!!!

I spent the late afternoon and early evening working in the herb garden.

It still doesn't look pretty but it will.....I hope!

I gathered up all the things that didn't totally die in the Arctic weather we had.

Some were in pots I had covered and some were in the bed around the back pond.

I sowed short rows of kale, cilantra, and parsley and marked them with two very old kitchen spoons and a potato masher. I think it will look prettie when I add the red cedar mulch but thought perhaps I should wait for the seeds to sprout. I am not a real true gardener but I decided to try harder this year!

Now for an updat e on Lonnie!

He is continuing to improve and we are so encouraged! They added another blood pressure medicine and it has been successful! He’s talking and eating! The neurologist has not been back in touch with Michele because Lonnie has already had the stroke so it’s a move on from there for now. He talks and when he can’t think of the word he wants to use, he says,”I’ll have to get back to you on that.”

He is still not a good patient but that’s no surprise! He continues to tug at the various things attached to him and told lady nurse he had today, “You can’t control me!” She said, “Nope! Just trying to help you!” Praise God for nurses!

He will be going to PT but he’s still so unsteady they are holding off for a day or two to let him get some strength back. All in all - an excellent report! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the love and prayers you have poured out over our brother!

We are grateful for the nurses who have been so kind to our Lonnie!