Monday was my time to have a mammogram and it was an easy peasy exam.
At least I am assuming it was. They sent me an enscipted email that I tried to jump through all the hoops to read - but to no avail. I am assuming it was 'normal' results and if not - surely they will communicate with me in a way that I can respond.
All these electronic communications drive me crazy!
I'm barely able to keep up with texts and emails and instant messages.
The ins and outs of things I do NOT know would amaze you!
Life is especially good when Louis Dean has a project!
And it needs to be a BIG one to keep him occupied for awhile.
Redeeming the back yard has been a good thing for him to do - and an answer to my prayers!
I'm loving every one of these September morns......
The Texas Sage is blooming!
I go out on the kitchen deck with my first cup of coffee and soak in the beauty of the God's creation.
There's a pair of birds who sit together on a bare branch of a huge tree two doors down from us.
They are there every morning.
As are we - Louis Dean and I - sitting and watching them.
I normally only make Texas Trash in December for Christmas and yet last year I did not!
I don't remember why I didn't but maybe I thought my family was tired of it.
But last week when Brenda and I were talking about the holidays and I told her I had skipped making it - she said, "Well, if you make it again - I WANT some!"
So I had an instant inspiration for her birthday gift!
She and I are both September babies!
Fruitcake cookies and Fire Blankets were my gifts to her.
AND a tin of Texas Trash!
We celebrated her birthday with lunch at El Fenix after our Tuesday Treasure hunting.
What a joy and blessing to spend time with your best friend.
Do YOU have one?
Brenda is my very first BEST friend ever....
I have many friends for many years but she is my only very BEST friend.
We've known each other at least 30 years or more.
Who knew I would be an old lady before I ever had a best friend?
God is full of surprises.
Who knew I would find true love at the age of 57 on eHarmony?
Life is an amazing journey and I am grateful for the design God has for mine.
My pictures loaded out of order and I am too tired to fix them so this is the faux succulents I bought Tuesday.
I put them in a pot on my herb garden which has some real plants in it as well.
These are the fake ones.
A wonderfully scented candle for $5 at Pop Shelf!
And these two medicine cases.....$3 each.
They are zippered so I can keep them in the bathroom without them getting mushy!
I love Targets scented dishwashing soap and I will be loving this one from Meyer's!
The Pop Shelf store is a blend of Target and the Dollar stores.
My total haul for the day.
This is all from the thrift store.
It was such a good Tuesday - until it wasn't!
I came home and the truck was GONE!
Louis Dean had escaped!
It hasn't been a problem lately and I neglected to take the keys to the truck.
Truth be told - I couln't find them but I wasn't worried.
No problem, I thought.
I tracked him on my Apple tag - THANK YOU, Summer, for gifting me this!
I tried not to panic and resisted the impulse to go look for him.
I unloaded my tresures and Aldi purchases and put things away while trying to hold back my tears and avoid an emotional breakdown.
I knew he was wandering around and trying to find his way home by looking at my app.
He finally figured out the right direction and I knew he was close to home.
We had a bit of a confrontation once he was here safe and sound.
Even he realized he was not supposed to be driving. It scared him and it certainly scared ME!!
This is my SCARED look!
We ended the evening with a glass of wine on the driveway and a good long talk about the changes we are facing.
Change is hard for anyone at any age and we are goimg through some big ones.
Tomorrow (Thursday) we are driving to Fort Worth to see my niece Trish at the DMV office to surrender Louis Dean's driver's license and get a Texas ID card.
I am so grateful for family that makes these hard changes easier.
Another issue that has developed is that Louis Dean forgets to eat.....and that freaks me out!
I have to purposely set out food and insist he eat it!
In the evenings we usually watch a program and we have totally exhausted John Wayne and most westerns!
So last night I found U-571!
It was a win! WIN!!!
I'm all in in Matthew McConaughey!
Right now while I am writing tonight's journal entry he iswatching....
with Christopher Plummer.....
I am always looking for movie suggestions for Louis Dean!
Sometimes I am scrolling and scrolling looking for something he will like.
It's becoming a big deal.
So.....have any of my friends discovered this?
Amber had some the other day and now I am addicted!
Normally, I'm not a sugar lover.....my downfall is salt and wine.
But, OH MY GOODNESS! These are so GOOD!!!
Today (Wednesday) was a home day and Louis Dean and I both love that!
He puttered and so did I.
I took a two hour nap this afternoon because I could.
Having time to myself is such a blessing that I never take for granted.
Louis Dean was up in the night listening to music on YouTube with his headphones on at 2:00 this morning. The next time I woke up to check on him it was 4:00 AM...
It is a real blessing that he can stay up late at night and it doesn't involve me.
Then he sleeps in later than I do and that gives me some quiet morning time to myself.
God has a way of working everything out.
Dinner tonight....
Watermelon/Feta Cheese/and fresh mint....
Turkey pot pie filling.....
I dearly love a ripe cantaloupe!
Lord, help me to be this kind of friend......