A Good Thursday!

It's been a good Thursday!

I had my annual Medicare Physical this morning with Dr. Suma Abraham.

I have been going to her for maybe a little over 20 years and am so grateful to have such a good doctor. I like 'history' and I have enjoyed seeing her through the years as she went on to have four children and shared some highlights from her personal life and vacations.

She knows all about my history and difficulties in life and helped me cope through some tough times.

I like doctors that are real people and treat their patients like real people, too!

I had a good check up although the questionnaires Medicare requires you to fill out would make you feel elderly if you weren't already. Louis Dean was quite offended when he had to fill his out last year. I just felt good that I don't have any of the problems they asked me about - yet.

Of course, it's not a good check up until the bloodwork comes

 back so I am trusting it will be good, too!

My friend, Jutta from Finland, is a doctor herself and she suggested I tell Dr. Abraham about Louis Dean's wasp stings around his eye - since I was there! I did and she said if he was allegic we would have known it shortly after being stung. The swelling continues to go down a little at a time so he's going to be fine!

I waltzed out of the medical building feeling relieved that was done!

AND I hadn't gained weight!! I actually lost 2 pounds. Win! WIN!!!

From there I drove just down the street to Big Lots and I hit the jack pot on snacks and goodies for Mother and Lillian!

My friend Christi said on Facebook:

It kinda looks like a teenager who's parents went on vacation and left them $100 for grocery shopping! :)

 Pretty much!!

What I didn't find there, I picked up at Aldi.

We needed a few things ourselves so now we are stocked up here at home and for at leeast three weeks of snacks to fill those baskets.

I'm not sending everything at one time. I intend to take a basket every Friday for the next several weeks and figure out what they like best and what didn't go over so well.

My next stop was to see my friend, Reaoma.

Amber did Facetime with us and I put the phone up where Reaoma could hear it and Amber reminded her about all the happy memorie

s she has of spending time with her and Doug at Rainbow's End.

I could tell Reaoma enjoyed hearing Amber's voice.

I had quite a bit to unload when I got home.

 I had taken refrigerator bags to put the perishable stuff in.

Louis Dean met me on the driveway and we got it all in the house before leaving to get our nails done.

I had a pedicure but Louis Dean went all out and had a manicure, too!

He was so cute! It wasn't the first time he's been there and they love it when he comes in.

He only wants a lady to do his all the ladies fuss over him!

He had the whole shop laughing and talking like we were all old friends.

They loved hearing his stories about teaching school, building the front room at the camper, how he can dive off deeper and come up drier! That's a Shep Woolie story. They couldn't believe he was what he called 'almost 80!" I squacked and said, "more like 82!"

He ate up all that attention.

He was wanting to go out for Chinese food and I had talked him out of it.

Well, he got to telling everybody about it and they suggested Uno China Super Buffet just down the street.

That was a lot closer than North Richland Hills where he was wanting to go.

He was a happy camper!

We were full and tired when we got home.

The joys of being retired where you can take a nap at 6:00!

I fixed up two baskets to take to Fort Worth in the morning.

They both have exactly the same things in them.

We are enjoying being home. I miss the sunsets at the ranch. 

We can't see them from our house so I just watch the clouds change color.

In the morning I will cut a bouquet of  roses and honeysuckle and take it to the nursing home.

Thank you for the prayers and thoughts for my sister.

Her Facebook post this morning:

Monte Rodgers Moved to heaven this morning.Can you hear the Marine Corp Anthem? Love you Sweetheart

Luann is an amazing lady and was such a blessing to her husband.

I hope he knew how blessed he was to have her.

If he didn't.....he knows it now.