Wednesday - This and That......

It was one year ago today that Louis Dean was perched on the corner of the deck watching for the Home Depot truck to pull up to the gate.

He was as excited as a little boy waiting for some new toys!

This is the way it looked then.

We couldn't use the deck at all because of the morning son so we sat behind the camper for our coffee and Bible reading.

Then in the evening - or sometime after 4:00 - there was enough shade to move back around to the deck again.

As soon as the materials arrived Louis Dean set to work.

However, he soon realized he needed to level the deck.

He worked long and hard at that!

Rufus encouraged him on!

You can see what a cheer leader Rufus was in the last pic on the bottom.

I woke up in a good mood this morning - especially after I saw some of these photos come up in 

My Memories on Facebook.

I made two trips to the dentist today.

When you get new teeth, there is some tweaking to be done.

Today the permanent lining was put in my bottom teeth.

I had to leave them at the dentist office all day. Truth is I have not been able to wear them since I cracked them Friday night eating fresh broccoli with Ranch dressing over in Quadville. 

I am on a quest for good health these days.

My lab reports came back and after years of adjusting the dose for both my blood pressure and my cholesterol - they both came back good!!

I had thyroid cancer in 1988 and thankfully my synthroid dose has only changed twice since then with long years between the changes. Surprisingly, that lab test showed I needed to reduce the dose.

And my liver enzymes were elevated.

I was diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease back in 2009. Fortunately, the number was only slightly elevated from normal and stayed that way each year since - until this checkup.

So I need to do all I can to get my liver healthy again - or as healthy as possible.

First - that means no wine for 2 months. My doctor said to limit my wine but I decided it would be better to completely cut it out for the time being. She added some supplements such as fish oil and such so I made a stop by our local health food store to stock up on things. 

After that stop, I went over to visit Reaoma.

She has always been beautiful and you can see that she still is.

They were all being taken to the dining room for lunch when I arrived so I fed her today.

The aid who usually does this said she hasn't been eating as well lately.

They puree her food now to make it easier for her to swallow.

Her body has shut down to the point that chewing and swallowing is an effort that wears her out.

When they brought her plate out, I took her fork and ate a tiny bite of each food.....

green beans (well seasoned ), mashed potatoes (well seasoned ), and something white with chicken. 

I couldn't quite figure out what it was - chicken and dumplings perhaps.

That was the only thing that was not tasty.

I was inordinately proud when she nearly joined the Clean Plate Club!!

I asked the staff about dessert - Reaoma loves her sweets - and they brought of a sorbet which she finished off completely.

So it was a good visit with my friend.

When I got home I had to do all the meds for Louis Dean and myself for the next four weeks.

With all the additional supplements - and they are LARGE in size and HEAVY in weight - I had to find us a bigger bag for all our pills!!

I head finished all of my boxes except for the night ones and I was out of vitamin C.

I take two to activate another medicine I take every night.

SO! We went to the drug store and back to fill those boxes and it was time to go back to the dentist.

Before I left, I realized I would not have enough of one of Louis Dean's so I called that one in to the pharmacy. After I got home, I asked him to go get it since I was already starting to stress out. You need to be a rocket scientist to keep up with all these medicines.

And since I was developing a bad mood - I told LD I would be out pulling weeds - always a great way to work off steam that builds up.

He came back with the milk and the 7 Up - and no meds.

They must have fallen out of the bag as he threw it in the back seat.

He hurried back to the pharmacy and I threw myself into pulling up each and every weed BY ITS ROOTS!

God loves Louis Dean! He came home with the medicine!

It had, indeed, fallen out of the bag and a nice lady had picked it up and turned it in to the pharmacy.

Praise God!

Isn't it amazing what stresses us out? And how little it takes?

I am happy to say that I chilled out after getting the front planter nearly all weeded!

Well, not really NEARLY all but I got a lot done!

I'll  close with this pretty photo from this day last year up at the big tank.

Tomorrow we go back to Quadville for the weekend and I'm not even going to take my laptop!

Just to let you know, I probably won't blog for another day or two since we won't be home until Saturday evening.

Isn't this the truth??

Attitude is most often a choice.....a conscience choice.

It was for me today.

I'm glad I made the right choice .......

and Louis Dean is happier about that than I am!!!