Singing to Lillian and Cleaning House! Friday and Saturday.....

Friday morning we had coffee and the heart shaped Brioche I gave Louis Dean for Valentines Day.

I love brioche and I even know how to pronounce it now!

Bree-osh.

I'm so bad about mispronouncing things.

We packed up a mini fridge, an insulated bag of things to stock it with, a platter of Dr Pepper sheet cake, napkins, small bags of Texas Trash and green grapes, a new blouse I bought for Lillian, chair covers Summer bought for Lillian and Roberta, two bud vases of roses and rosemary sprigs and headed to Fort Worth and Trail Lake Nursing Home in Louis Dean's big white truck.

Lillian doesn't have cell phone service and we have not been able to communicate for the last couple of weeks. The last time I talked to her was the Tuesday I bought the blouse for her. She laughed and said, "Oh, Linda! You are something else!" I love that I can make her laugh. The only reason she knew we would be coming Friday instead of Thursday was because Nita went over to check on her and found out she doesn't have cell service anymore. 

That wasn't the only thing that had Lillian a bit blue. She has a roommate.

The room was so crowded with the new roommate's stuff that we had to set up in the living room there at the home so Louis Dean could do his music.

We wheeled in her mini fridge - which only added to the crowded room but she sure was glad to get it. I took two shrimp cocktail rings and put one in her freezer section of the fridge and then she and I snacked a little on the other one. I brought chicken salad and crackers, Jello and pudding and such.

I hope this makes her life a little more enjoyable.

She cried and said she misses Mother.

Every Friday when they would get their hair done, as Lillian would leave and Mother wheel in - Mother would reach out and take her hand and hold it for a minute or two.

Her new roommate talks a good bit but it's mostly to her imaginary friends.

Need I say more?

Louis Dean went on out to set up his music and I wheeled Lillian down there.

He had been practicing a couple of 'new' songs and could not wait to find out if Lillian liked them!

It was fun and by this time the sparkle had returned to our friend's eyes.

She definitely liked the new songs!!

Louis Dean and Lillian talked and he played and sang some ......

and then they would talk some more. And he would sing and play some more.

I went up and down the halls delivering squares of cake to staff and residents.

And I made a visit to the office to see what was going on with Lillian not having a phone any more.

It's complicated but if it doesn't work itself out, we will just put her on our plan.

She uses a flip phone like Louis Dean does.

Lillian is one of 11 siblings and only she and her baby sister in North Carolina are left.

A phone is the only communication they have although on my next visit I will be taking her a stack of stamped envelopes and cards.

See how perked up she looks?

I didn't take a picture when we first got there. She just looked too sad.

She loved the chair cover!

Thank you, Summer!

Roberta loved hers, too.

There were lots of hugs going around Friday as we said goodbye.

I don't understand why God put that roommate in there but we have to trust that he will bring good from it. But I'm still hoping the social worker moves her. She had been in another hall of the same nursing home and doesn't want to stay - she wants to go back to her old room. That would be wonderful!

We left right at 5:00 traffic so we decided to stop and eat Mexican food at The Mexican Inn on Hulen.

Oh.my.goodness.

That $5 house margarita at Happy Hour price was awesome!

The sky was so pretty when we finished dinner and headed home.

It was a good day.

We came in the door at 7:30 and I walked right to the kitchen and started the dishwasher, turned off lights on my way to the bathroom. Took off my make up and we were in bed by 7:30 and asleep before 8:00. We didn't wake up except for potty breaks and went right back to sleep until 9:00 this morning.

Today has been an old fashioned housecleaning Saturday!

Can you see Louis Dean??

Clean room and I lit the candle!

One on either side of the bed.

I love my bathroom!

Louis Dean and I redid it several years ago now.

Amber once said she admired the way we make our home fit us and our personalities.

Guest room clean and available!

Candle lit in celebration!

Louis Dean's bathroom is back to bare bones for awhile.

I'm planning on redoing it soon. As in the next year or so.

He likes it the way it is and I have other projects I really want to do first so that works out just fine.

Joy!!!

My home brings me so much joy and I thank God every single day for it.

I have loved this house for 52 years.

“Home is not a place…it’s a feeling.”