Rest and Recover Weekend......

I woke up Saturday feeling like a truck had run right over me because I hurt just about all over.

I took a couple of Aleve, plugged in the heating pad and stayed in bed until the afternoon.

The heat on my shoulders and neck felt good.

Bed is a good place to be.

I read and prayed, wrote in my Country Diary and played word games.

And I napped.

Louis Dean kept the coffee coming bringing a new cup to replace the one I had just finished.

Three cups in all. It worries Louis Dean when I am sick and he hovers and waits on me.

I relocated to the den in the afternoon - taking my heating pad with me and made a bed on the couch.

I even popped some popcorn.

We watched The Bucket List. Probably not the best choice since it brought back memories of Louis Dean's beloved Ellen when she was so sick with cancer. Still, I think he enjoyed the movie for the most part and then we both went to bed to take naps.

I had meant to get up and fix us some food and watch another movie but I woke up sick with a stomach bug that lasted the rest of the night.

Now Louis Dean really worried and I was too sick to comfort him.

He would stand at the bedroom door and then come over and stand by the bed checking on me.

I asked him to sleep in the guest room as I certainly didn't want him to get sick, too.

I was in bed so much Saturday that the day morphed into the night and by 2:00 AM I was finally feeling better and slept well the rest of the night.

Louis Dean was up before me this Sunday morning.

He already knew we weren't going to church so he recorded Ed Young, Sr.'s Winning Walk on TV for us to watch and had fixed my coffee but hadn't turned it on yet.

When he heard me in the kitchen, he came in, saw that I was feeling better and smiled so big, laughed and hugged me saying, "I am SO happy you are better!!"

I'm telling you, it squeezed my heart.

I don't think there's any better feeling in all the world than to know I am so truly loved.

I made us some cheese toast for a quick breakfast and we caught up on our Bible reading and watched the service he'd recorded.

Even though I felt so much better, I continued to rest most of this day.

I did a little puttering here and there....I wrote and mailed a note.....ran some laundry....

did a few chores.

Mostly I rested.

It was another chilly day so I lit the fireplace and binge watched the last season of Fixer Upper.

Louis Dean worked outside doing some work on the kitchen wall.

I could hear him if he called and needed me to hold the ladder or fetch something.

Yesterday he didn't do any projects of any kind other than play his music.

But since I wasn't really sick today and he didn't feel like he had to keep an eye on me - he set about doing one of his projects. He loves doing things and I think that's what keeps him young.

It's like his hobby - doing the various repairs and updates and such.

He's good about taking breaks and resting - usually.

The least I could do was make dinner.

I thought taking a pic before I cut open and loaded up the baked potatoes looked healthier!

Keeping it real here, folks!

We still have a lot of work to do and are trying to get it done before we go back down to the ranch. 

I'm getting excited about getting back down there. The word is they have new critters! Goats and pups!!