Tuesday's Treasures and Wednesday and Thursday....

 Monday was a stay-at-home day but it had its moments.

A few weeks ago I called the plumbers out to clear our bathroom drains.

They found lots of debris in Louis Dean's drain - a guitar pic and such.

I've tried to watch what he puts down that drain but I missed seeing him pour his coffee grounds until he called out that he needed a plunger!

Bottom line, we made a trip to Home Depot for materials he needed for redoing the pipes under the sink. I was surprised when he said it was fixed.

However, the next day his bathroom smelled like a dead mouse so he checked the drain and found it was leaking.

He thought he could fix it so I left him to it and went off to meet Brenda. She and I had a good time thrifting on Tuesday afternoon!

Brenda spied the two pillows and put them in her cart before someone else got them!

She knew I would love them!

It's great to have a thrifting buddy who is also a best friend!

When she saw this sign in my cart, she said, "I knew you would get that!"

It looks great on our front porch!

Brenda and I both love sunflowers!

She got a garland and I found a bag of the same kind only the garland had been cut into pieces.

The small painting is now hanging in the sewing room.

The tea towel will be used in Louis Dean's John Wayne bathroom.

The feather canvas will look even better when I add some bright colors to it.

I pick up sunflowers every chance I get since I am replenishing my stock of them.

I trashed quite a few things that just won't make another season.

I am taking the spring things out and bringing in the sunflowers and pumpkins a little at a time.

I'm a sucker for aprons and wear one every day.

They must have pockets and if they don't - I sew one onto them!

Brenda and I each got one of these.

I hang my collection on my pantry door.

I hang them on the piece I bought a few weeks ago.

I love wearing lacy layers over my sleeveless tops.

This is a Chico's dress and I will pair the top with it.

I may use this as a vase.

I'm gone every Tuesday for around four hours - sometimes five - and I never know what I will find when I get home. Louis Dean met me at the door saying he could not fix the bathroom!

No problem. I called the plumbers....again.

They have a slogan on one of their trucks that says WE FIX WHAT YOUR HUSBAND TRIED TO DO!

They said they would work me in but I'm still waiting. In the meantime, Louis Dean put a wastebasket under the sink since he forgets and turns the water on.

Every other day is a stay-at-home day if I can manage it.

LD spent most of Wednesday in his music room and I stayed busy doing things that I do.

We usually have our first cup of coffee together in his room.

You never know what you're going to see in there!

I have to hand it to Louis Dean!

He's creative and hangs his coffee cups on the spouts of his wine boxes.

I had my MRI on my brain this afternoon and then went to Midas muffler.

When we were driving home from the ranch last week, a truck loaded with huge pieces of Styrofoam.

One blew off and was flying across the highway and I hit it with the right front corner of my car.

Turns out it damaged my turning signal. I thought it was just a broken bulb but it turned out that the piece the bulb plugged into had broken off. It took $100 and nearly three hours to get replacement parts and be repaired. I kept my eye on Louis Dean by way of the RING app and knew he was okay.

He had spent most of the time working on the stone patio outside our bedroom.

Probably got too tired and had not eaten anything other than buttered toast and milk.

I fixed him a chicken salad sandwich and a huge glass of tea and turned on old episodes of MASH.

Win! WIN!!

My neighbors across the street are from Bangladesh and they are so special to us.

Back when we were staying in Katy, Texas after the quads were born, they kept an eye on our place for us. We had a huge pecan harvest in 2012 and she would see people in our yard picking up bags of pecans. She would come out and tell them to leave - this was private property and the owners were harvesting the pecans.  It was a bumper crop, indeed, and Louis Dean shelled all the pecans we would gather when we came home for our monthly visits.

We've watched their son and daughter grow up all these 20+ years.

He's now a pharmacist and she's a teacher and they are both such wonderful people.

We exchanged phone numbers over 15 years ago and once I accidently dialed the dad and he called me right back to see what I needed. Wonderful neighbors are such a blessing. While we are closer to some more than others. Stephanie has been my neighbor for nearly 40 years! Ilene is another blessing to me! Then there's Tamara around the corner and we love her and her husband. She used to entertain the quads in her garden with snacks and fresh veggies to take home and other times, pots of plants.

I say all this because I was in Louis Dean's room and looked out the window the day after we got home from the ranch to see a fire truck and ambulance in front of their house!

My heart lurched and I ran outside to see what was happening. The mom had a stroke and they quickly called 911.  God's timing was perfect and the daughter was home and, within minutes, help was on the way. There's a four hour window to treat a stroke and she is making a good recovery.

From the hospital to the rehab place and then HOME today!

Praise God! 

I took freshly baked cookies this evening - half chocolate chip and half butterscotch chips!

I picked a bouquet of the freshest sunflowers and two yellow rosebuds to welcome her home.

We had such a nice visit and she and we held hands as I prayed for her full recovery.

Speaking of praying......when I was shopping Aldi on Tuesday afternoon...I noticed a beautiful lady shopping for tomatoes as I was and we bumped into one another again on the next aisle over. She complimented me and I complimented her and she asked if she could pray for me. It was beautiful and we prayed for one another. Turns out - she was having a procedure today as was I.

God has a way of showing us grace day by day.

Dean took this photo of the duck pond the other day and I can't wait to start painting it!!

I set the art table up yesterday and am looking forward to smelling the turp!

Wednesday was hard as my son, Benjamin, had to say goodbye to Zuko.

He loved that cat dearly....

He gave Zuko the best life possible but congested heart failure could not be treated long term as we had hoped.