Done!

Hey, all, I hope everyone is doing well.  Les and I are alright, nothing new happening.  It's been cold here for a couple nights.  The freezing temperatures have finished off our blooming Azaleas.  But the red Geraniums on the porch are still blooming and look nice with the Christmas decorations.  There are still leaves on the trees, many on the ground to clean up, and yard work that could be done. But it will need to be just a little warmer before I go out to work on that. 

It took me three days to get the decorating done and I am happy to say it's done and looks good.  Les helped where he could.  We enjoy our trees and other decorations.  I have been working on some extra cleaning and that is coming along.  In the evenings we've been watching our Christmas movies.

Here are some pictures.

Stay safe and take care of yourselves.  Life is good.  And God Bless America!

Well, It's Been a While

Right after I made my last post a couple weeks ago, things started happening.  I hope everyone is doing okay and had a nice Thanksgiving.

Les spent a few days in the hospital but is home now and doing okay.  Scary times, but the hospital and staff were taking good care of him.  And while he was there, other family members also needed some medical attention.  They are also on the mend.  I did my best to keep up with things and take care of car issues and other things that came up.  

And to top things off, our computer died.  We had been having issues with it for a while and I guess it just finally gave up.  But Les ordered what we wanted/needed online at Best Buy.  It was delivered here to the house.  Then a Geek Squad tech came and set it up and got things straightened out.  We had what seemed like days and days with no computer.  So we've been catching up on things.

We are up and functioning now.  Jacquie and Jordan came and had Thanksgiving dinner with us.  Chris and the little girls were either sniffly, coughing, or stuffy.  We sent food to them when Jacquie and Jordan went home.  

I started Christmas decorating on Friday.  I have had to accept the fact that I can no longer do ALL the decorating in one day like I used to.  But today was Day 3, and everything is done now.  There is still some cleaning to do, but that is for another day.

Our weather is cold, windy, and raining today.  Many leaves are still falling.  But we still have Geraniums and Azaleas blooming!

Take care of yourselves and stay safe.  There are lots of germs and viruses going around everywhere.  Life is good, even when it isn't great.  Consider the alternative.  God Bless America!

This is the new dining room tree.

Les' Childhood Home

 

While we were visiting our family in Ohio, we did our usual drive around to look at places we remember and see how things have changed.  Of course, this farm is always at the top of the list.  This is where Les grew up.  You can't see the house from Rt. 93 now, but the view still holds memories. 

Les remembers how he and his brother would help Dad mow all that yard.  There was sledding in the winter on that hill.  The garden was behind the house and garage.  There was a barn, too.

When our girls were young and we were visiting, Les and his Dad had gone somewhere.  The girls and I were there with his Mom.  A cow got loose!  She called for me to get the girls and go help her round it up and back where it was supposed to be.  I will say right here that I had absolutely no experience in rounding up a cow and getting it to move, but we tried.  It did eventually get back into its space.  As a side note, my only real experience with livestock was going along with Les, Dad, and Les' brother and sister to the livestock auction.  I remember Dad telling me to get up on the fence!  I was just following along and looking at the animals, and a bunch of them were being moved down the row very fast.  I got on the fence.

Years ago you could see the house better from the road.  The trees have grown a lot.  We think maybe they should have been kept trimmed a bit.

Good memories.  Take care of yourselves.  Stay safe.  And God Bless America!

Thank You to All Who Have Served

 

Thank you Wild Birds for the lovely photo

 

I know that today is not Veterans Day, but everyone should be thanking those who serve and have served every day.  And while you are at it, remember to thank their families, too.

Take care of yourselves and God Bless America!

Yes, Coffee!

 

And........ when I am having my coffee, I want to just sit and enjoy it!

I hope everyone is doing well.  Les and I are "okayish".  (Jacquie came up with that term for us)

We did some more yard work.  Les rode the mower around the back yard with the baggers on the mower and he cleaned up a bunch of leaves beside cutting the grass.  This week, over two days, the whole yard will be done again if the weather cooperates.  Right now it is mid-60's and sunny.  While he was mowing, I worked on the mulched areas, and helped him bag the leaves and grass and do cleanup.

There is still some cleanup work to be done in our mulched areas.  I hope to get to that sometime this week.

I just finished washing windows.  A couple were bothering me and I figured I should just do them all and get them done.  They need to be done before Thanksgiving anyway.  You know, because the Christmas decorating might start Thanksgiving evening depending on my energy level. 😊 🎄  Once the trees are up, it's hard to get to the windows to clean them.

I am doing pretty well with my hearing aids.  It is a process, but going well.  I go next week for an adjustment with the doctor.  She said we will fine tune levels and sounds.

I still have some Christmas shopping to do, but most of it is done.  And some has been wrapped, delivered, or packed and sent.  And since we lost some of our Microsoft things on the computer after they did an update or something, and we totally lost my address database, I have started on the cards.  I really, really miss that database.  Some of our saved addresses have been lost forever.  Ones that we use the most I do have a paper copy of, so I can handwrite addresses.  But I really miss being able to print the labels for cards.  I just write some until my hands hurt, and then stop.  Life goes on.  Overall, this is a small issue to have.

Take care of yourselves and stay safe.  Life is good.  God Bless America!

This Is True

 

Stay safe and take care of yourselves.  God Bless America!

A Good One!

 

Thank you I Can Haz Cheeseburger!   

I hope everyone is doing well.  Les and I are okayish.  

It was 36 when we got up this morning and there was some frost on the roof.  Today it is windy and sunny and we have a freeze warning for tonight.  

I have gotten my hearing aids and am in a period of adjustment. I had no idea how many things I was not hearing!  Little things like the little beep when the dishwasher is turned on, and the clicking of the turn signal in the car.  My voice sounds too loud in my head and my doctor says that is normal and I will adjust.  I overcompensated and Les told me I wasn't loud enough. 😊 So I'm working on that.  And best of all, besides hearing things, is I am not hearing the tinnitus I've had for many years.  It's nice the buzzing sound is gone!

Our MDX was in for service for a couple days.  He's back home now.  

We had our quarterly pest control.  Glad to have that done, I had seen a couple spiders inside and I have a bad reaction to spider bites.  Fortunately, the ones I saw were moving slow enough for me to get them. 😊

I've been busy keeping up with things and working on the Christmas shopping.  And it was time to put away the Halloween decorations and put out our Thanksgiving ones. 

Take care of yourselves and stay safe.  Life is good.  God Bless America!