HAPPY DAY

HURRAY, THE TRAILER IS HOOKED TO THE TRUCK AND SITTING IN THE STREET. I HAVE TO PUT THE FOOD AND MY CLOTHES IN TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY OFF WE WILL GO INTO THE SUNSET!! OH, YEAH, JERRY HAS TO PUT THE WATER IN TOO.
WE HOPE TO GO TO THE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND STAY FOR A COUPLE DAYS. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL LODGE THERE WITH A GREAT DINING ROOM--WE LOVE TO EAT THERE. THEY MAKE A WILD RICE HOT DISH/CASSEROLE THAT IS SOO GOOD. IT HAS BEEN SO COOL HERE THAT WE ARE HOPING THE CAMP GROUND WON'T BE FULL AND WE CAN GET A PLACE.
I HAVE A GOOD BOOK TO READ, SO I THINK WE WILL HAVE A NICE RESTFUL FEW DAYS---AND WILL BE SO GLAD NOT TO HAVE TO GO TO PT---
WAS DOWN BY THE RIVER YESTERDAY AND SAW 4 FAMILIES OF CANADIAN GEESE. MOM AND DAD AND BABIES. THE FATHER WALKS AROUND WITH HEAD HELD HIGH AND LOOKING AROUND WHILE THE MOM AND BABIES ARE BUSY EATING. ONE FAMILY HAD ABOUT 10 BABES. WAS REALLY NEAT TO SIT AND WATCH THEM.
NOW I BETTER GET TO BED SO I CAN BOUND OUT OF BED IN THE EARLY AM.HAHA---MY BOUNDING DAYS ARE LONG GONE, I AM AFRAID !



























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Brrrrrrrrrr

Minnesota is unusually cold this year. so much so that i would just as soon go back to Texas.
We have not been able to take the trailer out so far. Jerry says we are this next week---no matter the weather, we are going to Itasca State park, where the Mississippi River starts.. we can stay in the camper and play cards and eat at the lodge if nothing else. we both have been having doctor appointments, physical therapy for me---to get my strength back they say----don't know how strong i need to be. we are more or less free til July 2nd when Jerry has a Mayo Clinic appointment for his ears. we will stay with our daughter and her family---we haven't seen them since November--so that will be nice---oh, oh, we did see them for couple hours when they came for Jerry's birthday--but I was in the hospital then.
we have been going out for breakfast almost daily and then going for a ride, playing at least one game of dominoes every afternoon too. life goes on, our sons drop in frequently and so do some of the grandsons. the cookies and pop disappear very rapidly.

gathering dust

yes, that is about how i feel. seems like days go so fast and nothing gets accomplished. we have been home for a month and i have only been upstairs a few times. sleeping in the den is nice in a way. if i can't sleep i can watch TV. there are some funny shows, mostly infomercials in the middle of the night. i know all about the sludge that is plastered on your colon, all the treatments for ED, how to lose your belly fat, and how to cut tomatoes.

we hope to take the trailer out for a couple days this week. next week we both have doctor appointments and i have physical therapy--fun fun!! this aging is for the birds--never saw so many doctors--even when i was working with them---well maybe not exactly true.
excuse lack of caps---left hand still not working too well. i have to do the old one finger typing.
i miss reading so many journals that i read in jland. i really hope to get back to "the journey" soon. it is hard to think about sometimes.

BACK IN MINNESOTA

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS SO LONG SINCE I HAVE WRITTEN. I STAYED UP LATE TONIGHT TO TRY AND CATCH UP ON THE ONES I FOLLOW---BUT JUST COULDN'T. I HAVE A NEW DISTINCTION---- IN 10 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN IN THREE HOSPITALS. I WAS SO SICK BY THE TIME WE GOT HERE LAST TUESDAY AND BY FRIDAY MY DAUGHTER INLAW AND HUSBAND HAD CALLED THE AMBULANCE AND RUSHED ME OFF TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. IT IS NEW TO ME. I HAD WORKED AT THE OLD ONE FOR 34 YEARS AND SOME OF MY OLD COMRADES STILL WORK THERE. EACH DAY THERE WERE MEMORIES RELIVED. THE DOCTORS AND HOW THINGSARE DONE WERE VERY CHANGED---AND FOR THE GOOD. MANY THINGS DONE IN THE ER BEFORE ADMISSION, I HAD EXCELLENT CARE AND NOW ON MORE MEDS AND GOING TO PT STARTING TOMORROW. WILL TRY AND CATCH UP WITH YOU ALL LATER. LOVE, BARB

STARBUCKS

I LOVE THE BLOG "OVERHEARD AT STARBUCKS". SINCE WE HAD NEVER BEEN TO ONE, YESTERDAY WE DECIDED TO GO. MARTYGORD IS ALWAYS MAKING REMARKS ABOUT THE APPLE FRITTERS-----AND I LOVE THEM FROM THE BAKERY BACK IN MINNESOTA----SO WE GOT ONE TO SPLIT, ALONG WITH A CUP OF COFFEE. WE USUALLY HAVE BREAKFAST AT WHATABURGERS---WHERE SENIOR COFFEE IS FREE, BISQUITS AND GRAVEY 1.49. OUR BREAKFAST AT STARBUCKS WAS 6 DOLLARS. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR EACH---BUT WE SPLIT THE FRITTER IT WAS SO BIG. IT WAS RATHER TASTY TOO---BUT OOOOH MY---THE COFFEE HAD A HIDDEN SURPRISE. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST HALF A TEASPOON OF COFFEE GROUNDS IN IT. DID YA EVER TRY TO SPIT WET COFFEE GROUND OUT----UGH!!!

HATE TO REPEAT--BUT TIME FLIES

THAT IT DOES!! LAST WEEK WE TOOK A THREE DAY TRIP TO CORPUS CHRISTI. IT IS SUCH A PRETTY PLACE, RIGHT ON THE WATER. OUR HOTEL WAS ON THE BEACH AND WHEN WE CHECKED IN THE GAL TOLD US WE HAD BEEN UPGRADED TO A SUITE. THAT WAS FINE WITH US!! TWO ROOMS, MICRO AND FRIDGE, TABLE, CHAIRS, PATIO.ALL WAS FINE---WE WENT TO THE TEXAS AQUARIUM, WHICH IS ALWAYS FUN. I COULD JUST SIT AND WATCH THOSE BIG FISH ALL DAY. WE HAD PLANNED TO GO TO A FANCY SEAFOOD PLACE FRIDAY NITE---BUT WITH MY USUAL SKILL I FELL IN THE BATHROOM. NOW HAD IT BEEN A BIG BATHROOM I COULD HAVE GOTTEN UP--BUT IT WAS SO SMALL THAT JERRY COULDN'T GET THE DOOR OPEN TO HELP. FINALLY I WAS ABLE TO SCOOT OVER ENOUGH TO LET HIM IN. HE JUST KEPT SAYING HE WAS GOING TO CALL THE AMBULANCE, BUT I TOLD HIM I WOULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET UP IF HE WOULD JUST LEAVE ME BE. ONCE I GOT INTO THE BEDROOM BY ROLLING, SCOOTING AND PRAYING I WAS ABLE TO GET ON MY KNEES----WHICH I AM NOT SUPPOSE TO DO--AND HOIST MYSELF TO THE BED. NOT A PRETTY PICTURE AT ALL!!! BY THEN I WAS TOO POOPED TO GO OUT SO SWEET HUBBY WENT TO THE GAS STATION AND GOT US A DINNER OF PORK RINDS, CORN NUTS, FRIED CHERRY PIE AND COKE. DELICIOUS!!!!
I CAME OUT WITH QUITE A FEW BRUISES THAT ARE NOW TURNING YELLOW. I THINK EVERYTHING EXCEPT MY HEAD HIT THE FLOOR. THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT.

age problems

MOTHER USED TO SAY CERTAIN EVENTS WERE ENOUGH TO MAKE A PREACHER SWEAR----WELL I HAVE RUN ACROSS A FEW. ONE IS CLICKING ON THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I JUST LOST MY PICTURES OF MY "FOLLOWERS". AND WHEN I CLICKED ON A LITTLE ICON UP CAME A LIST OF NUMBERS AND ASKING HOW I WANTED MY GADGET CHANGED!!!! I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD ONE. ALL THE PICTURES ARE GONE. I ALSO JUST HAD A SCAM EMAIL THAT SAID IT WAS FROM AOL--AND THAT I NEEDED TO UPDATE MY ACCOUNT INFO OR LOSE SERVICE. I DID GO TO LIVE HELP FOR THAT ONE AND THEY HAD ME FORWARD TO TOSGeneral , as it was a scam to get password info from me.
guess i will go join hubby for a cup of hot coffee and cool down! barb