March 1 - 15, 2023 Will Spring Arrive?

 Wednesday - 1st - Routine stuff this morning, including Home PT. We worked on the computer. When we walked today, Steve's hip hurt pretty bad. Thursday - I read my book and stayed up late last night. Steve is still working with pictures on the computer. This new computer is a real mess related to music and pictures. It  doesn't work like the old one. Supper was Chicken Parm, a baked potato and green beans. It was pretty yummy! Some days my cooking is good and some days it is great! Friday - Today we did all the routine  things and then checked out  our taxes with a little stop at H & R Block. We don't have to file so that is good. I worked on the blog. Tonight we went to Subway and got a sandwich, a little different than making one at home. Saturday - Today we started our day watching Dateline. It was all about the Murdoch murder trial. Then it was more time spent on the computer. Oklahoma State Mens Basketball team beat Texas Tech! Yea! Sunday - The highlight for today was driving out to CCC Lake and walking the dogs. The dogs were super happy because they got to ride in the pickup and take a walk. It was double the pleasure for them.

Daffodils from our walk

Monday 6th - After the routine morning things we started the laundry. Again I am doing PT at home about 4 -5 times per week. I am supposed to keep that up through June. Steve and I worked on getting rid of duplicate pictures from the external drive. I also caught up my blog through the end of February. Later we watched a Zoom presentation about volunteering to work in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. It seems to involve a lot of hiking and manual labor. They say most of their volunteers are 65 or over. Pretty interesting. Tuesday - Today was basically more of the same. I did go shopping at Thorn's in Perry for a birthday present for Hazel. We enjoyed celebrating her birthday a little early at La Macarena tonight. Wednesday - Today's highlight was a trip to Walmart. We were home by 12:30   and then we had lunch and worked on pictures. Supper tonight was meatloaf, baked potato, salad and berries. Thursday - Another routine day. The highlight was supper - Chicken Pot Pie, Salad and Berries. Friday - Again, just routine things including more work on the computer. Supper was Pork Loin, Brown Rice and veggies.  Saturday - We did a few errands around town. I am trying to make a picture book on Shutterfly for our Grandson, so I started that. Supper was Cajun Potato Skins and salad. That was great! Sunday - Today we set all the clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time! Fun! I do like it staying light longer in the evenings though. It will take a few days or a week to adjust to the time change though. I walked the dogs separately today - so Steve wouldn't aggravate his hip. They seem to behave better when they are the only one walking. 

Daffodils behind our fence

Monday - 13th. WOW! This month is going fast! We did laundry today and I worked on paying bills. Steve is also trying to get the music fixed on the computer. Tuesday - We were up and around pretty good today. We went to the Stillwater VA to talk to Steve's primary care provider about his hip. I want him to get a referral to an orthopedic doctor. Maybe they can give him some steroid shots or something to help him. So she started the paperwork. He also got a Shingles shot. I picked up a few thing at Walmart and then we were back home for lunch. I had book  club tonight and the book we read was: "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society" It was a good read about a book club formed when Guernsey was occupied by the Germans during WWII. It is also a movie on Netflix if you have that. The people I told about the movie said it was good. After book club, Steve and I went to La Macarena for supper. Wednesday - Another routine day. Later in the afternoon we met up with relatives at Braums. They were on their way back to Bartlesville. So I got to see my sister and her husband, Pam & JC, and my niece and her husband and son (Paige, Dave, Parker). And surprisingly we didn't take a picture. Weird! 

Oct 12 - 25, 2020 The Things We Do

Monday - Oct 12

Today we did all the usual stuff including a walk. I finalized a blog post. Later we went to Enid to Harbor Freight to buy a transmission jack which will be used to lift the generator back into position when the work on it is completed.  I also got some flowers (Mums) for the front of the house. We stopped by and talked to my sister, Pam a little while and also went in to the Walmart Market. We got home and fixed supper and watched Monday Night Football.

Flowers!

 

Tuesday - Oct 13

While I was attending my WW Zoom meeting - the guy from Cummins (Onan) called. He had a new plan for the exhaust part we need. Basically the part had come in that was ordered- but it wasn’t exactly right. The salesman wanted Steve to look at it and see if it would work or we need to order a different one and wait for it to arrive. Steve had to make some modifications to it to make it work-and he chose that route. We went on to El Reno to pickup Logan and Austyn. Then we met Kristi at Cheddars in Yukon for supper. Logan was on fall break (he missed a day of school) and he was coming home with us to help Steve fix the generator. We also exchanged vehicles again. 

 

Logan and the dogs!

Wednesday - Oct 14

After the routine morning stuff, the guys worked on the generator and also made a trip to the hardware store for bolts, etc. Then we ate lunch at home. We went to Ponca City after lunch because I had a Mammogram scheduled. We completed that  and I don’t have to have another 6 month checkup! Yea! Next on the list was Lowe’s for  some bolts and Walmart for more groceries. I swear some of these stores are getting rich off of us- mainly Walmart and Lowe’s and a few others. 

Thursday - Oct 15

The guys worked on the generator and I worked on the blog. After lunch it was more or the same. We did go to La Macarena for fajitas! Yum!

Friday - Oct 16

I found out this morning that one of my cousins, Steve Martin, who lives in Woodward, passed away. I made arrangements with my sisters to send flowers. This is sad when we lose the people we grew up with. Today we  did the routine things and worked on the generator most of the day. 

Saturday - Oct 17

Another day of working on the generator, from 9-3. Then we rested. Logan wanted to drive- so we went out to the country and let him drive the pickup. He is ready to get his permit - but  the offices are booked and he hasn’t been able to get it yet. 

Sunday - Oct 18

Today we took it easy and watched football most of the day. We finished off with a trip to Stillwater to eat at Texas Roadhouse. 

Monday - Oct 19

After doing the morning routine, we watched TV a bit and waited for Logan to wake up. He wanted to go drive again - so we went north of town. Some lady stopped on the dirt road and wanted to know what we were doing. We told her we were just walking our dogs, but she sure was suspicious of us and asked Steve a lot of questions, which irritated him. Finally she moved along and we got back in the pickup to let Logan drive. We saw two deer when we started back to town. I think maybe the lady thought we were looking for a place to hunt- but we weren’t. We love deer too much to hunt them! We just like to take their pictures! Awhile after lunch we drove to OKC and met Kristi at Target - so Logan could return home and attend school. 

 

I'm sure this is helping us become smarter!

Tuesday - Oct 20

It was a regular Tuesday, with WW Zoom meeting, a walk and then bill paying. We also paid the insurance on our vehicles. After lunch we worked on trimming some of the branches on the trees in the front yard. And neither one of us were thinking very good and Steve had an asthma attack from those trees! He finally got to feeling better. The trees in front are Sycamores and he really has a problem with them. He has to wear his special mask to be able to work around them. We enjoyed supper at La Macarena with Linda & Hazel. 

Wednesday - Oct 21

Today’s big adventure was going to Walmart for groceries and supplies. I also got my flu and pneumonia shots. We got a birthday card and a Walmart card for Steve’s sister, Terry and sent it. After we unloaded our groceries and had lunch we hauled off the trees branches to the dump. I made Chicken Black Bean Enchilada casserole for supper.

Thursday - Oct 22

Today was my 6 month checkup with my doctor in Ponca City. I went fasting so I could get labs drawn. He thought  I was doing great and I didn’t argue with him. We picked up some items I needed at Walgreens and then went home.  This evening we watched a program about bears. This was provided over Zoom by the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation.  It showed a grizzly bear at Echo Lake! Boy were we surprised - we have never seen any bears there during our summers. We will have to be mindful! We really enjoyed the bear presentation and you can watch it on their website if you are interested.

Wild turkeys in our neighborhood

Wild turkeys roosting on a house in our neighborhood!

Friday - Oct 23

After our walk and other morning routines I stopped at the YMCA and picked up some free masks. We did a few other errands around town and then went home. We ate lunch at home and then drove to OKC to the VA for an appointment Steve had. Steve got his flu shot while we were there also! When we got home we were pooped so we rested. 

Steve's pickup rolled over 100,000 miles today!

Saturday & Sunday - Oct 24 & 25

We worked on picking up leaves and sticks in the front yard and mowed some of the leaves to get rid of them. We also covered our outside water faucets because a freeze is predicted. We finished in time to watch OU and OSU win their football games. We did some online window shopping for kitchen cabinets. Man is that tiresome. Supper was sheet pan Hawaiian Chicken.

Sunday we went to Walmart because I had to pick up my meds and I got a shingles shot. Then we watched more football. I made chili for supper.