The morning run to the oncology clinic is done and we’re back home already. Today, instead of going out for breakfast after the treatment, we went to Parlor Doughnuts and picked up a half dozen and brought them home. It has been a rainy day that sometimes comes hard and heavy and other times is a sprinkle; but I didn’t want us to have to stop and get out in the rain to go in to a restaurant. At the clinic, I can pull up under the portico and drop her off so she doesn’t get wet. We’ve been rotating our restaurant places for breakfast after her appointment. So far, we’ve done Friendship Diner twice, Sunrise Cafe, and now Parlor. I think tomorrow we will run on up to Nellies in Newburgh because we will be leaving the clinic a bit later. She has a doctor’s visit after the radiation. 

I’m sitting at my kitchen table looking through the windows and I can see that a squirrel has  flat out honked off the Mockingbirds. They have a nest in the azealia bushes in front of the windows and the squirrel has made the mistake of getting close. As we were coming home the Mockingbird was chasing the squirrel across the years. Now, sitting here. I have seen that happen a couple of more times. I don’t like to go out there right now because it dive-bombs me. I remember as a kid, seeing the mockingbirds drive the cats crazy out there in the yard. It was a hoot to watch. 

I’m also watching a couple of wrens fly in and out of the second azealia bush a lot. They must have a nest in there too. The other day I open up my little garden tool shed and had three wrens come flying out of there at me. Looks like there are a lot of critters around here that are “twitterpated”. 

Since it is supposed to rain today, I won’t be outside working for sure. I guess it will be a computer and writing day. After while I’ll go sit in my sunporch recliner, listen to it rain, and do what comes naturally. I hope your day can be a relaxing as that. Peace. 

 Good morning from my new “morning spot”. I’m sitting here in the parking lot of the Chancellor Oncology center. Ms. Kate’s appointment starts at 0900 and she just went in. It takes her a few minutes to get into her treatment gown and stuff. When she is ready, they will have her get on the table and put her in the position that they need her in, then the actual radiation treatment doesn’t take that long. So, we’ll be out of here in about 30 minutes. 

The morning is beautiful. It is sunny and 64 degrees with just a nice hint of a five mph breeze. We had some rain again last night which is good because I don’t have to water my plants again today. We have been under weather/rain threats all weekend but had very little at out house. The garden was starting to dry out, so a bit of rain is good. I think I saw that we are expecting more today and maybe even tomorrow and Wednesday. 

Hmmm, I wasn’t too smart, I should have brought my cup of coffee with me. Oh well, we’ll go to breakfast from here. I’ve had one cup today and I guess I can hold on to life without a second cup for another thirty minutes or so. LOL

Yesterday was Mother’s Day. Julies and Jim and the pupperonies came over. Saturday we had a nice meal for dinner of Swiss steaks, homegrown corn, and mashed potatoes. So yesterday for lunch, I did the cooking so Ms. Kate didn’t have to. Of course I went simple; waffles and sausage patties. I make good waffles but it is only because I use a really good waffles mix; — Krusteaze. I’ve used that for several years now for both my pancakes and waffles. They come out very light and airy. 

Church attendance wasn’t too bad yesterday. We had visitors who came to have Mother’s Day with their mom and we had members who were absent, I assume because they went to have Mother’s Day with their moms elsewhere. It’s all good. Jesus said, “Where two or more are gathered, there too am I”. So, we worship with who ever shows up and give thanks and praise for being able to spread the word of God regardless of the number of people who are there to hear it. 

I guess today I will concentrate on writing although I have an area in my garage that I want to tackle and maybe clean up some. We extend our “pantry” out into the garage shelves and floor and I’m sure there is stuff there that we have forgotten we had and is maybe even expired. I want to go through that stuff and throw what is expired and make it easier to tell what we have and what we need. Then, I will head to the basement and maybe get started on some writing or at least start gathering sources for my next Pentecost Day service. One would think that after doing this for twenty years, I could just pop something out —- but nope, —- gotta do some research and try to find something fresh.

Okay, that’s it because my favorite patient is along down the sidewalk. Peace. 

 Welcome to the week’s end. I hope your Saturday is warm and sunny like ours is. Although I just looked at the Accuweather and the forecast calls for a high of 86 today and some stormy weather. 86 is a bit warmer than normal for us this time of year and nearly always brings storms with it. I guess we will see what happens. 

So, we got to sleep in a bit this morning because Kate doesn’t have radiation on Saturday and Sunday. We slept all the way to 0730 today. Actually we could sleep a little later the other days too but I’m the one who thinks we need to be up and ready earlier. My old military habits still drive Kate crazy. In my world, arriving on time means you are already late. She on the other hand neglects to consider the “what-ifs’”. It’s a marriage balancing thing. But after 57 years, we ain’t gonna’ change anything now. LOL

Julie and the pups came down last evening. Jim stayed back so he could spray their yard for bugs. He will come down some time today. Last evening we went to St. Joe Inn for catfish fiddlers, German potato salad and cole slaw. Good stuff right there. We had not been out for fiddlers in a long time. Yesterday morning after Kate’s appointment we tried another new place for breakfast called the Sunrise Family Restaurant and Cafe. The place was clean, the food was good and the service was good. We’ll definitely go back. It is exactly the kind of place that I like to go. I’m a fan of family diner places to eat. Kate, —- not so much. But then, Kate is the queen of drive through. Almost any time I ask her what she wants to eat; her answer is someplace that is rather a drive through or a place like Sonic, which is an old fashioned “drive-in”, meaning that you sit in your car and order your food and eat it in your car. She’s just not in to “going inside of a restaurant to eat. I don’t know why. 

I have some yard work to do today, weed eating and stuff like that. I saw some weeds coming up in my asparagus bed again so I need to get after those. And maybe I’ll jump on the two Deere and mow again. The rain did make the grass grow again. 

That’s it for a Saturday morning. Tomorrow is the Sabbath for we Christians. Today is the Sabbath for our Jewish brothers and sisters. However, remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. Visit your house of worship and give thanks to the Lord for another weeks of blessings. Peace. 

 A Good Friday morning to you. It is 72 degrees but cloudy and the air feels “moist”. We had some mist in the air earlier and then ran into a short lived rain shower. I think this will be the program for the next couple of days. 

We are on day two of Ms. Kate’s radiation regimen. She so far has no complaints about it. The procedure doesn’t take that long. Yesterday we were in and out of the facility in about 30 minutes. Today it was a bit longer because they were a little backed up. I drive her there and just sit in the car and wait for her to come back out while I have my coffee or ready through my Facebook page. I would take a book but OI am a slow reader and 30 minutes doesn’t allow me to get very far. Most people I know could read a couple of chapters in thirty minutes but not me. I might get four or five pages done. That’s why it takes me so long to read a novel. 

Last evening I wrote my sermon for the next Sunday (the 21st) and put together a service for Pentecost/Memorial day. I had already started on the Memorial Day service but had to do some tweaks to it. 

Julie is coming over today for Mother’s Day weekend. I don’t know if she is bringing the pups and Jim or not. We’ll know when she gets here I reckon. We haven’t seen her for maybe three weeks so we are always happy when she comes over. I just wish the other girls lived closer but they are well established in far away places like North Carolina, California, and Oklahoma. The grandkids live in New Hampshire, North Carolina, and California so popping over for lunch ain’t gonna happen. I envy my friends that do have family living in the same area. However, I probably make contact with and talk to all of mine more often than many of them do. Thank goodness for Facebook Messenger. We all talk daily. 

That’s about it for today. I hope your weekend is full of blessings and I hope you remember to share them. Peace. 

 Happy Wednesday morning. It’s a beautiful sunny morning. We got up early because the John Deere dealer was supposed to deliver Bambi (my smaller JD) and they don’t tend to call before they arrive. I was still in bed when they came to pick it up because they had not called ahead of time. Today, the driver forgot to call again until he pulled up front with it. But at least I was up, dressed and having my coffee while I waited on them. But, it is here and running like a new one. As I told the kids, it had a $473.00 bill stuck up it’s tail pipe was all. It is ex-spence-ive to have it worked on. I’ve spent way over the trade-in value of it on repairs, but it’s fixed and that’s all I care. They had to get all of the old grass out of it and replace the carburetor and I also had them put tubes in my rear tires. 

We got Ms. Kate in to the dentist and he fixed her with a temporary filling and ordered a crown to go on it. He said the temporary will last her at least until after she finishes her radiation treatment. Since we don’t know when that will be for sure, she set up an appointment for July to put the crown on. The tooth has already had a root canal so there was no pain involved nor did she even have to have her gum numbed. 

This morning I will get on Bambi and mow the back yard and then I guess we will go up to the churches and run this weeks bulletins. I went out and did my trimming yesterday evening and I mowed the front yard with my “front yard Deere”. Then I went over and mowed Dan’s backyard just because it was a nice evening and I was enjoying myself. It is supposed to rain on and off for the rest of the week so I wanted to get all of my yard work done early. The rain really made the grass grow so it needed it. A lot of the neighborhood needs mowing. Those that don’t get it done today just might not get it done this week. There will be lions and tigers crawling through the tall grass. LOL

I better get off my rear end and get started on my chores. I hope your day is going well and I hope the rest of your week is full of blessings. Peace. 

 Good afternoon, This will be a quick one today, I’m just dropping in to say Hello and I hope your day is going well. 

AAs if Ms. Kate didn’t have enough going on in her life, last evening she had an upper tooth break off. One whole side of it is gone. Of course it was past dentist hours and luckily it did not cause her any pain. But that meant that we had to try to get her into the dentist sometime today. So, I got up early and called the dentist office and yes, she can get in today at 1500 hours. The next hurdle though was that she has to take antibiotics 2-3 hours before she has a dental appointment. So I reminded the dentist office folks of that and they said they would call her prescription in as soon as the pharmacy opened; —- which they did. 

I got a text from Walgreens at 0900 that her prescription was ready for pick up, so I showered, and went down to get her meds, went by the Donut Bank for some “Tiger tail” donuts, then to the grocery store to get some heavy cream and some Creme brûlée and then home. So, she’s had her antibiotics and we will be leaving for the dentist office in twenty minutes. In the meantime, I’ve been out weed whacking in the back yard and flower bed. It’s still pretty wet out there though from yesterday’s 1.5 inches of rain. 

So there youo are —- my life in a couple of paragraphs. I hope your day is fully blessed. Peace. 

 Good morning! Twenty minutes ago it was bright and sunny as I looked out the windows. Now, the sky is dark, the thunder and lightening are busy and it is pouring down rain. Where ever you live, people say the same thing: —- don’t like the weather, — wait five minutes and it will change. That’s certainly true this morning. I just looked at the radar, and this storm looks to be short lived, depending I guess on wind speed. It was not unexpected. Our weather lady said last night that this is what we can expect for at least the morning hours. It might delay us from going shopping for groceries for a couple of hours though. 

I was enjoying a “sleep-in” this morning until a darn Robo-caller rang my phone. I hate robo-callers. This one was from something called “Account Services”. We’ve had their calls before and they are always scam calls. This time I just looked at the identifier and didn’t answer. It aggravate me though. I was not ready to get out of bed. I had an “ungodly” thought about whoever was on the other end of the line. 

We had good services yesterday at both churches. It was communion Sunday and attendance was good. It usually is on Communion Sunday. This month we will have two Communion Sundays because the last Sunday of May is Pentecost and we always do communion on special religious days. That will also be our first Summer Combined service and will be Memorial Day weekend. I can’t predict attendance for it. Either it will be larger than normal or it will be slimmer than normal because people will be gone celebrating the holiday weekend. I already know of a few families that have plans to be gone for Memorial Day. It is what it is I reckon. 

LOL, the thunder and lightening is done with and my Accuweather App, says the rain will end in eleven minutes. See —- wait five minutes, it will change. 

It’s going to be an “indoor day though I guess. I do need to try to get outside and cut the asparagus though.  That won’t take long and can certainly wait until the rain is over. We’ve had a steady crop of asparagus  this spring; not abundant but enough to have it when we want it. I’m hoping that we can gather enough to have some asparagus soup. Ms. Kate make the best soups of anybody I know, especially her cream-soups. One bowl is never enough and depending on what kind, —- four bowls sometimes happens. Yeh, I hear ya’. 

That’s my story for today. I pray you will have a blessed week. Peace.