MOTHER'S DAY

 Hello, friends!  This will be a quick little post because I am almost out of power and...  I am having a procedure tomorrow so I have been fasting all day and in less than an hour I have to begin my prep.  *sigh*  It's always something with me.  But I thought I would tell you about my Mother's Day.

Joe got me flowers.  He said they were from Jack.

Jack also gave me some Peanut Butter Explosion fudge.  So good!

If you have not bought from Nuts.com, check them out.  Joe bought a variety of things and they are all good.  He got sugar free chocolate for himself and I tried a piece.  You cannot tell the difference.  No bad aftertaste.

I got a cute card in the mail from the great-grandchildren.

As for what I did that day...  I had to miss church in order to go for a covid test so I could have the procedure.  Joe went with me so that I wouldn't get lost.  My left leg has been hurting so badly I can hardly walk.  So after we left the covid test, we went right to Urgent Care.  They took a couple of x-rays and it is not broken.  However, the doctor thinks I may have torn a tendon or pulled a ligament.  He told me to keep off of it, keep it elevated and if it still hurt, to see a specialist.  I was given a card with the name and contact information for a doctor I could use.

This is right after going to an ENT doctor a few days previously who cleaned some impacted wax out of my ear and then examined me to see why I was having pain.  He said I had torn some of the muscles around my jaw.  I am to put hot compresses on it, eat only soft food, and take painkillers.  If that doesn't help, I go back to see him.

Friends, this girl is falling apart!  

To top everything off, Sunday afternoon I heard a noise outside and when I looked out a branch from my neighbor's tree had broken off and fallen into our yard.  An arborist is coming today to see about removing it.  It certainly hasn't been dull around here.

And now I really must go and start the prep.  Think of me sitting in the bathroom.

Thanks for reading and I will be back soon with an update.

Kathy

EASTER

 

Hello, friends!  Looking back I realized I never told you about Easter.  So let me catch you up on that.

It was a really lovely day.  We began with a breakfast at church.  Everyone brought something.  We brought a fruit bowl which was very popular.  But there was so much food.

There was plenty of food for everyone.  As you can tell it was a continental type breakfast.  Croissants, muffins, doughnuts, cinnamon buns, cheese and crackers.  Joe and I also brought an Easter pound cake that we got from Haegle's Bakery.

The people there sure enjoyed themselves.

Recognize these two?

My family usually gets together for Easter dinner, but this year we were all off in different directions.  Joe and I stayed home.  I made a pork loin roast, Brussels sprouts and mashed potatoes.

I used our cute little bunny plates that I got last year.

For dessert I had bought a couple of chicken high hats.  They are a cupcake, topped with whipped cream, and frosted to look like little chicks.

So good, but you couldn't eat more than one of these.  They are very rich.

Joe gave me a little treat too.  You know I love my Peeps.  There was a chocolate peanut butter egg too.

It was such a nice day.  And I'm glad I was able to save my pictures from it.  More catching up coming.

Until later...

Kathy

WELCOME MAY

 Hello, friends.  I think I'm back.  I think.  I have my new computer set up -- sort of.  There is definitely a learning curve.  It is a new Operating System and I am having quite a time learning it.  I'm getting too old to start over all the time.  Joe has been so helpful and figured out how to get our printer onto our new internet (yes, that got changed out too!) and even how to connect the chromebook so that it prints.  I kept getting messages that the print option was not valid.  Then yesterday I was looking at coloring pages for my Sunday School class and it began printing.  O,.. K...  But I am happy about that.

My new laptop that Joe bought me is bright red.  I shouldn't lose this one.  And I keep it in the box so it doesn't get damaged.  It is very nice and has lots of storage.  I didn't lose a lot of pictures because I had over 600 still on my SD card.  And others I can recover from this blog so it isn't terrible.  Right before all this happened I was printing out some photos and putting them into scrapbooks so it's not a total loss.  All my church files, however...  Well, that's a different story.  I am still hoping that Staples will be able to recover them for me.  I will go in a few weeks when I have time to see if they can help me.  I can always recover my recipes and knitting instructions so that is OK.

I was sort of glad to take a break in the month of April.  I have been so busy and overwhelmed.  May isn't much better.  Things going every week -- most of them doctor related.  Today is free though I have to get some things from the grocery store that I forgot to get when I was there the other day.  Isn't that always the way?  I get home and say, "Oh, I should have gotten... (fill in the blank)."  But I counted and it's only 10 things so that should be quick.  And I have to get gas too, so I am taking Joe with me to help out.

There is major cleaning to do.  MAJOR!  We saw a house online that we are interested in moving to and so have to get this house emptied.  How does a person collect so much junk stuff?  I have lived here for 41 years so I guess that is part of it.  This house we are looking at is one floor and we really need this as we are getting older.

I uploaded a new video editing software program and there is another learning curve there.  I hope I can get that up and running soon too.  I have so many ideas for vlog posts.  Of all things I couldn't remember what the old program was called and so I couldn't find it to upload it to the new computer.  *sigh*

I am so glad to be writing you a nice long post.  I have missed all of you.  I couldn't even get onto your posts to read what was going on with all of you.  There is a lot of catching up to do this week.

Tomorrow is Ladies Bible Study.  We are slowly working our way through Hebrews.  But better slowly and understand what we are reading.

On Thursday I have an appointment with an ear doctor.  I have been having a lot of pain and swelling in my left ear.  I have been getting dizzy and losing my balance also.  I saw my primary doctor last week and she said I have impacted wax in my left ear that is causing all of these problems.  She gave me the name and phone number of a doctor to see.  I am taking Joe with me because I am afraid of getting lost.  I hope they let him in.  Things are loosening up and we both have been vaccinated so maybe there won't be a problem.

I just went to find some pictures to share with you and...  I haven't even been taking pictures!  April was not a good month for me.  Really.

Well guess I will be going for now.  I want to show you my yard soon.  And maybe some recipes?  Crafts?  Decor?  Tell me what you would like to see and I will see what I can do.

Talk to you soon.  I'm back!

Kathy