Company is here

And more on the way.... Maybe.

Helen wanted to go see Patsy and Barb today, but I have to go to the DR and then to therapy so she decided to walk. She was going to stop by brothers and see if he was busy hoping he would take her. I suggested she call him first, but she said when then got here from the airport he did not even slow down when passing by his house and then when he got here to our house he honked for someone to come out and get her. He was sorta out of luck there because there was only the crip and BIL here. Crip did not here them honk and BIL can not do things without planing 2 days in advance. No one told him brother might want help getting the 2 tons of luggage out of the truck so he remained in place playing cards on the computer. When I realized they were here, I told him he had company and had to come into the living room or he would have stayed playing cards for another hour. So, because of that experience, Sister Helen did not want to warn brother Clayton that she was coming by expecting a ride because she was sure he would already be gone on some false errand by the time she got to his house.

Tonight, Gilbert is coming by and Friday we are going to go to Erin's for lunch. Not sure what we will do tomorrow.

Betty, you need to call tonight as Helen did not understand before that Laura would not get to come up at all. Helen is now looking for a ride to Laura's house. I told her me and George or Clayton would take her, but she is looking for something more certain. Call tonight and we will see what arrangements we need to make.

Helen looks great and is feeling very good. We stayed up till midnight last night, so I am thinking I will need to go to bed a dark thirty tonight.

Oh, yes, and my knee is much better.

This week in history

This is my fridge after I cleaned it early in the week. That is all the cleaning I have gotten done for the company coming and may be all I get done. George has vaccumed for me. Monday at work I did fine, but Tuesday and Wednesday my knee was killing me. I went to work Thursday but did not do much and did not go in Friday. Yesterday, the knee was still giving me lots of trouble. I went to Walmart and used one of their scooters to shop. Last night around midnight, the knee finally stopped aching. Today it is stiff but not aching. I am thinking it may be the physical therapy that was making it hurt so badly. I do not have to go back till next Tuesday. I am taking it easy today. The house is going to be dirtier than ever casue the babies and their Daddy are here. Son Jr. is wanting to borrow some wheels (we have 3 trucks and 2 drivers). I offered to trade the blue ford for a clean house. I think he is going to rent a truck from someone who wants only money.


This is what you look like when Grandma puts sunscreen all over you and you fall face down in the dirt.




The boy in his carharts.





The pool, the chairs, the beach towels and the sunglasses.






Cool!!!

For Richard

I went out today and put fresh arrangements on the graves. We got in trouble with Richard when we did not get this done so I thought I had better have flowers there before Memorial Day.

I got white this year for the large stones. This is the first time I have gotten white flowers, but I thought they looked really bright and pretty. Debbie has white and red roses.

Someone needs to tell Brenda what these look like in case they blow off and she has to put them back. Last year I went out there a few days after I put the saddles on the stones and Mama and Daddy's was gone and a different one was on the stone. Brenda had stopped by the cemetery and seeing the saddle gone, she found one nearby and put it on their stone. It was not the one I had on the stone. I replace it with the correct one but did not know where to put the one Brenda had stolen from another grave.

If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you can see how pretty Debbie's roses are. The peony was really gorgeous.

The monument on Richards grave is really beautiful but Cheryl has such a good photo of it on her blog, I did not need another one.

Grandpa's working

on Emmy's go cart. It needs a new clutch and a new tire. Grandpa got the parts today and is working on gettin it fixed right now. Son may repay us for the parts, but if not the girl is certainly worth the price. She likes the go cart because they let her drive it by herself whereas she has to have a driver on the 4 wheeler.

Bird talk

Get Out of HERE! This is my food!




OUT, I SAID, OUT!!!!!!!!




Go AWAY!! Leave my babies alone.






The baby wrens have left the nest. There were at least a half dozen of them. No wonder Mama and Papa were so busy gathering bugs.

Heart Attack Tuesday

This is my knee wrapped.



This is my knee unwrapped. I don't think I am supposed to unwrap it, but I did. The bandage is a large ace bandage with a Velcro closing strip on one end. I have two of these now. They said I can wash them and reuse them. I plan on washing them and giving them to Patsy when I am done with them.

Now for the heart thingy. I came in to make a post and did not have a new picture to post. I thought I would take a picture of the leg and bandage. I could not find my camera anywhere. Then I remembered leaving it on the deck railing yesterday while I walked around the yard. It has been raining for about 3 hours off and on. Enough to ruin a camera. It was not on the deck. It was right by my computer. I am blind.

Anyway, I went to therapy today and guess who was the therapists? Rusty Hooten. For those not in the know, Rusty is married to Tracy Powell, Frankie's daughter. I asked about everyone. Tracy is working for a dentist in Harrison and they have two daughters. Now, after getting home, I am not sure Tracy and Rusty are still married, but I think they are. Patsy, you need to call Daisy and find out. Tell her he is my therapists and then just ask if he is still married to Tracy. There was something about the way he responded when I asked how many children he had that made me wonder.

He said Daisy was liking work at Tyson much better now that she had gotten a few paychecks. Linda, Daisy's other daughter, is working at the Ford place in Harrison. Jimmy and Stella are both working at a Walmart somewhere in Springfield. I did not ask about Stella's daughters or about Frankie.

The knee does not hurt much, but my calf muscles on that leg really ached today. Rusty said that was from hobbling around on that leg instead of putting the weight on the leg like you normally would. He did not say to not hobble but I tried not to after that. It did not work out so well, so I took two pain pills and now I can walk more normally.

Patsy will get the used bandages, but there probably will not be any pain pills left.