IN Carmel

 So many things happened today and now it's late afternoon and I'll try to remember all of them.  Woo.  I just woke up from a nap which I needed. Now it's clearing the fog that sometimes goes with a good sleep. My thanksgiving cactus is blooming on almost every place it can.  Woo woo.  I thought it was dead.                                                  Not any more!  Pictures are slim tonight.  Sorry.  Toooooo busy! So the morning started very, very early.  It was one of those no sleep nights so what would I do?  Just accept it.  Tonight  there is another chance to fix last night.  The first thing of the day was of course breakfast and around 8 I was off to I U North for my monthly blood work.  Late afternoon I had time to check the portal and all is well again....

 What a wonderful day.  Church was soooooo good.  North means more to me than I could ever finish  talking about for a 1000 years.  It has walked along side me through good times and tough times.  And I am grateful. But here's how the day went.   I was awake a little early.  Not real early, just a little early.  There was breakfast.  The paper was retrieved.  I noticed a frost at the bottom of the hill.  It came a little closer to the house by the patio but skipped a lot of places.  I had some extra time and started looking at possibilities for pitching more stuff.  After hanging on to sewing material for more years than I can remember, it became obvious I was never going to do more than I had already accomplished with Cindy's gifts.  So decisions were made and completed in the afternoon.  I'm beginning to feel like I'm loosing weight! I could take pictures of an almost  empty closet but I'll spare...

 Another beautiful fall day.  They just keep coming although this one has it's nippy moments.                                    Mexican Sun Flowers.   I took all the flower pictures about an hour ago. I started the day sewing and finished 20 more burps.  Then I was off to Beth's to see what her project could be.  It's a good one with souvenir patches purchased over the years on many vacations belonging to Sarah and Allison.  Something to bring back memories.  I think it will be a bit of a challenge but I'll give it my best shot.  After a great visit I was back home again anxious to see what my sewing machine would do with the patches.                                                 ...

 And then there was another Friday.  That was today if I remember correctly.  I did a little sewing of some burps that were waiting for the last go around from yesterday's work.  Then Doug and I were off to see a new doctor for Doug.  It was a good visit and we have solutions to work on.  I'm sure they will be successful.  And then I noticed something...Where was my purse.  Dang.  It happened again but this time I forgot it at home.  Dah. With so much extra walking at the hospital looking, I decided the treadmill work at the Y wasn't necessary today. My brain is wearing out.  I was the driver this morning and the car started because Doug had a fob in his pocket. My fob had stayed in my purse in the kitchen.  Crazy, isn't it.  I'm driving myself nuts at a pretty fast pace.  I wonder how many nuts I have left.  Did I start with nine? Can't remember!  Then back home on the ranch for the rest of the day.  T...

 Last evening I put my tired body to bed a bit earlier than usual and the morning came a bit earlier than usual.  So I visited with TV Mika and Joe and other friends of theirs.   The sewing machine was busy for the morning until it was time for my last PT session.  I graduated.  All the early nerve problems have been resolved. The long lasting neck problem continues.  The long Feb 2021 surgery is to blame. If I had known there might have been a solution to what I was experiencing earlier intervention might have lead to a solution..  Who really knows.  But I do have some things I can do at home that Michael taught me.  It never hurts to try even though Michaels solutions hurt a lot.  Make pain you friend as my sons heard from their football playing cousin.   Back at the ranch for lunch and then it was back in the car again.  I headed down to church to work on a few things.  Early is on time they way.  And thi...

 Well!  Last night was a very long night with the TV.  That happens once in a while and last night came with a good reason to stay up until way past midnight.  So, now we know a little bit but still when writing this there is still Mississippi and Alaska to uncover their results.                            The last Dahlia.  It looks like I'm ready for Easter.  Planning ahead, you know. I was up early to see what happened to the senate race.  Woo.  Surprise, surprise. There were 52 when I went to bed.  Currently 54 with more possibilities perhaps.  Then it was a morning of visiting with the neighbors for a while waiting for the garbage truck.  I had cookies and the right guy came along at the right time.  I like my garbage man. Then it was back in the house ready to tackle more fabric.  It's a bit difficult to just let it on the shelf.....