THANKS BOB!!!!!

I spent the rest of the day on Thursday getting a few things caught up, and sitting on the deck reading.  It was such a beautiful day.

 

Friday morning I drove to Brian’s and Andy greeted me like a long lost friend.  He started barking as soon as I walked in the house.  When I sat on the couch he was quiet, but as soon as I moved he started barking again.  He must really love me.  Bradley was home when I arrived, but taking a nap.  When he woke he came downstairs and visited with me.  Then Steven came home and we visited.  Brian called and asked if I would pick up Samantha.  Steven went with me since I wasn’t sure how to get to the high school because of construction.  Brian arrived and packed the camper.  Tracy then got home and we headed out for the campground.  None of the kids went with us.  Of course, Andy did and he actually quit barking at me.  He sat next to me in the car, sat next to me around the campfire, sat next to me in the camper, and slept next to me (on the floor). 

 

We had a really nice weekend.  When we arrived Brian built a fire (after setting up), and we fixed hot dogs over the fire.  Haven’t had that in a long time and they tasted really good.  Of course, we also had a drink.  Anyway, after eating the rain came so we went inside.  We were all in bed early.  Saturday we went to Traders World.  After leaving we took a different route back to the campground just to check out the area.  It was a sunny pretty day.  We had a great supper.  Brian fixed potatoes and chicken in the crockpots.  After supper he built a fire and we sat outside for a long time.  Got a good night’s sleep. 

 

Morning was rainy and yuky (is that a word?).  So we packed up and headed back to Brian’s where we watched football.  Had another great supper.  Brian fixed a pork loin on the rotisserie.  I spent the night at Brian and Tracy’s.

 

Monday morning I drove to Jana and Dave’s.  Spent the day on the couch because I felt so lousy.  I caught this really bad cold from Bob.  THANKS BOB!!!!  I actually started feeling bad on Saturday.  I also found out that Rita caught the really bad cold from Bob.  She also says THANKS BOB!

 

Tuesday I drove Jana to get her shot in her hip.  She is doing fine.  We are just hoping the shot helps.  Both Monday and Tuesday evenings we watched Dancing With the Stars.  We were surprised at who was voted off.  They are all so good I hate to see any of them leave. 

 

Now I am off to have lunch with Gail.

I'm Here.....

Here is Ohio.  I would say Cincinnati, but I am staying in West Chester, Liberty Township, and Cheviot.  So, I will just say Ohio. Left Alabama Saturday morning and drove to Franklin, TN, for the night.  Had an uneventful trip.  My new car handled the drive beautifully.  Before I left home I checked all the schedules of the college football games, the Tennessee Titans schedule, and the NASCAR schedule so I wouldn’t get caught in any major traffic jam.  After a quick breakfast on Sunday morning I headed to Ohio.  Arrived at Jana’s early afternoon.  NOTE:  I got 35.5 mpg with my new car.  Jana had picked up Mom from the nursing home so she was also there.  Jana fixed an awesome supper (which we all enjoyed) and then we took Mom back to the nursing home.
 

Monday we just kind of got organized, then picked up Mom and took her with us to Frisch’s for supper.  We met Jana and David’s friends from their camping club.  It was good to see all of them.  When we left it was raining really hard.  We took Mom back to the nursing home.

 

Tuesday David went to the movies with his son Michael so Jana and I went shopping.  We really went so I could get a watch (I forgot mine).  We bought a lot of stuff and forgot to get a watch.  We then picked up Mom from the nursing home and took here to Jana’s for supper.  Took her back after supper.  We keep taking her back because she is not allowed to spend the night away from the nursing home due to insurance regulations.  She probably napped all day Wednesday.  She was pretty worn out.

 

Mom is going to start getting physical therapy this week.  She has been evaluated.  She is having a lot of pain in her feet.  It has been determined that it is arthritis.  The PT is to help alleviate some of the pain.

 

Oh yeah, on Monday and Tuesday we watched Dancing With The Stars.  Was surprised who was voted off. 

 

I am now in West Chester with Rita and Bob.  I arrived here yesterday afternoon.  Rita got home from work shortly after I arrived.  While waiting for her I took a nap.  Bob was out of town and didn’t get home until later.  So, Rita and I went to Skyline for supper.  It was soooo good.  However, it was “kids eat free night” and I think there were at least 10,000 kids in Skyline.  We were able to get a booth all the way in the back so it wasn’t bad.  Bob was home when we got back from supper.  So, we all had a drink (or two), watched the debate (YEAH ROMNEY!), Rita worked on some homework, and I don’t think we ever stopped talking. 

 

Their yard looks great.  Rita gave me some advice on a few of my plants.  In all the years that we had a Dawn Redwood on Boomer Road I did not know that they produced fruit.  She had a piece of the fruit that she picked up on one of her field trips with her class.  It was awesome.  I will have to watch the Dawn Redwood we have in Alabama more closely. 

 

Tomorrow I head for Brian’s for the weekend.  It’s going to be great seeing him, Tracy, Bradley, Steven and Samantha.  I’m looking forward to getting caught up on all the news.