A Bit of a Shock!

Thursday I went to the bank, stopped at Companion Animal Hospital with Penny’s stool (received a call that everything was okay), and then on to Walgreen’s to pick up my prescriptions.  One of the prescriptions was a shocker.  Before OPERS changed insurance I was paying $75 for a 90 day supply.  Now with the new insurance it is $350 for a 90 day supply.  That was a shocker as I said before.  The gal at Walgreens tried to get it lower, but no such luck and there is no generic.  I paid it, but I will be checking with my doctor to see if he can put me on something else.

 

Visited with Kevin and Renea for a while in the afternoon.  Talked to Jana. And just did some odds and ends.  I did receive the bedspread and pillow shams I had ordered.  I will put them on the bed tomorrow.

 

It has been a really busy day today.  I started house cleaning.  Since it is going to be around 90 degrees today and tomorrow I thought this would be a good time.  I have finished the living room, dining room, kitchen and laundry area.  Tomorrow I plan to do the bathroom and bedroom.

I took the other set of curtains and curtain rod down in the living room.  Penny was starting to reach for them and I was concerned that she might try to jump on them like she did the others.  I will be doing some research to find something for those windows.  Right now I just have plain white shades.  Looks kind of weird.  Besides Penny has figured out how to pull on them so they go all the way up.  Apparently she doesn’t like them even half way down.  Thinking back, Jim and I didn’t kid proof our house when the boys were growing up, but I sure am cat proofing my house now.  We didn’t even cat proof it when we had Rodney.  Miss Penny just thinks everything is hers, and she is in charge.  I think she is in charge also. 

 

I tried to train her using a squirt bottle of water, but she thinks that is a game.  She wants to play with the water.  She tries catching it.  Oh well, life is short so why worry.  She is special to me.

 

Finished my house cleaning today.  I am doing several loads of laundry; the curtains I took down, bedclothes, towels, etc.  I put the new bedspread and pillow shams on the bed.  I am really happy with them.  They brighten up the room. 

When I took the trash out I noticed that I have a dark purple iris blooming.  It is in the same pot as the yellow ones.  I need to figure out when to separate the bulbs.  They are getting pretty tight.

Also, my star jasmine is blooming.  The flowers are really small but pretty.

It’s been threatening to rain the past few days so I haven’t been out to mow the grass.  So, this I finally decided to mow the grass this afternoon since the rain never arrived.  And guess what, it’s raining.  I even watered my plants this morning.  That’s probably why it is raining.  Guess I will read for a while J
 

Ok, that was just a quick shower.  So, after supper I mowed the grass (circle and north side), watered two of the new trees, filled the birdfeeders and hung the hummingbird feeder.  That’s it for tonight!

A quick check of my new trees.  This is the golden raintree.  It is doing quite well.  Looks healthy.

This is the Forest Pansy Redbud.  Sure is different, but is doing well. 

I love the leaves.  They are so unique.

You can hardly see the Chase tree.  It blends with the grass.  Looks like a bush now, but they call it a tree.  It looks like it is getting buds at the tips of each branch.  Supposed to have purple flowers.  Good for the bees.