I Have Arrived

Hi y’all.  I am in Cincinnati now.  Kevin brought me here this past Wednesday.  We had a very tiring trip.  Traffic, especially trucks, was very heavy.  We also had several times where we came to almost a complete stop.  Never did find out why.  Kevin unloaded the car for us, and Jana and I took everything upstairs.  Kevin then left to stay with Mark.  Jana and I had supper.  Almost immediately Penny went behind the television and tried to jump on top of it.  The way Jana’s is set up I could not move anything to get behind the television to get her out so I asked Jana for a broom.  Penny does not like brooms apparently because she took off.  She tried once again to go behind there, I used the broom, and she hasn’t done it since.

Jana had put up baby gates everywhere to keep Penny out of places she doesn’t belong.  She put one at the bottom of the steps going upstairs to keep Mattie from going up and eating Penny’s food.  Penny knocked the gate down.  Jana put one across the door to the basement because last year she figured out how to open the door.  Now this worked last year.  However, this year she figured out if she got on top of Jana’s one storage chest she could get behind the gate.  We caught her because “Mattie told on her.”  It was a good thing because she was working on getting the door open.  If she got into the basement we would never find her. 😊  Of course, Mattie and Penny picked up right where they left off – chasing each other all over the place.

Jana and I spent Thursday spending money.  I bought a mattress, springs and bed frame for the bedroom upstairs.  It’s a double bed.  I also bought sheets, etc.  I normally slept in a twin size bed, and it was not very comfortable. The new bed will be delivered on Tuesday.  We had lunch at Skyline.  We went to Kroger to pick up a few items.  Then we came home and collapsed. 

Friday morning Jana and I picked up my income tax.  I had them done by the same place that took care of my taxes last year.  Then Friday afternoon we went to Good Friday services.  Then we went to Frisch’s and had fish sandwiches for lunch.  They tasted good.  I have always liked Frisch’s fish.  When we came home I ordered several prescription refills.  I use Walgreens so I can get them filled while I am here.  I do this through the internet.  I also looked up some telephone numbers and other information that I will need the next couple of days.

Saturday morning we went to Walgreens and picked up my prescriptions.  We also stopped at the mailbox to mail what I owed in taxes and Jana paid her bills.  We are being very efficient. 

This morning when I was getting dressed (Jana emptied one closet and several drawers in the chest for me to put my clothes) I went to get my jeans out of the cupboard.  Now, the closets have those folding doors on them also so they have baby gates across them.  When I opened the folding door leaving the gate in place, Penny jumped over the gate and went inside the closet.  Now, that wouldn't be a big deal, but the way the bedroom is built there is an area where the bed goes and a closet is on either side.  There is an open space between the closets that if Penny got into it we may not get her out because no one but her could fit there.  Well, there wasn’t anything I could do at this point so I left  the door open and went into the other room to get dressed.  When I came back into the room Penny was sitting inside the closet looking out through the gate.  I moved the gate and she came out.  Thank goodness she didn’t go behind the wall.

Today I am washing the bedclothes for my new bed.  Jana has been cleaning the leaves off the deck.

Hope y’all had a nice Easter.  We did.  We went to church in the morning.  Was lazy in the afternoon.  Then went to Sharon and Jim’s house for supper.  Sharon has been a friend of Jana’s since elementary school.  They actually attended all eight grades and high school together.  They have remained friends. I think that is wonderful.  Anyway, we met their daughter and her three children.  Had a wonderful meal.  We took Sharon and Jim an azalea plant and she fixed us an Easter basket.  We heard from our family.  All in all it was a really nice day.