Rest of weekend, I don't know. Will be quiet as usual!

DD is planning on dropping in tomorrow afternoon. She and a friend are going to a wine-tasting tomorrow evening. Friend lives not too far from us. So they decided to have dinner here, before they go to their event. I'm making it something easy--Chicken baked with Spaghetti sauce and Mozzarella (not breaded, so I hesitate to call it chicken Parm); mini cheese ravioli, salad, and some of the homemade ice cream I made earlier in the week.

Sunday? Don't know yet. DH is wiring the basement for the freezer we want to buy, he'll prob. still be working on that little project. I'll most likely be watching the Olympics.

Sue

Moni

Jodi-

Shirley

Today we were all outdoors, weeding and mowing.

June

The "Money Pitt"; aka "The Little House of Horrors on the Prairie" and its detached garage are getting a new roofs.

DH's truck had to get new tires, new brakes, and new "ball joints," (do trucks get arthritis?) this weekend, too.

Saving for the new kitchen has, once again, taken the far back seat.

But I have a roof over my head...and it's paid for.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood here. Not too hot, not too chilly, lots of sunshine. Haven't done much, finally pulled the "Love In a Mist" vine out of its pot on the porch, removed and saved the seeds from the dried seed pods; had some coffee and yellow watermelon for lunch; then got the grabber out and proceeded to pick up trash along the road. Someone either threw out a styrofoam cooler or it fell from a vehicle and smashed in the ditch. Half of the many pieces were in the ditch the other up on top in the farmer's field. I decided I'd pick up what I could reach. What a mess.

I was halfway down the road when a neighbor stopped and told me to "Hop in!" she was headed to their sheep shed up the road and wanted to show me the meadow and how pretty it was with all the wild blooming weeds. So I lay down my trash bag and grabber inside my garden gate and went for a ride. They own 28 acres over there and I never knew it.

We had company for the week, and they left on Friday. Yesterday I was busy making two cakes- one for a 60th anniversary and one for an engagement party. Today I'm doing laundry and putting things back in order. Well, DH did the vacuuming and washed the floors on Friday after they left, I'm just working on washing towels and sheets etc.

June

Just canned all the rest of the tomatoes and peppers. Now, there should be only one here, and one there... as there are only a very few on the plants.

Moni

I hope you feel better soon. Be sure to take things nice and slow.

Thanks Pam_25f.

When are they going to do the second surgery on you Sue?
I was so happy to come home saturday for one reason...to get some sleep. OMG needles, blood tests just go on round the clock...no rest for the weary in a hospital these days.

June

As for the timing of the other surgery, they're playing it by ear. It's largely up to me and how much "disturbance" I can handle right now. But this second surgery is apparently terrible- I will lose hearing in one ear and my equilibrium will be messed up for a couple of months, and that's "best case scenario". I'm trying to psych myself up for fall, but I've been given instructions on certain things that indicate an immediate crisis. The darned thing is exerting some "mass effect" on my brain stem, which does cause some problems. I'm just putting off this surgery for as long as I can.

I can relate to what you said about coming home to get some rest- it's so much easier to rest at home!