Happy Tuesday.....

Hi,

I hope everyone is having a good day. Mine has been pretty busy. We've had very cool temperatures up here the last couple days so I decided to take advantage of that and work outside. So after Bob left for work this morning I pulled weeds and sprayed weed killer in all of my flower beds. While I was out there I also took care of some watering. It was great to be outside and not be miserable because of the heat or the pesty mosquito's.

Bob is heading for Crawfordsville, Indiana this afternoon so I also cleaned out the truck and vacuumed it for him. Aren't I a nice wife.....:) He has to attend an Environmental Managers meeting so he won't be back home until Friday evening. I usually have a project planned when he is gone but this week my schedule is clear. I'm not sure what I'm going to get into but I'm pretty sure I will find something to keep me busy.

In my last post I mentioned we were having a tree removed in our backyard. Well, they were able to get the tree down and also trim up several other trees for us. We have taken down 8 trees so far. There are still 6 trees left and we plan on keeping those. Even though we have taken down so many trees there is still shade in our yard at different times of the day. But before we took down the previous trees we had a lot of problems getting grass to grow because the whole yard was pretty much in shade all the time. It definitely looks a lot better now.

I got my hair cut. I won't let the person who cuts my hair go any shorter than my shoulders but we did put really short layers in it this time. Right now the layers are a little shorter than I like but it looks a lot healthier and it's full of body. It was amazing the pile of hair on the floor when she got done. I didn't realize it had gotten so long.

Mel, thanks for sending me the picture of the Orange Park, FL sign. That definitely brings back memories.

I went back to my Podiatrist yesterday for my follow-up appointment. The last few days my foot has been slightly bothering me again so he put me back on the anti-inflammatory medication. It does feel better today. Not sure what is causing this nerve to swell but there is other treatments he can do but he is hoping the medication will totally take care of it. I guess we will see.

Well, I didn't mean to write a book today. I guess there's been a lot going on. Have a good day.

Good Morning to everyone....

Hello,

I hope every one's day is starting out well. I have a situation here that I'm not sure how it's going to work out. We have a huge Ash tree in our backyard that we decided we wanted to have removed and we've been waiting for the rain to stop so the ground would dry out, so anyway it hasn't rained in 2 1/2 weeks so the tree cutting company got here yesterday and started taking down the tree. Then guess what happened....It started raining yesterday evening.....Wouldn't you know it!!!! So I am hoping that the ground was so dry that it just sucked in all the rain so when they get here this morning their able to bring their trucks onto the lawn. Guess we will see when the guys get here.

It was such a beautiful day on Saturday so Bob and I took the motorcycle out for a ride. We ended up riding for about 2 hours. One good thing about this bike is the seat is much more comfortable than the other bike we had. If you rode for a long distance on the other bike you would lose feeling in your backside. Not pleasant at all.... We went to Columbus Saturday evening and had dinner with Terry. Terry is so busy with his classes. Summer semester ends next week so he is getting ready for finals. I believe he has a 2-week break before fall semester begins.

We got to see Bobby, Benita and Robert on Sunday. They came up to Marion to do some school clothes shopping at Steve & Barry's then they came by the house and after a short visit we went out to lunch together. It amazes me how much Robert keeps growing. Every time I see him he is taller. He turns 16 next week. That is so hard to believe....

Joy, thanks for the pictures you took at the reunion. I remember very well the hill to the cemetery. The worse part for me was climbing the bank. Once I got up the bank then climbing the hill to the cemetery wasn't bad. It's really pretty once you get up there.

Melanie, I enjoyed looking at your pictures from Florida. When you went past Jacksonville do you remember seeing a sign for Orange Park? That is where I used to live. We lived about 30 minutes from St. Augustine so we used to go there quite often. There is so much to do there and it's a very beautiful area.

Well, that's about all that is going on up here in Marion. Have a nice day.

The month of July is almost over.....

It's amazing how quickly this month has gone by. Before we know it we will be shoveling snow. Sorry!! I know, not a good thought....

I took a friend of mine from church to therapy today. Tomorrow she needs to go to a doctors appointment so I need to pick her up at 10:00 for that. She told me to bring a book so I guess the doctor is known to run behind. I guess there's nothing like spending the day at the doctor's office. Yeah, for me!!!

Our VBS starts this evening. Last year I worked in it but this year I'm just going to attend and not work. We usually have a wonderful turnout. Last year our attendance ranged between 260 and 290. One thing I'm not crazy about is it starts at 7pm and doesn't end until 9pm. Too me that is pretty late but I guess that's the way it's always been.

We had a bird to build her nest on one of our bedroom windows. I enjoyed watching the eggs hoping to see them hatch and also watching the babies grow. The momma wasn't happy when she would see me looking out the window but I was able to get a few good pictures of them. The babies flew out of the nest a few days ago so this past weekend Bob and I took the nest down. Here are some pictures:

The birds would just sit for a long time with their mouths wide open waiting for momma to come back and feed them. It was so funny to watch them.

I talked to my dad this morning and he is getting ready to take a trip to VA to see his brothers. All 4 of them don't get together very often so I'm glad they've planned this gathering. I look forward to seeing all of the pictures.

Well, that's about all that is going on up here. Take care and have a good day.

What a beautiful day....

Hello,
I hope everyone is having the great weather that we are having. It was 63 degrees outside when we got up this morning. It's in the high 70's now. I LOVE IT....Just wish it would stay this way. Oh, well, I can dream!!

Bob and I went to Columbus this past weekend and had dinner with Terry. We went to a great restaurant in Easton. Everything was so good. It was great to spend some time with Terry.

A friend of mine from church had total knee replacement surgery and starting today I am taking her to her therapy appointments. Looks like she will be going 2 to 3 times a week. She has had so many struggles in her life. She had polio as a child and because of that she has a lot of problems with her legs. She's unable to walk without the use of a walker or crutches. She has also battled and won her fights with breast and ovarian cancer. She is such an inspiration to me. Even though she has suffered through all of these ailments she always has a smile on her face and she is so upbeat. I can definitely learn a lot from her.

I hope everyone has a nice day. Take care.

Friday is here.........YEAH!!!!

Hi,

I hope everyone has had a nice week. Mine has been good except for Wednesday night. About 10 minutes after Bob and I went to bed the alarm on his BiPap machine goes off. It liked to scared us to death. We unhooked the cords and replugged them in thinking maybe something had come lose then we restarted the machine and it seemed to be working fine until 1 hour later. I was sleeping so good when all of a sudden we heard a loud, "BEEP, BEEP, BEEP" again. This went on all night. Every hour or so the thing would start beeping. But when it wasn't beeping it worked fine. How annoying is that!!!!! We got a replacement machine yesterday and the company is trying to figure out what is wrong with Bob's. Bob and I were exhausted by yesterday evening. I fell asleep on the couch about 8:30 and Bob woke me up at 10:00 to go to bed and I don't remember anything until the alarm clock went off this morning. I was so tired...
I think I may be getting old. I used to be able to stay up all night and it didn't bother me but now I have to get at least 6 hours of sleep or I don't function well.

Okay, enough complaining...

What a beautiful day we've had in Ohio today. The humidity is very low and it's just nice being outside. I had to go to the grocery store this morning but when I got home I worked for a while in my flower beds. With all the rain we've had my flowers look so pretty this year.

Any plans for the weekend? We may go to Columbus Saturday and have dinner with Terry but other than that we don't have anything planned. We got the hot tub refilled and it's ready to go so I'm sure we will be hanging out in it some. What's so nice about a hot tub you can have the water temperature as cool or as warm as you want. So, you can use it in the summer as a pool and in the cooler weather as a hot tub. Ours is pretty large, it will hold 6 people, so there's lot of moving room for Bob and I.

That's about all that is going on up here. Take care and have a nice weekend.

Another Monday has rolled around....

Good Morning,

How is everyone today? Were doing fine. I got my carpets cleaned on Wednesday. Stanley Steamer sure does a good job. When they left my carpets looked brand new. Their quick also. They did my dining room, hallway and master bedroom in about 45 minutes.

Welcome home, Charlie Brown. It's great to have him back on American soil. I'm sure he is glad to be home too.

Bob got himself a new toy. He is so thrilled with it.

We had an adventure on the bike Saturday. We decided to go to Delaware State Park and take some pictures. When we got close to the park we could see off in the west a very large black cloud that looked like it was going to burst at any moment. Unfortunately, there isn't any covered picnic areas in Delaware park so we got off the bike really fast and took a few quick pictures then we got back on the bike and we hoped to get ahead of the storm but guess what....it started pouring. By the time we got home we were drenched. We had to wring out our clothes before we could walk in the house. It's a good thing Bob and I have a good sense of humor.

I have several errands to run today. So this morning is going to be pretty busy for me. I didn't do much to the house over the weekend so I need to also do some cleaning.

Have a nice day. Take care.

Good Afternoon

HI,
I hope everyone had a nice 4th of July. Ours was good. Bob worked until 3:00 that afternoon then when he got home we fired up the grill and smoked a chicken. YUM!!! On Saturday, we went to our local County Fair and we took part in the auction for the livestock that the kids of employees of Nucor had in the show. That was really interesting to watch. Terry came up for a visit on Sunday. It's always nice to see him and spend time with him.

I went to Columbus this morning and Bobby, Benita and I went to breakfast together then we went to Westerville and checked out some of the shops then we went to Trader Joe's. It's a health food store. I love soup but I usually don't eat it because of the high sodium content but at Trader Joe's they have soup that is extremely low in sodium and surprisingly it's good. So I am now stocked up for a while. I got to see Bobby's new grill also. Wow!!! That thing is huge. So nice....I am looking forward to an invitation to come down so he can fix me something good to eat on it....Hint, hint, hint!!!

I'm getting my carpets cleaned on Wednesday. It will be 3 years in September that we had the carpet installed. Were just having the traffic areas done. There's not much carpet to do. Just the dining room, hallway and master. The rest of the floors are hardwood. We decided not to have the carpet in the basement done since it still looks nice and clean.

Well, that's about all that is going on up here. Take care and have a good week.