Jess Stayed Home - I Went Out

Well, Jess did have breakfast out first with Debbie and Jessie's case worker, Kelly.  They meet once a month at breakfast.  When they got home I took the van and picked up Lois, had a doctor's appointment, went to Applebee's for lunch and then Sam's Club.  Half way through the store, I was done.  I had decided to walk, which wasn't a problem.  I just got a bit sick and had to get an electric amigo to complete my shopping.  That was discouraging.  It was a very nice day out with Lois, though.  We haven't done that in quite some time.  She'll be returning to Haiti in less than a month, and I sure will miss her a lot.  Again. 

Jessie's Having More Fun Than I Am !!!

Jess and Brenda went to Meijer's.  They bought groceries and Jess also returned a lot of empty pop cans.  She does well with putting in the bottles in the machine.  Brenda bought us Lean Cuisine lunches and we had lunch together.  Then they made home made popcorn in the popcorn maker Jon bought Jessie (a year ago!) and took it for a snack at bowling in the afternoon.   

What did I do?  Income tax paperwork. I got to open the door several times for the dog and get a breath of fresh air.  That's about it.

Jon got his Income Tax done today.  He also did a bit of shopping.  When he got home he shoveled out the backyard garbage can "run way" and got the snow off our huge bushes in the front of the house.  Heavy snow isn't good for them, as the bushes separate and don't grow right after that.  There was a Jon funny today:  as he came in the house from shoveling he said to me: "You know?  I'm not that old, but I can't remember this much snow - ever!"   Well, I'm old(er) and I can't remember having this much snow either. 

Say, WHAT?

Jessie was in the downstairs bathroom and I was in the laundry room that is through one of the bathroom doors.  Jess finished in there, opened the door, walked toward me and said (and very clearly I might add), "Shit, shit, shit!"  I was so stunned I just looked at her and wondered if I should react?  I decided not to, in hopes that she would forget that word.  Highly unlikely, but that was the first time she's ever said it, and I don't know where she would have heard it. 

Jess and I watched Mary Poppins tonight.  She made it through 3/4 of the movie.  Saving Mr. Banks now makes sense.  I couldn't help sing along with most of the songs, which Jessie liked.  Especially the one about the kite.  That had special meaning in Saving Mr. Banks.  I hope you have had the chance to see it.  It's a very good movie. 

Jessie's Day Out

Brenda took Jessie to the gym, picked up lunch at Subway, then met a group of Special Needs adults for lunch at the township hall.  They danced afterwards, but all Jess would do was sit in her chair and raise her arms and wave them.  That's more than I thought she would do.

I worked on Income Tax stuff.  It's all done except for medical, which I will work on tomorrow.  For those of you who are math whizzes, you'll notice (yesterday) that I made a math error in relating to you how much my pillow cost.  I refigured it on a calculator (I should have done that in the first place) and my $26.99 pillow cost $1.04 plus tax.

Out All Day

I left this morning at 8:50 a.m. and returned to stay at 4:30 p.m.  I was totally exhausted.  I had a meeting this morning until 11:00.  Then I went and had a pedicure (no polish) because I had an ingrown toenail that was hampering my walking, to say the least.  (Just what you wanted to know, right?)  Yesterday I stubbed my toe and that wasn't pleasant.  Anyway, from there I met Jon for lunch.  Then I went to the bank, Kohl's and the post office. 

At Kohl's I bought a brown oblong pillow, exactly like one I already have but this one is for upstairs for under my knees when I sit in my chair.  It was regularly $26.99 with 50% off.  Then I had a 15% coupon and $10.00 Kohl's bucks.  So, my pillow was just over $2.00.  I LOVE to shop like that!

I was home for about a half hour then Debbie, Jess and I went to an endocrinologist appointment for Jess.  Her liver function that was extremely high in the hospital is now normal, as determined from the blood work done last Friday. Thank you, Jesus! 

We stopped at Target on the way home to get some munchies for my SM meeting Wednesday night.  That is, unless it's cancelled because of our next big snow storm coming.  I have beautiful snowman dinner plates (and etc.) that I enjoy using in January and February, but I just couldn't bring myself to put them out this year. I should though; they're really nice. 

Lois came for dinner then we prayed.  This is a very special time between friends.  We have been doing this every Monday, that we could, for years and years when she is in Michigan.  Right now she is schedule to return to Haiti the first of March.  I'm not looking forward to that.  I miss her a lot when she's gone. 

A Flashback Picture

I couldn't resist posting a picture from January 12, 2013.  That's right.  Jess was swinging in her hammock in her light winter jacket on that day.  Today Jon spent quite awhile using the snow blower to get us dug out of yet another snowfall.  Thanks to his hard work, we are now able to get the garbage cans out to the road.  It's been a couple weeks.  I just looked at the Comcast weather news and saw that another storm is being predicted for Tuesday night.  

We didn't go to church today.  I watched a family try to leave the street behind us and it took them quite awhile just to get a few feet and when they did, they just backed up to their home.  The man came back with his snow blower to clean out the intersection. I wasn't about to try it and get stuck somewhere. 

I also wanted to share the picture below. Last night I was sitting on the opposite couch from Jess and she was on her iPad singing Jesus songs.  I looked up and she had propped a pillow up so that I couldn't see her. It's a wonder she didn't tell me to go to the living room!  

Today Jon came downstairs and said that he was bored.  He's been up and down stairs numerous times.   I felt the same way.  I read some, took 2 naps, and began working on 2013 pictures that I am very behind in putting in albums.  Chris came and dropped off some Mary Kay for friends and Jess played all day on the floor with her Perler beads, Apples to Apples cards and iPad. 

At one time in the afternoon I asked Jessie if she'd like to do a craft with me.  "No thank you!" was her reply.  Then I asked if she wanted to play a game with me.  Again, "No thank you".  I guess I shouldn't expect anything different.  I didn't want to spend time with my mom when I was her age (23) either.  I sure wish I could spend time with her now, though.  I miss her a lot. 

Snow, Snow and More Snow

It's been really beautiful outside with huge snowflakes. The pine trees are laden with fluffy snow.  It looks like a post card.  At one time I went and opened the small garage door, looked up and saw such a gorgeous sight.  I praised God for such a beautiful snowfall.  I tried to catch some big snowflakes, but since I'm still wearing shorts for my knee, it was too cold and wet to step outside.  Poor Jon has a big job ahead of him tomorrow as he snowblows the driveways and a path from the garbage cans to the street in the back. It also rained and is in the 30's now (a heat wave) so I hope it doesn't crust over by morning. 

Jessie spent part of her morning in her room making a mess again with her videos.  She had breakfast and lunch upstairs today and enjoyed herself. Right now she's singing children's "Jesus Songs" on her iPad.  I love hearing her sing.  She can't carry a tune, but that doesn't stop her.  She doesn't get every word either, but she knows quite a few songs by heart.

I don't think I came downstairs until after 3:00 today.  I did paperwork and watched last week's Hallmark episode I missed.  I also got caught up on fixing things with the hot glue gun.  They were piling up in the office.  My days just go by so fast. 

Jon watched tv, worked in his office, played on the iPad and basically just did a bunch of nothing.  He looked very tired all day.