Self Defense For Seniors

A few Stephen Ministry ladies met for lunch then went to the Twp. Hall for a free class on Self Defense for Seniors. It was REALLY good and our girls were pumped! First we had a great time at lunch and visiting, then we listened to the instructor give us tips on being safe in our homes and in the community. I wish the class had been longer. He was very interesting.

Jessie and Brenda went swimming. When Brenda prepared the shower for Jessie to get in and get cleaned up, she said that Jessie got right out and hollered "COLD!" Apparently they didn't have any hot water. I can just imagine what her face must have looked like. 

Jessie's Fun Day

Rachel and Jessie went to the Library this morning then went to Meijer's. Jessie spent quite a bit of time in the Christmas aisles. The hat she's wearing has a twirling top, which is why she's laughing so hard. Then, I guess she wants a new Christmas stocking this year! I think ALL her presents would fit in this stocking!






November 16 ... I had sandals on, a short sleeved shirt, capris and no coat as we worked outside a bit this afternoon. No jacket for Jess, either! Rachel showed Jessie how to pick up the leaves using my new "extended hands". I was astonished that it took her about 1 minute to be shown how to do it and she was an immediate pro. She filled up an entire yard waste container. I was very impressed.

I LOVE this picture! Jessie took the "extended hands", flapped them behind her like a duck and said, "Quack, quack!" Rachel laughed so hard and Jess kept doing it. As I said earlier, Jess had a good day!

Breakfast Out

Jessie and I met Diane and Randie at Benny's this morning for breakfast. Usually, we go down by their house, but today they came out here. We visited for a couple hours after breakfast. When they left I continued emptying the dining room. We are having new linoleum put down on the family room dining room floor on Wednesday. Sean and Chris came to help me move the larger pieces. I'm exhausted and need pain medicine. I'll be lucky if I live through this project. (Jon had to work.)

Thursday, Friday and Saturday

THURSDAY we were very fortunate not to lose power. I decided that Jessie didn't need to be out in strong winds so I kept her home, didn't go to Bible Study, and did paperwork. I got a lot done. Brenda didn't mind having a "day off". I did venture out and had lunch with Jessie's former Speech teacher. It was nice to catch up on each other. She is missed.

FRIDAY was still a bit windy, but nothing like the day before. Jessie and I took Jon to leave his jeep to be serviced at 7:45 a.m. (NOT my favorite time of the day!) We went out for breakfast then the bank. Rachel came and took Jessie to see the new Snoopy movie at an EMAGINE theatre. I've never been to one. Jessie did well, according to Rachel. Then they went grocery shopping. Jess had a really good day.

Jon and I spent the rest of the day shopping. We had a nice time together.

TODAY - SATURDAY - has been a working day around the house. We are having a new vinyl floor put down in the family room's dining room on Wednesday, and furniture needs to be moved out of that room. I've been cleaning while I go along so it's taking me a bit more time. Too much work, too, as I've had to take several rounds of pain medicine.

I took Jess to our usual McDonald's lunch around 2:00 p.m. then to Walgreen's. There was an older foreign lady  that was behind us in line that wanted to know if she could buy Jessie a bag of M&M's. Jess was excited about that. I thanked her for her kindness and said, "God bless you!"

When we got to the car she scurried over and handed us two small bags of animal crackers, too. Then, she asked me to pray for her. Her husband was just getting home from the hospital with a heart issue. I assured her I would. Definitely a God moment. Nothing is by chance.

Another Beautiful Day - Not So Tomorrow

Rachel took Jessie to Art Class then to a park to swing and walk. It was a sunshiny day. In the 50's, I think. I was outside for a bit this afternoon and blew some leaves and brought in the garbage cans. We are expecting a "November Witch" tonight and all day tomorrow. The same type of weather system that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975. Extremely high winds. The western side of Michigan is expecting 20 foot waves. Doesn't sound like fun to me. I pray that we don't lose power.

Sleep Won !!

Jessie wasn't being very nice tonight when I had company. I was training a SM to be a Supervision Group Facilitator and Jess kept yelling and demanding stuff. Jon came home and when I finished training, the 3 of us talked for a bit in the dining room. Jessie had taken a bag of popcorn (that she wasn't supposed to have) and her ice water and sat on the floor by the stairs to listen to us. After awhile I realized she was toooooo quiet so I went to check up on her. Yup. Sound asleep on the stairs. I guess she was just too tired to keep her eyes open any longer.

Sunday and Monday

Sunday was a very nice day! Jon had off so we were able to attend church. It was a great sermon from a new series "Advent Conspiracy".

I stopped at McDonald's on the way home from church and got some grilled chicken snack wraps for lunch since we were all going out to dinner later. I was able to sit down and relax before Rachel came at 4:30 p.m. to be with Jessie while Jon and I had a "date night".

Rachel took Jessie to Big Boy's for dinner and then they stayed home.

I had gotten a Groupon for a local restaurant and we had NY Strip Steaks, which I never order. It was good. From there we went to Woodside Troy for the Passion concert with Kristen Stanfill, their "Even So Come" tour. It was the last night of their fall tour and, oh my! It was an awesome concert. So full of energy and praise. I was definitely in the minority, though. Mostly teens and young adults. I didn't care. If I could have jumped, I'd have been jumping along with them. I did bounce.

I was too keyed up and tired to blog last night.


Today, Monday, has been busy, as usual. Jon had an early doctor's appointment. I had an appointment, then we met up for a late breakfast and shopping. Paperwork and wash completed the afternoon.

When I turned the calendar over from October to November, November was almost empty. Now, it's so full I am tired looking at it.