We Are Home

Just a quick note to let you know that we 3 are home and Jessie is doing well. I will post pictures and give you the details tomorrow, but for now I just wanted you to know she's home. Please keep praying. I'm getting her to bed now.

Getting Prepared For The "Big" Day

I've been trying to get as much necessary stuff done around the house that I can before Jessie's surgery tomorrow. I've grocery shopped, washed clothes, paid bills, packed an overnight bag just in case and had her hair cut tonight.

She's been pretty goofy and obstinate today. I'm sure it's because she is scared about tomorrow. Jennifer and Jess met Jessie's case worker for breakfast this morning, as there was no Art Class. They went to K-Mart where Jess enjoyed looking at all the 4th of July sale items! You know Jessie and her hats! Jess also worked at the Library today filing DVD's, all the while giving Jen a hard time.

Several weeks ago Diane picked up a Yonana for me. It's a machine where you put in frozen bananas and fruit and make "ice cream". It's perfect for a WW dessert since fruit is FREE! Tonight we had pumpkin ice cream. That needed more flavor. We've had strawberries and bananas and then a mixed fruit medley. The peach dessert was really good. Jessie has really enjoyed it, too.

Jessie's Day

Rachel took Jessie to the pool this morning, but she didn't want to stay in it very long. About 20-30 minutes according to Rachel. I'm not sure what that was about. She's usually in there for about an hour or more. They had lunch at Subway then went to the Library to return books and they did wash up some of the kitchen toys instead of tomorrow. Jess didn't want to do much of anything else when they got home.

I went out to breakfast by myself, watered a friend's flowers and did paperwork when I got home. I also tried to do all the wash so there won't be too much to do this weekend. I didn't finish. Oh, well. Jon went out to breakfast then went to the show before shopping at a few stores. He also harvested some squash, shelling peas, sugar snap peas and tomatoes. He's been drying herbs for several weeks and spends a lot of time processing them. Right now the kitchen has a distinct lavender smell.

Happy 4th Of July !!!

This is the picture I took of Jessie at Wiegand's on Saturday. I forgot to post it last night. There were a lot of butterflies in the butterfly house!

Jon had to work today, although it was his 3-day weekend off. I think they did it on purpose because he had 2 vacation days last weekend. They like to penalize people for time off. He really didn't care because he got over time and we usually don't do anything on the 4th.

I invited my friends Karen and Jean over for a 4:00 dinner and then we played Rummikub. It was a really nice day outside and we ate and played games on the deck. Jess spent the day inside, except to eat dinner. She was a little off today because she's used to her snack at 4:00 and today we had dinner at 4:00 p.m. She then had her snack around 7 pm. That just messed her up completely. Right now she thinks she should eat again!

Family Time

After church for Jon and I, Diane and Randie picked up Chinese food for all of us for dinner. We ate out on the deck and watched the birds eat Jon's birdseed. Jessie spent the rest of the day on her iPad and played with her cards, although she was very crabby. The rest of us played games. It made for a very nice day.

The neighborhood booming has begun. I almost wish they would ban all fireworks except for those done professionally. The area around us is so dry. I was told yesterday that we only had 4 days of rain in June. Our front grass is brown. We need rain. I don't remember a time we have had so little rain.

A Really Nice Day

Jon, Jess and I went to breakfast this morning but Jess didn't do so well, as there were several babies inside. We stopped at Van's Valley to see their flowers and their garage sale, then while they waited in the van I went to Hallmark's because I had a 40% off coupon. I bought a cute ceramic frog (with black rimmed glasses) plant holder. After that we drove down to Wiegand's to see what kind of sales they had. We bought a few things. Jessie didn't do too bad there. We went in to the butterfly house and toured their back grounds which are really nice. Dollar Store and the post office were our last stops before home.

Jon worked in his garden and I took the rest of the day off and read my book outside on the deck. We ate out there tonight, too. First time this season, I think. We enjoyed watching all the different birds feeding on our "pretend" tree where Jon has about 6 bird feeders with different seeds for different birds. Tonight there were sparrows, a wood pecker, a yellow finch, cardinals, doves, and a small bird like a sparrow but with a red head and breast. And, one lone squirrel.

Watching those birds reminded me of the song that goes .... "His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me!" What an awesome God we have.

A Much Better Day For Jessie

Rachel took Jessie out to breakfast, Target and Meijer's this morning. She returned happy and went outside to swing. She had a much better day not only physically but behaviorally. She constantly watches YouTube segments of kids having surgery. I talked to her again while she was watching one and explained that she was not going to have any more pain in her stomach after her surgery next week, and that we would spend the night and come home. Today, instead of screaming, she said, "OK", and went back to her iPad. Thank you to all who are praying!!!!