Shopping

Jon and I spent the entire day shopping with Lois. She's getting things bought for her needs in Haiti that can't be purchased there. We will then get them in rubbermaids and ship them to Port-de-Paix where someone will then drive them down to Port-au-Prince. She's hoping the items will be there when she returns in February of 2017.

Jessie and Jennifer spent time shopping at Kohl's. Jessie also worked at the Library.

Around 6:00 p.m. we went and dropped off a card at a friend's house, delivered Doreen's corn then ate dinner at Wendy's. From there we dropped in at Don and Rox's house for about a half hour, had an ice cream cone at McDonald's and returned home in the dark! We rarely are out after dark! Isn't that something? Jessie thought it was going to storm. I tried to convince her that it was just night time.

Corn and Onions

This morning Jon prepared most of his smaller onions to be dehydrated and began dehydrating. The machine is still running. Right after that, Doreen and I cut corn off the cob and Jon processed 10 pints of corn and I froze a couple bags. They are all for Doreen. It went very fast with 3 people. It's always nice to work together to do a project.

Jess and Rachel went to the pool but Jessie would not go in the pool. Apparently there were some kid classes and the pool she usually goes in to was full of them. Rachel got her in the kiddie pool for about 5 minutes, the hot tub for 10 then she was done. I felt sorry for Rachel. It's a lot of work getting them both ready and in the pool.. I think Rachel's going to try again on Friday. There usually are no classes on any Friday.

A Busy Social Day

At lunch time I went with the Wednesday Bible Study Ladies to Rochester to a BBQ place right on Paint Creek. We ate on the patio listening to the water rushing over rocks. I love that sound. The food was good, too. We then took a walk along the Paint Creek trail - maybe a half mile. Enough for me. It was hot and humid.

For dinner I went with the Glory Girls to another BBQ place to celebrate 2 birthday's. I had fish and chips. We haven't gotten together since May so it was nice catching up with everyone. Three husbands also came but they sat somewhere else!

I left for a meeting before Jessie got down stairs. When Angie got here she thought that Jon had given Jessie breakfast and Jon thought Angie was going to give her breakfast. Thus, no breakfast for Jessie. She never said anything, either! When Angie and Jon realized their misunderstanding, Angie took her for an early lunch. I asked Jess about not having breakfast and she just smiled. Apparently it didn't phase her any! I think it's funny.

Happy 60th Birthday, Lois

Yesterday, Saturday, Jon and I left at 10:00 a.m. and didn't return until 4:00 p.m. Lois' 60th birthday party was from Noon until 3:00 p.m. at church. It was a very nice day and everyone seemed to have a good time. The food was very good and the one game we played (How Well Do You Know Lois?) was fun. Lois' 60th birthday was while she was in Haiti, April 18. Keeping with the spring date, I decorated the tables with my birdhouses and we had a BBQ lunch.

Unfortunately, my body didn't do so well. I hurt so much when we got home that all I could do was sit on the couch the rest of the night and take pain medication. According to my Fitbit, I put in 7,391 steps. I usually do just over 5,000.

Jon was in bad shape, too. He did almost all the kitchen work. After we ate, he took care of boxing up all the left over food and cleaning the kitchen. I helped wash all the dirty pans, etc. that we used. Luckily I'm familiar with the industrial washer, as I used to cook for several months for our Day Care children's lunch many years ago.

The picture on the top left was taken Friday afternoon. The round blue table in the middle was for the cake and a couple balloons.

I was going to take pictures on Saturday but totally forgot the take any pictures. Bummer. I don't think anyone took any pictures either.








Today, Sunday, Jon went to church and I skipped it. I was still too uncomfortable to move much. I've spent most of the day on the couch.

Day Before The Party

Jon and I were able to go to church and decorate for Lois' birthday party. I'm so very glad we could do that. It would have made tomorrow very difficult for me. Everything looks nice and all we have to do when we get there is make the beverages and wait for the food to arrive.

Jessie and Rachel had a very busy day. They went out to breakfast and stopped at Frontier Town. Jessie fed the goats and tried on hats in one of the stores. She sure does love hats! They also went to Target and walked around. When we got home from church, they were watching Adventures In Babysitting, a Disney remake of an 80's movie.

Overwhelmed

The past 3 days have been filled from the time I got up until I fell in to bed. Right now I don't feel much like typing, but if I don't do it tonight, it might be a week before I "feel" like it.

Tuesday
I had lunch with my long-time friend, Janet. We had a nice time catching up. We used to work together in the office at Morgan Elementary. I haven't kept up with her like I should. I'm going to try my very best to have lunch with her again real soon.

Jessie's case worker, Vicki, came at 2:00 p.m. for our monthly meeting and to review what I needed for the local appeal hearing we were going to go to the next day. The county cut Jessie's CLS hours by 6 hours a week. From 21 to 15. I wasn't real happy with her since I've been asking her for a week or more exactly what they were looking for in justification. I had already typed up a 3-page letter for the appeal, but then she tells me they would need more. So, I finished the typing and preparing 3 sets of justification pages at 1:00 a.m.

Wednesday
Last day of Bible Study. I enjoyed redoing The Patriarchs, by Beth Moore. The group of ladies that came for this study decided we'd continue with another one. I'll be facilitating "The Me I Want To Be", by John Ortberg. This one is only a 5-week study.

Immediately after Bible Study I went home and picked up Jon, Jess and Jennifer and we went and quickly ate at McDonald's then we were at the MCCMH building for our 1:30 p.m. appointment. I was pleased with my presentation and the answers I gave the interviewer. Not it's in God's hands. I will be informed around September 10 whether or not her hours have been reinstated. If they aren't, I could go before a Medicaid Judge for a regular court hearing, but I just can't put myself through that. It always seems that the people that need the money or services the most are the ones that get things cut.

Since we were close to Mt.Clemens for the hearing, we went to the County Court Building and I renewed my CPL. I was in and out in about 10 minutes. On the way home we stopped at Dairy Queen and treated ourselves to a blizzard.

When I got home I couldn't do anything else. I sat on the couch and slept for 3 hours! After dinner I continued working on getting things ready for the Birthday Party Jon and I are giving Lois on Saturday.

Thursday
I did some last minute shopping for the party, as well as grocery shopping. Tonight I packed up all the items for the party because Jon and I can decorate at church tomorrow afternoon. Unfortunately, I found out I had bought round table cloths instead of oblong ones. Back to the Dollar Store tomorrow!

Jessie has been doing better lately. She's not complained about back pain now for a couple weeks. She's had a good week with her aides. On Monday, Angie's daughter and Jessie were fooling around with snap chat and produced this picture. Cute, huh?

Scrapbooking

I finished The Discovery this morning at 1:05 a.m. !!! I really liked it. It was a story within a story, based on historical facts.

Lois and I met for lunch at Leo's then came home and spent the rest of the day working on her ministry scrapbook. We finished it, but, not until 8:30 p.m. I am super tired and I know Lois was, too.

Angie spent the day with Jessie and had a good time - some of the time. They played outside, did puzzles, went out to lunch then went to the show to see "Pete's Dragon". Unfortunately, one hour into the movie Jessie was too scared to stay so they came home. She was very aggitated the rest of the afternoon and evening.