Jessie's Shannon

This afternoon after Jess and I (successfully) ate lunch out, we visited Shannon.  As you know, she had to leave us because she was put on bed rest after conceiving.  What I didn't tell you, because I had to wait until her family was told, was that she is having TRIPLETS.  That would be spelled:  THREE !!!  Currently she is doing very well.  She no longer is on bed rest, but is restricted in what she can do.  Please pray that the babies will continue to grow and they will be healthy when they are born (August sometime). 

Jess was so excited to see Shannon.  For one hour she wouldn't let her go.  Kept holding her hand, kissing her, hugging her and playing with her hair.  Looking at me and saying: "Shannon!"  "Shannon!"  "Shannon!"  When we left we visited Diane and Randie.  It was a nice "Girl's Day Out" afternoon. 

Church on TV

I'm usually up each morning around 8:00 p.m. except for Saturday and Sunday's.  Today Jess got up before 7:00 and said: "Church on tv!!"  She promptly turned tv on and changed channels for her church services.  Two hours later when I was up and ready to watch it with her, she decided she was done.  After all, she had been watching it for 2 hours!  Oh, well.

We had our usual morning breakfast together AFTER our fiasco in the kitchen.  Jess decided she wanted to help me with breakfast and everything was going well until she knocked into one of the refrigerator door shelves which went crashing to the floor.  The mayonnaise jar lid shattered, splattering mayonnaise on Jessie's leg, slipper and floor.  That wouldn't have been so bad except since Memphis is trained to pick up whatever is dropped, he was going for the shattered lid pieces.  Jess, being tactile sensitive was trying to get away from the mayonnaise on her slipper and shuffling around the kitchen gagging and leaving mayonnaise globs around the floor, which Memphis was helping to clean up.  It does sound funny, but it wasn't so funny this morning!

Jon took care of Jess while I met Jane for lunch then went to her church for a concert by Paul Saik.  He is an accomplished pianist, organist and tenor, performing both on Broaday and in Opera, as well as doing concerts across the U.S.  It was a great afternoon.

Grocery Shopping

Poor, Jess, she just didn't want to go to Kroger's with me.  She kept saying she was sick and that she needed to take a nap, which she did.  I proceeded to tell her we WERE going to go buy some ice cream (I was all out of Death By Chocolate !!!) and then come right home.  She seemed pretty good when we got there even though there were several (good and quiet) kids at the store.  We were just about finished when she kept saying "All done now!"  "All done!"  She was getting herself worked up.  We made it back to the van without a melt down.  I think it was successful. 

Jon went to the zoo with some friends today.  Pretty cold, but I guess alot of the animals were out.  I've done a load of wash, paperwork and played on the iPad.  Not much else. 

Jessie ... Happy ... Tired ... Crabby

For some reason, Jess has been very tired lately.  She's also been having some anxiety issues anticipating her being where kids might be.  Extra prayers for her would be appreciated.

Thursday's are generally shopping day but I needed the van yesterday so after Deb and Jess had breakfast, they went to Meijer's.  There were alot of pop bottles to return and it seems that Jess enjoyed the job of putting the bottles in the machine!  Shopping didn't go as well.  Maybe next week.  

The Blue Room

Our new blue room is functional!  The washer and dryer and sink have been installed and one load of wash is already done and dried.  Yah!  A huge THANKS to Bob who made Bill and my dream finally come true: a first floor laundry. 

I am very proud of myself, too, because I put together two 3-bin laundry sorters - all by myself.  Now, the box did say that no tools were required and it also said "easy assembly", but you know how that goes.  For once, the box was right, because I did it.  Yah, me!

I am so thankful for the talented people that I can call on to do the things that Bill used to do.  He was so gifted, was my Bill.  He could do anything.  Well, maybe not, but close.  He never worked on our vehicles.  That was about it, though. Thanks again, Bob!  (And Dorene, of course, who has done so much to make our rooms so beautiful. You are one gifted lady!)

Too Much Noise

The reality of having a first floor laundry room is getting closer.  Tonight Eric and James came and brought up the washer and dryer.  Jess was on the couch playing with her iPad and, apparently, they were making too much noise.  Not only was she laying on the couch, the foot rest out, the middle section open, but the massager was on, too.  What a kid.  She stayed under the blanket until after they left.  She ventured out and said, "Eric all done?"

A Day Of Traveling

I left the house at 9:50 a.m. and didn't return for the night until 7:30 p.m.  I went to breakfast with some friends, then we went to St. John Main to visit another friend.  We spent several hours there, I drove back and pulled in the driveway at 4:20, picked up Jess and left at 4:40 to get our hair cut.  I decided to get our hair cut before we look like shaggy dogs, or worse.  We met Chris at Wendy's for dinner then headed home.  I visited with Jon for a little while, he went upstairs and Jess is watching home movies and playing on her iPad.  I am finishing up here and going to sit down on the couch and "play" on my iPad, too.  I'm done traveling for the day.