Tues. Sept 5
From another gorgeous, temperate day in MO,
The girls slept well last night - at least better than I did. For some reason sleep did not want to come easily for me, but after taking them out about 2:30 - I slept like a log until I heard them about 6:30.
The four of us walked the 1.25 mile walk this a.m. - temp. in the mid 50s - absolutely a delightful temperature to walk. The girls seem to do the walk easier than we do, but then they go into a deep sleep when we get home. Jim's legs are getting stronger and stronger and I have difficulty keeping up with him. He is still quite weak in the upper body, but that will eventually strengthen as he feels more comfortable with the "cracking" sounds going on in his chest.
We "enjoyed" our oatmeal and morning newspapers - then set out on several errands. Eventually, about 10:00 - we set out for the Amish store just south of Jamesport. A doctor on TV yesterday was saying that if you take in some honey (processed in our area) that it will frequently relieve allergy symptoms - and I am game to try it. There used to be a honey place south of town, but we haven't found its honey at HyVee and it wasn't at the Amish store today. We may make a trip to Carrollton or Waverly to check out the produce stands.
We dozed during the middle part of the day with Jim even attempting to doze on our bed upstairs - he was successful and was quite pleased that he didn't even try to turn over - of course it was for only about two hours, but he needs some positive things to happen every so often.
We left here about 5:30 to go over to the stadium to watch the last of the freshman football game and stayed for the first half of the junior varsisty game. Maryville has a large high school squad out this year. We sat in the area of Mr. O'Dell as well as the second Doug French. Later Scott Stephens (our Doug will remember him from football, wrestling, and Rolla) sat in the area. He has one son playing varsity (a senior), a second son playing on the freshman squad, and the youngest is maybe an 8th grader. The oldest boy has applied at Rolla and UMKC for their civil engineering programs (Scott received his civil eng. degree from Rolla).
We have now eaten supper (leftover pasta mixture over lettuce) and I have Abby sound asleep on my lap with her head draped over my left arm. Trixie is also here, but on the floor - apparently sound asleep.
Jim has rehab in the a.m. - will check to see if Friday is his last visit or will be he going back this coming Monday. He has so enjoyed the young gals there that I almost think he is regretting the time being over. We have a few errands to do and then want to continue working of fall debris around our lot. We now have two bags ready for Thursday pick-up and hopefully we will get another one filled on Wednesday - have plenty to fill it, we just need to do some pruning.
Be safe.
B.
The girls slept well last night - at least better than I did. For some reason sleep did not want to come easily for me, but after taking them out about 2:30 - I slept like a log until I heard them about 6:30.
The four of us walked the 1.25 mile walk this a.m. - temp. in the mid 50s - absolutely a delightful temperature to walk. The girls seem to do the walk easier than we do, but then they go into a deep sleep when we get home. Jim's legs are getting stronger and stronger and I have difficulty keeping up with him. He is still quite weak in the upper body, but that will eventually strengthen as he feels more comfortable with the "cracking" sounds going on in his chest.
We "enjoyed" our oatmeal and morning newspapers - then set out on several errands. Eventually, about 10:00 - we set out for the Amish store just south of Jamesport. A doctor on TV yesterday was saying that if you take in some honey (processed in our area) that it will frequently relieve allergy symptoms - and I am game to try it. There used to be a honey place south of town, but we haven't found its honey at HyVee and it wasn't at the Amish store today. We may make a trip to Carrollton or Waverly to check out the produce stands.
We dozed during the middle part of the day with Jim even attempting to doze on our bed upstairs - he was successful and was quite pleased that he didn't even try to turn over - of course it was for only about two hours, but he needs some positive things to happen every so often.
We left here about 5:30 to go over to the stadium to watch the last of the freshman football game and stayed for the first half of the junior varsisty game. Maryville has a large high school squad out this year. We sat in the area of Mr. O'Dell as well as the second Doug French. Later Scott Stephens (our Doug will remember him from football, wrestling, and Rolla) sat in the area. He has one son playing varsity (a senior), a second son playing on the freshman squad, and the youngest is maybe an 8th grader. The oldest boy has applied at Rolla and UMKC for their civil engineering programs (Scott received his civil eng. degree from Rolla).
We have now eaten supper (leftover pasta mixture over lettuce) and I have Abby sound asleep on my lap with her head draped over my left arm. Trixie is also here, but on the floor - apparently sound asleep.
Jim has rehab in the a.m. - will check to see if Friday is his last visit or will be he going back this coming Monday. He has so enjoyed the young gals there that I almost think he is regretting the time being over. We have a few errands to do and then want to continue working of fall debris around our lot. We now have two bags ready for Thursday pick-up and hopefully we will get another one filled on Wednesday - have plenty to fill it, we just need to do some pruning.
Be safe.
B.
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