May 10 - 26, 2009
From an overcast and rainy MO,
The last couple of weeks have been rather busy - at least for two old fogies.
Jim saw our family doctor on the 13th relative to the sugar count and his frequent flare-ups with his Meniere's problem. He is now monitoring his blood sugar and will report back to the doctor. He is now taking anti-nausea/vertigo medicine three times a day and seems to be doing much better. The problem is that when he feels better, then he thinks he can stop taking the medicine.
On the 16th we went to district track at Excelsior Springs and on the 23rd to sectional track at Kearney. In district, if you are in the top four - then you go on to the sectional meet - and again if you are in the top four - you progress to state which is this coming weekend. We will go to Jefferson City on the 30th to see two of our pole vaulters compete.
We decorated graves (my side) at Marceline and New Cambria on the 21st and went to five cemeteries in the Trenton/Edinburg area on the 22nd for Jim's side of the family. One is a very old, neglected cemetery and we had not been there for a few years. This cemetery is evidently not mowed as there was evidence of a recent fire for that specific area. The granite stones seem to hold up okay, but the old sandstone ones look like charcoal. Another of the cemeteries that had started to go downhill has been adopted by an area family with one of the son's using its refurbishing as an Eagle Scout project.
One Sunday, May 24, we went to a place called Leisure Lake (northwest of Trenton) to the Fulkerson reunion. There were only 25 people there this year - down from previous years. The food was catered and was good midwest cooking. The mashed potatoes and gravy were worth another trip there - even if only to eat the mashed potatoes and gravy. They also had an excellent assortment of desserts - and I didn't hear anyone complain about them either.
We have sent what will be our final appeal to the post office in Washington, DC about the package we insured in February that never was delivered to Doug and Dara. The Pflugerville post office claims that since they have a signature (unreadable, and obviously not Doug or Dara's) the post office does not have to pay for the insured package. We filed a claim first through our local post office, and that came back negative since Pflugerville could show a signature. We made a trip to Pflugerville (a little over 800 miles one way for us) the latter part of March and were informed that they were sending a postal inspector out to check the delivery - and as of today, have not been able to get any response from them other than someone was supposed to have notified us. The second claim went through the St. Louis post office branch - and again was turned down. The one we sent today to WDC also had copies go to the two Senators from Texas and the two from Missouri. I just got through mailing them at the post office and the woman there who has been so helpful, said that the post office usually takes another look when they hear from a Senator! To have insured a package for $400 - and to then get the run around from the postal system - makes you realize they would never survive in the private business world!
I continue to do the collection envelopes for Mobile Meals every Friday - while Jim has spent most afternoons at the high school pole vault area. The girls are being kept busy with young rabbits that make the error of venturing into our backyard. Abby caught one while three young neighbor boys were here. They were quite upset and one mother gave them a box to bring the injured rabbit home. It died less than two days later. I spotted another young rabbit in the backyard yesterday, but it somehow managed to escape Abby. Trixie likes to be a cheerleader and bark, but she doesn't actively go after the rabbits.
I picked up a chemo cap to knit this afternoon - first time in several weeks. Hopefully this is a good sign that I have some energy returning.
Be safe.
B.
The last couple of weeks have been rather busy - at least for two old fogies.
Jim saw our family doctor on the 13th relative to the sugar count and his frequent flare-ups with his Meniere's problem. He is now monitoring his blood sugar and will report back to the doctor. He is now taking anti-nausea/vertigo medicine three times a day and seems to be doing much better. The problem is that when he feels better, then he thinks he can stop taking the medicine.
On the 16th we went to district track at Excelsior Springs and on the 23rd to sectional track at Kearney. In district, if you are in the top four - then you go on to the sectional meet - and again if you are in the top four - you progress to state which is this coming weekend. We will go to Jefferson City on the 30th to see two of our pole vaulters compete.
We decorated graves (my side) at Marceline and New Cambria on the 21st and went to five cemeteries in the Trenton/Edinburg area on the 22nd for Jim's side of the family. One is a very old, neglected cemetery and we had not been there for a few years. This cemetery is evidently not mowed as there was evidence of a recent fire for that specific area. The granite stones seem to hold up okay, but the old sandstone ones look like charcoal. Another of the cemeteries that had started to go downhill has been adopted by an area family with one of the son's using its refurbishing as an Eagle Scout project.
One Sunday, May 24, we went to a place called Leisure Lake (northwest of Trenton) to the Fulkerson reunion. There were only 25 people there this year - down from previous years. The food was catered and was good midwest cooking. The mashed potatoes and gravy were worth another trip there - even if only to eat the mashed potatoes and gravy. They also had an excellent assortment of desserts - and I didn't hear anyone complain about them either.
We have sent what will be our final appeal to the post office in Washington, DC about the package we insured in February that never was delivered to Doug and Dara. The Pflugerville post office claims that since they have a signature (unreadable, and obviously not Doug or Dara's) the post office does not have to pay for the insured package. We filed a claim first through our local post office, and that came back negative since Pflugerville could show a signature. We made a trip to Pflugerville (a little over 800 miles one way for us) the latter part of March and were informed that they were sending a postal inspector out to check the delivery - and as of today, have not been able to get any response from them other than someone was supposed to have notified us. The second claim went through the St. Louis post office branch - and again was turned down. The one we sent today to WDC also had copies go to the two Senators from Texas and the two from Missouri. I just got through mailing them at the post office and the woman there who has been so helpful, said that the post office usually takes another look when they hear from a Senator! To have insured a package for $400 - and to then get the run around from the postal system - makes you realize they would never survive in the private business world!
I continue to do the collection envelopes for Mobile Meals every Friday - while Jim has spent most afternoons at the high school pole vault area. The girls are being kept busy with young rabbits that make the error of venturing into our backyard. Abby caught one while three young neighbor boys were here. They were quite upset and one mother gave them a box to bring the injured rabbit home. It died less than two days later. I spotted another young rabbit in the backyard yesterday, but it somehow managed to escape Abby. Trixie likes to be a cheerleader and bark, but she doesn't actively go after the rabbits.
I picked up a chemo cap to knit this afternoon - first time in several weeks. Hopefully this is a good sign that I have some energy returning.
Be safe.
B.
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