Surgery...Oct 9th

 

Good morning, friends!  Well, the time has come for my eye surgery.   I will be out of commission for 7 to 10 days.  I will have to hold my head with chin to chest for at least 12 hrs. a day.  I suppose the other 12 hrs., I'll be resting, chin down...somewhere. lol

I will get breaks from that position for bathroom and meals but only 15 minutes at a time.  I hate Macular Holes...I've already been through this with my left eye...now it's the right eye.  The sooner you see a doctor, if your eyesight goes a bit wonky, the better the repair is.  IF you were to wait 6months to a year...there's no guarantees, it can be fixed.  I happen to like being able to see straight! So, as soon as I noticed a change, I checked in with the doctor.

SO... this means I don't know when I'll be able to do my next post... (lucky you!  lol) but I'll be back as soon as I'm able...I also will find it hard to read and leave comments on your blogs...please forgive me...so...

 DO BEHAVE WHILE I'M GONE...lolol

Our old buddy Henry from school days, stopped by for a visit...

Click on the photos...they enlarge so you can read them better.

Aren't these interesting facts?  lol

Daughter Crystal and hubby Tim on the way to a wedding...such sweet faces...

Grandson William always acts up when someone tries to take his picture...SIL Tim joined in! lol

Miss Kitty resting on the back of the sofa...

Finally got a current photo of Will and new girlfriend, Caitlin.  I think she's tiny compared to Will's 6'-1" frame.  Pretty girl...and right now, Will's happy.  That's all that matters to us.

My turn to make the wings...lemon.

I was also in the mood for hot chocolate in a Christmas cup...I added a tiny bit of cinnamon...really good!

Here's my old recipe for Big Red Ice Cream... I made some yesterday...big hit!

Got to keep our greatgran Sloane yesterday...Gampa served her my Big Red Ice cream for the first time...lol...need I say, she loved it?

Made toast in the air fryer!  Worked great!!

The egg??? Lolol...not so much.  I'll stick with a fry pan in future for those!

Well friends...I hope you see you on the other side of my surgery.  Please take care of yourselves!  I'll hopefully "see" you in a few weeks.  Until then...

52 Years...Cookies, Boxes and Quesadillas'

 

Good morning, Friends... I don't think we've really done much of anything this past week.  We did celebrate our 52nd Anniversary though.  September 26th.  Lordy...we were so young!  Me 21, Larry 24. 

 I still remember laying on our sofa in our tiny apartment at The Villa Victoria in Waco, Texas...and asking him, "Where do you think we'll be in 50 years?"

He said, "Still in love..."

It's been a road well-traveled.  We've had our ups and downs, like everyone else but we're still here...still together...and, still in love.

Larry and Tom were best buds having met in the Air Force.

Tom's wife always seemed to be the picture taker! lol

But here she is (Beverly) today...Thank goodness we're all still around.  lol   

Tom is now 80 and Bev is 78.

We went to the Cotton Patch for the anniversary lunch...we never tire of chicken fried steak.

Here's a recipe I want to try!  Have you ever made this?  Looks like a good recipe for Christmas.

Larry made me a potpourri box and

a Tuna can juice drainer!  Two different kinds...one that fits just inside the can and one that fits in the can and also, you can turn it over and drain liquids off the veggie cans.  He does these things on his 3-D Printer.  They worked like a charm!

I also made some vanilla cookies with pecans...

This is truly the state of affairs in our Congress! 

My favorite photo of our Sloane...too funny.  She wore that box until it broke! lol

This morning, I made quesadillas...at least for Larry.  I had a locarb tortilla with cheese and egg.

Well guys, guess I'll stop boring you.  Here's praying you all are safe and well... (we just lost our neighbor of 50 years.  He was 87).  SO... stay well, see your doctors...drink that water... and love those close to you because you never know when our time is up.

So... on that positively, negative note...lolol... until next time...

Strawberries...Cakes, New Life and Old Friends.

Good morning, friends...It's been almost 2 weeks since my last post!  We've been a little busy, as of late.  Goodness!  Almost all good things though.  Sunday, we went to our daughter Crystal and hubby's home, for a family gathering.  All of our kiddo's were in town at the same time!!  Hadn't happened in over 4 years!  Tylar and wife, Sara in from Hungary...William in from Arkansas...we were extremely blessed!  Also, Tylar and Sara had an announcement...!!!

I made a cake from a recipe I found on Patti's, Olla-Podrida blog.  We all loved it!  And I made a Vegan one!  (for our Sara)

Vegan 

Regular cake

I had frosted them both but can't find the photo of the finished cake!!

On Thursday, we went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast...omgoodness, these were wonderful!  They had cheesecake filling tucked away inside of the pancakes!

We had plenty to eat...bar-b-que...mac & cheese...potato salad...ribs and sausage!  It was all sssooooo good!  But the best thing about it was the family all being together...

When Larry and I finally got our hugs out of the way and we all got settled on the sofa, I looked at Sara and said, "Well...Where's my greatgranBaby"?  Just teasing them like I always do...Sara looked at me funny like, and said, who told you??"  Lololol...I swear no one had and if daughter Crystal knew, she said nothing!  I just had been feeling "new baby" for the last day or so...We all had a good laugh, but Larry and I are SO happy about having another GreatGran in the family!!  And it's another Girl!

Expectant parents, Grandson Tylar and Sara.

Everyone was getting in the pool and Larry and I grabbed grandson William for a photo.  Gampa Larry made a funny face because William always hams it up during a camera shoot.

Now this is Caitlin (left) William's new girlfriend.  So pretty and works in some governmental department (forensics).  We don't know too much about her as of yet...and Will wasn't offering much information.  We'll find out more later on though...lol

We also found some time to get together with our old school buddies...A lot of years have passed since elementary and now.  Amazing we're all together, still!  Praying we stay that way!

I know this is probably a silly thing, but it really helps me stay on track with appointments or places I need to be.  I take 2 prescriptions and various supplements so...why not add little signs to those specific days right on my pill box?  I see it every morning...Works for me!

I cut post-it-Notes with my info on it then stick it to the day I need to take notice of...works and I'm not constantly pulling out calendars!

For lunch today I made chicken breast and green beans...

Then I received a JURY SUMMONS in the flippin' mail!  I'm SO sick of these things...It's like the courthouse has me on speed-dial!!  Well...long story short, I've been excused from duty...

I'm going to have to have surgery on my eye...October 9th.  Oh well...I'd rather have surgery than jury duty again!  They can't find enough decent people to uphold the law!  I've done my duty for over 52 years...I don't feel any remorse about missing one time!

And what's a post without Sloane? lolol

She had a blast in the pool. She loves her Pops.

Well, I suppose that's about it for now.  Hope you all have been behaving yourselves!  I'll be over to check up on you so...until next time...