Elections...Halloween, Faithful and Time Change.

Don't forget to Fall Back One Hour on Saturday night, here in the States!

Well, good morning, Friends!  I guess by now, you know it's Halloween...lol

We have been a little busier since my eye surgery.  It gets old just doing nothing!  Depressing...and I've certainly felt depressed.  Feelings are hard to digest when all you do is sit or walk around the house.  So many things swirling around in your mind...We have gotten out and I have even begun to drive myself on short errands.  The gas bubble is now gone, thank goodness, but there's a slight, tiny, light gray area in the center of my vision that when I'm looking with both eyes, disappears.  But when I cover my left eye, I can see it...crazy.  My checkup isn't until Nov 21st so, we'll see what Doc says.

I planted this orange mum yesterday...we'll see how long it last.
 

Griselda, the half blind witch, had a slight accident... I'm not too sure she'll be up to Sloane's visit later this evening!

She has Gamma and Gampa thoroughly, wrapped! 

And here's Miss Kitty, on patrol for any little ghost or goblins within her kingdom...She's doing so good!  She is coming into the house, through the dog door, almost constantly, without any prompting from Larry or myself.  I believe she'll do well when Winter comes...  

Larry's been in the shop a lot recently working on Christmas presents.  I love how he decorated these for our tree...

The air fryer has been getting a workout...

                                Thighs and parmesan potatoes.

And chicken wings...

Taco Tuesday at Rosa's

And I must say, Libby the Pug has been my constant companion throughout this whole ordeal...I mean like Velcro! lolol 

Poor sweetie...Animals are so intelligent!  They know...

My Dad was Chief Radioman during WW2...in the Pacific Theater.  I have this telegram from his time aboard the USS Bulmer, two pages with the battles in Germany...various movements...announcements by Gen Eisenhower...How the British captured over 2000 troops    Well, I've been trying to contact the WW2 Museum in New Orleans for ages now to see if they would like my donation...silence.  I don't know who else to contact.  If you do, please let me know...It's newsy and I don't want it lost...It's a treasure.

Well, I suppose I'll wrap things up...Please pray for our country.

Go Vote, if you haven't already.  

God has a plan...no matter what awaits us, stay strong and believe.

So, until next time...

Early Voting ... Carnival, Birthday Video and CurbSide.

Good morning. Friends... Well, I'm back, trying to get a post out in between doctor visits. My eye surgery went well and I'm slowly healing.  There's a gas bubble in my eye that needs to absorb, and it is...slowly!  It's now the size of a dime...and makes focusing a bit tricky.  I will see the doctor again in one month.  The bubble must be completely gone before he'll cut my green Warning bracelet off...a necessary pain in the patootie.  I can't go skydiving...climb a mountain or do anything that changes the pressure in my eye.  No airplane rides...nothing.

He had a patient that ignored his repeated warnings and went mounting hiking.  He went up the mountain, a seeing man, and came down the other side...blind.  I don't think I'll be disobeying Doc.

Sloane painting her pumpkin for Halloween...

She is really into it! Lolol...sweet baby!

All Done!  

I bought her a cat basket...it'll be filled with goodies...

Samantha, Sloane and Everett...

I had made a chocolate pie (half blind) for Larry's 77th birthday.

Sloane sings Happy Birthday to Gampa! lolol

We loved it!!

Here, he was 34

Larry made us some garlic chicken and sweet potatoes...yum!

                                           And a cheese and tomato pie...

Then later in the 2nd week, we tried out Curbside service at out HEB grocery store.  I love it!!  No more fighting the crowds!

I had made this traditional chow the day before surgery.  Turned out okay...but I'll be hunting a new recipe.

Then I made sweet beans and air fryer chicken.

Larry made cream potatoes and roast.

And finally, yesterday we ate out for breakfast...I'm now able to sit upright!  Yeah Me!

It was a bit of a challenge to vote...we now have paper ballots...so you have to color in each candidate with the black ink pen...but I did it.

Please don't sit this election out!  Go Vote!

Well, hopefully, I'll see you next week but if not, soon after.

Have a wonderful week!

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, Cailin.  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...