My Turn...Us, and of Course, food....

Good morning, friends!

I swear, it's been a week.  I finally was able to complete the dreaded colonoscopy yesterday.  Since my sister's cancer diagnosis four months ago, I made an appointment and had to wait until May 2nd.  Uneventful and no polyps found!

 Yea Me!  

Larry was a trooper...it took 30 minutes to get into the procedure (when I asked how many procedures a day they do, the nurse said 12 to 15 a day!)  and they put an IV into your arm...It's like you are in the lucid state but I don't remember a thing.  Next thing I knew, we were headed home!  Didn't remember a thing! 

What was I hungry for?  Fried chicken gizzards! Lolol...I'm serious...so, Larry stopped at Bushes Fried Chicken drive-thru and ordered me some.  I was so hungry!  And salt tasted wonderful.  Then off to bed for a three hour nap.

All week prior to the colonoscopy I'd been nervous...No one wants to do it but, you need to do it!  It wasn't as bad as I'd made myself believe.  I thought of a million reasons why I couldn't do it right now...childish reasons. 

I'm happy it's over.  New rules here in Texas though!  You need to start getting them at age 45 instead of 50.  Insurance will pay.  Instance being...the woman in the bed next to me had a huge polyp removed...just one but it was huge. ( I wasn't intentionally listening in!  You couldn't help overhearing the conversation).  The Dr even brought it to her bedside and showed it to her! I couldn't see it but needless to say, with all the gasping and awwwing going on, it must have been a big one!  The doctor said a few more months and it probably would have become cancerous!  The patient said she was SO glad she came in early!

My ever-trustful sidekick, Larry...

My view...

My yummy meal afterwards!

Larry getting the pergola set up to plant!  I was so excited!

Libby inspecting!

Just about finished!

And...UP it goes!!

Yea!!!  It's up and planted!  Ready for me to get my plants in the ground...

Me at age 28...so long ago!

Larry at age 32...so handsome.

Larry at age 72 on a trip we took to New York State in our motorhome.

Larry at 53...me at 50.

We hadn't been married all that long...1972

We were crazy about each other...We knew "of" each other in high school, but he was graduating, and I was in the 9th grade.  It would be a while before we'd meet again.  Vietnam interrupted us.  But we eventually met up again...dated...then married September of '72.

Just a little more about us...

Larry asked for salmon patties...hey, I got a pergola!

  I made the patties! lolol

Salmon patties with yellow squash casserole.

Yellow squash casserole...yum! 

A helpful chart...

Yes, you knew I'd sneak in a photo of our sweet great-gran, Sloane! lol

Big girl!  8 months 

Tartar sauce anyone?  This is a good one!

SO, that's about all I have for today, until next time...

Bread, Cheeky and Pie...and Pergolas

Good morning, friends! 

Goodness!  It's chilly here again.  With all the rain passing through, it brought with it, a cold front...so tired of the cold!

It's been a busy week around here.  I ran out of bread so did the quick fix and hauled out the ever faithful, bread machine.  I just load it up with all the ingredients, close the lid, and in three hours, we have a wonderful loaf of bread...no fussing back and forth with the proofing.  The machine allows me to just walk away.  Nice!

Breakfast toasting bread...yummy.

And who is this?  Our greatgran, Sloane, being cheeky.

I bought this large stoneware pie plate from the Pioneer Woman collection (10" X 2" and heavy).  I was in Walmart minding my own business when, this pie plate just jumped into my buggy!  Well!  I had no choice but to head to the check-out! lol

And like any good wife...came home and made Larry a pie.

Recipe here...

It's quick and has a custardy feel and taste.  Wonderful served cold.  It's alright served warm but, Wonderful cold!

Hanging my head in shame...at the Walmart, I grabbed up the last two cow sandwich plates!  The pie plate made me do it...lolol

I made lunch out of hamburger meat, noodles, Anaheim pepper, parmesan cheese, tomatoes and an English muffin Larry had made last week, warmed and buttered...so good.  

Re-planting of lavender in the badly, drought abused, soil next to the patio.  Hopefully, it'll take off and grow!  It smells Heavenly and just look at the color of it... 

I've also planted four rose bushes.  You can never have too many!

I was talking with hubby, Larry, the other day about how I hoped I could find a trellis large enough to let the "Rose Peggy Martin" climb on...Larry then set about disappearing for several hours.  I went to look for him out in his workshop and I found him building a pergola for me! Needless to say, I was a happy gardener!!   He loves a good woodworking challenge...did I say I knew that? Lolol...anyway, I was surprised and grateful.  He's the best...and I love him.

Here's the Rose Peggy Martin (odd name) climber.

And Larry also bought me two White Jasmines for the pergola.

Hopefully, everything will grow like intended!  It'll take a little training of the branches...and wire...lol

And...If you use cast iron much, you'll understand this...lol

Hope you all enjoy your week...stay safe and warm or cool, wherever you are.

So, until next time...

Sister Update...Re-planting...Cookies

Good morning, friends...Hope you all are doing well and enjoying your lives.    

We haven't been up to much lately...getting groceries, planting some roses and tomato plants.   Last 

Summer's drought killed almost everything in our yard!  With constant 108F temps and smidgens of rain, and really high water bills...we just gave up!  It's the first time, in all the time we've lived here (49yrs), that we just watered the foundation (prevents it from cracking), not the grass.  The yard was gorgeous and heavy with St Augustine.  I'm just sick...I am seeing sprouts of the St Augustine though...and we've been getting a lot of rain so here's hoping it'll grow back. I fully intend to water it!!  (Hubby is a tiny bit tight...not a lot butttt...and I can't really blame him...water prices here are terrible!) 

 

 

 

 

 This photo of my sister, Ruth, was taken probably in the around 2015.  She's now completed round 5 of the chemo for her colon cancer, and the doctors are saying everything looks very good!  After her round 6 treatment she'll have another PET (lights up tumors like a Christmas tree) scan done to see if it's shrinking.  Please keep remembering her in your prayers.

 

Our little Sloane whispering to God...in the beautiful Bluebonnets. (Yes, mom & dad checked for snakes! lol)

 

 

Sloane doing a bit of shopping with mommy...

 

 

 

 

I placed a Bougainvillea on a tree stump (tree kill by drought!).  It'll at least provide something pretty in the yard to look at.  I've been buying plants and re-planting.

 

 

 

 

Two tomato plants are really taking off! 

 

 

 

New roses planted...look at that parched ground!  Horrible!

Mostly weeds now...

 

 

 

We're traveling down this morning to visit with our daughter, Crystal who is visiting her daughter, Samantha and granddaughter, Sloane.  I got up early and baked some Walnut Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies.  Really good!  The sugar cookie is pressed into the center of the chocolate chip cookie... I'll post the recipe on my cooking blog. 

Recipe Here

(I want to pause here for a moment...I know that some of you already know who my family members are, by face and name but, my new friends don't.  That's why I do a re-telling of who different people are.  There's nothing much I hate more than trying to figure out how the people in photos belong to different bloggers.   I do this so they don't have to go back in my archives and do a search, if really interested...and for people trying to just read a post, most don't have the time or patience to do that).

 

Our Libby is waiting for a cookie in her PJ's...but she can't have chocolate and besides that, it's too early for cookies! lolol...tell that to Larry! (hubby)

Libby is not happy with me...lol

 

Larry smoked a Tri-Tip...omgoodness!  A seriously tender cut of meat!  And a bit pricey but worth it! 

 

 

 

 

And he made butter beans...yum...

Do any of you hike up the centers of your bacon so the edges don't drip grease onto the glass plate in your microwave?  It works!

 

 

 

Well, I guess that's it for me...Hope you all are safe and happy wherever you are, so until next time...