Friday, April 3 – Dog Grooming & more rain

 

We woke this morning to more rain. We have been here a week now and I think we have seen the sun two days and the rest have been rain, rain and more rain.

I like the rain, but living in a RV with this much rain is not fun. It wouldn’t be as bad if we didn’t have dogs to walk. Buddy the white dog seems to find every muddy puddle out there.

After their morning walk, Buddy went right to the tub for a bath. After him was Bayer and Mr. B’s bath happen in the kitchen sick. Being as small as he is it is much easier in the sink.

Once they were somewhat dry I got out the blow dryer to dry them before grooming.

After we were finished with them, I gave Jesse a haircut and then got ourselves and everything cleaned up (we groomed them in the house, still raining outside) it was 2:30 and then sun came out. It warmed up to 69 degrees, it was 55 when we got up this morning.

I warmed the chicken BBQ and beans for us to eat. Then we got dressed to go to Ikea. We found a 3 tier shelf and a duvet cover that we liked.

We stopped at Chick-fil-A to get a sandwich and Jesse got an ice cream cone.

Once home we watched some TV shows we had recorded earlier this week.

With all the rain this is what our area looks like out our front door.

The water level is not usually this high, there is a pier that you can not see because it’s under water.

  Have a good day, until tomorrow hugs to all.

Thursday, April 2 – Everything is Okay

 

Our grandson Gage was having his tonsils and adenoids removed today and everything went very well. Adam said he was feeling fine and was eating and drinking and would be going home after a few hours. Adam said the surgery only took about 15 minutes.

We were out the door by 10am because I went to the doctors today about my cough. As those folks that were in the Valley with us know, I have had a persistent cough for several months. Just as I has suspected it was a side effect of my blood pressure medicine, which has now been changed. I had a chest X-ray taken just to be sure.

After my doctor visits, we went to Crackerbarrel for some late breakfast, then on to Walmart to have my prescriptions filled. We also did a little shopping while we were there, then home again.

It was almost 3pm by the time we got home. We had planned to give the boys a bath and start their badly needed grooming, but decided to wait until tomorrow morning.

We relaxed for awhile then I started dinner, I made salad and homemade pizza.

We settle down to watch the final ER. It is always sad when a show that I have watched for so long comes to an end.

Until tomorrow – Stay safe and hugs to ya’all!!

Wednesday, April 1 – Family

 

We were out of the rig by 11:30, the five of us (the boys were with us) were on the way to the nursing home. Pop knew who both Jesse and I were today and was having lunch when we arrived. Sondra arrived just a few minutes after us. We had a meeting with the nurse assigned to Pop to discuss his care.

I had mentioned that he has been going down hill over the past few months. He is not eating, therefore he has lost about 40 pounds within the last few months.

The decision was made to begin hospice care. He will be able to stay at the same home, but they have stopped all non-essential medications and he will receive additional care from their staff.

We knew this time would come, but it is not easy, being most hard on Sondra who has become his main caregiver for the past 4 1/2 years.

Now on to the happier past of our day. We followed Sondra back to her house. We were going to spend the evening and have dinner with her. We looked at pictures from her trip to China last year. She had a wonderful time.

Sondra’s youngest daughter was also there, Susan, and we all just sat and visited. She had hurt her back so she was resting on ice.

After a while Sondra’s oldest daughter came over with her youngest daughter Alyssa.

After awhile they left to pick up Jennifer Marilyn’s oldest daughter from softball.

We had a wonder meal of green salad, salmon, roasted potatoes, broccoli, corn, rolls and for dessert apple pie. Once we had everything cleaned up from dinner we retired to sit and visit. We somehow never run out of things to talk about. It is always nice to spend time with Sondra.

After they had there dinner Marilyn and the rest of her family came over to visit with us. We all got caught up on what's been going on, but mostly it was 20 questions for Jesse and I. They are truly interested in our travels.

left to right- Jennifer, Sondra, Marilyn, Charles, Alyssa, Susan and Madison (Susan’s daughter)

It was a good time to spend time with family. We didn’t get home until 9:30 and watched a little TV then off to bed.