D D It's one of those kinda days

One step forward and two back.
Mirror mirror on the wall................................

Daughter Michelle called her dad from Missouri last night to talk.
She and her hubby are traveling by car to CA to leave her car with thier daughter so that she has transportation to work in her chosen field.  Nursing.
She has been an R.N. for a few years now and as a single young woman is trying her wings.
Moved to CA from MA not knowing a soul there. Went from the airport to a motel nd got a newspaper to look for a place to share rent and work.
Never in my wildest imagination could I picture myself doing that at any stage of my life.
   Thinking back to a year ago this time.............her hubby suffered two blown out knees from an attack on him at our local Elks Lodge where he was attending a committee meeting as a member of that committee.
Both legs in casts for over 3 months after his surgery. Michelle caring for him at home for months before he could even wipe his own butt.
PT and everything else associated with months of being in bed unable to do for yourself.
One year later is able to take care of his own personal needs and work, but his legs will never be the same.
Has adapted to the way he climbs and gets down stairs and many other things as a result of that beating.
Slime buckets pulled his sweat suit top over his eyes so he couldn't see and no one would rat out the person  or persons out. The Elks members that work there don't want to lose their jobs.
Real F'n nice.
A heated discussion turns into a personal attack. :0(
They say things happen for a reason.......in this case it has brought Michelle and Joe closer together.
Their 2 kids are grown and  they now can enjoy the freedom to travel places they have never been in the USA during the slow months of their catering business.   :0)
Jess needing a car gave them the incentive to take off across country. 
Stopping at the Grand Canyon on their way to CA and where ever the urge takes them.
Flying back.

    Another day...another appointment I just made for 11:50 this morning.
Hubby heads to his shower and asks if I can take him to the chiropractor today.
How's about a heads up on that earlier in the morning!.  sigh!
Now it's drop everything and rush to get out and  more of my day taken up.
Can't win....so why do I try!
Me time is hard to come by..........oh well, could be worse I keep telling myself and how true it is.
Got the sheets off the bed.... gave myself an E for EFFORT. :0)

Jill has her first gastro appointment at 1 today.
Her terminology of it is....A Meet and Greet appointment. Which of course, it is.

The SOB  of an EX SIL FROM HELL comes home either tonight or tomorrow night for a few weeks.
No structure in that household as it is....even less then. I shit you not!
Logan will be his brother Gil's relief babysitter for Erzi. sigh!

Some laughs.........then I am out the door. The Walmart Gang is back again !

Looks better on her.

skunk heads

How did she pour herslf into these?

Is it the knock knees drawing your attention?

Suspenders to hold the pants up and a top that is too short. Cute.

A good sport wearing this hat.

Reverse tank top???

Time to get my shoes on and shuffle off to Buffalo ..........

It was here that I was going to post this, BUT

even the best laid plans go awry and since we got back from the chiropractors, it's been one thing after another.

Had son Randy cut branches on my pink flowering Dogwood tree that our flag gets caught on and rips.

Took the ragged torn flag down and hung a new one up.

Randy stepped in dog shit so I scrubbed the shit off for him. Least I could do for the favor he did me. :0)

Washed and folded laundry and more laundry.

Went to the Senior Center to get our tickets to the Thanksgiving Dinner that the Elks Hall puts on every year and my son in law is the caterer.

Have been calling for weeks since my son in law told me they gave the Senior Center 160 tickets.

Only to be told today that they had only received 20 and the last 2 she had to give out had been on THE LIST  longer than I was.

When I question THE LIST as to why I wasn't put on it when I first called, I was told there was no list then.

Ahem!!!!

I mentioned who my SIL was and he told me that the Senior Center had already been given 160 plus THAT 20.

The vulture got all hoity toity on me and said " we have more members here than 160 and they get them first."

I looked her straight in the eyes and told her that I could always come through the kitchen of the Elks, but getting hubby in that way on the wet floors is a problem. 

The lady at the front desk wasn't Miss Congeniality either. :0(

Once again I was reminded by myself why I don't go there during the week just to get out.

Went two times to play cribbage over 5 years ago when hubby was in the hospital and the OLD GOATS were grumpy as Hell and I had one of THOSE at home.  I shit you not!

Now I'd like to know....since when do you have to join the Senior Center?

Is there a fee?  Do you get a membership card.???

I DON'T THINK SO!

It finally dawned on moi..... . Michelle was getting us tickets before she left and had said to stop in there to pick them up this week.

Went up to their place of business in the Center and they were there. TaDa!

Ordered sausage subs for hubby an I's lunch while I was at it and a large frozen Chicken Pot Pie for maybe tonights supper. Killed 3 birds with 1 stone. :0)

The only charge was for the Chicken Pot Pie.

Michelle has been married to Joe over 20 years and I can truthfully say that we have not puchased their lunch meals often because they don't charge us. We may have had 10 meals total.

I know the rest of Michelle's extended family gets free food as well as Joe's family and I just feel guilty.

Oh and so does their help that prepares the meals.

Jill has seldom brought stuff home and leftovers from weddings she donates to the Moose.

I do enjoy their minestrone and chicken soups and so does hubby.

When I made wedding cakes for a wedding they catered I would always bring a tub to take soup home in.

My Cheryl called me to tell me her 15 year old daughter tried to pull the wool over her eyes and told her she was going to go to the mall with friends.

Then she heard directions being given on the phone and knew something wasn't on the up and up as these friends had been there and knew the way.

Shayla isn't going anywhere now.  She is pissed at her mother. 

Hubby finally got off the bed long enough for me to make it.

Dryer stopped again. More folding to do.

Been in cahoots during the day with Jill on getting that Lift Chair tonight.

The arranged time is 6:30 p.m.

Can't wait to hear hubby bitch.....on second thought I could. I really could.... I shit you not!

Jill's next appointment is the 22nd to have the camera put down her throat .

Her gastro doctor will go further with testing if needed.

That's All Folks!