I can't fix the glitz in this software so I'm discontinuing the blog

I'm sitting in our living room, the windows are closed and I'm smelling  the smoke from the wildfires in Idaho.  We've had strong winds from the west all day which explains the smoke.

We'll still be having hot weather this week, but after that we should be enjoying the beautiful weather that makes Colorado so enjoyable.  I do not like hot weather!!

It was a busy week; on Tuesday we had to be at the hospital quite early for Paul to have his heart catheterization.  After he was all hooked up and ready to go, they discovered they hadn't stopped his blood thinners early enough and it was too risky to continue with the procedure, so we came back to return another day.

On Friday, we went to downtown Denver to meet with our attorney and the developer who is disputing our boundary and thinks he owns some of our land.  This disagreement has been going on for more than four years and is getting really tiresome.  Fortunately we have an excellent lawyer...she's little but she's feisty.  A possible compromise is in sight.

My cleaning lady is coming tomorrow -it is such a luxury to such help and I'm very thankful for her.

It's almost bedtime, so this is all for now.

thoughts on a Friday

I just found out I can post using my Samsung tablet, it's a slower process, but the glitch in my computer still isn't letting me post.

It's been a busy week.  On wednesday I had to fight early morning traffic to get to downtown Denver by 8:oo am for an appointment with my neurosurgeon. Paul wasn't able to go with me because he was at another location having a CT scan of his heart as well as some other heart tests.  The traffic was awful, so I left the interstate highway and found some side streets that got me to the medical complex in plenty of time.

After my appointment I hurried back north to attend our monthly  Christian Womens Connection.  After that we met two other couples for dinner, and after that I hurried to my ladies Bible study and potluck dinner.  So it was a very busy day, but very rewarding.

Last night and today my grandchildren here are at our house.  Their mama is in Reno for a two-week course at the National Judicial College.  They are offering interesting classes including safety for judges.

After a few hours of outside play, we'll be going to Chick Filet for lunch; their daddy will pick them up this evening.

Our weather has been perfect lately...I love this time of year.

I lost my cell phone last week somehere in the house or car.  After several days of futile searching, I bought a new one --and then found it the next day...isn't that what usually happens?

Hello again!

I'm at my daughter's house and with their computer, I can post on my blog!  Still don't know why I haven't been able to post on my computer at home, when everything else is working.

Today I'm recovering from a quick trip to my home town for my 60th high school class reunion; my school - Freeman Academy - has an alumni banquet each year, and our class was honored on our 50th year and again this year.  It was so good to see quite a number of my classmates and catch up on each one's life and family.  The only downside was that the speaker at the banquet gave a very long and very boring speech, and the meat - while very delicious, was very tough.  It was "Applejack Pork" and I don't know why it was so tough, because usually pork is quite tender.  I was sad to see that some of my classmates are in very bad physical shape, suffering from Parkinson's, or similar diseases.

I also spent time with my cousin Goldie and her sister Diann and husband Arlen, we had a very good visit together.  Goldie and I decided that in two years - when we have our 80th birthdays, we have to do something special together.  She is only 25 days older than I am, and we always make a big deal about how much younger I am than she is.

I have to make a confession.  I felt sad coming home, for several reasons.  First of all, I may never see some of those friends again.  But also, the thought kept coming to me that if I had stayed around my home town and settled down there, I would have been spared so much heartache and suffering, but unfortunately, there are no do-overs.  I made choices that seemed good at the time but turned out badly and caused consequences that still linger today.

Tomorrow I see the spine surgeon to find out what his recommendations are.  In the meantime we have learned that Paul needs to have his aortic valve replaced, but he wants to wait and have me taken care of first, while I think he should go first, after all, mine isn't life-threatening.

We've been having beautiful weather the last few weeks, except that it's been terribly humid; some days the humidity has been as high as 93% and I HATE IT!  The doors stick, drawers stick, my hair doesn't dry after shampooing, etc.  But lately it's been getting better and pretty much back to normal.

The previous weekend, my grandchildren stayed with us over Saturday and Sunday.  Carly is so helpful; after dinner on Saturday, she washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen so I could sit down and rest.  So Joey and I watched a video "Dumbo, the Flying Elephant"....it brought back memories because it was the first movie I ever saw in a theater.  That was back in the mid 1940's; all the rural schools were invited to the county seat for the annual spelling bee and track contests, and afterwards all the children were taken to a theater to see the Dumbo movie and another cartoon, "The Whale that sang at the Met".  Back then, my church taught that going to movies in theaters was a sin - so during that whole movie I was nervous that Jesus might come back and find me in a theater and not take me up to heaven with Him!!!!  Well, times have changed -- movies are not sin anymore and I'm still waiting for Jesus to come back!

It's funny the things one remembers.....