• Aging Parents,  Surprises

    A Couple of Surprises – followed by Pizza and Busy Week

    A Couple of Surprises Followed by Pizza Yesterday we had to get up around 5:30 so we could get Mom by 7:15 and get her to an appointment at Centennial (across Nashville in rush hour) by 9:00 a.m. We did it with a few minutes to spare! Mom’s surprised everyone with two things yesterday. 1) She told the nurse practitioner that her UTI was back and she’d had symptoms for a week and a half. 2) She asked for Christmas ornaments from her house. So number 1 is pending and number 2, quite frankly, is concerning. It’s making me think she is really losing her memory. When I told her…

  • Sick,  Texas,  Travel

    Relaxing Travel Part II: Texas Stories and Surprises

    Well, here is part II of our Texas travel. A chatty vlog about a couple of “funny” things that happened there in TX and also a lot of feelings about quitting work and retiring. Lots of pretty scenery, our family holiday meal, and our trip back home to Tennessee. A wonderful ending. 😉 . You can watch it HERE. Other Updates Flu & Cold Well, I’m much better today but after I left the last blog entry, I had a set back. It’s like I contracted a completely new cold. And started the whole mess over again. I went through 2 boxes of Kleenex yesterday alone. After resting and having…

  • Dogs,  Happiness

    Sometimes a Day Brings Huge Surprises

    We have something brewing. And it’s a good thing. Our neighbor’s daughter found this one and rescued her. Not chipped, and no one is claiming a lost dog and area vets have not received notice. Our neighbor had not decided yet if she could keep her when we met her. I wanted to carry the dog home immediately because it was love at first sight for me. The dog took to me and was happy. And of course look at MY face. You see that smile? But we had to leave her with my neighbors and they would be in touch. They had invited us to meet the dog at…