We had dinner in CF last night, and then sat on the patio at the Hilton Garden Inn motel where David's two sisters and one brother-in-law were staying before they headed home today. Hilton Garden Inn has a huge fire pit surrounded by comfortable outside furniture, and we had the place all to ourselves since it was Sunday night. Friday night when we came up to CF to eat dinner with the Rueber siblings at the Hilton, there was a wedding party going on, so the fire pit area was full and so was the other outdoor seating area. But, last night it was very quiet, and after the storm on Saturday night, the breeze was cool and the humidity was way down. We sat around the fire and talked for a couple of hours, then David and I left for home. Everyone went home today (Joel had left Sunday earlier). It was nice to have some time to visit with all of them, and we both wondered how often the Ruebers will get together, now that Ann is gone. Probably won't be so often...
Today was normal with laundry to do. David worked on getting parts of the old lean-to torn down, and I put up my feed sacks that I designed for Cargill on the walls of my art room downstairs. I also hung a few other things, such as my framed Phi Kappa Phi certificate, and my Aunt Rachel's watercolor of a sailboat. Things are shaping up in my art room. Maybe some day, when I get everything put in place, I will feel more like working down there! I still have work to do on the little cabinet we brought from Kanawha. I have to remove the wooden strips that hold the glass in place on the three little doors. Then, I'll be able to get all of that ugly aluminum paint off of the glass, and out of the crevices around the window areas. Once that is all cleaned off, I will stain the oak parts of the cabinet, and paint the pine parts. I will reassemble the windows, and try to figure out where I'm going to hang it. We have more 'stuff' than we have wall space or room for, and it's getting hard to see a visually pleasing spot for some of these last things. I may have to move my feed sacks to make room for the cabinet. It needs to be hung on the wall, and the walls are nearly full of my art work. But, the feed sacks are hanging on removable hangers, so there are no holes in the walls behind them, and that makes them quite adjustable.
I still want to find some kind of hanging devices for the little wall cabinet I bought at Leah's garage sale. It is just the right size for my natural essences and oils, and would look quite nice hanging in the right spot. So, adjustments will have to be made before I can feel completely settled, and ready to start doing work in that room. I have plenty of scrapbooks that still need doing, and want to glean my knitting magazines out, keeping just the ones that have patterns I might actually make. The others will be donated to the Traer Public Library. So....I'm just getting started down there...
Tomorrow I go to the PA at the Grundy Center Unity Point Clinic. I am supposed to see someone there every six months because I am on blood pressure medications, and they want to make sure of my health condition before they agree to renew my prescription. I suppose that is fair, but it sure seems like I have begun to spend way too much time at doctor's offices. I have the appointment tomorrow, then next week I see an eye doctor, and take the dog for his second canine flu shot. The following week I see the dermatologist to plan the treatment of my skin 'issue.'
Then, on the 26th, I meet some of my high school girl friends for lunch at the casino in Tama. Saturday I travel to Jordan, MN for the wedding of my great-nephew. David will stay home and mind the dog and the ducks/geese. I'll stay overnight and enjoy visiting with my Herman relatives.
On June 29th or 30th, after I'm back home and have my suitcase packed, I'll go up to Dave and Carol's and house-sit (and cat-sit) while they spend that week in Minnesota fishing. David will again stay at home with the dog and the ducks/geese!
I just get back from Dave and Carol's on July 5th, and the following Friday, I go to Toledo for the all-school reunion. I will stay there two nights, and be back home on that Sunday. I'll be home overnight, and Monday will go down to Cedar Rapids and meet with my niece and grand-niece to visit my sister, Jean, and to have lunch with Janey and Brianna before they leave to go back to Maryland and New York. (Again, David will stay home and mind the dog and the ducks/geese! Having pets and livestock can have a serious effect on one's ability to travel!)
So, that is how summer is looking. I don't know how many treatments I'll have to have on my skin, but they will be worked in around all the other 'stuff,' I'm sure. I do have another dermatology appointment in August, and a visit to my endocrinologist in September, and then, hopefully, I can take a break from doctors for a while.... at least until my appointment with the dentist in mid-November.
I should be almost like new again, once all of these medical people are done with me... one would hope, but somehow I know there will still be issues that need dealing with...for the rest of my life...oh goody!
Later, folks....
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