This is the second time I have posted today, I was quite into my posting when I accidentally deleted all of what I had typed. Instead of getting even and throwing my I-Pad across the room I just started over. What a trooper.
We landed in Hayward WI about 3pm yesterday afternoon. Beautiful drive, but I am getting ahead of myself.
On Sat. Dot made cookies. Lots Of cookies, a chocolate drop cookie and Ginny's famous oatmeal date nut cookies that are heart healthy or is that an oxymoron.
We made a braided bread that I bought from Krista at church for volleyball. Had to be baked, we made a ton of chicken vegetable soup for Elaine and Bill Sandefur from church. Elaine was just diagnosed with A.l.S., was a devastating diagnosis. She is getting weaker and weaker. Bill has never had to function without Elaine. He didn't even know how to run the microwave or dishwasher or anything. He is quickly learning.
After working so hard all day we made a lovely salmon dinner with strawberry salad and sweet potatoes. Too yummy, watched a movie and lights out by 10 pm - oh we are a lively bunch, we drank a bottle of Cupcake Petite Shirah. Started on the Cupcake Malbec but it wasn't as good.
Sun. Came with sunshine a a busy schedule. Sell raffle tickets at church, Dot helped me Usher, there were 54 in church that day, we served our cookies and coffee downstairs, had lots of fun, got out of church by 11:30 and Dot was on her way home by 1pm and I aw off to Elaine and Bills with bread, soup and cookies. Spent 3 hours there and had a lovely visit and stopped at Martha's in Remer on the was home, Elaine and Bill live in a beautiful log home on Thunder Lake. Martha in a very tiny apartment in Remer and wants help with a garage sale. Can't do it, she wanted to know what some crystal might be worth. I don't think she liked it when I told her a dime a glass. We are in Remer and there just isn't a market for that stuff. I will go so far as to take and store it for our church garage sale but that's it.
We also met Jim and Sue Brown in Emily for dinner that night. Their 40th wedding anniversary. They have a lovely log home with at least three double and triple garages on Daget Lake in the Cross Lake area. We will go over there around Christmas time. She decorates so beautiful. That was a busy Sunday.
Monday we were on the road by 6:30 to go to Duluth for my final back checkup. Stopped at Doug Lindamood's for coffee. Was at x-ray by 9am. I am as good as I will be and out of pain so I can't complain, won't ever be as good as new but I am greatfull to be where I am right now.
I am helping with the annual coat give-away at church. Thanks to Gail's suggestion I asked the Lion's for $250 for coats and our WELCA group from church gave $100. So we have money we have never had before. I have gone to the Hill City Thrift store yesterday and today hit Goodwill, Salvation Army and Saver's in Duluth and got over $200 in coats alone today for kids. We then met Doug for lunch at The Olive Garden. I love their bread sticks.
Just heard Jim return from town. We forgot to bring eggs. Going to make waffles.
Have to run.
I just finished breakfast and Jim bought some microwave egg scrambles and they were wonderful with milk and toast and coffee.
Tuesday we cleaned the church from 9-2 with a potluck lunch, I wish my scalloped potatoes and ham would have turned out better. Had them in the crock pot maybe 6 hours too long. They were OK but for a church potluck you want yummy.
I ran a bunch of flyers around in the afternoon for our Fall Bazaar. Now I really have to get going on that. Jim is about to take a nap and I need to take the dogs out for a walk.
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