It's Been Awhile

I haven't posted for awhile since nothing much was going on other than what I had written about previously. Monday and Tuesday were quiet - just getting work done around the house. Dan started painting the west side of the house. When they put the french doors in (before we moved in), they had done a very poor/nonexistent patch of the spraycrete finish. We patched it shortly after we moved in, but hadn't painted it to match the rest of the house. So now that's done - one more thing off the "to do" list. Dan is also in the process of removing the trunk from the laurel oak tree that we took out last year. He's been waiting for the wood to dry out and we're finding out that laurel oak doesn't dry out. We are still working on finishing the patio. We can't do a whole lot at any one time because of the heat and humidity. But we aren't complaining - you just learn not to try and do too much at any one time.

Wednesday, Aunti Vi just wanted to go visit Uncle Len (he's now in the rehab center) so we picked up her groceries and then went down to take her over to visit her brother. He was asleep when we got there and we tried to wake him up, but he wouldn't even acknowledge that we were there. She didn't want to leave, she said maybe he'll wake up so we went over to the assisted living facility and picked up his mail. We then went back and picked up Aunti Vi (Uncle Len was still asleep). Uncle Len just wants to die - he has no will to live whatsoever. He also is refusing to put any weight on the left leg. He hasn't walked since he broke that hip. They have him in PT but he is not cooperating with the therapists at all. Overall, the situation is a real downer.

Thursday, we had Bible study. We finish next week. I was thrilled to see Linda back - she had been in the Bible study this winter and was intending on taking the Daniel study again, but the Lord had other plans for her. She had had uterine cancer 5 years ago and had gone in for her 5 year checkup expecting to "receive a gold star" her way of saying a clean bill of health. The report she got was anything but. The cancer had reoccurred with a vengeance. So instead of taking the Bible study, she wound up going through chemo and radiation. We had been praying for her and our prayers have been answered - she is through with the treatments and so far so good. She'll know more next month. But it was SO wonderful to see her again!!
The people in the Bible study are so precious and they are looking forward to the next one.

Tonight Connie and Jesse came over. We spent about an hour in the pool and then had hamburgers and salad for dinner. After dinner we (Connie and I) scrapped and Jesse worked on his Sunday School lesson for Sunday. He's teaching the senior adults.

Tomorrow is our monthly Sunday School class breakfast. We're meeting at a restaurant near McKechnie Field (spring training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates). I don't know how many will be there, but it's always a fun time.

After breakfast, we're going to go up to St. Pete to a scrapbook store to pick up some odds and ends. I am really enjoying scrapbooking - it's relaxing and definitely provides an outlet for creativity.

Sunday of course is church and then another week begins.