Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Today I had to go back to the dentist. I'm having a crown replaced and the first impressions the dentist took needed to be redone. So I started my morning at Dr. Clay's office. Claude dropped me off and headed to the Church to catch up on computer input for his home teaching lists. After the dentist, he picked me up and we had a great lunch at O'Charlie's. Claude then took me on a quest to find Pack 'n Play sheets. We didn't find them at Walmart or Kohl's. Then we dropped Claude off at the Scott County Republican Headquarters to man their desk from 1:30 to 5:30pm. I stopped at KMart and found the Pack 'n Play sheets. Yeah Gramma! I was able to run some errands and this week I did NOT loose my keys!! I'm improving! Then it was off to the nursing home to sing with Papa and visit Mimi. My poor mom had a cold and her eyes were swollen and red. She enjoyed us being with her. Dr. Weckman saw her and said it was just a cold and not to worry. Andie and kidlings met us at the Scott County Republican Headquarters and grampa took us to Cici's for a pizza dinner on the way home. The mini-Marx's ran us through our paces until time to get them to bed. Then Andie, Claude and I headed settled in for 'adult swim' by watching Criminal Minds & CSI: NY.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Today was supposed the be the day we finalized a little more on the funeral arrangements for Mimi and Papa. We had an 11am appointment. Papa called and said Elizabeth Johnson had called him and had some people setting up a funeral and would need to meet at 11:30am instead. When we got there, Elizabeth was still sitting with these people and wouldn't be available until 2pm. We changed our meeting time until 2pm on Wednesday. Then we headed to Walmart for yarn to make a pink blanket for David & Katherine's soon-to-be-born little Norah. Then back to the nursing home to feed lunch to Mimi. She is always soooo happy to see Papa. She loved the hugs and kisses he generously bestows on her. She ate everything and we left a very happy Mimi. Back at Papa's apartment we practiced and lined out the program for Wednesday's singing at the nursing home. Then the missionaries came to his home to play guitars and sing on their P-day. I headed back to Sadieville where Claude was finishing up cutting the acreage. We had a quiet evening at home.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Today, Laura Carter and Jessica, her daughter, and I headed to Owingsville for a visit. It was fun to ride and visit with Laura. I headed for home right after because I was very tired. Claude was still in Louisville and then he went to LaGrange to be grampa again. I curled up on the sofa in the basement and read my book and took a short nap. GREAT DAY!! It was a good think Claude was in LaGrange. They mini-Marx's had their flu shots the day before and were in need of some serious snuggling. That is right up Pa's alley. Andie was a little under-the-weather. So having the extra pair of hands to hold and play with the kids was great. Andie told he dad she was going to remember and have him over next year after the kids had their flu shots. Claude attended general priesthood meeting before coming home. It was great to finally be home together again.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Today was the annual LDS Family Services training in Indianapolis. The plan was to have Lynn, Larry, John and myself meet at the Louisville stake center right off I-64 and drive together in John's car. I got there first and had a biscuit and Dr. Pepper from McDonald's across the street for breakfast. I felt safer sitting there at 6am instead of the dark parking lot across the street. I moved my car over at 6:30. Lynn came and joined me in my car. They a HUGE SUV drove up behind us. Larry popped out and John. Turns out Kristy wanted to ride also and she has this HUGE SUV. As I tried to hoist my gross tunnage into her back seat, she said to me, "Now, I need to be sure you know we are leaving at 1 or 2pm." The conference was not to be over until 4pm. I turned to Lynn and said, "Did you want to stay for all the conference, they are leaving at 1 or 2pm?" Lynn wanted to be there for the entire thing. I agreed. So she and I drove in my car and the others drove in Kristy's HUGE SUV. They rolled out some new things at this conference so the end result was that only Kristy returned to Lexington at 1:30pm. The remainder of us rode home in my car. The conference was great and I learned a lot. They served Hawaiian Haystacks for lunch and that was just wonderful. We did have a nice ride home and it was great to visit with these people.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Was up at 8:30am. And into get things done mode. I got Papa's laundry finished. The remainder of my apple drying and freezing finished, and the final things in my car for delivery from Humanitarian Service Day. I was out-the-door by 11:30am. I dropped Tiny and Papa's laundry off first. Then I headed to UK Hospital. This didn't work out and cost me many hours of valuable time. After many calls to find my location, I called Cardinal Hill and they said they would take the blankets I had to deliver to UK. So after 2 more U-turns on the way there, I found Cardinal Hill Pediatric Rehabilitation. They were so happy to get the books recorded on CD. And they cheerfully took the tied blankets to deliver to another portion of this hospital. I'm off to LaGrange to see the grandmonsters. They were having quiet time when I arrived. Now Hayden's version of quiet time is, "Mom, is quiet time over yet?" or singing at the top of his little lungs the theme song to The Polar Express. Both are quite delightful over the monitor. After the kids got up, Claude came out from his conference in Louisville and we had a fun evening feeding them pumpkin pizzas from a recipe Claude found in the paper and playing until time for bed. Andie and Michael got a much deserved date night. Claude headed back to the hotel and I headed to bed for the 5:30am wake-up call the next morning. While trying to teach me to sing the Polar Express theme song, Hayden made sure I knew I needed to put my hand by my mouth to say "All aboard" 2 times before you sing. Bailey can now say "All aboard!"