This week seems like it was very strange. Maybe because of the holiday. And when I said that LIFE happened in the last post, this week we could substitute other letters!

We grilled some steaks on Monday with corn on the cob, baked beans and salad and then had leftovers in a salad on Tuesday. This was the first that Bill had done any grilling since we went to
Florida. We didn't grill there because it was a communal grill and we just didn't want to take a chance with it. Of course the charcoal I bought would not stay lit so it took forever for the steaks to cook. We also bought a new washer and dryer.

Ryan and Bryan got the old washer and dryer Tuesday morning and the new ones were delivered that afternoon. We also got Bill's meds from Fed-Ex instead of them coming on Wednesday.

Since the meds came early, we decided to go to Tunica on Wednesday. For those of you who don't know "what" that means...it's Tunica, Mississippi to the casinos. We had been in Oklahoma for a little while and Bill did pretty well. He didn't do as well this time. He was very overwhelmed by all of the noise and people. He also couldn't remember how to play the games. This was something that we had both enjoyed in the past, and I wasn't able to enjoy myself because of keeping track of him and what he was doing. They have also changed the machines so much now. There are too many paylines and to win anything you have to bet a lot more than before. We can both remember the first time we went. We each had $50 and stayed all day and into the evening. On the way home we both commented that it wouldn't bother us to not go again.

Thursday was the last day of school and McKenna wanted to walk. But, when she didn't arrive at the church within 15 minutes I got a little worried. I drove to the school and the bus for her field trip had not arrived yet. She was one tired little girl when she finally did get home. It started storming that evening and rained really hard all through the night.

When I got up yesterday morning there was water all over the laundry room/computer room floor. I was not real happy, not that I had to clean up the water, but we've had that roof repaired 3 times since we put the roof on! Of course no roofing company would come out in the rain, so we just cleaned it up. The good thing is that I got to really try out the new washer and dryer!

It also started raining today, and I started watching that room to see just where the water was coming from. To my surprise, it's not the roof. Some how the water is getting in behind the siding and coming down the wall and then out into the room. I put down lots of towels and then marked the wall with painters' tape to get an idea of where to look when the weather lets up enough to get out. This is very discouraging since we just had the siding installed 3 years ago. I also had a sneaky suspicion that Home Depot is not going to be very cooperative at fixing it. There were lots of problems when it was installed to begin with and they probably don't want to hear from us again! But, if you're going to do a job, do it right!

On top of all of this, a good friend called and said that her mother had cancer throughout most of her body and they were just keeping her comfortable now. This was totally unexpected. She did say that "Mama" is handling it well and is a peace with it. Another friend developed an infection in his colon and has spent the entire week in the hospital in Memphis. Still another had a pacemaker/defibrillator implanted this week. So, last week the mundane aspects of life happened. This week it was the bigger, badder things. But, another month has passed. Another month of life for Bill and we will be thankful for that blessing. We are also looking for the blessings in the problems and illnesses. So far they are staying hidden from me. Maybe before long they will show themselves.

All for now.