Rain, rain and more rain! It rained for four straight days this week, stopped for a couple of days and started in the middle of the night. It has rained most of the day today, but is supposed to stop by late afternoon. It's also windy and chilly, so it's totally miserable out.

We are just about packed for our trip to Florida tomorrow. Our suitcases are in the car and the only things left are things we still need access to today. I'm hoping to leave pretty early. With the time change and getting dark earlier now I really want to be at our hotel before dark.

Bill got stung by a wasp Thursday when he was taking out the trash. There was one on the trashcan and he didn't see it. I didn't feel the stinger in it but put a baking soda poultice on it. I also gave him some tylenol and benadryl. He said it was sore for quite a while, but it is fine now.

I will update this after Bill sees the Dr. on Tuesday. Our written itinerary and the online itinerary show different drs., but they are both in the transplant program so they will both be familiar with his case. We haven't met one of them but the other one is good ole Dr. Hosenpud.

I may not get an update done next Saturday as that is a travel day for us. So, maybe Sunday after we get home. 

Don't forget to turn your clocks back tonight and hope the little ghosts and goblins have a good time tonight. Happy Halloween!

It's a dreary, rainy day, but we need the rain so I won't complain, even though I got caught out in it this morning with McKenna. She wanted to spend the night last night and hang out with us today. She's been sick again with strep. She's on her second round of antibiotics in less than a month. Hopefully this will knock it out of her.

Sunday we drove up into the Ozark foothills to see the leaves since our local weather people had posted a map that showed them at near peak. We were disappointed, even though it was a beautiful day for a drive. The leaves that had changed were dull and not very pretty. We think it is because it was so dry this summer. But, we had a nice drive and lunch.

We got the washing machine somewhat draining again without calling a plumber. I do have to watch when it drains after the wash cycle and if I do just small loads it drains OK. There's still something clogging it somewhere, but I didn't feel like dealing with people this week, so we managed.

We were going through some things stored in the laundry room and found Bill's original digital camera. This one has to have a floppy disk in it. The battery was dead of course and who knows where the charger for it is, so went to ebay and was able to order one with an extra battery. I wouldn't have done it, but Bill's brain is in an endless loop about it now. Of course you can't buy floppy disks anymore except for obscure websites. But, this one may be easier for him to operate than the newer ones.

The rest of the week was just normal stuff. I did manage to get a haircut finally. Nobody's fault but my own for not getting it sooner! We took McKenna out to eat for breakfast and then she and I went to Walmart to get the yarn for her afghan. I finished the Captain American one for William except for sewing the star on. I also need to do the finish work of weaving ends on both the afghan and Petra's monster pants. Kenna changed her mind about the color she wanted and I had several squares made, but was getting tired of making them anyway so this was an OK change. I can use the squares for a blanket for the girls dolls. 

We'll spend next week getting ready to head to Florida. We leave next Sunday morning and will be back the next Sunday some time.  All for this post. Enjoy your week-end, however you spend it!

Another week down. It seems like we didn't do very much this week, so I'm really going to have to dig around in my brain to remember anything pertinent!

My IBS kicked in Sunday morning. I had everything ready for our dinner at church and then ended up staying home. Bill took everything with him and said there was a good crowd. He brought one dish home completely empty.

We got flu shots this week. There have already been some confirmed cases of the flu in the area. Unlike previous shots, I have not gotten sick! I usually have some symptoms within a few hours of the shot but not this year. We also had another nurse this time and we neither one felt the shot! The site has not gotten sore and I have just a very small spot at the site. I haven't looked at Bill's arm. She said that his bled a little so he might have a little bruise.

We were going to take a drive this week to see if the leaves have changed, but put it off. They are really just starting to turn so maybe this week we'll do it.

I still haven't worked on the washing machine yet, so will need to do that today. I've already been to the grocery store and have a pot of potato soup in the crockpot. It's supposed to be very cool today, or cool for us, in the mid 60s. But, it's supposed to be into the mid 30s tonight so we'll probably have to put the heat on again in the morning.

That's about it, or at least it's all that my brain can dig up! Have a good week-end!

Fall is gone and we are back to summer. It was very cool last week-end, only made it into the mid 50s on Saturday. I finally broke down Sunday afternoon and turned the heat on, only long enough to get the chill out of the house. By Tuesday we were back to the air conditioning. It's a little cooler today. The air is back off and the door opened.

We didn't do much this week at all. We're having problems with our washing machine draining now. I did laundry Wednesday and thought it was sounding funny. I just happened to be standing in the kitchen. Looked behind the washing machine and saw water dripping from the drain. Had to move both appliances to get it all mopped up, which also told us that the room is not level anymore! Everything else was draining fine, kitchen sink, bathrooms, so I ran the garbage disposal to clear it and the washer did fine so we thought it was fixed. I decided Thursday to wash a couple of blankets and only got 1 done because it did the same thing. I was in the laundry room working so I stood there turning the washer on and off to get it to drain. Needless to say I only got 1 blanket washed! So, this next week we will call Roto-Rooter. I did see them at the neighbors Thursday afternoon, so maybe their problem was also our problem and it is fixed. I'll just have to fill the washer with some water and see what happens. My sister also told me to pour a little Liquid Plumber down the drain pipe and then fill and drain to see what happens. If anyone out there knows any other remedies, I'm open to suggestions!

Bill cleaned out the garage some yesterday. He went out to look for our old stadium seats for the Homecoming game last night for Emily and decided to sweep out all of the leaves and accumulated dust. He couldn't believe how dirty it was, but it hadn't been done for 3 years! He's the only one who parks in the garage so we're not in it a lot.

I've been doing a lot of crocheting and knitting and as a result I have "crafters elbow". The only real treatment for it is rest and it's driving me crazy that I can't work on William's "Captain A'mica" afghan. It's more than half done and I really want to finish it. But, there's a nice lump at my elbow and it really does hurt to use my arm so I'm trying really hard to be good!

We're having a carry-in dinner at church tomorrow and I still have to get my cake baked and casserole mixed together. I'm not cooking the casserole until the morning, but I'm mixing it tonight to save some time. And, I must get the cake baked before the ballgame comes on at 4:30 so I'd better get going!

All for this week, have a great week-end!

Fall has finally arrived...not just the official start, but the actual season! The leaves are starting to turn and fall and the temperatures have dropped and you can just feel the change. I love it!

Monday was the first day that I actually felt good, not better but good. There have been so many, all over the place, who have/had this cold/sinus/allergy mess. Mine lasted exactly a week and then was gone. Luckily, or maybe because of his daily antibiotic, Bill has not gotten it. He did have a draining nose the other day, but that has also stopped.

He finally got a haircut and Thursday we got the oil changed and tires rotated on my car. They looked at the seat that came apart and have to order the part. So, we'll make another trip when it comes in. It was a beautiful day for a drive that day.

Bill has walked most days and he said he had to turn his little heater on yesterday! We have finally turned the air off. It's still really cool this morning so haven't opened the door yet. It's been really windy the last 2 days and I had to take my door decoration off last night because it was banging against the door.

 We got a new credit card this week (one of our switched) and as I was putting it in my wallet I noticed I was missing one. I knew the last time I used it was for something on line and I looked everywhere, under the chairs, in drawers, took everything out of my purse, nothing. So, I broke down and called the company, verified all of the recent purchases and then talked to a very nice lady who is sending me a new card, and it's just a replacement card, not a new account number since we have Bill's card. I hadn't been off the phone 5 minutes when I sat back down and lo and behold, in between the cushion and arm of the recliner was the card! The only place I hadn't checked. I didn't try calling back to cancel the new card. It was too much of a hassle to get past all of the automated questions to actually talk to a person. So, when it comes in, I'll shred the old one. Lesson learned...put it back on the table instead of the arm of the chair and then back into the wallet as soon as I'm finished!

We met Ryan and Amanda at the halfway point and did a kid swap. It was the first time in several months that he called and talked to Kayden and Kiyann and actually wanted them to come for the week-end. Tori was going to spend the week-end in town her with her brothers, so we dropped 2 off and picked 1 up. We were surprised that Kiyann actually wanted to go and there weren't any tears when the time came. She gave her daddy the biggest hug, and he just closed his eyes and held her. I wish he would make more of an effort to see and talk to them. I know most of the conflict comes from Amanda and he doesn't want to make waves, but these 2 need their dad and he was always a pretty good dad. So, there's hope yet!

All for this week! Have a great week-end!