No doctor appointments for several days

👍That is related to the title today!!!

TERRY

Terry will get PT for the first time in 2 weeks!  She says that her right shoulder is feeling somewhat better after the cortisone shot.  She is not wearing the boot on her left foot much as she is usually in bed or on the couch.  Her foot does ache from time to time but not bad.  For sure it will change what she will do in PT this afternoon as there will be no walking with the walker.  So, as for some time now, it is one day at a time.

I made some calls about in home care yesterday because I know as the days go on my energy level is on low!   

I post what the kitchen looked like when I got up this morning.  One can see that it is a total mess so my energy level must be VERY low.  I am getting enough sleep but still feel tired most of the time.  It is way past the time that we need help to come in so I will work on that again this morning as we have no place to go for the next two days.

I need to register for mail voting.  We do want to vote and of course Terry will most likely still be in a wheelchair so it will be best to do it from home.  I am guessing this is a scary election no matter who you want to win.  

For some reason blogger changed the format for writing and it is driving me crazy as I am not used to it and often it goes where I don't want it to go.  

Enough for this morning.  Terry is awake so it is probably time to get her up for the day.  The morning can't be all bad as I have my FP coffee and for some reason it seems to give me new hope today!

I am thinking about Veblen this morning.  Mom and Dad lived there for the last 15 years or so of their life.  The old school building is not there any more but that is where Mom went to school through her sophomore year of school and that was all.  She sometimes would mention that she so wished she could have finished high school.  Dad went to Wood Lake country school through 8th grade.  The top picture is of the dairy farm just east of town where they milk 20,000+ cows 24/7.  The middle picture is of the gas station which is still there and open.  The last time Terry and I stopped in Veblen I talked to the guy working there and he mentioned Dad had taken their wedding pictures.

Other than memories of visiting Mom and Dad in Veblen my favorite memories are of Mr. Lein's business.  He had a building where he served burgers etc that he made and then there was a pool table there and several tables where people could sit.  IF you were there mid morning or mid afternoon you would see town men sitting at the tables shaking dice to see who would pay for coffee!  When we would visit Dad often wanted to go and play a game of pool and then order a burger.  I was and am a terrible pool player so Dad know who would win and maybe that was the fun of it for him.  I do know that Dave probably would beat Dad so maybe they only had a burger!!!

Veblen holds many memories.  Grandma Lee was in the hospital for about a month before she died.  Helen, myself, Dave, Joan and I think Janet was born in Veblen.  Starting my sophomore year of high school that is where we went to church as Bergen closed.  Grandpa Sampson and Jim lived there and Mom loved to visit them and would take Dave and I along.  Today the pillow factory, which was big, is closed and the cheese factory is also closed.  The lumber yard which was big is no more.  The Senior Citizen center that Mom and Dad loved to go to is no more and in it's place is a bar!  There has not been a grocery store for many years.  About the only thing that is keeping Veblen alive are the dairy farms to the east and to the west.  Between the two of them they milk about 45,000 cows a day!  I promise you those cows do NOT get ANY exercise.  I think those kind of farms should not be allowed but then what do I know about making money???