Here we are the last Saturday of April 2021

 TERRY

Terry is the same.  She continues to NOT use the commode or the walker at home.  Yes, for the most part she is in bed or on the couch BUT she does go back and forth from the bedroom to the couch several times a day.  I have made an appointment for her Monday to get a brain scan as the doctor encouraged.  I now have to make an appointment with her neurologist but that is NOT easy.  I called the office yesterday and Dr. Vickers is booked until the middle of May.  I am hoping that somehow they can fit her in way before that.  We also have blood work to get done but there is No appointment needed for that.  One just has to bring in the blood order and get it done.  Maybe later in the week for that.  So the "one day at a time' continues!  Terry's daughter Kim is in town and we are expecting to see her today and tomorrow.  That will be nice.  So that is it for Terry this morning as she reads the Naples paper and the WSJ!

Of course my tiny tiny health issues are nothing compared to many people but I am making progress.  The arch in my right foot does feel somewhat better as does my back.  Hopefully I will be able to get back on the tennis court by early May.  I need the exercise.  

I WILL POST SOME PICTURES OF FLOWERS IN OUR FRONT YARD AS I OFTEN DO NOT NOTICE THEM BUT REALLY THEY ARE VERY PRETTY.

When ever I post pictures of flowers I always think of Mom.  She loved her garden and her hollyhocks around the yard.  

I spent some time on Facebook this morning.  One of the things was 21 episodes of accidents, some crazy and some looked serious.  One was of a person running and a car was coming right at him.  As it hit he jumped into the air and sailed over the car.  It reminded me of my bike accident when I was at NDSU.  I was near an major highway and a car turned onto the side street that I was on.  It came right at me.  I had NO choice but to anticipate when it would hit me and then spring off the bike onto the hood of the car.  It stopped but I was not hurt.  I landed on my behind on the hood of the car and slide up the window and then back down.  My bike had a bent wheel but I was not hurt.  The driver gave me some money for the wheel, apologized and drove off!

I have no plans for the day.  I think Kim will be here maybe around noon or so but usually when she comes it is for an hour or so.  I think she is meeting a friend that is coming into town and I do not know if she is doing any work with her clients.  

DAKOTA ATTITUDE

"Alton is concerned about the withering away, over the years, of patriotic observances.  We used to have a Memorial Day program in Glenfield.  I directed the band, and we'd march up to the school, and there'd be hundreds of people in that gymnasium.  And now we have our program up in the senior center, and we have 20 people there."

With 58 years of marriage and a family that has grown---to a total of 25 kids, grandkids and great grandkids--Janice believes she knows what success is: Money and a fancy car and all of that has nothing to do with success.  Having a goal and working for that goal.  You need a home, you need friends, you need family, you need your church.  If you don't have a faith you won't have nothing.  In our case, we have all of it right around us.  I think being married and living together for that many years is quite a goal and a big success"

"He made whiskey during prohibition, sold that.  At that time most farmers threw the manure out of the door 'til spring when you would haul it away.  But he would take a 30 gallon barrel and fill it with whiskey, raw whiskey, put it I there and cover it with manure.  Anyway these revenue agents came out, and they could smell it but they couldn't find it and there was a hay mound at that time.  Some of the hay mounds came down right to the ground, and they literally moved the hay from one side to the other looking for it.  If they would have stuck the fork into the manure pile, they would have hit the barrel"

So here we are at 10:00+ AM and all I have to show for the day so far is writing and then reading some of the interesting stories too Terry.  Perhaps I need to get serious about the day and get some work done.  Not sure if this is an excuse or not but I do try to stay off my feet as much as possible as I feel that helps that right foot heal.  I did just take the last sip of FP so will sign off for the day.