Author: rvingwithapurpose

Saturday, December 22, 2018

We finally had sunshine today. And by this afternoon some of the puddles were drying up. Very nice. We got a little walking in today. Hopefully we will get more tomorrow.

We started the day doing some more book work on Mama Ruby’s estate and work around the house. You know – vacuuming, cleaning. Things we all have to do. Then we prepared food for the Hallman Family Christmas Dinner, chicken and dressing casserole. Everyone liked it. Unfortunately the event was not well publicized this year and by the time people were aware, most had already made other planse for the day. We usually have quite the crowd and several tables full of food. Today we only had 15 people, but the food was great and we enjoyed visiting with the family that was able to attend. Okay family, Lester announced today that next year the event will be December 21, at the Community Center, at noon. Go ahead and mark your calendars and plan to come to Pine Mountain.

Friday, December 21, 2018

Maybe some of you were worrying about us because we had a bunch of views yesterday and today and there was nothing new for you to view. Sorry about that.

So, what has been going on? Weather-wise, the past two days reminded us of Lumberton. It has rained and rained. We walked out to check the mail late this afternoon and the ground reminded us of Lumberton. Soggy! BTW, the Lumber River is still in flood stage.

Wednesday, we went back to Oneonta. Max needed a haircut, really needed a haircut! We went by to see the Aunts, went shopping for them and then back to deliver the purchases. We also bought a new sink faucet for Helen’s house and groceries for ourselves. The rest of the day was spent on estate business. Thursday we went to Tuscaloosa, more estate business. It was an all day chore, some of which was not very pleasant. On the way home we stopped at Sam’s and Publix both of which had some really good samples, so we didn’t need supper. Today it was back to Oneonta to take care of some of Max’s Mom’s estate business, visited the Aunts, and picked up the last of the supplies for Christmas. The rest of the day was spent on accounting for Anne’s family, emails and an interview for a NOMADS applicant and more estate stuff. We were very busy, and the past three days have been very tiring/stressful, but not very interesting to read about. So, since we didn’t take any pictures, we did notice at the nursing home that they had filled the bed where they grow tomatoes in the summer with pansies. So pretty. Especially on such a gray, rainy day. A little bright spot that was appreciated.

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Today was spent working around the house and handling mail from the last two weeks and taking care of more estate business.

The highlight of Max’s day was cleaning the gutters.

In case you were wondering: number of feet of gutters on the house needing cleaning – 228; number of feet of gutters on FRED needing cleaning – 0.

Anyone want to buy a house?

Monday, December 17, 2018

Today we woke up to very dense fog. It was starting to burn off by the time we headed to the dentist office at 7:15 but still pretty thick in places. We both had dental appointments at 8:00. We were out of there a little before 9:00 and then we did some banking for the LOLs. That being done we had time to go back by the house before heading to Cullman for our annual physicals and Anne’s mammogram. There is already a lot of flu in our area and we were a little concerned about going and sitting in the doctor’s office and leaving with flu. However, the parking lot was not full and the office really didn’t seem that busy. Nice. We both got good reports. Of course labs and mammogram are pending.  We usually have morning appointments for our annuals, but since we changed the appointment in order to complete the Lumberton project, we ended up with afternoon visits and that meant a long, long fast before labs were drawn.  So, when everything was complete we treated ourselves to an early dinner at Carlton’s, a great local Italian restaurant. Lots of calories but it was our only meal today and it was so good!  Sorry, we just started eating and didn’t take a picture.

On the way back home we went to Oneonta to check on Helen and Jean. Jean who has been quite ill with a fever of 103 Friday, is doing much better. The IV antibiotics seem to be helping. Both Jean and Helen were glad to see us and we were glad to see them. It was a busy day and now we are home to keep trying to move back into the house. We are tired.