I had a very pleasant start to my day...
There is a bucket of zinnia's about 25 feet straight out from my bedroom window. When I got up this morning, I looked out the window and was surprised to see a hummingbird perched on one of the zinnia's, having breakfast. The only time that I have ever seen one perch, is on one of my Mom's feeders, and even then, it was a rare sight. As I was watching, a goldfinch landed on a different zinnia for breakfast, too! Those flowers must be very tasty!
Speaking of breakfast, we got together with some friends yesterday that we hadn't heard from them in about 6 weeks. They are both in their 90's, and not in the best of health, so I was starting to get worried. It turns out that they are both doing as well as can be expected, but they have spent the last few weeks selling their house and moving into an Assisted Living home. It was good to see them. We had a nice visit.
I'm making lots of progress with getting rid of things! I've packed up about 4 dozen books
that I have never read, about 1/3 of them are hard covers.....now that certainly opened up some space!
I still have more books out in a storage bin in the barn, but right now it's too hot to even think about digging around in the barn. That will get done later in the year. As I go through stuff, I'm still surprised at some of the things that I'm finding. The other day, I ran across 7 decks of cards! Yes,
seven! Four of them were never opened....and Dio doesn't even play card games!!!! No wonder our house is so full...I keep on collecting stuff that I don't need, and never will!! I'm starting to feel better about getting rid of things. Maybe someone else can use them.
My Mom called me yesterday, in a panic. When I answered the phone, she was almost yelling "I need someone to take me to the ER....my leg is bleeding, and it won't stop!!!". Now, she knows that in an emergency she should call 911, so I was unsure as to why she called me. Dio and I dropped everything, and he took me to her house. I told him to just leave me there and I would take her car to get home after we got back from the ER. When I got to her house, I expected to see blood everywhere, but.....nothing?! (How about over here? Nope! Hmmmmm....) I looked at her leg and saw a trickle of blood, and that was it. She was telling me that it was doing that for a long time (not sure how long), and the bleeding won't stop! Well, she was using a wet wash cloth on it, and that is way it wouldn't stop bleeding. I cleaned up her leg, and it looked like she had a small scrape (she's on blood thinners). The bleeding stopped in less than 5 minutes. I taped a pc of gauze on it, and it was fine. She was still worried that it might start bleeding again. So I told her that if she is concerned, then she could go to the doctor tomorrow and show it to him. Her answer......"oh, I can't go tomorrow, I have an appointment to get my hair cut." So here, we dropped everything and went out into 107°F temps (not heat index) for her.....and she was more concerned about her hair appointment!!!! I'm glad that she was ok, but it was a sad reminder that her dementia is
getting worse, and that she shouldn't be living by herself. Since she refuses to move, there is nothing I can do. I expect that she really will hurt herself some time soon, and it may be too late for me to help her.
The girls are all doing well. Since it's so hot out, I put a big chunk of ice in their water/swim bowl every afternoon. They all come over to play with it!
Tomorrow is a skating day!!
So I don't expect to get into
too much mischief today...just enough!
