We drove to Regina on Tuesday as Howard had an appointment with Dr. Veloso, a neurologist. Howard wasn't as shaky this time so remains on the same medication and we'll be back in six months. We met Laurel, Greg and Ashley at Montanas for lunch. They have a special lunch menu with a promise that the items will be served in 15 minutes or else they are free. Howard offered to buy lunch. Greg was watching the timer that the waitress left on our table. The fifteen minutes were up before the lunch arrived so we had a free lunch! Greg left the tip so Grandpa got off easy.
On our way home we stopped to visit Vivian Vinge in Weyburn. Her husband, Howard's cousin Glenn, passed away last August. She keeps busy knitting - had two cute children's sweaters made and always has some cosy wool socks on the go. We had coffee with yummy date filled oatmeal cookies. She was worried about a chance of frost that night so had carried in some plants and covered others. There are several bird feeders in the back yard with lots of little visitors. The challenge is to keep out the uninvited squirrels that also like the feeders! She is struggling with a sore knee but that hasn't slowed her up much.
Then we stopped at Clare's and ended up staying for supper as he needed to use our pickup. He moved their old "FOR SALE" camper out to a spot near his office and pulled their new one out of the garden area so Jodi can do some planting there. There were calls about the camper that evening and it has now been sold.
On Friday we went to Estevan to have lab work done for our yearly medicals. After my ECG the nurse took the results and didn't come back for quite awhile. When she returned she said the Dr. wanted to see me in Emergency as the computer had picked up an abnormality. She did another ECG and took another blood test. This time the computer showed normal results! She took me to Emergency anyway and I met with Dr. Christie. She took my blood pressure which was quite high! I hadn't taken my medicine that morning as I had to fast for the blood work. I had my pills along so I took them. About that time, Howard showed up in Emergency too as something wasn't quite right with his heart rhythm! The Dr. prescribed a daily low dose aspirin for him. His blood pressure was just fine, as it always is. He's the worrier but our blood pressure levels don't seem to have much connection with that!
On our way out of Emergency, we met Verna, Ray, Lawrence and Oran Daae. They had been visiting Lilah and were on their way to lunch at the Buffet place near the hospital. They invited us to join them so we did. It was a very good place to eat with lots of tasty food to choose from. Oran kindly paid the bill for five seniors and one adult. (The waitress had listed us as four seniors and two adults so Oran was curious as to which of the seniors she had taken for a younger "adult"! I'm sure it must have been me, ha ha!)
We did some shopping, most of it groceries, then went to visit Aunt Viola. She had had an earache earlier in the week and the medication made her sick so she was just getting over that. As we were leaving, Ken Johnson wheeled in to show her his baby album. He is a triplet, with a brother and a sister. I'm sure the three babies were a surprise for his parents with no ultra sounds done in those days.
Did you know that they even do ultra sounds for dogs? Carl said that his sister's dog had an ultra sound for $25. It showed that her dog is five weeks pregnant with four pups! What next!!
We spent a quiet Sunday. Howard wasn't feeling well this morning, felt so tired with no energy so we both stayed home and listened to two sermons on TV. We often listen to Joel Osteen from Houston, Texas on Vision TV at 7:30 on Sundays. Then we tuned in to Robert Schuler. We especially enjoy the music and their guest speakers.
We talked to Kristy and Todd this afternoon. Todd got up at 1 am Norway time to watch the Flyers vs Black Hawks game. He was disappointed that his Flyers lost but impressed with the #1 star of the game - Troy Brouwer, who had two goals and an assist last night for Chicago. Troy has a connection with our family as he is married to a Diekrager from Milestone. His wife Carmen is the daughter of Greg's cousin. Laurel and Greg were at Troy and Carmen's wedding in Regina last July 11. A lady from Torquay made the wedding cake! ( If you want to see some of her creations, go to somethingsweetbyfadiah.com) Living in a small town isn't a hindrance for her business!
Well, I think I have rambled on long enough so will sign off for now. On Tuesday evening a cleanup is scheduled for Salem church as the grass really needs a cutting. I'll do some work in the little flower bed on the west side of the steps. There are quite a few perennials growing there and I have a few here that I can transplant. Next time we go to Estevan I'll pick up a few annual flowers to add some colour.
Have a great week. I hope I can report some seeding progress in next weeks blog. At least we didn't get any of the snow that Alberta got this week!
a good evangelist to watch is Charles Price - Living Truth. (my favorite) Hope you are all feeling well.
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