Good Saturday to you from Iowa where the cold has come to stay. Thursday it was 70 degrees, but Friday only 27 degrees and today we awoke to a dusting of snow with temps hoping to reach 30. November is making itself known, yet it is really even a bit chilly for November. The yard is ready for winter, the Christmas lights are up, and the only thing left out are the two porch chairs where Joel goes to sit for his morning coffee. I am not sure why there are two chairs because I don't plan to join him in the cold, nor any other neighbor as far as I can tell!
This past Saturday we set our clocks back. Ugh. If you are like Joel, he sets the clocks, goes to bed at his "normal" time and wakes up at his "normal" time. If you are like me, I am horizontal by 7:30 forcing myself to stay up til 9 and waking at 5:30 every morning. Every. morning. I think we need to pick one and stick with it. It messes with too many body clocks.....when we mess with our clocks!
I saw the Retina Dr on Monday and am able to wait until next Monday to go again. That is progress?!? Inflammation still going down but pressure is not going up yet. Hopefully this Monday we will see a change there. This is definitely a slow process.
Speaking of processes, the Midterm elections were last Tuesday, as if that is news to you! It is nice to have it over, although it is really not over is it. We voted early which was nice. We are glad to have all the ads gone from TV, although I wish we could make the medical ads disappear too. Over and over and over.......enough already!
This week we were discussing grandparents. Our grandparents. We realized that we did not know our grandparents well. My paternal grandparents and maternal grandfather all died before I was born or when I was a toddler. My maternal grandmother and I spent only a little time together. One of my favorite memories is going sun fishing with her in a small wooden boat on a small lake in southeastern MN. I remember she filleted the fish we caught and fried them in butter and flour. "Tillie" was quite a strong independent woman who ran a cafe/bar/hotel after her husband died and she even fought off a robber who tried to steal her purse when she was in her 80's. Joel spent little time with his grandparents. A couple died early and his paternal grandmother spoke only Norwegian. We have always wished we had more time with our grands.....and we wonder what our great grands will be like. And will they remember us? Cuz, honestly, we don't remember our great grandparents...never knew them. We truly are here just for a moment in time.
Before I get too melancholy, we are excited for Thanksgiving. Our family is coming this year and spending time with family is so important. Most everyone will arrive Thanksgiving Day and head home Saturday. We are looking forward to filling the house with laughter, the voices of the grands, and turkey and pie too!
There is not much to write about this week as we wait and watch in a holding pattern with my eye. But there is a lot to be thankful for. Conversations with 4 of our kids and family, texts with sibs and friends, prayers that sustain and comfort, our first dusting of snow, energy increasing, homemade chicken soup, pumpkin bread in the oven, doctors who care and know what they are doing, a fireplace on cold evenings, a furnace that runs, heated car seats, french toast on homemade bread with fresh strawberries and old fashioned whipping cream. Oh yeah. Grateful for so much in this second week of November. Enjoy your weekend!
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