August 11, 2019

We finally returned from the two week trip.  We slept in 6 different places in 5 states during those 14 days.  While we returned home on Tuesday, August 6, my brain was not wanting to read blogs little on write one.  While we are home for about eight weeks, there is still a sister time in the future.  Hubby will be spending more time with his brother travelling first by plane then by auto back to their roots in Missouri.

Wednesday morning early Hubby had to have a Mohs procedure on his right ear.  The procedure is a treatment for basal cell carcinoma.  He had this treatment multiple in other areas of his head and face.  Some have been large enough to require skin grafts.  Others just stitches.  The ear procedure required about 6 stitches.  Now his ear has a bit of it missing giving a different look, not quite an elf ear.  He felt good enough to meet our son and two of the grandsons for a meal.

As one grandson had a birthday while we were away and he was in Canada it was time for the card.  I usually make the cards for the family.  With only about 2 brain cells functioning after doing online grocery shopping I just googled for ideas for the card.  "Did you know 4 out of 5 people get money in their cards?"  Inside, "Happy Birthday # 5".  Now we give $10 for each year so he was expecting $150.  Nope.  He said, "Dad, they ditched me!"  Of course I had another envelope that said I had miscounted.  It contained said cash.


Thursday was hair cut day for me.  It had been almost 3 months.  Ugh, that was too long!  And so was my hair.  It felt like I had been wearing a blanket on my head and neck the last month.  Two inches (50 + mm) and considerable thinning allowed for a cooler head and no night sweats.  After the hair cut it was pickup time for groceries and my sewing machine.  I was cautioned to not use the pre wound bobbins and they interfered with the tension.  Okey Dokey!  Friday was just some rudimentary house cleaning and not much more.  Hubby met friends for breakfast.

Tomorrow we will be having another gathering for our Son's 46 birthday.  Letting someone else do the cooking.  Even the cake is being made by someone else.  The DIL loves making cakes but with a daughter leaving for college on Wednesday and school starting for the other four the same day, just not enough time.  Thanks HEB for making the cake.

Next week I will begin telling of the latest adventures of the last 2 week, 2600+ miles road trip.  We drove across 8 states, sleeping in 7 different locations in 4 of the states.  That's all for now.  I am ready for another nap.

Here is a little ditty that google made up of just a few of the photos I took with my cell phone.  Haven't even started on the big camera yet.