Sad News

Hi to all whom Evelyn has written to & about on her blog spot-Evelyn passed away quickly on May 11th at home-She had been very sick for several weeks & in an out of the hospital-Really in a lot of pain & being taken care of by me & Hospice nurses at home-
She wanted to end it all at the end & be at home, as she refused further treatment at the Hospitals-I believeshe is in a better place & not suffering anymore, but she is sadly missed by me & her children-
Not sure who she kept in touch with, so thought this the best way to pass the news along-The best to you all out there & our families Love to Yours-
Evelyn's husband-Bob

Time seems to have a way of slipping by so fast lately I can't keep up. Maybe it is because I am tired and I seem to to be sleepy at times when I should be awake.The nurse comes three times a week and the aide tiwce a week so that keeps me busy some of the time. The weather here has been mostly sunny and above freezing until tonight when we are supposed to be getting a bad storm moving in. I do have a new doctor who is taking care of my left arm now and he seems to be quite knowledgeable in the care of this certain wound. Quite possibly I might have to have surgery sometime within the next three weeks but I am hoping this new treatment works. I think the best news we have had is that another greatgrandchild is ging to bless us sometime this spring. I am about ready to give up counting and just enjoy them as they arrive. Then I stop and think how enjoyable Christmas will be with all these little people blessing our holiday. It is time for a Hallmark Movie to come on so I will sign off and write more another time. lillly

Sorry I have been away for so long but an extended hospital stay in Rochester, N.Y. has kept me from doing to much of anything. I don't have much strength in my left arm and hand so hope everyone understands. It has been bitterly cold here but not much of any snow. They can not get my arm to heal so now they arm going to put a wound vac on it. Never heard of this before but guess I will soon find out what it is. One of our girls is coming to visit this afternoon with our teenage granddaughter and another granddaughter is coming to visit also so guess we will have a busy day. My husband baked yesterday as one of the girls and her husband came to visit and brought lunch so he cone the dessert. Later in the day a nephew came with his girlfriend and his three children so there went our Saturday. Well Once again I Wish Everyone A Happy Valentines Day and hope to hear form everyone very soon. Lilly

I really don't believe this but the sun is really shinning. It is still very cold but at least the rain has stopped. Tomorrow my brother in law is coming for early dinner, We are having roast beef with mushroom and gravy with mashed potatoes and cauliflower for a vegetable. He is bringing elderberry pie for dessert. How does that sound for a couple of unneeded pounds. Just put our income tax in the mail so should have that back in a couple of weeks. (Hopefully) I have been having a lot of trouble with my key board and mouse so I have to keep going back and read what is printed as it sometimes likes to print double letters. Probably needs a good cleaning. Do have a can of compressed air so think maybe a I will try that. lilly

I just realized that I have not been on the computer since Jan. 10th. I really am getting out of touch with the world I guess, We have beeen having a lot of company since I have been able to receive visiitors. When I first came home from the hospital I still had that darn infection that was contagious so no one came and now it really seem good to see people. I still have the visiting nurse twice a week and the aide twice a week. On the days the nurse doesn't come Mr. Bob repacks my arm and puts a new dressing on. (Maybe he should get a Nursing Degree,) We have been having a tremendous amount of rain here and the weather is supposed to change starting today. Most of our snow is gone and I bet we are about ready to get a whopper of a snow storm from the way the weather report looks. Tomorrow we have to go into Auburn so I can get some blood work done and I have got some gift cards from Kohls so maybe I'll stop there and see about getting a new pair of slacks. Last night our neighbor upstgairs brought us a big dish of homemade lasagna so that was our supper tonight with a nice green slad to go with it. No dessert but some nice orange sections that Mr. Bob had peeled. Right now he is watching a basketball game on TV so I am making good use of my time on the computer. Hope everyone is well and I am looking foreward to maybe finding some new friends to visit through my blog site. Stay warm everyone.. lilly

This was one of our busiest Saturdays we have had in a long time. First our niece came to visit and we enjoyed a lunch made by my husband .She brought us a new puzzle to work on and will probably take a month to finish. Then one of our daughters arrived with our granddaughterand then the door bell rung once again and it was my brother and his wife. Our apartment is quite small and we suddenly had people sitting on the floor but what an enjoyable time we all had. My brother brought us two homemade chicken pot pies that he had made last weekend and froze so we enjoyed them tonight for our supper. He is truly a great cook. I could only manage to eat half of mine so you can guess what lunch is for tomorrow. We really didn't expect any company as the temperature was close to 0- degrees and our car doors were froze shut. Today has been very quiet and the sun was shining most of the afternoon so our car doors became unthawed... Hopefully tomorrow is a little warmer as we do have to go out and this cold doesn't help the breathing especially if the wind is blowing. Hope everyone has a good week. lilly

Good Morning, It is now 7:00 AM and it is raining here. Sometime today it is supposed to snow and then rain some more. Right now it is 21 degrees so that is the warmest it has been in several days. My fingers are working some better now so I have started to crochet another doily. I know it will take a long time to finish it even though it is quite small but I can only work for a short time on it as the fingers start shaking again. They are supposed to come work on our bathroom sink sometime today as the faucet doesn't work right. Saturday my neice is coming over and so is one of the girls with our granddaughter,that will be a busy day and than on Sunday my brother and his wife are coming over and bringing homemade chicken pot pies. Oue neighbor to the back of us is always sending food over. Yesterday it was baked beans with bacon. I guess we will never starve and it does help my husband so he doesn't have to fix so much food. Guess I'd better go and get ready for the day. lilly

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE, Sorry I wasn't home to wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year before now but I have been paying a very necessary visit to one of our local hospitals with a very serious invection in my arm. Did have to have some minor surgery surgery on the left arm and and now also have a picc line in my right arm so I am slightly disabled and the nursing nursing service comes in twice daily to dress the wound and also administer meds through the picc once a day. The weather here is is very cold but not an awful lot of snow. We did have a nice Holiday and yesterday my husband fixed me a special dinner of scallops, brown rice and acorn squash with a dish of peaches for desert. What a lucky lady I am. Right now he is of to the store to pick up a few groceries and then to the drugstore to get meds. Sometime today I am going to work on a puzzle that we have started. I really would like to crochet some but guess that is out for right now as my hands seem to be shaking quite a bit. Did everyone stay up to see the second new moon and to bring in the New Year? I was up but forgot to look out to see if I could find the second new moon. I did see the ball come down on television.. With that information I will leave you for this time and write again later in the new week. lilly

Today finished up the wrapping of gifts that I have bought. Some of our gifts were bought together as I have not been able to get out to shop very much. My husband is into gift cards so that is what a lot of our gifts are and that is what most of the girls wanted. Yesterday I made fudge and what an easy recipe it was. (Thinking about making some more) Gave some to the neighbor and she was back today and said it was gone. Tomorrow our one granddaughter arrives from S. Carolina to spend Xmas with her her Dad. She is fourteen. We will get the rest of gifts while she is here and are able to find out what she wants. So far all I have is a small gift card so need something more for her. It is very cold here so I am staying in out of the cold and wind. Tonight we are having an easy but tasty supper (spaghetii). I only have that at home when I can wear my bib as I always end up with it all over me. I have now used the electric wheel chair at the store twice and so far I have not hit anyone or knockned over any displays. Lucky Me. Well I am now on my way to read the paper so ,so long for now. lilly

Well here it is Wednesday again and I am up early,in fact it was really a sleeplesss night. It is 18 degrees here and we had a couple inches of snow last night. The snow is what puts me in the mood for Christmas. It is so pretty before it gets dirty. I only have to get some gift certificates amd then I am ready for the Christmas. My hands seem to be behaving badly this morning. Go to type one letter and the seem to want to do something different. I have finally decided on the dooke I will make. It is a no bake trufflle. It has mini chocolate chips in it and then you put it in the fridge to get firm and then you dip them is melted chocolate and back in the fridge to harden. Almost tastes like a cookie dough. All I know is the don't last very long. Well the man just got up so guess I will go talk with him for awhile. lilly

Well here it is Dec.14th and I am not ready for Christmas. We have been having so much company on weekends that what little cleaning I am capable of doing is not getting done. My furniture has a new finish that is called dust so I tell the grandchildren do not touch or you will have to clean it. This last Saturday our newest great grandaughter came to visit with her parents and one of her Aunts. Hailey Marie was born December 4,2009. So tiny and I actually held her most of the time they were here. Our weather has been very cold and rainy but very little snow. Today one of the daughters is coming to visit this morning and will be here for lunch. I am making turkey salad for sandwiches as that is one thing she really likes. Then when she leaves if the weather stays decent I might go finish my Christmas shopping. Our tree is up and the rest of the decorations are in place so at least I have that much done. Friday I baked cookies and they are all gone so will have to do that all over again. Maybe later this week that will happen. Well I have to get clothes ready to laundery so will leave for now. Have a great day . lilly

I tried writing yesterday but kept getting kicked off so decided to wait until today and try again. We have had a busy week as one day I felt really good so we went to Ithaca, N.Y. Christmas shopping. That is the first time I have used the electric cart to shop. Quite an experiemce. Very helpful. That trip took place pn Thursday. Wednesday our daughter from Binghamton came up to see us and brought our new great grandson with her. For lunch Mr. Bob, her and my self made homemade pizza. Turned out really good. Then on Friday another great granddaughter was born. Her name is Hailey Marie. I sure hope this family growth ends soon as I can't keeep track of them all. It is only 28 degrees here this morning. Yesterday we decorated inside for Christmas. Then I decorated the outside of our apartment door as it is a fire dooe so all my magnets and decorations stuck to it with no probllem. Coffee is ready so guess I will go fill my cup and read the Sunday newspapaer. lilly

Today we are recovering from going into Aurburn for the annual Bank Supper. Mr. Bob had Scallops and I had Prime Rib. They passed around a Flat Green vegetable with almonds in which I let pass me by quite quickly. We also started supper with a lovely green salad, Italian bread,our dinner plates came with baked potato. Desert was served buffet style with many choices to choose from. They also gave each couple and envelope with money in it to buy either a soft drink or alcholic drink.We each had a seven up and I almost forgot they also had a table with appetizers. I guess no stone was left unturned. We certainly did enjoy ourself. In fact I had so much prime left we each had a half sandwich for our lunch today. We have had another beautiful day here with temperature reaching into the 50's. I am going to go fill my medicine tray for the coming week before supper so will write later in the week.

I hope eeveryone had a wonderful and meanful Thanksgiving. We spent the afternoon at one of the girls with her husband and mother-in-law and we all enjoyed a Thanksgiving Dinner in the early afternoon. We did leave early as it is hard for us to drive after dark. Of course we came home with enough food to last for the next two days. Now today is a definite down day. I am still doing double water pills and that doesn't seem to be helping very much, so I am enjoying my recliner hoping that keeping my legs and feet up will help the swelling but so far no luck.We both have so many things to be thankful for it would take forever to tell you about all of them. On Wednesday we received a video of our daughters wedding and that made me shed a tear or two. (Maybe three) Her son walked her down the aisle and her daughter stood up with her. Tim's daughter was her only bridesmaid. One of the men that Tim works with stood up with him. Everyone in the wedding party some shade of plum and made for a very attractive wedding. It is is a very dark, damp and dreary day here and not calling for much different weather for the next few days. I give myself another two weeks and then I will not be able to wait any longer to start decorating for Christmas. I don't do a lot but just enough to make it look like a holiday. Hope to hear from everyone soon and I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. lilly

Now that Tuesday is here we have to go to the store as on Monday all we done was recuperate from the birthday party Saturday. Not really as we done laundry and the usual Monday housework . This week being Thanksgiving we will be going to one of the daughters for dinner and all we have to do is take hot dish to pass . So much different than when everyone was coming home for the holidays. Looking at the pictures that Jan posted from the party I didn't realize how much my face was bloated from medicine. But I guess if I can breathe I will have to live with the chubby cheeks. The weather here is supposed to turn colder and maybe snow before the end of the week. Saturday night is the annual bank Christmas dinner. All retires are invited to any functions like that so we will be going to dinner Saturday evening. Today I am going to make bean soup as I have some broth left from the ham I cooked last week and a few pieces of ham that I will cut up in it. Have to remember to take the ham out of the freezer.Well the curling iron is ready so I had better get busy as my hair is very straight and frizzy. lilly

Today has been a busy day and I'm sure tomorrow will be a slow down day. Three of the girls were home for their Dad's Birthday and food and beverage was enjoyed by all. Yesterday I made candied pecans,one batch was just candied and the second one was made with just a hint of cinnamon. Also a chocolate cake was made but not frosted until today. That was done with a cream cheese frosting. Then this morning I made a black rasberry crumb cake. We also had cheese and crackers. Guess who forgot to put the sliced pepperoni out. (ME) Oh well I don't think anyone missed it. One of our granddaughters was also here with her two children so we really had a full apartment. The weather here has taken a turn for the cold but a least it is not raining. It is now time for me to gather my thoughts for tomorrow and go watch the news and then off to bed as it is allmost eleven PM. lilly

Good Morning Everyone,
It is 50 degrees here now but when I got up it was very cold. The frost on the cars was very heavy. Thankfully I ddidn't have to go out early this morning. Yesterday I had a doctors appointment in Rochester so we were gone most of the day. After seeing the doctor we went to the Christmas Tree Store. It is hard to shop because I have to have someone push me in the wheel chair and that is not the easiest way to shop. We didn't have lunch until about 1:00 so we weren't to hungry at supper time. We both had a sandwich, cottagecheese and applesauce and we were happy senior citizens. Saturday some of the girls are coming home as Thursday is Mr. Bob's birthday. I am baking the cake and the girls are bringing food of somekind. I also have pepperoni and cheese so I will make a sanck tray of that with some crackers. I bought myself a new black and decker electric mixer with the dough hooks so I have to see what I can make with that. It's now time for morning meds so will sign off for now. lilly

This is turning our to be a busy week. Our weekly trip to Auburn was Wednesdy. The doctors visit,Don't have to go back to that one for 1 year. My husband had to have blood drawn at another doctors office . Then we had had to pick up a new prescription at the medical center. Now it is time for lunch. Appleby's is offering a free meal to veterans so off we go ,only to find you can't even find a parking place so forget that we will buy our own lunch. At least we were together for that. Then it was off to Wegmans where there were offering Turkeys for 39 cents a pound with a $25.00 purchase. Thats not hard to do in today world. Then it was off to the oxygen supply place to get a new filter for my nebulizer. Now we are finally on our way home and its almost supper time,forget that as we aren't hungry. Our supper took place at eight o'clock last night and guess what,by the time dishes were done its almost time for bed. I fell asleep watching a cooking show and finally said good night. Today is wash the sheets and make the bed, go to the bank and have the new script filled and maybe get to relax for awhile. Hope everyone has a wonderful day. lilly

Good Morning Everyone.

It is now 7:18 and I guesss I am ready to start the day but I don"t anticipate anything unusual happening. Laundry is done for the week and today I think we might make a trip to the grocery store as the freezer in my refrigerator is mighty slim. Do have a little hamburger but thats about all. The weather has turned cold with a misty rain and supposed to turn to snow flurries. I almost think it is time to start making some soup. Bean sounds good with a little spinach thrown in. Now to much,just enough to give it some color.I just finished one doiliey and am ready to start another. I also would like to read a little while I"m making this next one as my fingers got awfully stiff making the last one without taking a reading break. This Saturday our daughter in Binghamton is getting married. Wish we could go but not possible at this time. They are having a friend make a video so they will send us a CD of the wedding. I'm headed to the kitchen to make my breakfast. Nothing fancy cereal with bluberries in it and some sliced banana that I will put on it. Have a great day. lilly

When I got up this norning at 7:00 it was so foggy I couldn't see across the street. Then the sun came out and it turned into a beautiful day. Of course now that the time has changed it is dark a 5:00 which makes for a long evening. Tonight at 8:00 the baseball game is on. If the Yankees win the series is over. If they lose it will go on for a couple of more games between the Yankees and Philidelphia. Right now my husband is making macroni and tuna salad. I guess that was a last minute insperaton as it is almost supper time now. The weather man is calling for snow flurries here on Wednesday and Thursday. Tomorrow being election day one of the girls has the day off so her and my husband are taking me for an early dinner someplace. Not sure if Kathy's husband is going or not. Guess maybe I should find something besides jeans to wear. I really do have other clothes.Well I guess I will go get the table ready for supper. May the next time I write we will have had SNOW!!!! lilly