Sunday Notes.

Was up at 06:00AM with my bride and we had coffee. 

We then tried to get another nap. Donna had to go into the restaurant at 09:30AM for the day shift, she should be home around 04:00PM so we will be able to have a meal together tonight. Am I ever lucky it looks like a steak on the grill and baked potato night. Boy that bride of mine sure thinks of me, she is the one who picked supper tonight.

It is a really a nice day, sunny a little breeze and 88 degrees, not supposed to get any warmer so for a change a normal summer day, Even the humidity doesn’t seem oppressive.

Rigg’s is laying by the chair here, he is doing great I gave him a tummy rub and felt all around his stitches and he didn’t show any sign of any discomfort and it all looks nice and healed, no pinkness at all. I will call Tuesday and see about getting him in to get the stiches out and then he will find out when he can go swimming again.

I took Adam home this morning , he has a football game today but he will be on the bench because he is taking Steroids and Benadryl for a poison Ivy infection he got. They can’t let him play until he is off the medication for 48 hours.

              Better not catch Rigg’s reading this.

That’s about it for today, I hope everyone in blog land had a great weekend, Be safe out there, Sam & Donna……

Saturday Mumblings.

Was up at 06:00AM with my bride for coffee, then did some blogging. It rained most of the morning and the temps stayed around 79 degrees. About 10:00AM Adam called and asked to come over for the night so he is other Grandpa drove him here to the ranch. It is good to have at least one of them here for the weekend, Nicole is staying with her Dad this weekend. She only has two weeks before school starts so she will be moving her stuff to her Dads probably sometime this week. When that is done I will convert that bedroom back to a guest room and do away with all the little kid decorations and that way if the kid’s aren’t here we have a guest room for visitors again.

Got a great suggestion from one of my commenter’s yesterday about a possible remedy for my neuropathy pain in my feet. what a great thing this blogging is. Thank you so much goes out to QuiltinLibraryLady for the information.

Tonight, it’s Ravioli’s for Grandpa & Pizza for Adam, he doesn’t like Ravioli's, but you just can’t keep a good pizza hound down.

Not much else going on here. so I will say See Ya tomorrow . Be safe out there. Sam & Donna……

T.G.I.F.

Rigg’s and I were up at 06:00AM, I didn’t have coffee since this morning I had my every 3 month Doctors visit. so I never eat anything before I go so he gets an accurate measure on my blood work to check on how the medication is working.

I got a good report, he said my numbers were great again and congratulated me on losing 5 lbs, he also did another ultrasound on my feet  and said the blood flow is still good. I told him the medication for the foot pain isn’t doing anything, and he said keep on it for another month and if it doesn’t help he will change it. I am pretty much resigned to the fact that that pain will be with me for the rest of life. He did say the water in the pool and Lake is good therapy for my feet so at least until October I will be able to swim until the weather gets cold.Then he said see ya in 3 months, so I am good for another 3000 miles or so.

Tonight is pizza night here at the Ranch so, My son and his girlfriend and I Will enjoy a couple of pies.

Everyone have a great weekend, Be safe out there. Sam & Donna.

Thursday Happenings.

Slept in this morning with Rigg’s, and missed coffee. About 08:00AM I took advantage of the 75 degree temperature and got John Deere out and mowed all the grass. It really hadn’t grown much but the weeds were starting to push through it hadn’t been cut in about 3 weeks. Just to hot at over 100 to spend 3 hours out there.
Plus I wanted to wait for the tree service to clear the brush piles so I could start at the highest setting and cut that down until it is a lawn again. It’s never going to be a lawn, lawn, but the prairie grass like all around us. I have a few patches of zosia it places, but not in the back where the pile was. Whatever it is once you keep it cut down it looks goods. Right now a lot of cracked bare ground and brown grass is showing. just have to wait till Fall for the rains to replenish it.
Not much else going on it was sunny this morning and by the time I got off the tractor at noon it was just about 90. That is hot enough for me. I went in and jumped in the shower to cool off, and then I had a peanut butter sandwich and two glasses of cold lemonade. Yep. we know how to live here at the Ranch.
Rigg’s is napping next to his Daddy’s chair again. The fur on his bald spot is just starting to grow like peach fuzz.
Today is the last day for his medication, He seems to be doing just fine. and would just love to get out and run with the kid’s if they were here.
That’s about it for today, Hope all is well out there in blog land. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna..

Wednesday Musings.

Was up at 04:30AM and had coffee with my bride, then she was off to the truck company and then the restaurant.

Today is another one of those days where it is supposed to reach 100 degrees again.

Don’t plan on doing anything outside today. I did run to Wal Mart to get a new DVD player for the bedroom. I guess I play so many train movies that I just wear them out after a year or two. The just start to stop & start and nothing seems to fix it, even the cleaner disk I bought, I have just decided they are throwaways and go get a new one. The price has come down to about $35 so it isn’t bad for the use I get out of them.

Rigg’s has one more day to go on his medicine and then next week I will be bringing him in to get his stitches removed.

I hope it won’t be to long before he can start swimming again I know he is missing the doggie park lake.

Not much else going on. Just trying to keep everyone cool through this heat.

Some real truth in this, Donna always tells her friends that me and the Grandkids are the same age.

Hope everyone is having a great week, Be safe out there. Sam & Donna……

Tuesday Addendum.

Just got the call from Vet Ellie at 05:55PM, the tumor was benign but she said it was a 2 instead of a one which means we have to watch him for any more growths and report them right away. But definitely no cancer. so the Riggster gets a clean bill of health. Boy are we relieved. Thank you all for bearing with us in this time and also the concern showed for our Big little buddy. I have found most bloggers belong to that great group of animal lovers.

Thanks again, Sam, Donna, & Rigg’s…

Tuesday Thoughts.

Up at 04:30AM with my bride for coffee, then she was off to the truck company.

I had to wait around most of the day for the tree service to come and pick up the brush piles that the county is complaining about. Be glad when that is over. They got here at 03:30PM. Brought enough equipment to do the job.

Once the brush is out I will run John through and get everything looking good again.

Donna is going out after work with an old co-worker for what she is calling a girl nights out, this is good everyone should get a night out with the girls once in awhile. Just to kick back and relax.  One of these days I may even do it.

Rigg’s is currently confined to my bedroom, he just gets too excited with the men working in his backyard and I needed to give him some quiet time.

Nothing else going on here at the Ranch. it is currently 100 degrees again, feel sorry for the guys in the yard, but they said they are used to it by now. One of them spent a summer in Iraq and said this is nothing compared to there.

That’s about it for today. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna….