Sunday, August 23, 2020

Our heatwave is done with.

 Goodafternoon everybody!

It is cloudy, every now and then a rainshower, and also some sun, and temperatures are around 21C. So that's a big difference with two weeks ago and even with part of last week. I love to have a warm summer but there are some limits LOL!

Last Monday Jan had to go to hospital for a test of his vains. It was somewhat early, 9.20 a.m., (for us almost like midnight hahaha), so we had to get up quite early morning to get ourselves ready to go.

It was now the big question if Jan would be able to make the expedition, but he did rather well. Okay, he will not be able to go for a speed competition in athletics, but he withstood it quite well. Lucky we have the trm just opposite our hose, it was more the distance from the tramstop to hospital that could have been tricky. The more, because they started to buils that new part and we had to go to the backinstrance, further away.

All went well, we made a restpoint, before going into hospital and also had a seat on a bench after he had done the test. Then back home. He is never a complainer, so I will never really know how he felt, but he looked good. The good extra on it was, that he slept very well during the night, I thinkk for about 6 or 7 hours in a row! That's amazing for him!

Same thing we had to do again on Thursday for another test. It went well also. so his in jury seems to heal, although slowly. He even now tries to walk a few steps in the house without the rollator. That still is difficult and I have some fear he does it too soon, but he has to start with it once, otherwise he will never walk without the rollator(and he hates it, I know). But he also is happy he has it and can move around.

That were the big things of the week. Doesn;t sound to be much, but it were time consuming expeditions, so those days there was left not too uch time for me to do other things(apart from having the energy or not ROFL). Still I managed to get some things done that were on my list, and that gave some satisfaction.

We also got the offer for the windows from the last company. Jan and I looked it through and we were left with a few quiestions. Well, I took the phone right away(wow, what an energetic move I made, hahaha) and had a real good and nice and informative conversation, I right away talked through a few changes, and only two days later I had the new offer with the possible changes and adjusted price on my doormat. That's a service, isn;t it?

We will have to talk once more with our neighbor, but I think we will both go for that last company.( It should be better too, because we got a little discount because we both asked for an offer and probably commission. I'll be glad if the signed order will go out and we will get a date for the works to begin. If all is good it will be done in one day. We only will have to make some area free from stuff standing around, take off the curtains, cover the floor at some places etc. the day before. I hope Jan will be able to do then some things together with me, and otherwise I will ask Heidi for some help, or may be Jan;s brother. We will see how things will be by that time. I think it could be done somewhere end Octobre or so.

For coming week I already have everal little jobs written on my calendar near my laptop(it;'s a good place for the calendar, because I almost sit every day for a moment or longer at the laptop and automatically look at the calendar, yeah, you know older brains, hahaha).

Gosh, tomorrow is the date of our marriage, we will be marries 13 years already, but together already for 28 years). Then there will be medicins to order and pick up, I should try to make an appointment with the hairdresser, may be already make an appointment with our plumber, who every year does the maintenance of the central heating kettle, and Thursday jan has to go to hospital again for his 6 months check-up appointment with his specialist for internal diseases( you know his liver and stomach and so on). So it seems to be quite a busy week, together with the usual things that have to be done, like some grocerie shopping, some cleaning around, probably some ironing, and if I have enough energy left at the end of the week change the covers of the duvets on the bed. I know, it all doesn;t seem so time consuming, but I don;t start my mornings usually at 9 o'clock anymore, I like to have a slow start, so there is less daytime left then, ROFL.

Okay, I think that is all there is today. I should take a look at my meat, that is on the stove, some beef that needs a few hours to stew, but then it will be so tender and taste well, together with some boiled potatoes(not my favourite way of preparing potatoes, I like them more out of the oven or fried, or made as french fries), but sometimes it just suites the rest, and probably i will make a salad with lettuce and lots of small tomatoes of different taste and colour. Strawberries as desert and we may have some plums later in the evening( I bought them and tasted one or two and they are yummie). Yes, we have to think about the vitamines, and better to have them from the food then from pills, if we can.

I wish you all a lovely week to come, and as always I hope you will stay safe!




4 comments:

Edna B said...

I'm so happy to hear that Jan is doing so well. He should take it slow walking without the rollator. I wouldn't want him to fall. Wow! fifteen years already! Make that 28 years. Wow! Happy Happy Anniversary my friend. I'm wishing you and Jan many more wonderfully happy years together.

I like the baked or fried potatoes best too. But I also love the mashed potatoes. They are super tasty when mashed with turnips. Yum Yum. That's great news about your windows. They really do make a difference.

I used to start my days quite a bit earlier, but now I get a really late start most mornings. It's okay because I guess when we get older, we've earned it. hahaha. You take care of you and have a super week my friend, big hugs, Edna B.

Grandma Sarge said...

Glad Jan is getting better. Slow and easy is the way to go.
We live in a very big Valley and this week the wind decided we needed to share some of the smoke and ashes from a wildfire that is going on upwind from us. My girls won't let me go out in this stuff but I'm better off than a lot of people. I have an Oxygen tank strapped to me and wearing a mask is simple since my O2 comes from the machine not rebreathing my own carbon dioxide. Our patio got a little black soot on it but the gardeners swept it off and into the grass.
My little doggie gave us a scare this week. She must have walked through the grass that sprayed something on and when she came indoors she laid down and cleaned her paws. The Gardners did put up signs that said no pets or small children for 24 hours but they put the flag behind a bush so we didn't see it. We took her to the Vet and she kept her there for about 4 hours. She gave her fluids intravenously and gave her a shot of something for the dehydration. Then we brought her home and made what the vet said to feed her because she wasn't eating anything the whole time she was throwing up some white foam. Scared me since she's my companion for almost 4 years now. Her 4th birthday is the 16th of Sept and she still only weighs 4 lbs 5 ozs.
The girls made an emergency room out of my dining room so they could clean up and repair my collection of Santas and Bears that I put out for Christmas. It was quite entertaining to watch them brushing the beards and dusting the clothes. It was a very big task since I have over 30+ Santas and 20+ bears. The Angels are on the cover over the Pantry and there are 9 of them dressed for the Christmas season. I'm getting a new camera next week so I can take some pictures of the bunch of them. My house has a shelf built into the ceiling from one end to the other. It held almost all of the Santas but there are 5 or 6 that are too big to be put up there but all of the Bears are sitting down so the side of the living room they are overlooking is a bit shorter than the other side. Their shelf ends where the kitchen cabinets begin. I'm going to cover them with tissue paper after Christmas so they don't get messed up again.
Time for me to start thinking about getting ready for bed. I'm usually in bed by 8pm so I'll get my shower and have a desert before I get to bed.
Take care and stay safe! I'm still a little housebound because not everyone is wearing a mask these days. But I got to watch a church from across the country this morning so it's ok I don't get out. Hugs from CO!

Anonymous said...

Hi Kyra,

I'm glad Jan is feeling better. As we age everything seems to slow down, especially healing. God bless you both!

Love and Prayers,
Cassie

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

Hapyy Belated anniversary wishes to you and Jan. We also celebrated our anniversary this month, our 21st on Aug 21st although we have been together for 25 years.