Up for devo and then back to bed. Slow morning with coffee, Candlewood,Kiron, and Arthur. Now to wait for 1/31 Arthur taped message from Phillip. Our prayers are with you as you share. Relaxing day ... At 3 I played pickle ball for an hour. At 7 I went to Trivia. Lost again ... but not in last place. 3rd out of 4. I deleted more pictures from 2020 blogs so I could order and print the book. I think it is pretty well done, so hopefully Denny do another quick preview and help me order it.
Devo, Nap, Yoga, Nap, 77 flea market, Nap, Pier 19, and to bed. What a day!!! I went with Gail, Jane, and Bev to yoga at the Farmer's market. It was another lovely morning. Tanya does such a nice job. When wee got back, I missed the park sale of stuff. Oh, dear. After my nap Jane called and invited me to go with her and Bev to FM 77. I only bought guacamole stuff. After a nap I took a shower and we headed to Pier 19. Bruce, Merle, Mike and Keith had been fishing and brought their fish to get fixed for the 10 of us for supper. The outside wait was chilly and longer than I expected, but the food and company was great once we got into the restaurant. Merle bought us 4 ladies a rose. I think the guys had a great time fishing. We had fish grilled, blackened and fried with coleslaw hushpuppies and fries ro HUGE onion rings. We got update pictures of Matt and Becky's home. It looks so awesome.
Up and heading out for scramble golf at Brownsville Country Club. In preparation I hit 15 balls into the resaca behind Gail and Bruce's home. I hit my 5,6,7,8,9 clubs SO well, up in the air and into the water, staring and true I was SO happy and ready to play. Well, sorry the actual game did NOT go well. I don't think they used one of my shots. Guess that's the last time I practice. Keith, Jake, and Bev were my partners, the weather was so nice, conversations with Bev on the cart were so good, My actual playing ... not so hot, the understatement. The girls headed to Texas Thrift store after we were done with golf. Bev needed some short sleeve tops for this warm Texas weather. When we got home the guys were having fun on the deck. We headed to Reals for supper about 5 with Sandy, Bill, Bruce and Mike. Nice time!
Slept in .. no launch today. Spent am just catching up on stuff. We left the tv out on the deck last night and the wind had blown it across the deck. Diane and Larry H came to visit Bev and Merle. Bruce is inviting friends from park to have 2 for 1 wings at 5. YUM!! At 2 we played pickle ball. I took 100 pictures off of the blog. I need to reduce the number from 1330 to 1153. Uffda!! After C&C we came home and then went to Reals' fire pit. We watched tv. Keith and Jane got to then park about 10 pm.
Up for devo and watching Mandy on Lifestyle:28. Playing pickle ball at 7:45. Heading to SPI to watch the launch. NOPE no launch, so I went golfing with Gail, Fay and Carol for Carol's birthday. And then to C&C afterwards. While Bruce and I were playing pickle ball with Bill and Sandy Merle and Bev H. drove into 4 seasons. They are staying for a month and got set up at lot 64. The same one Connie and Jerry were at. Denny was fixing grilled red snapper that Bruce had caught last week on the off shore fishing trip. We had plenty and so we invited B&M, B&G, and young Bruce for fish, rice bag salad and tartar sauce. I was so happy that they all chilled and visited on the dock while we were getting the meal ready. It was so beautiful out, Just fun to be together, Sandy and Bill stopped over to taste the grilled fish. Bruce and I went to the hot tub about10 pm. then off to bed for me.
Up for devo and coffee. I played pickle ball at 8 and then at 11 we asked Bill and Sandy if they wanted to go to with us to possibly watch the launch. It was a beautiful afternoon. We put our chairs on the jetty, ate, and watched the birds, boats, and saw a couple of dolphins. The weather was warm, the gulf water waves occasionally hit the breakers and sprayed on us. The launch was cancelled and eventually we headed back to the park. At night Gail and I started on the quilt for Abby's graduation.
I did not write this - Worth the read.
Barely the day started and... it's already six in the evening. Barely arrived on Monday and it's already Friday.... and the month is already over.... and the year is almost over.... and already 40, 50 or 60 years of our lives have passed. ... and we realize that we lost our parents, friends.and we realize it's too late to go back... So... Let's try, despite everything, to enjoy the remaining time... Let's keep looking for activities that we like...
Let's put some color in our grey...
Up for devo and coffee. I rode with Gail to Yoga. Then we played pickle ball until about 11. Gail and I rode with Bruce to 77. We got lots of stuff. Bruce got waders, insulated coveralls, sun glasses, hitch pins, oranges, and a tow chain. Bruce dropped me off and we ate leftovers on the deck. Denny and Bruce went to Lot 92 I rode with Bruce to Boca Chica and he fished the Mexico side of the beach and the north side by the Jetty. We made it home by 7 for Bruce's card game. Denny and I went to the hot tub before we watched some tv.
We left about 4:30 am for the Los Fresnos Rodeo grounds to hopefully get our first covid shot on a first come first serve basis. Denny printed and filled out the 2 forms on the web and they are signed, we have our IDs, and masks. Now we are in line in cars in the rodeo field with vehicles all around. We are not drinking any more fluids until a porta pot is sited. When I could wait no longer, YES!! there were portapots in every area. It was wait, wait, wait, We wrote 6 cards, watched 2-3 episodes of Reign, listened to 2 classes of photography, I worked on my blog, Denny napped, We figured by a quick count that there were 50 lines of cars with about 50 in each line. If there were 2 in each car that is 5000 people. We heard there 3,000 doses ... ???? Around 5:15 am counters came by and asked how many in the car were getting shots, then I asked her "How are we doing for numbers?" meaning "Will we make the cut?" She gave a tentative-maybe answer... "We're close to the top level of numbers of doses." NOT reassuring. The next 8 hours we were just in the car, except for leg stretching walks to the portapot. I found out the 2500 cars facing north had vouchers and the 200 cars of us that were facing south would be the last to (possibly) recieve available shots. Uffda!! As time passed rows of cars began to filter up to the 6 fire station docks; one. row. at. a. time. SLOWLY from my perspective. Once your car was parked you did not move until your row was headed to get the shot. About Mainly we're just SO happy we got the shot. Today is Kathy R. birthday. On the way home we stopped at Walmart to get a few groceries a birthday cookie, and flowers to put together. At home we unloaded groceries. I put together 2 bunches of flowers then took a nap. At 6 we picked up Reals and went to The Broken Sprocket. It was a beautiful evening. There was a small band playing when we got there. And a larger one at 8:30. We ordered cerviche, cheese fries, and pizza. So good. At home by 9ish and to bed after a long day in the car.
At pickle ball at 8:30 I was paired with Brad B. Poor boy ... I did not help his win a single game, but it was fun. I left early and walked down to their camp site before we all went to our place and Denny had fixed a great breakfast of scrambled eggs, avocado toast and Mexican coffee. Nice slow morning and they left 4 Seasons about 11 to head up the coast on their way to Nashville.
Fun day with me playing with Bruce N. and Brad B. for scramble golf. We had awards and a drink after golfing. Denny and Connie joined us. At home I got ready for cupcake tasting with some gals. Gail, Connie, Kathy, Mert, Joan, Joanna, Joyce and me. It was a sweet treat and worked well to share the 6 cupcakes that I got at Waco Silos. I had fixed mint lemonade and had ice cream and chocolate covered almonds with coconut (from Kathy) in a silacon cupcake paper. The gals came at 3 and were here for about an hour. We took steaks, sweet potato fries, poppers, and bag salad to Reals where we chilled and grilled. About 7 people came over to sit around the fire pit. It was fun. Mary Kay, Joyce, Brad, Gail, Bruce, Bruce N. Sandy and Bill.
Up at 5 and updating my blog. I watched Mandy at 6, had Devo and went back to bed at 7. Slept until 9:30. Connie and Jerry came for breakfast on the deck. Much visiting. Topo Chico on the dock. Jerry squeezed orange juice and we toured Gail and Bruce 's place. The screened in porch was great for visiting and supper of soup, pizza and pie. Brad and Joyce stopped in to visit.
UP and excited for the time with Bergstrands today. I got coffee and devo done, Bruce stopped by to visit, and at 8 I went to play pickle ball. Denny was up getting breakfast ready. Bergstrands came down for breakfast with Denny. It was a beautiful morning out on the deck. We walked the park and then went to look at pictures on the smart tv's. We set the alarm for 2 minutes and then switched looking at Connies, and then our pictures. Later we went to the beach. It was warm and windy. Before we headed home we stopped at Palms on the Beach. Smoked ribs and potatoes with cream for supper. We ate inside. Fun day!!
We had our usual Sunday morning schedule. Coffee and services. Bergstrands pulled into the park about 11. They got their rig parked and we sat at the cement table. Denny and I tried to reposition it AND IT WAS HEAVY. It sprinkled a little and we visited and ate warmed up leftovers under the car port. We went past the launch and drove to Boca Chica beach. We walked about 2 miles. Denny grilled hamburgers for supper. Wonderful to have them here.
Looking back. At Denny’s back surgery.
Dr. Meyer led a prayer time with all of us before I went back for surgery. Dr Meyer added my surgery on Thursday as the Fourth spinal surgery.. His staff told him he was crazy - that no one does four surgeries in one day, but he told them 'it's ok-I really want to help this guy. I really like them!' He said it was By Far the Worst case of spinal stenosis that he has seen in 25 years! He was surprised that I was even able to walk at all with how bad it looked. He couldn't believe it! There was lots of adhered scar tissue! So much scar tissue that he called in another neurosurgeon just to come in and look at it too because it was so crazy/surprising!
Once he saw the area - he was sure that there was no way that he would be able to complete the procedure successfully without any other complications. But – He Did! He said he thought it would have been impossible to clear that much scar tissue from the dura without rupturing it....but it went great! Thanks for praying. Denny Johnson
There wasn't any yoga at the farmer's market, it was too cold. After a.m. pickle ball, I went to Fay's to help her get ready for the fish fry. I was really good at helping her. I sat in a chair and drank coffee and told her what a good job she was doing. She had very few jobs for me to actually do, but I am sure I helped a lot from the chair by the kitchen table. I came home and made whipping cream for Denny's key lime pie. Bruce stopped by and started to squeeze some oranges. It was so fun to see Jerry and Fay frying the fish, hushpuppies, and keeping them warm. There were lots of friends outside eating. Gail and Bruce, Sandy and Bill, Kathy and Sandy, Joyce and Brad, Carol and Jerry, Sandy and Roger, Angie and JB and Marty, Carol, Finchers served great food, Fish, Hushpuppies, French fries, coleslaw, banana pudding, cheesecake, key lime pie, We stayed until after the football game on TV.
Slow am. It's snowing in Iowa. TOO BAD SOOO SAD Denny and I listened to a camera lesson, walked and talked around the park, and picked oranges from Nick's tree. Around 2 I rode with Bruce N. to the fishing area on the way to SPI. It was a chilly sunny beautiful time to watch Bruce fish. He was fishing for about 10 minutes, caught a fish and then on the next cast his fishing line broke. Would it stop him .... Possibly, but in true Newhouse fashion he went looking for broken fishing tackle caught in the oyster reef. ANDN found some. He added it to his line, even though the weight was too heavy and he caught about 4-5 more. Nothing that we kept, but fun to catch some. At 4 we came back and played pickleball. Denny spent the time I was gone cleaning the trailer. It looks great. I came home from pickle ball and made a quick batch of guacamole and we went to Mert's for tortilla soup. So good. We watched a you tube of the Zimmerman girls' BB game. The jv squad got in at the fourth quarter of the game. Haley made 2 points and got a rebound. FUN day. Not in the snow. Sorry, Mugs, I suppose it was mean to tell the 70 degree temps forecast for the next week.
Pickle ball was a little chilly starting out, but before we finished I was wearing a sleeveless top... and not playing well. Uffda!!! Such is life. Bruce went fishing with Brad, Dave, and John. They bought their limit by 10, but Bruce got seasick. Denny and I walked the park and I stopped to take a picture of a beautiful rose. Mert got her loveseat from Wayfair. Denny put it together this afternoon and we brought up a lazyboy that she wanted gone to audition. Denny grabbed it for his chair. Uffda!! I made 2 lemon meringue pies and gave one to Griscelda. They leave about 3 tomorrow morning. I'll miss them. We ate supper at Gail's. Great food. I joined a a video Lifestyle 28 facebook room. Nice visit.
Wonderful morning. We picked up Bill and Kathy about 9:30 and drove to Donna Weslaco. Fun morning looking around at all the stuff. I got a pretty plant for Connie when she comes to 4 Seasons. We did get 5 pounds of big onions for $5. We stopped at San Bonito and ate at Long Horn Cattle country. Great meal and visit. We stopped at Real's to look at the new lights and try the insertion machine. Bruce came over before he ate with Gail and Bruce.
Well, I posted my IF journey on L:28. Uffda!! It took a while to get warmed up. No pickle ball at 8 instead at 2:30. Denny was fixing poppers and I made sweet potato fries. Gail and I went to Thrift stores in the am and looked for shorts and water shoes for Bruce. They said I could keep the golf clubs that came with the pink golf bag I got at Texas Thrift. That was good news for the Henderson grands. We stopped at Lopez and got milk and a T bone steak.
I was up about 7 and listened to Mandy. Bruce H. had called off pickle ball except for the hardy, which is not me. Bruce N. worked on the bathroom at Hendersons. Denny and I started to work on pictures, but with both of us trying to delete pictures the process was very slow, so just Denny ran the delete train. We did play pickle ball at 3. When I came back Denny was making fried green tomatillos. We invited Kathy, Bruces and Gail. I, by mistake, thru away the envelopes that Denny had been saving to verify that we were Texas residents ... to hopefully speed up the process of getting the Covid shot. Uffda!!! Wrong move on my part. That and always having the last word are not good attributes. Uffda!! Watched Courage to Run!!! Great movie. I showed Bruce N pictures of Matt's lake fish!!! Impressive.
I am so thankful to have you as a daughter. May you continue to use the gifts God has given you to help others.
Love Sundays. We watched last weeks AEF sermon, then Rory's message (really good), then Kiron. I made soup and bread. Denny and I started deleting some pictures. Bruce came to watch BB and we ate soup and bread. Poor guy, we spent a lot of time looking at OABCIG football finals. I went to Trivia. My team lost. What's new.
Full morning. Gail, Joyce, and I went to yoga, then we (GJFBBB) played pickle ball, then we (GFBDJB) went to 77 Flea market. I bought avocados, NO SURPRISE!! a pineapple, and Denny got some jalepenios. Bruce came over for lunch; after he left Denny and I cleaned the house, laundry, then Denny wiped off the outside of the car. He was so happy to get so much done. We invited Griscelda and John over to visit. I went to bed pretty early and slept well.
So glad that I was alive today! So glad Matt was my first born 44 years ago!. May God continue to bless him through out his life. I am so thankful for Matthew Brent Johnson.
