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.
