OUR DAY OFF
Tuesday Poppee and I had a full day. We went eat a small breakfast at McD because we had a doctor's appt. at 10 o'clock and then another at 1 o'clock so we'd have lunch early. Well of course it didn't turn out that way. After our doctors appt. at 10 the truck wouldn't start. We called Corey (son-in-law) to bring some new battery cables that was left on our table at home,which was going to be changed when we got back. We have been having trouble with the truck for awhile and the mechanic said we needed to change the cables. At first the wrong cables were ordered so he couldn't change them on the weekend. While waiting for Corey, he wiggled the cables for awhile and got the truck started. We called Corey and said we would go home to change them. He finished in enough time to make our 1 o'clock appt. We had to wait 20 min. because they were at lunch.

The first doc said he didn't need surgery on his elbow in which he fell on and chipped his bone. The second appt. was with a hearing aid tech. Poppee has been having hearing problems for a long time. He tried hearing aids a long time ago but he couldn't stand them because of the background noises. The tech said the new ones now a days were computerized and work a lot better. The cost is 6,000.00 but if it helps him to hear better its worth it. Its hard to have to keep repeating everything and when you do he tells me you don't have to yell. We went outside to try it in one ear. He could hear the birds sing, the radio in the truck,the car passing on a nearby street and hear me talk to him all at the same time. That might seem nothing to most people, but not for him.He should be getting them in about 2 weeks. We will be able to play the tv at a lower volume and talk to him easier. I'm sure that its been hard on him all these years because when I'm having a talk with someone else he couldn't hear so I'd have to repeat everything to him.

Now that we have grandchildren and small neices and nephews, he will be able to hear them and that means alot to him. Sometimes later on he might wish to not hear some of their whining that goes on but thats part of their personality. I really can't wait until they do get out of that stage but really they do it more with their parents than with us.

The rest of our day was nice. We went to a couple of relgious shops. We bought Chloe a cross chain and an angel braclet. She saw me wearing some relgious jewelry last time we went to church and she said she wanted some too. We will give her that for Easter. We also went to a shop and bought her a jewelry box with a ballerina dancing to the tune of Somewhere Over the Rainbow for her dance recital in May. I called
Shawn to let her know about the nice things there and she,Michelle,Jamie and Dawn and the kids were coming to the mall to eat.We met them at Cucos. We never ate there so we didn't know what to order. We picked a shrimp and a chicken pasta dish. They turned out to be very good. We had a good time. We were tired and went to bed not long after we got home.

Chloe and Owen are the only ones here right now.They are taking their nap. I had two others but they have already left. Owen was a little cranky today. I hope he is not coming down with something or getting spoiled. He loves when his Poppee or Nonk are home to play with him. When he sees them he crawls right to them so they could take him. Laine just called to see if we could keep both of them and bring to the Way of The Cross with us tonight while she does a few things around the house when she gets back from work. Poppee didn't work today.If we would have known

we would have made the appts. today instead of him missing another day of work. I hope that things pick up at work soon and he at least works 5 days a week.

Well,I have to go,its almost 3o'clock, and they will be waking up and my afternoon kids will be coming off the bus. Also I have to fold some clothes that I washed for Coreys' mom and dad before they come pick them up.


GOD BLESS AND TAKE TAKE CARE!!!