The laundry is done and Sarah is sleeping so it is a good
time to do an update of what we have been up to, not much really but here goes.
Thursday, the sixth, we met Norma Cairo at the new Hy-Vee
store in Urbandale. This store is something to see, it is huge, doesn’t have
furniture and the like as I have seen in some stores especially down south, but
it is big. They have an area set aside where they do cooking demonstrations and
classes. A dietician/chef, who works for Stoddard Cancer Center, her husband is
the seafood manager and a chef at this Hy-Vee, put on a class for cancer
patients once a month. The purpose is to get the people eating nuitrious food
and help with other dietary questions. This time is was seafood with risotto
and squash soup. Now I like squash, up to a point, but the soup was to sweet
for me, but the risotto and seafood was great.
I did buy a couple of crab cakes, made by the chef, and
cooked them that night, they were great.
Sarah & Cynthia did some shopping on Friday, I bought a
coat but then split up with them to go find a warm up suit to wear in the
apartment, I couldn’t find one my size, that is to say the inseams on all of
the pants that fit me were 32 inches and I take a 30 inch. Is it my imagination
or is that the trend to have the pants bunch up at the top of the shoes. Anyway
I did get a pair of sweat pants to wear so I accomplished half my goal. The
other thing I bought was a winter coat, not expecting to need one in the south,
I bought it at Sears.
Sunday was a trip to Costco. We wanted to get a vacuum cleaner,
the one they have in the apartment wouldn’t pick up a piece of tissue. We found
an Electrolux upright with a $50 discount on it and it works great.
Monday we met Cairo’s for dinner at American Legends in West
Des Moines. They have good food; we have eaten here a couple of times. We sat
and talked for a while; their dog had surgery on its back and wasn’t responding
to therapy like they had hoped, but yesterday they told us things were
improving so that is good.
Tuesday I went out to Illahee Hills, they had called a few
days before, to ride with their driver and fill out paperwork so I could sub
for him as needed. This will give me something to do and maybe I won’t eat so
much. I am hoping to hear from Enterprise Car Rental, I applied there also to
drive part time for them.
Wednesday was another treatment day for Sarah, she handled
it well, they have changed the drug for nausea and it seems to be working the
best with fewer side effects than the other two. This one does make her sleep a
bit more but I don’t think that is bad.
Today we did the laundry. I dropped the basket with the
bottle of laundry soap, liquid, and the lid broke on it so the laundry room
floor is clean and fresh smelling.
I had a call today telling me I won a bunch of gift cards
from some online seller, I have no idea who or what the site is, but they
wanted to know my age and I said I was retired. The woman kept asking me what
my age is and I said I am retired and I wasn’t going to tell her my age, she
hung up. Not sure, what it was all about but I was being ornery about not
giving her my age. Maybe I should have just to see where the conversation was
going.
Well that brings us up to date on what we are doing.
I still love our view; I watch Mercy Hospital’s helicopter
come and go. Cool! The hospital is upper right past the parking ramp.
I hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas and a Glorious
New Year.
Dreams Do Come True
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