A bird in the hand

Yesterday a little bird flew into the patio door which is not an unusual occurrence, but this one hit really hard. When he hadn't moved for at least 5 minutes, I decided I'd better dispose of the body. When I reached for him, his eye blinked. Thinking that he may be in shock, I cupped him in my hands to keep him warm. I think he really liked that, because after he had apparently recovered, he didn't want to leave.

Saturday

Maybe a little better this morning. It was at least an hour before I ran out of gas.
Some Relief Society ladies are here pulling weeds. All help is greatly appreciated.
The doctor says I can start having company again by the 4th. It'll be great to see the grandkids again even if they wear me out.

Condition

Richard came over Tues and mowed the lawn and pulled weed. The place sure needs a lot more of the same.
I'm really glad the treatments are over. The side effects have been worse with each treatment. Wednesday, by the time I got thru in the bathroom and got dressed, I could bearly make to my chair. All I could do all day was nap. Today's better, but still pretty bad. Hope I start coming out of it pretty soon.

Chain for Becky

Since you asked, here's the cutting of the first link:

And the last:

As most of you know, yesterday was our 44th anniversary. We went out on Wednesday since we knew my taste would be shot by Friday.
Now for the recovery period. As I mentioned on Facebook, I have no idea how long it will take. My only goals are to go back to work part-time by Aug. 1 and to need a haircut by Sept. 1.

Daytime TV

With all the rain, my days are spent reading, napping, and watching TV. Since I can't stand soaps and the contestants on game shows are so totally stupid they turn me off, it's mostly Matlock, Perry Mason, and The Heat of the Night.
I'm impressed with the police on The Heat of the Night. These guys and gals never, never waste their time on burglaries, petty theft, or break-ins let alone traffic control. No way, these folks are always investigating murders.
Now, Sparta is supposed to be a small town in rural Mississippi. I grew up in a small town in rural Oregon and I remember 2, maybe 3 killings from the time we moved there when I was 7 until I left just before I turned 18. Sparta and environs average at least 1.5 dead per week and, of course the police always catch the bad guys, so an average of at least 1.5 people get shipped of to prison per week. That's a loss of 3 citizens per week. Multiplied by 52 weeks per year comes out to 156 people per year. It's a good thing the show was cancelled, a small town can't sustain that kind of population loss long term.

Sunshine

We had sunshine yesterday afternoon. Did you see it?
It made me ambitious. I weeded the garden and replanted the cucumbers (3rd time. I think the slugs are getting them as soon as they come up.) Jan and I mowed the lawn. Actually, Jan mowed the lawn. I was able to make 2 laps around the back, then she finished. Same in the front. Legs were really shaky by then.
Goes to show, sunshine can be hazardous to your health.

Josh's tractor

Yesterday, Josh brought his lawn tractor over and mowed the lawn. It's a pretty good sized tractor and made short work of it, but the trees made the job a little hazardous. He nearly clothes-lined himself on the Spruce out front.
Ashlynn was impressed that the potatoes she planted were growing. She had to make sure daddy saw them before he left.

Naps

In the past I never took naps. In camp, when other people were napping it was my chance to escape and explore on my own. It's amazing how much more you see when you're alone instead of in the company of a gaggle of people stomping along, chattering to one another.
Now days, naps are part of every activity. Make a quick trip to the store, take a nap. Go for a walk, take a nap. Putter in the garden for a few minutes, take a nap. At least it makes the day go faster and making the days go faster until this is over is a good thing.

The garden

A few warm days followed by a little rain has been good for the garden. Lots of stuff sprouting out there. Some of it may even be things we planted.

Mom

Our sweet Marge has volunteered to take Mom to her house for a few weeks while Roger has a chance to get through these last few treatments and recover for awhile.

This morning Mom said to me, "I bet you'll be glad when I go home."
I said, "Why would you say that?"
She said, "To get me out of your hair."
I told her, "No, I will miss you very much."

And I will.
I will miss her crazy wit.
I will miss her songs & poems.
I will miss her stories.
I will miss her giggles.
And in a way, I will miss her "mothering".
Most of all I will miss the opportunities I have had to
give her small acts of service and to hear her heart felt
"thank you"s.

And I will be glad when things are more normal here and she can come home.

Lawn mowing

Richard drove over from Maupin to mow the lawns. Good thing, I don't know how long it would take me. Mow for 15 minutes, rest for 30- 40.

Out of gas

Only worked until 9:30 yesterday and stayed home today. I'm going to get the forms filled out to go on disability. Just out of gas.

Garden time

We planted a little more garden yesterday. As usual, I'm trying a few new varieties. For the past few years, I've planted Precocious for early corn. It is early and we're happy to have it, but its not great corn. This year we planted Quickie. The write-up makes it sound really good. We'll see. Of course, my main season corn is still Bodacious.
For cherry tomatoes, I've been using Sweet Million. It's well named -tons of cherry tomatoes, but splits badly. This year I'm trying Bambino. It's supposed to resist splitting.
I also found a cabbage (Gonzales) that's only softball sized. The regular sized ones are really too much for us.
We took it pretty easy and there's more to plant. I may get some more in today. This time I'll wear my straw hat instead of the baseball cap. The back of my bald head got a little pink yesterday.

Thursday, May 6

4 down, 2 to go.
Richard mowed the lawn yesterday and cleaned his room and made his bed before leaving for Maupin!! The lawn mowing didn't surprise me.
I hope to get some more garden planted this weekend. We'll see how that goes.

Apr 26 thru 29

Not much different this week. As I think I mentioned, the fatigue gets a little worse with each treatment. I'm not sure if I'll be able to work thru the whole process. We'll see.
Every thing I've ordered on-line came in this week. Ammunition, speed loaders, and tomato plants. The plants are in tiny pots, so I'll re-pot them today and put them in the garden when they get a little bigger.
4th treatment Thursday. I can hardly wait. Oh well, it'll be that much closer to being over.

A very nice (busy) weekend

On Saturday I escaped for a little while and went to the book exchange, gas station, and grocery store.
Today, Jenny & Josh came over. Josh tilled the garden while Jenny mowed the lawn. I burned the little pile of stuff that was left over. Grandma and Ashlynn planted potatos.


Not Van Gogh's Potato Eaters, but Roger's Potato Planters.


All done!

Afterwards, I took a nap! Watching all that work can wear a guy out.

Bald guys

NOW do you see the resemblance??

Tues thru Fri

Tues, Wed, and Thurs were uneventful. Just work, eat and sleep. Really tired by the time I got home each day, but that's normal for the week after. Went to work this morning, but didn't feel well, so I came home about 9:00. Feel some better now.
I did have some good news. The ammo I ordered from Cabela's in January finally shipped. It left IL this morning.
I hope to burn a little more tomorrow, then maybe, just maybe, the garden will be ready to til.

Monday

Stayed home today. Just tired. Hope to rest up and get a running start on tomorrow.

Sunday

Richard mowed the lawn and burned the brush pile. (I helped for 5-10 minutes.) He'll be gone 4 or 5 days next weekend rafting the Owyhee. I may need some help getting the garden tilled. If it's dry enough.