hey friends. it's been a very long weekend and I'm tired but I can't sleep, so I'm sitting in the living room scrolling through the tv channels and the internet, while listening to DH snore at the other end of the house.
A tree removal guy that was recommended by one of DH's friends came over Friday afternoon to do an assessment of the job. he said as soon as the ground is dry enough for him to get his equipment in the yard they'll be back, first to get the tree off of our neighbor's fence, then to get started on removal of the rest of it. the estimate is $1550 and our insurance deductible is higher than that, so it won't be covered. then we'll have to work something out with the neighbor about her fence. in all honesty, her fence was in bad condition anyway, with sections of it having already fallen. but the part our tree hit was still standing, so we'll just have to talk to her and hopefully come to a mutually agreeable settlement. she's always been a nice person, although we hardly ever see her. but you never know what people are going to say. DH went to her house yesterday but she didn't answer the door, so he left a note with his phone number but so far she hasn't called.
DD and DSIL came up Friday night. we just had pizza since they arrived late. we had planned to take them to that country store/restaurant on Saturday evening (that's the one that DH and I went to last month with some friends and really enjoyed) but it's in a town that had some serious tornado damage from the storms a few days ago and no one has electricity since so many power lines were knocked down by falling trees. so instead, we made steak & chicken shish-kabobs on the grill.
DD wasn't feeling well Friday night and the first part of Saturday. she was having a mild MS flare that causes her right extremities to feel strange ( muscles drawing & tightening) and she feels extremely tired. she says that when this happens it mostly occurs on Fridays and Saturdays after she's worked all week and her energy reserves are totally depleted. she rested for several hours on Saturday morning and by Saturday evening she was feeling much better.
we plan to talk to a medicare supplement adviser this week about choosing a supplement & prescription plan for DH. this is the same person who was so helpful when I was in the process of choosing plans for myself. since DH retired he's been getting all of his medical care though the VA and they've done a good job. but there are some issues that he may need evaluated by sources outside of the VA system in the near future so we feel like we need to get prepared for that in advance.
I planted my tomatoes and cucumbers today. one cherry tomato and two globe (Better Boy) plants. I'll go this week and buy some squash, jalapeno and lettuce to plant. that's all I'm doing this year.
I've just skimmed quickly through all the posts I had missed and it sounds like everyone had a good Easter weekend.
@snardy, your European trip coming up caught my attention. I saw a mention about cruising from London to Ireland. maybe I can ask you to share more details later this week, when you have a chance. I've never been to Europe, but since I've been doing my genealogy research the last couple of years I have really been wanting to see the areas my ancestors came from. England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland make up almost all of my ancestry and those places would be my dream trip..
it's 1:30 now and I'm beginning to feel sleepy. so I'll give it another try.
sending big blessings to all.
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