I felt pretty good all day. The pain is back tonight though.

Sis took my car and got the annual safety inspection this morning. One of the headlights was out, which I hadn't realized because I don't drive at night very often. So after that was replaced, the car passed the safety inspection.

Sis made a loaf of bread in the bread machine this afternoon. I love warm freshly baked bread.

I didn't sleep more than 2 hours total last night. Then at church I was in a lot of pain and could hardly sit still. When the service was over and I was heading back out of the sanctuary, I nearly fell. My right ankle was aching so badly that I could hardly drive home.

We didn't go out to eat, but reheated the leftovers from the turkey dinners we bought at the Lutheran church fundraiser and finished that.

I tried to get some sleep this afternoon and did sleep a little bit, but then a former neighbor called and chatted for awhile. Later, our two brothers called from VA and talked for awhile too. By that time I was wide awake again and haven't slept since.

I hope tonight doesn't turn out the same as last night.

It cooled off quite a lot overnight and is expected to get even colder tonight and tomorrow.



It was really raining hard when I got off work at noon today. Naturally I didn’t have an umbrella with me, so I made an emergency rain cap out of a trash bag liner. I believe we got about two inches of rain.



Sis had an appointment to have an MRI/brain scan at the hospital this afternoon so I went along with her. She said that was quite an experience – one she hopes not to have to repeat. She's had a couple of mini strokes in recent months and the doctor sent her to have this test.



We stopped at a fundraiser supper on the way home and had spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, and bread sticks. She had been fasting for the MRI, so was quite ready for a good meal by that time.



Then we came home, put on a pot of coffee and had peach pie with it.

I've tried lying down two or three times since we got home, but my arthritis is bothering me so much that I can't lie still. Icy Hot or Aspercreme helps a little bit, but pain pills sure don't.

Pumpkin Patch Pix

child in a bumble bee outfit. So cute.

A nearby church had their annual Thanksgiving fundraiser dinner today so Sis went over and picked up two take out meals for us. My arthritis has been bothering me more today and I got only two hours sleep last night so when I got home from work this afternoon I went right to bed and slept for a few hours. Of course that may cause a vicious circle of little sleep again tonight. But I've got to get sleep when I can.

It is 84 degrees here right now. What is really amazing is that I just saw a picture posted on Facebook of a friend's home in Washington state - with snow covering the ground around the home.

I didn't get much sleep last night so when I got home from this work this afternoon I was really tired. I went right to bed and slept for nearly 3 hours - skipping the early news, Jeopardy, and the 5 o'clock news. I must have been really sleep-deprived.

Sis is helping out at the pumpkin patch at a nearby church but should be home in about an hour.