Wednesday What-Have-You

You may have gathered by the title that this is going to be a rambling, catch up kind of post, and you'd be absolutely correct. There's nothing very exciting going on in my little world and that's just fine with me. Mundane is good. I much prefer mundane over the wrong kind of excitement.Sunday Dinner was good, if I do say so myself. Fried boneless pork chops, cream gravy, fried potatoes and butterpeas. Other than my hubby, there was only my sisters Cecil and Ducky here to eat with us.Monday Cecil and Sue came and got me and Lamar and we went to Jonesboro to Fat City Grill for lunch. Sue and I both ordered the steak lunch while Cecil had the potato chowder and chicken strips, and Lamar ordered the barbecue beef brisket sandwich. Lamar and Sue got their entrees and Sue and I were still waiting on our steaks. Finally, after about 30 minutes the kitchen manager came to our table and told us that there'd been some kind of problem with our steaks, but they'd be out soon and would be on the house since we had to wait so long for them. So Sue and I had a free, albeit very long awaited, lunch on Monday.

After we left the restaurant, we went to Turtle Creek Mall so Cecil could do some Christmas shopping. Sue tagged along with Cecil, Lamar walked the mall and did some window shopping in anticipation for actual Christmas shopping next week, and I did my usual thing: I got a venti cup of black coffee at Star*Bucks and made myself comfortable with a book at Barnes*&*Noble. By the time we left the mall it was getting dark, so Cecil and Sue dropped me and Lamar off at our apartment and went home for the day.Tuesday, I had an eye exam scheduled for 8:30 that morning. Wouldn't you know it, I got a big piece of sweater fiber in my left eye the night before and really had my eye swollen and irritated. My ophthalmologist took one look at my eye and said, "No exam for you today!" She was concerned about a scratched cornea or eye infection, so she put some dye in my eye and really gave me the works. There was no scratch or infection, praise the Lord, but she did give me some eye drops to use for the rest of the day and rescheduled my actual eye exam to get my glasses.

She also dilated my eyes and did everything except my actual prescription, so I'll have that done when I have to go back next week. I also picked out my frames so I'll have that much done when I have to go back. She gave me those stylish dark shades to wear behind my regular glasses until my eyes returned to normal. I always enjoy having my eyes dilated. NOT!! Tuesday was a bright sunshiny day here in my area, which makes it even worse when your eyes are dilated.After I finished at the eye doctor, Lamar's Mom dropped us off at Cracker*Barrel to meet Sue and Cecil for lunch. Lamar and Cecil got the beef pot roast dinner, Sue got the chicken tender salad and I got breakfast. It was good, but it was already really crowded in there and we got there before 11 am.

One question: why is Cracker*Barrel so loud? I do believe it's the loudest restaurant I've ever been in! Or is it just me???

After we got through with lunch, we dropped Lamar off at our apartment and went back to Cecil's place in Trumann. She had to let in an appliance repairman at 1 pm to work on her fridge. It only took him about 10 minutes to remove and replace a part and it seems to be working fine now. Let's hope so anyway! He's already worked on it once and didn't fix it, so hopefully this time did the trick.

When the repairman got done, we loaded up and went to Wal*Mart for a while. I did some pre-Christmas scouting and window shopping in advance for my actual Christmas shopping, which I plan to do this Saturday. My knees were giving me a lot of grief so I cut my window shopping short, bought myself a cold coffee *Frappacino* and sat on a bench at the front of the store until Sue and Cecil finished their shopping.

After a short stop at *Dollar*General* we headed back to my apartment and watched the Food Network until time for Sue and Cecil to go home. Lamar and I were still full from lunch, so we just snacked around for supper last night. I had some microwave popcorn while I watched the Charlie Brown Christmas special on TV.Jessica called me yesterday afternoon and told me that Emmy is sick again. I had suspected something was going on with Emmy after her restless night here on Friday night. She has occasional vomiting and diarrhea, and is just cranky and not herself. She's also running fever occasionally. It's really weird because sometimes she's happy, sunny and fine. The next minute she's sick. Weird.

Jessica took Emmy to the doctor yesterday afternoon and he said she's got a virus and it will just have to run its course. It seems like everything that comes along just jumps on poor little Emmy. I know it doesn't help that she's in daycare where they pass all the germs and bugs around like candy. Hopefully one day soon Emmy will be healthy again, bless her little heart.Today I slept late, then made myself a pot of coffee and started reading and commenting on your blogs. I helped a friend with her blog and made myself some Christmas signature buttons to use on my blog.

Now I'm going to get this post up and then go make some homemade red beans and rice with smoked sausage for supper, then shower and get ready for church.

Y'all have a great Wednesday afternoon/evening.