Sunday Dinner, August 2, 2009

I have to start by saying that I had every intention of cooking Sunday Dinner this week, but circumstances have plotted against me. I have no idea what will be happening for my Sunday Dinner this week, or if I'll even feel like eating by lunchtime Sunday.

First, I'm experiencing a little digestive upset that has kept me in the bathroom more than I really like to visit there. Yesterday I started in with the green apple quick step, the back door trots or whatever euphemism is used in your part of the country. That malady has continued today, unabated.

Sorry if that information is a little too graphic or more than you really needed to know about me and my health issues.

I haven't eaten anything unusual and didn't really feel bad on Friday, but today I'm not quite up to snuff. I've had some occasional nausea, but not enough to keep me from eating, and I'm achy and sore all over.

Added to my physical issues is the fact that I had Emmy on Friday afternoon while Jessica did some running around, getting her car to the shop to be worked on, etc. As much as I love Emmy and love to have her with me, it's still work when you're in top form, much less when you're a little under the weather.

It IS the transmission, by the way. $7oo up front and that includes the price of a rebuilt transmission.

And these are church friends who are doing their best to help them, charging almost nothing for labor! No telling how much it would have been if they'd had to go to *Sears* or any other mechanic shop!

Our mechanic friends hope to have JESSICA and Jason's car fixed and back in their hands before Wednesday. CECIL will help get them to and from work on Tuesday, and in the meantime Jessica and Jason are borrowing Lamar's Mom's car until Monday.

Praise God for family and friends who care and are willing to help, even when it's an inconvenience and a sacrifice!Now that I've chased that rabbit to a long and lingering death.....

Secondly, I should mention that added to my icky tummy and other health problems today, I had to make my monthly trek to Wal*mart for household supplies, prescriptions and a few groceries.

Besides the fact that today was Saturday, it's also the next to last weekend before school starts around here, so people were out in full force to do their back to school shopping, and Wal*mart was even more of a madhouse than usual.

If there had been any way to put it off I would have, but we were dangerously low on some things and it couldn't wait until next week. By the time I finished my shopping I was dead on my feet and barely able to put one aching foot in front of the other.

Bless Jessica's heart for loading everything in the back of her Granny's borrowed car and then helping her Dad unload everything once we got home. I still don't feel well at all and most of the non perishables that I bought are still setting in the living room floor waiting to be put away. Hopefully I'll feel like dealing with all that later on tonight. If not, they'll still be there when I get around to them.Jessica got me a handmade red maple rocking chair from a guy she works with at the hospital, and I love, LoVe, LOVE it! It's custom made for me, which means extra wide and sturdy, and extra short so I can reach the floor, lol!

Now I just have to find a place for it in my living room, which means I'll be doing some furniture rearranging just as soon as I feel better. Pictures coming when I feel better also.I've been on a hot tea kick lately, and Bigelow's Earl Grey is my favorite hot tea. Emmy has to have some of whatever Gramma's eating or drinking of course, and she also loves my Earl Grey hot tea.

So I looked at Wal*mart today and found a little girl's plastic tea set for us to drink our tea from, and also a children's stainless steel pots and pans set, complete with metal utensils. Emmy loves to pretend she's cooking so I have high hopes that someday she'll love to cook as much as her Gramma.

Fortunately both the tea set and the pots and pans set were very inexpensive. I foresee lots of cooking and tea drinking in our immediate future. :-)I'm sure there were more things I wanted to share, but my thoughts are flying every which way, more than usual, and I'm going to get this posted and wish you all a wonderful Sunday. May God meet all your needs and may you have enough to share is my prayer for each of you, dear friends and family.