March 29 through April 4, 2012

Thursday 29~~~~It is nice to be parked here in Yuma for a few weeks to enjoy a slower pace of life without things to have to go to and getting up early. The part of retirement I like the most is I can read and drink my morning coffee as long as I want to without having anyone knock on my door or a job to do. Today I spent the day doing deep house cleaning, I clean everyday, but today was the day I washed the walls, floors, vacuumed the carpet, cleaned spots on the carpet, cleaned the ceiling fan, re-arranged the cupboards and threw away junk!!! Things sure look good, and now I can sit and read and embroidery without feeling guilty!!!! YEA Friday 30~~~We drove over to Algodonas, Mexico to the dentist this morning and I had a root canal on a tooth that has been bothering me for some time back home. I have never had such a painless root canal done as this one was. I told Kent it was so painless, I could have fallen asleep in the chair. My next appointment is on April twelve. Saturday 31~~~~The Mass tonight was very long and we went out for dinner afterwards. April 2~~~~We drove into town this afternoon to get Kent a frapaccino and for me to buy some embroidery thread; Kent sat in the truck and I was hurrying to the store to get done quickly when "BAM", I tripped and landed smack on my face. I knew it was going to be a bad fall and I didn't want to try and catch myself and wind up breaking a arm, so I just fell flat on my face. I guess I didn't think of breaking my nose, glasses or all of my front teeth. There were 3 people who saw me fall and were right there to help me, I asked them to go to the silver GMC truck in the lot and ask my husband to come. They stayed with me until Kent got me a big bag of ice to hold on my face and to fill my mouth with ice chips. My lip was immediately huge and blackish-red. I think my Guardian Angel was right there with me, because I had no complications from it except a very black lip that I will have for some time. I guess I will have to learn to pick up my feet a whole lot more from now on. Kent went with me into the store and we picked out the embroidery thread I needed and some chicken from Albertson's for dinner, before heading home. I felt very shook up and tired from the stress of the fall when we got home, but very thankful I wasn't hurt badly. Tuesday April 3~~~Today was a pretty quiet day for me. I spent the day sitting in my chair embroidering on the pillow that Grandma Minny started for me in 1960 at my bridal showers. Everyone there signed their name on this sofa pillow and over the years everyone has signed it for me. It is so full of names, a lot of them deceased, married and grown up. I haven't touched it for years, one day Lisa seen it in my house and said she would someday love to have it. I told her to take it and she told me she didn't know how to embroidery, and if I would finish it, she would be delighted. I am really enjoying finishing the pillow and as I do each name, I remember a story about that person. I was telling Kent some of the stories about the people and he told me I had to sit down with Lisa and tell her who all these people were. Lisa wants to add more names of people she knows and the additions to our family over the years before I finish it. I am delighted to have it to work on. It sure has brought back a lot of fond memories of all these people as I sit doing my sewing. I really need another project to work on don't all of you agree??