WOW……with all of the windows in Dr. Jeni and Darrel’s master bedroom, the light poured into the room VERY early this morning. Living in the rolling hills not far from the Missouri River, they do not use any window treatments on the large wall of huge windows….in fact, the entire three floors of wall on the backside of the house is all huge windows…and the master bedroom has it’s own balcony overlooking the terraced back lawn which slopes down into the uncut trees and a lazy little stream(unless it floods as it as been doing lately). It is a beautiful setting, however…….at the very early hour this morning the sunlight did awaken this sagging hulk of me. I laid there quietly, trying not to disturb the 1st Lady, however….Ava began to whimper across the hallway in her room and so she soon found herself in the king sized bed where we were……quickly returning to sleep laying there between the two of us.
We were all up and going before long…..and by late morning, Becky and Rachel arrived from their new home in SE Missouri. OMG……..yesterday’s post….I forgot to mention that on this Family Birthday Weekend…..it is ALSO Rachel’s 10th birthday…..TODAY. She had a BD party last weekend with her school friends……and next weekend everyone will be at our house and we will have the family celebration of her BD then!!! Sooooo, a VERY BIG Happy Birthday today to Ava(3), Rachel (10)…..to Jay for his BD yesterday (31)….and to my mother who would have been 95 today had she lived another year.
I ran into town and picked up four large pizza’s and breadsticks….and upon returning, a few minutes later two HS friends of Dr. Jeni and Darrel…and their little son….arrived to take part in the BD Party!!! Soooooo, it was a grand time with a total of 13 at the estate……
Ava was overwhelmed by all of the presents and was so enthralled with all of them that she decided to not open them all at one time…..and so as the afternoon went by, she finished opening them later. And…..it wasn’t long until the 1st Lady and I were the last ones left there…..and soon we were on the road….by 6:30pm, heading north to Monroe City.
We arrived here in two hours……and the 1st Lady’s mother was already in bed. She turns in early….and sleeps late in the mornings, also. Her health is constantly declining…..she just seems to get a little worse in step-down plateaus……where she levels out for a period of time and then slips a little bit farther down again. She has just been diagnosed with a “weak aorta” and that is not a good thing to hear……….So, we are being very quiet and letting her remain asleep tonight.
HEY…..did anyone realize that I AM online tonight, sitting in her large kitchen…..she built a new home town a few years ago. Yep……somehow someone in the neighborhood does have internet…..and it is not locked up, so I am piggy backing tonight!!! Hope it remains this way!!! Guess we’ll see……………
So, I will close this post tonight….and try to get it posted while “their” internet access is still floating around the area!!!! As always……..
LIFE IS REALLY GREAT!!!!!!……And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!! (See you tomorrow at 5:30 in Hannibal, Ed and Marilyn…Fiddlesticks!!)
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