Urgent Care

My right knee has been painful and I decided it should be looked at.  So, Terry and I went over to our local Urgent Care facility.

I was thinking- fluid on the knee, which I had experienced a number of years ago.

However, not that simple,  the doctor said a possible torn meniscus.  After a wait, I was seen by the doctor, received a diagnosis, a shot in the butt for pain and given two prescriptions.

When we left the facility we were famished.  We went to Bonefish for lunch.  They are experimenting with being open for lunch.  Hope they are experimenting at home too. My bang-bang shrimp and corn chowder soup were yummy.  Terry had cocoanut shrimp and a salad.

Walmart, near the house, would not have either prescription until Tuesday.  Walmart on 441/27 did have one prescription,the steroid, which I am to take for 12 days.

Walgreens has the Celebrex, I ordered it and went to pick it up and they were closed.

So, tomorrow we will start both medications.

In two weeks if not better the doctor recommends an MRI.  Surgery, if MRI indicates it has not healed on its own.

I'll wait until I'm home for all of that.

Wear tie shoes - so much for my pretty sandals for the next few weeks.

We are reading after a full medical day.

Nurse Terry is taking good care of me and kids have been in touch.

Quiet Day

Terry and I both worked all morning.

After lunch Terry said she needed retail therapy!  I'm not sure who she is or what she has done with my sister.

But, I did go shopping with this imposter.

We went to Walmart for a few things on our list and then to Beall's Outlet.  Nothing too exciting to report.

We recycled our newspapers at the Temple.  The papers really pile up fast.

Went to the postal station.  Terry's mail was in our box but mine was in a box only reachable by the jolly green giant.

A giant appeared and Terry recruited him.  His wife was in a golf cart, probably wondering who is this woman propositioning my husband in broad day light.

We came home and finished the salmon, potatoes, cranberry (Ethel, your reminder duties have ended- thanks for your service) and also finished the key lime pie.

We need to only have pine floats for a few days.  For those of you who are too young to know what is a pine float - here's the definition - a glass of water with a toothpick in it.

We both opened mail and Terry (or the person pretending to be Terry) is watching Shark Tank.

I don't see a support group for those recovering from the Shark Tank addiction.   

I don't see a support group for family either.  Maybe I'll have to start one.

Nice Day With Cousins

We picked up Betty and Bill at the Holiday Inn Express and drove to the Eisenhower Regional Center so they could see the amazing military exhibits there. 

We were lucky as not much was going on there and they were able to go into each room.

From there we drove to Brownwood Town Square and ate at McAllisters Deli which just opened.  You stand in line and order and then get a number to put on your table and they bring you your food.

We walked around so they could see the new things at Brownwood since they were here two years ago.

We took them to the original area of the Villages.  That area is now called the historic area.  We then took them back to their hotel so Betty could rest.  We went home and rested too and read.

We picked them up again at 5:30 and headed to Dinner at Ruby Thai.  We all enjoyed our meals.  We then walked around admiring the wares of the vendors at Sumter.  I bought a small purse organizer for the purse I'm using here.  We then hit the stores.  Bill did well at Van Husen and Betty got her telephone fixed at the ATT store.

We went to Hallmark as Terry's boss asked her to buy some cards for some staff members and send them to her.  The boss, is Mindy!  She's too busy to shop for cards, especially since Miranda was home from school AGAIN and this is a very busy time for their company.

In fact, Terry is working as I write this.

I'm behind in reading the newspaper so will try to catch up before going back to my book.

Cousins from Philly

We worked most of the morning on our respective businesses and then did some mutual legal work.

After eating our Chinese left overs for lunch, we headed to Publix for dinner makings.

I participated in a NSBAR contract committee meeting by telephone.

Ethel (minus Steve who went home for a few days) and our Philly cousins Betty and Bill came for dinner.

Terry made an excellent salmon dinner.  I generally don't eat fish but the bourbon salmon was excellent.

Betty's great grandmother and our maternal grandfather were sister and brother.

Betty is making bracelets and gave us each one.  She hopes to sell them for a charity for Multiple System Atrophy.  She has a friend who is suffering from this.

Here's the one I selected.

Here's the one that Terry selected.

Ethel's looks similar to mine and she made a nice donation to the charity. 

Yakov Smirnoff

Today was in the 60's and Terry and I were both working on our computers.

Terry was still at it when I left to get a pedicure.

When I got back we had lunch and watched the weather out east.  Looks as if storm Juno did not do much in Philly or New York City.  We are hoping that our cousins will get out of Philly tomorrow.  Stay tuned.

We napped and I really slept for a couple of hours.

It was then time to change clothes and go to Savannah Center to see Yakov Sminorff at the 5 pm performance.

He was on the stage alone and used a Power Point every once in a while.  Wish I could remember some of his jokes.

We then went to Cheng's for dinner.  We thought we'd go to Bonefish but there wasn't any parking in their lot.

Terry is watching TV In the den.  I don't have to tell you what she is watching!

Windy Day

We never left the house as we were both working a good part of the day and there was a wind advisory.

Talked to some Sisterhood friends who have been ill to check up on them.  They both appear to be doing better.

Ate lunch listening to New York City's Mayor as the city prepared for a major storm.

Our cousins are supposed to be flying out of Philly Wednesday to come to Florida.  Hopefully, that will happen.

Ethel and Steve came over for leftovers.  And, for you following the cranberry story, yes, we remembered to serve them tonight.  

Steve leaves to go back to Chicago for a few days.  Hope storms out East do not affect his travel.

We had an early dinner since Ethel had a conference call with Sisterhood's Nominating Committee and I had a Township meeting that I attended via Google Hangout.

Terry watched Shark Tank while I was in my meeting.  Ok, admit it, that was not a surprise.

I finally had time to read the newspaper.   What little reading time I've had, Is spent reading Noon at Tiffany.  I'm really enjoying the book on my Nook app on my I-Pad and I-phone.

Cousins and Friends

We were up early in order to leave for Orlando to meet our cousin Steve and his girlfriend Christine.  They were on their way home from a cruise.

We met them at the Avis return, at the airport, and put their bags in our car.

We thought we'd go to Cracker Barrel, but it was too crowded so we went to Panera.  Even though it was a Sunday, they had my favorite soup-chicken and wild rice!

I should have taken off my coat for the photo.

We dropped them off at the airport and drove home.

Reading the book about Tiffany that our friend Diane recommended.  Really enjoying it.

We then went to Wildwood and a newer Italian restaurant, Chefs of Napoli.  We met friends, Barb and Bernie, for dinner. Food was good.  Busy place in a strip center on Hwy 301.

Going to try to finish the Sunday paper before calling it a night.