I SWEAR.....

...that I have a ghost critic that sometimes makes my blog disappear.  *Sigh*  Always a critic around somewhere.  Mine from last night is gone...just gone!  Oh well.

So my sister Cee and Babybrat came over to spend some time with me.  I had hoped they would spend the day but Cee has promised to make dinner for Tara and the boys (and themselves, of course).  My great-nephew was going to take her to the store so she could buy what she needed for the dinner she had planned.  Since he's in college, he had homework to do once they got home and she didn't want to keep him for any length of time.  So she and Babybrat went home around 1 or 1:30pm.  I hated to see them go.  

They both looked good to me after not seeing them for so long.  We sat around with our coffee and talked and laughed.  It was nice and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  The Beast sat with us for a while and then went to watch his Fox news.

They thought it was cold outside while those of us that have lived here for a while thought it was nice.  It was 60 degrees out at the time and getting warmer.  I had to laugh but I know they will eventually get used to the difference between here and South Florida in a year or two.

They left before Sheepie got here and she was disappointed but I reminded her that her aunts would be here now and it wasn't like she only had a few days to see them before they left.  She said she knew that in her head but still wished she had gotten to see them.  Teach is under orders that he has to make sure he comes in to meet them.  A lot of times he just drops off Sheepie and leaves (if there's a college football game on TV).  He's a big Bama fan and likes to watch it with his dad.

Sheepie got here and was surprised that the clothes she had left here to wash when she came over had already been washed and was in the dryer.  The Beast had thrown them in for her albeit a little later than he should have.  He had forgotten that she was coming over to finish up her wash until he saw the box that he had put on the top of the dryer.  So he threw it in and, luckily, Teach had to work later than he was scheduled (he's a supervisor and you know how THAT goes!).  So she only had to wait about 15 minutes or so until they were dry.  

We sat and talked for a bit until they had to leave.  Teach has to get up early to start work (he gets up at 3am) and he still hadn't eaten yet.  She knew he would be home early today so she wanted me to call if her aunts came over again.  I told her I didn't think so but would let her know if they did.

Cee called me around 10am this morning and told me what she had on her agenda.  Her son, Mike, found a used car and is negotiating a good price on it for her.  If that works out, they will go over and let Cee look at it and take it for a spin.  If she likes the car and the price, she will buy it and be mobile without having to depend on others.  I know that's a pain in the butt so I hope she likes it.  We can get together more and she can pick me up to hit a restaurant or some such thing without having to argue with the Beast about it.

I'm getting better every day, I can tell but still am having some balance problems so I am using my cane.  That helps a great deal.  I am having some unusual pains when I DO get them.  Shooting pains down my left leg but it feels like my sciatica is acting up.  I just kind of lean into the pain and it eventually passes.

I went to bed early and slept for over 10 hours until a phone call at 9:30am woke me up.  I didn't get to my phone fast enough although I was up on my feet (and half asleep!) when the call came.  I was in the bathroom at the time.  I had written my blog before I went to bed and still have no clue what happened to it.  Oh well.  Sister Cee asked me about it when she called and that stunned me.  She likes to read it with her morning coffee.  Speaking of which, I am headed for my first cup of the day after I post this.

Love you all.  Looks like we are going to have another nice day here except for the overcast.  Looks like it might rain later on today.  Hope you all are enjoying some good weather for a change.  Be good.  Be careful driving.  ***Hugs***