Today has been such a busy day. In fact, I began writing this post hours ago and I am only now getting back to finishing it. We had several visitors stop at different times, two of which were the home health nurse and the physical therapist. None of us got too much sleep last night so we were all struggling a little to get through all of the activities of the day.

Last night Jesse and I went for a walk down to the end of the driveway and back. It’s the perfect distance for an evening stroll. The silly, stray cat followed closely behind us the whole way. I think it thought the purpose of the walk was to bring it food.

It was “freezing” last night. Well, at least for this Floridian! The crisp, cool air feels nice, but it sure gets chilly in a hurry as soon as the sun disappears. I bought this new jacket at Goodwill a couple of weeks ago. Mom and Ashley almost talked me out of buying it because they thought it looked like a space suit (and because it was about 100 degrees outside at the time), but I liked it so I bought it anyways. I’m glad I threw it in the car to bring it along. It’s nice and warm and blocks the wind well.

I just had to sit out in the sun for a little while this afternoon. It was a perfect sunny day and the perfect temperature. I set out a towel and relaxed in shorts and a tank top. It was nice to be able to do that without sweating to death. There is no way we can enjoy much time outside at home this time of the year.

While I was soaking up the sun, Jesse finished up almost all of the mowing. That is… until he broke the lawn mower. Luckily, great-uncle Danny happened to stop by at just the right time. After a quick trip to pick up the needed part they got to work and got the mower fixed “right quick.”

Grandpa used to own a John Deere shop so he knows everything there is to know about fixing them. He was close by to supervise the work being done.

This evening aunt Linda came over with some new book shelves for the living room. We worked quickly to organize things and clear some floor space. Hopefully it will make it easier for Grandpa to get around with his walker while he needs it.

It’s been a very full day so I hope that we will all be able to get some good sleep tonight.

It’s always fun for us to do grandparent activities. It’s slower, but it’s a lot of fun too. We enjoy doing some things we would never do on our own at home.

We got in a game of dominoes last night. Grandpa wasn’t up to going out so the dominoes players came to us. Jesse and I played with Grandpa and Grandma, along with aunt Cheryl, great-uncle Don, and good friend Helen. She’s one of our favorite of Grandpa and Grandma’s friends.

This afternoon we worked on planning out some of the meals we want to fix this week. Jesse and I made a quick run to the store for a few extra ingredients we needed. I was so excited about the produce prices! At home, the produce department uses up about half of my grocery budget for the week. We will definitely enjoy it while we can.

There’s a stray cat that has been hanging around the farm. He came back tonight for some more food. Grandma got it to follow her down to the barn to eat.

Jesse got some mowing done for Grandpa this evening. The grass sure was getting long. It looked like he was having fun riding the big mower.

He wore a mask just to make sure he wasn’t breathing in too much of what he was kicking up. Gotta keep those lungs healthy! We forgot to bring any, but they were able to grab a box before leaving the hospital since we knew we would need them.

Grandpa perked up and wanted to see Jesse’s progress with the mowing. All of a sudden he just got up and went outside to watch. So Grandma and I followed.

It started to get a little cool out when the sun started to go down. We got our long sleeves on and got more comfortable while Jesse finished up.

The clouds sure looked pretty as the sun set. We watched all the pretty colors change as it got darker.