Christmas Lights!

Lew did some decorating today.  Look out, Clark Griswold!  😁

Thanksgiving Weekend Tradition

Usually I have some sort of cold/illness over Thanksgiving weekend.

I was doing pretty well this year, except today I feel like I am fighting off the onset of a cold. (I believe I'm winning the battle.)

At least the tradition lives on....

😏😉

Mom's Thanksgiving Leaf

Mom colored a paper leaf earlier this week.  The recreation director wrote Mom's answer on the leaf (see photo below).  The paper leaves went on a Thanksgiving tree.

I love Mom's answer.  "Everybody" would have included Dad, but I love that she mentioned him separately.  She knows he is HER special man!

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Dad 595: A Thanksgiving Greeting

(Dad writes today. I always tell him I don't mind very short posts! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Another beautiful sunny day in November here in the Northeast. Temperature is in the 40° range. Quite cool outside! At least NO SNOW!

 

Very short post today.

 

Happy Birthday to daughter Debbie!

 

I now repeat a Thanksgiving day statement by Mrs. Gurney, a teacher on the "Mr. Peepers" show 50 or so years ago. She stutters and stammers:

 

"Happy, happy, happy – HAPPY TURKEY DAY!"

 

Thank you, Mrs Gurney.

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

C is for Cords

I wanted to post something today, but nothing was jumping out at me. Then I remembered my Alphabet "Soup-er" Idea that I started over two years ago. At the rate I am going I will get to letter Z in the calendar year 2044. 😁

C is for Cords

If I had typed "Chords" instead of "Cords" then I could write about music. (I do love good vocal harmonies!) But "Cords" it is.

Cords have taken control of many a household due to the plethora of appliances, devices, and the like. My bedside alone is an overwhelming example of this....

I have five charging cords by my bedside. They are for my iPhone, old iPad, Amazon Tap, Kindle Voyage, and Amazon Fire tablet. 

My clock/radio and my white noise machine (which I can't sleep without) are also by my bedside. Both have electrical cords.

Our sleep number bed pump, heated mattress pad, and bedside lamps are also plugged in by my side of the bed.

These cords are somewhat neatly arranged. It took me years to come up with a good way to organize them, ha ha!

A Good, Good, Good Win

The University of Maine Black Bears football team beat the University of New Hampshire (UNH) today by a score of 33-20. It was the final game of the season.

Three good things about the win:

1. The Black Bears finished the season with a winning record of 6-5. (Much nicer than 5-6.)
2. The last time Maine won at the UNH campus in Durham was 20 years ago. (Glad to have that losing streak over with!)
3. Maine and UNH play each other once a year, and it is a special rivalry. The winner of the annual contest takes possession of the Brice-Cowell Musket. (The musket is coming home to Maine!)

Congratulations to Zack and his teammates on a great win today!

Mom's BINGO Hat Trick

Mom plays BINGO just about every week at the nursing home. The winner of each game gets to pick a prize, which is often a piece of candy.

I took Mom down to BINGO today and sat with her for the first two games she played. The first game she and another lady got BINGO at the same time, so there were two winners. I took a photo of Mom with the prize she selected:

She also won the second game!

Dad arrived during the third game, so I left for home. I found out from Dad that she won that game, too! After that she'd had enough so they went back to her room.... 

I guess it was time to let someone else have a chance!  😉😏

Dad 594: A Toothy Decision

(Dad writes today! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! The outside temperatures are cooling down and it gives us an idea what is coming soon. I don't like what I know to be true. However, I have no control of what lies ahead. I wish I could control the weather. It is above my pay grade!

 

I just returned from my six-month appointment at my dentist for cleaning. I have another cleaning scheduled for next May. I also have an appointment in January for redoing a crown on a tooth. I am thinking of just getting the tooth pulled. We'll see what happens.

 

I am writing this post prior to going up to see Mary Lou. Tracy is visiting her now, and I'll be up there in an hour or so and stay for her dinner. I try to get her to eat more than she wants to. (I don't have great results.) Mary Lou is doing well with her puzzles and we watch a little television every afternoon. I enjoy my daily visits and she is becoming more social again.

 

Tune in for more updates next week.

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

A "Sun" Bathing Kitty

I haven't shared a cat photo for a while, so here's a photo from this morning.

Jerry is relaxing in his "sun."

Life is good.  😻

Football Update

After a disappointing loss last weekend, the UMaine Black Bears had a satisfying win yesterday against UMass. Congratulations to Zack and his teammates!  Only one game left this season.

The New England Patriots are on a roll. They won last weekend and then again today. Actually, they've won four games in a row! Go Pats!

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A Father/Daughter Laugh

My father has received some interestingly mail recently from more than one company. Apparently they believe he and I are married... to each other!

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Dad 593: More Active

(Yesterday there was a musician at the nursing home; Mom and I stayed for the whole performance! Enjoy Dad's post! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Another fall day with not-a-bright-sunny sky. We definitely are now closing in on the worst months of the year (December, January, February), unless you like winter and snow.

 

This will be my 84th winter and I can honestly say I have not enjoyed any one of them. We already have snow up in the mountains and temperatures are such that one Vermont ski hill is now open. Good luck and hope you all enjoy the winter games. Oh yes!

 

Tracy and I are still visiting daily with Mary Lou. She is getting more interested in some of the games and activities/meetings with other residents. Tracy has been visiting these groups with Mary Lou. If I get there while the activity is still going on, I get involved and Tracy can leave as I take over. Two nights a week I leave early to have dinner with Glen/Deb (Monday) and Lew/Tracy (Thursday). All other days I stay until Mary Lou gets her supper. When she is eating I go home. With the time change it is quite dark when I get home.

 

Done for today! Sooo....

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

A Puzzling Mystery

The recent jigsaw puzzle I did was new out of the box. I took the shrink wrap off of it, so I know it should have been complete.

But — Alas! — when I got to the end there was a piece missing. Thinking I probably dropped it, I looked all over for it. I thought perhaps one of our kitties batted it under some furniture, but it didn't turn up when we looked. (Although we did find over a dozen toy mice!)

Before doing my search, I accused both Lew and my father of pocketing a piece. They both denied it, although Dad did say he understood why I would be asking him. (It does sound like something he would do!) Another person I thought of was brother-in-law Glen, but I haven't been able to place him at the scene of the crime.

Anyway, below are some photos I took this morning before storing the pieces back in the puzzle box.  The over-sized index card is now in the box, too.  Maybe the piece will turn up some day!

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Name of Puzzle:  "I Had One of Those!"

Close-up of where the piece is missing.

The over-sized index card I devised.  :)

A New Experience

A friend treated me to a spa pedicure this morning.

It was my first pedicure and it was delightful.

When I visited Mom this afternoon, I took off a shoe and sock so she could feel how soft my foot is!

I believe I will get a pedicure again sometime. 🤓

Dad 592: Home of the Braves

(Congratulations to Atlanta! Enjoy Dad's post! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Fall is now in the air. The weather is not sunny and not very warm. Right now the temp on the television weather channel is 50°. One thing is for sure: the weather will get worse before it gets better. I am not a fan of winter!

 

Lew has been very busy these past few days getting all set up for the winter weather. The outside water is now off. Equipment has been moved for storage in the shed and the deck furniture is stored. While Lew has been busy working, I have been busy watching him. Not an easy job!

 

I'm getting ready to visit Mary Lou this afternoon. I'll be leaving shortly to go on my visit.

 

Well, I'm kind of happy that the Braves won the World Series. They were once a favorite team of mine when they were in Boston. As a youngster we would go see the Braves over Labor Day one year and go see the Red Sox every other year. We'd stay at my uncle's; Braves Field was not far from their home. Ah, the good old days. It was there I saw Jackie Robinson. A real treat!

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

 

A Guzzle Puzzle

I just completed another jigsaw puzzle.

The word "guzzle" came to mind for a couple reasons:

1)  How I might drink Pepsi.

2)  How the truck might "drink" gasoline, especially at today's prices!