Tues, 1/13/26, Slept great last night, went to Menard’s with Bill, went to Maple Grill, went to therapy, went to TJ Max and to Meijer

Jared pulled this wagon of round bales home on icy roads.  Yikes.  The man only charged him $90 for all of those bales.  What a blessing.  

I slept in bed until 9 a.m.  I couldn’t believe it.  I didn’t even hear Bill get up and take the garbage out.  I slept so good.  I could just sleep normal and pain free the way I used to before I started having hip problems.  I dreamt that Melissa had made me a comfort bag of small soft pillows, a massager with a red handle, and some other things to make me comfortable in the night if I needed them.  Weird I would dream that, but those things seemed to help lol.  I felt so rested when I got up.  I didn’t even need a nap all day.

Plus no falling asleep unexpectedly.  I looked out the window to see if Kit Kat was waiting for her food.  Bill had already filled her dish.  He must have learned to love her while he was feeding her for me.  It was so sweet of him.  

We ate breakfast and had our coffee, then read our Bibles and prayer/devotions.  I read Ezra and it is such an amazing book with the King helping Ezra with all he needed to do for the rebuilding of God’s temple.  Ezra was sure to make known it was because of the Lord His God this all happened.  

Bill and I went to Menards and got lots of stuff we needed.  We filled two paper bags and got 15% off everything.   I found the Wellman’s Glass top stove cleaner for burnt on foods and hard to clean spots.  I have been checking at different stores.  I have the spray for just regular cleaning, but after Christmas there was stuff burnt on that wouldn’t come off.  I read you should use this kind.  So happy I found it.  I got Mr. Clean magic erasers also and suet for birds.  Bill got stuff he needed too.  We had fun looking at everything in the store. 

We went to the Maple Grill after we left there.  Debbie, one of our area reps, came up with the idea we should all take some kind of food that is made in Michigan and put it in a basket for the silent auction.  We got Creation Coffee, popcorn, Maple Grille’s Steak Sauce, Seasoned salt.  They only use made in Michigan stuff and have products made to sell. We picked up a turkey pot pie dinner to eat when we got home too.  It had squash and potatoes and gravy, plus a roll with their homemade honey too.  Their stuff is so good.

We came home and shared it.  We were both so full after eating it.  I left for therapy and Bill went to get gas after we ate.  Therapy went well.  I had another new girl that was really nice.  She was a twin and was happy to hear I had twins and my twin had twins.  She’s engaged and is getting married next year and wants to have triplets.  She and her family love to camp too so we talked about a lot of camping places we’ve gone.  I told her my doctor took away all restrictions, so she really worked me harder.  Maybe I should have kept it a secret lol.  No, better to get stronger.  She gave me an exercise lying on my side on the mat and lifting my leg high that really worked my muscles and will help me in bed even more.  I was happy when it was time to leave.  I went to TJ Max and got a big basket for the auction stuff, then went to Meijer and got some CoQ10 and some makeup.  I came home after that.  Bill noticed a leak in the basement water pipe by the furnace, so he decided he needed to go that the stuff to fix it.  I packed some stuff for Iowa and packed my clothes and shoes I need to take.  He came back and worked on the leaky pipe.  Then he tried it and when he turned the water on it sprayed all over the storage shelves and sprayed all the way across the room.  I’m glad I had covered our Christmas tree downstairs.  We moved stuff out, then I wiped down everything and set the canned goods and stuff in a dry place after being wiped down.  

Tomorrow morning everything should be dry and can be put back in place.  I mopped the floor and put a fan on it.  We both rested after that and had jello with fruit in it and a couple of Oreo’s.  I worked on my blog after that and he made out his agenda for our group meeting in Iowa.