Tues., 1/6/26 My skin doctor’s office cancelled because he is sick, put all the Christmas stuff away, and tubs in the attic took Bill for a ride in my car...first time driving since my surgery, drove to therapy, drove to prayer

Me taking Bill on a drive.  My first time driving since my surgery.  Yay!

We found a gas fireplace insert we like at the Kernel Burner.  It gives off a lot of heat and is so nice.  Plus there, they are letting us trade our kernel burner insert in and giving us a good price for it.  Bill didn’t get any bites on Facebook for it.  The Kernel Burner knows we always had ti cleaned and took good care of it.  They are also giving Bill $200 off for a military discount.  They will be putting it in February.  I am so looking forward to it.  It’s going to be so much easier.  Debbie and Tom love theirs and said it’s the best thing they’ve done.  The birch wood looks beautiful in person.  

This will be the outside cover for it.  It’s dark black.  Looks kind of silver in this picture.

I got up early and made my coffee.  At 8:30, I got a message from my doctor’s office that my appointment was cancelled because Dr. Boyce was sick.  I called and rescheduled like it said to do.  I got in in February.  I sat in the living room and waited for Bill to wake up.  It’s garbage day, so he won’t sleep in so long.  It’s a rainy yucky morning.  Happy it’s not freezing here.  They cancelled lots of schools up north.  

Bill got up around 8:30.  I emptied stuff out of the refrigerator for him to throw away.  He had lots of recycling with all the Christmas boxes we had.  

I had my last bowl of Kenzie’s yummy soup at noon.  It sure was good.  I got a lot of good meals out of it.  

I asked Bill if he wanted to go for a ride with me.  I wanted to try driving, but wanted him with me.  We drove to where I have therapy, then he needed to go to Battery +, then we went to Sam’s and got gas for $2.29.  He filled it for me.  We headed home then, but then he wanted to stop at the Kernel Burner and look at gas fireplaces.  They had so many there and the guy working there knows Bill and was so helpful.  It was so smart of Bill to go there, because they are letting us trade our other one in.  That means they will take ours out.  I didn’t know how that would work with someone just buying it and trying to move it out just themselves.  I feel much better about k. Then Bill thought about a military discount when we got home and so he called them and they are giving him one. 

I went to therapy at 4.  I had Mia and she was the sweetest girl.  She told me she really liked my sweatshirt with the cross in front and Psalm 91 written on the sleeve.  I got to share about how God did miracles for Melissa and took scar tissue from her lungs.  I always love telling of what great things the Lord has done!

I went to the bank and to Aldi after therapy, then came home and made scrambled eggs, potatoes, bacon, and cinnamon toast for dinner.  Then I went to prayer.  Worship was so good and it was so good to be able to be back praying with everyone.  The sidewalk was a little slippery when we left, so I walked in the grass to get to my car.  I didn’t have far to go. 

The roads were still good.  It is supposed to snow and sleet tonight.  The temperature was 37 when I came to prayer and 34 degrees when I left.  There’s so much water on the roads that it will be a mess if it freezes.

When I got home, Bill had unloaded the dishwasher for me.  Then he loaded it with the dishes I made dinner with and what we ate off of.  He had them in the dishwasher and the cycle had just finished.  I wasn’t going to really put my new Ninja pan in the dishwasher even though it says you can, but it came out really shiny and nice still, so guess I will from now on.  It was sweet of him to have everything cleaned up.

I worked on my blog and fell asleep really sound again.  It was 11 when I woke up and Bill was still sitting next to me on his recliner.  I decided my 6 week post op day is tomorrow, so I would try sleeping in the bed.  I slept so much better.  I could lay on both sides with a pillow between my knees.  I don’t think I will need the pillow for long.  How wonderful to be back in bed.  I didn’t even get up to go to the bathroom until 5:30.  I have been getting up every two hours in my recliner.  I felt so rested this morning.  Thank you Lord!  That and driving were two of my therapy goals.  I only have one more to accomplish.,,,going up our stairs easier.  That should happen soon.