We are having a party here on Friday. It’ll be for the 4th of July. Independence Day! We’re doing the usual barbecue, but instead of hot-dogs and hamburgers, we’re going to do kabobs. Steak, chicken and shrimp. Should be good, right?
Well, it will be providing we have decent weather. You will recall that last year we started outside and due to rain quickly had to head in and eat our barbecued food under cover.
So, this year I am planning ahead. Although I will hope that we can enjoy this holiday ritual celebration outside, I will have our screened in porch and dining room cleaned up and ready for immediate occupancy. I think I’ll get Emily to help me this week do that major little cleaning job.
My test appointment on Friday was……well interesting. Interesting in that I was forced asked to drink a container of orange liquid, which reminded me of Zarex, a kids drink from the 1960’s which is probably 99% sugar. Then they held me down and took blood every hour on the hour for three hours. At the end of this I had a severe low blood sugar attack, which felt like my body had been slammed into a brick wall. I crawled into a “Subway” restaurant and they fed me orange juice and a tuna roll up until I was stable enough to leave. Ah yes, it was a fun day.
It appears that Bloglines has gone crazy. I check my feeds and I find I have several thousand new posts. Now come on. It’s the summer. It’s a Sunday. No one is writing their blogs, but me. What gives?
I was in the yard with the dogs when our neighbor’s cat came waltzing across our front yard. He stopped took one look at the dogs, and ran. They in turn ran after him and I in turn ran after the dogs, yelling like a banshee! Not a pretty sight. The owners of the cat managed to pick it up and then yelled at me because my dogs were chasing their cat. I didn’t say much of anything because after all, my dogs simply chased the cat out of their yard. However, I must say it was terribly exciting at the time!
And lastly, my daughter was up today with her boyfriend “M”. He is a very nice man, very handsome and entirely entertaining. I just love his sense of humor. I promised not to write too much about their visit on my blog, but I will post this one picture of them together.
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
Ok, I will ‘bite’ what are ‘we’re going to do kabobs’? Is that a new type of Kebab by chance? lol
What were the results of the test? Are you Glucose intolerant? L has this, which is, in part, why she can’t fall pregnant!
And as to the dogs chasing the neighbours cat, what was the cat doing in THIER yard? Of course they are going to chase it out of the yard… Would have loved to have been a ‘fly on the wall’ to see the cat running out, the dogs chasing the cat and you chasing the dogs!! Priceless!!
Love the picture of Mandy & M 🙂
Try using Google Reader…I love it so much more than Bloglines!
As for the 4th…I probably won’t be able to make it, since Dad is so unsteady on his feet. Not a good mix with the herd of dackels LOL! I’m sorry 🙁
Agreed, google reader is much improved compared to bloglines.
Cute picture of Mandy and M 😀
Yuck on the glucose tolerance test. :-/
Now that’s a wonderful idea for the 4th! Seems like I always end up with burgers and hotdogs too, not that they aren’t any good, they are….but…I am doing something different this year also…I am going to do a BBQ brisket…Texas style! LOL
Your pic of M&M is adorable. And,wish I could have seen that yard chase too! — I hope everything goes well with your tests. Glad you survived the icky-orange stuff!
LOVE the picture of Mandy and M! He sure is handsome and Mandy looks so happy and beautiful!!!! Love that girl!
Sounds like a a great 4th of July! Have fun! Love YOU, Mel
Hi Mom,
Yes, M and I had a nice time visiting–thanks so much for lunch, and for sending along the pictures. We thought they came out very well….
And as one who witnessed the “You chasing dogs, chasing the cat,” scene: as an observer–it was quite a hoot!
Love you much!
Mandy xo
LOL! Gotta love the rationalization of neighbors sometimes!
That young man is a HOTTIE! GO Amanda! (I’m thinking it will really be funny if M stands for Matthew — to me anyway!)
SO. What does the doctor SAY about you being hypoglycemic? Do you just have to eat more often or what? My blood drives my docs crazy because at times in my life I have APPEARED diabetic – but never TEST diabetic, but I DO have issues with both hyper and hypoglycemia. But not all the time… only on occasion! LOL!
The party Friday sounds fun … and I just happen to be FREE at the moment! (for about a minute) So, how do I get there? (you do KNOW that I have a habit of inviting myself places… don’t you?)
Thanks for keeping us posted!
What a cute couple and I can tell you are proud of them – no wonder 🙂