Scattered Thoughts . . .

W e had Lukey and Kenzie staying with us for a few days about a month ago but I don't think I wrote about that time spent with them.  It's always nice to have them visit for a few days and this visit was no exception. We kept busy while they were here and Gee was even on leave from work so we could do whatever we desired.   Below are some photos from one night in our backyard during this visit... I'm not sure what was going on here but it sure does look like confession time... Gee photo-bombed one of Kenzie's selfies... After Gee's photo-bombing, she tried a selfie again... Lukey shot this next photo.  It's nice that I am finally able to get into some of the photos!  In this shot, I think Lukey was purposely trying to get the string of lights in the photo with me as well as the golf flag on our new putting green in the background.  He may even have wanted the sailboat in the background too!  Anyway, it is nice to get a shot of me in this group of photos. As alwa

S heila and I recently headed up to Burlington for another visit to Oncology at The University of Vermont Medical Center.  This time, however, our visit was for Sheila's last follow-up appointment after five years of treatment for her latest bout of breast cancer so it turned out to be a good visit because this visit marked a definitive end to this long five year period of our lives.   The doctor did some ultrasound imaging of Sheila's breast and thoroughly examined her.  Everything looked good!  The discussion with the oncologist included diet, exercise, acupuncture targeting Sheila's specific cancer issues, and how this post-treatment care works.  The doctor made it clear that Sheila isn't being dropped completely.  If she has any problems whatsoever, she can call and get back in to see someone on her oncology team.  This latest course of treatment is behind her now though so we're hoping for a nice long break from this stuff.   Although some cancer was found in s

W e finally had an opportunity to get together with a couple of close friends this Labor Day weekend.  We haven't socialized with friends in three years due to the pandemic.  These two friends were actually the last couple we socialized with prior to the pandemic and that was for a Christmas dinner in 2019.  We were long overdue for some quality time with these friends! I should point out that the reason we hadn't seen these friends in so long wasn't strictly due to being cautious about the pandemic.  Certainly, that played into it but it was not the sole reason for not seeing them for so long.  At times Sheila and I had the virus...  other times our friends had the virus...  and other times we both had scheduled commitments with our respective families and grandchildren.  So, health concerns and family commitments also delayed us getting together sooner.   We were out in our backyard until after midnight which was the latest Sheila and I have been up and awake since last s