thanksgiving day
A downy woodpecker outside my window just now.
I haven't had many visitors to the new suet feeder. The first day I had a few birds (chickadees and tufted titmice) trying it out and was thinking that it was going to be a big hit but after that not very many partakers. So I was excited to see this little downy woodpecker just now.
I'm not much of a holiday person. Even for Thanksgiving - I feel like we should be thankful every day anyway. We are only going to have a very small gathering here today - Dave and me, Jules and Chloe. The grandboys are gone for the weekend, Johnny is at his girlfriend's for the weekend and Chloe's boyfriend has to work. That's ok that it will be small - whatever is, is what it is! Less expectations.
Yesterday Dave and I were going to work on Chloe and Mike's house - I was going to help Dave pull electrical wires. But he got AFib during the night and we ended up going to the emergency room instead. While there his heart went back to normal rhythm so then we just came home again. I wish they could get this under control. The meds they are giving him aren't working yet evidently. They said to increase the meds and to visit his doctor next week to discuss it.
To do today:
Clean up kitchen so Dave can make the turkey.
Vacuum and sweep the house.
Clean the bathroom.
Make foods - boil potatoes and make mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, pineapple yogurt desert, heat up the Harvard beets. Dave has already made 2 pies and I made 3 bean salad last night.
Milo has not been feeling well - throwing up and diarrhea. He was hiding under a chair in the basement yesterday. He talked to me when I "talked" to him but he didn't want to come out so I just left him alone. The last time Milo got sick (and was hiding in the basement) he had crystals in his bladder and it cost $500 to set him right again. But today he is back up here on my bed in my workroom where he belongs, thank goodness. I already feed him a diet that is supposed to be good for urinary health so I don't know what was wrong yesterday. Hopefully just a hairball.
Milo sleeping on the bed behind me just now. I love the way he sleeps so often with his head tucked in upside down.
So I am thankful. Thankful that Milo is better. Thankful that Dave is doing good today. Thankful that we do have doctors and nurses and modern medicine. Thankful that the grandboys have a mom who loves them that they can be with on holidays. Thankful that Johnny has a girl he loves who loves him. Thankful that I will get to have a meal with 2 of my kids tonight.