April, 2023

 

Mindy and Brian have been married 19 years as of March 27.  John and I celebrated #49 March 30. 

Beautiful rainbow on April 14.  

Nerf gun battles! 

• Food made this month:  chicken and noddles, smothered steak and twice baked potatoes (for kids and grands April 2), sheet pan peach pie, potato casserole and Ham Caribbean for Easter April 9, baked and froze a roast to have on hand (fed it to Mel and boys on the 13th), baked two more roasts, baked two turkey breasts, made a layered salad for us and a cherry cheesecake for a funeral dinner, and... calzones!!  
• Daniel helped me lots this month. He assembled my new piano bench, shampooed the guest room rug, mowed our lawn, killed a little snake, sanded and painted my porch chair, and cleaned up some trash from yard.  
• We had a pretty day for Easter dinner and egg hunt here.
• On the 18th the boys came out and flew kites! 
• Myrna and I visited our friend, Sherie, whose husband, Doug passed away on the 14th.  
• Irma had a mastectomy in Burlington April 25 and did well. Grandpa Johnnie was taken to the ER the night before the surgery with a UTI and recovered well.  
• Isaac scored three goals in a soccer game on the 26th! 
• John worked cattle, burned some pastures (including Ron Smith's on the 11th), planted 30 acres for Claire, moved cattle to pasture, and did lots of other things.  He was diagnosed with high blood sugar and high blood pressure despite his meds on the 27th.  We visited a dietician and John turned over a new leaf.  By eating mostly low carb he has lost 15 pounds and lowered his BP as of July 16.