Easy time around here.

 Wiley and his SPECIAL wife Susie, had some pretty girls, I fell in love and married  the beautiful one on the right Sept 22 1956.  I did not deserve her, but she has been not only a great loving wife, but the BEST.

This picture taken on the Imperial Mill Village, Belmont, NC 1950s.

For today..

We are hoping Sherry's vanity stool comes in tomorrow.  Today has been an easy one with STir Fry for dinner and Oatmeal for breakfast.

I did easy stuff today.  This house needed very much a good entry threshold at our bedroom.  It has looked like the room was under repair.  So I repaired that.  The Front door dead bolt did not seat and I got that taken care of.  I usually have Pinapple bits for the stir fry, but i only had crushed pineapple (canned of course).  So to make p for that I added some cocoa nut shavings.   I also had rice for the base.

Sherry is nice and brags on my cooking.  The whole family knows SHE is the real cook around here.  This note for DAllas and Marian up in PA who were at our first Thanksgiving dinner, CAmp Lejune 1956..  HOnestly guys her biscuits are NOT HARD now!!!   Just to clarify.  LOL

We did joke about that, Marian was always THE COOK, Sherry was learning and learned well.

NOthig more today,  I have ANOTHER DR. APPT IN THE MORING.. This one is about the one radiation treatment I chose vs 25-30 that were suggested.  I have no idea if this is a heavier treatment or not.  But I will learn in the morning.

I did not sound like the treatment would be tomorrow, but IO will let you kow.  WE want this radiation over with so we cn head fo Florida for a couple weeks.

The best to you from North Carolina.

Nite Shipslog

Done..

 

The Arch at St. Louis.  WE passed it many times ad when we learned you could go up inside it, we just had to do it. Great view of the city and the Mississippi River.  Loved it.

This is Sherry when she was waiting for me to come into her life. LOL Pretty, huh?

for today...

This old house is not one you Crawl under, it is low and one must slide under you must also use 'elbows and toes'. Me 'n my PA friend DAllas and the whole platoon, learned that little trick during our 'vacation at Parris Island.' 

I could not figure a way to get the Vanity corner working properly without going under the house. At least I had the presence of mind to wear my coveralls.

I had to run a new circuit from the breaker panel.  It is now functional.  Sherry is pleased, there fore I am happy.

That wears an old man down.

Nite Shipslog

PS:

Our customized 1955 Ford.  Great car, it towed our 42 foot house trailer.

Hey the vanity table came in!

 

Above is Sherry and Sister Collette in Elvis's Jeep.  Collette was a dedicated Elvis lover.

Below is the Evis home in Memphis Pictures from 1983 on a cross country trip.

Todays bit:

Yep, I was shocked, it arrived a few days early. FEDEX brought it in.  The driver carried that big heavy box to our door..  I had to cut the box open and carry it to the vanity room in about ten loads. LOL   Sherry and I put it together in less than a day.

BUT  when I turned on the lights they blinked constantly.  It slipped my mind, this is an old house and most of the wiring is 2 wire, NO GROUND WIRE.   To test the lighting, I ran an extension cord from some of the new wiring and the lights worked right. NOW I must find a way to get a ground wire to just these two outlets at least.

Here it is:

Her stool is delayed a few days.  I think she will like once I clear ou the electrical wrinkle thing.

Take care and stay cool.

Nite Shipslog

What you said and stuff, including Corn from Pennsylvania

Taken at Biloxi, Mississippi 1959, Me holding Jack Jr. on the left. He is now almost 68 yrs old....  I was an Airman at the time, Jack Landers on the right was a master Sergent in the USAF. This was a church group.

For this entry....

 WE had some rain, YEA! It was not enough to get us out of water use control.  But temps dropped from 100s in the daytime to 70 today!  Felt good.

I smile when I hear or read something someone says that rings my bell, later.  One I remember is 'Just wait, 10 years from now you will understand what I mean.'  That was from my super friend Sonny.  Boy was he right.  Towards the end of his life he had a tough time getting up from sitting or knelling.  Oh yeah was he ever right, I used to jump up from any position, now? I definitely need help.  It started at that 10 yr mark he talked about. LOL

Now I read things from some of you who write here:

MA  said concerning change:  I love our new technology, just wish it didn't change quite so often. LOL.

Man o man do we here agree with that.  Then about party lines.

Susan  said regarding party lines: Mom would break in on someone's call when she recognized the ring of a certain neighbor to tell a neighbor something,,,,  Shucks,  I had not thought of that, but that happened at our home also. Now think of that,  it was one of the earliest 3-way calls.  ;-)  All 3 parties could hear and talk to each other.

Now more stuff, 

 Who wouldathunk it?  Sherry and I just finished eating FRESH corn on the cob from Amish Country.  OH MAN, sweet corn,  

Our daughter (Actually a former daughter in law; YES we consider her our daughter, she is still a sweetheart.) just returned from Pennsylvania.  She came in the door bringing a bag of fresh veggies. She remembered us bragging on the fresh corn around Lancaster.

It wasn't long until two EARS were in the Microwave!

Also WE have some great friends here in Belmont and at church who have kept us in fresh veggies for weeks. I had just added tomatoes to our grocery list, NOW that will be crossed off because she had tomatoes in the bag also.

Enough for tonite....

Nite Shipslog

No one's phone rings anymore!

 Old songs! I remember many.  I sure enjoyed Ray Charles..

this entry has nothing to do with singing, BUT just old stuff.

Amazing how many phones there are, but few 'actually ring' anymore.  Times have changed and life goes on.  The things you remember from childhood will always be there.  If on a party line your house had a certain 'RING' for you to answer.  It might be one long ring or two short ones then combinations of those  when more homes were on the party line.

Of course kids (and maybe some adults, LOL) knew after the wring of another home KNEW someone was on the line and tried to pick up theirs as easy as they could, to eaves drop.  And more times than not, one of the active parties would, NOT SO CIVILY, say OKAY NOSEY,  GET OFF THE PHONE!  Now that of course is not experience, it is just what I heard from other kids! ;-)

And phone books?  Remember them?

Pay Phones?  For miliary troops and travelers they were GREAT for keeping in touch.

Now most of us have a 'cell phone'.  They are a great innovation.  They are sort of pacifiers,  but they are great while waiting in a dr. office (I see 90% of we who are waiting looking at their phones.)  Very seldom is it me, but I am the exception.  I do have one, but Sherry carries it, I do not do well on the phone.

At times I think it is too much, but that is what humans do.

The cell phone is a great invention, but some of us honestly over do it, of course.  Especially at traffic lights.  LOL

Nite Shipslog

Little things...

 

Above, Josh on Piano keys, NOT ONE OF THE LITTLE THIGS,  Below He and Stephen as they perform locally as 

THE DARNELL BROTHERS

I am a little prejudiced, but they are VERY GOOD.  They so stay busy and are both full time employed but they are in demand and take the time to enjoy their great talents.  They also have wonderful families.

I have decided it is time for me to do little things.  Today I leveled our new kitchen range.  We bought it a few weeks ago and I have done 90% of the cooking on it.  I have been upset many times how my eggs traveled (spread) around the pan when I broke one into the pan, then they bunched together.  Now I can't wait to see if I am more at ease with eggs.  But that will have to weight because I have oatmeal ready for in the morning.  LOL

I am resting IN BED, a lot now, I think Sherry thinks maybe too much.  She was  reading on the patio when I announced  dinner sandwiches were ready, she asked, are you going to eat with me?  LOL  I was in the bed 4-5 hours today. ;-)

Another 'little thing' was, we have 'put off' getting her a Vanity table for her new spot, so today after our sandwich, we took time to find one on line and ordered it.

WEATHER!  WE have been in a HOT drought here in central NC.  WE are under strict water usage rules, so our carport that has needed pressure washing and painting, is looking worse.  WE are supposed to get rain tonight, hoping it does arrive.

TAke care, 

Nite Shipslog

YOU are the BEST!

 The title of this post is from my heart.  AS YOU READ THIS. please KNOW ...I appreciate your prayers, thoughts, concerns, comments  and advice.

It is hard to write now without sounding like I am down.  At present I am NOT down.  I also want to  explain my logic.   I am choosing QNE radiation treatment vs 25-30. Now I learn that is much more complicated that I pictured. The PA said I will have two appointments. One next week to set up the machine, program it, I assume. She said that takes about an hour since it is so close to my eye and sinuses.  Then an appointment will be made to come back for the radiation which  takes only a few minutes, she said.

My logic is:  there is always the possibility at my age many other things could take my life and ALSO, the Drs say NO ONE can know if they actually got  all the cancer cells during  surgery.  Since the PET scan  was GOOD, and several Drs say it was VERY GOOD, then I am gonna believe that; BUT THEN  if the cancer shows up again in another spot, I will make another decision then.  The Doctor said he respected my logic, and that is how I will play it.

I was looking at my small calendar, I laughed at Jun and July this year.  This is so messed up I know I probably need a BIG one to keep track of drs appointments if all this keeps up.

AND THEN...

ONE BRIGHT LIGHT, I was released from the Surgeon's care. He is very happy with the results and we are too. 

Not sure I posted an after shot of the doctor's work.

All the older girls say I am pretty again. LOL .

REMEMBER THE BEFORE SHOT.:

Above is what the Marcal Cell Carcinoma  looks like on the surface.

I will let you go now, thanks for stopping by and REMEMBER: YOU ARE THE BEST!

Nite Shipslog

Dr. Advice

 Our months of June and July have been swamped with Dr. appts. So today was another of those and that scheduled one more, of course.   Th Dr. prescribed 4 to 6 weeks of  Radiation every day.  WE talked and I asked the alternatives He had two or three none of which he recommended.    

Any way, I asked if one shot was possible.  He was a little reluctant and said we could try one and 'see what happens???'

He again emphasized that Merkel cell cancer was aggressive, and  unpredictable.  Especially on the face they could not widen out the radiation due to danger to other organs.

For some reasons it takes two appointments to do the one shot.  One for an hour to set the machine up evidently to program it.  Then one later to come in.  Sherry heard him say one shot was $800.  I did not hear that.  I actually hear things, but do not understand them, that is my earing problem with these Cochlea implants. 

Sherry searched this disease and found :

Jimmy Buffett Died of Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Beloved singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett passed away on September 1, 2023, at the age of 76, after losing his battle with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) The Skin Cancer Foundation.

Buffett, famous for hits like “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise”, continued to perform and undergo treatment after his diagnosis until his death The Skin Cancer Foundation. MCC is a rare and aggressive type of skin cancer that develops in the top layer of the skin (epidermis). It is about three to five times more likely to be deadly than melanoma and is 40 times rarer, with roughly 3,000 new cases diagnosed in the U.S. each year The Skin Cancer Foundation.

I had to pick a RARE one of course..... This has me to thinking harder, of course...  MAYBE, just aybe I should agree to the 30 shots of radiation.    I am thinking.  This is probably the most cornered I have ever been on whether I should do more or not.  Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

The American CAncer Society gives me an average of 5 years of life after diagnosis. What is so strange about that is, I told the Dr. " Doc, at my age I know I have a few years left, I give it 5 years.  I am not sure it is worth it for the long treatment." He sighed, your derision"

What to do?  I hate hard Questions!!!!!!!

Nite Shipslog