Fridays Fave Five

Hosted by Susanne!

Time continues to fly by!  Here we are again at  week's end and time to  be thankful for  the many blessings we have! 

Note to all who  expressed  interest in my recent  c scan.  The doctor  called  and told me the gall bladder was  doing  well enough not to have to apply another stent this time  when I have my next ERCP in  June. I would just  go   about 6 months and  probably scan again to see how I am faring. He did mention a few  things  noted that  I should bring up to my GP. I think just things to watch or perhaps I may  need a referral  to  a specialist.,  

~But I am blessed to have such an opportunity to know of these slight occurrences early on so if there is a deeper problem  it may be addressed  early! I mean  at my age you can expect  some of these  things! 

~I have been working on plans   for our  special  vacation this summer.. Amanda left me to plan the  itinerary and  it has been good for me to do this,. as I watch YouTube videos about some things   I realize I just would not be able to do that thing. For example, I have  been enamored with Dunvegan Castle on the far tip of the Isle Skye   for many years after reading my wonderful Lynn Kurland books  about the McLeod clan of the 15th century. But  truly after watching a drive    through the island to the castle,  the one track road  by the sea  with many twists and turns and the hectic traffic of  what I am sure this summer will bring. I would be  a complete  wreck as would Lynn,  so after  seeing the castle on Youtube, I am perfectly  satisfied. It wasn't that much like the books' account anyway!  So there we saved about 50pounds!

~Besides the itinerary of the things I do hope to do is 11 pages long!!  And I am gaining in strength  to  be able to do as much as I think I  would like.  Also, doing the itinerary and  looking things up online has helped par down things  that are just not doable..( too  far to walk to, to even drive to,)  because I am relating everything to  how it would be  in the hectic summer traffic, by all accounts this summer after covid it will be super crowded.

~We have been going ahead and booking everything  ahead ,  actually missed  one  beloved thing, riding the Jacobite Train across  the  Glenfinnan Aqueduct,  but  we  can opt now to ride the Scotrail across and experience the same views if that is something  we all agree upon. When one door closes , another opens!

~Poor Lynn has been working so hard in the den...This is our last room to  paint and  the hardest.  He took all day one day this week to scrape  the wall paper border and the glue off the wall. It was a daunting problem It was so easy in the kitchen,  but standing on that  ladder all day, did him in, poor fella.  He rested all day yesterday and is all set to paint the three walls which should go very  swiftly.The fourth wall is the built in  book cases and window seat. It will be painted a contrasting color!  But glory to God, we are both in good spirit today about getting  the walls painted and hopefully it would only take one coat!!!