Friday Fave Five

Hosted by Susanne!

Our lives are filled with blessings  each day..   

This past week has  been  a bit challenging..I  finally  got scheduled for my knee replacement a couple of weeks ago.  My knee problem started 4 years ago when I  tore both meniscuses. That is when I started needing a cane...  it helped me quite a bit just in time for us to go on the Scotland tour with our  daughter,SIL, and grands  for two weeks  and,  I  am sad to say,  as much I  thrilled over  everything I saw and did,  my trip was  scaled back quite a bit..while others  attended grand galleries and walking trips like walking  Culloden and  Edinburgh Castle,  I  road the  stop and go bus to enjoy  the   beauty of the city.. But I had always really  wanted to tour Culloden.;  a huge, what you may call cemetery where  hundreds of men were  buried in areas designated by each clan name,  Scotsmen   who fought and died there during the battle of Culloden  which  changed  Scotland for  over a hundred years. After all,  I had  ancestors buried there.  But  I  was, at least,  on the property  for a time..  but, anyway,  even as my life has been  limited for some time,  now I am looking down the barrel of  a knee replacement  that  I am trying to  take as it comes.

This week it started coming.. I attended a class on Wednesday to  go over what to expect and  then I  had tests and bloodwork done.  This coming week   I have to take a medical stress test  and   pass it  since I recently had  my ablation of the heart.  I appreciate your prayers this Tuesday.   

But back to this  week.. 

On Sunday,  our  church service was wonderful..  I really  enjoyed our  Connect Group.. such a fabulous group with which to  discuss  the scriptures in small groups!  After church  our dear friends, Vicky and Dudleys joined us  for lunch at our favorite  Chinese resistant.  They had just reopened the Buffet bar   which  was closed over covid!  Oh, my goodness,  was everything delicious and the restaurant  was  completely  full. I know now if we want to dine there, get there early!!!

On Monday,  I  had my wellness exam with my regular doctor and it all went well.  Thank you, Lord..  at my age  one always wonders what may  rear its ugly head!   

Tuesday, my knee was really bothering me so I cancelled my Bible Study and just  rested and  iced it quite a bit and it helped  which  really aided  me  on my  trek to the  surgery class on Wednesday.  I felt so well  that  after wards. dear  Lynn, my  husband took us to  breakfast at our very favorite  place!!!  

Their second   and third  menu item is  delectable... such a treat!

Thursday I was feeling  pretty  good..   the knee was  barely  a memory.  So I took advantage  of  doing some    chores  with hubby  that we had been putting off for some time,  but as  the holiday is  fast approaching it had to be done soon. So  I  refer to my  problem of purging. I have at least 6 sets of china and one is in the  corner cupboard and takes up all the shelves. It is a complete set of 8 of everything,  gorgeously formal and  just  divine,  but I think in  50 years we used it maybe  5 times, meanwhile my mother's  beautiful  Franciscan Apple dishes were in the bottom of a cabinet in our sunroom.  I  have used  it once that I can remember and  I have decided  that  I really want to  switch out the corner cupboard  for  the apple dishes  which I plan to use  on Thanksgiving.  So as it stands now,   all of the dishes are on the dining room  table.  Hubs  went to Lowes and bought packing material and tonight we will pack up  the  exquisite china.  dust out the  cupboard and  decorate it with my mama's  beautiful apple dishes.  I cannot wait!

On Friday  Lynn took the boxes to  the discovery shop  where  only really nice  items are donated  and the proceeds  go to the Cancer Society! Hubs and I decided  at our age we  couldn't deal with  Marketplace or yard sales  so  we  are donating and giving away our  unwanted items. So far I have given away 3 sets of dishes in one way or another.  Lynn, also, stopped off at a nursing facility on the way  to drop off  a bag of very nice  home and garden magazines  for the   residents.  They  really enjoy  getting seasonal  magazines.  and I was such a  hoarder, I had magazines from  the 1990's.  But  they all look and smell brand new!!

It is a joy to  clear out  hoards of stuff ... I wish it could happen  at a faster rate, 

because   living in a  lighter and  well decorated  space makes me  very happy!  so far the book shelves are  lighter ,  the magazine racks, and now the  china cabinets..  I have 3,,  are looking so much better and  I am feeling FREE!

God has blessed us over the years  and we have lived  well,  but  always within your means..we  never travelled  too much  just a  vacation every other year,  and  we were able to take two European tours in our life...I would say we live modestly   but  our home feels like our castle..  But now it is a much more  decluttered  castle.. or might I say,  Palace!  HeeHee!

(Some palace.. what with our summer cloth still on the table..  how gauche")

I cannot wait to  take down the summer  table cloth and  start my fall decor in the dining room!!