Saturday, December 19, 2020

Mary Lou Nutterfield (03/28/1931 - 12/18/2020)

It is with deep sadness that the Nutterfield family announces that Mary Lou Nutterfield passed away on December 18th, 2020. Mary Lou died at Hospice House in Hutchinson, Kansas, after dealing with complications after a fall she suffered earlier in the week. There are no services planned for the time being but a memorial foundation will be announced for family and friends to donate to in her honor.


Her curious spirit, laughter, and insightful posts will be missed by all - She was a glorious lady who was a great wife, mother and grandmother and will not be forgotten. Thank you all who have followed her blog, this space meant something very dear to her and you all shared a very special place in her heart.

Saturday, December 5, 2020

No More Excitement

 My sister-in-law says maybe something exciting will happen on days when we chat. I'll take calm days. For instance, Jill, the bully dog, kept following me around the house. Very unusual. She wasn't making her "feed me" sound. No crying or barking just walking with me. Very unusual.

I walked to the front room window to see if the mail flag was up. I had put out some bill payments. I saw a dog across the street walking along the grass near the sidewalk just like the neighbor's dog used to do. I had asked Mr. H. how he got the dog to stay on his property and not leave. "He knows better," and sort of laughed." I didn't know if the dog was well trained or had been severely treated. I knew Mr. H. would never mistreat that dog. Trooper was well trained!

So I looked again and it sort of looked like our dog, Jack. Oh my gosh. I saw the red tag. It was Jack.

I whipped off my O2 ( the tube doesn't reach outside, opened the garage door and by that time he had reversed course and was headed south. I called him and he looked at me for several seconds. He has to think things over. Thank goodness there was no traffic. I kept calling and he came across the street and up between the houses. I finally got him to come with me but when we got to the garage door, he balked. I had no leash so I grabbed his collar and sort of dragged him to the door control. Jill was glad to see him and was jumping around. They both  headed out the dog door and into the back yard. A few minutes later I heard Jack barking. No trace of him the back yard. He had found a broken board and had gone through it to freedom for the second time! Our neighbor tried to call us but my phone was inside in my coat. He was out in his yard where the opening led. We got him inside and secured the doggie door. Our  wonderful neighbor, Mr. S. offered to temporarily fix the opening. The only reason Jill didn't follow was because she is 30 lbs. and Jack is much smaller. 

That is not the kind of excitement J. is talking about and I surely don't want it. 


Thursday, December 3, 2020

Time Goes By

 I can't believe how long it's been since I wrote in this blog.

Today I made a list of what I wanted to do. So far I have marked one and half tasks off the list of five. I made stew. I've probably mention here before that McCormick makes a very good flavoring mix for stew. Just add all the vegies you want and let it simmer. Oh - and the browned meat goes in first.

The half task was getting a RX from the doctor's office for filters for the CPAP. I am getting so forgetful that I had forgotten I even needed a prescription! 

Note to the New Jersey connection. What do they expect at this age? We have memories from childhood...who cares about memories concerning filters?


Thursday, November 26, 2020

Yesterday's Tuna Casserole

 Lee loves tuna casserole. So I started to make it about 11:00 a.m. Looked in the cupboard for the large can of tuna in water. No tuna. I remembered some nice person had sent me two packages of tuna salad (Bumble Bee brand) and I had some other just plain tuna in a packet. These three did not total up to the right number of ounces - but almost!

Then I went for the frozen pea packet that was lying upside down in the freezer. Ah Oh. It was frozen brussel  sprouts. Well they are green. I gave them a zap in the microwave and cut them up into small pieces. Chopped onion. Had milk. No sour cream so I  threw in a couple of teaspoons of mayonnaise. 

Salt and pepper. No grated cheese but I don't use that anyway and no crushed cheese cracker topping. Also not generally used. And of course, the canned mushroom soup was on hand. Melted butter and garlic powder.

When I first started cooking, I remember I had to have every item that the recipe called for.  I have learned to substitute. 

Lee thought it was grand.


Wednesday, November 25, 2020

A Very BIG Birthday

Lee's birthday started out with a large cake delivered from our local Dillons (now Kroger) grocery store. They also had a sweet bouquet and a card for Lee. It was from all the kids (2 sons, 2 daughter-in-laws and 4 grand daughters  - plus some one added the two dogs.)

The name that is hard to see is Lily which they had trouble getting all on one line. The pastry person would have had more room if she/he had left out the extra L but all things considered, she/he did a pretty good job! Later a few of us talked on Zoom and sang the birthday song. PN had a meeting so he couldn't make it. Technology is nice but we all would rather have the real thing!

Happy Birthday on the big  Nine Oh!  Egad, I'll be there in four months.

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

New Ideas

 Today I saw some boot toppers, designed to keep the stiff plastic boots from irritating your legs. This is from a blogger friend who knits mittens for school kids, all kinds of useful things to give away and is a wonderful person!

I remember over a year ago I made some boot toppers that I saw somewhere. There was no pattern so I just made it according to the photo. They are only for being stylish. I should have made them be useful and fold over the top of the boot. Oh well. Our niece in Jersey liked them anyway. I guess they help keep the leg warm.


Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Question of the Day

 How many things can a person hang on their ears?  Back in the '60's a lot of us were piercing our ears. I went the cheap route and bought some self piercers. My husband and younger sent went to a jewelry store and had one ear pierced for a really small flat do dad. That didn't last long but I kept mine till this year.

Shortly after my ear experience, I needed reading glass so I bought those half glass jobs like Gypsy Rose Lee wore. That was our only similarity.

After regular glasses came along in the late '70's, I was set until this spring when it was decided that I needed O2. The nasal canula hangs from the ears and serves the nose/lungs. I took out the earrings because the tubing kept in touch with the small hoops. (This really didn't count since they were on the lobe, not over the ear.)

 And to top it off, our older son said my quality of life would be better if I used some hearing aides. Since Lee can't hear me and I can't hear him, I yell and I now wear the hearing devices. 

That makes three layers of equipment over the ears. 

It's a good thing the ears are big ones.