And the family keeps growing!

A lot has happened since my last post!     

Dennis underwent thirty-five cancer radiation treatments right after Christmas, and it left him with some very unpleasant side-effects. He has hot flashes like a menopausal woman, and complains about it a lot! 

I don't tease him about it, but I'm afraid I haven't been the most sympathetic supporter either. He used to tease me about my hot flashes, but I really don't remember complaining about them to anyone. I just kept a sheet of paper folded in half to fan myself with. I bought a little handheld fan and carried it with me to use. It helped but took up a lot of room in my purse, so as soon as the symptoms slowed, I put it away and now I'm not even sure where it is.

Some of his other symptoms are too personal to include in this blog, but he is more than happy to talk about them to anyone who will listen. After a while they all get a glazed expression and I try to change the subject.

Anyway, we have added to our family. We now have seven great grandbabies, and half of them live close by, so that's nice. We have another coming in July, so can't wait for that.

Tomorrow I will have book club at the library. Then Tuesday will be art club. We'll be celebrating the birthday of one of our members, Joyce Menard. She is my chauffeur to and from art club, and a good friend. 

I've been collecting some of the used books from the "Weedy Shelf" at the library.  I bring them home, read them, then try to find a new home for them.  It's a great way to get something to read for little to no cost. I also check out some books from the library from time to time. 

Dennis and I are in the OCIA class, which is held at the church every week and we've both been enjoying it and learning a lot of new information. I'm also ordering books to help me to understand how my faith fits in with my world.

Our new priest, Fr. Andrew Rockers, is very knowledgeable and interesting to do Bible study under. I'm taking notes and then reviewing them the next day, so I can ask questions that may come up between sessions.  Our son-in-law, Rusty, went through the class and eventually did a sort of Rite of Initiation at the Diocesan Cathedral a few years ago. I wish I could get Becky into one of these classes. I'm afraid her faith has a few holes in it. 

We've been working on sorting through things here at the house, trying to clear a path to walk through. We should have bought a larger house, but then we'd just have even more stuff hoarded in it. This tiny house just isn't big enough for two hoarders.

For myself, I don't really keep that much stuff out of sentimental value, but rather I am the product of a Depression Era dad, who kept crickets saved for fish bait until they disintegrated with the slightest touch. He pinched pennies until they were paper-thin.  And if something didn't increase in monetary value or generate a monetary income, we learned not to buy it. Or so he thought. LOL.

I guess that's enough for today.  I am, as always, a Living Fossil. And these are my images for today.

God bless anyone who reads and gets some value out of my words. Please let me know if you do. 

Dixie