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| Card Painted by Daughter |
I had asked my daughter to paint a birthday card to send to my aunt and she did this one, using watercolor paints. Aunt called me today to let me know that she received it and said she loved it.
Today, I spent the afternoon making phone calls and appointments. Two appointments for lab tests prior to doctor's appointments, a phone call to the doctor's office to request a lab requisition they forgot to give me on my last visit and another phone call to reschedule a follow up appointment to the following week, a phone call to the dental insurance company to confirm benefits, and a phone call to a new dentist's office to schedule a much overdue first appointment, These are calls and appointments I had procrastinated on doing, but, finally, they are done. All that is left to schedule now is Dancer's appointment for his injection - that's on the agenda for tomorrow!
In between making phone calls and scheduling appointments, I did another load of laundry, made tuna salad for brunch, and cooked a stir fry and rice for dinner (I went off the meal plan, but, it was a very frugal meal, with a package of hotdogs I had bought on sale for $0.99 a while ago and frozen, some of the free red onion I received from the grocery store, free broccoli florets, a homegrown tomato, a little Sri Lankan spice blend from the pantry cabinet, and a little ketchup, plus a cup of rice.)
I had planned to water the back garden, but, decided that it could wait until Friday.
Today, I was grateful for:
- Having both medical and dental insurance
- Being able to schedule and reschedule various appointments
- Working appliances
- Daughter being home to help me with a few tasks
- Cooler temperatures
- Being able to schedule and reschedule various appointments
- Working appliances
- Daughter being home to help me with a few tasks
- Cooler temperatures
Today's joyful activity was accomplishing a few things that I had procrastinated doing!
Plans for Friday include:
- Going to the pharmacy to pick up medication refills
- Scheduling Dancer's appointments
- Watering the back garden
- Scheduling Dancer's appointments
- Watering the back garden
- Maybe going to the dollar store with daughter (she has a day off from work)
How was your Thursday? What are your plans for Friday? What are some of your go-to frugal meals?
I have been so busy with grandchildren that I completely forgot to water one row of flowerpots. They are all brown and crispy now
ReplyDeleteOh, no! Maybe they will revive with a little TLC?
DeleteIt must feel good to have made all of those phone calls and get various things set up. Now you can enjoy your time in the garden today.
ReplyDeleteIt does feel good to get those tasks accomplished, June; they were hanging over my head all the time I was procrastinating.
DeleteAnd I forgot to add, that I think anyone would love to get a card like your daughter made. She once again has shown how talented she is.
ReplyDeleteThank you, June. :)
DeleteI love the boldness of colour and design that your daughter painted on the birthday card!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. :)
DeleteWhat a beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne. :)
DeleteYour daughter is so talented. That is a beautiful card! I hope she's doing well too.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Yes, she's doing well, settling in to being back at home.
DeleteThis card is absolutely gorgeous! Your meals sound delicious!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda. :)
DeleteOops, I just made a short comment, I think it's anonymous as I'd forgotten to sign back in (after clearing out cookies on my phone).
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting me know, Celie. :)
DeleteThat is a gorgeous watercolor! Wow!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stephenie. :)
DeleteIs there no end to your daughter's talents. The painted card is gorgeous, so I'm not surprised your aunt loved it. Xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jules. :)
DeleteWhat a pretty card your daughter made for your aunt.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to get those appointments made and check those things off your list.
Did your usual dentist retire? My dentist is getting up there in years and I've been wondering when he will retire. I really like him so I'm hoping not for a while.
Thank you, Debra.
DeleteYes, it felt good to get the appointments set up.
I stopped going to my previous dentist as I felt dissatisfied with his work. He has a lot of other dentists who are working under him and they did most of the routine work and I wanted to find a new dentist. Then, I put it off because going to a dentist is not my favorite thing to do. Now, I've got some dental issues and I'm hoping the new dentist will be able to help me.