This is a diary of our day on Friday, Sept 3. Things are getting busy around here with the garden still needing care and the children preparing for the start of school next week!
6:30 a.m. Friday morning — The children are still sleeping. We are letting them sleep a little longer this morning since this will be their last weekday morning home in awhile. Verena started with a post-concussion episode about 6 p.m. last night and it was difficult to get her settled down to sleep. I don’t like to go to bed until she is asleep when she is in this stage.
7:45 a.m. — Everyone is awake now and making breakfast. Verena still has not come out of her post-concussion stage. So with one eye on her, I gather the laundry and Loretta helps throw it down the vent to the basement.
8:30 a.m. — Ten minutes ago, Verena snapped out of her post-concussion and is herself now, what a relief to us all. The girls are fixing breakfast.
9:15 a.m. — Our neighbor lady comes to take Verena and me to her doctor appointment. Verena has had a swollen thumb for over a week now. The doctor wants to check to see if it could have an infection in it.
Noon — Verena and I are back from the doctor and we also stopped to pick up some groceries. Turns out Verena’s thumb has an infection in it. They put her thumb and finger in a splint and she has to take an antibiotic for 10 days.
1:15 p.m. — Lunch is ready and everyone is ready for a break.
2:30 p.m. — We bring in the laundry off the lines and fold it. Dishes from lunch are also being washed and put away.
4:30 p.m. — I start preparing supper. Joe got the chicken wings out of the freezer that come from the chickens we had butchered. I am also making rigatoni and cheese casserole.
6 p.m. — Verena started with another one of her post-concussions. We are hoping this one will be short. She uses up all her energy and when she is back to normal she is worn out.
7:25 — Verena snaps back to normal. We waited a little longer to have supper thinking she might do that.
7:40 — Supper is on the table and Elizabeth’s special friend, Tim, joins us.
8:30 p.m. — Dishes are washed and some of the children are playing a board game called Aggravation. Kevin had his fifth birthday yesterday. He said he wanted a brownie so Susan made brownies. So hard to believe our youngest is starting school next week.
With apples in season try this delicious recipe for homemade fried apples.
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