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2018 August 14 Tuesday in Grimes Iowa 68° with clouds this morning. My hives are still itching and, though I’m not supposed to scratch them, my fingers haven’t gotten the message. I catch them digging at my flesh and order them to stop. But while I’m concentrating on one hand, the other finds a newContinue reading “2018 August 14 Tuesday”

2018 August 13 Monday in Grimes Iowa 66° and hazy at the day’s beginning. Hives aren’t any fun. Last night I kept finding myself scratching at the rash, which I’m not supposed to do. I told Ella that I needed one of those cones they put on dogs to keep them from bitting at theContinue reading “2018 August 13 Monday”

2018 August 11 Saturday in Grimes Iowa 66­ and hazy this morning. The sun looks somehow fake this morning as if some cosmic prankster substituted an orange ball in place of the sun. Thursday Cutty’s Campfire Cafe had a meatloaf dinner and it was very good. Unfortunately for me it was also full of onions.Continue reading “2018 August 11 Saturday”

2018 August 12 in West Des Moines and Iowa 66° at days beginning and reached a high of 92° and does to 77° at bedtime. I snapped this photo as we were leaving home on the way to emergency room at Methodist West Medical Center. . This morning I woke 4:30 with lips, tongue, andContinue reading “2018 August 12”

2018 August 10 Friday in Grimes Iowa 68° and mostly clear at 4:30 this morning. Got a little hazy and climbed up to 80° and stayed there until sundown. My CPAP machine ran out of distilled water over night. That means that my sinuses and throat were extremely dry this morning. When that happens thenContinue reading “2018 August 10 Friday”

2018 August 09 Thursday in Grimes Iowa 76° and sunny by the time I got up. No Sunrise photo today because I slept in. Around four this morning my phone fell from the shelf over the bed and landed on my nose! That is not the kind of wake up call I expect. So IContinue reading “2018 August 09 Thursday”

2018 August 08 Wednesday in Grimes Iowa . I woke around 4:45, got out of bed and began straightening the covers on my side. Though she seldom stirs when I do this, today Ella asked what time it was. When I told her she said, “I’m not getting up. Well I’m getting up, but notContinue reading “2018 August 08 Wednesday”

2018 August 07 Tuesday in Grimes Iowa 62° start and extremely clouds. It made it up to 76° by noon in spite of the clouds. Clouds broke apart slightly around 2 and the temp jumped to 81° with 75% humidity I worked 8-2:30 today while Ella went to the senior center. She came to getContinue reading “2018 August 07 Tuesday”

2018 August 06 Monday in Grimes Iowa 66° and rain (not much but loud) Coffee with friends at Cutty’s Cafe. Games and lunch at the senior center. Ice cream at Heavenly Delights I worked on the sermon for the 12th, finished the bulletin, and email it for printing Gnite y’all! Visit my daily devotions blogContinue reading “2018 August 06 Monday”

2018 August 05 Sunday in Grimes Iowa 66° start and a brief wind and rain event. It was 86° at noon and reached 92° I conducted worship service at Cutty’s. Ella took a photo of m me with my mouth open. Not flattering but accurate. For lunch we went to Hibachi Grill and Buffet. IContinue reading “2018 August 05 Sunday”