Another week went by quickly.  I am worried summer will end soon!  This last week was warm enough to keep those worries in the background for now.  I do enjoy summer.   I made it to my Taurus investment club meeting on Wednesday in Milwaukee.  Good to see a few friends.   The aging process is taking it’s toll on the club though.  Our meetings continue to get smaller in attendance.  We are planning an October dinner party, to continue to take opportunities to see the members and spouses when possible.

Tuesday was my homebrew club’s Timberrattler outing.  the local A ball baseball team, and Brewers affiliate.  It was a great time as in past years.  Too much food that I ate at our tailgate.   And I think it was the best game we have seen, and they won!

Chris and I planned to take the boat out to eat on Thursday, the lake was very calm.  But when I got home from work Oshkosh had clouded up and there was rain on the radar.  So we grilled out.  It turned out not much of the rain reached the ground.   So after it passed we still took a long boat ride on the lake.

Friday was down to Milwaukee to see Mom.  We have moved her to Golden Living Heritage Square,  very close to her apartment on Loomis Road.  She did not feel confident in her walking after laying in bed at the hospital, and this is a nursing home with a rehab wing.   So she is working with the therapists, not all fun for her.   But Skip and I think she is doing well and she won’t be there long.  Unfortunately the arthritis in her knee won’t get better.  They will teach her how to cope as best she can.  And the therapy can only do so much for her.   With her leaky heart valve she could not do strenuous exercise or long periods, and she has no desire to.   But she will keep it exercised and as mobile as she can.  She asks that I not pray for her to live longer, just pain free while she is here.  So we will get her back to the apartment and see what comes next in her life.   The good news is she complains about the help and the food, so she is feeling pretty good overall.    Skip has been great in taking care of her needs and I get there when I can.  We will see what the therapists have to say this week and plan from there.

Saturday we came home in the afternoon for our annual neighborhood fish fry.  One of the neighbors has done well in catching walleye, northern, and perch and donated the fish.  And another did an excellent job of frying.  And everyone brought a dish.  So another day I ate too much.  But is was worth it.   We left just in time to walk home before the rain started.  We had a little storm roll through last night,  and it dropped a lot of rain.  Thanks Jeske’s for hosting us all, and we will pray for Nick’s surgery on Monday.

Today we made 9:30 church and then Chris and I went golfing.  I needed my exercise to get rid of some of the pounds added on by all the eating.  So the heck with the yard work and off to our local 9 hole golf course.  We had an enjoyable round topped off by bloody mary’s and lunch (did I really need to eat?).   I think Chris is hitting the ball better than ever this year.  After brunch we came home and I battled the mosquito’s and tried to bring the garden back to being presentable,  after not being in there the last 3 weeks.  So progress was made and we have some tomato’s and jalapenos for salsa this week.

So hope this finds you well.  Get out and enjoy life!