When I got up this morning and looked out the bathroom window to see Dennis pulling up our little utility trailer to the car garage I knew there was not going to be a slow start to the day. Get dressed Grammie; grab a cup of coffee and met him head on.
Dennis already had all the patio chairs lined up on the south side of the garage waiting for me to decide how and where to store them in the potting shed. The small little trailer needed all four tires aired up so that gave me a bit of time to catch up to him. There was a bit of tidying up in the potting shed and when I turned around, there was Dennis with the umbrella stand and the wooden round patio table on the trailer. He left it for me to unload and he soon came back with the umbrella. I must say, before I had the sleep rubbed out of my eyes that phase of Dennis’ schedule had been completed.
I had to find my gloves as it was going to be my job to pull out the garden hose along Stauffer Avenue to the total extent as to drain all the water out of it before it was reeled up and stored for the winter. I kid you not there was almost 260′ to be pulled to the east. When I walked back Dennis was sitting in a chair next to the hose caddy ready to start rolling it in. The only problem was that it was too heavy to roll up on his own, I needed to haul back lengths of hose so it could be rolled up correctly. Seriously!
People always told me I would notice a difference in Dennis after the carotids were stripped. I will say that after the second one was stripped in Feb., I did not see any improvement. About the early part of June, Dennis began perking up. Here we are in mid October and it’s a good thing Kevin has most of the backyard tilled up as grass wouldn’t stand a chance under Dennis’ feet if there were some.
About this time of the morning I called for a coffee break. Snuggles had just jumped on my lab for a long sit when out of the corner of my eye, I saw the car being taken out of the garage. Next came the pickup. I must have missed something. The next item on Dennis’ agenda was sweeping and or blowing out the garage floors. There was much to move out so corners could be hit. Hell’s Bells! If those floors have been cleaned we might as well clear out the patio porch and get that floor vacuumed. Dennis shook rugs and aired out kitty baskets and sure enough, the patio porch is clean and tidy.
The only thing I had had on my agenda today was to wash the bathroom windows as they need to be done from the outside. I eventfully got them done after Dennis left to have coffee with his nephew Brett. Thank God, he had left before finding more to get into for the day. As I have mentioned, Dennis is back going full steam. It is welcoming and wonderful. I wouldn’t have changed a single thing about this day. It was heart breaking prior to the carotid surgeries when all that Dennis welcomed was sleep.
possible. It is the only burst of color in our neighborhood. When we planted the tree sixteen years ago, many didn’t think it would do well in this part of southern Minnesota. I can only imagine it must be at least 25′ to 30′. All I know is that when I stand close to it and try to look up to the top, I all but topple over. 
