All in one day

I have to take my mom to her annual check up next Tuesday at 10am. I know the dr will want blood work done. They can do that at that office, if fasted, but that's too long for her to go without eating from the night before. Their clinic with the lab is just a few blocks from my mom's place. It's walk-in for blood draw. So, I'm going to pick her up at 8 to get the blood draw done there. This same place is also where I get my mammogram done, that I am due for. It's also walk in for that, but they do take appointments. I learned my first year living here to make the appointment, LOL. I drove the 55 miles (this was when we lived in town, so 10 miles farther) to get there right when they opened and was told they were booked until afternoon. So, I called yesterday morning to see if I could make an appointment for next Tuesday morning. They start mammograms at 9am. He said wide open, just come on in, it's walk in. I said no, I'm coming almost an hours drive, I need an appointment. After we get my mom's blood drawn, I'll get her something to eat, while we wait until 9 for my appointment. Then after that, we'll drive down a few miles to the office where she has her dr. appointment at 10am. I haven't heard back from the lawyers office about my mom's will (they said about 2 weeks) but I'm going to email them today and see if they can have that ready to pick up/sign after her dr. appointment. Trying to get as much done in one trip, rather than 3 separate trips! If there's time between my mammogram and her 10am appointment I'm also swinging through the car wash, LOL. 

DH is waiting to hear from a Ford Dealer, about a part he's waiting to come in and go pick up. It's in the town where we took the dog to the vet. They have a small Ford dealership and dh has been trying to find a hose clamp for his exhaust to replace the original one. They finally figured out which part and it's supposed to be in any day. He has the old clamp on now, but wants a new one that isn't 20+ years old. He also figured this hour drive in his pickup each way will be a good test drive to make sure all the stuff he did to it works ok. The guy thought it would be in last Friday but he called and said it wasn't, so probably Monday, but he didn't call yesterday either. He joked with dh that FedEx is really reliable....between 10am and 3pm LOL. I have a feeling he'll probably call today and say it's in. It will get dh out of the house for a couple hours.

My grandma used to have a box of greeting cards on hand, so she could get greetings mailed without needing to go to the store for a card (she didn't drive). When mom and I were at Target we picked up a birthday card to send DD's dh, from her. I hate standing there trying to look at cards. Always have. When I got home to put the check in it for him and mail it for her, I thought of those box of cards and that's what I need. I found some on Amazon for $12.99 for 48 birthday cards. I decided just to do birthday as I probably wouldn't need all those other occasions much. There was a $1 off online coupon box to check, and it qualified for the $10 off small business discount for Prime members. DD didn't have anything she wanted to use the $10 off on, so I used it and got the cards for $1.99. 

After all this time it sounds like Mr Shooter guy started up again. DH said it wasn't as loud, so either he's shooting something different or he did make some changes to mitigate the sound. Even so, dh was bummed that he's at it again. I used to be able to hear it from my office (I sit next to the window) but I couldn't hear it inside this time.

I have USPS informed delivery. Just got my morning email of what's coming in the mail today. Looks like I'm on jury duty again, LOL. It's a 2 year thing, but nothing ever goes to court much here, requiring a jury trial. I was on it during our build, but never had to do anything. Seems like it should be dh's turn again, LOL. He's only been called once in the almost 5 years we've lived here.

That dang bird who hits our windows was at it before it was time to get up this morning, so I was awake and up earlier. I hate that bird. LOL. He seemed to be doing it less lately, but dh washed all the lower floor and back windows Sunday, so I guess he can see himself better, haha. 

I think neighbors are having their sprinkler system added on to today. I hear all the dogs barking like crazy. Of course they get a contractor that actually starts at 8am...LOL...dh usually sleeps until 8:30 (usually goes to bed around 12:30 or 1am). Eventually they will settle down and stop barking, but obviously Mr. isn't home or he'd have them inside. This is to water the lawn they planted on the other side of our fence. They've been watering with sprinklers to keep it green. It looks really nice this summer (they planted last summer) and is a good compliment to our green lawn on the other side of the fence. When Mr was first deciding to add on to his sprinkler system he was asking dh some questions (he really doesn't know anything about it) and dh is like "oh, just tie into our system for this part of the lawn, then they don't have to go under your driveway....". I nixed that idea! Geez Louise. That's just years of wear and tear on our well pump having to operate more. Let alone, if some day we did sell this place "oh by the way, you water the neighbors side yard, too". Ya....NO. LOL.

 My poor mom doesn't remember we went to the store 2 days ago and she got a bunch of stuff. I called her (yesterday afternoon) and she said she went to the store today with her guy friend. Said she can always use a few things, like Tylenol, so she got some. Ummm...she just bought Advil 2 days ago. I hope hope hope she didn't buy Tylenol PM! I will check when I see her next Tuesday and make sure it's just regular Tylenol. That's all I'd need is for her to get those again. She hasn't had a bad morning in almost a year now, since going off those pm type pills. That's what was obviously causing her problems several mornings a week where she "just didn't feel good" for 2-3 hours after getting up. I'm hoping she just doesn't even remember that there is such a thing as Tylenol PM anymore. She didn't remember about her Nature Valley granola bars she was always buying/eating until recently.

I still have nothing to read. So, I've been watching movies, either on the tv or my ipad. DH has been on his computer most nights, watching a bunch of racing. It's summer, so lots of racing going on, even weeknights. He subscribes to 2 different "channels" to seems to always have something to watch. I don't mind paying for it for a few months during the summer for him. We don't pay for any other tv service, since we get our YouTubeTV through dd's account. So, let's see, I've watched Cocoon. Serendipity. She's All That. Definitely, Maybe. My sister said she has Apple TV and the new movie they have called Palmer with Justin Timberlake was really good, so I signed up for a free weeks trial so I could watch it. It was really good.

Other items to do today: call Tractor Supply customer service and complain that the $92 shipping I paid for and it still has not been delivered. Email cabinet lady.....(it's been 5 weeks since she last (again) told me "next week").