Trevor home at last!

My heart is full once again.  Trevor has been locked up for wrong choices for 4 1/2 years.  Today we picked him up from prison.  After near daily phone calls and numerous letters and a few video calls, I finally got to see my youngest son face to face.  I haven’t blogged about this as it just was so hard to understand.  I know exactly what happened just wasn’t ready to share such a hard life experience with my readers. 

I hadn’t seen Trevor with this long of hair ever.  He looks so much better than I anticipated.  Kyndall Mae told her daddy not to cut it.  I told him he could put it in a man bun.  Tomorrow his first errand is going to get his hair cut. He wants to look decent for his parole officer.  He checks in at 3 pm.

Kyndall in the toy box at Nana’s house.  She is making sure all “her” toys are accounted for and we didn’t lose any of her favorites.  It’s been way too long since she has been at our house. She was so excited to spend time with her daddy. She showed him her toys. They played outside and had a great time. Trevor has a lot of time to make up while he was detained. 

 

Trevor home

Mellissa, Trevor and Kyndall. 

I may have to enlarge this photo for my living room.  This picture will serve as a reminder to me when I could breathe a little easier.  Every single day I pray for my family and friends.  More importantly that Trevor would be able to walk out of prison.  

Kyndall is enjoying having her daddy wrapped around her finger.  Am proud of Trevor for giving her his undivided attention.  I heard her feeling Trevoryour my favorite.  Of course that means that he hasn’t had to tell her no.  Right now it’s all about interacting with Kyndall.  Love hearing her giggle and her running around like a wild child.  

Mellisa has been raising Kyndall by herself.  I know she plays with her a lot.  I also realize she has to teach Kyndall right from wrong.  So it’s great that Trevor and Kyndall are creating a bond.  I just hope that at some point Trevor will be able to also teach Kyndall about rules and boundaries.  Am sure he doesn’t want to be the bad guy.  Although we all know that isn’t the fun part of being a parent but a necessity. 

It’s so good to have Trevor home! 

 

Outside chore and easy dinner

Easy dinner for us is always a crockpot soup.  We are going to do outside chores today. Luther will be mowing and weed eating our 2 acres.  After I get the soup in crockpot I will be heading outside to work in our rock garden.  

I need to pull some weeds and move several decorations.  I also need to come up with a new vision with different colors and decorations.  Would like to incorporate gnomes, I have been obsessed with gnomes lately.

The soup was kinda a throw vegetables and hamburger meat in crockpot.  I didn’t have diced tomatoes but used rotal and tomato sauce. I added green beans, corn, peas & carrots and whole potatoes.  Was good and incredibly easy.  

I didn’t realize how many different types of soup we eat monthly.  I do like the crockpot and how easy it is to have a meal in 4 to 6 hours.  I have always been a fan of one pot meals.  Casseroles are also favorites of mine.  Do you have a favorite easy meal to share with me? 

 

Daylight savings time

I am not sure why we still have Daylight Savings Time in place. Like it or not it’s that time once again. Time to roll your clocks up a hour this coming Sunday.  All our manual clocks will be set forward before we go to bed Saturday night.  This switch always throws my body routine off for at least a week.  

Do you make any changes to your routine before time springs forward?  I do know there is several things to help compensate for the time change. Such as going to bed 20 minutes early for several nights, avoiding any extra naps before bedtime.  It will also help if your bedroom is dark.  My doctor told me a while back to avoid the use of electronic devices at least 1 hour before bedtime.  Of course I do not do this as I like to read till I am sleepy.  

Take advantage of the later evenings.  This is definitely a perk of DST.  After work it gives me time to pick up the yard, pull weeds or just sit outside around our fire pit.  I know getting outside helps my mental state.  Just knowing that summer will be here soon is great.  

Recovery mode

 Recovery time has been something else.  Most days there is limited pain. On the days the pain is intense I will take Motrin migraine medicine and use the heating pad or the ice pack.  I would rather use the heating pack.  Not a big fan of being cold.  It’s been post op five weeks.  Physical therapy is going well.  I try to do everything they require during my sessions.  

I do miss being independent.  Biggest issue is taking off shirts and putting shirts back on.  My left arm just isn’t quite up to that task.  I have missed driving myself.  Which means Luther has to take me everywhere. He would rather be at home in his big chair watching TV.  So when he takes me somewhere I do try to fit in all errands.  Am surprised at myself that I haven’t been more stir crazy being at home several days in a row.  I really don’t mind being at the house.  

My next Dr. appointment is March 13th.  Am sure she will let me go back to work.  Definitely let me out of this arm sling as well. 

 

 

Birthday party for Brooks

How exciting Brooks had his 3rd birthday party at Extreme Thunder.  Everyone had a great time.  The children played on the mats and in the bounce houses that they provide with the rental.  

We also got him a car to drive around in! 

Paw Patrol is his theme this year. He is all about vehicles.  

Cute cake.  They also had pizza and breadsticks and cupcakes.

Jessica and Brooks 

Brooks is such a happy boy.  He liked waving and telling everyone hello. 

 

Starbucks Barbie Drink

Barbie drink from Starbucks.  I had been seeing this drink on social media.  It looked good and I was determined my next Starbucks trip I was getting the pink drink.  It did not disappoint me at all.  Was glad I had a screenshot of the recipe.  Have you tried it yet? 

This is the recipe I told them at the drive thru. 

Vanilla Bean crème Frappuccino with half and half mixed with dragon fruit, vanilla syrup and dragon fruit topping with whipped topping.  

It was very good. If a Starbucks was close to me I’d be in trouble.  Our nearest one is 30 minutes away. So when I am in Lawton, Okla or Chickasha Oklahoma I must stop for a drink.

Today Cherrie and I was together. Was doing some window shopping and of course we had to see what Ollie’s had in stock.  My favorite place to pick up books and nice journals.  I use the journals at work to jot down notes and such thru the day. Cherrie and I had a great day!