Author: Mary Francis McNinch

Those 70ish girls…Busy making plans

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Can you believe it? We still haven’t gone on an RV trip even though our RV is now fixed. Our plan was to leave on January 25th, but as they say. Life happens while we’re busy making plans.

As it turns out, I have a couple of new doctor’s appointments coming up in February. It was the earliest I could get in. One is with a kidney specialist as a recent sonogram showed a suspicious looking lesion on my kidney. Please don’t worry. It’s still so small that they can’t even do a biopsy yet. I also have high liver enzymes which means another doctor’s appointment on January 30th.

Retirement means switching work hours to doctor’s appointments. Even in retirement our days are not necessarily filled with fun things, but they are somehow filled. I often wonder how I ever found the time for a job.

Being 70ish has its challenges. It’s a full-time job just to stay healthy. I used to exercise faithfully, and my doctor tells me it’s the single most important thing to do to keep my bones healthy and my blood pressure under control. It helps with a multitude of things. Kip and I are going to invest in a good treadmill, so I will definitely use it to get back into shape. I used to have a treadmill, and I enjoyed it. That was many houses ago, and I ran on it then.

So here are the plans. We are going to leave on a short RV trip around the 2nd week in Februrary. We’ll spend a couple of nights at Livingston State Park on our way to Galveston where we’ll spend a couple of weeks. Surely we can make that happen. We’ll definitely keep you posted. I love writing travel blogs. Please stay tuned!

Those 70ish girls…It’s birthday time

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My birthday is on December 31st. New Year’s Eve has always been a fun day for me. This year, I’ll be 73, and I’ll take it, though I don’t know where all the years have gone.

This year ended on a sad note. Our precious little dog Rylie passed away. It was a freak and unexpected thing. He swallowed a jagged rock that lodged in his intestine. The vet performed emergency surgery to remove it. Everything was going fine until, on the 3rd day, he started going downhill. It was on a Sunday, and the vet was nice enough to meet us at his clinic. He died within a few hours. We still don’t know what happened for sure. The vet thinks Rylie’s intestines quit working as a result of the surgery. Needless to say, our hearts were broken. He was only 5 yrs old.

RYLIE…
Rylie and Nellie…gone but not forgotten.

We couldn’t stand not having a dog, so last week we made a trip to the SPCA and the Humane Society and came home with 2 dogs. One was not potty trained, so it’s been a busy week. It was hard at first but we’ve made some headway. We’ve had 2 days without an accident. We’re on day #3.

The dogs get along and love to run around the backyard and play with each other. Our hearts are filling up again though we’re still feeling the pain of the loss of Rylie. He was such a special little guy.

When we were at the Humane Society, Kip spotted a sign for sale that read, “When God closes one door, he opens another.” That touched our hearts, and when Kip told them our story, they gave it to us.

So, we’ve lost 2 dogs this year and now we’re trying to make a good home for 2 more. That pretty much sums it up

The bigger dog is Kassie Kaye, and the little dog is Ruthie Rue. We love them already.