Oregon Living 2025 – Blog #46 – A Great Health Check and Celebrating Thanksgiving with Family!

 

 

Sunday, November 23^rd., 2025…… Cathye doesn’t have to go over to my sister’s this morning, so we slept in. Maybe until 8:30am! Since the weather is still pretty lousy right now (apologizes to those in the east!) we didn’t plan to go out too much today. We only have class tonight. We went off to that and then went on to pizza afterward. Tomorrow night we are going to see Wicked For Good, so we decided to watch the first one which I taped last weekend. Cathye said she was glad because it gave her a reminder so she can go forward with the story easier now.  We still had time to go to the spa for a bit tonight before bed.

Monday, November 24^th., 2025…… We were up and going today. I walked and fed the dogs while Cathye left to go to Penny’s. I would meet her at the gym in a bit. After that, we went to Kevin’s for breakfast and she continued on to Walmart, while I came back and worked on this blog and got it posted. As mentioned, we went off later to Sweet Home to go see Wicked for Good.  Cathye had bought us reclined seating. It was a nice way to relax and watch the show. We want to say that if you watched the original Wicked, you need to watch the sequel for closure!  I think we both liked the movie although it will make you look at the original Wizard of Oz movie in a different light when you watch it again!  

Tuesday, November 25^th., 2025…… Today was sis’s post op. meeting. I was at her house with enough time to make it to the appointment. She got x-rays and then we waited. Her doctor was way behind so it would be an hour and a half before we got in. But, he said she was doing great and everything was on track. She can drive again and shower so she is getting her independence back again! I dropped her off and went home. Cathye spent the day prepping things for Thursday and hosting Justin, who was coming over today to do some more yard work for us.  Justin and Amy (and maybe Skylar) are now joining Penny, Josh, Jamie and us. Corey and Vikki and the kids are supposed to come over for dessert because they have other plans for dinner.

We have decided to buy the Samsung Bespoke refrigerator.  I called Lowes and found that they do not allow military discounts on sale items. So, I went online and got it from Costco. I was surprised that at checkout, it was $300.00 less!  Yaay!  It will be delivered on Monday.

Justin will come over on Sunday and help us move the old fridge out to the shop garage. I am looking on FB Marketplace to get an idea what it will sell for so I can get it posted next week.

Wednesday, November 26^th., 2025……  More prep today. Cat is planning on serving a recipe for yams in tangerine shells. So, she has been removing the insides of cuties and saving them. She will combine the cutie pulp with the yams and restuff the shells and then bake. Not sure yet how these will turn out! I ran to the store and picked up a few items she needed for her prep. The turkey is in the fridge and ready. The roasting pan is ready. I think I’ve done my jobs to help but she is really stepping up to get everything done!  

Thursday, November 27^th., 2025…… HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!  Cathye got a call this morning from Corey. They have changed their plans and are coming here for dinner now!  I was tasked with going to pick up Jamie. Josh got here and then Penny came over. The kids showed up and had a friend with them. So, we are now at 12 for dinner. Justin and Amy came later and had dessert so we had a total of 14 here today! 

Everything was delicious but Cat was exhausted and was glad when Josh and Penny and I worked on clearing the tables and washing the pots and pans and loading the dishwasher. When everyone left, we relaxed and watched tv. I think we ended up going to bed a little earlier tonight.  

Friday, November 28^th., 2025……  No one was going out for Black Friday sales today! We slept in. I got a call back from our new travel agent. We have decided to join another square dance cruise. This one is organized by Rhythm Records, a square dance label that has been around since I started dancing!  The new owner, Adam Christman has 7 other callers on the label and they are all joining the cruise. It’s an Alaskan cruise and will be in May 2027 on Quantum of the Seas.  They have really good block pricing (although the rates are for obstructed view balconies). So, I did some research (yeah, you know me!) and found out we would be on deck six just behind the lifeboats. After speaking with the cruise director this morning, she gave me a list of the rooms and where they were on the ship. There are a few that are on a higher floor but they also have obstructed (unknown) restrictions and are either way forward or way aft. So, we secured our room and gave her our refundable deposit. I also went online to the Royal Caribbean app and got us a Crown Anchor Sailing id no.  That allows me to search through the shore excursions so we can decide what we want to do while there. Ports are Sitka, Skagway. Juneau and Victoria. Skagway is new but we can at least look at the others and plan something we haven’t done yet.  I also searched a little on goggle for anything on our room on the ship. It sent me to a Utube video that showed a couple doing a walk thru of that exact room!  It was pretty cool, especially when they showed the view from the balcony. Turns out our room is right between the lifeboats!  I froze a shot from their video...

so I don't think it will be too bad. Later this afternoon, I went out and spent a few hours in the shop working on a doghouse for the well head. I have already designed it in my mind and today cut and built the basic frame. I stopped because I next need to get a piano hinge for the roof section.     

Saturday, November 29^th., 2025…… Nothing on the agenda until this evening. We are planning on driving up to Salem to help out at the beginner’s dance up there tonight. So, after walking and feeding the girls, and making breakfast, I looked on the cruise app some more this morning searching for excursions.

Later, we took off to head to Salem. We drove by the senior center and saw no one was there to carpool. So, we drove a bit then pulled over to check out the email Kaynor had sent about the dance. We found out that the email was for a regular dance and the beginner’s dance would be tomorrow. So, we drove home but stopped by Robin’s for dinner before heading home. We watched some tv and then hit the spa before bed.