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I got up an hour before Tony yesterday morning.  Posting my blog, finishing packing the car.  By the time I needed to wake Tony up, the only thing I had left to put the car was basically Tony! But it was with a mixed heart I had to wake him.  Sound sleep eludes him most days.  He cat naps at best.  Most nights he spends...

Thanks to everyone who voted for my Extended Stay America recipe contest!  You can vote once a day, as many emails as you have until August 22.  THANK YOU! Click here to enter today. This post is going to be short and sweet – you know, just like me!  Tony isn’t feeling well, obviously, but worse than last week.  We called the doctor at Mayo...

Today is the first day that you can vote for my Pan Seared Pork Chops with Apple and Spinach, with honey mustard sauce and Rosemary Potatoes!  Whew, that’s a mouthful isn’t it?  But, it’s a recipe that needs so few kitchen items, that it can be cooked at an Extended Stay America hotel, which is where we stay when Tony goes to the Mayo Clinic. ...

Another busy day at work.  I hit the ground running and finally around 9:30 I heated up some breakfast tacos and ate them at my desk. I had plans with my Mom and Hannah to meet for lunch.  My Mom got there right on time at noon, and I finished up a couple letters while we waited for Hannah.  A few minutes later I see...

Remember the pizza that we got when we were at Mayo?  Well Tony decided to send the picture of the pizza to Toppers to let them know that their product was substandard at the very least, never mind how the pizza looked when we opened the box.  The Toppers Owner/Operator immediately responded.   He’s agreed to refund our money and has been more than sincere about...

We weren’t in a huge hurry to get back on the road yesterday.  We both woke up around 8.  I went down about 8:15 to bring us up some coffee from the grab and go.  Tony watched the news and I did some computer work.  I ended up heating up two portions of the breakfast casserole I made over the weekend.  There really isn’t a...

I have to admit that the drive to Rochester isn’t too bad.  Once we get through the bullshit construction on I-90, it was pretty smooth sailing.  Although Tony had me drive the whole way.  Which is good and bad.  Good in that I know he can just sit back and relax, but bad, because I can see that he cringes pretty much the whole time...

Saturday morning out refrigerator looked a bit bare.  No ham, bacon, sausage or any meat to speak of.  I did have a steak in the freezer, but I was lazy and didn’t want to take the time to thaw it, plus I hate thawing meat in the microwave, I think it ruins it. What did I have?  A .70 loaf of sesame bread from Walmart...

All day yesterday felt like a Monday to me at work since I had been off for four days.  Even though I could have still taken the day off since it had already been approved, I figured why waste a day when I may need to more next week or down the road.  And it worked out because one of the other secretaries had a...

Our appointment yesterday morning was at St. Mary’s.  Just when we got the lay of the land at Mayo, we had to switch locations – St. Mary’s is maybe 4 blocks from Mayo?  Either way, it is a sea of humanity, even at 6:15 in the morning.   When we arrived for the MRI of Tony’s heart, he immediately starts joking with the nurse.  It’s funny...