Yummm...Japanese food!

Last week Grandma, Amy, Faith and I went out to eat at a Japanese restaurant in Weatherford. It used to be called Ohana's, but the name changed and I can't remember what the new one is now.

It's so much fun to watch the chef cook your food right there in front of you. My favorite part is when he lights the grill on fire - the entire cooking surface is in flames!

We have eaten here every time we come to Texas, and the food is excellent.

We all ordered the same thing - fried rice, mixed vegetables and Habachi chicken. Yummy!

It was nice having Amy with us. Her hours as a doctor are crazy, so it's a treat to have her home in time for lunch.

No, it wasn't cold outside, but I'm wearing a long sleeved shirt to cover up my well wrapped arms! My poison ivy is getting much better (thank you for all your prayers!), but my arms still look pretty disgusting.

Lunch in The Square

Yesterday Grandma took us to "The Square" in downtown Weatherford. Amber, do you recognize this building? For those of you who haven't visited, it's the courthouse.

We had lunch at The Chicken Scratch cafe and bistro. We all had a braised Cajun beef sandwich with smoked Gouda cheese on french bread, with a side of kettle chips or fresh fruit. Yummy!

The cafe was so cute; I just love small, cozy restaurants. They had these pretty flowers in tiny antique bottles.

After lunch we wandered around and browsed in a few of the shops. There were a lot of antique stores and some neat art shops.

We had a nice afternoon, and I hope to stop back in again when I can take more time to look at everything.

Nursing

Last night, I felt like a nurse on a battlefield --

tearing strips of cloth, bandaging my suffering patient,

making her a pallet to lay on, brushing her hair back from her face,

and helping her get situated as comfortably as possible in bed.

Many of you know that Mel has been miserable with poison ivy for the last week.

She has it all over her arms, a little on her stomach and her back,

and one spot between her toes.

Her arms are swollen and itchy to the point where she can't really bend them much.

She bought some special soap and put some ointment on last night,

and we wrapped her arms in strips of an old sheet to protect them as she sleeps.

It did help, and she was able to get more sleep last night,

so we'll probably do that again tonight.

Here's a picture of my patient all wrapped up.

I'm not posting a picture of her arms uncovered. The don't look very nice!

We thought that might not be good idea on this family-friendly blog.
Please pray she heals quickly!

Lotta Laughs

The other night we played a game that we learned at the Bluedorn's house on New Year's Eve. It's a lot of fun and always makes for a good laugh.

Everyone has a blank piece of paper and they each write a sentence (the sillier the better) at the top of the page. The papers get passed to the right and everyone then draws a picture of what the sentence on their new sheet is describing.

Next, you fold back the sentence so that only the picture is showing and again pass the papers to the person next to you. You then have to write another sentence describing what you think the picture is depicting. This continues until you run out of room on the page. Everybody then unfolds the papers and it's hilarious to see how the sentences and pictures progress from the beginning to the end.

No artistic talent is required, in fact, we've found that the results can turn out funnier when you have bad artists in the bunch. Nobody knows what was drawn, so you have to guess what it was supposed to represent!

The paper above started out with the sentence, "The daisy is fighting with the birthday cake" and ended up with, "I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air!"

I think it was also a good stress reliever. We laughed so hard we were nearly crying!