Lise Arrives!

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Neighbor Shawn graciously agreed to drive to the airport to pick up daughter Lise. We have a routine of having a meal and a frozen custard treat at Culver’s. The place is not far from the airport, and it’s lovely to be able to see each other and talk before the drive home. The trip probably takes 45 minutes, although we always allow more time when picking someone up.

Kacey barked at Lise until she was close enough to see her and remember her from the last visit. In no time, the dog was on her bed, which was already protected by a sheet. Since Lise was up earlier, Kacey snuggled with her until she heard my alarm. Then it was my turn. After doing stretches and some exercises, we humans walked to the stop sign.

I have begun to make only a half recipe of biscuits, and it’s surprising how much quicker it seems when I use a little bowl and roll the dough on a cutting board. We poured sausage gravy over the biscuits. Lise tasted the meat I had fixed for myself and agreed to have a slice herself. It was livermush, a prepared mixture that is fully cooked and only needs to be heated. I topped mine with pepper jack cheese and hers with an American cheese slice. I know livermush is popular here in the mountains, but I don’t know if it has spread to other regions. I learned of it from reading the novels of Jan Karon. The Mitford series takes place in this area, and one character mentioned eating livermush a number of times.

Lise knows I like to shop at Aldi’s and hadn’t been there for weeks. We streaked into Asheville, went to a thrift store and then on to Aldi’s. I picked up things from almost every aisle and spent more than I ever had before. Much of it will last for weeks. When we came home, Logan was just leaving the front porch. Good timing! He helped Lise lug all the groceries inside and also knew where to put many of the items. We decided to open some cheese puffs to snack on and also dipped baby carrots in humus while sitting on the back porch. Logan wasn’t still for long. He went into the garden, putting a glass globe back on its stand and looking at a broken wind spinner. I went inside for an S hook for hanging it, and he took a pile of trimmed branches to the burn pile. He saw it needed doing and just did it!

Lise knew Logan sometimes works the Wordle daily puzzle, and she asked if he had done Connections. I took a photo of the two as they discussed it. He worked it! Amazing!

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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37 thoughts on “Lise Arrives!”

  1. How wonderful Lise is there for a visit! She must be doing well by now. Ask Logan and Lise if they are doing the new Strands, still in Beta testing. It is challenging and I have days where I do it well and days where I am asking “what are they thinking?”

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  2. Iam happy to Lise there for a visit. Beautiful capture the pics. You are enjoy with Lise. Beautiful you sharing pick-up daughter Lise. .

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  3. Shawn is a wonderful newighbour to have around you, as is Young Logan of course. So nice he can find jobs to do that help you without waiting to be asked. I’m delighted Lise is home again so you won’t be alone at the holiday.Any sign of John $’s next visit?

    Have a wonderful Easter, I hope you get a nice chocolate egg to munch on. Humongous Hugs

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    1. We do not know when John will come to visit again. He seems so far away, all across the country. Logan really responds to Lise. Both of them have fantastic brains. Many Easter hugs to you.

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  4. Such a special visit for you and you all look so happy! Haha! Logan is concentrated on the game and as a fan of Wordle will have have to check out Connections! Happy Easter, Anne!

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  6. I love it that Lise comes home for a visit! Now you two can enjoy each other’s company without stress. I hope you both do and that Logan is such an amazing kid! Wish I was there to walk with you guys again.

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  9. Hi Anne, how wonderful Lise is able to visit. We have an Aldi about a mile away from me. I love those cheese puffs and I have eaten a whole bag myself this week. They are delicious! Happy Easter to you and all of yours. Kathy

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  13. That’s great news – and wow, already traveling after her December hip replacement. Lise is a woman on the move. I like Connections and Spelling Bee and Wordle. Sometimes I’m lucky with Connections and sometimes I bomb.

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      1. I agree with you Anne. I often have five possibilities and they are rejected ’til I have one or two guesses left and nothing fits. Yes, Wordle and Spelling Bee too. Do you like Spelling Bee?

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              1. Connections was bizarre today – symbols instead of words. I don’t know if it was because it’s April Fools’ Day or they’re trying something new, but I only got one line. I gave up Solitaire for Lent one year and missed it a lot.

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                  1. Wow – I was clueless to even get one line. That does make sense that they used pictures for April Fool’s Day. I always look at the answer to see how off-base I was.

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  15. I loved Jan Karon’s Mitford series! If I hadn’t passed the books on to my Aunt I would probably be reading it again. 🙂 I have never eaten liver mush though unless it is like liverwurst that my parents used to buy and feed us when we were young. I have never bought it as and adult though.

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