What a wonderful time we had. We went to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and took Amber with us. She hadn't been there in quite a few years when she traveled with us where ever we went! She is still a good rider and conversationalist and at 16 can get very moody! This trip we didn't see much of that moodiness or the teenage attitude that can rise up to cause people around her grief.
We took her to many of the same places we did when she was 3. She didn't remember them of course but thought the sights were lovely and beautiful. She was quite impressed with Lake Superior, however she didn't care much for it's temperature! She took lots of pictures, got a hooded sweatshirt from Mackinaw City, sampled some fudge and got a ring at the gift shop at the top of Brock Mt.
We throughly enjoyed her company and were glad she was able to spend time with us. Since she moved back with her mother when she was 5 and has visited on weekends and summer, spring and Christmas breaks we haven't seen her as much as we would like. Of course, I'm sure our son, her Daddy, feels the same way.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The little things in life!
Like getting your braces off and only have to wear a retainer to sleep and can take it out to eat.........ah! Amber says it's the best! Or the meteorologists predicting a big snowfall and we only get a few flakes falling down while the sun is shining. My kind of days!
Had to call my PCP again last night.............more of those dang muscle spasms that come on so very quickly only refuse to leave as quickly as they come. His office called in another RX (I could open my own pharmacy)and mixed with the other meds I told them I had already taken they said to try this and if it didn't work and the pain was too much to go to the closest ER. Nice........I can have the big bills and he gets to go home to his family! I never know when one will strike me, but when they do, it's all over but the shouting. They usually happen in the middle of the night and I have to wake Tom up after I've tried everything the Doctor has told me to do and nothing is even touching the pain levels. So we have to get up and make a trip to the ER. They generally give me a shot that hurts almost as much as the spasms and send me on my way. The last few times I have just called my PCP and told him what was going on and he offered his advice freely over the phone. A much cheaper route to go!
Had to call my PCP again last night.............more of those dang muscle spasms that come on so very quickly only refuse to leave as quickly as they come. His office called in another RX (I could open my own pharmacy)and mixed with the other meds I told them I had already taken they said to try this and if it didn't work and the pain was too much to go to the closest ER. Nice........I can have the big bills and he gets to go home to his family! I never know when one will strike me, but when they do, it's all over but the shouting. They usually happen in the middle of the night and I have to wake Tom up after I've tried everything the Doctor has told me to do and nothing is even touching the pain levels. So we have to get up and make a trip to the ER. They generally give me a shot that hurts almost as much as the spasms and send me on my way. The last few times I have just called my PCP and told him what was going on and he offered his advice freely over the phone. A much cheaper route to go!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Stormy in Michigan.....
temp of 16º with a wind chill of 3º, snowy and blowing snow. It's been colder but not this year. Have the tree up and most of the decorations and about half the shopping done. Just need to finish the shopping, wrap the presents, mail out Christmas cards, clean the house, bake lots of cookies and plan the Christmas evening buffet menu. That won't be too hard, they always want the same things...........tradition I guess. We will have 4 of our children with us this year. The fifth one came up for Thanksgiving from Kentucky and we do need to share her with her family down there too.
Don't have the stocking hung by the chimney with care yet.........that's the last thing we do! Only 2 stockings though, Mema(Grandma) and BumpaGrandpa)! The other kids all have stockings at their own houses now. Our youngest son has a blended family and we will be sadly missing the two oldest from that group but hope they have a Merry Christmas and we will catch up with them later. We will probably have approximately 22 people in all here. Good thing we have a big house!
Hubby gets to go back on first shift beginning next Mon. the 20th. We are very excited and thank the Lord for that. We don't know for how long, but hope it lasts a long, long time!
Merry Christmas to all my friends and a Happy New Year. I know it's early, but just in case I don't get back here before then. Love you all!
Don't have the stocking hung by the chimney with care yet.........that's the last thing we do! Only 2 stockings though, Mema(Grandma) and BumpaGrandpa)! The other kids all have stockings at their own houses now. Our youngest son has a blended family and we will be sadly missing the two oldest from that group but hope they have a Merry Christmas and we will catch up with them later. We will probably have approximately 22 people in all here. Good thing we have a big house!
Hubby gets to go back on first shift beginning next Mon. the 20th. We are very excited and thank the Lord for that. We don't know for how long, but hope it lasts a long, long time!
Merry Christmas to all my friends and a Happy New Year. I know it's early, but just in case I don't get back here before then. Love you all!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Well, my knee surgery is done. It was on Oct. 19th and the orthopedic surgeon repaired a tear in the ligament, a tear in the meniscus and a tear in the cartilage. Hopefully when I see him next on Dec. 3rd, it will as good as it can be. Of course I did have a fall on it on Oct. 31. I'm hoping I didn't do any damage to the repairs he made. It is still sore and somewhat swollen and still is painful, but I know as we age we don't heal as fast or as well as when we were a few years younger.
We were all gathered at Tom's Uncle Jim's apartment as the time was near for his passing into eternal life. He had throat cancer that spread and he did pass away peacefully around 9:30PM. I am so glad he is out of pain and suffering, yet Tom and I spent a lot of time with him, visiting and helping to care for him. He didn't want to go to the Veterans Home so we promised him as long as it was possible for us and one of his sisters to care for him at his apartment we would do everything we could to keep him home. Fortunately we were able to do so! It was a very nice Military funeral as he spent several years in the U.S Air Force during the VietNam era. Most of us did fine until the sister that cared for him was presented the flag and then we lost it. But we are thankful he no longer has to suffer and he has gone to meet his Savior and his Mom, Dad and 3 brothers who passed away before him.
He was very generous to us. He left us his 2003 Envoy, knowing that Tom's truck needs lots of repairs and his car isn't running the greatest either. Some family members are upset with us for receiving this gift, but I think it was Uncle Jim's way of thanking us for all we did for him. We didn't expect it but are extremely grateful for his generosity toward us. God has granted him the peace he had been seeking for so long. Thanks be to God!
We were all gathered at Tom's Uncle Jim's apartment as the time was near for his passing into eternal life. He had throat cancer that spread and he did pass away peacefully around 9:30PM. I am so glad he is out of pain and suffering, yet Tom and I spent a lot of time with him, visiting and helping to care for him. He didn't want to go to the Veterans Home so we promised him as long as it was possible for us and one of his sisters to care for him at his apartment we would do everything we could to keep him home. Fortunately we were able to do so! It was a very nice Military funeral as he spent several years in the U.S Air Force during the VietNam era. Most of us did fine until the sister that cared for him was presented the flag and then we lost it. But we are thankful he no longer has to suffer and he has gone to meet his Savior and his Mom, Dad and 3 brothers who passed away before him.
He was very generous to us. He left us his 2003 Envoy, knowing that Tom's truck needs lots of repairs and his car isn't running the greatest either. Some family members are upset with us for receiving this gift, but I think it was Uncle Jim's way of thanking us for all we did for him. We didn't expect it but are extremely grateful for his generosity toward us. God has granted him the peace he had been seeking for so long. Thanks be to God!
Monday, October 4, 2010
This is a photo of the newlyweds with all their children! Everyone is so happy for them and the kids are all happy too! I'm sure they will encounter some rough times ahead, but every family does, whether blended or not! The kids range in age from the oldest 15, and the youngest just 2. They will be very busy raising all of them............they have two teenage daughters, a middle school age son, an elementary school age son and daughter and the 'baby' who is just 2! Boy am I glad it isn't me starting all over again with small ones. I simply don't have the energy or the patience for it anymore!
It was an outdoor wedding and although it didn't rain on us, it was very chilly and all the bridesmaids and bride and both teenage daughters wore sundresses. We were planning for nicer weather. I nor the bride's Mom ever thought we would live to see the day either of them would marry! We are all so happy for them and you can tell that they are happy just by looking at their faces. I'm not sure my son will stop grinning yet this year! Even the children are all happy. I know they will have some problems ~ you can not blend a family without some encounters, no matter how much the 'Brady Bunch' made it look. But my son came from a blended family and watched us make it work, so he has some expeience and is a step ahead of the game in that department.
God was at this wedding and I told them they need to keep God at the center of their newoly blended family and they will be fine............no matter what happens!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Feeling down today............can't put my finger on it unless it is the fact that hubby has been working a alot of overtime and there is never enough time for us to do anything fun. Not like there is much we can do anyway. My health issues don't allow us to do much that doesn't entail sitting down....................it gets old hat and mighty depressing after several months. I'm hanging in ther although I don't know how much longer I can or why I even want to. Life isn't a lot of fun when there isn't much you can do to participate in it! I try and put a smile on my face and pretend that everything is fine even when it isn't. I don't know how much longer I can do it, but I have to at least keep it up too get through my sons upcoming wedding on Sept. 25! I am really happy for him and his bride and I am really looking forward to this. I never thought I would live to see this day, but am awfully glad I did. I wish his birth Dad was here to enjoy it with us. Okay, I have to get off this subject or I will end up crying here and now and won't be able to see what else I am typing. They are blending a family and I know from experience that it can be a difficult task at best. I hope he has learned from our mistakes and doesn't have to learn those lessons on his own! They have 6 children between them and they need to love all of them the same and as if they were their very own. She has 2, he has 3, and they have one together. Amazingly enough they all get along and actually like each other, so that is half the battle and they are close enough in age to play and talk together and form special bonds that will last them a lifetime!!!!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Hot and humid!
Well, here it is, one more hot and humid day here. We have had more hot, humid days this summer than we had all of last summer and we are expecting our hottest day of the year Friday with a temp of 93º and a heat index of 103º! Sounds like a day to stay indoors and read and out of the heat and humidity if at all possible. It will be for me! My poor hubby will have to go to work in a factory that is always at least 20 degrees hotter inside than it is outside. I'm glad I'm a woman and am not required to support a family financially as most men are!
Yesterday I had 3 grandchildren here, aging in age from 15 to 4. The 15 year old was here to help me with the other two...........her cousins. I took Elijah and Rebecca swimming to my daughters house for a while and they were so tired that Rebecca, who is the 4 year old, fell asleep on the way here and we only live like 6 minutes away! After her daddy came for them we had supper and she wanted to go outside and play on the swingset. We went out for a while but the skeeters were eating us up so we came back in. She was a little upset about having to come in so soon and I told her that if the mosquitoes were biting me that badly that they surely would start eating her up in a minute. She looked up at me, and in all seriousness said "No they won't Mema......their tummys are very little so by the time they are done eating you, they will be too full for me." I love the things little kids say.................still, we came in!
Yesterday I had 3 grandchildren here, aging in age from 15 to 4. The 15 year old was here to help me with the other two...........her cousins. I took Elijah and Rebecca swimming to my daughters house for a while and they were so tired that Rebecca, who is the 4 year old, fell asleep on the way here and we only live like 6 minutes away! After her daddy came for them we had supper and she wanted to go outside and play on the swingset. We went out for a while but the skeeters were eating us up so we came back in. She was a little upset about having to come in so soon and I told her that if the mosquitoes were biting me that badly that they surely would start eating her up in a minute. She looked up at me, and in all seriousness said "No they won't Mema......their tummys are very little so by the time they are done eating you, they will be too full for me." I love the things little kids say.................still, we came in!
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