Good Morning!  I need to take time this morning to thank daughter Cindy for spending all day yesterday down at South East Michigan Surgical Hospital with Jay as he had some corrective work done on his fistula.  She traded shifts—working midnights last night to be available to drive him down, stay with him during surgery, and then bring him home.  This is the second time in less than a week she has done this.  She took care of me in my surgery trip also.  Now she needs all your prayers and encouragement also.  She is having blood pressure and related problems that puts her in stoke danger.  So if you have a moment please send her your best.  Hopefully SEB will have her computer up and running and she will be able to visit more often. 

I also heard that Mrs. Dof’s mom is ill so a few good thoughts her way would also be appreciated. 

As for Jay—all went well and he should be perking right along soon. 

Phyllis, my neighbor,  sent over tomatoes ,some Romas, from her garden.  So today I’ll start a big pot of Herb Tomato soup to freeze.  She also sent a bag of different types of hot pepper which I had Cindy take to daughter-in-law Debra’s house.  I also have to check out some pears from friend Edna’s tree to see if I can make cinnamon pears out of them.  I really hope to get these projects under control because I hate to see anything go to waste.

As for my leg—-each day brings a little less pain and a little more concentration powers.  Now if I could stop kicking the good leg with the one with the cast on it it my sleep I’m sure the soreness will continue to disappear. 

A look out the French doors this morning is showing hints of a Summer disappearing and a Fall slowly taking the Seasonal Stage.  The Red Maple has started to drop it’s leaves and the garden barrels are showing signs of the end of the growing season.

The evenings are great sleeping weather and day time is bringing the need for a light jacket or sweater over one’s shoulders. 

  Have a great rest of the week.  Also laugh out loud for me—It is a geat natural cure for all things needing to be set right!!!

Even though my brother passed away we are still in contact with his significant other. Jeanine came to visit yesterday, bringing KFC for lunch and helping me get some chores done.  When she left my outside birds had been fed, the sheets on the bed were changed and our tummies were full of biscuits and chicken.  We had time to catch up on what has been going on with us lately and share some thoughts and ideas. I still marvel at how someone can bring a new person into your life and that remains with you even after the original person has passed on. 

I sit here to correct a wrong I committed with yesterday’s post.  I am most ashamed to admit that my statement on constants was indeed a hurtful oversight. When people spend some 34 years of their lives together it becomes a given, an understood commitment,  an it will always be, in their mind.  After that post yesterday I was hit with the thought of being thoughtless, uncaring,  and a very selfish person.  I have in my life countless acquaintances, many close friends and family, and some people who would leave a very big hole in my life if I lost them.  So I take this opportunity to correct my error by saying that, my husband, my children, my dear friends should also have been named in my list of constants so important to my life.

I wish only to let these people know that I do need them in my life also. 

Tell me why is it when the nurse says what color cast do you want you always find that finger pointing to the brightest orange in the bunch.

You never stop to think that you will be wearing this cast for the next month.  That you really only have one orange tee shirt to go with it.  That it will clash loudly with your normal reds, blues. and greens.  That every time you put on anything black with it every one will get this vision of Charlie Brown’s Giant Pumpkin raising out of the patch and wobbling like a UFO gaining altitude.  No,  you can’t picture anything but this delightful but shocking orange appendage flashing in the sun light! It has got to be a mental—I’m happy, I make you smile, and you think I’m nuts—-situation!!. 

But I must confess Sweet daughter made all the cottonwood mess evaporate before I woke up yesterday to tell them good bye and thank you for the help.  She drove me the 100 some odd miles down and back to the appointment and sat with me in the room when I usually wait alone.  She kept me thinking and enjoying the time for a change.  Son -in-law David took Jay to the grocery store and mowed the front part of the property while we were gone not to mention his help in getting me in the back seat of the pickup.  All I could imagine was this big old butt stuck in the doorway. 

The last day or so is beginning to show some relief in the pain department.  Dr. Fortin said with the extent of the surgery I should expect pain but that within the next week or so I should experience enough of an improvement that I will be able to read and concentrate on what I’m reading.

But for the next month the two constants in my life will be:

But this means the worse part is over and it is all birds singing , flowers blooming, and a silly old lady with a big ass grin on her face going yes indeed we have done it!!!

Sometimes things don’t always work the way they are suppose to but when you are surrounded by some of the most caring and creative people a woman,  as lucky as I am can have, you find a way to make it work.  This card came on Tuesday.  I couldn’t get it to scan from my machine so I pulled out the trusty Fujifilm camera and took a picture of to share with you.  I especially love the tan, fluffy, cross eyed creature with the crutches and the boot.  He so depicts my feelings this last week or so. 

Each day I gain a little more control over the situation and that makes me feel a little better .  I have managed to clean my bird cages, give Brandy a bath, catch up on the laundry and even make my lunch the other day.  Nothing fancy but at least I did it.  Tomorrow is Dr. Fortin’s appointment and Cindy Is working midnights so she can take me in. 

Jay’s has been a little under the weather so he is scheduled to see Dr. Webb next week.  At least we are still well enough to help the other guy get through the day. 

A lunch of Egg Salad sandwich and green grapes just magically appeared on my computer desk.  Good stuff Maynard!!!!!

I have to record a summary of Jay’s daily results to send to Dr. Hukill and pay a few bills this afternoon.  The leg is still painful but I don’t expect any less!  So I’ll get started on the paperwork so I can relax in a bit!  But never fear—Old mighty moose is here and that ain’t no typo!!!

Saturday evening started a down hill slide for me.  I backed my wheelchair into a tall metal and glass candle holder.  This resulted in a great deal of broken glass all over the dining room floor.  Nothing is so frustrating when you can’t reach it to pick it up and your animal’s curiosity is too close for comfort.  Sweet husband, semi blind and all, valiantly managed to get most of it picked up with no loss of blood.  The next afternoon I awoke to a very frustrated hubby trying to clean up a broken butter dish on the kitchen floor.  I’ll tell you it seemed like something was trying to do us in!!!  But as Sunday came to a close with no more mishaps occurring we finally started to breathe easier. 

I keep hoping for some relief from the burning sensation around my heel and ankle so that I can at least sit and read some.  I will see Dr. Fortin on the fourth for the first report.  on my progress. 

You know that no matter how hard I try to find something funny with this situation there ain’t nothing to laugh about dam it!  Bear with me my friends I will make it over this climb!!!!