Foot Sprain

The diagnosis is in, David has a sprained foot. That is why it is so painful. I called and made him an appointment so we could get to the bottom of this.
I think I had stressed so much I was losing sleep, and I was angry at him. Life is too short to be angry.
Hey I have been angry all day at something, I just needed to vent to someone.
But now he can at least know how to take care of his foot. This means arch supports, ace bandage, elevating, icing and heat. That should do the job in two or 52 weeks. It is according to how his body heals. And how much work he does on the foot.
Me, I have a sty on my eye, It looks ominous. I just pray it is not another staph infection. It looks bad. I guess I will know more tomorrow, according to how it looks. I am putting antibiotics on it and praying really hard. God knows I cant deal with the doctors lancing my eye lid.
Whew, that one will have to be with me asleep.
My shoulder is still bad. I can lift my arm over my head, not without a little pain but hey I can lift it. That is a plus.
So that is update here. Keep your prayer fingers crossed that all goes well.

Nothin

Tuesday is upon us again, week is almost over and it barely started.
I have not a lot of ambition. It is rainy outside and "Rainy day Tuesday always get me down."
I have all the inside work completed so I sit here, waiting for someone to talk to. I could be sewing but my arm does not work properly so I best not be shoving material through a machine or even move the machine to the work area.
Nothin, Nothin to do. Ho Hum.
Not a good feeling. As I sat here today I thought of David on Sunday, He looks so worn out. His age is showing so much. However this morning, I heard him whistling as he got ready for work. At least he loves what he does, It keeps him going.
Once he leaves his job I do not expect him to keep alert as he is now. This keeps his spirit up. He comes home every day filling me in on some of the clients and how they are doing now, how they have improved, etc. It is good for his spirit to see these guys. He said "When I feel down I just have to look around me to realize just how blessed I am."
I say he has a good outlook.
I really need to shop for a few groceries, we are out of milk, Again. We have began buying four gallons at once so we do not have to go to Costco often, Milk there is 325 for two gallons, A great price. It was 290, not sure why the price increase but that is still cheap and David and I drink milk daily. May be why we are so healthy, LOL LOL LOL LOL.
Bananas, we are out of and we try to keep on hand, but I seem to be letting down on my shopping. Once I get up, dress, get work complete ,
I am done in. (As Eliza Doolittle said).
I did bake cookies for David last night, After 8 PM!! He needed treats. He is like my kids always were, Got to have those treats on hand.
Funny thing is, he says he has no taste buds, I believe him now, without a doubt. I made peanut butter cookies, How strong is that flavor? He ate about 6 of them then asked me if they were peanut butter. I could not believe he could not tell.
Well about 22 more days and we get to leave here for a while. I think this is a rest we both need. It has been so long since we totally got away from work here. If I am here I find something to do outside. (if it is warm outside).
David says I never stop and that is why he wants to get away from here.
Truthfully, it is becoming too much for even me. I get so tired some days. I don't even feel like walking up to the workshop to check on my Kitty's food.
We are having no Garden this year. I just don't feel like I can do it again. It is lots of work, worth it but still a lot of weeding, feeding, processing, and fussing at the ground squirrels and gophers and moles. They drive me nuts. Last year they ate three of my squash plants at the first of the season. Finally I got a solar mole chaser that worked.
So that is my nothing day, this is nobody, sitting here doing nothing, if anyone cares.
( a quote from my daughter when she was about 8 years old, she was feeling left out).

Friendship and Babies

We had a nice Sunday. As you read previous post, Saturday was kind of tiring.

To begin with we had a baby shower to attend at 200.
We were lazy getting started and I had to lie down, I have neck, headaches with this shoulder strain, (so that is not new, I always have headaches but I can identify where it is coming from,)
I can only sleep in one position. That is on my back, and I usually sleep on my right side. That can't happen now as my right shoulder is bad. I cant lie on my left side or it pulls on my right shoulder.
Oh well that is OK, at least I am better, so much better and Thankful to God it was not worse.
I could have done much more damage with the strength I used to pull that mower cord.

So Sunday I lay down for a while, then decided I had to get moving. We had to buy the gift, buy the food we were taking over and pick up my new glasses.
We were running late. Only like five minutes but we are ON TIME People. We do not like being late for anything.
As we drove up, Ron and Darlene's driveway was full of cars, so we parked at the back of the row of cars. It took us a few minutes to get out of the car, (David had to retrieve his cane), We had food and gifts to take in.
LeAnna, Their Granddaughter, saw us and said, "Someone just drove up, It is Old People".
Then someone else made the comment, "Oh I bet it is David and Sue."
Ron and Darlene came to the door laughing as , Sure enough it was "Old David and Sue"
I told Leanna "I can not believe you said that, David is old but not me." LOL
We all had a good laugh. Of course to see us walk up the age shows, David is limping and here is this white haired man sitting in a straight chair with his cane in front of him.
I looked around and marveled at the changes in our lives.
When we met he would be the life of the party, joking and laughing and a full head of black hair.
42 years ago when we met this family, (the Colosios), Darlene and I were having the babies. I had a new one in 67, and she had one in 68 then I had one in 70 and she in 71. I had one older child and she had two older. That was our lives, Our babies, our church and our families.
We have been to their children's weddings, and births of their grandchildren. Now their little girl who was 6 years old in 1967, is going to be the grandmother.
Life has taken a full circle for us.
As I sat there and talked to the other Grandpa, I asked if this was his first grandchild. Yes, It is.
He seemed in shock since he has a child about 7 years old.
It bought back memories of the birth of my first Grandchild. June 1989.. In July we had a family reunion at our home in the country. As family arrived we were so happy to see, not only our Grandson was new, but our two nephews had new baby boys too. So we had Josh, John and Jordan. As I walked through the kitchen, someone called me Grandma, I turned and with a huge smile, said "Grandma, Me Grandma?" We have that scene on video.
Such wonderful memories, Now my Grandson is old enough to make me a Great grandma, As Ron and Darlene are now becoming Great grandparents.
What a beautiful circle of life. How blessed to have friends we can share so much with.
Christianity, Births, Marriages, Deaths and undying friendship.
May it continue forever.

Whats Next?

David is not doing good. You know how it goes, Old people and pains.
His leg is much better, he has to be careful with it, I think more out of concern it can go out than it hurting.
Now his foot is bad. He limps something horrible. He has been limping for several days, He thought he had a stone bruise. (we are not sure at this point).
So he stayed off it as much as possible the last few days, Yesterday he decided to mow the lawn. BIG MISTAKE. He mowed about half the front yard, I walked out and he was using the mower as a walker. It was supporting him as he limped.
I motioned for him to stop, he did and did not go back until today.
ANOTHER BIG MISTAKE.
I went out with him to be sure he did OK. As I mowed the side and back with the tractor, I decided to check on his progress, (slow progress). As I walked around the corner I heard him YELL, Yell loud due to pain. (almost a scream).
He said it felt like something in his heel popped.

He then could not make it to the porch. He tried but the pain was too intense.
I retrieved his cane for him. Poor guy. He is miserable. I urged him to let me mow with the yard tractor. He did not argue much. (David is very picky about how his lawn looks, it must be grass clipping free, edged and crisp).

He sat on the porch and I finished the mowing and then raked the loose grass and put it in the wheel barrow. He said he felt horrible watching me work but truly I did not mind, mowing with the lawn tractor is easy. Besides he could do nothing about it. He absolutely could not walk.
He can walk with the cane but it is a Very Slow Progress, like baby steps.

My arm? Well lets say it is better, but today kind of set me back a little.
So as we sat on the porch later, with our tea, he with his cane. He said, "What is going to happen to us next?"
"We seem to be falling apart".
True, but to quote my brother, "All our pieces belong to each other."

You know for me to see him with a cane is heart breaking. It is not something I want to accept. It seems like an end to an era. No I am not being a downer, I am being realistic.
This is life and we love each weary moment of it, as long as we are together, that will keep us going.

So now the lawn is mowed and clean, The hot tub is hot and we spent about a half hour just relaxing in it, (after the work was done).
I now have the floors vacuumed, mopped and the laundry and kitchen up to par.
Now I can relax.
(Hopefully).

What was your Score?

Our middle child, Ken, has always wanted to be more, do more, learn more. He has always been a scholar. Loved every minute of school. Studied all he could cram in.
So with that said, every Report card, he would walk in and if it was an A- we would tease him with "What happened. Why not an A?."
That usually ended with Great Job and laughter.
So this week, he took another test, Real Estate Brokers Test.
He called Monday to say he took it and he was anxious to know if he passed.
Last night he called his Dad,, "Dad I passed the test, I got my license".
Before the conversation was over I walked in and asked. "So what was the score and it better be a 100%" We both laughed.
Ken did not know, you only way you got your score is if you did NOT pass, He did not want his score.
So a Big Hip Hip Hooray for Ken.
You go kid, (42 this year) Keep striving for more education and leading your children by example.
Kris is working on her Vet tech degree. She is in the same boat I was in 40 years ago, Every time I started school, I got pregnant. I figured David just wanted to keep me home, barefooted and pregnant. So they have number six on the way. We are happy for them and they are ecstatic. They truly consider these babies a gift from God.
So I wanted to give a Big Shout out for Ken.
(since he has not posted I figured I could not keep my mouth shut any longer.)

follow Up

I had to see my doctor today, I can not believe this is happening. He determined nothing is broken or out of socket. Thank Goodness. However I think that may have been easier to deal with. This, (extreme strain or sprain, with the possibility with a small tear) will take at least 6 weeks to heal.
I am leaving here in four for vacation. Just what I need.
Did you know I can't even turn the key on the tractor on? So no mowing before we leave, for sure. (or unless I am better, which I will be.)
I am supposed to make my hand crawl up the wall, at least three or four times a day, (my right hand, that is the side that is affected). I can't do it, I can only go about eye level then I yelp in pain and when I put it down, I yelp even more.
David hurts watching me try my therapy.
Dr said if I don't do it I can end up with a frozen shoulder and that is even worse.
I don't see how anything can be any worse.
I am doped up as he gave me stronger pills for the pain, I said NO, initially, but considering how bad it has gotten today I am glad he did it. Although so far no help is in sight.
We both laugh at our situation, he limps and I can not move my arm. We are quite a site.
As you may guess, I have spent the day looking at the curtains, on the rods, lying on the sofa, love seat and arm chair. I may as well forget about them going up anytime soon.
I told Dr Jack what I was doing he said, "OH NO" No overdoing anything.
I however think I may just feel like marking the spots for the rods. I shall see. I feel a little more useful this morning, could be the Vicoden.
Ya Think????

Pain

I am in so much pain right now.
Today David brought the ladder to the house for me. I have to drill holds and put up drapery rods. Not a big deal.
Then I had to find my stud finder, I walked to the workshop. Suddenly I see the DR, I decided to see if it would start, (since we had finished working on it).
Big Mistake!!!!
I pulled the rope, as I have done hundreds of times, Nothing. I pulled again.
Something pulled all right, IN my shoulder. It hurt so bad it spun me around and I hit the ground begging God to make it stop hurting.
Wow! that was some pain. Now it just hurts.
I think I know how ET felt. I hope not. I can not imagine that little one having this pain but I too screamed when it happened.
I came back to the house thinking it would get better, but so far not. In fact I think worse. I lay down and slept for a couple of hours then woke to more pain.
Right now I have to take finger breaks to relive the pressure and My neck hurts too.
DARN IT!!!!!!!I DETEST BEING OUT OF COMMISSION.
I just took two vicodin, so I better lie down again, If it is not better tomorrow I will go for x-
rays.
OH DARN.
I am ticked, my drapes are still lying all over the living room. I cant do it, and I do not want David on a ladder.

A Heart Warming story borrowed from another blogspot.

Borrowed from Old Lady Lincoln Blog, I had to pass it on.

Big Tom and Little Timmy

THE WHIPPING

There was a school with a class of students that no teacher had been able to handle. Two or three teachers had been run off from this school in one year by the unruly students.
A young man, just out of college, heard about the class and applied to the school.
The principal asked the young man, 'Do you know what you are asking for? No one else has been able to handle these students. You are just asking for a terrible beating'.
After a few moments of silent prayer, the young man looked at the principal and said, 'Sir, with your consent I accept the challenge. Just give me a trial.
'The next morning the young man stood before the class. He said to the class, 'Young people, I came here today to conduct school. But I realize I can't do it by myself. I must have your help.
'One big boy they called Big Tom, in the back of the room whispered to his Buddies,
'I won't need any help. I can lick that little bird all by myself.
'The young teacher told the class that if they were to have school, there would have to be some rules to go by..
But he also added that he would allow the students to make up the rules and that he would list them on the blackboard This was certainly different, the students thought!
One young man suggested, 'NO STEALING.'
Another one shouted, 'BE ON TIME FOR CLASS.'
Pretty soon they had 10 rules listed on the board.The Teacher then asked the class what the punishment should be for breaking these rules
'Rules are no good unless they are enforced', he said. Someone in the class suggested that if the rules were broken, they should receive 10 licks with a rod across their back with their coat off. The teacher thought that this was pretty harsh, so he asked the class if they would stand by this punishment. The class agreed.
Everything went along pretty good for two or three days...
Then Big Tom came in one day very upset. He declared that someone had stolen his lunch. After talking with the students, they came to the conclusion that little Timmy had stolen Big Tom's lunch.
Someone had seen little Timmy with Big Tom's lunch! The teacher called little Timmy up to the front of the room. Little Timmy admitted he had taken Big Tom's lunch.
So the teacher asked him, 'Do you know the punishment?
Little Timmy nodded that he did.
'You must remove your coat,' the teacher instructed.
.The little fellow had come with a great big coat on. Little Timmy said to the teacher, 'I am guilty and I am willing to take my punishment, but please don't make me take off my coat.
'The teacher reminded little Timmy of the rules and punishments and again told him he must remove his coat and take his punishment like a man.
The little fellow started to unbutton that old coat. As he did so, the teacher saw he did not have a shirt on under the coat.
And even worse, he saw a frail and bony frame hidden beneath that coat. The teacher asked little Timmy why he had come to school without a shirt on. Little Timmy replied, 'My daddy's dead and my mother is very poor. I don't have but one shirt, and my mother is washing it today I wore my big brother's coat so that I could keep warm.
'The young teacher stood and looked at the frail back with the spine protruding against the skin, and his ribs sticking out.
He wondered how he could lay a rod on that little back and without even a shirt on.. Still, he knew he must enforce the punishment or the children would not obey the rules.
So he drew back to strike little Timmy.
Just then Big Tom stood up and came down the aisle.
He asked, 'Is there anything that says that I can't take little Timmy's whipping for him?
'The teacher thought about it and agreed. With that Big Tom ripped his coat off and stooped and stood over little Timmy at the desk.
Hesitatingly the teacher began to lay the rod on that big back, but for some strange reason after only five licks that old rod just broke in half.
The young teacher buried his face in his hands and began to sob.He heard a commotion and looked up to find not even one dry eye in the room.
Little Timmy had turned and grabbed Big Tom around the neck apologizing to him for stealing his lunch. Little Timmy begged Big Tom to forgive him. He told Big Tom that he would love him till the day he died for taking his whipping for him.

Aren't you glad that Jesus took our whipping for us?
That He shed His precious blood on Calvary so that you and I can have eternal life in Glory with Him? We are unworthy of the price He paid for us, but aren't you glad He loves us that much?This is a story everyone needs to know. So if you know anyone else who may be blessed by this story, please pass it on.
May God bless you, and keep you safe...
Don't tell the Lord how big the problem is, tell the problem how Great the Lord is!
Okay, I admit it, this one brought a flood of tears......
..One Day At a Time Sweet Jesus!
"Sorrow looks back... Worry looks around... But, faith looks up."

Ms. Good Wrench??????

I have been pretty busy again this week. I finished mowing, with the tractor, all the areas we usually mow outside the lawn area.
I began cleaning out a space for a flower garden, I tilled and picked up a huge load of rocks. I am again putting a massive flower garden beside the workshop, so when I look out, I see beauty instead of the side of a building.
I pick up flower seed today. Sunflowers, zinnia, four o'clocks, etc.
Now on the Ms. Goodwrench!!! LOL
David was using his DR and it suddenly would not pick up power. I had him turn it over. I looked inside. Sure enough the pulley was awfully lose. I told him I would fix it.
We took the shield off and I began removing screws. (much to his chagrin).
Yesterday after he went to work, I put my work jeans on and began the process. I took the entire bottom off the DR and have now removed the old belt. It was shredded.
I then drained the oil and cleaned the air filter. I have to buy a new one today.
I then washed it really well, Bucket, rag and soap. It looks new.
Now since I am doing this, I may as well do the same to the mower. I saw a tooth on the mulch blade broken off, so a new blade is in order. I cleaned the mower, changed the oil and it is now show ready.
Both units are bright red and look like they just left the show room. I am pretty pleased with me. (As I pat myself on the back) I think of how proud my Mom would be of me for letting nothing hold me back. Even aching hands and body.
I love doing this stuff, however my house is suffering, (a little). It is not really bad but I have to mop and vacumn tonight. I want a clean house for the weekend.
So for now I have to eat breakfast and get ready to go to town. Man I hate leaving my house. I am a REAL homebody.

Long lost family

A few years ago, my SIL passed away. At that time they lived in Iowa, I think. We were never quite sure. The family called us for 8000 dollars to bring her body home. We did not have that kind of money and to be honest, we were not even sure Jodie had passed. We could never be sure of the truth with those kids. That was 1999 or 2000. I Can't recall what year. We tried on several occasions to locate them and see how they were doing.

Well on Sunday night the phone rang. It was Allan Dobson. Imagine that!!!



He had found a McLemore listed and he wanted to make contact. He said he had been on drugs for years and now had been off for 8 years. His counselor told him he needed to talk to people and get over bitterness to move forward.
I can see that. I saw that he resented us for having things, He felt they lived in squallier while we flourished. I wish no one felt like that. I feel so bad for them, We NEVER felt we were better than anyone, anywhere, anytime. This is a curse put on them by having itenerant parents. Parents that never settled in one spot or one house for a full semester of school. Those kids never went to a school on a regular basis. That had to hurt their chances. They were pretty sad kids but they did have lots of laughter in their home too. We used to visit and we always had laughter. (perhaps because we were there, who knows what went on later.) I do believe their parents loved them, I think they loved themselves more.

To put it mildly, that family has never been a family in the sense of homes and closeness.

But maybe this is a good sign that he has grown up. I hope so.

However we still care. They are family. We only want the best for them but we also realize what you do with your life are your choices.

Heck I took care of the two older ones when they were babies and their mom, (Jodie) was out drinking. I had never taken care of babies and being a newly wed, I took on the responsibility so my MIL did not have to do it all. She did a lot to be an older woman but she wanted the children to have food if not much else. David and I bought formula and washed a lot of diapers. (no disposables then).

So I was totally surprised at the call. We talked for a long time. He had no idea David was in his 70's. You know you just don't think that of an uncle you admired and saw as a young man. I completely understood how he felt.

So to family, your cousins are still around, All over the country but they are still alive and Melvin is a Great Grandpa, which means Stacy's daughter had three little girls, one of which passed away at 6 days old.

I learned a lot in a few minutes on the phone.

So that is what is new with us.

Easter Sunday

I do not recall an Easter being so blah. We did nothing, as far as getting out to church or just a day trip.
Dave and I still have colds but they do seem to be improving. We did get a little mowing done, (places me did not get to on Saturday) and I pulled weeds in the rock again.
Yesterday we were so exhausted by evening, We were both moaning, (and it was pure exhaustion). At one point David began walking to the kitchen.
He had such a hard time walking I started singing to him
"Quack, quack, Waddle, Oh quack quack, waddle, quack, quack, waddle, oh Quack.'"
He turned and laughed.
I did not do much better. I barely moved but that is old age for you. Work those old muscles then pay, with slow movement and aching bodies.
Saturday We began the day working on the yards. I edged the entire lawn while he began mowing. He mowed the half acre and I then began cleaning the pool. It was a mess with all the fallen oak pollen. It looked really good once I was done but we had to drain the hot tub. It was really green. Not a good green either. Yuck.
But today it was clear, after a hard three or so hours, we hopped in.
Man it felt good. The jets gave us a great Massage.
For our Easter dinner we had
TA DA.....


Frozen Pizza, and ice cream with bananas. That was it. I ate about three bites of pizza, I was too tired to eat.
We (as in we both sat down to watch , someone slept) Ratatouille (sic) or however it is spelled. Whatever I watched it, David slept.
I rather enjoyed it, Several of the quotes were quite good.
"If you spend time looking behind you will never know what lies ahead." So True.

Lord never let me spend time regretting, May I always be Thankful for your sacrifice.

So did we have regrets today or look back? YEP!!!
Looking back! We were looking back to see if this was the first time we recall just the two of us On Easter.
No little ones to hunt eggs or hear the laughter. But that is what life is, You move on and you little ones are moving on as the little ones God has put in your life.
Enjoy each little moment, Plant it in your heart to always remember to be thankful, For the Little Moments. They can add up to a lifetime.

Just Glasses

So today I am doing laundry, David comes home from work.
As I put the last load in he says, (while he is doing dishes) "Are you washing colors? My jeans can go in can't they?"
I say, "Sure, but no hurry."

I continue folding the laundry and he continues cleaning up after dinner.
Suddenly as I am standing in the living room, He walks through.
Not a stitch on, Not a one.
I raised my eyebrows and began laughing (while I skirted around the chair.)
He had taken his clothes off and put them in the washer.
I then commented. "Well at least we know where your glasses are."
They were on his face.
LOL
Oh by the way, if I am in pain, he read this post.
LOL
At least we can still laugh at each other, but I do wish he would get that suit of his ironed and shrunk back into shape.
Sorry, No photos to attach.
And everyone said, " Thank God!!!"
LOL

Spring Cleaning

My daughter decided to redo a room a month, I decided to clean a room a day or so.

I have spent the last two evenings crawling around on the floor cleaning baseboards, cleaning the bathroom, (even to using a toothbrush on hinges) and sweeping down facings. It has gone slow but it is not as dirty as I expected. Oh I am getting dirt but I fully expected black water by the first wipe down.

The kitchen is getting a good cleaning, and sterilizing too. All the cabinets are now wiped down and out. Old spices are thrown away.
The cookware cabinet is scrubbed with comet to remove dark marks from the cookware being slid across the base. The stove top and oven are especially clean.
You know they say not to use anything sharp on the surface of the stove. (mine is gas). Well it has burned on spots, so I decided I would rather ruin it than have that dirty look. I scraped the gunk off, (burned on grease and food). It came out great, it looks like new. Now I know I can use caution and scrape it too.

So once this is complete I can relax for four more years. Yep it has been that long since I did real deep cleaning. You know with just Dave and I we do not mess up much. I do surface cleaning and believe me it is clean, but to get to the dust and little things we pass up daily, That is a big job. I am finding out just how big.

Oh yes I even cleaned the pantry and laundry room too. Pantry is washed down, veggies are in like order (another of my eccentrics) and dry ingredients are in their bins. Food is disposed of that is out of date.



My next project is toppers for windows in the living area and who knows it may extend to the guest bedroom. I bought panels when we moved here, a really nice gold satin, print. I don't like them as they are. So tonight I took them apart, It will look nice to have toppers on my windows, All I have right now are blinds but that is OK with me as I love an open airy feel.
But time for a change.

My room, I want swags and sheers to hang. Just have to find the right style, office is fine with just blinds. Keeps it looking clean and sharp.
Who knows? I change my mind pretty often, just ask David.

Today it is raining or drizzling and it looks nice. The lush wet green is so vibrant. Rain makes colors pop, I learned that is the best time to take outdoor photos. Now if the sun shines soon, I can get the pool cleaned AGAIN!!!!

So that is my few days I still have a little to do, David has been non stop working on the books, That is how I get so much done in the evenings. I am a night worker, I can get so much more done in the evenings. Especially if he is otherwise occupied.

Something New

On Saturday when we turned the television on, All we got was the menu. Menu to set it up. I changed the batteries in the remote. I cleaned the lens with alcohol and swabs. I changed all batteries as the other infra red could interfere with reception. (I read all this in the literature).
We dinked around with the remote until it finally stayed on a channel and was OK. Sunday the same problem, again. Monday the same problem.
It would flash to the channels for us, when we pressed menu or Exit, but it would flash back to the menu. This went on for maybe thirty minutes, each day.
So today I called Philips to see if I needed to do something.
Well get this, I need to reprogram my television. It obviously has had five updates I have not updated to. Who Knew???
Not me..
So now I have to go on line to Philips and download all this information to a USB drive, put that into the television port and upgrade.
How about that?
Sounds so easy and I did not even know my television had a port on it, but I did find it and tomorrow or later I will get that drive and upgrade my television.
So I learned something new today.
Very interesting.

Sure is Monday

It Sure Is Monday lyrics

The alarm clock Ting'a'ling
Ringing in my head
I woke up dog tired beat down, half dead
Trying to recover from another wild weekend
Chugging down coffee while I shoulda been sleepin'
Well it sure is Monday isn't it now
I gotta get myself through the week somehow
I had a ball Friday, Saturday & Sunday,
But it's all over now and it sure is Monday

Actually the reason I am tired is we played Hillbilly Golf. Thank you Mike McLemore for the game.

As we put the game out to play, David became very quiet, He said, "I wish I had this together when Dave could play, He would have loved it, Golf balls and horseshoes." As you recall Dave passed away February 11th. We still think of him and miss him, Often when we do something we know he loved.

Coy, we finally went on line to find the directions to put it together. Darn it, David beat me both times. Actually I was way ahead the first game but he came from behind to beat me by one point. Oh well I will practice. Or will that help? I think it is somewhat a game of chance, surely not skill when you throw golf balls tied to a shoe string.

It is a fun game, If you don't have it, full instructions are on line and all you need is PVC pipe, golf balls, and shoe strings. Sounds Hillbilly huh?
We missed having someone to play with, just us two old people out in the field laughing and high fiveing each other. Smokey, (the cat) played with us for a while, LOL.

He wanted the string and chased it when we would throw it, that is until one of them hit him. He scampered off and would not even talk to us. He was OK. (We made sure.)

We watched a couple of movies, both pretty good. "PS I love you" with Hillary Swank,

And "Saving God" with Ving Rhymes.

Saving God was almost watching real life in the ghetto. I saw reality, or at least how I imagine those kids must live.

Today is very nice outside. Sun is great, Trees are beautiful green and the Grass is growing, (grass growing, it needs cut). Badly!!!

So I best get busy. Bye Ya'll.

Update

Roy, (my brother) called last night, JR is out of surgery and doing pretty good, All things considered.
He did say he moved his toes, so that looks good. We must believe this will continue. After all why Pray if you don't accept each little blessing?
Kind of like praying for rain and leaving your umbrella at home.

Next the Water lines.
Today David and I finished the water lines. Finally. It has been a slow progress but we had to buy connectors, faucets, and glue. After two hours of lying in the rocks, priming pipes, putting blue glue on and pushing with all my 125 lbs, I got it put together.
Now before anyone says, "Why did your husband not do it?"
Answer is "He can't" He can not get down on his knees without severe pain. And number one, I love to learn new things, I love to be active. I know someday I will have to stop all this but today, I live and I will continue to do so. I will continue to enjoy my life to the fullest.
I now have two more water faucets by my flower beds, so I do not have to move water hoses, YEA!!!!!

Tractor,
It is also fixed. I knew it was the carburetor, I just did not know how to get it off or at least the part that needed removed. I saw the nut at the bottom of the unit, (Carburetor) I just thought it was too important for me to get my tools in there. WRONG!!!!
That is all it needed. It seems you remove that screw, Take the wire off first, then when you pull that piece off, the gas will spray you, (once you move the plunger,) if you are too close.
It was stuck. I think they called it the switch or something like that. NO replacement needed, just a little knowledge.
So if you need you tractor fixed, I can probably do it, If you need a water line in, I know how to do that.
Most importantly,
If you need prayer.
I have a GREAT BIG GOD.

Prayer for JR Brown

Last September my Brother lost his son in a hunting accident.

Today his older, remaining son goes into surgery to relieve pressure on his spine from cancer. The cancer has almost entirely covered his spine or goes nearly all the way up it. He is in horrible pain and can not do much for himself. My Brother had to help him up and to the car to go to the hospital. He just weeps when he looks at him as that is his baby and he can in no way help him. NOT a thing. Just love him, He does that, but his heart aches to be able to take his place.
JR will have the surgery today, the prognosis is possibility of never walking again. We know Doctors are wrong a lot. We pray he is wrong today.
JR went in with a very positive attitude though. He told Roy, (my brother) I may come out in a wheel chair, but I WILL come out alive.
When JR found out how bad it was he did not want to tell his Dad as he has seen his Dad in such depression and constantly weeping over losing Jeff, (son that was shot while hunting).
Again Roy said "I begged God to let him live, but he was already dead when I was praying this prayer. They had already taken him to the morgue".
I know that had to be a terrible time, However with JR now in this condition, We pray Roy keeps his strength to go through this, as well as the children and wife of JR.
JR has a positive attitude about it, That is sometime half the battle in facing something so life altering.
So again I am asking for special prayer for JR Brown in Little Rock Arkansas. He is a good kid that loves his Dad so much, and wants to be able to say, "See Dad I made it again, With the help of God."