Thursday, August 9, 2007

I had the best visit....

with Kevin, Lesley and Michayla the first of July! I drove out there by myself and got paid to do it! That Michayla is so sweet and cute! She was crawling and standing when she held onto something. Lesley started walking at 8 months old and I betcha Michayla does to. Lesley said she is climbing stairs now. While I was there we went to Intercourse, PA and shopped and had lunch with Kevin's mom, Arlene. We drove through a town called Bird-In-Hand also. We stopped and got some homemade rootbeer at an Amish farm on the way there. Lesley said she always wanted to try some as we were passing the sign, so I turned around and went back and got a bottle. It was pretty good! Kevin made a rootbeer float with what was left. I'm sure it tasted good after working outside on a roof all day! I pulled weeds another day and picked greenbeans, snowpeas and pulled weeds! I took Lesley my canner and she canned some greenbeans while I was there. She might be canning tomatoes now.

Lesley's friend Kelly, had her baby girl while I was there, so we went to visit Darrell and Kelly and baby Jorden Rae while I was there. That was special!

I went to the Podiatrist this week because I've been having trouble with my right foot with the arch hurting. She said my feet have very high arches and they are very flexiable, which causes them to work against each other. (What puzzles me is I'm 51 years old and just started having trouble with them after 51 years??? Oh, well!) The tendon that runs down the middle of the bottom of my foot is all inflammed from being on my feet so much. She had molds made of my feet and she ordered Orthodics for my shoes to add support when I walk. Of course (just like a car) she noticed both of my ankles were swollen. I have many veins in my legs and she said with me being on my feet so much a pool of blood collects in my ankles and I need to wear compression hose through the day. I've got to call her about this because she didn't talk about the hose to much. One of the girls I work with said they come in diffrent sizes and tightness and insurance will cover them. I'll have the Orthodics in a couple of weeks, meanwhile I'll just put up with the pain, because it is painful!

I've gotta get off of this computer! I've been here ever since I got off work and its 9:16pm now. Larry hasn't been home at all this week. He will be home from Arkanas tomorrow evening.

I'm gonna go back to TOPS starting in two weeks. I can't go next week because I've already got a commitment the same night they meet. I've gotta get this weight back off of me. Please pray I can get back on the wagon. I would love to walk in the Mini Marathon with Erica and Co. in 2008! I gotta get my foot straightened out before I can start a lot of walking again. I have been walking some though.

Love you all!

Uncle Gene

My dear sweet Uncle Gene passed away last Friday morning. Marylin called me at work and told me. He had had Lukemia for years and it had been in remission, but it came back and he got really bad again. He was in his early 80's. He was the last of my Mom's siblings. I am so glad we spent the last couple of Christmas's with him and Aunt Sugar! When I turned 50 him and Aunt Sugar came to my 50th birthday party! That meant so much to me! The funeral was on Monday and I didn't have to work at all that day.

One thing I know in my heart is I don't have any regrets about not visiting my Uncle Gene and Aunt Sugar because I feel I did the best I could with raising a family and now with all the traveling we do with all of our kids being out of town. I think we do pretty good with keeping up on visiting people with the distance between us all!

Oh well! I'm gonna write a happy blog now!

I love Lucy, Lucy!

Oh what a dog! Last night I was going to bed and I put Lucy and Brittany outside. I went to put my pajamas and robe on and went to let them back in the house and as usual Brittany was at the door ready to come back in. I hollard and hollard for Lucy. Lucy...Oh Lucy!!!! She was commin, weaving back and forth through the yard, but heading to the door. Just as soon as she got to the door she made a U-Turn toward the Ivy bed and she put her snout in the Ivy and made a bee line back to the door and in the house and deposited a great big Cicada bug right on my kitchen floor as she was heading to bed! It was about half dead! I got a papertowel and picked it up and put it in the trash and I said (just like she knew what I was saying) "Don't come wanting to lick me in the face ever again"! What a dog. She is such a mess!