November 12, 2005

"I AM HERE"!!! GOSH THE TIME JUST SLIPS BY. BEEN UP TO MY EYEBALLS IN TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP. NOW THE LEAVES ARE GIVING ME FITS. LAST WEEK MY GRANDSONS AND SIL CLEANED UP THE YARD. WAS SO HAPPY AND SUCH A BIG JOB. THEN THE RAIN AND WIND CAME AND THE YARD LOOKS THE SAME WAY IT DID BEFORE ALL THE WORK. HAVE A GARDENER COME ONCE A WEEK, HAHA, ALL THEY DO IS BLOW THE LEAVES UNDER THE DECK AND IN THE BACK WOODED AREA. THAT MAKES ME MAD TOO. I HAVE LOST ABOUT 4 FT OF MY BACK YARD BECAUSE OF THIS. MAYBE NEXT YEAR, GOD WILLING, I WILL FIND SOMEONE BETTER. OK ENOUGH COMPLAINING ABOUT LEAVES. OH YEA WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BURN THEM, WILL GET ARRESTED. I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE DR. EVERY 2 WEEKS NOW FOR BLOOD WORK. IT HAS BEEN GOOD, STILL ON THE COUMADIN AND PREDNISONE. WAS IN TEARS LAST THURS, I GAINED 11 LBS IN 2 WEEKS, THIS STEROID REALLY PACKS WEIGHT ON YOU. RIGHT NOW HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE EDEMA IN MY LEGS AND FEET. ABOUT 2 TIMES THE SIZE. GEE WHIZ, THEY WERE THE BEST PART OF ME. HAHA. THEY WERE NEVER REAL HEAVY. TOLD THE THERAPIST THAT MY LEGS WERE GIVING ME TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE 2 TOOTHPICKS HOLDING UP A BIG MEDICINE BALL, AND THEY JUST GOT WEAK. <> AM ALL DONE WITH THE THERAPY. BUT STILL DO THE EXERCISES AT HOME 3 X A DAY. DON'T MIND THAT, MY KIDS HAVE BEEN A BIG HELP TO ME, BUT NOW THAT I AM FEELING BETTER THEY HAVE THEIR OWN STUFF TO DO, THEY BOTH WORK AND I KNOW IT IS HARD. VEL AND I DID GET OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR LATE LUNCH OR EARLY DINNER. NOTHING REALLY EXCITING AM SURE I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT MOST OF THE PLACES WE VISIT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. WE ARE PLANNING TO GO OUT THIS TUES. MAYBE WE CAN GET INTO SOME MISCHIEF AND I WILL SEND YOU A REPORT ON OUR JAUNT. I KNOW SHE IS SO BUSY WITH HER MOVE. IT WILL BE NICE ONCE SHE GETS SETTLED IN, I WAS THINKING ABOUT MOVING IN WITH MY DAUGHTER, BUT I AM HAPPY HERE AND REALLY DON'T RELISH THE IDEA. I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER HERE FOR SO LONG, I HAVE LOST TRACK OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. I HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING OK, ANY BIRTHDAYS I MISSED OR ANNIVERSARIES, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SENDING A GREETING. I AM SURE THEY WERE HAPPY OCCASIONS. DORIE, AM SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR SON. MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO YOU AND HIS FAMILY. I KNOW HOW IT IS TO LOOSE A CHILD, BUT WITH EDDIE IT WAS DUE TO ILLNESS. AM SURE IT IS EVEN HARDER WHEN IT IS SO UNEXPECTED. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS. I HAVE TO GO BACK AND REREAD THE POSTS, I KNOW SOMEONE'S SON IS HAVING PROBLEMS AND HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, PLEASE FORGVE ME FOR NOT RECALLING WHO. HE HAS HAD SURGERY, BY-PASS ETC. WILL CHECK BACK. MY PRAYERS WILL INCLUDE YOU AND YOURS ALSO. SEEMS LIKE I HAVE CRS SO OFTEN, CAN REMEMBER 50 YEARS AGO, BUT NOT ANYTHING THIS WEEK OR EVEN THIS MORNING. WOW, THIS IS LONG, WILL CUT OUT HERE. AND TTYAL. MISSED YOU. LOVE AND HUGS, VI