Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends here in the states.

This will be my first Thanksgiving without Don but I do have my family and friends to make it a good day.

A meme

I found this on another blog that I read.  The link goes back to the original poster.


The Faceless 4th of July Meme



1. Last movie you saw in a theater?

How to Train Your Dragon
2. What book are you reading?

A Harlequin Super Romance Called "Finding Her Dad" by Janice Kay Johnson
3. Favorite board game?

The original Monolopy.  Although we don't play very often.
4. Favorite magazine?

Readers Digest 
5. Favorite smells?

Fresh air away from any city.
6. Favorite sounds?

Sounds of nature when out camping. 
7. Worst feeling in the world?

Losing someone you love.
8. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?

Getting Hubbies medicines
9. Favorite fast food place?

Sonic
10. What's under your bed?

A mirror, cat toys, Oxygen bottles and Lots and lots of dust. Lots of it. Ick.

11. Finish this statement. "If I had lot of money I’d…?

Pay all our bills then help the kids with theirs.
12. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?

Sometime.  I have a small stuffed elephant called Bump that I rest my wrist on when my arthritis is bothering me.
13. Storms – cool or scary?

Mostly cool, though I have seen many scary ones also.

14. Favorite drink?

Diet Coke

15. Finish this statement, "If I had the time I would…?

...probably waste a lot of it."

16. If you had to dye your hair another color, what would be your choice?

When I have the money a med brown to cover the grey.
17. Favorite place to relax?

On the beach at a private lake.
18. Name all the different cities/towns you’ve lived in?

Over the last 45 years Topeka with an approximate 10 year stretch in the country about 25 miles north of here.  The 18 years before that was Topeka, Pueblo, Lafayette, Indianapolis, Hutchison, Wichita, Huntsville, Tulsa and DesMoines
19. Favorite sports to watch?

Football.
20. Would you like to be born as yourself again?

Not really

Grand Ole Opry Member Mel McDaniel Dies

Grand Ole Opry Member Mel McDaniel Dies He will be missed. I first met him when I was 15 and he was 20. I loved his singing then the first song I remember hearing him sing was at an audition for a band he wanted to perform with. In the mid 80s we got to see him perform at a club here in Topeka, KS and we enjoyed it very much. I always wanted to see him again but never got to. I will always remember him and love hearing his songs.

Happy New Year

The last couple of hours of 2010 are here and it has been a very busy year.  The last couple of weeks over Christmas was the best.  Our 17 year old granddaughter came to visit.  We had not seen her in several years and her Dad had only seen here for short periods of time so we were all very happy to see her for the 10 days she was here.

Taken on Dec 28 at the Kansas City airport while we were waiting on her flight out.

Erika we love you and you made your Grandpas Christmas very special by coming back.

Update

I don't know where all the time went.  Last post I had just watched the super bowl on TV.  Now it is middle of April.  So I guess I will try to let you all know what has been going on.  February just flew by.  We took a 2 day trip to Boonville Mo ( about 200 miles east in the next state.)  Didn't do much visited friends.  Went and took a few pictures around the area and Friday evening we went to the Isle of Capri (a riverboat casino) and had their seafood buffet for supper and checked the casino out.  No luck just a relaxing evening.  Drove home that Sunday into a snow storm.  Highway was not bad but the city streets were once we got off the highway. 

Then later that week on Thursday the 25th of Feb Don woke up not feeling good and running a fever.  So we called the Dr and they said they could not get him in (not the regular nurse for our Dr) so instead of the minor med clinic we to him strait to the ER.  Good thing we did as he had sever asparation pneumonia.  He ended up in critical care for 3 days on a breathing machine.  Then a week in the medical unit doing testing to find out why the pneumonia.  Turns out he was not swallowing properly and was asparating food into his lungs.  They put a tube into his intestine and he is now getting tube feeding at night.  Once they got that worked out and he started feeling better they transferred him to the rehab unit at St Francis medical center.  He spent 10 days there getting started on his rehab then was released to come home on March 17.  Since then he has been doing rehab every day.  Physical therapy on Monday, Wed and Friday.  He finished that part this past Friday.  Starting when he was in the rehab unit they started a therapy to see if he could get back to swallowing properly.  They are doing a technic called vital stem.  They hook up electrodes to his throat a stimulate the muscles to strengthen them and get the swallow to working the way it is supposed to.  He is doing this 45 minutes a day 5 days a week.  It is working but very slowly.  He is keeping at it because he wants to eat again and get rid of the feeding tube.

So that is what went on the last few months.  I am now just starting to get back to some stitching.  I had my other carpel tunnel surgery in December and since it was my right hand it seemed to take longer to get back into the swing of things. 

I will try to post more often.  And have a great day everyone. 

Super Bowl Sunday

Well the Super Bowl is over and the right team won.  I think that it is great that New Orleans won.  they played a good game.

It doesn't seem like we are already into the 2nd month of the year.  We have had more snow this year than we have had in the last 20.  Although we were lucky last weekend that the storm that hit through the south Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia and so on missed us completely.    We had snow Friday but it was a wet snow and the roads did not get bad.  Today it has rained lightly all day.  Supposed to turn into snow so we will just wait and see what is out there when we wake up. 

I have other things to do now so will come back and post more later.  Have a great day!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas  Hope you all had a great Christmas.  Pictures are of the tree we put up this year.  Did not use all of the tree as I left out the center section to make it fit where I had to put it.  I used all the new ornaments I received from Swap-bot exchanges plus some of my favorites from years past.  Plus I put a few others that I like around.  The little tree has miniature ornaments that stay on all year.  I just put it in a box for storage and pull it out when ready.  I like this glass manger set this is about the 3rd year I have used it since I found it at a yard sale.

We had a very quiet Christmas day as we had the kids over yesterday for Christmas Eve.  We started that many years ago doing ours on Christmas Eve and they could do in-laws on Christmas Day.  Although this year Daughter has no where to go so she went over to her brothers today.

We have a white Christmas this year as it started with sleet and ice yesterday then turned into blowing snow.  It is like 2 inches and you can see grass through it in places and other places drifts from 3 to 6 feet or more.  Very hard for them to get accurate measurements.   Hubby and I are going nowhere as son took our vehicle home last night.  His little car is not good on ice and we have a 4wheel drive Blazer so he took ours and left his sit in our drive way.  We trust his driving anyway as he drives a semi for a living and before that drove a wrecker for over 10 years.   

This is the view I had out my window this afternoon.  The little white car slid off the road and ended up sideways in the ditch.  The truck came around and pulled the car backwards out of the ditch to where it could drive the rest of the way through the empty lot and get back to the road thru the trailer park.  Most of the cars we saw today were larger or trucks and all going very slow.  I sent this last picture to my Brother in California and he wrote back that they were in t-shirts and shorts today and that he did not miss this kind of weather at all.

I better close this for now.  Have a great day everyone.

Merry Christmas - NOT FOR THIS COMPANIES EMPLOYEES - Arrow Trucking, Tulsa, Oklahoma

My son almost took a job with this company a couple of years ago.  How lucky for him that he did not.  This is a sad situation.  Many are stranded far from home and no way to get there.  Send this to all your friends.  Maybe someone will be able to help even one of these stranded truckers.  I read one page of coments on this story and almost cried. 

Moo's Pumpkin Giveaway

Sarah is having a giveaway on her blog.  It is for a chart, the threads for it and a piece of Silkweaver 28 ct laguna.  So if you want to see just click on her name and it will take you to her blog.  Then scroll down to  "Moo's Pumpkin Giveaway"  She says that the drawing will be November 14.  So good luck.

A frog flower

I tried to post this last night but it would not post so I am trying to do it again.

Another giveaway Thread Gatherer is having a 1 year anniversary giveaway. The drawing is Tuesday the 8th of Sept. And here is what she is giving away. 

A really cute flower frog with a pair of scissors.  

Have a great day!  Enjoy your day off with friends and family.