I Made It, Barely

Well I now officially have a screw loose! I know, some of you have known this for some time but now I have the proof. Anyway, I made it. For future reference, don't ever do something like this with a local anethesia. I had a nurse that was just wiping tears, it was extremely painful. I don't have a lot of post-op pain, just discomfort. They wrapped my leg with ace bandage until Sunday, and it doesn't fell that well. So hopefully now I won't have some of the bone pain that I have been having. Thought I would give an update.

Here I Go Again

It has been six months since my knee surgery and tomorrow I go under the knife again. I have a screw in my shine that they put in during my first surgery and it has been causing alot of discomfort, so tomorrow they are going to take it out. He should be able to just do a local anethesia, but just in case I have to have general, I can't have food or drink after midnight! The worst part, my surgery is not until 2:30 PM! I don't know how I will function with no drink that long since I am always sipping on something all day, normally a Mt. Dew, so I will probably sneak a couple sips of water. Anyway, think of me tomorrow with every bite you eat and every drink you take!
Trinity is having her first program in kindergarten tomorrow evening and she is terrified. I am sure there will be lots of tears. As long as I can get her on the stage we might be fine!

Our Thanksgiving

We had a really nice holiday this year and I am so thankful for my family. We all had dinner at my house and everything turned out really well. We hung out all afternoon watching videos on You Tube! Dad thought this was the neatest thing he had ever seen and kept wanting us to find another video! We took Jonathon back to the airport Monday morning and we settled back in to our normal routine. My husband John came home from Iowa last night from a two week trip. Hopefully his rotation does not fall over Christmas also. Today we made a trip to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things and my wonderful husband decided that we needed a new christmas tree. This tree was really pretty and stood 7 1/2 feet tall and he thought we just had to have it. So we brought it home and began putting this thing together. What we didn't look at in the store was how big around this thing was when fully assembled, try 4 1/2 feet! This tree definately does not belong in our house and dominates the room but we definately have had a lot of laughs! Trinity has found her easter eggs that we hidden in her closet and she thinks that it is so much fun to hide them in the house and have someone find them. I think she is confused about what season it is and cannot see the HUGE tree standing in the corner!

Thanksgiving Already?

It seems like yesterday we were swimming in our pool and playing outside and now Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Jonathon is coming in from NC tomorrow. We are going up in the afternoon to pick him up from the airport and he will be here for two days. My husband John had to leave for another round in Iowa Saturday so he will not be here for Thanksgiving. We are hoping he will at least be here for Christmas. He might have to make another rotation around that time. Anyway, I am heading off to school to sub today. I have been doing alot of subbing but this is good. Today I will be the music teacher at the elementary school. This could get pretty funny because I can't carry a tune for the life of me. I am not sure what I will really do today in class, but I'm sure I will be required to sing a little! Trinity thinks this is pretty funny.

LeighAnn's sister and her family have been in all weekend from Nebraska and they have a little girl that is six also. She and Trinity are big friends so Saturday night I took a car load bowling. We had fun and they really enjoyed themseleves. The two cousins (one is Nicole's age) had never been bowling before so this was all new. It seems like everytime they come, we teach them something new. Two years ago when they were her, Trinity taught the girl her age how to "pop-a-squat" in the parking lot at the park! They are from downtown Lincoln and are not real outdoorsy so this was very funny. Anyway, I need to get us ready for school. I have some pictures but will have to post later. My kodak software does not want to work this morning.

Alot has happened since my last post. My friend that I was talking about ended up passing away the following morning on her 40th b-day. It was so sad. John came home from Iowa that Sat., Sunday I went to the viewing, and Monday I went to the funeral. Then I worked at the school for the next two weeks. Last night we took the girls (Trinity and Makayla) to the movies to see Madagascar 2 and I was a little disappointed. It was funny but not as good as the last one. John, Trinity, and I all went up to the craft show at the high school this morning and then a friend of Trin's came this afternoon. Tonight, John and I are going back to the movies to watch a more grown up film, "Fire Watch". We have heard that it is really good. Anyway, that's all for now.

Where Does The Time Go?!

I was looking at my blog and realized that another two weeks has almost went by since I posted. John has been out of town and Trin and I are just hanging out and trying to carry on with our routine. He is suppose to be in sometime early Sunday morning. I think he will be home for two weeks and then go back for two weeks. We had parent teacher conference this past week and of course Trinity did fine.

Yesterday started just like any other day. I took the girls to school and was planning a day at the house and running some errands but little did I know that God had other plans. I got a phone call yesterday morning that a very good friend of mine from Vincennes had a heart attack and was not doing very well. So I went over to the hospital to visit thinking that she would eventually be OK and I could visit with her. When I arrived at the hospital, her husband tells me that she suffered extensive brain damage due to lack of oxygen and she is in a vegetative state with no brain activity. To make a long story short and to spare you the details, tomorrow is her 40TH b-day. She leaves behind a wonderful husband, a daughter, son, and grand daughter that she has been raising as her own. And also all of her other wonderful family. I told her husband yesterday that my mom has been gone 13 years and I still don't understand why God took her, but I do know that there is a reason that I may never know. His big question right now is "Why, why her?" Been there, done that.

Anyway, please pray for God's will in this situation. There's nothing else left for this family to do but pray.

Has It Really Been Two Weeks?!

I can't believe that it has really been two weeks since I posted. I am so busy right now that my days are kind of a blur. I have been subbing a lot at the high school recently which is a good thing. The last two weeks have been crazy.

A week ago last Friday, Trinity cheered at the high school football game with the cheerleaders. The cheerleaders have a cheer clinic the Thursday before and teach K-6th grade girls some cheers and dances and then they preform at the football game. She really enjoyed herself. It was neat to see all the new friends and people that she has met since she started school. She is coming home all of the time saying she has made a new friend. My husband John found out Tuesday that he would be leaving for Iowa this morning for two weeks for work. We had to get stuff around and try to cram family time into a few shorts days. Thursday after school we headed off to Wal-Mart to buy more work clothes and then went to Mr. Gatti's for pizza and games. Friday night we went to the corn maze with some friends to pick pumpkins and have some fun. John left this morning but there was still work to be done. I picked 5 gallons of green beans, canned them, carved two pumpkins, and took Trinity to the movies with some friends to watch "Beverly Hills Chiauhuas (spell?)". We had a good time and her friend is spending the night with us and going to church with us in the morning. I have nursery duty so we have to be there a little earlier than normal. Monday I am volunteering at the Elementary school to help with picture taking, Tuesday I am working at the high school, Wednesday is parent/teacher conference, and Thursday is our towns fall festival. I was going to try to go to the Covered Bridge festival but I don't think I can squeeze that in anywhere! My brother Jon finally got his Top Secret clearance in the Marines and then informed me that he also got the next clearance above that. I asked him how he got the extra clearance and he said that he just convinced them that he needed it! That sounds like him and I just have to laugh. He signed up to chaperone a 7th grade canoe trip this weekend before he realized that he would be giving up a four-day weekend to do this! They asked him if he had any experience canoeing and he said sure! I don't think he has ever been in a canoe in his life, so let's hope that all turns out OK!