I'm still kicking!

Today has been the longest I've sat

since my surgery

and now I'm ready to go lay down again.

It's a long six weeks.

These two always bring a smile to my face

(of course all my family does too).

I'm off to bed!

Life is What Happens When You Make Other Plans...

I spy...

Back at the mountain home:

White may not be the best color of choice

for a couch in a house full of pets

(I do love the shape).

I am loving the quilt I dyed.

Things are starting to get into place

with needed help.

Just in time for next week.

I am having a hysterectomy.

Doesn't that sound like fun?

Yesterday I had a colonoscopy

in preparation for the big day

(no problems, thank you very much)!

My Dear Husband and Bearded Prospector Son

were in the room waiting for me to wake up after the procedure.

My Dear Husband Farted.

He blamed it on me.

My Dear Son spoke up

and said,

"No, it was you Dad.

I'll stand up and yell 

at the top of my voice 

and say,

My Dad farted and NOT my Mom!"

It's nice to know he has my back.

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time!

 

Here is a great video about great Fathers.

I've been lucky to have a great Father,

lucky that the Father of my children is so great

and lucky the Fathers of my grandchildren are so great too

(however, they make me think

 of one of my most favorite quotes--

which happens to be from Harry Potter--

It is our Choices that show

what we truly are, 

far more than our Abilities.).

I LOVE Emile Sande's album.

Have you heard it?

Dear Bearded Prospector Son loves this song.

Such a sweet tribute to great neighbors.

Just a lot of fun house stalking

here, and here, and here too.

 And some more here.

Here's to having more music, more laughter,

more love, and more greatness in life!

Happy Birthday Beautiful New Momma!

What a difference a year makes!

This time next year you will be old hat 

living it up as a med student wife

in the Caribbean!

Thank you for helping me the last few days.

Hope all your birthday wishes come true!

 

Happy Happy BIrthday! Better Late than never (but we actually did celebrate her birthday).

 Before

After

This is what our May birthday girl did with her birthday money.

Happy Happy Birthday!

May this year be filled with more new "afters"

that make you happy!

 

12 Weeks Old!

 Little Mister was blessed by his father on Sunday.

It was the best church meeting I've been to in a long time.

It helped that my husband, all my kids and their spouses,

and of course my two grandchildren were there too.

Little Mister is blooming with personality

and sweetness too.

LOVE that little man!

Life Lately.

 This has been one of the most anxiety producing weeks!

Luckily, another skin biopsy came back benign.

But I can't completely relax because

the doctor wants to talk to me about 

some other test results on Monday

when I go in for a different biopsy.

 There was an ambulance ride/ER visits for our birthday girl

and another serious diagnosis that she is dealing with.

A new job venture that Jeff is jumping into with

all the uncertainties and the exciting possibilities

that come with starting a new business.

Changes in medications and all that implies

 for our 6 foot 3 inch boy of ours.

Life can be such a challenge.

Life is fragile.

 Life can be so beautiful too.

I don't want to miss a thing!

 

 

 

I'll get to my point, eventually....

There should be a song about one sock on and one sock off.

 I know there is a saying about Jon and his shoe.

Well, Jeff and his sock tried to take a nap

but the animals love him so much 

they had to keep him company.

Diddle Diddle Dumpling

One Socked Jeff.

 Sometimes, I have the most convuluted ways to go about things

but they make perfect sense to me in my head.

I had my eye on a simple and beautiful indigo quilt at Target

but it was too much money

(especially since I bought a big simple white quilt for our bed).

In that first picture at the foot of the bed

is a favorite old white quilt but it is too small

to fit and cover enough of the bed to my liking.

So I found some fabric dye for $4.

Smaller bottles are less.

I decided I'd dye the blanket.

And so I did.

It'll do.

11 Weeks Old!

He has such adorable facial expressions!

I'm such a big dork.

I just can't help it.

These grandkids make me sooooooo happy!

Happy Happy Friday!

I also believe in funkiness.

Without dead animals on walls

and booze.

I like this funky wall/shelf/desk.

Loveliness in Sweden.

Beautiful and touching video of 

a beautiful and amazing kid.

10 Weeks old!

Those little eyebrows get me every time!

I think Mama could market that milk of hers! Look at those cheeks!

How lucky am I that I got to go babysitting

while Mama went to the dentist!

That sweet little Mister melts my heart!

Poor Mama.

She got two cavities filled and a root canal

while the time flew for me

as I played, sang, fed and loved that little man.

I think I got the better end of the deal!