DDA Chapter 26

[PNO4TE]

Looks like Alex had a great 1st birthday party! Good luck with the cleanup, Mom!

 

[bear74]

love it

 

[marcij]

Tapas and Sangria! In Spain, no less! Heaven!

I agree!

He made it through surgery. Found out the doctors really didnt know if he would
make it through or not. The valve was barely hanging on because the infection
had attacked where the valve was attached. Also the aorta looked inflamed and
they thought they were going to have to cut some out and put a patch in that
area. Luckily they didnt have to but might have to do that later on. He is in
ICU right now. Possibly will have to be in the ICU for a few days then on to a
regular room. Doctor wants him to stay in hospital for about a week. Now the
recovery begins.

Glad it went well!

We are happily tucked into our camper. It towed effortlessly and wasn't hard to back into to site.

Awesome! I could go camping if I had that camper. Love it!

Deb!​

Happy Birthday!

So far things are okay with B. He is home and I don't even know if they had to post much is any bail. Chris looked everything up in his handy-dandy police book and his belief is that because the gun was not loaded, it was in a case, and the car was locked that they shouldn't be able to charge with a felony. The backlog of misdemeanors around here is so large, he also doesn't think they'll do anything about the trespass. So, now we wait and see. They are probably working on any warrants right now and it will have to go through a processor. Chris things that once they get something to the processor anything the police want to charge will be made to a lesser offense. So fingers crossed it all plays out that way. We have both advised him to get a lawyer now and give him the story while it's still fresh. This isn't something he wants to skimp and go at alone just in case. I guess E has told him that once the police release the gun that it doesn't come home again. Don't know if she'll cool down on that before then, but for now she's adamant. Chris just told him "there's nothing ANY of us can do to help you there." I know that for now she's just so angry about the whole situation, especially since she was so against him going out that day to begin with.

I hope everything settles down.

I had my final post op xray yesterday and my dr said that I was a "good healer". He said the xray looked great. My foot is still swollen and painful if I do too much. I even had a coworker drive me to work most of last week. I drove myself yesterday so I could go to the dr and go out to dinner with friends. By the end of dinner my foot was very swollen just from sitting there.

At this point I can't say that the surgery was worth it but I'm only 7 weeks out. I'm hoping for continued improvement. So hopeful that I scheduled to have my left foot done on 11/22-the Monday before Thanksgiving. I can't do it before the board of directors' meeting on 11/12 and the next date after 11/22 is 12/13. I would rather be out of commission for Thanksgiving than Christmas. This should allow pleanty of healing time before my May trip. If I don't do it in November I think I would have to wait until next summer or November.

If I don't see improvement before then I will cancel the surgery.

One potetial problem is that the VP of Finance tore his Achilles tendon at the company picnic Thursday. He needs surgery and will likely be in a cast for 6 to 8 weeks and lots of therapy after that. I don't know if that will change the budget process at all. He had just picked up his brand new BMW on Wednesday night and drove it to work for the first time Thursday. Guess he won't be driving that for a while. It was his right foot.

Oh goodness. Hope everything works out ok.

Thanks Bernadette, glad you are a "good healer" too!

I overdid it yesterday...did all the laundry, cleaned the bathrooms, went to Target, then to Walmart, & out for lunch. I came home, was fine & then I got what felt like a "stitch" in my side. Last night a needed a vicodin to go to sleep. All we did today was go to the library & are having tacos & family movie/game night. & I am peachy.

Take it easy -- your body has been through so much!

Cute picture!

Dolly -- very important tackle by your son with third down on the last *or it might be next to last now* posession by Tech. Way to go Curtis!

I hope everyone is well. Hook'em Texas!!!!!!

 

[Disney Yooper]

Very nice!!! I can't believe he is already a year old. Where does the time go?

 

[Disney Yooper]

This is a really cool interactive video. At different points, you click the video and it takes you to another video of the actual ride. Very neat!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yanxLYu8dto&annotation_id=annotation_799605&feature=iv#t=2m30s

 

[Tammi67]

Tammi and I just had a delightful evening out. Thanks, Tammi!!

Yes, we did! Thank you too!

Chanon - cute cake! My kids looked the same way after their first bday cake!

Bernadette - I'm hoping that after some more healing time it will have all been worth it.

Anne Marie - Take it easy today. Even though you feel good mentally, your body is reminding you that it still needs to heal.

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

 

[PNO4TE]

This is a really cool interactive video. At different points, you click the video and it takes you to another video of the actual ride. Very neat!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yanxLYu8dto&annotation_id=annotation_799605&feature=iv#t=2m30s

Ingenious, isn't it??

 

[Disney Yooper]

Hey Elin, what time is our breakfast ADR? I'm trying to make sure that our schedule is totally up to date.

 

[PNO4TE]

Breakfast is at 9:30. Can't wait to see you and Chuck!

 

[my3princes]

We're home and the camper has been emptied into the house. Laundry is started. I'll put everything else away tomorrow. The show didn't end until about 3:30 so we didn't get on the road to head home until 5 PM. Traffic wasn't bad at that point so it wasn't too bad.

Chris had a fabulous time and while his street rod didn't win any awards (It's very rough, early stages of the build) he thought that it was the best one there The boys actually enjoyed the show so it was a pleasant weekend for us all. Thanks for all the birthday wishes here and on facebook. You all made me smile and added to my weekend

 

[my3princes]

Here's a picture of Chris with his Street Rod yesterday:

 

[bear74]

So it looks like the tooth fairy is visiting here again tonight.

 

[PNO4TE]

Deb - Please tell Chris he street rod is lookin' fine! I can only imagine what else he is going to do to it! Glad you all had a good weekend.

Jennifer - Hope the toothe fairy was generous.

Anyone heard from Tia??

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

 

[tmfranlk]

Thanks Bernadette, glad you are a "good healer" too!

I overdid it yesterday...did all the laundry, cleaned the bathrooms, went to Target, then to Walmart, & out for lunch. I came home, was fine & then I got what felt like a "stitch" in my side. Last night a needed a vicodin to go to sleep. All we did today was go to the library & are having tacos & family movie/game night. & I am peachy.

Take it easy!!! (Says she who came home Sat night from lunch with company and trips to Babies R Us, Cotton Babies, Kangaroo Kids and Target to discover a very tired body and achy back. I hate that you don't know you overdid it to the point of pain until it's too late.)

So cute!! Happy 1st birthday, Alex. I love that cake!

Deb - Please tell Chris he street rod is lookin' fine! I can only imagine what else he is going to do to it! Glad you all had a good weekend.

Jennifer - Hope the toothe fairy was generous.

Anyone heard from Tia??

I am here! It's been an interesting weekend to say the least. I promise, though, if anything happens with the baby, I'll send a text to Jennifer if I can't make it here first!

 

[tmfranlk]

My great aunt and uncle were in town Friday evening and Saturday. They were supposed to stay until today, but were getting very road weary and wanted to head back to Virginia earlier. Since Mom and Dad both worked Saturday afternoon/evening, they decided to head home after lunch Sat instead. After that, I took the opportunity to hit a few stores and finished getting baby stuff. I've got a few more diapers I want to get, but otherwise, I think we're pretty good.

Then...We had a BIG storm on Saturday night that fried our router cable or something in there. Seemed to fry between the router and surge protector so not really sure how that happened! After several hours last night, Dad finally got us all up and working again, but it wasn't looking good for the router for awhile. In the end, I think really that it just started working again while he was upstairs because he came down shocked Rachel was online. Then he still had to fix the rest of the network.

Yesterday we met Erin's family for lunch and then went to do the big bed exchange. We took up bed springs and a mattress for Kaylin from here and were getting my cradle and crib, or so I thought. Unbeknownst to me, we were actually only getting to bring home my cradle because they aren't getting the headboard and bed rails until today. Yes, one day later. Apparently it wasn't okay for Kaylin to sleep on the box and mattress for a night or two and instead I've got to wait for them to get the rest of the stuff home tonight, have time to put the bed together, have someone off of work to bring me the crib and then wait for Phil's next day off to be able to set it up. Phil has today off so that was his plan today - to get the whole room set up.

So, we ended the afternoon with a major blowout. In the end, I decided that I didn't really care that is how it ended, because as sorry as I am for their loss and everything else that's happened this summer, I had to stand up for myself and put an end to the way she treats me on a fairly regular basis (which has only gotten worse lately, as somewhat expected due to the situations). My disagreeing with how things were working out forced her to admit why she really didn't want to do it as opposed to the passive-aggressive route we've been stuck on and now it's out how we both feel. She may not talk to me for a long time to come, but there's nothing I can do about that except pray that it resolves sooner rather than later.

So, Mom gave me the keys and I sat in the driveway until I was fit to drive and then Terra and I spent some quality time together at the bookstore. Then we came home and put together my Disney World puzzle that I've wanted to do for two years. On the baby front, for now I think we're going to set up Kristi's crib and just change them out whenever mine is finally returned. That way we can utilize what might be Phil's last day off before Deva comes in a productive way and I won't spend the week worrying about how to make all of this work. The cradle is helpful and since it was built for me as a baby a definite sentimental need, there's just too much maneuvering that needs to be done to make our room fit everything it needs to fit.

For now, I think I'm going to go grab a little more sleep! I just have the 2yo this week and while she came an hour early today, she also came and went right back to bed so I'm thinking that's a good place for me. It's been a long and stressful last 4-5 days and I'm ready for a break.

 

[babytrees]

My great aunt and uncle were in town Friday evening and Saturday. They were supposed to stay until today, but were getting very road weary and wanted to head back to Virginia earlier. Since Mom and Dad both worked Saturday afternoon/evening, they decided to head home after lunch Sat instead. After that, I took the opportunity to hit a few stores and finished getting baby stuff. I've got a few more diapers I want to get, but otherwise, I think we're pretty good.

Then...We had a BIG storm on Saturday night that fried our router cable or something in there. Seemed to fry between the router and surge protector so not really sure how that happened! After several hours last night, Dad finally got us all up and working again, but it wasn't looking good for the router for awhile. In the end, I think really that it just started working again while he was upstairs because he came down shocked Rachel was online. Then he still had to fix the rest of the network.

Yesterday we met Erin's family for lunch and then went to do the big bed exchange. We took up bed springs and a mattress for Kaylin from here and were getting my cradle and crib, or so I thought. Unbeknownst to me, we were actually only getting to bring home my cradle because they aren't getting the headboard and bed rails until today. Yes, one day later. Apparently it wasn't okay for Kaylin to sleep on the box and mattress for a night or two and instead I've got to wait for them to get the rest of the stuff home tonight, have time to put the bed together, have someone off of work to bring me the crib and then wait for Phil's next day off to be able to set it up. Phil has today off so that was his plan today - to get the whole room set up.

So, we ended the afternoon with a major blowout. In the end, I decided that I didn't really care that is how it ended, because as sorry as I am for their loss and everything else that's happened this summer, I had to stand up for myself and put an end to the way she treats me on a fairly regular basis (which has only gotten worse lately, as somewhat expected due to the situations). My disagreeing with how things were working out forced her to admit why she really didn't want to do it as opposed to the passive-aggressive route we've been stuck on and now it's out how we both feel. She may not talk to me for a long time to come, but there's nothing I can do about that except pray that it resolves sooner rather than later.

So, Mom gave me the keys and I sat in the driveway until I was fit to drive and then Terra and I spent some quality time together at the bookstore. Then we came home and put together my Disney World puzzle that I've wanted to do for two years. On the baby front, for now I think we're going to set up Kristi's crib and just change them out whenever mine is finally returned. That way we can utilize what might be Phil's last day off before Deva comes in a productive way and I won't spend the week worrying about how to make all of this work. The cradle is helpful and since it was built for me as a baby a definite sentimental need, there's just too much maneuvering that needs to be done to make our room fit everything it needs to fit.

For now, I think I'm going to go grab a little more sleep! I just have the 2yo this week and while she came an hour early today, she also came and went right back to bed so I'm thinking that's a good place for me. It's been a long and stressful last 4-5 days and I'm ready for a break.

I am so sorry that there was a blowout but I am glad you all got it out in the open. Hopefully the healing comes sooner rather than later.

 

[bear74]

My great aunt and uncle were in town Friday evening and Saturday. They were supposed to stay until today, but were getting very road weary and wanted to head back to Virginia earlier. Since Mom and Dad both worked Saturday afternoon/evening, they decided to head home after lunch Sat instead. After that, I took the opportunity to hit a few stores and finished getting baby stuff. I've got a few more diapers I want to get, but otherwise, I think we're pretty good.

Then...We had a BIG storm on Saturday night that fried our router cable or something in there. Seemed to fry between the router and surge protector so not really sure how that happened! After several hours last night, Dad finally got us all up and working again, but it wasn't looking good for the router for awhile. In the end, I think really that it just started working again while he was upstairs because he came down shocked Rachel was online. Then he still had to fix the rest of the network.

Yesterday we met Erin's family for lunch and then went to do the big bed exchange. We took up bed springs and a mattress for Kaylin from here and were getting my cradle and crib, or so I thought. Unbeknownst to me, we were actually only getting to bring home my cradle because they aren't getting the headboard and bed rails until today. Yes, one day later. Apparently it wasn't okay for Kaylin to sleep on the box and mattress for a night or two and instead I've got to wait for them to get the rest of the stuff home tonight, have time to put the bed together, have someone off of work to bring me the crib and then wait for Phil's next day off to be able to set it up. Phil has today off so that was his plan today - to get the whole room set up.

So, we ended the afternoon with a major blowout. In the end, I decided that I didn't really care that is how it ended, because as sorry as I am for their loss and everything else that's happened this summer, I had to stand up for myself and put an end to the way she treats me on a fairly regular basis (which has only gotten worse lately, as somewhat expected due to the situations). My disagreeing with how things were working out forced her to admit why she really didn't want to do it as opposed to the passive-aggressive route we've been stuck on and now it's out how we both feel. She may not talk to me for a long time to come, but there's nothing I can do about that except pray that it resolves sooner rather than later.

So, Mom gave me the keys and I sat in the driveway until I was fit to drive and then Terra and I spent some quality time together at the bookstore. Then we came home and put together my Disney World puzzle that I've wanted to do for two years. On the baby front, for now I think we're going to set up Kristi's crib and just change them out whenever mine is finally returned. That way we can utilize what might be Phil's last day off before Deva comes in a productive way and I won't spend the week worrying about how to make all of this work. The cradle is helpful and since it was built for me as a baby a definite sentimental need, there's just too much maneuvering that needs to be done to make our room fit everything it needs to fit.

For now, I think I'm going to go grab a little more sleep! I just have the 2yo this week and while she came an hour early today, she also came and went right back to bed so I'm thinking that's a good place for me. It's been a long and stressful last 4-5 days and I'm ready for a break.

Glad things are out in the open finally for you two. I agree with Theresa I hope the healing happens sooner rather then later.

 

[bear74]

So sat afternoon Jeff and I got to go shopping by ourselves. The girls were at my moms playing with my nephew. I found an Olivia book in with the Halloween books. Olivia stayed the night sat at my moms with my nephew. I knew her tooth was real loose so I decided not to show her the book. The tooth fairy left the book last night in exchange for the tooth. I think she liked it better then the money she had gotten for the 3 other teeth.