Take me out to the ballgame....

Paul and I had a very exciting night Wednesday. At the last minute we were gifted tickets to the local minor league baseball team's game. The hospital I work for is a corporate sponsor and has a suite at the field. My unit was given the suite for the night. We did not really know what to expect. We had never been to any type of sporting event in a suite before but let me tell you, we could get used to that lifestyle pretty quickly. We had a reserved parking space right outside the entrance and then were "escorted" to our suite. We had a room with mini-kitchen, tv, phone, and most importantly air-conditioning and then we also had a balcony with the standard stadium style seats right on the first baseline. We also had free food (hot dogs, pizza, and chicken fingers), snacks, drinks, and even a "suite hostess" who came around periodically to check on us and make sure we did not need anything.

Because our unit received the tickets so last minute only a few of us were able to make it but those who came really had a good time!!! Even though the home team lost it was definitely a night to remember and a high life that we could get used to!!

Hope everyone is having a good week!!!

Look Ma...........No Cast!!!!!

We took Mom to the orthopedic doctor today and she received a wonderful report. Even though there is a fracture, because it is in the non weight-bearing bone she did not have to have a cast. The doctor told her to slowly start putting weight on the leg and just "take it easy" for the next couple of weeks. He also removed that huge splint she was wearing. She goes back in two weeks for x-rays and we should be able to see some new bone growth. I am sure she feels so much better without that splint on but she is definitely feeling more discomfort by have free movement of the leg.

Meanwhile, Kelby and Kolin spent the afternoon entertaining themselves with some of mom's walking devices. Kelby really enjoyed using her crutches as stilts while Kolin was ready for a wheelchair race. Don't ya just love kids!!

Thanks for everyone that commented and/or sent prayers and good thoughts mom's way. She is well on her way to recovery!!!

Have a good week!!

Another day, another drama!!

No, your eyes are not deceiving you. That is mom sprawled out on the couch with a broken leg!! Yesterday she was walking down some steps, missed the last one, and proceeded to go splat!! She managed to drive herself home but by the time she got there she knew that something was "not right". We took her to the ER where it was found that she broken one of the bones in her lower leg. They splinted her, doped her, and sent her home. She has to follow up with the orthopedic surgeon early next week for the next course of treatment.

For those of you that do not know my mom personally. She is a go-getter, never sitting still for long. Whether it is baking cakes, sewing, tending to her plants, cleaning house, cooking every night, or any of the other multitude of things she does time spent just sitting on the sofa relaxing is sparse. Needless to say she is not very thrilled with the prospect of being laid up for the next several weeks.

Prime example: I went over there this morning to check on her and see how she slept last night. I had no more cleared the door before she informed me that she needed to shower, needed laundry started, and needed to get moving because she was already bored. Bored??? It hasn't even been 24 hours yet!!! So being the wonderful daughter I am I helped her shower, started her laundry, and picked up a few things. Dad had stepped out to run some errands and get some lunch. I told mom I was going to Wal-Mart this afternoon and if she would make me a list I would pick up anything she needed. Well, not one to be kept down she informed me that she would accompany me because she needed to get her hair trimmed and her toes painted!! So off we went: drove to Wal-mart (yes, on freakin' Saturday afternoon), loaded her up in one of those electric carts, went to the hair place and got a trim, went to the nail place and go her toes done and then proceeded to get the grocery items that both of us needed. I delivered her back home and I tell you she could have kept going for many hours more.

It will be very interesting to see how the next few weeks go!!

As you may or may not know, when I was 21 I was involved in a very serious car accident, broke both my legs, and was unable to walk for a year. During that time Paul, my mom, and my dad were my legs and my caretakers. So I guess we could all say this is my payback!!!

LOVE YOU MOM!!!!!

Yep, the stork has landed!!!

So that's the new date. November 21st. Now there are only 29 days between the last day referred and our LID. 29 days!!!!!!!!! Could we possible be in the home stretch? Could we possible see our sweet baby's face before Christmas? I surely hope so. 29 days, people just 29 days!!!!

A wonderful gift!!

This week I did a favor for a friend. It was really no big deal on my part. I would have done it anytime. Imagine my surprise when I received this!!! It is a wonderful bath and spa set with everything you can imagine!!!

So, my dear friend, thank you!!!! Thank you for being you, thank you for being so generous, and know that the offer to repeat the favor is open anytime. You are a true treasure in my life!