These are some older pictures that I found while trying to organize pictures on my computer. I thought they were good ones.
We didn't do much this weekend, me still being on crutches and all, but the kids (Hayden and Maddy) did each go snowboarding on a day - Maddy on Saturday and Hayden on Sunday. The "Big Air" competition was on Sunday so they got to watch that. David spent most of his weekend trying to finish the cabinet doors for the top part of the kitchen. Anyone who knows us knows that this new kitchen has been talked about for about 6 years ans has been trying to be accomplished for about 9 months. It is taking longer than I expected, but all the work is being done by David at almost no cost to us, so I can't complain. The doors came out beautifully! I can hardly wait to get all the rest of the stuff done so I can have a pretty kitchen! I will focus on the livingroom as soon as I get off crutches. The ugly popcorn ceilings will be the first to go! Then we are also going to move the two kids left after Justine leaves to the bottom bedrooms and redecorate for them. Haydens room will become an extra guest room with a double/queen bed and the exercise equipment will move to that space to have more room in the basement. The small room will stay as my craft room and we will keep the single bed in there. Alot to do, but well worth it!
I watched movies most of the weekend (when I wasn't ln Facebook). Hopefully this will be the very last weekend I have to spend laid up. I am ready to DO something! I have watched a lifetime of TV this year! I did get to see the Gonzaga game on Saturday (what a killing! Poor Zags!) and the Lakers/Cavaliers game on Sunday. Both Kobe and Lebron are my favorites, but I had to root for the Lakers, and they didn't disappoint! I love to watch basketball of any kind. Hayden only has 2 more games and his season is over and Maddison has 5 more games and then it is racing/baseball season.
I will post some more old pics if I find anything really good. Putting everything into the proper files and labeling all of them is taking me longer than if I just slapped them into an album...SIGHHHH!!!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
I know, I know, I have been a terrible blogger! I am one of those "its just me" people that Mo talks about in her blog - nothing much interesting to say... But I have had a few note worthy experiences this last couple of weeks so here goes.
I got well and healed enough to go back to work to wait for my next surgery. I was back for 2 weeks and now I am home recovering from the next round of surgery until Feb. 18th. The achilles surgery went MUCH better than the knee. It hardly hurts at all and only really hurt for 2 days after the actual surgery. I am on crutches again until Monday, so its not nearly as bad! The worst part this time is the bandage that has to stay on until I go into a boot on Monday. (envision a rather large girl in a rather small tub to bathe - NOT a pretty sight) It has to stay dry and clean and I am a busy girl so I'm not sure whether I will be successful at either. Hopefully this will be the last of anything that I have to get done because I am more than a little tired of all this!
Hayden and Maddison have had several basketball games in the last couple of weeks and are both doing really well. Hayden has only lost two the whole year and Maddisons team is 2-2. Maddy is so excited for racing to start again! Her home track posted the racing schedule for this upcoming season this last weekend and she printed it out and circled all the races that her Dad is available for in about 2 minutes. She found out that it is almost all of them and she is thrilled. I will post pictures of her racing when the time comes.
David and I have been married 20 years today. It hardly seems possible! Congratulations to us! 4 wonderful children one son-in-law and 1 grandchild - not too shabby at all :-)
I got well and healed enough to go back to work to wait for my next surgery. I was back for 2 weeks and now I am home recovering from the next round of surgery until Feb. 18th. The achilles surgery went MUCH better than the knee. It hardly hurts at all and only really hurt for 2 days after the actual surgery. I am on crutches again until Monday, so its not nearly as bad! The worst part this time is the bandage that has to stay on until I go into a boot on Monday. (envision a rather large girl in a rather small tub to bathe - NOT a pretty sight) It has to stay dry and clean and I am a busy girl so I'm not sure whether I will be successful at either. Hopefully this will be the last of anything that I have to get done because I am more than a little tired of all this!
Hayden and Maddison have had several basketball games in the last couple of weeks and are both doing really well. Hayden has only lost two the whole year and Maddisons team is 2-2. Maddy is so excited for racing to start again! Her home track posted the racing schedule for this upcoming season this last weekend and she printed it out and circled all the races that her Dad is available for in about 2 minutes. She found out that it is almost all of them and she is thrilled. I will post pictures of her racing when the time comes.
David and I have been married 20 years today. It hardly seems possible! Congratulations to us! 4 wonderful children one son-in-law and 1 grandchild - not too shabby at all :-)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
I don't know how good these will come out when I
post them, but this was yesterday at the Air Force base.
What you see on the trees is not snow, but hoarfrost.
It was so foggy that the fog was freezing and building
up on everything in site. It was beautiful, but made
driving a real hazard! The wind was blowing and in the
last picture you can see how it was building up in a
"blown" pattern. Half of every thick tree (evergreens)
was white with this blown frozen frost and every
skinny branched tree was completely covered. Very cool!!
Ok! Ok! Ok! I have heard that there are actually interested parties reading this blog, do I will try and be better about posting. I always feel like it should have pictures and I don't take all that many anymore.
I have been doing my best with this busted knee business. I am going to physical therapy (evil people!!) and trying to get the knee straight. It was bent in the brace for so long that the muscles and tendons have atrophied (sp?) So now I spend an hour or more having every kind of hideous contraption ever invented attached to my knee to try and help it along. I am loving the shock therapy - especially when he said "I'm turning it up now, let me know when you can't stand it." So when the tears are squeezing out of my eyes and I say "ok, thats it!" he turns it up 2 more notches... SADIST!! I have to work on it at home also, so every day I am doing some painful exercise or stretch 3 or 4 times a day.
NEVER TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR HEALTHY KNEES!!!
Maddison wants me to say something about her in this blog, so I will tell you all that she is a sweet daughter and she is the coolest kid ever! She is getting great grades in school also! She and David are working hard to get the bikes ready to start racing this spring. I think her first race is in the last week of March. I never realized how much there is involved in getting the bikes ready each year. They take them apart and put them back together with new this and new that on them (I couldn't tell you what all there is, I don't even understand what they are saying most of the time. I just say "mmmm-hmmm" and nod my head, with an occasional "Wow, thats cool" thrown in.) All I know is its good that she is the youngest, because I would hate to spend this much money on multiple kids! It makes me wish for the over-priced traveling teams again! :-)
Speaking of traveling teams, Hayden has been asked to join a traveling team for basketball whose goal is to go to Nationals. We have never played to that level before, and I think it will be fun. We gave a tentative yes, but are waiting to get a baseball schedule from the High School to make sure it doesn't interfere. We have to have him play baseball in case he never reaches 6'2" which is really the minimum height for college basketball. To be any shorter you have to be really phenomenal! I would hate to limit his options. His basketball team for high school is still undefeated - I think they are 11-0. His grades are coming up nicely (thanks to the fact that he can't get his licence unless he has a 3.0 or better :-)
Justine is 30 days away from leaving for boot camp! I think she is still excited for it, and maybe a little apprehensive. This will be a huge step for her, and we really hope this ends up being her niche. She got to go for a 3 day trip to schweitzer ski resort and had a blast and she is in Pullman visiting friends for 3 days this weekend (at WSU). She is going to visit Mimi and Papa in 2 weeks in Arizona, and then she comes back and leaves 3 days later. She is managing to squeeze in alot of stuff into this last month for sure! Lucky Girl!!
Ok, so I will post more on this site, but maybe not all with pictures. I do have a few that I will post next of some of the weird weather we have been having. These last 2 winters have been odd for sure! Nothing like ice storm year, but different. I am hoping all the new transplants from milder climates will give up and go back where they came from. Keep the 208 small!!
I have been doing my best with this busted knee business. I am going to physical therapy (evil people!!) and trying to get the knee straight. It was bent in the brace for so long that the muscles and tendons have atrophied (sp?) So now I spend an hour or more having every kind of hideous contraption ever invented attached to my knee to try and help it along. I am loving the shock therapy - especially when he said "I'm turning it up now, let me know when you can't stand it." So when the tears are squeezing out of my eyes and I say "ok, thats it!" he turns it up 2 more notches... SADIST!! I have to work on it at home also, so every day I am doing some painful exercise or stretch 3 or 4 times a day.
NEVER TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR HEALTHY KNEES!!!
Maddison wants me to say something about her in this blog, so I will tell you all that she is a sweet daughter and she is the coolest kid ever! She is getting great grades in school also! She and David are working hard to get the bikes ready to start racing this spring. I think her first race is in the last week of March. I never realized how much there is involved in getting the bikes ready each year. They take them apart and put them back together with new this and new that on them (I couldn't tell you what all there is, I don't even understand what they are saying most of the time. I just say "mmmm-hmmm" and nod my head, with an occasional "Wow, thats cool" thrown in.) All I know is its good that she is the youngest, because I would hate to spend this much money on multiple kids! It makes me wish for the over-priced traveling teams again! :-)
Speaking of traveling teams, Hayden has been asked to join a traveling team for basketball whose goal is to go to Nationals. We have never played to that level before, and I think it will be fun. We gave a tentative yes, but are waiting to get a baseball schedule from the High School to make sure it doesn't interfere. We have to have him play baseball in case he never reaches 6'2" which is really the minimum height for college basketball. To be any shorter you have to be really phenomenal! I would hate to limit his options. His basketball team for high school is still undefeated - I think they are 11-0. His grades are coming up nicely (thanks to the fact that he can't get his licence unless he has a 3.0 or better :-)
Justine is 30 days away from leaving for boot camp! I think she is still excited for it, and maybe a little apprehensive. This will be a huge step for her, and we really hope this ends up being her niche. She got to go for a 3 day trip to schweitzer ski resort and had a blast and she is in Pullman visiting friends for 3 days this weekend (at WSU). She is going to visit Mimi and Papa in 2 weeks in Arizona, and then she comes back and leaves 3 days later. She is managing to squeeze in alot of stuff into this last month for sure! Lucky Girl!!
Ok, so I will post more on this site, but maybe not all with pictures. I do have a few that I will post next of some of the weird weather we have been having. These last 2 winters have been odd for sure! Nothing like ice storm year, but different. I am hoping all the new transplants from milder climates will give up and go back where they came from. Keep the 208 small!!
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