You know how the old phrase goes..."When life gives you lemons, make lemonade"
Well that is what we are going to do!
As some of you may know already my step-mother, Heather, passed away unexpectedly earlier this week. The funeral is on sunday so we are leaving tonight.
Jesse and I have been trying to plan a trip to North Carolina to see my family and bring the kids to the ocean for a couple years now.The trip keeps getting pushed back to "the next summer" due to a number of unforseen circumstances. There is no more next summer, the time is now...
We have made plans to spend time with my family for a couple days after the funeral. My brother Ricky, who I havent seen in over 10 years, if flying back from South Korea. Prescilla was 6 the last time I saw her !!!
Jesse and I have made plans to spend Monday(maybe tuesday) in Atlantic Beach, NC on the ocean front. Izzy is already planning on going shell hunting and Jackson wants to go surfing. Josh and Amanda have been at church camp all week so we are not sure what they have planned. They are aware of what has happened, and I am sure they have come up with some "plans". Jesse bought a new "bigger" storage card for her camera as she plans on taking hundreds of pictures, that she hopes to share when we return home.
It is sad life changing events like this that remind us all how short life can be...
Celebrate life for what it is, not what it isn't and while you are here...Live...Laugh...Love as much as you can !!!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Summer so far.
Well the summer is off and running. June was a blur of fun. The kids have been manageing very well again this year with Amanda babysitting. Her and Izzy have quite a bond forming. Iz got all teary eyed tonight when Amanda left for babysitting, and Jeremy asked what are you going to do when Amanda goes to college?? Izzy said she will start crying on Sunday night, and stop crying Friday. We will just see how long she thinks that.
Jeremy and I went to Winstock this year. I think it is safe to say that a fun time was had by all. Great friends, Great food, Great beer, and Great music. What else do you need? We sure missed the kiddos by Sunday though.
The end of June, I had a hysterectomy. We set it up in May, so I knew it was coming. I am always busy at work so from May to June went really fast, and I found myself at the Buffalo Hospital on Tuesday trying really hard not to vomit. What made me nervous was just the thought of the iv's going in. And I have to say that every nurse or lab tech who touched me ROCKED. So once everything was in I was ready. Dr Minke came in to talk to me before hand and gave me the low down. One would think he was a women with how good he is with his information. But I guess he just really listens when we talk. The things I rolled my eyes at and got him talking more to Jeremy was when he started talking about not lifting, no stairs, no driving, yadda yadda yadda. Time to go. I woke up very little in recovery, and was in and out of it once they brought me to my room. I think about 1pm I finally got up for an hour or so when the kids came to visit. Jeremy later told me he could tell when I was waking up cause my heart rate would start getting faster, and he would know I needed more pain med's. I think it was about 3 pm that I finally came more out of the fog, and got up to brush my teeth and go to the bathroom. Jeremy and I walked down to the sitting area, as they told me if I was up and walking around, I would have to have the massage things on my legs. I think I told Jeremy to go home about 9pm. He had only left the hospital after Dr Minke was done with surgery and told him to go have breakfast, and then when the nurses told him I would be up anytime soon, so go have lunch. I have to say that I was not prepared for how much it hurt. I kept describing it to Jeremy, and he didnt think it was funny how I described it. Its pretty graphic so I wont put it on here. But I have to say, the next day was alot better. I woke up at 5:30am on Wednesday, took a shower, tried to eat breakfast, no thank you. Dr Minke came in and looked me over and said I could fly the coupe. I slept most the day Wednesday and woke up Thursday feeling ok, so we started to get ready for the camper, but there was one thing that I had to do before I would leave, I hadnt done it in 4 days, and anyone who knows us Chaps, knows what I am talking about. About 11am, I was singing PRAISE THE LORD, from the bathroom and we were off. I can honestly say that I do not remember being at the camper till Saturday morning. I would get up to eat a little take my meds and go back to sleep. It was just what the doctor ordered. It has been a slow couple weeks. I have one more week off this coming week, and I am hoping that I am able to do some visiting, and feel alot better. I am not going to complain, as for what I had done, I think I feel pretty darn good. But my body will still tell me in the morning if I did to much the day before. I have been very good.
Ok. Long post. Sorry. Till next time. Have fun.
Jeremy and I went to Winstock this year. I think it is safe to say that a fun time was had by all. Great friends, Great food, Great beer, and Great music. What else do you need? We sure missed the kiddos by Sunday though.
The end of June, I had a hysterectomy. We set it up in May, so I knew it was coming. I am always busy at work so from May to June went really fast, and I found myself at the Buffalo Hospital on Tuesday trying really hard not to vomit. What made me nervous was just the thought of the iv's going in. And I have to say that every nurse or lab tech who touched me ROCKED. So once everything was in I was ready. Dr Minke came in to talk to me before hand and gave me the low down. One would think he was a women with how good he is with his information. But I guess he just really listens when we talk. The things I rolled my eyes at and got him talking more to Jeremy was when he started talking about not lifting, no stairs, no driving, yadda yadda yadda. Time to go. I woke up very little in recovery, and was in and out of it once they brought me to my room. I think about 1pm I finally got up for an hour or so when the kids came to visit. Jeremy later told me he could tell when I was waking up cause my heart rate would start getting faster, and he would know I needed more pain med's. I think it was about 3 pm that I finally came more out of the fog, and got up to brush my teeth and go to the bathroom. Jeremy and I walked down to the sitting area, as they told me if I was up and walking around, I would have to have the massage things on my legs. I think I told Jeremy to go home about 9pm. He had only left the hospital after Dr Minke was done with surgery and told him to go have breakfast, and then when the nurses told him I would be up anytime soon, so go have lunch. I have to say that I was not prepared for how much it hurt. I kept describing it to Jeremy, and he didnt think it was funny how I described it. Its pretty graphic so I wont put it on here. But I have to say, the next day was alot better. I woke up at 5:30am on Wednesday, took a shower, tried to eat breakfast, no thank you. Dr Minke came in and looked me over and said I could fly the coupe. I slept most the day Wednesday and woke up Thursday feeling ok, so we started to get ready for the camper, but there was one thing that I had to do before I would leave, I hadnt done it in 4 days, and anyone who knows us Chaps, knows what I am talking about. About 11am, I was singing PRAISE THE LORD, from the bathroom and we were off. I can honestly say that I do not remember being at the camper till Saturday morning. I would get up to eat a little take my meds and go back to sleep. It was just what the doctor ordered. It has been a slow couple weeks. I have one more week off this coming week, and I am hoping that I am able to do some visiting, and feel alot better. I am not going to complain, as for what I had done, I think I feel pretty darn good. But my body will still tell me in the morning if I did to much the day before. I have been very good.
Ok. Long post. Sorry. Till next time. Have fun.
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