Can't sleep...

Well, almost 1 month from surgery and I am finally free from that immobilizer. Now onto the hard part, Physical Therapy and making the knee bend again. I am actually about 2 weeks ahead of the physician's goals, but its still frustrating to me to be slow. Sleeping without the immobilizer is not going as well as I hoped, hence the update at midnight. Without the brace to support the knee, it's aching a lot more tonight. I've been awake several times tonight trying to get comfortable and hadn't hears any storms yet, so came to check the radar. I don't know how, but everything seems to be going on either side of us. I know most of you who may read this haven't been so lucky, so I hope everything is ok in your areas.

T-ball has started. Jeff is coaching again. Andrew seems to be much more interested this year, but Colby may never get T-ball fever. So far, I haven't seen him put much effort into practice. Unless you count playing in the dirt practice.

Post-op Day 1

Well, everything went well yesterday. Got home around 5:00. Got a little light headed when I had to move, but slept decent last night, and am feeling a lot better today. They did a femoral block where they injected lidocaine around the femoral nerve in my groin so that it would numb the front of my thigh and knee, WOW am I glad they did. I had no pain yesterday once it kicked in! I am stuck on the couch for the first 48 hours with a cooling pack on, but after that, I am looking forward to getting up and around a little more! Jeff is being very attentive to me, and boys have a full weekend planned.

Home Again

Colby started running a temp again last night, and was up at 4am with a fever again, so I get to stay home with him again today. We are having an Ice Age marathon. We watched the first Ice Age at 4:00, and are now starting The Meltdown.

Little of This, Litttle of That...

Well, it may be a little early, but we put some plants in the ground tonight. Now I am going to have to watch the weather in case we have a chance of frost, but I am excited to see some color! Colby started to feel bad Sunday evening, and was still sick this morning, so I stayed home with him today and we caught up on a lot of movies :-). By afternoon, he was feeling pretty good, but as usual, the fever is back and the poor kid is miserable again. At least his stomach is not still bothering him. Jeff is mowing the lawn tonight for the second time this year. I went to Yoga tonight, first time since the fall, and it sure felt good to be back, even if only for a week or two before surgery.

School Christmas Program

Andrew has his school Christmas program tonight. At his request, he will be wearing black pants and "shiny" black shoes. Ok, the shoes aren't that shiny, but that's what he wanted. I just hope that he stays well at school today, last year he missed due to illness and I was devastated!!

I will be busy this week administering H1N1 vaccine at the local schools. I still haven't decided what to do about my own children...

Christmas is just around the corner, and my shopping is mostly done. I have started wrapping, but am missing a couple small items that I just haven't bought yet. Guess I am trying to stay out of the cold. My car said 11 degrees this morning, now that's getting cold!

Getting excited for Christmas!

We are already getting pretty excited for Christmas at our house. The boys are constantly looking through Toy magazine's and circling everything. I think it would be quicker to have them mark out the items they do not want. Andrew is going to CCD classes at Richmond on Wednesday evenings, and will be performing in the Christmas play on December 6th. The 1st and 2nd graders will be singing songs at intermission. I was home yesterday with Colby, thought he was sick with a tummy bug, turned out he really wasn't, but who knows with little kids. Oh, and Andrew's latest question is: Why doesn't Santa Claus just clone himself?

Long time no post!

WOW, its been a long time since I posted on here! The kids are back in school and loving it! Andrew now has homework every night, UGH! Oh well, it's some good bonding time, when he doesn't get frustrated and have a fit! Jeff has been practicing with his smoker. He has the ribs down pat, Yummy! And this weekend, he did a very good job on the brisket also. Which leads me to my next item, our annual Hog Roast will be October 17th this year, so mark your calendar's now! It's the usual drill, bring a side dish, chairs, and your beverage of choice! Hope to see everyone there!