MOTHER'S DAY WEEK-END

I was going stir crazy since not being able to drive for a few days. I was feeling good enough to do things but felt that I needed to listen to my doctor since my hysterectomy. He said not to do anything for a week. Don had to work on Saturday so Tami wanted to take me out to lunch for Mother's Day. I was delighted!

We went to Denneys and had a great salad. I felt good enough to do a little shopping before going back home. I wanted a little end table for the side of my bed for my clock, so we went to The Clothes Closet to look around. Didn't find anything. Tami vacuumed the carpet for me before going back home.

On Sunday I decided to go to Sacrament Meeting. I always love to go and take the Sacrament and get spiritually fed for the week. It was a nice Mother's Day meeting and then flowers were handed out to all the women of the Ward. Here I am with Janet Forsgren and Linda Collins. Janet and I have so much in common since both of us went through Chemo. She is doing good except for her hands. She has the same thing that I have and it's driving her crazy. We always compare how things are going. It's nice to have someone that really understands how things feel.

I left for home after Sacrament and while I was relaxing on our new chair Shadow started getting excited and started to scratch on the window and started whinning. She only does this with Tami and Terersa so I couldn't figure out why she was behaving like that. Then Jeff and Tami came in the door. It was a nice surprise. They had bought me a perfect little table that I had wanted. We had a nice visit before they left.

I enjoyed reading the TRIBUTE TO MOM book that I had written. It brought back memories and a few tears for me. It was a wonderful way to honor my mother today. Jeff showed me how to scan again and I was able to put a couple of pictures of my mom and I on Facebook for all of you to see.

Don bought Kentucky Fried Chicken for us so that I didn't have to fix a meal. He also bought a delicious apple pie for a treat.

All our daughers called today and I loved talking to them. I feel like Mother's Day is every day since our daughters are so good to Don and I. It's lovely that a day is set aside for honoring our mother's but I really don't need this day to feel loved. That's a great thing to be able to say. I'm very blessed!!

ANOTHER SURGERY

Yes, I did it again. I actually had my hysterectomy and my port out. It was great having both done at the same time. Here I am about six hours later. Tami got such as kick out of the fact I wanted to get my make up on and hair fixed. Of course I always feel that if you look good you will feel better. It always works for me.

Tami had taken yesterday off to ber with me all day. She was a task master making me eat ice and blowing in my lung blower more than I wanted to. Actually, she was wonderful and I loved having her there with me. My lower abdomen doesn't hurt like I thought it would. My groin hurts the most. Those stirrups are the worst. I'm sure glad I was out!

Clarissa came and visited me about 5:00 when Tami and Jeff left. We visited for about 3 hours. Today she is on her way to Denver to see her girls. How nice would that be!

Don came after work and then came back after feeding the dog and fixing his own supper. It was nice to have family around. I did miss Teresa.

Today Tami took half the day off to take me home and spend the rest of the day with me. She is such a caring daughter and I feel so blessed that all our girls are so loving to their parents. I can't imagine being neclected like some parents are when they get older.

I'm so glad this surgery is over with. Another thing behind me!

LOVE OUR DOGS AND APPRECIATION DINNER

Muffin is doing so good and feels a part of our home now. She is very active and loves the window and doggy door just like Shadow does. The dogs are quite a pair.

Shadow and Muffin really like Don's new chair too. There's room for both of them to sit on each side of Don's leg as you can see by this picture.
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Here's a picture of Murphy and Bella. They are quite a pair too. We met them for the first time on last Friday night when we took Tami and Jeff out for our yearly Appreciation Day.

Yes, we finally got the dinner in. With Jeff's parents moving to Grand Junction, they were busy helping them out the past 2 week-ends and so we put it off until things settled down. It was a fun evening to show our appreciation for all their help this past year. Having them so live so close, Tami especially takes good care of us and makes sure we are doing good. I get a phone call every morning at 9:00 a.m. to make sure we are OK. It's also fun to look forward to our Wednesday night outings.