Shoulder Surgery For Barron

Barron had surgery on his rotator cuff on July 8th. He did well and the surgeon was able to reattach the main tendon to his rotator cuff as well as his bicep muscle that was 50% torn off. Recovery has been stressful but I'm hopeful we're beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. He's not use to sitting around and is wanting do something other than watch TV and walk around Target and Walmart with me! He has started physical therapy so that will keep him busy. We see the surgeon tomorrow and he'll tell us when he can go back to work.....LIGHT DUTIES!!! They say it'll be 4-6 months to recover 100% and that's only if he really works at the physical therapy.

One of the pictures is right after I got him home from the surgery and he was not a happy camper. The other one is from his first physical therapy that started last Friday. I keep telling him that by Christmas he'll be back to normal (whatever that is)!

It rained today and he enjoyed walking around the backyard in the rain. I had to make him take his sling off so it wouldn't get wet! I happened to look out and caught him pulling a couple of weeds...oh well, it made him happy!

Happy Birthday Barron!

Barron and I drove to Flagstaff on Friday and spent the night in celebration of his birthday. It was a much needed break on so many levels. Saturday turned out to be "Armed Forces Day" so that was an unexpected treat....we caught the tail end of a parade and there was an air show at the airport. Between seeing the planes and visiting the train station Barron was in 7th Heaven!

I love the show "Diners, Drive In's, and Dives". Last year the spot lighted a diner on Route 66 in Flagstaff. I've been wanting to go ever since. It's called "Salsa Brava" and it was yummy. It's mexican food and they brought Barron fried ice cream for dessert. He loved it....I've had better!

All in all a great week-end. Looking forward to hearing from Barron later this morning. He sees the surgeon at 8am. His shoulder hurts all the time now and seems to be getting worse. He's ready to feel better.

My Special Delivery For Mother's Day

My new favorite picture of Lali! This is her at the Tulip Festival in Seattle. She's so beautiful I can hardly stand it!

An Update On Sam

It feels like things are finally coming together for Sam. He's got a great job making fairly good money, looks like he might have a government grant for school, and he's finally decided what he wants to do....at least for now.

He and I spent the whole of Tuesday together (his only day off). We went to Gateway Community College and got information on the respiratory therapy course they offer. He needs about a years worth of pre-recs before he can start...he enrolled yesterday for those at EMCC. We won't know until May how much his grant is. If it's enough, he may quit work and do school full time. That would be great. So school wise, he's finally on the right track!

Barron and I took him out to celebrate last night at Ruby Tuesday. They have an awesome salad bar and great burgers. Plus we had a buy one get one coupon! We had a wonderful time just eating and talking with each other. We were there for over two hours! It was the best.

Barron has been working alot of hours and I think it's finally starting to catch up with him...both emotionally and physically. He hurts all over, he's tired, and he needs some time off. Unfortunately, that won't be happening for a while. Looks like he may have to work Saturday AND Sunday this week. Poor guy.

We are hoping to get to Vegas sometime next month...once Honeywell is finished the project their working on now that keeps him there so much. And our plan is to drive to Seattle sometime this summer. We haven't done a big drive like that is some time so it will be interesting. Keep your fingers crossed for us!

That's all for now. Hope everyone is well and happy. Love you all!

Dinner With Kay

My best friend in 5th grade was Kay Fritz....and she has continued to be my best friend ever since. There have been times when we have gone for years without seeing each other or even speaking to each other. In fact, I lost track of her about eight years ago. Well, she found me on facebook last week! Would you believe she lives fairly close to us?! Sort of anyway. About a twenty minute drive. At least for the next two weeks when she'll be moving...it'll be a forty minute drive then!

We met up last night at Islands Burger for dinner. It was wonderful. It was like we'd never been apart. We just picked up where we left off. It was three hours of laughing, eating, talking, and just having a great time. It was so fun being with her again. We're both looking forward to spending more time together. We may even invite the husbands next time!

I'm so thankful for friends. Heavenly Father certainly knew what he was doing when he "invented" girlfriends! Where would we be without friends? I remember in grade school learning a song with the words, "Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold". How true. But, eventually, new friends become old friends and your life is surrounded with gold! Just a thought!

Family and friends. Life is good.

Catch Up

I can't believe it's been this long since my last post...actually I can. It seems I blog as well as I journal. Not my strong suit at all. But, and I know I've said this before, I'm going to try harder.

I really can't even catch you up on all that has happened because I don't remember! My memory is awful and I seems to have passed this fine quality on to Valerie! Sorry, Val.

So I'll just say that we went to Seattle in February to spent time with our three beautiful granddaughters. We had a wonderful time. They are growing so fast. I miss them and wish we could all live closer. Or one of us could win the lottery so we could afford to visit every week! My fantasy is to buy a house in Seattle so we could summer there and winter here in Arizona! I really don't think that's asking to much, do you?

We are now planning a trip to Vegas. We usually go in August and meet up with Barron's brother and sister. This year we have decided we need some alone time. So we're going in April while it's still cool. The problem in August is that it's just to dang hot and we don't get to walk around outside very much. We love doing that. Anyway, we're looking forward to some time alone. You know, alone........me, Barron, and a slot machine! KIDDING....sort of!

It'll be interesting to see how long I go before I blog again. At least I haven't gone a whole year! Later....love you all.