in cataract surgery. I had seen a couple of people have this surgery and come out the other side being able to see better than they had in years but tonight I saw it first hand. My 84-year-old uncle had a cataract removed around 4:30 this evening. At 5:17, he could see the clock, through the bad eye, with a steel mesh patch over it....unbelievable.
The thing that I got the biggest kick out of though was my mom. She has spent WAY more than her fair share in operating rooms, which tallies up to me, and various members of my family spending same said time waiting. There is a reason God put her on the table, she is not a good waiter. I thought it was funny, I know she didn't, but I remember countless times that she would be in surgery for 6 to 8 hours and we would be waiting. They took Uncle Jr back at 10 til 3, they called at 10 after 5, those apparently were the longest 2 hours of her life. She started worrying at 5 after 3 and by 10 til 5 was about fit to be tied.
Anyway, I don't believe you could say anything except the surgery was a success. They go back tomorrow but all the way home, he was telling what he could see and how happy he was. Yep, I'm a believer.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Happy 47th Baby!
Andrew celebrated his 47th birthday yesterday. He spent the day working, 7:30 a.m. to 8 last night. His request for his birthday though was still a steak and a pineapple cheesecake.
So, at 8:45 last night, I treated him to a very rare New York strip, baked potato, scalloped corn (the way his momma made, not the way I made), Texas toast and his pineapple cheesecake. It dawned on me earlier this year that I have been a terrible wife all this time. His favorite cheesecake is Pineapple, I make it once a year......why? I don't know, because that is what I always fixed him for his birthday, and for some dumb reason, it never occurred to me that he could enjoy it other times as well. Oh well, New Year's resolution, make my husband more pineapple cheesecake.
What did he get for his birthday? Well, he is wanting some major work done on the jeep, before winter. Most of it he and Robert can do themselves, but some has to be taken to a machine shop to be customized. That's what I am paying for. Then, just because I couldn't let him not have a present to open, he got a beard trimmer and a nose hair trimmer set. Probably age-appropriate there on the nose hair thing, it says you can also use it on your ears, yep, he's starting to need that too.
Anyway, back to the grind today, but at least we had a little birthday in there!
What did he get for his birthday? Well, he is wanting some major work done on the jeep, before winter. Most of it he and Robert can do themselves, but some has to be taken to a machine shop to be customized. That's what I am paying for. Then, just because I couldn't let him not have a present to open, he got a beard trimmer and a nose hair trimmer set. Probably age-appropriate there on the nose hair thing, it says you can also use it on your ears, yep, he's starting to need that too.
Anyway, back to the grind today, but at least we had a little birthday in there!
Friday, November 25, 2011
Black Friday---GREAT Friday
Anyone who knows me knows that I think my kid is about as perfect as anyone could get here on earth--99% of the time anyway. Today, I think I kinda realized why I think that--he is my kid, through and through. And as he turns into an adult, I love the fact that I still love spending time with him and more importantly, that he loves spending time with me.
This morning, we left at 3:30 and headed to Evansville for Black Friday. I had a list 3 pages long, complete with the addresses to type into Georgia, the GPS. Our first stop was supposed to be Lowes, to get Robert an impact wrench set he was wanting, it was one of the doorbuster specials and low and behold, YESTERDAY, you could buy Lowe's Black Friday stuff online and pick it up in the store today. That cut an hour off our time, so our first stop was Menards @ 6:00. When we arrived, people were lined up all the way out to the highway. Cars were parked in the grass medians, in the road, behind other cars....my first thought was it wasn't worth it, but quite honestly, the Menards list was the longest, and had Andrew's entire Christmas wish list on it. Robert was driving, he drove around for a little bit and would you believe, some guy, who had the parking spot RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OUT DOOR, decided to leave, and we were sitting right there. He started backing out and Robert put on his turn signal. There was a Cadillac Escalade, pulled up behind the guy, I KNOW he saw our turn signal but started to pull forward. Robert put his foot in it and pulled in the parking spot. I started to say something and he said, "Would you have not done the exact same thing?" and in all honestly, I had to answer yes (while yelling TOWANDA!!! of course). He says, "Then shut up!". That was probably the only hint of rude we saw all day. We sat in the car until they unlocked the doors, very calmly walked to the end of the line, entered the store, asked a lady where some key things were and away we went. I went to get the cricut cartridges and Robert went for everything else. Believe it or not, when we met back up, we had found (for the most part Robert had found) everything on our list except one $5.oo trimmer and nobody had asked for it, it was just something I thought would be good to have. So then we get up to the line for the register and not one, but two people told us to get ahead of them because they were still waiting on other people. That was the only crazy place we were in and it was great. The next stop was to find me a P-touch labeler. If you know me, you also know I am an organizational freak. I have one of these at work and love it. I have had so many thoughts on how I could use this at home--one of the main ones is labeling all the tops of the dresser drawers so when Andrew puts my clothes away when doing laundry, he knows where they go. Last year, I missed them at Staples, they were $10.00. The one I have at work I got for free so I didn't know how much they were. I thought it was no big deal, I would just buy one anyway.....$40, yes, I am a tightwad when I know that one day a year, I can get it for $10. So I have waited, for the last 365 days. Today, we left Menards and headed for Staples, but on the way, I saw Office Depot and knew they had the labeler for $10 also. We pulled in, Robert dropped me off at the door, I walked in, asked the guy where they were, he took me right to it and handed me one. I was in Duck heaven! Meanwhile, Robert nabbed his SECOND front door parking space of the day. Harbor Freight was next on the list, this would finish out both guy's Christmas lists. We went in, got everything we needed, out, loaded the big thing (a 12 ton press--Robert's Christmas from Nana) into the van and we were off again. At this point, absolutely everything that was a "have to have" was marked off the list. We hit several other stores and bought several more things--Robert new boots, me a new cape and purse, another cricut cartridge, Christmas decorations.....yep, it was a haul and the best part was, we just plain out had fun.
So, we arrived home at 2:30, took a nap until 4 and decided to decorate the porch with the new garland I bought today. The garland was so nice ($30 for $6 nice) that I decided we needed new lights for it. So, we loaded up and drove back to Olney to Walmart, came home and our porch is now decked out for the holidays.
I love my life........as I started to type this, Robert brought me a hot chocolate with peppermint marshmallows, yep, don't think it gets much better.
So, it is officially the "Christmas season" for me. I love this time of year. This will be my 20th Christmas with Andrew, we get to celebrate our anniversary in just a little over a week.
I have been asked by several people why I dont' blog anymore. I honestly didn't know anybody every still read it, I miss blogging honestly and have decided to try to get back at it. So, this is my New Year's resolution, but I'm gonna start practicing now.
Happy Black Friday everyone!
This morning, we left at 3:30 and headed to Evansville for Black Friday. I had a list 3 pages long, complete with the addresses to type into Georgia, the GPS. Our first stop was supposed to be Lowes, to get Robert an impact wrench set he was wanting, it was one of the doorbuster specials and low and behold, YESTERDAY, you could buy Lowe's Black Friday stuff online and pick it up in the store today. That cut an hour off our time, so our first stop was Menards @ 6:00. When we arrived, people were lined up all the way out to the highway. Cars were parked in the grass medians, in the road, behind other cars....my first thought was it wasn't worth it, but quite honestly, the Menards list was the longest, and had Andrew's entire Christmas wish list on it. Robert was driving, he drove around for a little bit and would you believe, some guy, who had the parking spot RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OUT DOOR, decided to leave, and we were sitting right there. He started backing out and Robert put on his turn signal. There was a Cadillac Escalade, pulled up behind the guy, I KNOW he saw our turn signal but started to pull forward. Robert put his foot in it and pulled in the parking spot. I started to say something and he said, "Would you have not done the exact same thing?" and in all honestly, I had to answer yes (while yelling TOWANDA!!! of course). He says, "Then shut up!". That was probably the only hint of rude we saw all day. We sat in the car until they unlocked the doors, very calmly walked to the end of the line, entered the store, asked a lady where some key things were and away we went. I went to get the cricut cartridges and Robert went for everything else. Believe it or not, when we met back up, we had found (for the most part Robert had found) everything on our list except one $5.oo trimmer and nobody had asked for it, it was just something I thought would be good to have. So then we get up to the line for the register and not one, but two people told us to get ahead of them because they were still waiting on other people. That was the only crazy place we were in and it was great. The next stop was to find me a P-touch labeler. If you know me, you also know I am an organizational freak. I have one of these at work and love it. I have had so many thoughts on how I could use this at home--one of the main ones is labeling all the tops of the dresser drawers so when Andrew puts my clothes away when doing laundry, he knows where they go. Last year, I missed them at Staples, they were $10.00. The one I have at work I got for free so I didn't know how much they were. I thought it was no big deal, I would just buy one anyway.....$40, yes, I am a tightwad when I know that one day a year, I can get it for $10. So I have waited, for the last 365 days. Today, we left Menards and headed for Staples, but on the way, I saw Office Depot and knew they had the labeler for $10 also. We pulled in, Robert dropped me off at the door, I walked in, asked the guy where they were, he took me right to it and handed me one. I was in Duck heaven! Meanwhile, Robert nabbed his SECOND front door parking space of the day. Harbor Freight was next on the list, this would finish out both guy's Christmas lists. We went in, got everything we needed, out, loaded the big thing (a 12 ton press--Robert's Christmas from Nana) into the van and we were off again. At this point, absolutely everything that was a "have to have" was marked off the list. We hit several other stores and bought several more things--Robert new boots, me a new cape and purse, another cricut cartridge, Christmas decorations.....yep, it was a haul and the best part was, we just plain out had fun.
So, we arrived home at 2:30, took a nap until 4 and decided to decorate the porch with the new garland I bought today. The garland was so nice ($30 for $6 nice) that I decided we needed new lights for it. So, we loaded up and drove back to Olney to Walmart, came home and our porch is now decked out for the holidays.
I love my life........as I started to type this, Robert brought me a hot chocolate with peppermint marshmallows, yep, don't think it gets much better.
So, it is officially the "Christmas season" for me. I love this time of year. This will be my 20th Christmas with Andrew, we get to celebrate our anniversary in just a little over a week.
I have been asked by several people why I dont' blog anymore. I honestly didn't know anybody every still read it, I miss blogging honestly and have decided to try to get back at it. So, this is my New Year's resolution, but I'm gonna start practicing now.
Happy Black Friday everyone!
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