THANKSGIVING WEEK 2013

Shannon and kids  are staying with us this week as their house is all taken apart for remodel and new roof...They enjoyed La Jolla Cove beaches ! It is a lot crazy at my house currently....

Dads surgery

Yesterday dad had to be in Torrey Pines [ by the S.D. Temple ] at Scripps Green Hospital at 10:30 a.m. for 12:30 surgery.  Dr. Rosen was the surgeon..he is young and good looking and is fascinated by what he does. { He was kind of excited that it was not a routine case.}   After the surgery he came and found me in the waiting room and told me it went well though not quite as expected.  There was a bone spur still attached to the top piece of the Achilles tendon...the bottom  piece was sliced down the length of it by the bone spur..and there were other bone spurs he smoothed out.  He had to repair the bottom piece before he could attach it to the top piece...some where in there he referred to a screw.   He said there is another side tendon that is not used much except to repair fingers, so he wrapped that  around the Achilles a few times and attached it at the base to support it better.  Dad took over 2 hours to wake up.  We go back Nov. 27th .  Hopefully the surgical site will be pretty healed and not Infected {which is common in this surgery }.  He has to keep it elevated at least as high as his chest until then.  He is off work for 4 weeks..but we did bring his work laptop home for him to work when he can.  We got a temporary disabled sign for the car, good until March 31st 2014.  He is lying around in different configurations sleeping because of the pain pills...  He will have several casts..each changing the angle of the foot until he can handle 90 degrees angle { normal}  Dr. Rosen  showed me the "housewife exam" to tell if it is  an Achilles tear..dad on his stomach..good leg up, see foot at 90 degree angle, squeeze calf...foot moves...good reflex action.    Then, bad leg up...foot is not up at an angle...straight across and toes slightly down...squeeze calf...the tiniest of movement ....means BAD Achilles !  Hope we can get along okay through all this !  I am the nurse.

ruptured achilles

Bill stepped up onto a curb wrong and heard a pop last Wed. night.  He came home from his business trip a day early and went to the Dr.all by himself..(.that shows how bad it hurt.)   They did an x ray and told him nothing was wrong...try to stay off it. ( ya right. ) Saturday we went to visit  Isaac, Amy and Anders.  Isaac checked it over and told us he needed an MRI and an orthopedic Dr.because  it was a torn Achilles.  Monday he called the primary  Dr. for a referral to an orthopedic Dr.  He  got the referral  Wed.   The first appointment to see an orthopedic Dr. was 3 weeks later !!!  I was not handling this well.  April's friend had an Achilles rupture and April suggested he go to Instacare because her friend  got an MRI fast by going there.  Thursday I picked Bill up from work at 3:45 and informed him we were not going to the temple...but to Scripps urgent care Rancho Bernardo.  The admitting clerk commented on why didn't he just wait and heal the 3 weeks until that appointment.  The nurse suggested another x ray because if you take them too soon they can not always  tell until something shifts...I told her our son Isaac is a Dr. of physical therapy and he examined it and said it was the Achilles...and we needed an MRI.  We got a great woman Dr. who believed what we told her !!!!!!!!!   She had him lay on his stomach with his feet hanging off the table and squeezed his calf on the hurt side...no movement of the foot.  She squeezed the calf on the right leg and the foot flexed....she said that is the layman's test for an Achilles problem.  She scheduled the MRI ...we only waited an hour for that !!  We went back up to urgent care and waited for the MRI reader to come.  We were waiting when the first nurse who suggested another x ray came by and said...you have a very smart son !!  The Dr. came and told us, yes it is a ruptured Achilles...the other nurses and Drs. were saying ... call your son and tell him he is so right !  They were so impressed, probably because Bill does not appear to be in great pain..he blocks it out and keeps going !!   They put on a splint and gave him crutches and told him to not put ANY weight on it.  They told us to expect a call from the orthopedic Dr. today to set up his appointment. Not bad for a $20.00 co pay and 4 hours and 25 minutes !!  I highly recommend Scripps urgent care Rancho Bernardo !!  They really have their act together !

found my camera

This is the little cupboard I got at a yard sale for $10.00....and what we looked like for a Halloween party last night.

cute little cabinet and bed frame

Today I just went to one streets yard sales..Nice area, about 10 big houses [with land] on the street, and 6 of them were having  yard sales.  I got a brand new bed frame in the box for $5.00 at one.  Ours is over 35 years old and has screws where the rivets used to be.  This is a nice one !  Next door to that I got a home- made little wall display cupboard for $10.00.  Very well made..I could not just leave it there ! I do not know where I put my camera..when I find it I will take photos.

Wizard of Oz costumes

Today Bill  mailed out 3 boxes of Wizard of Oz costumes to Shannon.  [Now I can spend the $$ without guilt]...The Wizard= pinstripe pants, black funky top hat  and green dress jacket from a thrift store. I made the vest and  faked  a watch on a chain from yard sale jewelry. The Lion=I found the headpiece with attached top/tail  at a thrift store.  I found a fleece blanket that almost matched to make the sleeves and pants. I  made the "medal".  The Scarecrow= I found the hat and  top with pants at a thrift store.  The Tin Man=I bought  silvery fabric and sewed this costume.   I spray painted a plastic funnel silver.  I sewed the heart/clock thing on the front so he couldn't accidentally rip it off...The Good Fairy= I found a pink puffy dress at a thrift store and embellished it. I made a  gold lame puffy sleeve blouse to go under it..and bought a cheapo star wand, that may never make it to Halloween. [I think this costume  just looks brassy.  Maybe Shannon can find better !]  I made the Dorothy dress for Shannon and  bought the socks new.  She already has red shoes. At a thrift store I found a picnic basket and Toto. I altered the basket for Toto to stick his head out.  It  may sound like doing all this was easy.   It took several months to find all the pieces, sew this stuff and get it mailed out.  What I do for fun !

Carlsbad

Today I went to the beach in Carlsbad...and then checked out the Village...walking around...it was lovely....but all the photos I take with my phone now and have no clue how to get them from Facebook to here...

New film

You MUST go to the temple and see the new film...great graphics, nice photography, DRAMA...and  people crying at the next step...you have to see the old one though if people need language headsets...

re purposing VHS racks

I had this really long boring closet wall..this is what I did to make it fun to wake up to..

fabrics

Okay Abby...here are the fabrics

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Friday evening carnival

Our Young Women had a carnival Friday night to raise camp money.  We took stuff that auctioned for over $90.00 and bought stuff about $48.00 worth...including dinner..So that helped them.

We have an artist in our ward and I bought a unique original watercolor painting she did and one of her silk screened t shirts...her humor cracks me up.  I picked up a $3.00 frame at Goodwill that had a mat, cut down and painted the mat..for mama bunny.  I love how her kids have drained all the life color out of her !!!  I love the ! by the observatory on the shirt !  Then yesterday we donated a huge double-cab pickup full of good STUFF from the garage for the Young Women yard sale they will be having while we are out of town.  Now there are paths in the garage !!!

Isaac in his blessing outfit...

I found this old photo of Isaac in his blessing outfit that Anders just wore for his blessing..

This is for all of you ENJOYING the spring weather!!

Vacation April 27th to May 11th.

Tonight for home evening we planned our vacation.  Thanks for your ideas Seth..but we went wild. We will fly into Nashville April 27th...stay the night in America's Best Value Inn...then the 28th drive to Alabama to visit Jan/Jim and  Royal/Arline...and stay with family April  28-May 2nd...then drive to Bloomington for Amanda's Graduation, David's baby blessing and a trip to see airplanes in Ohio...we stay with Seth the 2nd-6th...then the 7th drive to Nashville...and checkout that area for four days..staying in the same Inn [Nashville/airport south..the cheapest we found] then fly home the 11th.                                                                  Yes, it is wild and crazy, we have not "done" these states...It will be interesting !!!    We will find things to do.[.we also went with flying on cheapest days..].  it is all booked...rental car too...we just have no feed back yet from Alabama...  :-)

Easter decorations are up

At my son's house in Indiana..I saw that M. has the sister to my bunny baby !!  We love to flop them around whenever we pass them...HAPPY UPCOMING EASTER EVERYONE !!

shannon and kids visiting...

This morning Shannon and the kids came to visit for a few hours..it was GREAT..except they picked up a lot of "dingle balls" so I am poorer...LOL

Valentines day 2013

Thanks for the valentines family ! ...Abby, thanks for the photos of Avanley..I did not put them on here because they are on your blog in all their humor !!    Dad is in San Francisco..but he left me valentines in my bag !!

old photos I found