Finally Getting Better

I am really tired of being sick. I just don't get sick like this very often. A crazy sinus infection that finally is going to pneumonia. This is my 5th round of medications and I actually feel worse, but I think it's because it is finally breaking up and getting out. I have been no fun at all and this weekend has been nothing but rest and sleep for me. I hope this medicine keeps working and in another few days I will be back to normal. I have too much to do to be laying around feeling awful. I like to think so anyway. Last week also brought a little scare with Papa K. He came home from his workout last Friday not talking very well. He seemed fine at first, and I wondered why he was using words he doesn't use often. Within a few minutes, I could tell he wasn't just being funny (as he sometimes does) and called his cardiology clinic. They said it sounded like a TIA or stroke and I should take him to the ER to have him checked. Off we went. There was lots of family support both at the ER and in the hospital. Papa is beloved by his family and he had lots of company. They ended up keeping him till Sunday, but never could find anything conclusive as to cause. They ended up calling it a TIA. He is fine, but just has to search for words now and then. It's like having something on the tip of your tongue and not being able to spit it out. He is amazing though and his brain just finds another way to say what he wants. He will go back for some out patient testing, but so far so good. He has always been such a good and fast healer. He went back on the following Wednesday with some different symtoms and they kept him overnight. Still nothing suspicious on the CT scans, etc. Just another TIA. He is already on all the meds they would put him on, so not much else to do there. He seems to be fine all areas and is dealing with it well. He really is an outstanding kind of guy. Such a good example. Gotta love him.

March went by way too fast. I can't believe April is just 3 days away. Lots to do.

Grandkid Weekend

For Christmas this year we gave some of the Grandkids a weekend at the cabin with us. We thought we would take them by two's, by relative ages and gender. The first to go were Austin and Jaxon the first weekend in March. Grumpy and Robert were in charge and I use the term loosely. LOL I was at Taya's with her family as she was in Vegas with Kevin for his annual company convention. Divide and conquer has always been our tactic when there is a lot going on. From all accounts, the boys had a great time. There was sledding, lots of cocoa, DS systems to play on and our big TV was hooked up again on that trip. I love it when things work. It started to snow on the way home Sunday night and I always worry about ice on the roads. I heard there was one bad spot, but they came through it fine and I'm glad I wasn't there to completely stress out about it.

When I saw the pics, my first question was “Where is Austin's coat?” Grumpy told me he said he was hot and took it off. Hummmmmm. Guys sure do it different than girls do. They were disappointed that their firepit ’smore's got snowed out, but they apparently had enough hot chocolate to make up for it. Fun times. Love those boys.

Let there be Chocolate

One day Tawna said, “We should go your cabin for a girls weekend!” She continued, ”We need a break from our lives as we know it. We need movies and chocolate!” And so it came to pass. We escaped the carpools, grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning, cooking, Nickolodeon, Nick Teen, Disney, and exercising. We fled the homefront for a weekend of movies, no cooking, sleeping and kicking back. We had a great time with all the Harmon Women (and our good friend Lisa) for our girls weekend out. I took pics of our accommodations because I finally got all the beds up and made. Well, okay, Grumpy and Robert got our bed upstairs put together and made the weekend before we girls came up. They did a great job, even put the dust ruffle on correctly. I had new sheets to put on, and got new pillows too. We now have a guest room since our room is finally done. I bought an areobed and am singing the praises of this great invention. It was easy to set up, made up just like a regular bed and was comfortable. I now finally have bedding for all the beds and will be working on some new quilts this summer I hope.





We got a later start than planned, but even that was fun. We ended up eating dinner before we left town to allow some of the weekend traffic to get ahead of us. We decided on Mattas because is was kind of on the way out, isn't too hard on the budget and everyone has something there they like to eat. It was a fun dinner and soon we were on the road again. Oh, there was soda to buy (and gas) for the trip, so another pit stop at QT for both. Finally, we got on the road out. We ended up at a Dairy Queen about halfway for some treats. There's always room for a Dilly Bar.

Finally we arrived, turned up the heat, turned on the water and the water heater and settled in for the weekend.







I think we watched 7 movies as well as talked, slept and relaxed. I loved every minute with my girls. We did make our favorite dips and had lots of crackers, pretzels, bread and chips to dip in them. We had to say good-bye to Summer and Stacie late Saturday afternoon and we did miss them. We ate out Saturday night and then watched more movies etc. It's seldom that we get to visit with each other with no distractions. I love my girls so much. All of them.

Next time I'll remember the Redi-whip for some Whip Cream shots.