BACK UP NORTH

WE GOT TO DAUGHTER'S HOME IN SOUTHERN MN THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAD A NICE TRIP UP STAYED IN SOME GOOD HOTELS/MOTELS. HAD "HANDICAPPED" ONES TWICE SO WAS ABOUT MELTED IN THE LONG SHOWERS I TOOK. WE ATE LOTS OF JUNK FOOD IN THE CAR AND THEN WERE NOT HUNGRY AT DINNER TIME. WE HAD LOTS OF RAIN AND SOME PRETTY HARD WIND IN IOWA.

I HATED TO LEAVE TEXAS AND THE TEXAS HOUSE. I HAVE NEVER LEFT THE HOUSE IN SUCH A MESS, JERRY DID STRAIGHTEN UP THE LIVING ROOM, BUT I DIDN'T DO THE USUAL THINGS LIKE PUTTING OODLES OF CRUMPLED NEWSPAPER IN THE FRIG AND PUTTING SARAN OVER THE TOILET BOWL ( KEEPS THE WATER FROM EVAPORATING DURING THE HOT TEXAS SUMMER).WE NEVER DID PLANT FLOWERS THIS YEAR EITHER. T'WAS A BAD YEAR --COLD ,RAINY UNTIL THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. I WOULD LOVED TO HAVE STAYED LONGER, BUT HUBBY WANTED TO GET TO MN IN TIME FOR FISHING ---AND MOSTLY TO SEE THE GRANDKIDS. HE REALLY MISSES HAVING KIDS AROUND,

NOW EVERYONE HERE HAS GONE TO BED. DAUGHTER FIXED BED IN LIVING ROOM SO I DON'T HAVE TO DO STAIRS-----SO GUESS I BETTER GET IN IT. WILL REALLY TRY TO WRITE MORE THIS SUMMER,

AN UNWELCOME GUEST

WHAT A WINTER THIS HAS BEEN. I THINK I WROTE THAT NOTHING WORKED WHEN WE GOT HERE. THE PHONE, THE FURNACE/AC, HAD A WATER LEAK SO HAD TO KEEP IT TURNED OFF,THE LP GAS TANKS WERE BOTH EMPTY--A LEAK--WE BOTH HAD AWFUL COLDS AND COUGHED OUR INSIDES OUT. OH, YES, AND THE DRYER WOULDN'T SHUT OFF!!.
THE WEATHER WAS TERRIBLE, RAINY AND COLD.

THIS WEEK WAS LOOKING GOOD---THE SUN WAS OUT AND THE TEMP UP. WE DID NEED TO TURN THE HEAT ON A FEW TIMES AND THERE WAS A STRANGE SMELL COMING FROM THE REGISTERS. PERHAPS IT WAS BECAUSE THE HEAT HADN'T BEEN ON FOR QUITE A WHILE. BUT, IT GOT WORSE---HMMMMMM---A VARMIT IN THE DUCT WORK??--COULD BE, SO WE CALLED THE AC PEOPLE AND THEY CAME OUT WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT LOOKED LIKE WHAT IS USED FOR A COLONOSCOPEY!!!! SURE ENOUGH WE HAD A POSSEUM BETWEEN THE FLOOR BOARDS AND THE METAL UNDERBELLY OF OUR PARK MODEL. THE GUYS FOUND IT, BUT COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT GETTING IT OUT!!!
AFTER MANY CALLS WE FOUND A "HANDY" MAN WHO CAME OVER, RIPPED THE RUG BACK AND CUT A BIG HOLE IN THE FLOOR AND REMOVED MR. POSSEUM AND HANDFULS OF MAGGOTS. UGH!!! WE ALMOST HAVE THE SMELL GONE.

A NEW BLOG

I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTINUE MY JOURNAL "THE JOURNEY/CHILD OF DIVORCE" AS A NEW BLOG---COME OVER AND READ ME. BARB

I AM BACK

HERE WE ARE BACK IN TEXAS. GOT HERE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS. HAD QUITE A TIME IN ROCHESTER. MORE TESTS, MORE SURGERY, MORE BLOOD.HOPE I AM IN FAIRLY GOOD SHAPE FOR THE WINTER NOW-HAHA. STILL AM SO UNSTEADY ON MY FEET---BUT HAVE ONLY FALLEN TWICE!!!DON'T COUNT THE "ALMOSTS."

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING?? ALL SUMMER MINNESOTA WAS COLD AND NOW TEXAS IS. WAS 28 THE LAST 2 NITES. HAD TO KEEP WATER RUNNING TO PREVENT FREEZING. GLAD I HAVE A WINTER COAT DOWN HERE. IN FACT JERRY HAS TURNED FURNACE DOWN FOR SLEEPING AND I BETTER SCOOT TO BED OR I WILL BE FROZEN.

JUST WANTED YA ALL TO KNOW I AM BACK AND WRITING.

WHEELS ARE TURNING

WE LEAVE SUNDAY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF MEDICAL TESTS AND MORE SURGERY AT THE MAYO CLINIC. I CAN HARDLY WAIT????HAHA. OUR YOUNGEST SON WANTS TO DRIVE US TO TEXAS, BUT NEEDS A DATE SO HE CAN MAKE AIRLINE ARRANGEMENTS TO GET BACK------WE DON'T HAVE A DATE--DEPENDS ON WHEN I CAN TRAVEL. WEATHER STILL COLD--NO SNO ON GROUND THO AND GRASS STILL GREEN.

I AM FAMOUS

WENT BACK TO CLINIC TODAY TO HAVE DRESSING CHANGED AND DRAIN REMOVED FROM FROM CARPAL TUNNEL OPERATION YESTERDAY. THREE DOCTORS THAT HAD BEEN IN THE OR TOLD ME I HADTHE WORST CASE EVER SEEN AT MAYO CLINIC!!! NOW SHOULDN'T THAT MAKE ME FAMOUS??? I HOPE THEY TOOK PICTURES AND WRITE ME UP IN THEIR JOURNAL!!!!

I AM RECOUPING AT DAUGHTERS HOUSE AND SHE IS SOOOO STRICT WITH ME. I TRIED TO SNEAK UP TO THE BATHROOM DURING THE NIGHT AND THE DOG LET OUT A BARK THAT WOKE HER UP---SHE BARRELED OUT OF THE BEDROOM AND SAID,"WE CAUGHT YA!" ALL DAY I HAVE BEEN CALLIN THE DOG "TRAITOR". HOPE TO GO BACK HOME SUNDAY, SHE WILL STAY WITH ME A COUPLE DAYS THERE SINCE JERRY AND THE SONS AND GRANDSONS ARE ALL AT DEER CAMP.

I HAVE MORE APPOINTMENTS BEFORE AND AFTER THANKSGIVING--SO HOPE TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE (HAHA) FOR TEXAS!!!













































































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FUN WEEK

JUST SPENT FUN WEEK BEING POKED AND PRODDED AND SCOPED AND VIEWED AND A FEW MORE THINGS, NOT TOO PLEASANT, AT THE FAMOUS MAYO CLINIC. IT IS FAMOUS CUZ IF YOU GO IN FOR A HANG NAIL YOU GET EVERY INCH OF YOU EXAMINED!!!! I DID GET 2 UNITS OF BLOOD---BUT BELIEVE ME I AM LIGHTER THAN WHEN WE STARTED.

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH SOME BLOGS I USED TO READ. THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED. ANYONE KNOW WHERE GABOATMAN WENT---OR HESTIAHOMESCHOOL? OR MADMANADHD??

HOPE TO WRITE MORE THIS WEEK---BUT ALSO TRYING TO GET READY TO GO SOUTH. WILL BE STOPPING IN SOUTHERN MN FOR MORE TESTS AND SURGERY AT MAYO ON OUR WAY TO TEXAS---FUN HUH?? BARB