Vacation Time

Well, the plant is shutting down for two weeks, so let the vacation begin. It isn't the time that I would typically choose to take my vacation, but I can use it. The weatherman says it's going to be in the 90's, and muggy for most of it. I have a honey-do a mile long. Normally, I wouldn't be all that concerned about a honey-do list on my vacation, but again, there is someone in the hospital - ergo we are not going anywhere.

Tiffany, one of our grandchildren, is about to deliver. She has been trying to deliver a month early. They have had her in a hospital bed, pumping her with magnesium, for a week now. She is not allowed to get out of bed now. We are apparently going to have a baby Monday, if not sooner. She has had steroid shots to help develop the baby's lungs. The baby is over 6 lbs. now, and he wants out.

In the meantime, I hope to paint the trike's fenders, put a new ceiling in one of the bathrooms, build a kitchen island, put a tile backsplash in the kitchen, build an appliance counter, close in the chimney I took out, and wire up the motorcycle trailer. And in my spare time, I need to clear out a room downstairs, so I can prepare for installing the Endless Pool. Other than that, I am looking for a relaxing two weeks.

Rosebud is Home at Last

What a miserable 4 days over the July 4th weekend! Rose went into the hospital for surgery to remove the kidney stones. Last year, she had stones the size of nickels and quarters. The Doc ultrasonically blasted them, but unfortunately not all of them were pulverized, and those that were left began to form, like a pearl in a clam. Well, to make a long story short, they put a tube in through her back and into her kidney and removed 8 stones a little bigger than rabbit turds. They left the tube in her for 2 1/2 days, and she was not pleasant to be around. Once they removed the tube, she got better almost instantly.

I brought her home Sunday afternoon. She is doing very well. A pastoral care group from our church has been bringing meals over in the evening, and tell us they will be doing it for 5 days. Bless them! They have brought over some wonderful food. Rose hasn't eaten much, but it hasn't stopped me. She did eat lasagna yesterday. Nobody could have passed that up!

We did enjoy the 4th at home. Only saw the fireworks on TV, with the occasional burst in the local neighborhood. Someone in the neighborhood decided that 10 o'clock at night was too early to dispense with the celebratory mood, so he continued to blast the neighborhood until midnight. You gotta love those that don't work, but can afford thousands of dollars for fireworks! Thank God, when he attempted to carry on the tradition the next night, he apparently ran out of noise makers at around 9:30 pm.

Tuesday, back to work, and the day topped off by a "not guilty" verdict for poor pitiful Casey. What a country!