Spring Blossoms

Robin a few years ago

(Since I typed this for her, I thought I'd just add a picture of my sweetheart)

We did a whirlwind of errands this morning.  Went to the cannery to do the banking, then to Richland to pick up the x-rays from yesterday for my doctor's appointment this afternoon with Dr. Fischer to look at my shoulder.  Then on to Macy's for a quick stop and then to the bank to make the deposit from the cannery and then to Rite-Aid to drop of a prescription and back home by 10:15.  I had taken a pain pill for my arm and so by the time I got home I was really tired.  Dr. Fischer wanted to wait a few days before doing an MRI to see how I'm progressing.  I have an appointment for next Wednesday.


Q:  How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?

A:  Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one.  If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.


Thought for the day
It has been said that a person may have ten years of experience, or one year of experience repeated ten times.

Bill is still typing for Robin as her fingers aren't working properly.

Creek running thru Glacier National Park

Today was a very eventful day.  I started out like yesterday, full of energy, so much so, I started laundry, bleached the entire kitchen, and a maltitude of other cleaning projects.  Took on my shower with the same high energy ratio, so I wasn't being as careful as usual and ended up slipping in the tub with my feet straight out and mack on my bottom and catching me with my arms.  As I went to get up I couldn't move my right arm because the pain was so intense.  I called Bill and he came home quickly as he was only five minutes out and then I called Janene to come over.  Bill gave me a pain pill and helped me get dressed and we drove to Kadlec where they administered a pain and nausea shot which ended up working very nicely.  When the x-ray technician started x-raying my wrist I could barely move it without extensive #10 pain.  By the time he got to my shoulder, I felt little pain as a #1 pain.   I had to twist my arm so the underneath part of my arm was up and I heard a loud pop as if it was going back into place.  The rest of it was smooth sailing.  After reading the x-rays, the doctor came in with very good news, no broken bones....Yea.  However, he thought I might have damaged my rotator cuff which wouldn't show up on an x-ray so he wants me to make an appointment with a Dr. Fischer to possibly  have an MRI.  Right now I am pretty sore but doing great.  Well, that pretty much sums up my day.


Q:  Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?

A:  You must grasp logistical efficiencies.  What does a cow eat?  Hay and corn.  And what are these? Vegetables.  So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system.  Need grain?  Eat chicken.  Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable).  And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.


Thought for the Day
I love luxury.  And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity.  Vulgarity is the ugliest word in the language.

By the way, I had Bill type this for me because I have no feeling or use in my right hand.

This puzzle is on a table in the waiting room of the Cancer Center.  Bill has been working on it for 6 weeks and finished it today.

Yesterday I was pretty sleepy after the treatment but today, oh no, not sleepy at all in fact quite hyper.  I have been going strong all day long and now I am still going like a ever-ready battery but I have been told my battery will run out tomorrow and I will be like a noodle again.  I had my (day after infusion) shot this afternoon and asked why I feel this way and was told it is the steroids I am on,....WHAT!....I didn't know I was on steroids, no wonder I am gaining weight like never before and am so frustrated because of it, cause my eating habits haven't changed at all, well mostly not at all.  :-) 

May is....

May is more than a month.  In a very real sense, May is a whole season unto itself.
May is open windows and lilac perfume on the breezes and bees humming at the tulips. It is roaring lawn mowers and Little League baseball games and small children reinventing dandelion necklaces.  May is tiny but suculent wild strawberries hiding in the meadow grass and the promise of summer displayed in the blossoms of the apple orchard, violets blooming shyly at the woods' edge and daisies swaying in the fields.  It is long-legged colts in the pasture and fragrant first hay awaiting the baler and furrows plowed straight and deep.  May is rain-scrubbed sky the color of the robin's eggshell now discarded on the lawn, and a hillside of a hundred shades of pastel green that change day to day
May is a boy with a fishing rod walking to the pond on Saturday morning, and young sweethearts strolling along the pond on Saturday night.  It is a canoe trip down the river and the family picnic in the park and toddlers getting their first rides on the swings.
May is surging life all around - life awakened and life returned and life bursting with growth.  It is a time for all things living, a time for celebrating our own existence.



THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.
Oprah Windrey

This is a real needle, used by Bill's dad, when he was in private practice, in Falls City, Nebraska and in Grand Junction, Colorado.  That is a quarter used to show the actual size.

(OUCH)

Jim and Sandie, everyone thanks you for going on that long walk.  I believe this is true sacrifice, walking that far, in the heat.  Thank you for thinking of me.  I am doing great and I know it is due to my family and many friends that love and care about me.  I know I am being truly blessed.

Diane, tell me how Larry's sister is doing, with the testing.

Today was the big day, my third treatment and I will say, it went very well....indeedy.  Yes it is a word in...my...dictionary.  For the whole process, I started at 8:00 and went home around 1:30.  My visitors were Bill (of course) Kristene, Janene and Shirley.  The time does go by very quickly.  After that we went to lunch at Quiznos.  Then home for a very nice much needed nap.  I dreampt I was going to Rite-Aid and when I opened the door it was pitch black inside, which frightened me, and then someone opened the door, to let me know they were open, but the lights were out. At the time I felt that was very normal and then the dream ended.  I really do have very weird dreams and most of the time, I can remember them and also they are in technicolor, except this one.
In the eve. I went to a Relief Society mtg. with Janene and Kareen, in their Ward.  It was a function for Mother's, Daughter's and....the best part, Grandmothers.  We had a great time together.
Everyone have a great day, no matter what kind of day it is, make it a great one.



Q:   I've heard that cardiovascular can prolong life; is this true?
A:   Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it....don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually.  Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster.  Want to live longer?
Take a nap.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
"Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong,
If you spread it ever so freely.

So, what do you think? Pretty cool!

Day 8.....My last day of freedom for a couple of weeks, which is ok.  Started out doing the banking at the cannery, then one more stop at Costco, on to Penneys and the watch shop in the mall.  Needed a battery for a few watches and Bills watch band needed repair.  Had to stop at Winco for a few things, on our list, but as always we ended up getting quite a few things. Another Tri-Cities weather day. A little rain, sunshine and a ferious wind.  When we got home we noticed two of our dogs were in our driveway so we figured the gate had blown open but, oh no, it couldn't be that simple.  Bill went out to check and low and behold part of our back fence had completely fallen down.  Wow, what a shock.  It took him a couple of hours to get the fence back up and secured.  We figure when the wind is so strong at our home I hate to think of people up on the hill.
At the beginning I had a very long list to accomplish and as of tonight I accomplished everything on the list, right down to bathing our dogs.  Wow, that feels sooo good.  Off to bed for my big day tomorrow.




A lawyer opened the door of his BMW, when suddenly a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off completely.
When the police arrived at the scene, the lawyer was complaining bitterly about the damage to his precious BMW.
"Officer, look what they've done to me Beeeeemer!!!", he whined.
"You lawyers are so materialistic, you make me sick!!!" retored the officer.  "You're so worried about your stupid BMW, that you didn't even notice that your left arm was ripped off!!!"
"Oh my gaaaad...", replied the lawyer, finally noticing the bloody left shoulder where his arm once was.
"Where's my......Rolex???!!!"



THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Designing your product for monetization first, and people second will probably leave you with neither.

Columbia River Temple

Families can be together forever.

Day  7....Today was a great day, and how is that?,  because I got to go to Church.  After several weeks of not being able to go it felt so good to be there and worship with my many friends.  We came home and took a very long nap.  I don't know why I was so tired but it did feel good and I felt much better afterwards.  My problem is, I think I have my days and nights mixed up.  I have trouble knowing when to go to bed at night and then I don't want to get up very early in the morning.  Oh well! no worrys for me!
I made up my list for tomorrow and it's a good one, because it is my last day for a couple of weeks that I can go anywhere or even feel like going, but that's Ok.  Remember earlier I said that would save money from not shopping, however, there is the internet.  I love the internet, for the most part anyway.
We just got a call that our very good friend Cecil Cotterell past away.  I feel so sad for his wife Shirley.  As Christians we know Cecil is in a wonderful and loving place but that doesn't take away the pain for his family right now.  This is an example how situations in life can always be more difficult.  I wouldn't want to be in Shirley's place right now for anything.  I think losing a loving spouse would be at the top of the many things we have to endure in this life.



A sunday school teacher asked her class why Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem.  A small child replied, "They couldn't get a.....baby-sitter."

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably a wise investment.

Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.  ( it happens)


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Treat everybody well, and do what is right to everybody,
and cultivate the spirit of kindness towards all.

This is Emilie and her dad just before she got Baptized

Very happy Emilie after her Baptism

Day 6....A whirlwind of a good day.  First off, Emilie's Baptism, which was very nice.  Kevin's family, from out of town, and those that live here, and also our family, were there.  After this we all went to Janene and Kevin's home for lunch.  The weather was amazing and not in such a good way but we all figured it made for good memories.  Tri-Cities weather true to form.  First it started to sprinkle, then it stopped and then started to rain real hard and stopped many times until it started to hail, and the sun was shining as the hail came down. In spite of the weather, we all had a great time with everyone.  We came home and took a much needed nap because we had more to do in the eve.  Our Stake (explained what a Stake was earlier) put on a dinner-theater. The play was hilarious with such great talent.  It turned out, more than 100 people came than expected, which was very good.
It was a great day.  Tomorrow I get to go to church, I'm excited.


Angels Explained by Children
Mitchell 7....Angels work for God and watch over kids when God has to go to do something else.
Henry 8....My guardian angel helps me with math, but he's not much good for science.
Jack 6....Angels don't eat, but they drink milk from Holy Cows.
Daniel 9....Angels talk all the way while they're flying you up to heaven.  The main subject is where you went wrong before you got dead.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Shared grief is half the sorrow,
but happiness when shared, is doubled.