New Floors!

Okay, it's a long story, but we were planning to put hardwood floor in my husband's library this summer. Actually the room was built 8 years ago, but we only had so much money and that ran out. So for 8yrs we've been living on plywood subflooring in that room. This summer we were finally ready to make the next move. We found a man to do the work for us, and yet in the process of finding the right wood, we were given a tip about some local, gorgeous, salvaged wood. I sent our guy over to check it out. Finally he's ready to do the job, but alas! the wood is all gone. We were 2nd on the list, and the 1st person took their amount, not leaving enough for us. The wood man said that there would be more, but it would be a bit later in the summer. What do we do now? A few weeks later, I get notification that the next batch is nearly salvaged. Do we want it now?? But our original guy no longer has the time to put it in for us. acckk! now what? I make a few more phone calls and find another man to do the labor. It's not all done yet, but we're back into the workings again. We are all so excited to finally have REAL floors in the library with a bonus floor in the dining room. We are truly blessed!!

Walking

I've spent a lot of time this summer walking with some friends. We do it for exercise. Okay, so it's also for therapy. LOL We walk a little longer than 30 minutes. We've got it mapped out so that we cover a variety of terrain too. And we don't saunter! I'm truly going to miss it when the weather gets colder. It's trying to cool down on us already, and the morning light seems to be coming later and later, making it harder to wake up again. It has been a wonderful blessing to me to have these ladies to walk with. I hope it has blessed them also. But I'm afraid I'm going to have to resort to that ole treadmill again soon.

Double duty!

Well, it's happened again. Two moms decide to deliver on the same day. I raced back and forth between two homes the other day. Both ladies in labor. Fortunately I am blessed to have an abundance of helpers - midwives, assistants, doulas - you name it. We've got ladies who love to help ladies. What a joy! Ended up that one baby arrived in the morning within 30 minutes of my arrival, and the next waited until the afternoon. Beautiful babies. Beautiful moms!

Eye issues

Last Thursday while sitting at the pool watching my children, I noticed excessive things floating before my vision. Thinking that it was just something on the exterior of my iris, I attempted to wipe it away. That didn't work. I looked into a mirror and found nothing. hmmm.... Then that evening while watching a movie in a semi-dark room, I noticed something flashing in my peripheral vision. Now *that* was interesting! So the next day I did some research and came to the conclusion that a visit to an opthamologist was in order. So, Monday morning the doc's office called and fit me in at 1pm. I'm thankful for those folks who cancel their appts at the last minute.

I discovered that 90% of the people who have floaters and flashers don't really have a serious problem. BUT the only way to know if there *is* a problem is to have one's retina checked out. So I went in, hoping to be one of 90%. Nope, not me! I'm the 10%. The doc found a hole in my retina. great.... The good news is that with his laser he could "fix" it. Actually fix is not a good word. In general terms, he "spot-welded" around the hole so that it would not grow (or allow more vitreous fluid to get underneath it, causing more retina to pull away. I walked out of the office, driving myself home. No restrictions to activity. Nothing. My eye was still dilated, burned a bit from all the activity on it. But nothing more. Amazing!!

I'm thankful to God for the gift of vision!!

So much news!!

Ds#1 and his wife are expecting baby #2. We're not sure of the due date yet, but it's definitely supposed to be in 2008.

And Dd#1 is now engaged!! Again, we're not sure of the wedding date yet. Her fiance is the son of Btolly of Xanga fame :-)