Monday, June 25, 2007

getting caught up

The most important news is that Dan's stepbrother sounds like he is doing better. He has fought off the massive infections, and had brain surgery on Thursday and came out of it OK. Hopefully he will continue to improve!

I had  another slip and fall at work and banged up my bad knee again. It is really sore and bruised. I am hoping once some of the swelling and bruising goes down, I will not need physical therapy again and that everything will be all right.

I took Steven to a massage therapist in Saline over the weekend. His shins have been very sore for a couple of weeks now (ever since he had those five soccer games in three days). She worked on his lower legs for an hour, and it seemed to help immensely!

This morning he left for wrestling camp, and I hope he has a great time!

 

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Top News - Ancient Remains Reveal 'First Gun Victim' - AOL News

Top News - Ancient Remains Reveal 'First Gun Victim' - AOL News :

Will Mankind ever finally manage to outgrow the need for warfare, Empire, genocide, and conquest?

gross gross gross gross

The poor dog has been having diarrhea since I made my last entry an hour or so ago. I've been taking him outside, but he has still made messes all over the floor anyway. I have used up half a canister of Clorox wipes trying to clean the floor. The worst thing is that he runs as he ...runs...so there are small messes everywhere as opposed to one huge mess in one spot.

What a crappy night!

**sigh**

Had to come home and clean up a bunch of dog poop (really nasty smelly mushy semi-solid dog poop) yet again. It is not the dog's fault - he is very old and incontinent. It is not the fault of Dan or the children, as he sometimes pees or poops all over the floor less than an hour after you let him outside.

This is why we will probably be canceling our vacation. he is just too old and infirm to take with us, or to leave at the kennel. And most pet sitters drop by your house twice a day - it is bad enough now - I do not even want to know how bad it would be if he only got let out twice a day.

It sounds like Dan's stepbrother is not doing any better. I will probably try to talk Dan into flying out to Minnesota for a couple of days of our vacation week (hopefully the brother will be doing well enough for Dan to visit him in two weeks).

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

still busy

We are still very busy.

We did take time out last weekend to celebrate Father's Day.

On Saturday afternoon we went to a very nice party on the acreage of a family we know. They have a pond in a meadow surrounded by a forest. The pond was great for swimming, and they have a picnic shelter in the meadow, and had a barbecue going. It was relaxing and fun.

On Sunday the kids cooked a nice breakfast for their daddy.

One of Dan's stepbrothers has been hospitalized and is in very rough shape. We have been praying and hoping very hard that he will be doing better soon. He has been in intensive care since last Thursday. I not only feel awful for him, but for his wife and children as well.  His poor wife sounds frantic (and she has every reason and right to be!)

We are probably going to be canceling our vacation. It was to be at the end of this month and the first week of July. We have camping reservations at Muskegon State Park, right on Lake Michigan.

The dog is just not physically up to being boarded a kennel, and there is no way in the world that he would be able to get in and out of the camper.  I suppose we could try to get a pet sitter, but they are expensive. And with his incontinence problems, I do not even want to know how bad the house would be if we left him with a pet sitter who would only drop by a couple of times a day.

Since we have so many things that have to be done in the house and in the yard, we might just cancel our reservations and stay home to get our "honey dew" lists completed.

And yes, that is depressing - and when you throw in so many bad things happening to people we know lately, it is enough to make me want to cry whenever I think about this stuff too long.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

it's been busy

It has been a busy few days.

Over Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Steven had five soccer games - one in Clinton and four in Adrian. He and Bill and I all got a little sun burned, but not very seriously. It was hard on Steven, playing in the heat like that, but he is fine now.

We finally got a chance to get our vegetable garden in over the weekend, too. Every other time we had tried, we were either way too busy or it was raining.

And, of course, we have been busy working our butts off...there are so many people out of work around here in Michigan, so I know I should not complain, so I will just keep my mouth shut on that subject.

Verlander no hitter

Justin Verlander pitched a no hitter for the Tigers last night! It was the first no hitter by a Tigers pitcher since the spring of 1984! I was at work so I was not able to watch the game, but Dan and the kids told me it was a thing of great and glowing beauty!