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June 2006

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June 30, 2006 - Friday

It's been difficult to get around. A quick catch-up on my foot. MRI results at doctor's office, hard cast with toes pointed downward, which makes it impossible to walk, since I'm not a ballerina. Every 2 weeks cast will be cut off and a new one put on with a slight change in the foot position. This is to help the torn achilles to heal without surgery. Castings every two weeks supposed to go on for 12 -16 weeks. If no new ruptures or setbacks, then on to physical therapy for up to a year. Mobility right now is in a wheelchair, but hopefully that will improve with each change of foot position. This current one is the worst position. 11 days until the next one. The little piece of bone that broke off will be dealt with at a later date if necessary.

I say, if it don't hurt, don't mess with it. But that's just me, trying to avoid any needles or surgeries!

Now, who can complain about sitting around all day working on hobbies, sleeping and watching TV?? Not me. Well, not too much anyway. So I'm working on some of my genealogy and trying to catch up on emails right now. Later, Jim will shift some more furniture so I can make it into the kitchen, then I can get a drink of water or whatever, whenever I want, and get to the kitchen table to work on stuff, hobbies, art or whatever. So that's all cool.

Anyway, I don't know when I'll have the July journal up and running, but will work on it this week. I can only stand being up in the chair for a couple hours here and there, then I have to get on the sofa for awhile. It will get better, has already improved compared to what I could do last Monday and Tuesday!

June 28, 2006 - Wednesday

Happy Birthday, Dawn!!!!!

Happy Birthday, Jessica!!!!!

Boy, this is the month of birthdays and stuff in our family! Hope you're having a nice one!

June 23, 2006 - Friday

Had a few moments of self pity today. Only because I can't do the things I need to do around the house or the things I want to do like shopping and just getting out and about. But it passed. I'm not permanently disabled. It's only a small broken bone, nothing major. I'll be up and about by the end of the summer if not sooner! There are those who can never do what they want. So if Satan thinks that I'm going to wallow in self pity for more than a few minutes, well, he's wrong.

We ran out for a short errand today, I rode in the truck. I didn't get out anywhere, since as Jim pointed out, I'm not supposed to be up on the foot at all, but it was nice to take a ride. That compression cast, when it's not on too tight really does help me walk a little better with the crutches. So that was nice to get out for a while and ride in the truck with Jim.

Well, I didn't scan but 2 of the magazines today instead of 4, like I had planned, but will do some more later this weekend. I want to get all of the Md-De Mags scanned and then also another one I have called Chesapeake Cousins. They both have alot of data for families in the counties where I grew up and where my husband and my own ancestors have been for 300-400 years. So it is important to preserve them anyway I can.

After I finish all those, I'll begin with the A files in my file cabinets, copying stuff I've received from other folks and stuff I had researched years ago at the National Archives, DAR, Library of Congress and various state and county records. It's a huge job, but well worth the effort!

And while I'm doing all this scanning, I'm researching at the same time! So it's a great opportunity to advance my family lines! Who knows, maybe I'll find some neat things in my research, that I wouldn't have found, had I not broken my ankle. I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. So who knows what wonderful things might lie in my future.....??? I'm looking forward to finding out!!!

Well, you can tell I'm feeling better, because my journals are getting longer. Funny thing is, when I take my pain pills, I have trouble spelling my words and it takes me twice as long to type this up! Wonder if I can do tongue twisters???? ........................ Nope, not going to happen.

Man, no wonder I was having trouble with suduko last night.

June 22, 2006 - Thursday

Something new has happened to my foot. It's now turning all red, almost like an infection, only not on the skin. And my toes have turned purple! Weird. It hurts some too, well, it hasn't stopped hurting yet anyway... Otherwise, while today wasn't as good as yesterday, it wasn't a bad day. My right foot or heel is getting sympathetic pains. I may be spending too much time on my crutches and stressing the right foot abit. Not supposed to be up and around like I've done the last couple of days. So guess I'll have to keep it elevated tomorrow more.

I was going through some of my old genealogy files yesterday and last night on the sofa and discovered, to my horror, that many of the old documents that we xeroxed years ago at the National Archives, DAR, County Courthouses and such are fading, some so badly they can't be read! Then I looked at some of the old Md-De Genealogist Magazines that I have and the same thing is happening to those, not as dramatic yet, but still fading somewhat. So I'm going to scan everything I can into the computer to try and preserve the records. What a HUGE job that is going to be!!!

The one magazine was published locally by a man and his mother who were into family research. It was published for just over 30 years, until his death in the early 1990's. The magazine was published 4 times a year, so you can imagine how much scanning I have to do! I'll just do a couple hours a day, that's all I can stand at the computer right now anyway. And actually, I did the first two years today! So eventually, I'll get it done. Probably take most of the summer.

I'm not going anywhere. At all. For the whole summer. Maybe longer.

Nah, I'll be up and around before that!

It actually will be great to have these articles online. Much easier to search, much easier to make copies of specific pages for other folks who are looking for something in particular. Yep. Good job to do this summer.

June 21, 2006 - Wednesday

Well, today was a good day. I actually was able to do a couple things like fold a couple baskets of laundry and get on the computer for a short while. Course I am on pain meds, which I'm taking round the clock today, but today was a good day.

Jim picked up the results of the MRI to take to the doctor today. I don't have a clue what it all means, but the important gist of the write-up sounds like the achilles is still attached. So the piece of bone loose in my ankle hasn't totally ripped off the achilles tendon. So we shall see what the doctor has to say about it all later on next week.

I've been working on my genealogy. One nice gentleman is sending me information which is adding to one of our lines, well, long story short, many generations. I've been studying what he is sending and the info is all very well documented and very well organized. I am so thankful to him for sharing all the info and I'm going to get the webpages updated as soon as I can!

Another sweet lady that I've "met" online is from my hometown and we are becoming fast friends! We're working on alot of the same lines, obviously, since we are from the same area. The genealogy community is so nice. I hadn't worked on my lines for a couple years, well, just a little here and there, but no in-depth research for awhile. My friend, Joan, has me so excited about it again that I'm taking this "down-time" from my broken ankle to work on some papers, research my files and books and online research and to eventually update my webpages with all the new info!

I'm also catching up on some reading, going through stacks of magazines and generally sorting through miscellaneous paperwork which had piled up for months! And I'm enjoying working on word puzzles, crossword puzzles and suduko. So, especially on a day like today, when the pain meds are working well, I feel good about the little things I'm accomplishing!

So I have a broken ankle, so what? It's not the end of the world. It will heal eventually. It may keep me inside this summer. That's not a bad thing! I won't spend so much money, I'll stay put and get things done around the house that have needed to be done for months. I'll catch up on paperwork and work on some of my hobbies like music, genealogy, art, scrapbooking and so on. I don't like the heat and humidity anyway, so I prefer to stay indoors in the summer. Besides which, others have much bigger problems than this little ole' thing! I'll survive.

I'm an optismist anyway, 99% of the time!

Am I rambling? Today was a GOOD day!

June 19, 2006 - Monday

I had the MRI today. Now it's just a waiting game to see if surgery looms in my future. The good news is I now have more pain pills, so am feeling a little better the last couple of days. Can't stay up at the computer for long yet. But at least I can now sit on the sofa and read or work on word puzzles and suduko and make lists of things for my "boys" to do. They love that. I think they were hoping the pills would knock me out.....

Won't know about surgery until next week, so no use stewing about it. One thing about it, it's not like the bone will mend on it's own. No re-breaking it or anything like that. The piece of bone has moved up the back of my ankle 2 inches. I can feel where it is. Burns. Yeah, I know it's all psychological. But, did I tell you my toes are bruised now too? From the compression cast. It was on too tight. Forced the bruising down onto my toes. See, those pain pills ARE working!!!!

Did you see the photo below of the spider??? The famous spider that was in our house???? Hope he don't show his ugly face now. I'd hate to have to break my other ankle getting away from him...

June 18, 2006 - Sunday

Happy Birthday, Seth!!!!!

Wish we were able to be together. I'd fix you one of my famous "Leaning Towers" 4 layer cake!!!! You remember? The one that Dad said eat quick before it slides off and kills somebody??? Hope you're having a great day!

June 17, 2006 - Sabbath

Yes, I'm still around. Yes, it's broken. Yes, I did a number on myself this time.

Let me back up a few days.

Where have I been? Well, you know this was a busy month with the anniversary reunion and I was supposed to sing at Rock Hall SDA Church today. It didn't happen. So where have I been?

Got to see my family for a few short hours only last Sabbath. Spent most of the day in the ER in Chestertown. I'll add some photos from our family get together on my family pages when I feel a little better. Still have some pain.

By the way, for the June 12th date....

Happy 40th Anniversary, Mom & Dad!!!!!

Sorry we had to spend part of it at the ER!!! But hey guys, it meant alot to me that the whole family came to the ER. One nurse asked me if ALL of them were with me. I said Yes, she said, you're a lucky girl! Made me feel good. And Kevin, Penny & Jessica, thanks so much for staying for the whole duration. I know that had to be boring to just wait and wait, but it meant alot to me! Love you guys, all of you! So nice to have family at your back, no matter what!

And Jim & Jimmy, you two not only had the hospital wait but tolerated my moaning and tears throughout the whole day and the trip and all this past week. I am blessed to have such a great family!

Long story short...I broke my ankle, well, my heel bone. Long story version....the piece of bone has moved about 2 inches up the back of my ankle due to the achilles tendon contracting. The doctors are going to decide whether I have to have surgery or not in the next couple weeks. Basically, I'm off my feet for the next few weeks, maybe several months.

One second of carelessness and well... life turns on a dime.

There are two photos below, one is the promised spider photo.... the second one is my ankle about 3 days after I broke it. I don't have a permanent cast yet until they know whether I have to have surgery or not.

Got to get back on my sofa and get this foot elevated again.

June 9, 2006 - Friday

Happy Birthday Ed!!!!!

Busy, busy, busy. Ain't life grand? It's hectic when you're busy, but you can at least sleep good, cause you're too tired to think about things.

Yeah, you know what things I'm talking about.

I've been working on that housework. When I'm done, that spider or any spider won't have a place to hide on the floor at least. I hope. I don't want to think about it anymore tonight.

I wanted to have Jim put screens over the heating/ac vents but he showed me the vents and how it would be very difficult to do that. So that's a worry. Don't want another critter that size in this house. Worries me that he came up from the basement. Kinda a good news, bad news scenario. Good news is he is probably alone because he ate all the smaller critters. Bad news is he existed in the first place.

I don't want to think about it anymore tonight.

Is it worse to have a hundred small spiders or one large one??

Don't want any. No, not one, no, not one. None. Zilch. Absolutely positively no no no.

June 8, 2006 - Thursday

Happy Birthday, L.P.!!!!!

Well, the spider photo is not here yet. We're having difficulty with my email program, so I'll have to catch up to Jimmy again and have him email it to me again.

It's been tiring today. Jim had some tests done and then we had a few errands to run. Going to go to bed early, just too tired to write tonight. Just been a very busy week.

June 7, 2006 - Wednesday

The good news about all this with the spider is that it has given me some incentive to cleanup the house. I started the other day, picking things up off the floor, shaking things and vacuuming and organizing. By the time the summer is over, I'll have my house organized, so there will be less places a critter of that size could hide.

I still haven't gotten the photo from Jimmy, but will in the next few days. I will post it here as soon as I have it.

Seth is getting things in order with his move. He has most of his stuff moved already, except for his heavy furniture. A couple of guys are coming this evening with a pickup to help him move the heavy stuff.

He has had a lot to deal with the last few weeks and he is doing well getting it all under control! No phone lines in the new house, so that will be installed next week. Then they still have JoAnna's things to move by the end of the month. Another girl will be renting the third bedroom from them and her things also need to be moved by the end of the month. So they have plenty of work to do. Plus they are all taking classes and working jobs at the same time. So they have their hands full!

Jimmy has his classes all lined up for the fall and the job paperwork to turn in. We're going to look at some colleges later this year for fall of 2007. He is doing so well!!! It's all so exciting!!!

Isn't it wonderful that my worst worry in life right now is about a huge spider?

June 6, 2006 - Tuesday

There's no body in the vent. I kid you not! Jim took down the vent thinking surely a spider that big getting killed by the fan in the vent would leave some body parts. No parts, no body, no nothing. It will worry me.

Jimmy had clothes in his hamper, so I was letting them pile up, just dreading going through them in case our visitor had survived the fan and was lurking in the hamper just to give me a heart attack. He asked me if I was worried about the spider being in the hamper and when he saw that I was, he went through the hamper for me and sorted the clothes, shaking out each piece for me, for which I am so very thankful! No spider.

It's possible that he was killed and his parts were sucked up above the fan plate. That is the most likely scenario and hopefully the true story. I won't rest for months.

June 5, 2006 - Monday

Ok, so here's the story from Friday night. We were on our respective computers reading email and so forth. I heard Jimmy come downstairs and he was whispering to Jim about something. Then I heard him say, "Should I show Mom?"

Jim's answer was, "Not until you have it under control." And then they went upstairs. Now what would you think?

My first reaction was, Jimmy must be hurt. Maybe he cut himself with the pocket knife trying to open his new game or something like that. I asked Jim what was going on, and he kept saying nothing. So I left it alone, all the time worrying about it.

Later, I was sitting at the kitchen table, Jim had gone to bed and Jimmy came downstairs to get a drink. I asked him how things were going and he said fine. That was it. Nothing else! I figured if he had cut himself or somehow hurt himself, he would tell me by now, surely.

Jimmy went up to bed and a few minutes later so did I. I peeked into his bathroom to see if there was any paper towels with blood on them and there wasn't.

Ok, so if it's not an injury, what is it? It could only be one other thing that they both know would upset me. Surely, they wouldn't hide something like that from me?

I laid in bed for some time wondering and worrying what it could be, but finally fell to sleep. But you needn't think that I would forget about it. So first thing when I woke up Sabbath morning, I asked Jim what was going on. He finally confessed and I was horrified. They kept that from me???? How DARE they! Especially when they knew it would worry me. They said they wanted me to get a good nights sleep.

Here's the photo. (photo coming soon!!!) Be sure to scroll down to read the rest of the story!

Ok, here's the rest of the story..............

Jimmy had walked into the bathroom and turned on the light and saw the spider on the ceiling. It was SO huge, that he ran to get his camera and get a photo of it. He came down to show Jim the photo. They went upstairs to kill it and it was GONE. They searched everywhere and it's GONE. Finally, my husband turned on the ceiling fan and tick-tick-splat. They are 90% sure that it was in the vent and is now dead. They'd better be right!

By the way, that ceiling fan vent is at least 8 inches square and in the photo the spider had slightly drawn his legs in to escape. As you can see, he easily reaches from the side of the vent to the center. Woods version of the wolf spider. I HATE SPIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

June 4, 2006 - Sunday

Busy day, routine housework and little detains around the house. No real progress regardless.

But, I managed to work abit on my genealogy. Worked a bit on some music. Even worked abit on laundry. What else can you expect? There's cooking meals and dishes too.

And I'm anxious to tell you the story from Friday night, but I haven't gotten the photo from Jimmy yet. So maybe tomorrow. I'm tired for today.

June 3, 2006 - Sabbath

John Paul is back from Tanzania. He told us tales about his six months. It was truly amazing. You can see some of his emails and photos on our church website: Promised Land Praise & Worship Center. There may be more info posted about his adventures at a later date.

The front has moved through the area and a NW breeze kicked up this morning. I wish I'd had my camera with me, almost mammatus clouds over Fredericksburg. Beautiful. Didn't get any rain, but the air dried out within a couple hours! By 2pm it had reached our house and temps are in the high 60's tonight! I know it won't stay this way. We've got a chance of storms for the next 4 days and temps in the 70's and pressing 80's. So humidiy will return very quickly as it does this time of year. But I'm enjoying it while I can.

Now I have a tale to tell you about what happened last night. But I'll have a photo to post and I'm waiting for it before I tell you the tale. It will give you nightmares. It did me and it will continue to give me more I fear.

June 2, 2006 - Friday

Very busy day today! Lots going on, but not stuff I want to write about online yet. Seth is in the process of moving, Jimmy's busy with work and prep for fall classes. Jim's working hard as always and I'm just doing what I always do. Just all of us busy as little bees!

I'm hoping to work on some paintings this month, if I can squeeze in the time. I have one that is being done in layers. I had to let the first layer, the background dry completely, so it's been about a month. I need to add the 2nd layer next. So maybe this week I'll get a chance. That one will also have to dry completely before the third layer is added. The third layer will need to at least set before the final layer is added. Man, I sure hope it turns out good. This 2nd layer is the tricky one.

I'm also going to start a multi-layered painting of a photo that Dad gave me. I've studied it for a week thinking about the colors and techniques....hm-m-m. I think I can paint it and I'm anxious to get started!

I really enjoy trying the landscapes and hope to do many more of them. I'd also especially like to do seascapes, old ships and lighthouses. But I think the thing I would most like to paint is wildlife. You know, animals like deer, squirrels, fox, coyotes, birds, waterfowl, trees, even cats and dogs, flowers, storm clouds and even insects. Weird, huh? Especially the insects. Especially since I really hate bugs. But hey, butterflies would be neat, right?

Well, I'm tired and my legs are hurting so I'm going to quit for tonight

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June 1, 2006 - Thursday

If you didn't get to read the end of last month and you are interested, go to the Archives and click on May. You don't want to miss a word I say, I'm sure!

I designed the background with June 14th in mind, Flag Day. There is a whole history of how Flag Day came to be, started by some local communities, adopted finally by some states. But basically, inspired by three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag Day - the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 - was officially established by the Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th, 1916. While Flag Day was celebrated in various communities for years after Wilson's proclamation, it was not until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14th of each year as National Flag Day. You can read more about it at the website, The History of Flag Day.

What a busy month this will be. I'll tell you all about it as it happens. Just know this is a very busy month. Got a lot to do, a lot to accomplish, a house to clean (as usual), and how much will I really get done?

With the New Year's Resolutions, I had a plan. I had a list of resolutions to do this year. I had a month by month plan of projects to accomplish. Now, looking back, all I can say is, "What WAS I thinking???" Did I REALLY think I would be so disciplined as to actually ACCOMPLISH all those things? Well, I really do want to, so it's still not too late. Well, some things probably won't get done on schedule. But it's never too late to start. So by the end of this month, I'll have a REVISED list of resolutions. And a REVISED list of projects to accomplish. And I'll tell you all about it. At the end of this month. If I don't forget.

I'm sure y'all are just holding your breath waiting. I'm sure y'all can't wait to hear all the details of my sordid adventures in....ta-ta-ta-ta...HOMEMAKING. And the Saga continues.....

And last of all, for all you Christmas lovers, there's only 206 shopping days left!

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