Well, Mommy fought it as long as she could. We were sitting in the LR, I was reading the paper and they were watching TV and Mommy looked at Daddy and said," Are you ready to go to bed cause I am?" He said "I guess I can if you're ready" So off they went. She'll probably wake me up at 4:30 in the morning, but I wake up at 4 anyway. I might surprise her and have the coffee made and her tea ready.

Steve if we just had a hard drive I think we could use the tv in the living room as the monitor. Then they could see it really good! With a wireless keyboard u would be all set. I have a wireless modem and hard drive but the hard drive is really old. Not sure it would work so good. But you are welcome to try it

The Presto Email has been disconnected, making way for Email. It will be connected next Tuesday if nothing happens. You could send it to my email and I could show Mommy but not Daddy, b/c I don't have a signal in the old living room where he sits. He isn't feeling so good today. He didn't eat any lunch but ate some warm coconut pudding. I read the blog to Mommy and show her the pics.
Steve~ Tanner, Jacob, and I have searched the basement over for your hiding place. It must not be in the basement. Jacob said maybe outside. I told him that you couldn't hide your RC outside b/c it would freeze.

Steve, it is possible that we may have an extra PC since we have less employees due to our inability to buy new product. Does it have to have anything special?

Hey Rita, I sent them an e-mail this morning but I had some trouble getting it to send...did they ever get it?

That's too funny, but yes, you definitely need to personalize! Oh, that's right, no body would know you anyway. Trish pointed out that those letters could be, somewhat, misconstrued. Better rethink that.

Hey Mom and Dad. Just wanted to say hello and see how you liked lookin' at Rita's computer. Lord willin' I'll see you Thursday evening if we don't get another blizzard. See you then, Love, Steve. (aka TMFI64) I think I'll get that as my personal license plate. What do you think Rita?

p.s. I'll try to remember my computer also. We may have to bring a spare PC up there. Anybody got one?

That's ok Trish, I've got some lazy hounds too!

It's looking like another week of exercise, a.k.a. shoveling. What? You didn't think I was exercising voluntarily did you?

Steve, if you want to be memorable your best bet is to take fresh popcorn when you go! It works for me!

When I was in New Hampshire, Larissa and on of the other interns went to see the Celtic Women in Boston and LOVED it. I've seen the videos, they are very entertaining.

Talk to y'all later.

yea, Trish too lazy hounds LOL

Gracie watching tv

2 hounds!

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Trish~ I like the new background too! We may have to do some adjusting to Sunday night b/c I didn't know that mom wasn't going to be there on Monday. I'll have to figure out where the kids are going to be- I think Ila will have them that day. We'll see as time gets closer and we have a better idea of what the weather will be like.

Hi grandma! If this snow ever quits, we'll come to visit. Get the popcorn and peanuts ready. We Love you! Livvy & Kaiden

Rita , that is just too funny, Mom looks like she is having the time of her life, She looks like Maxie ,sitting there with your laptop, If you are not careful you are going to be minus a computer Lol,Mommy will take over.

How much snow do you all have ? we have about 10in. Shawn blowed the snow last night , so I am going to get the rest this morning.I hope it's done but they say now it will be the wind blowing.

Mommy , you are supposed to laugh as hard as you can for 15min. a day, they say it's good for your heart, better than exercise. so now your job is to get Daddy to laugh with you ok. and that will be your exercise for the day. catch you later.

Mommy and Daddy ate boiled eggs, bacon, and raisin bread for breakfast, and Tomato juice. They eat pretty good if you put them on the couch in the living room. Mommy just won't give up til Daddy eats his share. She comes by and looks at the blog every time she comes in the kitchen. I have the comp sitting on the counter, SO ya'll send her some pics. She can't read it but she can look at the pics. Or send them some on their email. It's been quiet all week!! Just drop them a line. Yesterday they stayed up all day, no naps. Pay them a visit today!

 

Grandma Bloggin'. Now you know why she gets up so early. She's addicted!!

Mornin' from Mommy and Me! Last night when they went to bed (yesterday evening, I should say) I told Mommy if she woke up early to come to the top of the stairs and holler for me and I would get up with her. Sure enough, at 4:30, I heard, "Rita, are you up'" and I was. I woke up at 4:00 and was just thinking about coming up and making coffee. We came upstairs and had our coffee and tea and raisin bread. She went to the door, to open it and look out at the snow, but looked up, and asked me if she could open the door! I had already turned off the alarms, so she opened the door several times to look out at the snow. I think Daddy has slept 12 hrs. I put his pain meds beside the bed so he could take them and not have to come to the kitchen to get them.
Yeah Steve, Where are the chips and RC. We bought you 64 oz. of Picante Sauce and I had some last night and it lit me up. You don't have to worry about ME eating all your stuff. I had to open the Tums beside the bed.
And Bobbie, There's chicken legs, already individually frozen, so I guess you'll have to cook it since Mommy associates you and chicken legs, like she does the man from 64 and breakfast. Sorry Steve!
Trish, Me and Mommy love the wallpaper on the blog. I read some of it to her and she thought it was funny that Steve thought we took his RC. I told her I was gonna tell everybody that she goes to bed with the chickens but gets up with the roosters.
She's already wondering about whose coming when, and if we have enough food in the house, and if the beds are all clean downstairs...
Don't feel bad Steve, she just asked me if Trish's man had to get out in this weather and go to work.

We wondered if you drank it all! We bought you another 12 pack! We bought you more chips and salsa too! Did you hide that also? LOL
Janet, you know that your Mom isn't coming on MOnday? She is staying at home. Blain is off that day. So I will be up there by 630 then. My kids don't have school that day! ISE day, LOL That is also Jacobs birthday!

By the way, who found my secret stash of RC cola! I hid that for next week!!!! :)

Bobby: Don't be in any hurry Saturday morning. I'm not on any kind of schedule. Teresa will be with me and we are in no hurry. Signed, The Man from I-64. lol

Lord willing and the creek don't rise (yeah right), I'll stay Sunday night. I am not sure what time I'll be up yet because we will be out of town until that evening. I'll lel you know Trish. Feel free to call while I am there because as grandma has always told me..."You just call anytime. I'm always up talking to Jesus."..and I have too:) I will have to leave for work by 6:30 depending on the weather.

Mommy and Daddy have gone to bed (5:10)so don't call the house. Call my cell if you need to. They didn't nap at all today. I told them if they were sleepy to go on to bed and I would lock up. They just might sleep all night. Going to mop the big room and then head downstairs. Talk to ya tomorrow. Trish, I wouldn't worry about bringing up the meds tonight. I can come get them tomorrow.

Ruth, I don't think she will forget us when she see us, maybe just can't remember us when we are out of her sight, you know (out of sight out of mind) lol maybe not a bad thing, we will just keep her laughing,and happy and she can keep Daddy laughing too , with the funny things she does.

You will have to watch the dvd Ruth when you go to Mom's, it is really good . 1 1/2 hrs. long. good though.

I love the Celtic women. We watched them one evening on TV.

So Mommy didn't remember who the man was that Trish had to get on I-64? I certainly hope there doesn't come a time when she forgets WHO we are.

Glad Daddy hasn't lost any more weight, you know , Mommy is enjoying you all cooking for her and Dad, she don't have to worry about it and it's something new every day, It's like having a restaurant in you own house, lol only thing she cant order what she wants , just take what is fixed, a surprise everyday, cant get no better than that.

I hope you all know you are creating lots of memories now , that you wont ever forget, and it's filled with their humor and laughter, something that is priceless. just cherish it.

I mailed out the dvd, of the Celtic Women today for them , so you all be sure and watch it with them you'll like it,, you can go to Celtic women.com and see a preview of the dvd , don't know if you have heard of them or not, they are Irish. and good.

Bobbie did Monica get the box I sent her ? haven't heard from her , I sure hope she got it.

Well it's still snowing here too. so I am staying in. keep warm guys.

LOL! Yeah I buy the oatmeal cakes just like I fix Mommys hair all the time! She cracks me up! So much for HER hunger strike! Not sure she could make it even one day!

Jenny came! Daddy had started down the hill with the snow plow and Jenny started up the hill so when they met, Daddy backed up and quit, and Jenny had to back off the hill and try again. She made it and brought a trainee this time. Daddy's weight hasn't changed since last week, and he told her his appetite had improved!! He did come to the table today, I think he took Mommy's hunger strike serious!! I had Ruth's canned Pork Loin with gravy, mashed potatoes, and of course, the butter beans and Cornbread. Daddy ate a spoon of mashed potatoes, the bacon out of the beans (yuk), at least one piece and put the other piece in the pork and gravy. I fished it out after he got up from the table and fed it to the cats.
You wanna hear something funny? Trish and I bought groceries yesterday and Trish hasn't been up here since I brought them up and put them away. Trish suggested we buy them some oatmeal cakes so we did.
Conversation:
Me: Mommy, what are you having?
Mommy: Oh, I thought I would eat me an oatmeal cake that Trish brought me.
Me: How did you know Trish bought them?
Mommy: Oh, she brought them to me one day last week and said, "Mommy, I thought you and Daddy might like these and I told her Yes, they were one of our favorites." You want one?
Me: Yeah, I think I'll have one.
Mommy: You can have two if you want!

Yesterday, she wanted to know who that man was that stayed with them and Trish had to take him to get on 64. I didn't know what she was talking about and then it dawned on me, it was Steve. Trish followed him out Sat morning to make sure he made it to 64.
They're sitting on the couch drinking an RC Cola now.

"Now I'm gonna git while the gittins' good, follow my heart like I know I should, don't wanna miss a thing"! Is that why you are coming bright and early Bobbie? We are supposed to get more snow for the weekend guys. So Bobbie if for some reason you guys can't make it let me know and I will plan on going and staying the weekend. For some reason I can not sleep when I am there. The beds are comfortable enough but I just wake up and can't sleep. But as long as I can nap during the day I am good for the night. With the TV downstairs I can stay occupied. And I always have the hum of the furnace. I think what I am missing is my fan. I sleep with one at home and its hard not to do that after being used to it. I would like to have a bowl of those butter beans myself. We had Pizza and Corn for lunch. Those are two of Emmas favorite.

Love those butter beans and greens with corn bread! I can smell 'em down here in VA. It sure is beautiful down here! We got 2-3" more of snow this morning, that seems to be it for now.
Looks like we might have a "window" for a shower on Friday, Monica! Wow!
Steve, what time do you want to start home on Sat. morning? I can leave my house at 6:00a.m. and be there at 8. Will that be soon enough? It will be too late to come after we clean-up from the shower Friday night, but I'll be there bright and early Sat. morning.

Oh! Praise report here! Corey goes to work at Shelor's in about a week! Praise the Lord! Another answered prayer. When he's finished with school in the spring, he will be a permanent fixture there! Yeah! He is about a half a mile down the road from Adam!

"Mama pregnant," Rita, you are just too funny!!!! But what ever God wants to do, I don't want to miss out on any of it! "Don't want to miss the joy, don't want to miss the peace, don't want to miss the power, don't want to miss a thing" the Martins sing! Vonda, that could just be the ticket to get Mom laughin'!

Vonda~He told her that he eats his all day long in little bites where she eats hers all at one time. I don't think she bought it. This morning, he ate some graham crachers, hot chocolate and I just took him a banana. The butter beans are done and smellin' up the house. Mommy had a fried egg, some friendship bread that Janet had made and a cup of tea. They have taken their meds and are watching the Weather Channel. It showed Dayton Ohio, and I told Mommy that was where Carol lived and she said, "She's gettin' quite a bit of snow, ain't she?" They watch for Cleveland and know what Amy's gettin' and Boston, and know what Shane's gettin'.....etc. No snow much in Florida, they say!!! Daddy should be getting a stronger pain prescription today and the more he takes of that, more likely than not, he will eat less and less. We are just going to try to keep him comfortable and pain free. He and I sewed a mandolin strap yesterday and I told him he picked a poor one to do it. I told him sewing gave me a headache. He said If he couldn't see any better then I could, it would give him a headache too. I need light and he works in the dark!!! I could never read in the dark like he does. See Monica and Addy, He DOES have a keen eye. We are supposed to get wind with this storm, so I am preparing for the power outages they are predicting. I'm runnin' up water, washing clothes, Mommy has had her shower, cleaning pottys.....! I can get to the wood shed if we need to build a fire in the kitchen and I know how to operate that stove!!! Mommy said all she was worried about is that her kittys and Montana get fed. I had to reassure her that we had just bought them food at the store yesterday.

The snow has started here also, but we are only supposed to get 6 to 10 in.

The kids are hoping for a snow day.

Rita what did Daddy think when Mom told him she was going on a hungry strike , if he didn't eat?

Can you give him any thing to increase his appetite? I sure hope they can or he will waste away to nothing. keep us posted after the nurse comes , and you all stay warm.

The snow has been falling since early morning, the hill is covered. Mommy and Daddy are still in bed. Somebody was up at 6 so I came to see who it was, but they had already gotten back in bed. I think it was Daddy. I found his meds from last night, on the kitchen table. I took both of them their meds at 7 last night when I took Daddy his pain meds and some tomato soup, but I guess he didn't take his. I was afraid Mommy would get up and think they were hers, and take them. I put on a pot of Butter Beans with a big chunk of bacon, they should be done for lunch. The Home Health nurse, Jenny, is due today (the snow doesn't seem to deter her)so she will weigh Daddy. Yesterday, Mommy threatened Daddy with a hunger strike and she wasn't kiddin. She told him if he didn't start eating that she was going to quit! I tried to explain that it was the pain meds, but I don't know if she got it. Somebody's up, gonna go see who. I bet it's Mommy.

Steve after you left on Saturday I called the Home Health Nurse about Daddys increased pain and all they could suggest was to go to the ER since it was the weekend and its a narcotic. Unfortunately none of that stuff can be called in because it is a controlled substance. So what I suggested to her was for him to take 2 of the ones he was taking every 6 hours instead of 1 every 4 and she said that would work until we could get something stronger. He slept good on saturday night and felt good on sunday. Sunday night he went to bed around 730, slept til midnight, took his pain pills and went right back to sleep til 6 this morning and he said he felt really good this morning. He still isn't eating but at least he isn't hurting as bad. Tanner and Jacob stayed this afternoon while I went to the doctor and then Rita and I went to the grocery store. They watched The Fox and the Hound and Tanner said they both enjoyed that. Mommy even remembered the old lady had a foX!

I brought a new pressure switch for the spring house and Lonnie and I put in on. We also cranked up the pressure as high as it would go. It's as good as it gets without replacing the pump. Shouldn't have any more problems for a while.

Trish, Rita: Are you guys going to change Daddys pain meds?

Monica, did you receive the package I sent to you yet?

Monica~Matthew has on shorts:) I was up at 5am b/c I had a bellyache and it's not like I get enough peace any other time to post that many pics.

Obviously you're having a great weekend if you're getting up at 5 am to post on the blog!! Is Matthew sitting in his underoos or his shorts lol? I bet he appreciates you posting that :p We're getting ready to head out to town for a little while. They cancelled church for today so I guess we'll be gearing up for the Superbowl later this evening. GO SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone! We have had a nice weekend just staying in. School was cancelled Thursday due to lack of water and then of course ice on Friday. We have enjoyed just being at home. I am posting some pics of the kids outside yesterday and Kaiden's Birthday.

We are in the basement at grandma's right now. They've been in bed for an hour. Aside from getting here this morning, today has been a pretty lazy day. The satellite was out earlier so I put a planet earth dvd in and they liked that. Had beans for lunch and tomato soup for dinner. Grandpa had some soup and ate almost a whole grilled cheese. This evening we watched lucy and ol yeller...they really liked that!

I'm not sure how much snow we have but Mark's been shoveling since yesterday. We went to some friends house last night to play Rook and it was pretty nasty, still sleeting at the time. We had to cancel the baby shower again today but it has been rescheduled for this Friday, the 12th, at 6 pm at our church. So if any of you would still like to come we would love to have you. Rita, I do believe Marleigh may be a snow baby. Dad was telling me the day I was born it started snowing after they got to the hospital and it was a pretty good one. So.......like mother, like daughter? lol Yal will have to post some pics of your weather up there. I haven't seen Fozzie or Bandit lately, hope their doing ok :) I think I will make some potatoe soup with cornbread (if Mark will make the cornbread, I haven't quite mastered that yet).

We are all rid of the bug we had, don't have any snow ,but it's cold.

hope you all are not snowed in too long, and Happy Birthday Kaiden.

happy birthday kaiden!!

We're getting heavy snowfall now. We're probably somewhere around 18 inches and counting. If it does this all day, we will surely pass the 2 ft. mark. Nothing is moving here, so needless to say, Blain couldn't get out for work. They don't have power at the mines, so the cleaning plant is down and they aren't trucking any coal. They had a coal truck to overturn on Rt 20 yesterday, but no one was hurt. These are the kind of winters we were having when I met Blain and I STILL let him move me up here. Must have been love.... or something! I've got a fire in the cookstove and I plan to can some vegetable soup today. We were up at 4 and out at 5:30 scraping the driveway.
My little man is 2 today. Happy Birthday Kaiden!! As soon as the road is cleared, we will head to Maplewood. I figure it will be tomorrow afternoon, at least, before I see anything resembling a snowplow. How is it down there in Virginia? Bet most of those Virginian's are ready to move to Florida!

Not if you have a Blain =)

EVERYBODY needs a Lonnie at their house!!

What time did Daddy wake up? Maybe if he can get those pain pills around the clock he will eventually get used to them and not want to sleep ALL the time. But at least it is helping the pain and he was able to sleep.

I fixed Biscuits and Gravy, fried apples, eggs and bacon for breakfast yesterday while Rita went with Blain to the doctor and you would not believe what all Mommy ate. 2 fried eggs, apples, lots and lots of burnt bacon ( I like mine really crispy so I burnt it and she said she liked hers like that too, she couldn't get enough) and a biscuit with honey and one with sandwich spread. After all that she was still snooping around the table at the SWEETS!
Daddy on the other hand only ate a little bit of apples and a piece of a biscuit. But they did share an Ensure after all that.
Rita and I and the boys worked on moving some mattresses around in the basement so that we have the best ones in the new part where the furnance isn't so loud. Tanner and Jacob had never seen a SET of springs! They really like the bed with those on it. Nice and bouncy AND noisy!!

I gave Mommy and Daddy both manicures and pedicures yesterday with the manicure set Teresa got Mom for Christmas...really nice.

Luckily, Lonnie was still here. He fixed it again

I guess you'll have to call Lonnie again, right. Tell him to fix it right this time lol

No Water again.

Lonnie just fixed the water. He said the Pressure Switch had blown apart. I asked him if it was something he could show me how to fix in case it happened again. His reply "YOU couldn't fix it"! Guess I'll just call HIM.

Daddy has been asleep since Trish left today at 1:00. He was due for a pain pill at 2:30 but is still asleep. It's now 5. Something has happened to the water. Went to turn it on and Nothing!!! The spring is full and the breaker hasn't been kicked, so I did what anybody with any sense would do...I called Lonnie! He's on his way. Let you know what happened later.

Trish and I started to come home and tell Mommy she was pregnant (You know how she likes that verse...with God, all things are possible...but we didn't know if her heart could take it when we had to tell her...Not really!! Daddy is hurting alot today. I told him that he needs to take the pain meds BEFORE he starts hurting so bad and not to wait until he hurts. He had taken one sometime in the early morning hours and it was 1:30 when I asked him when he took his last one. Soo.. I will make sure he takes them q 4 hrs. His Dr. okayed that today rather than his scheduled q 6 hrs. For anyone coming to stay with them, I am going to put a checklist on the inside of the cabinet on the wall, going into the old living room. It will include giving them their meds or making sure they have taken them. It will also include rubbing lotion on Daddy's feet, back, etc. Just little reminders.

Christmas at Cindy's
With her whole familly.
Thanks to Timmy for taking the picture

Cindy's tree

Christmas at Timmy's

Timmy Wayne (Darian) & Danielle

Deagan and Pop Pop's

Deagan

Timmy's tree

Timmy home for Christmas with Dad's Dobro

Wonderful time with Mom and Dad at Amy and Greg's

Give the Lord the Praise, Amen

Praise the Lord!

We r at the doctors office. Everything is fine with mom. No cancer! Just one of those normal female things. No worries and no return appt. Check the blog!

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Mom on the couch and dad at the desk!

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Hey All,
Thought I was going to be able to connect to the Internet via US Cellular Modem and be online at Mommy's, but don't think that is going to happen. I could get online at Mommy's but not at home so I guess I will just keep on paying HughesNet for now. Can't pay for both places! In about a year, they should have the AT&T tower up and running on Backus, and maybe I can go wireless then. It sure would have been handy. I will be going to Mommy's in the morning and staying until Thurs. night when Steve comes up. Mommy starts looking for him about Tuesday. Marcia and Lonnie stayed Sat. and Sat. night. Marcia helped Mommy sew a Blanket and I understand that Mommy and Steve cut out all the pieces!

I tried to have the most positive outlook for the weekend but obviously it is snowing!! Therefore, the baby shower has been cancelled today. Mark said the only kind of shower I'm getting today will be a snow shower lol. I am not amused :( We are going to reschedule it for next Saturday, February 6th, at 1 pm. If any of you would like to come and enjoy in the food and games we would love to have you. I wish everyone a fun filled day today and this weekend and most of all be safe and careful.

Hey everyone...zac got a new phone and it has internet so I thought I'd send you a post from the middle of i79. This thing is pretty nifty. Anybody got any of the snow they're calling for? So far its still dry as a bone here.

We visited with Mom and Dad this evening. Helen had made Daddy a Cherry Cheesecake and we took it up. Mommy met me at the door and practically grabbed it out of my hand. "What da ya got there" There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with her appetite. And Addy and I have discovered why Daddy is losing weight! I fixed them both a piece of pie and Mom ate hers quickly! Dad was working on his and Tanner came to get a key to the building, he and Danny were fixing a lid for the trash bin. While Daddy was getting his key off of his key ring, he set his pie down. Mommy just reached over and picked it up and proceeded to eat it! LOL Addy had just asked mommy if she would like another piece and she told her no she was watching her figure!! ;) Daddy just sat there and laughed aT Mommy while she was eating HIS pie. She laughed and said "what? It was just sittin' there!" Of course we had to get Daddy some more pie! They were enjoying Addys weekly huge bag of popcorn!
Daddy has already started fretting about the yard work. I was talking about how the days were getting a little longer and time change was right around the corner. He said the flowers would soon be up and the grass would soon need mowing. I told him this year he could be boss and everyone else could mow. He said bossin' wouldn't do him no good. I told him when anyone came they could just grab a weedeater, a lawn mower, or trimmers. There would be a job for everybody! He didn't object, which surprised me. But he is getting anxious to get out and "stir" around as he says.
Mommy did well yesterday, didn't have any more bleeding until last night when we were getting her ready for bed, but it wasn't a lot.
Lonnie and Marsha are staying Saturday and Saturday night with the folks and Me, Danny and the boys will go up Sunday.
By the way, not sure if anyone blogged about the trash. Rita saw what was getting in the trash and scattering it everywhere!! WILD TURKEYS!!

Emma reading Kaleb a story

 

 


This is Kaleb Witt, Pams grandson. He needs rescued 2 days a month. LOL I am going to manage him those 2 days. I am not sure how Emma is going to adjust to a baby brother. She isn't too fond of Kaleb taking up my time today!
Isn't he a cutie.

mom

evening all,

Just a note to let you all know whats going on with Mommy.  This morning when she got to get her shower Rita noticed she had been bleeding...quite a bit...vaginally.  Just so happened that the home health nurse was there also and arranged for Mommy to go to the OBGYN doc so Rita and I took her for that. 

He did an endometrial biopsy and said it would take a week to get the final report.  But I could tell by the way he talked that he thinks it is cancer.  We won't know for sure what our options are until we know for sure what we are dealing with.  She isn't in any pain...we took her out for Italian supper and we all had spaghetti and salad.  She ate and ate and ate then she started laughing so hard so almost choked.  She said I just can't eat anymore of that.  So we took the leftovers to Daddy and got him a piece of coconut pie to go.  Rita said he ate the pie but the spaghetti was tooooo spicey.

Carol and company all made it home safe after a rough start.  Cherie got hung up on Helmick Hill and Rita had to go to the rescue but everything worked out okay.  She will have to blog the details.  I think they were all scared to death by the time she got there.  Anyway, I am hitting the hay.

I talked to Vonda tonight and she sounds terrible.  Has the stomach flu, I think it is raging through their house.  So remember to say a little prayer for them tonight before you all hit the hay, as well as one for mom and dad.

love to all,

Trish

Morning all,
Mom and Dad have enjoyed a visit from Aunt Carol, Aunt Goldie, and Cherie since Saturday. They are heading home today. We got about 2 inches of new snow last night but the roads are in good shape. Bobbie and Elliot spent the weekend and Timmy and cindy came up on Sunday. Cherie wanted to hear some music so we sang and timmy and elliot played, Cindy video taped! Mommy sang "Wading through Deep Waters" and all she could remember was the chorus so we sang it over and over. Daddy said if we stuck with it we might learn to "hang" and laughed real big.
He isn't eating at all, sleeping a lot. Rita just called and the nurse is on her way out. Will give an update later if I learn anything new!
Love to all,

Hey, Addy, you know what they say, Age before beauty! and I got that on the rest of them anyway, lol BUT, not by choice!Thanks for the Birthday wishes. Love you all.

Mine is definately in the crock pot! I don't cook anything in the oven unless its a dessert!! or a pizza, or it won't fit in the crock pot! LOL

OOPS- I mean RUTH's leg

When I first looked at the picture, I couldn't figure out if mom was playing with Rut's leg or what:) LOL

Happy Birthday Vonda! Remember, it doesn't matter how old you get, it just matters that you always look better than your sisters! haha

Bobbie- Very Funny- Atleast I'll make the book of Addy does that. Otherwise she would just put my name next to a campbell's label. Trish- I am so proud of you:) I may have to make some BBQ- it sounds good. I just don't know if I have the time throw it all in the crockpot- LOTS OF LOVE! Happy Birthday Vonda!

Happy Birthday Vonda, from your sissys

 

Just for the record I AM making pork BBQ to take up to mommys this evening for supper. ANd I have the celery and onions laying on the roast:)

Hey Addy, when you put Janet and her BBQ recipe in your book, be sure and put the big floppy hat and spoon in hand! Oh and don't forget to sprinkle her cheeks with water from the fish tank! Oh, and flour them too! Love ya' Janet, that's my kind of recipe too!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VONDA!!!!!!!!!!!

I went to the Dollar Tree this morning and got door alarms. (Thanks to Marsha) They were a dollar a piece! and according to Marsha they squeal really loud when they go off and you can turn them off during the day! Thanks Marsha.

Mine may not taste as good as Julie's but... I just had to share

Just in case anyone wants my pork BBQ recipe...

1. Put frozen pork roast in Crockpot.
2. Pour two bottles of BBQ sauce on top.
3. Turn on high for 8 hours or so.
Take it out whenever you feel like it!

Recipes

Here are the recipes that Julie cooked at Mom and Dads last weekend!!

> Creme of Cocnut Cake
>
> 1 box white or yellow cake mix (I use Betty Crocker)
> 1 (15 oz.) can cream of coconut (at Publics Grocery this was in the Ethnic
> isle, but sometimes it is with the pinacalata)
> 1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand condensed milk
> 1 (16 oz) Cool Whip (at home I use the lite, but NOT fat free)
> 1 (7 oz) bag flaked coconut ( I use Baker's)
>
> In a 13x 9 pan, bake cake as directed on pkg. While still hot, punch
> holes (I use a straw or wood spoon handle) in the cake. Stir the Creme of
> Coconut and then pour all over cake. Now pour the condensed mile over the
> cake. Let cool for 30-40 minutes. Spread Cool Whip over the cake and
> sprinkle coconut on top. Cover and store in refrigerator.
> YUMMY!!!!!
>
> Bar - B - Q
>
> For a 4-6 pound Roast I buy 2 bottles of Barbeque. I use Krafts brand.
> One with Honey, one original. (medium size bottles). Well it depends if
> you like saucey taste or the sauce not so thick. Mix 2 -3 Tbs. Honey with
> sauce.
> I wash my roast and put in a 13x9 pan. I clean and de-string 4 stalks of
> celery sticks. Put 11/4 cups of water over roast. I then
> sprinkle salt to taste (1 scant teaspoon to 2 lbs. meat is what I do).
> Pepper to taste. I sprinkle Onion Powder (NOT ONION SALT) all over meat.
> I then put 3 teaspoons of chopped garlic all over roast. ( I buy it
> already chopped in a jar). Now lay the celery stalks on top of roast.
> Cover roast with foil and put in Preheated oven of 350 degrees and leave
> for 2 hours untouched. In about 1 1/2 hours, heat the B sauces and
> honey on low to pour over the roast when the 2 hours are up.
>
> After 2 hours lower the oven to 300 degrees and take 2 forks and shred
> roast and mash the celery up. Pour sauce all over
> roast and cook for at least 1 more hour if not 2. One can do this with a
> crock pot, but to me it taste better cooked in oven .
>
> Serve with Baked Beans, Slaw, Corn, or whatever and Yummy!
> Love Ya,
> Julie

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I just wanted to let everybody know how my evening was with Grandma and Grandpa. I went up yesterday after school and they were both asleep when I got there. I took them a fresh bag of popcorn from the Macarthur Walmart. Grandma practically had her hand in the bag before I could even let go of it! I got them both a bowl and they ate it pretty good. I asked Grandma if she wanted some dumplins and she said it sounded too good to pass up. Papaw said he'd eat some. Papaw ate most of his and some pudding later. I think Grandma's appetite was a little healthier than she thought. She ate a whole plate full of dumplins and finished what was left on Papaw's plate too, but insisted that was all she wanted! Then we went to the living room and Papaw tinkered around on his desk while me and Grandma watched some guy on the outdoor channel wrestle turkeys. She got pretty tickled at that.
Grandma showed me the little album of Clara, and while she was flipping through it I asked her what she thought of Amy having another one. She looked surprised and said "Is she pregnant? I didn't know that! Well isn't that just a miracle! Maybe it'll be a boy this time. I hope it's a boy..." I think she is more excited everytime she hears about it! And she just kept talking about how happy Colin looked to be an uncle.
They were both in very good spirits. Papaw grabbed her hand and they shuffled to bed together around 8:00. I don't think Papaw was tired but he knew Grandma was waiting on him.

Love ya!
Addy

Regarding the doors at Mommy and Daddy's - Perhaps we should have the current locks removed and put ones on the doors that do not lock when you go outside (the old-fashioned ones that you have to physically lock).

My 2 babies

 

The Alzheimer's Store - Door Monitor - Door Alarm with Remote Plug-In Alarm Door Alarm

The Alzheimer's Store - Door Monitor - Door Alarm with Remote Plug-In Alarm Door Alarm

This is actually the one I think would work best. What do you all think?

WIRELESS DOOR ALARM - Magnetic Door/Window Alarm at MyPreciousKid.com

WIRELESS DOOR ALARM - Magnetic Door/Window Alarm at MyPreciousKid.com

On this site there are 2 different kinds of alarms. One alarms when the doors are opened, the other has a key code that has to be pushed.

Good Morning,
Wanted to let you all know that Mommy and Daddy are now getting home health assistance. The nurse came yesterday and checked them both out. Drew blood on Daddy and will come weekly for now. If they get sick or need checked out before her scheduled visit all we have to do is call. This will cut down on their dr. visits especially while the weather is bad. Her name is Jenny and Mommy and Daddy just fell in love with her. Of course Mommy said to call her grandma and I had to take her picture for him. But it was on Ritas camera so I don't have it to post.
Her numbers are posted on the fridge for anyone going up.
The other thing is Mommy got up in the middle of the night Daddy got up to find her and couldn't. He finally found her outside. Rita was sleeping in the basement and heard the commotion and went upstairs. Of course the doors open and then if closed lock behind her. I called home health and a medical supply company to see about getting door alarms and they said to look on the internet. Has anyone ever seen or used any? I found one set at the Alzheimers store on the internet. Let me know if anyone has any other ideas. I thought about putting bolt locks on the doors up high but I think she would try and get them open possibly trying to stand on something. We would only need them on the 3 door at the back I think. This isn't the first time this has happened. But it seems to be happening more frequently. I will post the link for the alarms that I found and let me know what you guys think.

Daddys appetite seems to be improving a little. He is taking the Zofran that Mommy was taking when she fell for the nausea and Rita thinks it is helping. I made macaroni and cheese and took up to them today and they both ate it good. Even said it tasted good! The only problem now is when Rita went to pick up his prescription they said it wasn't covered on his insurance and it would be 400+ dollars. So I guess we will have to work on that.
Addy came up after school and Janet was bringing the kids up to spend the night because we are expecting an ice storm.

Don't forget to email and/or call Mom and Dad on a regular basis.
For the ones that live out of state it would be great if I could put you down on a certain day to call and talk to them.
Amy is doing mondays, David is doing Saturdays. And if you call, try and make it before 6pm as they are usually settled down and getting ready for bed. But you can usually call as early as you want!! Mommy has to get up and fry that egg for breakfast.

Love to all,
Trish

Mom, ummm...I didn't put that bag of cool whip and corn in the freezer when I was helping you put groceries up did I? I remember putting something in the freezer, but maybe that was chicken! I'm not sure...

Clara

 

Sounds like they had a good time hunting for it any way lol

Maybe they just wanted to make you think you had lost your mind Rita!Think Maybe?Lol

Sounds like we are all going the way of our Momma! But you know she always had the best memory for where she had put things up until Alzheimer's appeared. But we love her and will take her anyway we can get her. Right girls! Did anyone ask her where she may have put the coolwhip?

Well, I am sure no one would think to look IN THE FREEZER for Cool Whip! Too funny.

Julie gave us a grocery list before she came in and Rita bought the groceries. She made a coconut cake and cool whip was on the recipe. When she went to put the cool whip on the cake she said she couldn't find it. So EVERYONE went on the hunt for the cool whip cause Rita KNEW she bought it. We all looked everywhere. upstairs downstairs cabinets and no one could find it. So we ate the cake without it and it was delicious anyway. The frozen corn was in the bottom of the bag with the cool whip. Rita opened the freezer monday morning and it was right there big as life! Sitting at the bottom of the freezer!!

What is the story behind the cool whip and frozen corn???

cool whip

You would never believe what Rita found when she went to Mommys on Monday morning?!  She opened the big freezer and there was the container of coolwhip AND frozen corn!  So I finished off the rest of the cake WITH coolwhip!

Trish

Hilarious! And what did the teacher in Mommy say?

Janet, that is just too funny, out of the mouth of babes.

Setting: At the breakfast table in casual conversation.

Kaiden: "Mommy, belly achin"
Olivia: (very serious) "Oh Kaiden, you're just consumated!"

Loud uncontrollable laughter!

not generic...go to google and do a search for Tylenol recall. It brings up a page where you can type in the lot #. We threw out several bottles.

Addy after I have the baby mine will be "just fat" again. I'll have to get Mark to measure me in a few months and see where I'm at! lol

Addy you are tooooo funny!
Janet is that just the tylenol brand or does that include generics? I think all they have is generic but will definately check!