It's Raining, It's Pouring

The old man is snoring. He is snoring on the couch. He got another day pass today and was able to be home for fathers day. We are having a nice quiet day. It is lovely to have naps on a rainy day or watch old movies or just curl up and read a book or watch five episodes of Dinners, Drive ins and Dives which is what papa bear is choosing to do. Irregardless of his TV watching preferences, it is nice to be home and to have him home too. I do love the man. Happy Fathers day papa bear.

Home Sweet Home

Most of my posts this month will be over at the John Braun Page see blog list on side bar cause I am too lazy to link but I thought I would drop a note here to let you know that so far everything is going pretty good. John is doing well and has been able to come home for day passes. He can continue to do that until his neutrophils drop. Neutrophils are the cells in your blood that fight infection. His white counts have dropped but as of this morning his neutrophils are still normal. I am sitting around at home waiting to see if I get to rescue him again today. He hates the hospital so much. Yesterday when we finally got to leave, he ran for the elevator. You could hardly see him go for the smoke he was leaving in his trail. His doctor a new guy who is covering for Dr. M. when he gets a day off was right behind. It made his eyes get big. So far he has not had the horrible time that he had with the last transplant. I hope that the trend continues.

Purple Nurple

Hold still Hannah! I eat you ten I pinch your nipple.

Dere, tat was not so bad was it?

Now you hold still Abby while I taste you! You OK wit tat?

There are always sunny patches. They pierce the darkness. The warm light comes in many different manifestations. It comes in the form of grand kids and it comes in the form of friends and it comes in the form of t-towels and in particular, t-towels with chickens on them. Priceless! I don't think that I can express how happy this pair of towels makes me. They are positively sunny. You can not imagine my surprise to receive them. They were unexpected. Thank you ever so much to the ever so talented Fluffy. If you were here I would give you a huge hug and if you did not want one that would be too bad cause I bet I can run faster than you.

Time Again

Sorry to be so lackadaisical with the posting. We have been pretty busy around here and things have been in somewhat of an upheaval. I have been working on getting my mom into a private care home. We are hoping to have her moved in a month. I am having trouble accepting this change. It is hard to see her have to part with almost all her belongings and give up most of her independence.

John will be admitted into the hospital on June 17 for his second transplant so we have been trying to get things organized around the house and yard. I won't have time except for the most basic and that is even a stretch. It does make me sad. He has been feeling pretty good lately and has been off the couch and very much engaged in life. It will be hard to see him knocked down again. I will be doing updates on The John Braun Page while he is in the hospital and during his recuperation. I find that I have so much on my mind. When I do have spare time, I really don't want to think let alone write. I seem to go for the mindless games on facebook. It helps me relax.

The Parole Board Is Insane

Let us work together to get the law changed here in Canada so that people like Harold Schmeltzer will never be allowed out of jail to hurt or kill another soul again and in order that the victims families can have the peace of knowing that. It is outrageous that he got parole. He will re offend. Life should be life. Please follow the link to Kimmieslaw and sign the petition.

Woe Is Me, Pity Party Episode 55

You would think that by my age that I would have learned to do things right the first time. YOU WOULD THINK! But no, I am by nature an impatient person. Shh! Don't tell John that I admitted to that. He would spend the better part of the week gloating. That would be insufferable and let me tell you, I am suffering enough. Here let me show you the cause of my pain.


There is a lot of stuff growing that is not shrubbery! I guess I should have took the time to put that lovely black fabric weed barrier in before I dumped all the utility wood mulch into the garden. This would be a nice time for a visit from the invisible mo. I know how much she love yard work and I am sure that she would attack that with gusto. She would make short work of it. However all that I have accomplished today is a three by three foot square. My back already hurts. I had deluded myself that I would have this completed in a couple of hours. I wish I could trade some twenty year old person bodies for a day. Do I have any takers. You would have fun with mine. Just feed it ice cream and sit around and play Farm town for me. You could flirt with all the avatars in the market place. If you get into too much mischief, I can always change my name.


Well, my back is feeling a bit more rested so I guess I had better go out and try again. If I don't keep at it the best I can I am afraid I will still be at this when the snow flies. WHY DID I NOT SIMPLY PLANT GRASS? Yeash! This time I will put on this nice hat that John was so happy to have purchased at a garage sale. I am going to look like a maroon but beggars can't be choosers. I seem to have lost mine somewhere in the jungle.

Dog Fight

When there are no grand kids around

somebody has to be wrestled

A dippy dog will have to make do