Okay, my computer has been down (and so have I) - boy did I miss a lot of reading!!!
I had my carpal tunnel surgery on my left hand on Wednesday and as you can surmise I am now typing with it. It was a very easy surgery. I'll have my right hand done next month.
Next Tuesday, I will get the third shot in my back. The shots don't hurt that much but by the evening and the next day the site of the shot really hurts. However, and I'm crossing my fingers right now, the numbness in my leg and the pains seem to be disappearing. So the third shot may be the last and surgery may not be necessary YEAH!
I wish I had a beautiful Christmas story to relate but I don't - yet! Barry and I went to deliver little gifts to the families we home and visit teach each month, last night. It was 2 degrees out and the wind brought it down to 25 below. They say timing is everything!!! Actually, it was really kinda' fun running up to their doors in the cold wind. Donna, I envy your experiences lately!!! I don't do the running around the mall with all the crazies - it kind of ruins the Spirit for me so I've always done my shopping early. This year the computer saved me - I've been extremely sick since Lyn's funeral but I'm fine now. Anyway, the UPS guy loves me very much because I keep him employed!! Aaron and Kyle are counting the days of course, especially since Aaron turns 5 on Christmas Eve - 5 is a BIG year!! I think Mom and Dad are both prompting Kyle from Heaven, Kyle loves practical jokes and has started telling Knock knock jokes (He's 2 1/2!) He was watching a baritone sing a Christmas solo on BYU tv and now he keeps running up to me saying "Grammy, I'm gonna sing you music LA LA LA LA LA and so on. He does it in the deepest voice he can. So now I sing Deck the Halls with boughs of holly etc and he does the Fa la la la la's!!!
May God bless us all this New Year. We are a strange , happy family lol, but we are a family of faith and that is a tribute to those who raised each of us. I'm proud to be a part of this bunch. I can honestly say that I love you all very much and I appreciate the memories that we have all forged together - even when sadness draws us together. At the reunion we can tell more tales on each other - like when Michael tried to rip all my hair out when he was a baby!!!! It's okay Mike, I've never liked my hair either!!! And for those of us who can't make it, we will put together a family book!
Merry Christmas!
Debbie