Wow

It has been a long time since I blogged or posted anything. I guess not much is going on or I never have time or something like that. I am still working at the large university, and have recently switched to part-time which is great! Hopefully I will have more time to do this. I started a running program this week to try to get myself in some sort of shape to start running on a more frequent basis. Of course I am starting off slow and am building up, so fingers crossed I stick with it THIS TIME! Ha! I went to the dentist today because I had a tooth that has been hurting for like 3 days. I finally gave in and decided to go because I was really sort of scared it would interfere with our trip to the beach next week. Wouldn't that be just awful? I had to go through all kinds of torture and I am sitting here with my mouth throbbing because somehow some sort of food item became lodged under my only crown that I have over a cracked molar. Ugh! Earlier this month our beach plans were almost interrupted when I got called to jury duty. Not only jury duty, but jury duty for a highly publicized capital murder trial in our area. I tried to get deferred, but the judge would not let me due to the importance of the case so for two days I sat in court listening to everyone else complain about having to be there (which made me feel bad for complaining). On day three I was excused (thankfully!). I don't think they liked the fact that I had already pretty much made up my mind. I remembered a lot of the details of the incident which happed 2 years ago. So, I was out! Anyways, now that I am typing all of this, it really sounds like a lot has been going on.

Making Progress

Okay, we are making progress. Here we are putting the kitchen back together. These pictures really do not do the new color justice. I would say the color is more a paprika color (Sherwin Williams color Habanero Chile.) It's very pretty! I guess we will start on the family room tomorrow. More pictures to follow. It will be much better when we are absolutely done!

Want to see the best little girl trumpet player in the world?

Okay. There she is. Tallulah herself - on the right of course! This was taken at our local Jazz Festival.

It's Over!

I was officially released from the orthopedic doc yesterday. Yay! I went in for my final visit and the two surgeries I had on my hand were successful. After months of physical therapy, the joints are still tight and the scar tissue still has not released the tendon so that it moves smoothly, but that may still come with time. My doc says there is still a chance that I could develop arthritis in that hand before I do anywhere else, but he joints are lined up good and maybe that will not happen.

On a much lighter note, hubby and I are painting our kitchen and family room this weekend. Here are some before pictures and I will post some after pictures when we are done. He is doing much of the painting and I am doing all the supervising. Until I get full strength back in my hand so that I don't drop things, I am going to be the bi-stander on projects such as these. Me dropping paint all over the place...not good!

Before: (Please note my helpers taking a break - totally unacceptable!)

Homecoming - Week after hand break hell

Just thought I would share. This was the week after my surgery (believe me, I now relate everything to the time period of my handbreak). I had to help get Tallulah (my daughter) ready for homecoming. I thought this picture was beautiful with all of the fall colors. Yes, those are real trees! I am trying to catch up a little now. hahaha.

Ok...here we go

I guess I have a new blog now which is just as well. I can get off to a great new start. So much has happened since I last blogged last August. At the end of September I rented a limo for my daughter's birthday and picked up all her girlfriends (12 of them) and somehow in all the confusion, ended up tripping on my flip flop and falling IN the limo and breaking my right hand. I had hand surgery the next week and had pins and screws put in my hand. Several months later I had another surgery to remove the pins and screws and have been enduring twice weekly physical therapy ever since. I am learning to use my right hand again which is why I have not blogged in a while. I truly have not wanted to or felt like it. I hope I can catch everything up and maybe this will serve as mental therapy for me as well. My daughter continues to be very busy. She is in the band at school as well as the Jazz Band. She sings and plays trumpet in her teen praise band at church, sings in the choir, is an officer in 2 clubs, and runs me crazy. This explains why I am down with the flu this week. I have been run into the ground the last few weeks. Hubby has been working many hours and I have been doing single mom duty. It finally caught up with me. No rest for the weary!

Wow...where did I go?

Hmmm...I haven't blogged in forever and come back to find I am not here anymore. Where did I go?