Greetings from TEXAS!!!!!

We are here...& I am TIRED!! We got to the airport early this morning and everything went on schedule until we got to Luv Field. We were supposed to land at 1:50 and our next flight leave at 2:20. We knew we needed to hurry, but the girl doing the wheelchairs (yes, I got a wheelchair & BOY, am I glad...) couldn't quite get it together or understand our need to hurry so finally Dave pushed me. We hurried to the monitor only to find out that our flight had been delayed...we finally left at around 4 (we were supposed to be home at 3:30). It is good to be home and even better to see the girlies!! So wonderful to get those sweet hugs -- Dave & I think we will make them a palette on the floor in our room tonight so that we can all sleep together!! :o) We know that they were well cared for while we were gone - THANKS MOM!!-- but still glad to be reunited. There were signs from church and 4 floral bouquets and 1 cookie one for the girlies! We definitely feel loved! Thanks everyone...now, if you will excuse me, I'm going to go lay down & take a nap!!!

Dr.'s Appointment

OK...so that the pictures are on the post below...remember, I warned you that they weren't pretty!! We went to the Dr. today to get my staples/stitches out. I was hoping that there would be someone there that looked as bad as me, but no...not even a blemish!! :o) Dr. Byrne (just love that man) was very pleased with everything so far (how can he really tell already?). He seems to think that there is already movement so he was VERY EXCITED (as are we!)! Some of the stitches dissolve which we were glad b/c we didn't think that they were ready to be totally gone. The "dis solvable" ones are light though so you can't see them! Glad for a good report -- headed home to see my girlies in the morning! :o)

Pictures..Long Awaited?? NOT pretty!!

Just a thought...

WHY DID I PACK MY MAKE-UP? I put it on in the car the other morning on the way to the airport and then made sure I put it in my suitcase...where it has stayed!! I certainly didn't take time to put it on Friday before surgery and I feel like I have quite enough "color" on my face now!! How silly...& I was so impressed with the little amount that I packed!! LOL!!! :o)

Wednesday Night

This is sure different for us since we are always at church on Wednesday nights - about this time I am usually helping Vicki clean-up the kitchen from the meal she fixes each week. I guess I haven't been much help the last few weeks...sorry, Vicki! I am feeling pretty good. I took a bath today - it went much better than the last shower (Monday) when I got very nauseous. Today I wasn't nauseous at all until long AFTER the bath the afternoon. It just comes and goes -- I think it all has to do with the whole liquid diet, too much medicine and trying to get used to real food again...I know it will get better. We go back to the Dr. tomorrow afternoon to get the stitches out and make sure everything is going OK. I will probably try to do pictures after that. Remember, I still look AWFUL - just better than the few days ago. Melynn didn't come yesterday and she thought I looked even better tonight. She was able to come hang out for a while before her Bible Study that she does on Wednesday nights. She said she would miss us when we leave -- we will miss her too -- we have REALLY enjoyed getting to know her and have had some great discussions! She got me a Johns Hopkins hat to wear on the plane - I didn't even think about bringing one o wear home and I thought that a JH's one would be only fitting! Better run - Dave & I are going to try to watch a DVD!

Better than coffee

OK...I think that I figured out something better than coffee...finally getting to brush my teeth!! Thanks to Hillary for putting a "soft" toothbrush in my little care package! My friend, Nancy (that told me about the surgery), had told me to get a baby toothbrush, but I couldn't really find one, but the super soft one worked.
Isn't Grandpa's name Zeb or something like that? I know that the Dr. on Little House is Hiram.

OK...here is the big question...you have to weigh in on this...are you ready for pictures?? Let me know!!

Tuesday

Well, I have gotten a slow start this morning, but I think in the whole scheme of things, that is good. I finally slept REALLY pretty good -- I'm going to try the bed tonight. I think now that the anesthesia is getting out, I am needing a bit more sleep...thus causing the "sluggish" start! Melynn came over last night (& of course she brought dinner - she is just a Godsend!) and we watched Dancing With the Stars. She had never seen it so we were explaining it to her - we definitely commented on their LACK of costumes! Oh my goodness! Did anyone hear in the National news about the man that drowned his 3 kids (AWFUL!!)?? It all happened 2 doors (right angle) down at the Marriott -- I can see their entrance (well) from our bedroom. So horrible...
Well, nothing exciting happening today except the Comcast guy is supposed to come & hook everything up better! Whoo-hoo! :o)