Peaceful Saturday

Got up this morning and fixed breakfast for the family. Just biscuits, but it was good. Started cleaning some of the house and starting a loaf of bread. It is really hard to live frugally when you have no time to do anything. Haven't had fresh bread in days. Decided to do a little school today and play catch up. The first two photos are of a lapbook we finished today about the Olympics. Took about three weeks, also read plenty of books about Ancient Greece and the First Olympics Games. The Percy Jackson movie fit in nicely with all of this.

Grace's newest passion is designing. Got this little sketch book with stencils from Walmart for 10.00 that her papa gave her. He is always looking out for her and giving her money to buy herself things. This has been a good buy, she has used it every day and enjoys it very much. She also got the new Percy Jackson book. Speaking of my dad, he is much better and came home today. I am going over in a little while to cook dinner for my parents. My mom is pretty tired. Hopefully life can start getting back to normal and she can get some rest before having to go for her chemo treatment on Wednesday. It will be good to see everyone at Emory, haven't been in about 3-4 weeks. On Monday I have to go get the dreaded mammogram. Please pray that everything will be fine, because quite frankly I do not have time to get sick. Taking care of too many other people.

Good News For a Change

Dad has not had anymore TIA episodes since yesterday around 5. They removed the heparin drip this morning and he is continuing to receive the injections in his stomach every 12 hours of another blood thinner. If he continues to do well he can go home tomorrow. We will have to give the same injections at home and he will have to be watched closely. Thanks so much for all your encouraging comments. Everyone is tired and ready to get back to a somewhat normal life. Whatever that means. Hope to report that tomorrow he is home.

Life Has Kind of Halted

Managed to get a little bit of school done this morning. Me and Grace went to the hospital after lunch to sit with dad and mom. Most of the day dad did real well, just weak. After we left around 3 he had another TIA (pre stroke episode) and then another around 5. Medication they were using just wasn't doing the job, switched over to a heparin drip tonight. Praying this will get the episdoes under control before he goes in to a full blown stroke. Mom is real tired and not able to stay up there all night. It is hard to leave him there through the night until the next morning. Please continue to pray that dad will repond to medication, that mom's stamina will hold out, and strength for me and my sister to hold everything together. Thanks so much for your comments of pray and encouragement.

Dad Update

Mom had to call an ambulance for my dad this morning. Couldn't function very well and there was no way we could have gotten him up and in the car to get him to the hospital. Ran many tests this morning and passed them all. Once we got the results back I sent my mom and her friend to mom's treatment down at Emory. 45 minutes after leaving dad had another pre stroke episode. Had to call them back, so treatments will probably be put off for another week. Next test will be on the arteries in his neck, if blocked or narrowed will be transferred to a larger hospital for surgery. Otherwise will be treated with medication. Very scary to watch your father lose his ability to communicate, etc. right in front of you, and I was the only one there to handle it. He is resting in his room now and probably won't have the test run until tomorrow morning. Please pray that no surgery will be needed and that the medication will do it's job.

When it Rains It Pours

Got a call from my mom today that my dad possibly had a pre-stroke episode. We called the doctor and he wants to see dad tomorrow. I was to take mom to her next infusion tomorrow, now we are looking for another ride for her so I can stay home and watch my dad as well as take him to his appt. Please keep my family's health in your prayers. On a lighter note, took Grace to see the Percy Jackson moive last night and she loved it. I have to admit it was pretty good. She is already wanting to get the second book in the series to start reading. We did a little school this morning then after lunch headed to a playdate at a friend's house. Tonight making home made pizza. Yum!

New Pot Rack

New pot rack is up and functional. As I mentioned before my hubby can make just about anything. He collects all kinds of hardware and holds on to it until he needs it. This time he had everything we needed to make the rack and I have to say it turned out great. I will also go ahead and mention the copper counter tops. When we moved in the counter tops were white tile and the grout looked awful. Luckily my husband was blessed with some scrap copper and we decided to make the new tops out of it. We have a very small kitchen so the pot rack will really come in handy.

Happy Birthday to Me

So, today was the birthday. The big 43. Some days I feel every year of that. On a lighter note had a great birthday dinner and cake at my moms. Mom and Dad got me a Martha Stewart cookware set. Yeah! I really needed one. We have a very small kitchen so not alot of space to house the new cookware. Hubby is building me a pot rack as we speak. I will post a pic tomorrow of the finished product.