Relaxing

After a grueling long drive home from Tennessee visiting DH's sister, getting in at about 3 am and having only 4 hours of sleep..I'm sipping hot coffee and browsing this lil sweet book. Tomorrow starts getting ready for Thanksgiving.

Please pray for Wendy as she goes in for more surgery today at 2pm..this is a biggy and will need a long hospital stay after wards. DH is with her today and will be on his way home after a few days to see how she is doing recovering in Hospital.

Back Home

Wendy's surgery went very well, it was not as long as the Dr thought and it turned out to be a fairly simple fix. It was a bit of scar tissue from the radiation, the Dr sniped it and the lower intestine bounced right back into place, she is eating and holding foods down and yesterday she was able to get up and walk to the nurses station and outside for some fresh air, the Dr is slowly weaning her off the pain meds but she is no hurry to go home, she wants to feel 100% first. It was a Blessing to be there and cheer her up after surgery. I was able to go because my mom and DHs mom took the time to watch the kids and get them to school for us, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

While Wendy was sleeping after surgery that night DH and I found a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, so very funny, more a comedy than a mystery. I had never been to one and I'd love to find another one around my area one day. The food was not very good but it was great to laugh after the worry and stress.

On the way home we stopped in Tennessee at "The Lost Sea Adventure". It's an hour long tour thru an cave which leads you to a underground lake. I was able to grab some pics and will post those in my next blog.

After being away for 3 days I have more laundry than I can handle in one day and I have to jump right back into Mommyhood which I'm finding is not so easy..Am I the only one that finds it hard after being away for a long time. How do you handle the transition?

SIL Surgery Tomorrow and Update

WOW, things can change is such a short amount of time..My SIL has been in the hospital with a severe lower intestine blockage and DH ran down for the weekend to sit with her and cheer her up last weekend, I stayed here with the kids. Last night she got home from the Hospital since she was holding down food. Today DH got a call that she is back in the Hospital and is having emergency surgery to remove the blockage tomorrow sometime..this is a scary surgery has they will cut out the blockage and reconnect the 2 portions of intestine together. DH might drive back down to Tennessee to be with family in the Hospital and I'll stay here with the kids since we have no babysitter. The doctor says that it is because of the chemo/rad. she has had for her cancer.

Please Pray for Wendy to get thru this!

On the homefront here the girls are doing Fab. in school this year, mostly Bs and Cs. We are so happy because last year was such a struggle for Crystal. Last Summer we made the decision to remove TV's from the kids rooms and have just one TV down in the basement for DVDs only as a reward. We also cut off cable (to save money cuse Richard was out of a job then)...It has shown us that it was a good decision for us as a family, Crystal is reading more and her people skills have improved. Abigail has made a A in math. This worked and is working for us but it might not work for everyone...The few shows that I do like to watch I watch on HULU and get new movies from the library.
I think I'll decorate for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving..There is Christmas music on the radio here in OH already!

Whatcha Working on Wednesday

After 2 years this lil corner is getting a makeover! I have the bad habit of putting things here and there and leaving it alone for a LLOONNGG time..lol..so I'm sprucing up so it doesn't look like we just moved in, Stay tuned for upcoming pics.

Today Crystal goes to Children's Hospital for her Mole Removal, we are going to be gone all day.

Enjoy your Wed.!

A Lil Surprise from a New Friend

I have met the nicest lady at our new Church, her daughter is in my daughters class and we had no idea till we really started to talk and from there our friendship grew. She brought over such a nice gift after seeing how much I love my Roosters! She has even offered her help on Wed. when DD goes in for her Mole Removal Surgery. You just don't often find such good kind people anymore!

Today was a really nice day, went to a nice lil antique store (of course I forgot my camera)with my mom and just browsed till I found a 1962 copy of "Heloise Household Hints", I had to pick this lil book up and bring her home for a good read.

So Wed. DD goes in for her lil surgery, she is very scared and every day we have to comfort her, She's 10 and if I could go thru it for her I would! It should be a lil in and out surgery and lots of hugs and ice cream afterwards!

I hope ya'll enjoyed your Monday!

A Blog Award and A Scary Mole

Many Thanks goes over to Gigi at http://happilyeverafter2002.blogspot.com/
She awarded me and I'm so happy to meet a new Bloggy Friend! As Gigi requested, I will share this reward with blogs that show sweetness, thoughtfulness, and kindness. It will take me a day or 2 to pass this on, many of you have stopped accepting blog awards. If you still accept them Please take this award with my Blessings!

Today I had to take my oldest DD (10) to the DR's for a mole on her back, it has been getting larger as she grows each year, she was born with it but with constant hair brushing and with Bras in the future it really is in a bad place. The DR is concerned with the shape of it right now, in the next couple of weeks I will need to take her to Childrens Hospital to have it removed and then they will do testing on it. It sounds like an easy procedure and I don't want to "borrow" trouble by thinking of "What-ifs". We will just have to see how it turns out.

I really haven't done any crafting lately and have been dealing with colds and enjoying the nice temps here...I have cleaned up my garden and started my spring cleaning.

Hope ya'll are enjoying your Wednesday!

Emilee Made It Thru!

Emilee made it thru her surgery yesterday, afterwards she was in some pain but the Dr's were able to give meds to control it. She may get to go home today, let's pray that she had a good night and is doing great this morning!

Please Pray for Lil Emilee

Tomorrow at 8 am she goes in for Surgery. She then will have to wear a helmet to re-shape her skull for many months. I wish I could give them all a nice Hug..We are Praying!

I'm feeling very sick, major head cold. I'll be missing for a couple of days while I kick this. It has to be the weather change, It's nice and sunny but FREEZING outside today.

Update On My Neice Emily

Here is an e-mail from my Sister to everyone that is offering prayers/good thoughts, I told her I'd pass it on. They were released from the hospital on Tues. night as they are still searching for a good surgeon, while in the hospital the nurses had to put a sock over Emil's hand so she wouldn't pull out her I.V.

We got a date of Tuesday, February 17th at 10am to meet the Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Sacred Heart in Pensacola Fl.


It will be a short appointment to meet the surgeon and discuss her recommendations and Emilee's over all case of Craniosynostosis.


We are keeping our fingers crossed that her surgery can be performed soon.


Thank you again for all the Prayers.

The Samuelson's

~Please, Need Massive Prayers~

My sister Jennifer just found out that her four month old baby girl Emily (my sweet lil niece) has a condition called Craniosynostosis, where the bones that makeup her skull have fused prematurely. This usually happens around the time you quit growing. Since Emily is still growing, her brain has nowhere to go and is literally squeezing itself as it tries to grow. Therefore she is going to have to undergo some pretty major surgery to completely reconstruct her skull. There are very few surgeons nationwide that perform this operation, so they are going to need your prayers to help find a good one, and for a successful completion of the procedure. And they will also obviously need your prayers for a speedy recovery.

Monday the Doctor's start the search for the best Pediatric Neurosurgen in the country, in addition her white blood count is very high and they have to find out why. Tomorrow Jennifer goes back into the Hospital to have Emily's blood checked again.

Lil Emily has a very long hard road ahead of her, Please pray for my lil Niece!

Surgery Update, Homefront, 1 book down..Easy Start to the Week

Yesterday My MILs DH went thru his Bypass Surgery very well, It was a 5 hour surgery and around 6:00 my DH called me to tell me that he was in recovery and all was well. He will be in the Hospital for another week and then sent home..Please keep my MIL in your thoughts and prayers as she helps him recover and gain his strength back.

On the Homefront, DH has been at his new job for a week now, leaving before anyone is up and coming home after the kids are already in bed. The first week was rough as the kids were missing Dad and knew that he wasn't going to be here for dinner so they were pushing my buttons! It's like we have to learn a whole new routine, homework..chores..dinner..slow down time..bed..and then the house is so "still" for a while. I need some more "Fun" recipes for dinner the kids say...Any ideas?

I also finished the first book "Twilight" in the Vampire series and started the second book last night, I'm very surprised at how much I am enjoying these, I wasn't sure I would since it's more for the Teen scene.

It's really snowing now and it is going to get VERY COLD here in a few days...It's pretty looking outside but I'm not looking forward to getting out there and feeding HOSS.

An Award..Little Late

I was awarded this sweet award from Pam at http://antiqueornot.blogspot.com/ , How sweet Thank You!

The Friends Award is given to blogs that are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and to be friends.The purpose of the award is to reward and encourage propagating new friendships.

We are on our way to the Hospital to see my MILs DH who is having Bypass Surgery tomorrow so I offer this sweet award to you!

~Please Pray for my DH~

So 2 weeks ago DH slipped while walking to the barn, We thought that he just sprained his knee but the pain is still so intense...I finally convinced him to go to the ER..Well...He just called me and told me that he ripped some ligaments in his knee and needs an MRI tomorrow and see an Orthopedic Surgeon...He could be in a cast for quite awhile!!!!

Now he needs to talk to his Boss about taking more time off and we can't afford for him to go on dissability...

I'm freaking out here!!!

We have bills to pay, school stuff to buy for 2 kids now..Horses to feed...and no help from my family!!!

I'm gonna go cry now.....

Memorial Day and Surgery

We were busy Memorial Day Weekend..Crystal picked out the colors of her room, Wal-Mart's Fluffy Pink! We are "Horseying" this up with as much as we can. It's a small room because this house has 3 bedrooms so DH built Crystal's room out of our strange dining room/living room...It was wasted space that is now put to good use! I will post finished pics as we work on her room.

DH cam thru his Gallbladder Surgery with no complications, He came home and is eating and walking around the house with little pain, Today he is alittle more sore than he was last night so we hope tomorrow will be better. G'ma came to help with the kids and slept over, this morning I cooked pancakes and we lounged around in our PJ's till 3 pm!! Very unusual for all of us to do this.

I am looking forward to summer, We are planning a few Lake Days and lots of Library visits. I'm trying to think of activities that we can do here at home.

Please share your ideas with me, What do you plan on doing with your kids this summer and save gas at the same time?

Feeling Better and an Upcoming Surgery

Thank You so much for the well wishes, We are on the mend and much better!

We have a Surgery date for my DH, May 30th he will have his Gallbladder taken out so Please send good thoughts and Prayers our way! He is still in much pain and is on Vicadin until the surgery.

I'll be checking in here and there but until he is better I have to take care of the animals and what-not.