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Monday, 20 July 2009

  • Wow it has been to long since I posted on Xanga. Got caught up with responding to high school friends that found me on myspace and then facebook. My goodness did I get a lot of contacts once I registered on facebook.It has made it so easy for my family to share pictures. It has has become a staple for my family., what with three babies born this year. My niece had a son on March 4th, Tyler Ashton, my daughter had her son on June 16th (my mom's birthday), Callan Lee and my nephew's had his daughter on June 22nd, Olivia Wynter. We have been so blessed.
    I went to Atlanta on June 3rd to await my grandson who was due on the 9th, but that little bugger kept me waiting an extra week and came on June 16th. It was a beautiful day and the my dear Carly had the most wonderful delivery. Hits ten cm's at 7:30pm at 8:05pm Callan was here. I could only smile and send prayers of thanks for His his blessings.
    Let me show you how much I was blessed: DSC00144 DSC00242DSC00358DSC00334

    My heart is so full and I am so grateful. Now only if the a nice relocation for me and Wick would come through to put us closer to Georgia so I can be a dotting "Abuela" LOL

Sunday, 04 January 2009

  • Well we got through the holidays.  Very quiet this year.  No big celebrations just the two of us at home relaxing enjoying the days.  Wick's son came by and visited on Christmas Eve and I cooked the best Prime Rib I ever cooked.  Yummie!!  We opened presents then sat back to play guitar hero.  Oh my gawd, we are having a blast with this game.  Rocking out the oldies, the blues, and even some songs I never heard of.  LOL  But it's fun and we laughed and rocked out.

    New Years eve we went went to hear a friend play.  Lee Diamond, he is a crooner and does all the Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole kinda stuff.  It was great. We stayed to welcome the new year and then came home to cuddle up and relax and contemplate.  It was nice.

    So we made it to another year.  Couple things.  I quit smoking.  Seriously this time.  My grand baby will not see me smoke a cigarette. I am done.  We hope this year brings us closer to my family with job opportunities back east. And of course, a new baby.....Wow.  I am very excited. 

    February 6th we leave for Atlanta to join up with my daughter and son in law, then on the 7th we all fly out to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, for a glorious week of relaxation at a beautiful new resort there that just is about to open on the 10th of January.  Going on vacation a little early this year so my daughter does not have to fly after her sixth month of pregnancy.  Should be wonderful.

    Today I go back to work after 3 days off and I am dragging my feet.  But if I don't get up and get going I will be late.  Take care of you my friends. Love, Nancy

Monday, 22 December 2008

  • I promised a bit of the video that my daughter set up when she informed of our upcoming blessed event.  She had just returned from a trip where she photographed a wedding for her friend.  She asked me to go to my computer to few some of the pictures of the wedding. But when I opened her email I see this
      with a poem that was beautiful.  I immediately think she has sent it to me by mistake thinking she had sent me pictures instead.  Many of her friends are having babies too and I just assumed this was from one of them to her.  So this is what happened:
    It was very exciting to say the least.  So when I get there for Thanksgiving she presents me with a t shirt to wear when we get to my Mom and Dad;s house,  She wants to surprise them too, and uses me to do so by having me wear this tshirt until someone notices.

     
    It took them a while and was so funny when they finally got it.  My Dad was first, and he whispers, "Is it true?"  I nod yes and he nudges my Mom and says "Read her tshirt?"  and mouth drop open and congratulations start flying around the room.  Another very exciting day.  Needless to say I am truly blessed.
    Have a wonderful day my friends.  Take care of you!!!


Sunday, 21 December 2008

  • Oh my God, it's been since July since I posted.  Hard to believe.  Time has seemed to be racing by.  I remember going to Cancun with my daughter and son in Law and their friends in May, then it becomes a bit of a blur knowing we had to travel again for my mom's 80th birthday.  Then back home.  Then comes October 12th.  My Daughter calls to give us the great news that we are going to be grandparents.  I have a small video of me getting the news that will post this afternoon.  It's a little funny.  Wick and my Daughter had it all set up to record my reaction being we are so far apart.  Then a vistit back to Georgia and Florida to see family for Thanksgiving and surprise them with Carly's news.  It was great.  I will write more about that later.

    Yes my friends my first grandchild.  I am so excited and so blessed.  I know you all must be so tired of me saying how blessed I am.  I truly am in awe of my life at times. My daughter is feeling wonderful never experienced a day of morning sickness.  I went to the doctor's with her on her 12 1/2 week visit and got to see the baby on the sonogram.  I was amazed, being the sonogram at 7 weeks showed a little worm with a heart beat and at 12 weeks we have moving arms and legs and she/he actually looked at the camera and we saw the eyes and nose.  Amazing!  Back 29 years ago we got one sonogram around 5 months.  Now I am back in California missing her more then ever.

    I am pretty sure I told you all that we were going to try to find positions in our job to allow us to transfer back to the southeast. Several attempts failed.  Well my husband just had another interview last Wednesday that seems promising.  We pray.  Hopefully we will hear something this week.  If it comes to fruition we will move to the southeast ....we'll he will have to go in January and I will stay back and get things ready and hopefully transfer in March.  Lot's to do here in California before we move.  Not like I haven't done it before.  <sigh>  Getting to old for this moving stuff.  LOL  But it will be a happy move to get me closer to my family.  God Bless my husband who is always looking for ways to make me happy. Now that his son is out of college and working a great job, his Mom has passed, now he agrees it is time for me to move closer to my family.  He is a wonderful person!!!

    We'll my friends I am off to work.  Yes, still working Sunday's.    I will post the video a little later today.   Take care of you my friends.  Hope the holiday season is being kind to you.

Thursday, 17 July 2008

  • My goodness it has been a while since I posted!  As you all know life can get busy.  Mine got busy real fast.  I believe you all knew we were flying to Florida, June 12th,  to celebrate Mom's 80th birthday, with tons of family and such.  It was wonderful had a great 4 days.  Saw family I had not seen in 30 years!!! Awesome!  We came home got busy again with work and other things.  Then I get the dreaded call that Mom is sick.  Having what the Doctor's are thinking are TIA's.  She has been in out of the hospital Since June 25th, my family decides to call me on the 29th.  I WAS NOT HAPPY!!  They did not want to call and worry me???!!!????  What!!  Do any of you have family like that.  Well, my friends, you can imagine not only was I extremely worried about my Mom but I was furious with my sister's who happen to live closer, one only minutes, the other about an hour, away from Mom and Dad.  I could go into to all the discussions we had and anger that flew around...but, I won't.  Just know they have promised to keep me in the loop with my parents health no matter what.  I have the right to worry if that is what I chose to do!
    Anyways.  Mom comes home from the hospital and spends one good day and then sufferes another episode that is worse by far, and is hospitalized again.  They call me and make the decision to return to Florida.  My wonderful husband makes all the arrangements and we return to Florida on July 2nd.  Mom is still in the hospital but looking good.  They are running every test imaginable on her, find that it is not mini strokes.  In fact they are not sure what is causeing her problem.  It is strange but she feel her "head filling up with pressure, minor pain base of skull, and a pulling sensation to the left.  Inner ear has been looked at, poked, probed, tested, you name it.  Brain has had almost evry test done to it imaginable.  Oh and she feels very sick when this is happening last two episodes is associated with vommitting and sever weakness.  While we are there visiting and helping my Dad out, mom comes home from the hospital and is feeling pretty darn good.  Everyone breathes a sign of relief.  Lasted all of one day.  Next morning she rises at 5:30 a.m. to go to the bathroom and experiences an episode and falls!  Breaks her right arm!  Yes and she is right handed. Emergency room confirms it's broken at the wrist.  Soft cast and home we go.  Mom feeling a little depressed.  Me worried being my time their this running short.The following Monday we are instructed to go to Orthopedic for them to apply a hard cast.  Okay.  No problem.  "Hey Mom get a lime green cast!"  Oh no.  Not that simple.  Orthopedic takes one look at the xrays and ask if she is pretty independent, needless to say she is until this.  He tells her if she want the hand to work like it did before, blah blah, blah...we need to do surgery!  My mind goes reeling.  Something is going one with her that they are not sure of, but they want to put her under anesthesia, WHAT! Okay.  I beg the Doctor to please do it ASAP explaining that I am only here temporarily and must return to California.  He graciously agrees and the next morning my mom is operated on and has a steel plate screwed into her radius and wrist bones.  She handles it like a trooper!  She comes home and does great.  Not wanting us to dote (?) on her.  Wick and I have only one more day left before we have to return to work.  She continues to do great and we leave feeling confident all is on the up swing.  (sigh)  It is and it isn't.  When she is feeling good she is doing great.  You can't keep her down.  But she has had more episodes and more doctor's visits, and of course I worry.    All we can do it wait and see.  

    Been home a week and playing catch up at work.  I need to spend some time and read what I missed on Xanga!  I pray all has gone well with all of you.  I missed the week of triple digits in California, was beautiful in Florida.

    Forgive all my typos wrote this in hurry and now must get to work!!  Take care. 

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