Happy New Year, Goodnight and Good Luck

Here's hoping everyone has a safe and happy new year, and best wishes to all for peace, happiness, health and prosperity in the coming decade.



Time to put this blog to sleep. It's been fun and educational for me, at least.

Peace out.

Snowball fight!

(courtesy of the Peas!)

Big snow!

It started snowing at about 11pm last night, which sent the card players home early. We've got 12-15" so far and it's still snowing. It's just beautiful! The feeder birds are happy, there are robins, cardinals, red-winged blackbirds, sparrows, juncos, titmouses and woodpeckers. Yesterday the red-shouldered hawk was around for about an hour in the late morning. I wonder if she knew the snow was coming and was looking to get a squirrel to feast on. I'm watching the juncos on the suet feeder outside my window, not four feet away. I love watching the little birds.

So does Ebony. Whenever birds are on tv, she runs to the foot of my bed and sits and watches them intently. She'll continue watching for several minutes after they are gone, no doubt hoping they'll come back. She's one of the cats who would be very entertained by those videos made for cats.

Queenee is wrapping presents and PopPop is gearing up to give his new snowblower its maiden voyage up the driveway. The air is filled with anticipation!

What do you want for Christmas?

A cave would be nice. Or maybe a hippopotamus...

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayla Peevey

She was only 10 or 11 when she recorded this!

Miss P's surgery

They really cleaned up her ankle and took all the spurs, growths, etc. off, and are very proud of the "Perfect" alignment and precision of the replacement. The inside ankle bone did crack under the pressure of moving the foot after so long during surgery, so they had to put some extra hardware in there to stabilize it - they actually wanted to strengthen that bone anyway due to it having been not in shape to hold in long run (I don't mean run).

She is still on the lower leg block and out of pain. The PA said his main concern now isn't the draining, but pain management after this block wears off. She still cannot feel or move anything below the knee. Thank goodness for that! 6 1/2 hours in surgery, but she looks great and is feeling good, for now.

• two weeks wrapped up in bed
• four weeks in a cast no weight bearing
• two weeks in air cast no weight bearing
• then begins very gradually putting weight on the foot and very slow movement/therapy
• about a month after that, then begins the constant therapy on it...

All the while being checked up on in Miami. Baptist Health Doctors Hospital is I think the best facility I've ever been in. Wow is all I can say!

Good luck tomorrow, Miss P!

Polly is scheduled for her ankle replacement surgery tomorrow morning. Everyone here sends their very best wishes for a perfect ankle!!

Miss P, I hope your recovery goes well and quickly - remember, don't push too hard, but do all the exercises they give you, it really makes a difference.

Happy birthday Elder Pea!

She's not a teenager anymore! Twenty years old today - Happy Birthday Miss C!!

The Twisted Sistahs have been busy!

We've been busy helping raise funds to get daughter/neice Miss Polly a new ankle!
Please stop by the website and check it out!!!

Ankle4Polly