Orange, he says, is now his lucky color, his favorite color.
JediBoy has worked hard at his karate classes, always paying attention in class & practicing all the time at home. Because he takes classes at the YMCA instead of the dojo, he must attend a certain number of classes (I believe it is 20) before [...]
The kids were delighted when the postman rang the bell and delivered a big box o’ fun from Pappy and Nita today! (I would have joined in their delight except that I’d gotten up early so PisecoDad could take me in for blood work before he had to work, and I had the kids settled [...]
April is National Poetry Month. PisecoSis is a poet as well as a teacher, and that makes studying poetry all the more personal and engaging for us, and we have plenty of books with poetry on our shelves and the new Do I Dare Disturb the Universe? poster is hanging up… in our bathroom. (That’s [...]
Besides the disturbing mention of blood clots, I found The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman to be as interesting and well-researched as many folks had told me, and the story drew me in and (except for p. 180) kept my mind off my current medical woes.
It’s the story of a family living [...]
Another day. The important thing is that although I continue to go to bed worried and scared, I continue to wake up. And I wake up with gratitude.
A blood test. My results were good, so I can go off the injections of Lovenox. That’s a great big cheer – the twice-daily injections were painful & [...]
I had PisecoDad run to the library and pick up four or five books for me to read, several of which were on my Spring Reading Thing list. I decided to start with the one I had heard the most positive comments about, The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman. It’s the true story of the [...]
Thanks for ALL the well-wishes. If it weren’t that sitting with the laptop caused the stinkin’ clot in the first place, I would love to write back to each of you individually with my heartfelt thanks. As it is, though, I’m trying to limit my computer time this week… so a big group hug will [...]
I’m home and resting comfortably. I spent all of Friday night and a big chunk of Saturday in the ER being treated for a DVT – blood clot in my thigh.
When I was 22 and just married, newly moved to this area, I went on the Pill. One of those scary side-effects they warn you [...]
I spent my day doing three pleasant things: reading through other people’s book lists for the Spring Reading Thing, making welcome-home signs for Leigh & family – including spending an hour outside with the kids painting a banner, and explaining bowling to BabyGirl.
Cousin C. turns 2 tomorrow and is having a bowling party. It has [...]
Over at Callapidder Days there is a spring reading carnival going on. Since I love to page through the links and see what other folks are reading, I decided this time around I would post my own reading list for the spring!
I thought for a while about what challenge to give myself. I’ve been doing [...]
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