What a busy 2 weeks

Well, since mom was told she had to have more surgery we he put our lives into overdrive. We have not stopped. Let's see if I can catch you up a tad...

Mom and I made about 130 valentine bags and gave them away. We were talking today and think they cost about $3.00 each. This turned out to be more expensive then we had planned, but they were really cute. They were made with love and that is what Valentine's day is all about right?

Tom has been trying to keep up with the rest of us. We did cut wood last Saturday since it was almost 70 degrees outside. We managed to get several small trees cut up for firewood thanks in part to Kristi and Alayna helping. Of course, Alayna loved being outside in the warm weather.

Kristi has officially dropped out of William Woods University and is waiting on her final transcript to continue her education at Columbia College. She expect to start sometime in March if everything goes right. She is glad for the break but anxious to start at Columbia College.

Alayna has been really good. She has been enjoying the warmer weather, which allow her to expend energy outside instead of inside. While Oma was in the hospital, I told her Oma has a boo-boo that needed to be fixed and the doctor thought she ought to stay with him to get it fixed - and she replied "Wow, I didn't realize she was broken."

I started Cake Decorating classes. I know, I know...you are saying "What in the world are you doing this for...are you crazy??" But, this was my Christmas present from mom. Alayna loves to decorate cakes so she wanted me to learn the basics so I could teach Alayna the proper way to do it. I had one class and had to miss one (because of mom being in the hospital). The jury is out on whether I will learn anything. I am not real fond of the teacher.

Now for mom...she had surgery on Tuesday and it was suppose to be relativity painless with just one night in the hospital for pain control if needed. Well, today is Friday and we have only been home about 2 hours. On Wednesday, the pain was out of control and she was really sick. They kept doping her with pain killers and I kept telling them to stop since I thought that was what the reason for her constant throwing up. After about 12 hours of this they finally decided to listen and stopped the IV pain killers but then we had to work it out of her system. We decided that if they couldn't help her in that condition then what was I suppose to do when I got her home. So...another night. On Thursday I arrived expecting to take her home and they said that her oxygen level was dipping too low and she needed full-time oxygen. The doctor said that since she didn't come in the hospital with O2 they were not going to allow her to leave until they figured out the problem. One more day!! They did several x-rays and cat scans to make sure she didn't have a blood clot, but determined that it was all the medicine that she had.

Today is Friday, and she is home. Sore, but is glad to be home. I am making Chicken Noodle Soup for supper to help her tummy adjust to real food instead of hospital food.

Tonight, Tom and I have tickets to go to see Vickie Lawrence in concert. She is performing half her show as Vickie and half as Mama (from the Carol Burnett Show). We have 3 tickets, but Krisit is not feeling well so she is going to stay with Oma and let Tom and I go. I am looking forward to some good laughs. I will let you know how good it turns out to be.