Bad news happened in our family September 29, 2010. My wonderful father-in-law Bert passed away. His funeral was the nicest celebration of life I've ever experienced. He was dearly loved by all. He was an excellent grandfather and a terrific Father-in-law. Steve called him his Hero.
Within one month of Bert's passing, my mother-in-law Maxine fell and broke her pelvis. She can not be active, there is no cast, she just has to bear through the pain. I think it's been probably one of the worst years of her life. I'm worried about her.
On the brighter side.... Steve & I hired an architect back in January this year, to draw up some plans to add 3 bedrooms to our house. The designs were gorgeous, making our little ranch into a cape. Sadly, we spoke with 5 contractors, who gave outrageously high bids. So, long story short, we went in search of a bigger house, and found that house, and closed on that house last Friday 10/29/2010. The sellers are renting back until Dec 17th. Then, we plan to move into our new dream-home before Christmas! It will be very emmotional though, as there are plenty of emmotional ties to our current house. Lord-willing, we'll have it on the market by January, and it will sell fast.
Some of the positives to moving - this is a house that I actually got to help choose. The town will not be the same town my husband's ex-wife resides in (like our current town). The new house is bigger, more spacious for the 7 of us. New house backs up to a gorgeous river. New house is near a great walking trail. Hopefully more family from out of town will visit more often.
Me in general - I'm in some kind of funk. I come to work to veg-out. Can you believe it? Tommy is a handful. I love him dearly, but he's a total handful. Steve is fulltime as well. He's always on the go, always something to do, always complaining that I'm too tired, etc. I've been taking a spin class twice a week during my Tues & Weds lunches. Yet, I still eat poorly so there's been no weight loss unfortunately.
Victoria - in early September, while playing volleyball, she hurt her knee pretty bad. Went to the doctor who told her that she probably tore the knee-capsule and to stay off of it for a few weeks. One week later, ignoring doctors orders, she was back out playing, thought she felt fine, until she hurt her knee once again, much more painful this time. She decided to actually stay off of it for the 2-3 weeks as recomended before. Then 2 weeks ago, 10/18/2010, she REALLY injured her knee during volleyball, and said the pain was so bad, she gripped the steering wheel very tightly to keep from crying while driving home. I took her back to the orthopedic specialist the next day, who ordered an MRI, which revealed she not only tore her miniscus, but completely tore & detached her ACL. There was too much bruising and swelling and blood internally that the doc did not want to schedule surgery just yet. She was ordered to Physica Therapy 2-3 times per week. We will return today to see how she's doing and to see if he's ready to schedule surgery. Will update later about that.
Tommy was Superman for Halloween. He was thrilled to be Superman, but highly disappointed when he had the costume on and could not fly. He drove his green John Deere tractor around the neighborhood for Halloween and it was the funniest/cutest little sight ever!! Jake tagged along and helped him steer in the right direction and run up to the houses to get the trick or treat and thank you's said.
Significance of today November 4th. If my Grandfather Claude were alive, he'd be celebrating his 89th birthday. One year ago today, Victoria was in a car-accident. She was the middle car in a 3-car accident (Not her fault). The car, my old 2002 Honda Accord, was totalled. A month later when we received the insurance check, I went out and bought her a new 2010 VW Jetta. I love the Jetta and saw a bad accident with one, where the box was still intact and that sold me on the idea of getting one for Victoria. It's been a good trusty little car for her so far.
If anyone I know actually reads this, would you mind sending me a comment telling me so? Just curious. Otherwise, will continue to write as it's a bit of therapy and a diary. XOXO
