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Summertime!!!

2010-07-18T12:49:00.000-07:00

I was so looking forward to summer vacation and no substitute teaching! Seems that after the kids do their State testing they think school or learning is over and they can do as they please! I actually, for the first time, and hopefully the last, had a high school student tell me to "shut up" when I was trying to help him and then proceed to tell me I was stupid! didn't go over very well! He left with the other young man I had told the office to come pick up!

After that I decided I didn't need or want to work much until next school year. I did work about 6 days the last month and most were half days - much easier! But now it is July 18 and i feel bored! I wish it would be simple as I should be working when I choose in September, but it is more complicated of course1 i am finally seeing a Dr. who will determine the extent of workers' comp injury from breaking my wrist. The appointm3ent is July 27. Since my shoulder has been hurting and getting worse since April 2009 I just want a decision made so I can get it repaired! After this appointment either workers' comp will be responsible or I can go see my own ortho surgeon - I just want it fixed!

By the time it gets fixed I am afraid I won't be able to work for a while - I am sure of that!! Summer is great though1 We had our annual bar b que and making of Samores and then watching the fireworks from our backyard with the family. Kaitlyn graduated from Hemet High so we went to that and then to her party the next night. We added a new member to our family - Sugar - acute little puppy! She is Maltese/Yorkie and cute as can be! We will be really happy when she is completely house broken and uses her doggie door every time she needs to go! She is fun to watch play and she does love us and we love her too!

Not going on a vacation this summer since Wayne went to Canada in April and I went to Houston. The plan is to fly to Maryland and visit Danny and family in the Fall. We'll just have to wait and see what happens with my shoulder to finalize our plans!

Nikki and her 5 were just here for a few days and we had a good time with them and other family members just being a family and playing together! I especially enjoyed the mornings with my 3 year old granddaughter watching cartoons, reading to her and just talking. She is a sweetheart! The kids loved the puppy and she was running or being carried around all the time.

Oh! My son Mike and his wife Angela and their children were sealed for time and eternity i the San Diego Temple in June! That was a great experience. Wayne's cousin is the Matron and her husband, Bruce, is the President and he did the sealing. I am so proud of them for working hard to go and have this ordinance done. It was a lovely experience with only family and the Minors there. A little bit of Heaven on Earth. That is what this life is all about - preparing for eternity and being a forever family. Joy to the world1

It's Been A Long time

2010-03-10T11:04:00.000-08:00

Since keeping busy on Facebook I have failed to keep up on my blog. So, I shall do a little catching up this time. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at our home with the kids who were here. good food and good company. It is always fu to get together with the kids!

Christmas came along soon. This year we went to Mike and Angela's home. All Jim's kids were home from college so we were happy to have all of them here. Andrew is in school in Chicago studying to be an optometrist. We had great food, as usual, and then the wild time of gift opening and little kids running around with toys after. ow the teens, they are another story; They were doing funny poses for the camera and seemed to enjoy the time together. Our daughter-in-law, Angela, made a family tree for us that is so neat. It is a big tree and starts with Wayne and I at the bottom and all the important dates - goes through all our kids and grandkids. A special gift!

Last Saturday Lisa's youngest,Lauren, was baptized. My gift to the girls on their baptism year is a Marie Osmond collector doll - hopefully that will help them remember how special Grandma and Grandpa feel that day is. the boys get $100,00 for their mission fund. We had a great dinner at Lisa's after. a great family get together.

Wayne is keeping busy doing yard work - ours and he does three others that he gets paid for. He really enjoys working outside. You can get him off the rance but can't get the ranch out of him! Lisa has a new dog that is little and so cute. For the first time in all these years I heard Wayne say he would like a dog like that. I told him I would take care of it for Father's day. The next day I asked if he had the dog out of his system yet - he answered with a yes. So, no cute little dog. We can babysit Lisa's!

We are flying to Houston on April 1 to spend a week with Nikki and family. Angela and Ben are driving from St. Louis to be there too so it should be fun. Our only concern is that Wayne has a sister with cancer and it is growing quickly. He plans on flying to SLC and then driving to Canada with his sister Ruth to visit Fae. We are hoping both trips work out and we don;t have to change anything last minute. We pray for Fae and don't want her to suffer a long time.

Seems to us that the beginning of the very last days have raised it's ugly head throughout the world. Things are pretty messed up everywhere including in our country. We watch the signs and strive to live more Christ-like lives. We pray for our children and grandchildren that they will hold to the rod and be strong and true to the gospel as it is the only way to true happiness. Our fathers are aging but doing well all things considered.

Vacation

2009-11-13T11:04:00.000-08:00

Be sure to go to older posts to see entire vacation as I did them as two post!

Even more Vacation!

2009-11-13T10:41:00.000-08:00

We flew to Talllahassee Florida and spent a week with Wayne's college roommate, Charles and his wife Cindy. We had a great time from riding his school bus route with him, visiting the Andersonville Civil War Prison, visiting a Plantation, cruising in water full of interesting flora and fauna and alligators, going to the coast to see a lighthouse and finding it was the monarch butterfly festival and they were everywhere! Then on Sunday we attended a Branch of the church in Florida to visit my college roommate, Bev. After church they eat a big potluck dinner outside on the lawn every Sunday - tables set up out side. The weather was beautiful while we were there and we had great fun with friends we hadn't seen in 40 years and 45 years!

Our Vacation

2009-11-13T10:30:00.000-08:00

Wow! did we ever have a good time! the first week we spent our time with Angela and Ben and even better playing with Ella and holding and loving Will. grandpa slept a lot with will on his shoulder! I went shopping a few times just for food and stuff. It was a great time. That Sunday we blessed our 31st grandchild - William Charles Quinney, in his white tuxedo with tails! This was a great time for all of us and we enjoyed every moment of being there and celebrating Ella's second birthday with her!

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Babies are the BEST!!!

2009-10-09T12:07:00.000-07:00

Well, here it is October. Our 31st grandchild arrived Wednesday, Oct. 7. He is darling and my daughter Angela looks beautiful after giving birth to him. William (after his dad) Charles (after my grandfather) but we will call him Will. I am leaving Monday to go stay with them and hold the sweet new little one who just arrived from heaven. It will be great to be there. My sister, Linda, may come from Louisville, Kentucky to visit us - I hope she does! We are going to Florida and Georgia to visit my husband's roomate who is the one who got us together. We haven't seen them in 40 years at least. We are going to have fun! I have been working hard substituting to keep extra money in the bank for our fun times. I am looking forward to no work for a couple of weeks! I am already scheduled for 3 days the first week we are home. We are so blessed in this life and I am so happy to be feeling good - not like last year! Wayne is feeling good too so we shall enjoy this trip and seeing family and friends.

A short trip

2009-07-22T11:25:00.000-07:00

Any vacation , short or long, is always a welcome change. We went up north to see my dad and spent a couple of days with them. Then we drove to Tracy, Ca to visit Ryan and family and to be there for Caden's first birthday. It was fun to be around Kayla and Caden and to visit with Ryan and Kristina. Kayla had me telling lots of stories - of course, they had to be told her way so she could act them out! It was nice and cool at my dads and we missed some HOT temperatures at home. Now we are home and back to normal. I am doing my treadmill walking and my hot tub exercises and Wayne is doing yard work. We are looking forward to Angela, Ben and Ella to arrive the end of the month. Might even make a second trip to the beach - the last one was GREAT!

It really is summer now!

2009-06-06T11:30:00.000-07:00

Since I finally got healthy I have been substitute teaching way too much! The $ is good but I do get tired by the end of the day! I am so lucky that when I get home my husband says what time do you want to eat? And it's ready at whatever time I choose! Some days I get home and sit because my right knee hurts so badly I can barely walk due to the pressure on it. So, next week is the last week of school and in the past I have actually been called to sub during the last week. This year yesterday was my last day - period! I need the whole summer to rest and exercise to lose another 20 pounds. I am turning in my two pages of time sheets this Monday - just in case I get a call and feel tempted to do it!

Yesterday I was at Dartmouth Middle School - the school I retired from. As I went out the office door to go to my classroom I heard a little red-head yelling grandma, grandma! She came running over and just hugged me good! I loved it! We talked for a few minutes and as I walked away I heard all her friends saying 'Is that your Grandma?" It was Janalee's daughter, Jessica. Gary's daughter Kelbie is in 8th grade there and I have actually done her class before but i did not see her the past two days while there. That is okay though because she just talked to me on Facebook and when school gets out I am taking her to lunch for some fun time. I feel so blessed in my life to have such wonderful children and grandchildren - they all make the pains and sorrows of life well worth it! Love you family!

I love this weather!

2009-05-16T11:23:00.000-07:00

Well, finally it is warm and I love it! I know I don't have any complaints about snow and such but I just love this time of year. We have a hummingbird nest with two eggs in it in our pluot tree. Some red-breasted birds have made a nest in one of the curtains over my hot tub - I just use the other curtains for now! Wayne has put up more than 100 pounds of strawberries and they just keep coming - he has given away many too.

I really am better - I feel great! so good that all I do is work now! This week I had one day off! I only want to earn 1000$ a month which would mean 8 days but my friend, Sharon, at Hemet High School always has another job for me by the time I leave each day. Life is not boring. We have beautiful flowers that I love to look at. Our roses are especially beautiful this year. Our Thompson seedless grapes are loaded - anybody wants some come and see us the end of July! I am so happy to be feeling good and to be able to work again - I get bored just staying home. School will be out soon and that is okay too - I always like vacations! LIFE IS GOOD!!!!

Wayne is so happy our neighbors are finally putting in new grass that he is freely putting in drainage lines and extra dirt for them so it will turn out right! It is his little service project! We are doing great!

Much, Much Better!!!

2009-04-15T16:31:00.000-07:00

Well, finally I am feeling like I will live! This has been a long 6 months or so. I ended up in the hospital for 6 days. Seemed like I was having a heart attack but when the cardiologist checked me he asked if I had ever been told I had gallstones. He told me I was going to be alright. After lots of tests and worry I had my gallbladder removed. After coming home I still didn't feel well. My doctor put me on a pill that takes care of depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. then a few nights later I decided to take a sleeping pill that I used to take all the time. I hadn't had one in 7 months. For the first time in 6 months I slept through the night. I have been taking one for 5 nights now and feel fine - the headaches have gone away even. I think I was having migraines due to lack of sleep. I even went to work yesterday at a high school and felt fine all day. this is a far cry from feeling like I was dying! I will take the sleeping pills to the scariest most miserable days of my life! Saw the surgeon today and he said I am good to go. It makes me happy to feel good since I never thought I would again. Beware of the GALLBLADDER!!

Treadmill Terror

2009-03-03T18:24:00.000-08:00

Okay, I have a lot of metal in me and my kids call me bionic... that is a joke because my bionicness is due to artificial knees that don't like to be straight or bent and my plate and screws in my wrist from last year. Wish I was the real bionic woman!

I like to walk for exercise and Wayne always worries about me while I am gone - afraid I will fall and not be able to get up. So, in the Sunday paper, 9 days ago, Sears had an ad for treadmills. I thought that I could do a treadmill and pick a low speed and be safe at home. I asked Wayne what he thought and he told me he would be much more comfortable with me on the back patio. I asked my physical therapist about it and wanted to go over and make sure I could safely use a treadmill before investing in one. I did it and liked it, at least, as much as one can like pure exercise! We discussed it and made a deal that I would not use it unless he was home just in case anything bad might happen. We purchased a nice treadmill with all the bells and whistles.

I began using it last week on Thursday. I didn't use it on Sat. or Sunday. Wayne has been using it too. Yesterday, Monday, he used it and came in to shower and then I went out to use it. I was doing a programmed workout and changing the speed lower if I needed to when it would adjust faster. I was going to warm down on my own at 5 minutes left of the 30 minute workout. With 7 minutes to go the walk pace sped up so I hit the arrow to slow it back down. I must have hit something wrong or at the wrong time and the machine sped up to 9 miles an hour! I kept trying to slow it down and it wouldn't! I forgot to pull the key off so it would stop automatically and all of the sudden I was going down. You know I am NOT supposed to fall because of osteoporosis. My shirt was caught in the machine but I was able to pull it out. I needed my husband's help... where was he? What about our deal for safety? I banged on the slider door where I was on the cement by our bedroom. I did it several times and he didn't come. I yelled several times as loud as I could for him, thinking he might be in the yard. All the neighbor dogs were barking because I yelled so loud. I even managed to get the slider opened which is difficult even when standing! He didn't come. I sat a while and finally tried to get up and was successful to my surprise. I was somewhat upset with my sweetheart to say the least!
Found out he had gone on a walk. That won't happen again.

My left knee and right elbow are badly bruised and I have a bruise on my right shin bone. I am okay but don't want that experience again. I am afraid to get on an escalator so this was a big deal to be on a moving machine! I will have to remind Wayne of our deal when I get on it from now on! SCARY!!!

One more appointment done!

2009-02-17T16:56:00.001-08:00

I know, this is getting old! I guess I am getting old too! Today we went to Riverside to see Brett Cherry - the new Dr. Cherry - who is an allergist. He agrees with the CT scan of my sinuses that I don't have sinusitis... so what do I have? Still don't know for sure. While sitting on the exam table Wayne says what is that on your face? Those red spots? I said I noticed them Sunday morning while putting my makeup on for church - look kind of like or a lot like the Lupus butterfly! The DR. says have you been diagnosed with Lupus before? Yeah, but a long time ago in the early 90's and I was treated for it. Make a long story short he asked me to follow up with my Dr. on that since it can cause all kinds of BAD things. I just thought about Lupus last week... but I don't want people to think I am crazy! So I sent an e-mail off to my rheumatologist to see if he can get his office to let me see him since you have to wait 6 months before he is available. I had an appointment with him a week or so ago but I had to cancel it since I was not feeling very well.

Dr. Cherry did all the allergy tests on me and I didn't have any grass, mold or weed problems! He said my eyes were red and swollen - that started 2 weeks ago. Okay, Kristina, this part is for you... I am to use this huge bottle of sinus rinse twice a day and not before I go to bed or my pillow will be wet! You can use a Neti Pot (you told me about that) but he doesn't recommend it as the other bottle thing is much easier to use. I just did it and that is a huge amount of salt water up the nostrils! I really do think it is part sinus problem because the right side didn't respond the same as the left - it seemed not to be as clear. He told me it can still be a sinus problem although it is not chronic -good news! He wants me to see a neurologist. I will wait until after the Lupus thing! Wayne has an MRI of his brain next week from his neurosurgeon so I will ask him to recommend a Dr.I am hoping the sinus rinse will do the trick in the meantime! That's it - still don't have any real answers but still hoping the headaches and inability to sleep will go away.

The Latest

2009-02-09T18:52:00.000-08:00

Well, after all the health stuff I still don't have any answers! My Ct scan of my sinuses showed a slight deviated septum - nothing to cause all these problems. I have an appointment with Dr. Cherry - that would be Bill Cherry's son Brett next week in Riverside. He is an allergist and did his internship at the Mayo clinic. Bill is sure his son can help me. I am hoping we can figure out what is causing these sinus problems... if it's allergies then we need to find out what to eliminate in my environment! Here's hoping we can figure it out! I am feeling better, but still not normal! Who said I was ever normal - I know that is what you are all thinking! Besides, what is NORMAL? Not this I hope!

OH! WHAT A DAY!!!

2009-01-22T14:41:00.000-08:00

Today I went to see the Dr. for a follow-up from my asthma and sinus infections in December. I was looking forward to this visit since my head is firing all the time, so much so that I cannot even sleep soundly., I actually hoped the problem was with my sinus for fear it could be something far worse and I soon would die! My appointment was at 10:30 and I waited until 11:30 just to get in a room. When I finally saw the Dr. he told me I had fluid in my right ear and that my sinuses are quite bad. That, actually, was a relief other than I told him I can't live this way it hurts too much. I explained my headache this way ... you know the ad for the batteries that says it just keeps going and going and going etc. - that's my headache, feels like a neon sign flashing all the time! He put me on a pak of steroids, headache pills with codeine and a couple of other medicines. My deductible for these meds was 98.00$! At least I have some empathy for my kids who have dealt with allergies. I don't understand why I am having allergy problems so late in life though! Then I decided, even though I had sample medications to go to Medicine Shoppe then so I would have the dosing information. I arrived there at 12:30 feeling quite badly! Went to leave to go home with my expensive meds and my car wouldn't start.

The car is a whole different story. I called Wayne and asked him to call AAA and come over. (I didn't take my cell with me - first time I've really needed it.) He got my message but couldn't hear me at the end of the call so I had to hang up on him. I got a glass of water from the pharmacy so I could start my meds right then. Wayne showed up and AAA came soon after. He couldn't jump start it so he had to tow it to Phil's Auto Clinic. I have another Dr. appointment in Anaheim tomorrow at 1:10 for my wrist. On the way over with the tow I mentioned that I was glad it didn't happen in Anaheim. Wayne was very optimistic - he said "The Lord is watching out for us!" I am sure He was because this was much simpler than being stuck in Anaheim. Hopefully they will get it fixed tomorrow morning - if not Lisa will get a call to see if we can borrow a car. At least I don't have a brain tumor and we aren't stuck in Anaheim! Can't survive without a sense of humor!!

A New President

2009-01-20T09:58:00.000-08:00

Today was the day! It is amazing to watch our nation work so well when so many others do not! It doesn't matter who you voted for, in the end, we all should, we all must, be unified in supporting the people's choice and feel content that we live in this free nation.We have so many blessings because our ancestors struggled to make this country what it is today... we must do the same! I feel hope, just as I do every time we elect a new president. My prayers are with President Obama and all the leaders of this great nation. Let each of them pray always and allow the spirit of the Holy Ghost to guide and direct them - for I know he will if they but ask. I love you, United States of America!!

Grandma Romeril goes on to the next phase

2009-01-07T11:22:00.000-08:00

On Sunday afternoon, January 4, 2009 Wayne's sweet mother passed on to the next life. She was 95 years old and wasn't doing much but sleeping for quite some time. She lived a full and busy life for most of her years on this earth. Nobody has ever cooked more, cleaned more, gardened more, or anything else more than this strong woman who raised 9 children in much harder times than we have raised our children in - at least in the physical aspects of life! We took a trip up to visit last September knowing that it would probably be the last time we would see her in this life... and we were right and so happy that we went! She must be rejoicing as she is reunited with her parents and brothers and sisters who had all passed on before her. We tried very hard to find a flight to be in attendance at her memorial but we were not successful. We hope the family understands that it doesn't mean we don't care ... our love for her runs deep. I have never met a man who held more honor for his parents than Wayne. He always told me he had to live his life in a way that would please his parents. We may have lived miles away, but the love is always there. His father and my father live on .. we know not for how long, but we appreciate every day we have with them. Our prayers are with Wayne's father and his brothers and sisters at his time. Tomorrow, January 8, 2009 at 11 a.m. a wonderful mother, wife, daughter and child of God will be honored and remembered for her wonderful earthly life. We love you Mother.

A Romeril Christmas

2008-12-29T10:18:00.000-08:00

Our family Christmas party was so much fun, noisy, wild, great food, lots of presents for little ones to open and fun, fun, fun!! At one time there were 43 of us there. We had rolls, honey baked ham, turkey, dips and chips, salad, yummy potatoes, all kinds of goodies and soda. We missed Brennan, Kris and family, Ryan and family, and Danny and family, but we thought about them and had fun anyway!! The kids loved opening their gifts even though it is always a little chaotic. Family is the best most important thing, other than the birth of our Savior, at Christmas time! LOVE IT!!

A Romeril Christmas

2008-12-29T09:49:00.000-08:00

Hurray for Christmas!!

2008-12-18T09:33:00.000-08:00

I love Christmas!! My most memorable Christmas was when I was 5 or 6 years old. My parents didn't have much then but I didn't know that! They had an old radio with a record player (only played one record at at time) repaired and Santa brought it with record of Christmas music. I received a beloved baby doll from Santa too. I remember playing It Came Upon A Midnight Clear over and over again as I played with my doll all day long! That was the BEST Christmas, even better than when I got a car! I am so looking forward to Christmas this year. We will have all but three sons and their families here... and I love family!! There will be 42 of us on Christmas Eve at Janalee's home! Today we are picking up Angela and Ben and The baby at the airport. I love what Christmas is about - the birth of our Savior and the gift of eternal life that he gave everyone ever born or yet to be born! I am a child of God - such sweet and simple words!! Merry Christmas and I hope an especially good year follows it for all!!

Oh! Those shots are for the birds!!

2008-12-18T09:21:00.000-08:00

After a few days of rain and cold it is time for me to blog again! I had stopped the shots for my osteoarthritis thinking they caused my health problems. Last week I received a new batch of shots on Tuesday - which was the first day since October that I finally felt good - and had a shot that night feeling sure that my problems were not caused by the shots! I had a racing heart right after the shot but then at Midnight (had the shot at 6p.m.) I awoke feeling dizzy, nauseous, racing heart, unable to sleep, weak, and the next day with aching muscles. I didn't have a shot again until Friday night and had the same problems! I went to my family physician on Tuesday and he says not to take anymore shots!! That's exactly what I thought! I emailed Dr. Fan and he concurred that I should not take anymore Forteo shots because I could have an even more violent reaction!! I think my sinus infection is due to an allergic reaction to the medicine too! I will have some other medication in February after the Dr. gets permission from my insurance. It is administered once a year by IV that takes about 15 minutes! Just hope this will make me well...

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Thanksgiving Trip Pictures

2008-12-05T14:49:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving in Misery!!

2008-12-03T18:06:00.000-08:00

We arrived home from Missouri this afternoon. The warm California air was delightful after the wind, cold air and even a few skiffs of snow while visiting Angela, Ben and Elizabeth in O'Fallon. I only called it Misery in my title because it is bone-chilling cold for us southern Californians! We went downtown to the arch in St. Louis on a cool day - not freezing yet! The museum was really interesting. I really enjoyed it. We all really enjoyed the salt water taffy that Dad bought in it's variety of fruit flavors. We went to Nauvoo - loved that even though I was feeling quite sick that day! We went to the records center where you put a family name that you think might have lived in Nauvoo into the computer and find out if they did. We put the Wixom name, my Dad's family, in and found them. They gave me a map that showed the plot of land where they lived with an X on it. It was a 4 acre plot and at least two of my Wixom relatives lived on that land. they made a CD for me with the information on it - you can't get that information any place else. I can make copies of that for my kids. I couldn't check my maternal side that Wixom was married to as I couldn't remember her last name so someone else in the family can check it out when they visit there. It really gets cold in that part of the country and I couldn't help but think of my relatives and the others who lived there not having the comforts of life we enjoy today. I thank them for their sacrifices although they probably didn't realize how uncomfortable their circumstances were since that is the way they lived always! I am so glad I was born in these days, I would have made a lousy pioneer! I know we have our own set of problems to deal with today, but I want mine, not theirs! It was great spending time with family. Little Elizabeth got to know us quite well since we stayed so long. She would even come to us and put her arms up for us to pick her up! Thanksgiving was great with all the turkey and goodies with it. We also went to Old Town St. Charles and it was a neat little town on the edge of the river. We just drove sown the street without getting out of the car. On Tuesday morning, the day before we left, an interesting situation arose. Angela said don't tell anyone, but then she said I should because it was funny! Angela had her bills out to pay them. She had one for her water that she had mentioned was a lot of $ until she realized she hadn't paid it the month before. I looked at the bill and saw a little sentence that said if it wasn't paid by Nov 28 their water could be turned off. I mentioned that to her and she said they wouldn't do that and she was paying it right then - that would be Dec. 2!!! Dad was in the kitchen making some hot chocolate, not paying any attention to our conversation when he turned on the water at the sink and said "Is something wrong with the water?" Angela and I looked at each other in shock realizing as he tried to get water from the faucet that it had indeed been turned off! We figured they were turning it off as we were having our conversation about it since I had used water just before then and there was water. One of life's little lessons - don't put your bills in a place where you won't see them and then miss a payment. She called them and paid the bill but it cost an extra 35$ for them to come back and turn it on that afternoon!! We all got a good laugh! It truly is COLD in St. Louis - I was freezing when we went out in it. We had a great time and are happy that we could spend that time and have those experiences with them. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Pain!!!

2008-11-13T10:35:00.000-08:00

Well, I started having these shots every night and was supposed to have them for two years - to build my bones due to the osteoarthritis. I began having deep back and hip pain, so bad I couldn't lay anywhere in my bed!! I emailed my Dr. and he sent me a prescription for physical therapy. It wasn't helping, in fact I was getting worse and now feeling like I had the flu really badly and a headache too. I also noticed depression setting in! I talked to my physical therapist and during the conversation it dawned on me that this started two weeks after starting the shots. I emailed my Dr. again who told me to stop the shots for two weeks and if I didn't feel better it wasn't the Forteo shots. After missing just two shots the deep pain was gone! I am not having the shots again!!! I still don't feel really good but I know I have 8 more days before the two weeks are up. I figure when we get back from St. Louis after Thanksgiving I should be okay, if not, off to the Dr. I go to see what is up! I believe it is still side effects! Gotta BELIEVE!!

Our Ancestors

2008-11-04T10:32:00.000-08:00

I have had a great time since signing into the new Family Search program last Friday. Most interesting has been to see that my father, who is a convert to the church through my mother has more pioneer heritage than my mother did. My father's Grandma had the maiden name Wixom. the work has been done so I could follow it and figure some things out.My great grandmother was born in San Bernardino and both her parents were born in Jackson County Missouri - Independence. His parents were born in upstate New York and apparently joined the church not long after it was established and followed the prophet to Missouri. All of these people came to California by ship and then went to Salt Lake City and were then sent to San Bernardino. They didn't leave when most of the Saints left and the church pretty much disappeared for some years. So my grandma never knew about her mother being a Mormon. I am glad her work is done! Then, yesterday as I followed the family back I found that the Wixoms were in Plymouth in the 1600's. I'd like to know which ship they came on - that makes our family one of the first to settle in America. From there it goes back to England. I am thankful for family that chose to come to this land, probably for religious freedom, all those years ago. And look what happened after that! Some of the first members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - pioneer heritage. Isn't that great stuff?

glad it's over!

2008-11-04T10:24:00.000-08:00

Today has finally come and it makes me very happy! The election will be done with, over, kupute! 3 years of campaigning, YES! Hillary started 3 years ago, is just too much! I am so tired of the negativity on both sides of everything. So, the election is today - and over. No more sick chicken and cows on my TV, no more Gay rights and who should and shouldn't be married, no more I am smarter and better than you , but I won't tell you how or what makes me that way! It's over - for what , one year, one day, one week? Those regular TV ads and an empty mailbox sound pretty good to me!

Halloween in Hemet 2008

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Well, another Halloween celebration at Kim and Gary's home in Hemet, CA. We had chips and dip, hotdogs, tortilla soup, chili, good old sugar cookies, cake, soda and lots of FUN!!! The kids were all dressed so cute and hundreds of trick or treaters came for treats given out by Grandpa and Grandma and a few other little helpers while the kids were out trick or treating. The guys - the normal sports and politics talk. A good time had by all!!

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Hemet Halloween 2008

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Fun!

2008-10-31T15:43:00.000-07:00

It is fun to see and hear and keep up on all the family's various activities this way! By the way, just in case you find a picture of Elizabeth saying she is my favorite grandchild know that I didn't do it! Angela says since she can get on my blog page she is going to put that on there! Each and every one is my favorite!

Boring!

2008-10-24T12:07:00.000-07:00

I need some more things on my blog! When Angela comes at Christmas she will have to teach me how to do more stuff! Of course, my life is a little boring anyway! This morning I left the house at 6:10 for my walk and as I was a block away from home I saw my husband in his red truck - then a quick u-turn. When I got home I asked if he thought I disappeared. He was grumpy and told me I had been gone over 2 hours! he is just jealous cause he can't walk that long. I told him I had my phone with me and he said but I don't have a phone out here. I told him he was supposed to have it with him otherwise if I fall I would have to call 911! Besides, driving to look for me when all he has to do is get on the phone and go the name Karole and push a button to call my cell phone!! I don't think he will ever, in this life, understand technology! I did walk 4 and one half miles - that's a long way for an old lady with two lousy artificial knees and a useless arm.

Back Online

2008-10-23T15:42:00.000-07:00

Angela jsut fixed my blog page up for me so I need to start a new post! I am sure a little typing on the computer is good exercise for my hand, fingers and wrist. Seems like all i do is try to get this arm healthy or at least better! Saw a lawyer last week to make sure the County doesn't rip me off when the Dr. sets this as permanent and stationary. We are flying to St Louis to visit Angela, Ben and the baby for Thanksgiving - 11 days. When we get home we will drive to Utah for Nicholas' baptism. Plenty to do!

Changes

2008-10-23T15:37:00.000-07:00

Last year I had a new job and was excited about it. Two months into my training I fell and broke my wrist and was soon terminated. It's a long story that I won't get into other than I didn't have a good Dr. and had to get a second opinion and had two surgeries. I am still recovering and being paid by the County. My wrist and hand will never be the same...... but that seems to be what makes my life interesting. i get to adapt to using my left hand for many, many things!