Happy Halloween!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

(PICS FOUND ON A WEBSITE - I DID NOT CARVE THEM)

Weekend is over!

Weekend is over. Rain rain rain, that's all it seemed to do! Yesterday I think there was a bit of hail. Snow shall be on the way shortly!!

It was a pretty productive weekend! Scrubbed the floors, painted the bathroom, laundry and cleaned the bathroom. Plus made some squares, tacos for supper Saturday and a nice big stew on Sunday. It was pretty good!

Update on Wes - he is doing great. Still has some pain, which is natural considering he had the surgery just under 2 weeks ago. Staples were taken out on Thursday and he feels much better since that. You would be quite concious.

Other than that, things are fairly quiet. I think tomorrow I'm going trick or treating with Carter. I'll have to find something to wear tonight! Thursday is Carters 6th Birthday. His party will be on Friday. So that will keep us quite busy!

Should be on my way. Will write more in the next few days!

How do you like d'em apples?

I am so PROUD of my hubby! He is having an amazing recovery from his surgery. He's not pushing anything, only doing what the physiotherapist at the hospital advised. To date, 1 week after surgery, he feels great. Here are some pictures to prove it. I am speechless and have no idea what to say when I try to comprehend how well he is doing. I've been through 2 previous surgeries with him and he hadn't come as far as he is now after one and a half months. He says the agonizing pain he had before is gone, this pain is different and is tolerable. All he is taking is Extra Strength Tylenol for the pain. Again, I'm so PROUD of him! I love you honey bunny!

He is only doing this to show that he can do it. He will not be playing for at least a couple of weeks now -
I've warned him already!

He couldn't do this in his previous surgeries almost 2 months after he had them!

Tomorrow he gets his staples out. Wes said that he'll feel much better then as he's a little nervous they may get caught on clothing and stuff. I love him soooo much!!

Not for those of the weak at heart!

Here are two pics of Wes' beautiful arm! It looks worse than what it is!!

Nice bruising eh! They say gravity takes the bruising down the arm - there is nothing above his incision!

Here is the brusing and incision. We took the band-aid off because it was falling off. They told us we couldn't wash the incision, so I washed around it to take some of the brideen off. He's got 21 staples. It really looks worse than it is.

All is all Wes is doing great. He's still in quite a bit of pain, but is not taking morphine for it. He's only take Extra Strength Tylenol! He is very determined this time around and is doing his exercises regularly. He can already raise his arm to a 90 degree angle! I'm so proud of him!!

Back home!

We arrived back home yesterday around 2:00 pm. Wes is feeling much better and is trying to stay away from the morphine. It makes him too sick. He had one pill yesterday to get through the drive home and that was his last. He's bruising quite a bit, I may post some pics! hahaha..I know, pretty gross, but I may anyway! Dr. Burton showed us the x-ray they took right after the surgery. It's pretty neat and compared next to the the one from July.

Well gotta run..Talk soon!

Surgery over with!!

Surgery was this morning, all went well. Wes is recovering at the hospital and will probably be there until Thursday or Friday. Dr. Burton said it went great and there were no problems. Wes is a bit nausiated but hopefully should feel a lot better tomorrow!

Just wanted to keep you posted!

Hope all goes well with you Myah and Kamryn in Halifax!

Last post for over a week!

Well this will be my last post until somewhere around the 23rd of October..Holy Crap, October 23rd already! Man time flies by!

I guess we're pretty much set to head to Fredericton on Sunday. Tonight we are moving our old 65 Comet to his mom's place for the winter. Hopefully the darn thing will start for us! We moved it from her place to ours in May, worked great but may have killed his mom's battery. Hopefully it won't do that to ours tonight. We really don't want to pay 100$ for a new battery, especially just before leaving for Fredericton - a week that will be expensive enough.

I started packing a bit last night, just the little things. I have to do another load of laundry tomorrow and then we should be good to go.

So wish us luck on Tuesday and say a little prayer that all goes well for the 17th. Any words of encouragement would be great! This surgery is going to be quite nerve wrenching! Either they can do it and it works or it doesn't work and he will only have very limited movement for the rest of his life. So like I said, say a little prayer to the big guy upstairs for us!

Take Care all and I will post when I get back to work on the 23rd!

Staci and Jenni in NYC

Staci and Jenni went to New York City on a bus tour this past Thanksgiving weekend. Here are a couple of pics!

Cutee Petutee!!

Isn't she adorable!

1 week today....

1 week from now, Wes will be in surgery! Please pray that all will be ok! We'll be heading to Fredericton on Sunday, October 15 to visit with some people before his surgery on the 17th. I'm not sure how long he'll be in the hospital, but we should be home that weekend for sure.

Thanks everyone!

Whoohoo, long weekend!

Whoohoo, Long Weekend ahead! Gotta love it!

So this weekend I'm going to wash all the bedding, scrubb the kitchen floor, clean up the spare room a bit..so not too much on tap. Oh add in the regular weekly cleaning stuff.

We're going to Brenda's on Sunday for turkey dinner and to watch the race. It should be a great weekend! Then only 4 days to work then off for another week!

Here are a few jokes for you!!

What has feathers and webbed feet?
A turkey wearing scuba gear!

Why was the turkey the drummer in the band?
Because he had the drumsticks!

What do you call a gobbler who thinks he knows everything?
A smirky turkey!

Had a pretty good weekend!

Well the weekend is over. It was pretty good, went by too fast of course. Got a few things checked off my to do list. We'll work on a few more this weekend. I cooked this weekend quite a bit. Made some squares on Saturday then Sunday made my Apple Bumble Crumble Pie and a big turkey dinner. It didn't end there! Once supper was done I made a turkey and rice soup. Although it didn't turn out very well! I tried! I guess I probably need a recipe!!

Saturday night we went to the old house and took a walk in the woods. It was beautiful. I think we are going to do the same thing this weekend. Go earlier this time so we can walk down to the water.

Got some bad news as well. Friday Wendy called and said that Jessie's mom was diagnosed with Cancer (Lungs and bones) and the doctor was giving her 6 months to live. Well Sunday we got another call and Wendy said that she had gone down hill and was given 24-48 hours to live. Monday morning she passed away at 9:00 am. Quite scary, considering she only knew she had cancer for 5 days. Our prayers are with Jessie and Joel and their whole family.

Just for you parents of BOYS!

A father passing by his son's bedroom was astonished to see the bed nicely & made up and everything neat and tidy.Then he saw an envelope propped up prominently on the pillow. It was addressed, Dad.With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands Dear Dad, It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with you & Mom.

I've been finding real passion with Joan and she is so nice. I knew you would not approve of her because of all her piercing, tattoos, her tight motorcycle clothes and because she is so much older than I am but it's not only the passion, Dad, she's pregnant. Joan says that we are going to be very happy. She owns a trailer inthe woods and has a stack of firewood, enough for the whole winter. We share a dream of having many more children.

Joan has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone. We'll be growing it and trading it with the other people in the community for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want.In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Joan can get better; she sure deserves it! Don't worry Dad, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Someday, I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your grandchildren.

Your son, Chad


P.S. Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at Tommy's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than the report card that's in my desk drawer. I love you! Call when it is safe for me to come home.

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His message was good, although I would have shot the little bugger if he would have pulled that on me!!