It's Coming!!!!!!!!!

Yes it is that time of year again! Time for my favorite holiday EVER!!!

HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every year I morph into a child once again (a child with a bank account) and go mad in the stores buying the creepiest, scariest, grossest decorations I can find and I then spend days, if not a week, setting up the perfect display.


I will definataly be posting pictures of our decorations once we get them up......

Is the beginnig of September too early to start?

BOO to you all!!!!!!!!

~Darlin~

An Update and Pictures of Daughter's Surgery

Ok so here are the pictures that I promised. The first two are of the brace that she will have to wear for the next six weeks....The next two were taken minutes before she and Carter (the bear she has had since birth) went back to surgery and the last one is of the scar on the back of her shoulder. She also has two small scars on the front but I couldn't get a clear picture.

A little background here....when my daughter was born she was 9 1/2 lbs., much bigger than was expected, and it ended up being a very difficult birth. She essentially got "stuck" and in order for her to be delivered they had to use every available tool to get her out. This resulted in her right shoulder being dislocated and all of the nerves and mucsles on the right side of her neck, torso and arm to be stretched and torn. She was completely unable to move her head to the right and had no movementin her right arm until she was about 6 months old and then it was very minimal. It remained that way for the last 12 years and it took that long for me to convince the doctor's that my daughter's condition was not going to "fix itself" as they kept telling me it would.

So for 12 years her shoulder has been dislocted. When they finally did ex-rays and found this they said she needed the surgery she had on the 22nd to repair it. The had to carve out her shoulder socket because bone had grown into it to the arm bone could not go into the socket. They also had to lengthen muscles and nerves in the back of her shouler and shorten ones in the front. They now say that she should have 80-90% mobility.

She is doing much better now....down to only a few pain pills a day. A new problem has developed though....we now have to deal with bed sores that are developing under her brace....I am going to call the doctor today and see if we can take the brace off long enough to put a shirt on underneath the brace to help prevent them.

A big thanks to everyone for their support and thoughts.

~Darlin~

Update on My Daughter

I know that everyone was waiting for pictures of my daughter but you will have to wait just a few days longer. For some reason the computer that the pics are on will not let me connect to the internet even though it says I have a connection.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I know it is probably something simple but I will have more time to spend on it Monday morning....until then ya'll will just have to wait.

CD....I am still planning on posting part three of Bubble Baths and Handguns.....just been a little busy lately. Perhaps Monday also....

Love to all

~Darlin~

I Need A Drink

I haven't updated my blogs for almost a week so I figured I had better write something before CD comes after me. Life has been pretty chaotic lately, with the kids starting back at school and moving into the new house I have had little time for anything other than homework and unpacking.

The good news is that the kids are falling back into their homework routine quickly and I only have 3-5 boxes left to unpack and a ton of family pictures to hang, but then I am done. I will hopefully get back into the swing of writing daily again.

I did delete my pit bull blog because I don't have time to keep up with the other two and that one required a lot of research and factual writing.

Right now I am thinking about how badly I would love to go have a drink after work and sit in the corner observing the other patrons and making notes on their little quirks. They way they hold their drink, or what they do with their hands when they are not holding a drink. The body language between them, they way they speak or how they just sit there staring at nothing.

I have had the pleasure of finally speaking to a friend I made online and hearing this person's voice was such a joy. You always wonder if people will sound like you think they do and fortunately this person and I agreed that each sounded just as the other thought they would. There are many people I have met online who I would love to just call up and chat with. I have grown to depend on their support and encouragement.

So I think I have rambled enough for now. I will try and get down to some serious writing in the very near future. Perhaps working more on some stories.

Till then ya'll

~Darlin~

Mute Monday....unzipped