Sunday, January 25, 2009

100 days - reset

Well, we reset Alan's retirement clock and last Wednesday was 100 days left and counting. We went throught this in the fall when the original date was Jan.2. But there won't be resets after this one - It's May 2nd (for sure). He checks his clock each morning before work and gives a little smile...
Monday (Jan 25) we both have final dr. appointments. Alisha took pictures for us on Sunday (we have to send in a "missionary appropriate" couples picture). It looks like everything will be set to be sent in by mid-February (barring anything coming up at the Dr. Appt.)....
We'll keep you posted (or is it "blogged"?)

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Christmas is Finally Put away

I finally got my Christmas decorations put away. It always takes awhile to decorate and then put everything away. Not because I put up so much but because I spend time reminising. Sometimes I feel like I'm in a time capsule. When I decorate (and then undecorate) the tree I look at all the ornaments we have collected over the years - they represent places we have lived (like the little covered bridge from Indiana or the gator from Florida) or have visited (the double decker bus from London), or things that have occured in our lives or lifetime (the diploma for my college graduation). We have ornaments with grandkids' pictures and animals for different pets. There are ornaments given to us by friends and family. Every year we would get ornaments for Alisha and Dawson, but now they have those for their trees. Sometimes I look at the decorator trees in decorating magazines and think I should do that, but then I wouldn't be able to spend time remembering the places we've lived and people we've met, the fun adventures we've had, pets we've loved, grandchildren, friends, family....

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Alan had to have a cardiac cathiterization on Tues. When he went to his Dr. for his mission check-up he was sent for a stress test which found an irregularity - hence the cath. Fortunately, there was no blockage but there was some plaque build-up so he will have another test this month and possibly cardiac rehab. The Dr. wants all of this taken care of before the mission paperwork is signed. Alan is doing very well. He had to stay down for a few days after the test. Depending on the outcome of his further tests, we may have to change our mission call request a little. We may need to be in an area with medical care available should we need it - so we probably won't end up in the wilds of Africa. We'll let you know how things are going.