All's Well That.....

An update: Elsie has a new bandage and they put back the stitches she had removed. They sent her home with a cone around her neck, which stayed on for about three hours. The doctor thinks she will have the feeding tube for two more weeks. I hope it will last that long!

And Off Comes The Bandage

We have been up most of the night. Elsie and I are fighting about if she should remove her bandage. I'm saying I don't think its a good idea. She is tearing at it with her hind paws, pretty much insisting that it must be removed. I think we may be going to the vet to have some repair work done on it this morning.
She is asleep right now so I'm going to try to get a few minutes snooze time myself, right next to her so that I will hear if she attacks it again.
Wish me luck!

A Cup of Coffee?

What I Need Around Me


“We all have the same needs. It’s the way we fill them that makes us different”. Who was it that said that to me? And when was it? That really doesn’t matter I suppose but I so clearly remember it being said and that it was said in connection with me not wanting to throw, or give, something away. It was said possibly about some thing that I no longer used or needed but wanted to hang onto anyway. Were they encouraging me to get rid of “it” or saying “its okay you should keep “it” if that’s what will make you feel good”?

I once lost everything in a house fire, but no one was home at the time and we were all just thankful for each other. The things could be replaced, or could they? The entire collection of photos of my children when they were babies and all those snapshots of all those birthdays, camping trips, holidays and other times now are only a memory. Some are bright others are dim. They come and go, they tease me with half remembered places and things.

Now I hug my photos close and make sure I’m not the only one who has a copy, I make copies and give them to people. I save copies on my computer and send the out over the net. They, of all possible things are most important to me.

Then there is the farie that lives on the dash of my car (bought for me by a friend when we shared a road trip) I really don’t like to start out on a trip without her, and the plastic frog the lives on my keyboard. The books that line my shelves would be very hard to give up. I know because I keep trying to give them away and some of them I just can’t seem to let go of. They are old and some of them are tattered but they are a part of me.
Having lost everything once and knowing that life goes on, I went to some friends and family members and ask them “what item of mine is in that picture of me in your mind when you think of me?” They all answered “A cup of coffee”.

In the 50’ we celebrated so many things at the school. Everyone would come, there would be food, and punch, and dancing. Things would get started in the afternoon when the ladies would come in and take over the lunchroom. They would bring covered dishes, some ready to set out and some just needin’ to be heated up on the stove or stuck in the oven for a few minutes. Us kids would be pressed into runnin’ for the forgotten spice that needed to be added or the whipping cream that needed to be whipped for the pies, or "watch those little one and get them out from under foot".
The wall between two of the class rooms could be slid back like pocket doors and all the desks and such would be moved into the other classroom. That left a large space for dancing. Or putting on plays. Or graduations, weddings, baby showers, anniversaries, funerals, home comings, birthdays, wildlife films from the DOW. or any other excuse to get together.
All it cost was some food, some time and some energy and the whole family was entertained.

Thursdays photo

The ski train comming into Fraser on a summer day. A thunder storm comming with it.

I'm ready!

The tires need rotated. The oil needs changed. And its time to make sure I have an ice scrapper and gloves in the car. Oh yes, I need to find the little child's shovel, its been so useful in the past and takes up so little room in the car. I have 4 wheel drive and all-season tires so I’ve never bought chains for the car and I’m not sure I could put them on now that my body does not work so good. If things get that bad I suppose I’ll just stay put. But, I think I’ll put a nice warm quilt in, that way if I brake down and its cold I can keep warm. Being prepared always makes winter so much more enjoyable. Even if I never need those things, I’ll travel better knowing I have them. I’m ready for you Winter, bring on the snow!

Snow!

So we had our first snow night before last. It was all in the air and melted before it hit the ground but I enjoyed seeing it in the air. I have always liked snow even when it needed to be shoveled and cleaned off of the car, the walks and the driveway. Nothing is more beautiful than waking up to a freash blanket of white covering everything.