Easter Blessings to all

 

It stinks to get older

 As a kid, why in the world did I wish to be older. How little we know that it can be so tough. This week was one doctors appointment after another. Check ups, follow ups and tests.

Mark is waiting for his test results from an Echo and I'm waiting for an appointment with a surgeon. Yesterday I went in to the doctor hoping to get cortizone shots in my shoulders and hip to help with the pain. Little did I know that that is not in the cards for me. My hip has bursitis so I was given several PT exercises to do. The pain is too much to do alone so Mark has to help me until it isn't too painful to do without his help.  I was told that the injections would or could do more harm than good in my shoulders. There are too many tears in my upper arms (rotator cuff) so surgery is in my future. After we talk to the surgeon I will or will not make a date for the procedure. Mark is insistent that I have the surgery so that I get his help with daily tasks now  incase something would happen to him later and I would have to rely on outside help and no one here to help me at any given time. He always thinks of me. If I should go ahead with the surgery, it would be in the fall. Summer I like to spend in the pool where as in the fall and winter I hibernate anyway. Too many snowbirds around for us to have any fun anywhere. It's almost impossible to even go out to eat.

Update: As I looked and read what my x-rays show, it is not bursitis in my hip. I'm going to another doctor for another opinion. As well as for my shoulders. My previous visit does not seem to be correct.

Done

 We are finally done with the major updates to our new place. The last of the sunscreens were installed today. So we are as ready for summer as we can get. Well the house is ready anyway. 

 We chatted about all that we needed to do to a move in ready house. If you weren't going to live here full time it was move in ready. Or if you didn't cook or bake, it was ready, or if you were really short and didn't need to replace the very short toilet, it was ready.  But isn't that true with anyplace you move into? Is there not always some things that you need to have done to make it work for you and your lifestyle? Mark really could use a new shed too. The floor is about to give way and it is so small it's hard to turn around inside.

We have been having some hot summer days already this spring. This week it has been in the mid and upper 90's. And along with the high temps the high winds have also been an issue. Dirt and debris wickedly flying all over. It would be good days for a dip in the pool but the last of the snowbirds are winding down with their drunken pool parties. Let them have at it, we will get our turn shortly for much longer enjoyment.

From an old shoe to a glass slipper

 When we picked Mandy up at the human society we were proud because she looked so tough that we though no one would want her. But....... after trip to the groomer to get all cleaned up, she went from an ugly old shoe to a pretty glass slipper. The first picture is the day we brought her home and the second pic is after the groomer. 

Mandy is a "typical" little girl....She loves to put on her pretty dresses and cute shirts. Yep, she puts her head right through the head hole as well as her legs in the right ones. She is also not real happy when it's time to take off her dress or shirt. What a Diva. LOL

She prances down the street like the queen of the RV park. I'ld say we made one little dog very happy. And she has made us happy too.