Poor Les, his Mom was so worried about gets her pills she forgot his Birthday! He wasn't supposed to go over until tomorrow but as usual she was short and he had to go before we went to eat with Gina and the babies, we went to the Chinese place we usually go. Charli made him a card and that made him happy ;)
He hurt his back at Duke and it is very sore.

Seth's Birthday!

Today was Seth's Birthday, I am so glad we got to spend it with him while they were here! I hope we can see him more often!
Les still feels very bad and I felt super lazy and Ames and I laid around and played quietly and cuddled and he played with Charli, he can't quite get the hang of keeping her as entertained as I do ;). He went to school for Do-nuts for Dad since Trey can't go, I think he was tickled but felt bad, too, because Ames saw him and cried until he came back to get him. He said Ames almost made himself sick! He had to go with Charli and he should not have let Ames see him, I guess.
I hope he starts feeling much better!
I HAVE GOT to start making some jewelry! I just do not feel like it!

Winter Vacation by Cathy K

I am starting to find my way around the Xara Photo & Graphic Designer and also found a free copy of very basic DIP so am making a couple pages and Les a Facebook Timeline page with Winter Vacation by Cathy K.
Once I get more familar with it it is an awesome program and can do so much!
The calendar stamp is by Lisete Scrap and is free on her blog

31 years tommorow

Les, Gina, the kids and I went to Red Lobster to celebrate our anniversary after church, I had a bad start to my day by dropping my Pepsi into my craft stuff as I was trying to leave for church, I still have a sticky mess in places, I guess I will get the Murphy Oil soap and clean the floor in the morning. Ames and I took a nap and played while Les, Charli and Gina went to see The Muppets, we had a pretty good time, he is hard to keep up with but so loving! Les goes back to work tomorrow, he still has really bad scabs on the scar down his spine, I pray he will be OK, he isn't wearing his brace as much as he should because it is rubbing those scabs and really getting it irritated. I need to call dentist in the morning because my filling fell out Thursday night and he was closed Friday. I guess I will let him do my crown.

Dr Lal did not take Les' stitches out so he has another week before they come out. He can drive short distances though and I am glad of that. They are still draining a little, he woke up with gout in his hand though ;(

Not had the best week this week, no energy, thank goodness the ladies from church, our neighbor, Mema and Mom have brought food and that helped. We are frustrated because we filled out all insurance papers and Autozone messed that up so Les got paid $155 (24 hours) we owe CPW $300 so I guess Monday we will go talk to them. We don't know if we have to wait until two weeks or if they will mail us a paper check. They tried to blame his manager but she had the paper work where she sent it in. He had to go get the bandage changed because the adhesive was breaking him out. I only got out Thursday and went to Michael's, visited Gina and got the kids, it was too much! I was so tired when I got home.

Les is still in pain but pushing on through since his surgery, Tuesday. We made it to church this morning meaning to go only to preaching but leaving the house after 9:30 like usual and not realizing it, LOL! It was hard on him. The ladies from church brought potato soup and cornbread which was good and today Mema brought us spaghetti.
Did pretty well yesterday and Friday at craft show selling 21 pairs of earrings and 1 book mark, Mema sold 3 sock monkeys and a vase. We are doing one at Mom's church Dec. 3 to benefit Eric Petrus.

Les did well with his surgery this morning, I am about to head back up there to see him.
Did they pages really quick with a great new kit by Cathy K called Every Day Moments, you can bet I will use this one several times!

Charli brought me some cookies she had baked and was supposed to share with her Papa and she ended up eating them all except the one she gave my brother and me. She told me, "It's our secret, Meme" Then her Papa came home she went right in and told him, "I ate you cookie, Papa!" I laughed and said "Charli, that was our secret!" and she was so funny and giggled!

Made several earrings for November show so far, Looks like Kathie and I are going to be alone because Jamie and Jenny are not doing it. I need the money because Les will be out of work with his surgery and will be on disability pay which is 70% of his pay. The thing is needing to fill up my air every 4 hours :(.

It reached 101 yesterday, so hot it is too much for me to get out, I did go to church though. Les has been off letting his back heal but goes back today. He may end up going back to pain management. I got Charli's skirt done this week and Les sewed a cover for his E-book. Doug is taking antibiotics for an infection but should be ok, he was happy to see Charli.

I went to Hannah's Graduation cook out tonight, had to go by myself because Gina worked late and Les's gout is really bad. He got stuck by a bee on his foot yesterday and while he is usually allergic I made him take benadryl and use cordaid but he had a rough day!
Sold 2 pairs of earrings to Hollis. Also Lorie sold a pair at her shop yesterday for me!

Yesterday I had a wonderful time at Trey's Aunt Rene's house at the family cook out. I had been before but this time spent more time talking to his family and getting to know a few of them. I made a few pairs of earrings and started a great book Nature Has a Remedy by Dr Bernard Jensen, I might have to find a used copy of this one!
I finished teaching the Charles Stanley book today so next I am doing a parenting book.
Les is sick and can't talk again. I have to drive with him to Clinton to his dentist tomorrow so I guess I will get to read a good bit.

I tried to post yesterday but photos were not working right but it was a challenging day, to say the least! First the Good things, Ames was 6 months old! I caught this picture of him sitting up March 31 and his tooth cut through March 24 on bottom.
Now the other, I stayed in bed much of the day and read, too weak to do a lot, Les came home at 4:00 to find the motorcycle had fallen over and killed Tye! My furbaby would have been 10 years old in a couple of weeks! THEN my brother had a seizure or something and had to call the ambulance, he will be in the hospital another night. While Les was gone to church I heard someone in the house so I thought it was Jamie bringing Jeff home but must have been Roy getting stuff for him... no dog barking to let me know he was here made me sad. Les will work tonight so will be very quiet around here. Charli hasn't understood yet and Les feels very guilty. Came home last night and buried him at 9:30.
BUT Jeremy is home from training (his home) and he called me yesterday!

I really had fun at therapy! I spent 45 minutes exercising! I only had trouble on the treadmill, spent just about 3 minutes and gave out! I was pretty proud I could do it!
Les has been in a weight loss contest at work and has lost over 12 lb! I am very proud of him! He has been so careful about how much and what he ate over the last 4 weeks and said he plans to do it so he can be trimmer by his birthday!
The devil has been trying to put symptoms on me today but I have kept taking Advil, Tylenol and Zinc, I do NOT want to be sick!

Thirty years ago Les and I had a small wedding, today we went to Greenville and made a Bumble for Charli and Puppy for Seth. Then we spent time at Harbor Freight, A.C. Moore and ate Chinese at Ni Hao. It was nice, we always have a great time just going by ourselves.

Just a quick post because I am very tired. Today is Les's Birthday and we didn't do much, he had to get up at 4AM and go to do an inventory in a GA store and we had a vacation Bible School meeting and they had him a cake from Brewster's and that was fun. Tomorrow he and I are going to go to Greenville and eat and spend some time together doing things we like. He has to work Saturday night but Saturday morning we plan on doing the Garden tours for the Festival.

Charli's Party

Charli had her birthday party with her cousin Riley at Jumping Jax, she really had a great time! The McCall kids came which was super since they all love her so much.
We later went over to Kathie's for supper. Suzan cooked since Kat had just come home Saturday from the hospital but Les ended up getting sick, his knee is now very bad, we both didn't sleep last night so I am very thankful I got off early. (I had 2 kids)
I am going to take a nap and I guess I will take Les to Dr at 4:00 I do not know why he lets it get so bad before he will go!

I spent most of the day working on my cross stitch, but Les had to come home early and pull out his crutches and start the gout medicine, My Mom went to get the meds for him so I never got out. He had the car and I figured he would have to come home early.
His Mom came home from the hospital and we are going over after Charli's party.

Nice and warm today! Temp got in the 60's, that's good, our power bill jumped up over $100 this month and we keep our heat at 64!
Les is barely walking, even needed a cane to make it through the house tonight, his knee is pretty bad, at least his fever broke. My wrist is much better.
Another Fun day with Charli!

Charli and I had a wonderful day today! I love hearing her say Thank You over and over and she asked for what she wants to play with or eat. She was happy to see her Daddy today and he was happy to play with her!
When to Pizza Hut with Mom and Jeff tonight. Les had to come home sick, his knee is swollen and he can't walk. He had to go to the hospital late because his Mom had a reaction to medicine, I think the stress got to him.
My wrist is Much better! The knot has gone way down! I wish I had a picture before he took the cyst out!