Where do I begin?  I can’t even begin to tell you about how hectic our lives have been since July. I regret that I put the log on hold, but there are times that life steps in and you just hang on.

I did go back to Michigan for several weeks to help with my Mother’s care. I am so glad I went. I was happy that my trip gave my brother a couple of weeks without the burden of being the sold care provider to our Mother. I was so very happy to spend time with my brothers and their families. I did miss them so much. I loved being back to small town life. I loved visiting a Farmers Market that actually had home grown produce for reasonable prices. I especially loved all the fresh fruit and veggies & Michigan Fudge! My Mom was glad to see me but she was a difficult patient. My time there was filled with home health nurse visits, hospital tests, grocery shopping, cleaning, cooking, laundry. When I left she had a kitchen full of food, a freezer at my brother’s house filled with frozen home cooked meals, a cleaning service, she was getting stronger and she also had a nice new ramp that my brother’s built for her to help her get in and out of the house much easier.

Once back from that it was on to 3 days of Jury duty. Let me tell you that the Clark County Court System must absolutely love me because I get summoned for jury duty every 2 years! I don’t really mind it anymore. The first time I was summoned I was chosen for a jury and I actually found it pretty interesting. So now when I get my notice, I show up with a smile on my face and try to be patient because many people aren’t very pleased to be at jury duty.

During the time I spent in Michigan and on jury duty my daughter, Katie, was busy getting ready for her first year of teaching. She is teaching 9th grade Algebra and Pre Algebra at her old high school. I wish I had been here to help her prepare and go shopping for all the classroom items that she needed. But she did a great job preparing. She has been teaching now for about 7 weeks and she absolutely loves it and what is better than that is that her students love her! She is doing a fantastic job and I am so proud of her.

For the past  6 weeks I have been picking up my produce on Saturday mornings and volunteering with my kids, trying to heal my knee (long story short the Dr. thought I  had a blod clot in my leg from my Michigan trip and jury duty, turns out it wasn’t a blod clot but rather it is a cyst behind my knee that is pretty painful) I have been taking meds to try to reduce the cyst and inflamation and with the pain. I have also been working more than normal which is more than I would like. It adds to my stress level and that plays havoc with me. I tend to clench my jaw when under stress, and boy is my jaw sore. I have been trying to deal with the stress by doing more reading and relaxing in the evenings and on the weekends. I am also having luck with using some of my essential oils along my jaw and it does help, thankfully.

I had a birthday in September and I turned 51. My husband & I also celebrated our wedding anniversary, 26 years. Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday we were rushing off to the Justice of the Peace here in Las Vegas. We had just moved to Las Vegas where my then boyfriend was stationed with the Air Force.  He proposed and we ran off the next day and eloped. It was all so very quick and in my 25 year old mind it was so romantic. We were in our new city starting a new life and we couldn’t wait for the next chapter. Now here we are 26 years later.

That brings us to today…  Time to start fresh with the blog. Time to be more active. I look forward to sharing my life…