Boy it has been a month since I last wrote. All 3 boys have had a birthday, my parents have been on a cruise, my parents' cat Happy pasted away (she actually started out as mine and Joey's cat when first got married), Joshua had the H1N1 flu, Joey went to a conference in Kansas City, Lydia's eye surgery has been scheduled and Melissa is home for good.
So to elaborate on some of these things:
My boys all have their birthdays' in one week. Joshua is the 16th, Joey Sr is the 17th and Joey Jr is the 18th. This year we took cupcakes to the boys' classes so they could help us celebrate and also kept from having 3 birthday cakes at home. For Joey Sr I made his favorite yellow cake with chocolate frosting.
Mom and Dad took a cruise in the Mediterranean Sea for 2 weeks - visited several places in Italy, Greece and end up in Spain.
My parents have had a cat for the last 17 years named Happy, Happy started out as mine and Joey's cat when we got married. When we moved to an apartment the second year we were married Happy went to live with my parents and she never left. My father fell in love with her. Happy had diabetes for the last 10 years of her life but still managed to live a great life. To say the least she was spoiled. So Happy lived 18 years. So if anybody has a orange female tabby that is a year or 2 old let me know cause my dad is having withdrawals.
Joshua came down with the H1N1 Flu the first week of October and was home with me all week. Our house smelled like Lysol for a week, but so far he is the only one who has gotten it.
While Joshua was home with me Joey Sr went to Kansas City for a conference. So I was a single mom who couldn't go anywhere because of Joshua being sick. So didn't even get normal days while Joey was gone. Thank goodness Marlana would stop and pick up the things we needed from the grocery store.
Lydia has had an eye issue since she was little and had had 2 eye surgeries before she came to us. Lydia was originally cross-eyed and they went in to tighten and loosen different muscles twice. After she came to us she then developed a lazy eye in the left eye. We have spent the last year and a half patching the good eye so the that brain would start making the left eye work. Well after 18 months we finally have the left eye back to 20/40 with glasses, but now both eyes are pulling outward so Lydia will be going to have the outside muscles loosened in a day surgery on November 9th. She will then be home for a week to rest her eyes and keep from getting things in her eyes. But on a great note for Lydia she is so smart and ahead of all the kids in her class that missing a week of school will not put her behind.
On the biggest news Melissa has finished her training program at the Tennessee Rehabilitation Center in Smynra TN. She was trained in Food Service and Catering and also worked on Independent Living Skills. Now that she has finished her program she has come home. She will start working on finding a job this week and getting a daily routine set up. We are glad to have her home and to have all of our family back under one roof even if only for a short time till Marlana's wedding.
Wedding plans are moving ahead and we are on the down side - the wedding date is November 28th.
I think this has gotten me caught up. I will try better to keep things up to date. Blessings to All.
