Gobble till you Wobble

Thanks Jerime & Tara for having us all over for Turkey Day!

We had all of our favorite foods from all our favorite cooks. Joann's noodles were everything I knew they would be, and Mom's perfect mashed potatoes and yummy homemade crescent rolls. We won't talk about my "new" deviled egg recipe that called for sweet pickle relish, but I bought DILL pickle relish by mistake and had to go on the internet to find and actual dill deviled egg. (there was one, although I'm not recommending it).

Ellie had fun playing with her boy cousins and although the group was smaller, it was a perfect dinner!

Kidney stones are NOT FUN (or so I've been told)

It all started when Perry was mowing our "mole hills" about a month ago. Came inside in so much pain and was pretty sure it was a kidney stone. He hadn't had one for 4 years and did not have fond memory's of the procedure. (In fact, he had just had the surgery about a day before Tara gave birth to Ellie, and was curled up in a corner of the waiting room in pain. Tara did MUCH better and had something CUTE CUTE CUTE to show for it)

Back to my story.... he got much worse this week. Ended up at Mt Carmel ER on Monday night. CT Scan showed 6mm stone between kidney and bladder.

He already had an appt in Joplin with Dr Frogge for Friday, but ER Dr said we needed to call the next morning to tell them how big it was. Dr Frogge got us right in, and ended up with emergency surgery at Freeman. He was very nauseous after surgery so had to spend the night. For any of you that have not yet visited the Freeman Towers, those rooms are NICE! I had a nice fold out couch that made into a large rock to sleep on, but I'm not complaining, at least it wasn't a chair.

We are now waiting for all the discharge papers to be processed and will be on our way home this morning.

I'm so thankful that he is now on the road to recovery.

Sorry, the patient did not allow pictures :). (darn)

Check out my postcard...

Check out my postcard that sold this evening on ebay for a whoppin' $153.50. It's a vintage Real Photo Postcard of the Post Office in Gerlach, Nevada.

Another beautiful fall day in Arkansas

Last day of daylight savings time! No time to waste! Trailered the bikes to Eureka Springs on Saturday, dumped them off at McDonalds and rode Hwy 23, 16 and up Hwy 21 to 412 and back. Rode about 160 miles. Colors were beautiful. Couldn't have been prettier.

Perry's really nifty at taking the camera out of his pocket and snapping while heading down the highway. Much more braver than myself.

Happy Halloween

Here's some shots from Ellie's school. She was Cinderella, as were a few more girls in her class. Guess it was a popular item on the Walmart Shelf! She was as cute as she can be. They paraded down the halls at preschool and sang a couple songs.