I believe it my turn this Christmas to plan for our family celebration. At this time, the date that seems good is Saturday, December 13. It would need to be Saturday for my kids to consider to come. I hope to be able to plan it at my house. If not, I can always sit back and let others wait on me. I could get used to that treatment. After Thursday, I now have permission to put 40 lbs on my left leg every 10 days, so in 30 days, I should be able to put all my weight on my left leg. Breakfast is ready, so I'll talk more later. Margaret

Ricky gonna' be 50 already? Woohoo! Bertha ya' got the headstone ready? Hahaha! I too have heard Seashore State Park is a good place. Talked to Howie last night. Right now he's gotten straight A's in his college courses. Good job, Bro! Met with my ACAP counselor 2 days ago to fine tune resume`s. Now, I need to make corrections to all 12 or so of them. Well, pretty much the same resume`, just cut/paste and move the skills around according to the job. Have been real tired lately. Probably stress-related. Gee, fall must be stress season. From reading, I see everyone's got some form of stress going on in their lives. I know Shakespeare would endorse the camping trip like in his "pastoral" plays-problems in the city, everyone goes to the countryside, get some rest/work out their problems, return all fixed. Today everyone in my company had to take the "whiz quiz". I held it so long waiting for my turn to fill the little plastic jar that my left kidney hurt. Our milvans are due to arrive soon so we should be our equipment and getting things at work back to normal. I'm training my replacement a little until then. Only 72 days until I'm a civilian! (but who's counting?) Talked to an Air Force officer recruiter today and I'm not eligible for a commission in the Air Force. Just as well, they're a bunch of wimpy snobs anyway. Anyway, Michelle's Mom has offered for us to stay with her if I need to go back to school for a degree in chemistry or biology. Well, if needs be, I don't know. We've also discussed my reenlisting long enough for Michelle to go back to school to get her RN. She'd only need to go back for 2 years since she's already knocked out her core classes; last option though. Gonna' see how job applications go.

Well, that's it for now. Everyone take care.

Camping

What about seashore state park in Virginia Beach or the Newport News City park in Newport News. I am not sure about the N.N. park but I hear good things about seashore State park. I am camping there tomorrow night. I will let you know how it is.

Glad to see everyone is back blogging again. Don't know what to say about the camping trip as Outdoor World, Lake Gaston is closing for the year the weekend of 10/26, will open again in April. Outdoor World, Williamsburg is still open but it's not nearly as nice as Lake Gaston in my opinion. I have no weekends free in October. Ideas, anyone?

Happy Belated Birthday to Aunt Margaret! Enjoyed having lunch with you on Saturday, even if it was a "little" hectic. I did get quite a bit of shopping done for Emma though. I can't shop for the other two now, seeing as how what I think Ashley would like, she doesn't; and Corey is easy to please as long as it's jeans and t-shirts. BUT.... They have to fit just right or not at all!!! Camping anytime is fine with me also but if we are going, we probably should really go ahead b-4 it gets to cold!!! Hope everything turned out for you Cathy. I still haven't had mine looked at. Good luck to you, Chris, on the job search. Howie, Lol.. are you guys still alive???

Yes, it was good to get back to my own house. But it's amazing how fast you get used to more space. And true 2x4 construction!!! I think Mrs. Ervin would really like for us to move in with her, but she would never come right out and say it. I would feel more comfortable about her safety if we were there. I don't know how Ashley and Corey would feel about it though. I'm afraid if we made the choice to move in, Corey would want to live with his dad and I couldn't handle not seeing him everyday, even if he doesn't want me to tuck him in anymore!!!! We'll see. Shawn has gone out on his own and no longer works for Albemarle Boats. He is definitely following in his father's footsteps as far as job holding is concerned. As long as he's happy and can provide, I'm happy. Is doing combination fencing/roofing. So, if anyone needs either, please let us know. Blog later!!!

I'm back. Did quite a bit of walking on Friday on my good leg, with a walker. Maybe too much. My arms are really sore, with lifting my weight. I'm going back to plastic surgeon on Tuesday. My nose is still not right. I would not go through another procedure for the looks, but I still cannot breath through the left side of my nose. Go back to oth surgeon on Thursday. I'm anxious to see the xrays and see how the left leg is healing.
On Thursday, Gene and I went into my office for about four hours and again today, I worked for about six hours. Things are such a mess. Nothing has been filed since the accident so I had my companian, Mel, get all the files for me and do all the filing and find out what things have not been done. I;ve found at least five students who had not received their scholarship checks that were to go out August 1. I have trouble leaving the office after I go in, there is so much to do. By the time I leave, I am exhaused and my leg really hurts. I have to listen to Gene keep telling me that I need to wrap it up and go home. I guess I need to start listening to him. He was installed as President of his Kiwanis club on Thursday. It was after the installation that we went into work. I'm going to bed.