FRESH EGGS!!!!

How is this for a perfect Mother's Day present??!!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't this the BEST gift????? I have always wanted a chicken! I have no idea why but I've always dreamed of my very own chicken! Silly I know, but hey, that's just me! Anyway.................she is a sweetie pie! She hardly makes any noise and she produces the most perfect, fresh egg (one each day) for us! How handy, huh? Her name is Lucy! Jim put together this little roost house for her and her "perch" (which is kind of hard to see in the picture) is off to the right! So, I have a new member in the ever growing family! How lucky can one mom be! Just don't tell the neighbors! It's sort of against the law to own any farm animals here! Hee, hee!

PROM PRETTY

Can you believe it????? My first born has gone to his Senior Prom!!!!!! WAHHHHH! He just can't be that grown up yet can he????? It just isn't fair! He looks so happy and grown up in his tux! I can't believe that a few short weeks ago, he was a very sick young man in the ICU and now look at him today! He makes mom proud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So happy together! If only life could freeze frame itself and hold them just like this always! never growing up! Wouldn't that be something??!!!!! They had a ball and enjoyed themselves so much! It will be hard for them to leave their friends behind :(

PETALS 'N WAFFLES!

Here is the last sweater that I made for my niece who is expecting a girl in June! It is a petal sweater from a pattern book that I can't remember the name of right now! DUH! Then............I remembered the "Petal Hat" pattern on the web somewhere (don't remember where that is either! Double DUH!) and thought..........What a perfect match! So, we have the petal hat and sweater in purple! Isn't it great when you can find bits and pieces of things and match them together!

Now here is a home-made waffle by me! Yes indeed! I got out my moms 1950's waffle iron that weighs a ton and whipped these up for the kids for breakfast one day! YUMMMMMMEEEEEEE! I topped 'em with strawberries and whipped cream! Delicious! Can you imagine that this old thing still works??????? Oh my, and the waffles are THE BEST!!! The grid is nicely seasoned after all these years and they are just soooooo delicious! My mom can't believe that this iron is still alive and kicking but alas, it certainly is and we are soooo happy to have it!

PRAYERS ANSWERED

So many of you have asked about Shane that I thought I would update as many people as possible all at once.

As you all know, my oldest (Shane) got very, very sick with mono last weekend. Two trips to a walk-in ER, 1 visit to our primary care physician, and 2 trips to the hospital ER, Shane was finally admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. He was admitted to ICU because his tonsils, throat and lymph nodes were so swollen, they were constricting his airway; he was having trouble breathing, swallowing and talking. The doctors said that they would not be able to "tube" him for a ventillator because of the severe swelling in the throat so they put him in ICU incase he needed a tracheotomy. Thank god he did not need to go through that but it was pretty scary there for about the 1st twelve hours. He was moved to a regular unit where he stayed for 3 more days getting fluids and medications. The poor thing gave a LOT of blood for testing and was pretty exhausted and feverish the entire time he was in the hospital. Thanks to steroids, his throat and tonsils began to shrink in size. He is due to have them removed at the end of June as the infection left them a mess.

He is getting his appetite back, sleeping less and seems to have more energy now. He is still not in school but is planning to go for 1/2 of this week for 1/2 days to start. The bright spot is that the dr. said he will probably never get it again because of all the antibodies he produced. The dr. also said it was the 2nd worst case of mono he ever saw; the worst case actually got the tracheotomy.
Thank you to ALL who have said prayers and sent cards and notes! We are ALL doing much better now however, the emotional toll is still griping the rest of us most days and now I am exhausted from it all. (yawning as I type this!)
Free advice: NEVER underestimate mono! Most cases are pretty mild and Shane was definately the exception but if you see someone who has trouble swallowing, breathing and talking: insist on an admit and don't take no for an answer! Dr.'s mean well, but sometimes they need a kick in the ass to get them to do their job!

This is for you Shane: