No pictures today

Well I am at home resting and crafting. I'm working on squash books and organizing things a little. My children are coming home for Christmas and to say I am excited is an understatement.  My daughter is happy that I will come to Crowley for Christmas because she said my childhood home is not hers and she wants us here. So the gingerbreads will be flying out on Halloween night. I need to start early so I can get everything just right. The rest of the house will be minimal as I don't want to clutter everything up, but the dining room will be filled with snowmen and I think I will do a mixed tree in the living room with many of our Hallmark ornaments. I am only going to use my small pink tree this year---hopefully next year will be different. If I had my way, it would stay out all year, but dusting tiny ornaments is not my cup of tea and I can only stand to do it once a year when I pack them up. Soft old toothbrushes are great to use to get in the nooks and crannies.

Well we are all praying the the cap on the well doesn't crack somewhere else and now they are saying, they may have to open it up and let some of the oil out again to relieve the pressure on the cap. We can't find the shrimp we usually buy and I'm sure everyone had the same idea I had, stock up, but I was too late. Not sure I want to buy from a fisherman, even if there are no traces of oil on them--it's the methane gas that scares me.  They admitted they waited too long to bring in the Whale from Thailand and had the President listened, the oil might have been cleaned up faster. At this rate, the guy this morning on the news, said it could take about 9 months to clean it up. I'll believe it when I see it for myself.

Well enough bad negativity. I'm happy today and want to stay that way. Nothing and no one can take that away from me. I'm hoping to have another giveaway soon as I said I would. Thank goodness summer has just begun. So off to gather up some pink things for altering. Have a great weekend. We have rain for the entire weekend, so maybe things will cool off. Better go water my house plants that don't get rain before they wilt and die. Love and hugs, Pat

Finally found my "Flower Child" wedding photo

I finally found one of my wedding pictures and as you can see, I had a "flower child" wedding, even though I was 23 years old. Those were the days of bell bottom pants and mini skirts, but my dress was knee length. This was taken in our trailer after we went to the Justice of the Peace. When we had our marriage blessed in the Catholic Church, I have no idea what happened to those pictures, but I wore a simple dress, then we went home for a little family get together. Al look like a gangster is this suit and I always laugh when I see it, but having a simple wedding lasted longer than any of our friends. All 7 of our best friends had big weddings and have all divorced since then.

I had my epidural yesterday, and I am feeling a little drunk today and want to eat everything in sight because of the steroids. I have to watch my sugar intake because of the diabetes---steroids make your sugar level rise.

We have been having rain every day since Alex started in the Gulf. Oil is worse than ever and you could see it in the waves as they broke on shore. It will be decades before the beaches are safe to go into the water and I for one, am not going into it until I know it is safe to go in the water.

Not much else going on. Just waiting to find out when my surgery will take place. I never knew neurosurgeons were so booked that you had to wait forever, but that is how things stand for now. I hope you all have a great day. It is dark and gloomy here today and I am supposed to rest for a couple of days, but I can drive starting tonight and that is a good thing as Al will be coming this afternoon, so I can go and pick up a few things I need. Love and Hugs, Pat

What a mess with the oil spill

I could post more pictures of the oil spill, but this tells you what is going on at the beaches along the Gulf. These are taken in Pensacola, Florida and I can only imagine what our beaches look like since the rig is directly south of us. It's really sad, but if the tropical storm becomes a hurricane, this could push more oil onto our shores and into the marshlands. It will take years to get rid of this mess that could have been avoided with proper inspections. I come from a family of oil field workers and I could tell you some stories. My brother was injured and has brain damage from falling off a 7 ft. ledge on a rig and landed directly on his head. Safety issues were brought up too late for him, but all rigs have to have a rail around them 4 ft off the ground. By the time they got my brother to the hospital, he already lost a lot of oxygen and ended up with brain damage and has seizures, so he is on medication since 1973. He stayed in ICU for 3 months and really should have died from the injuries and lack of oxygen, but he is stable and that is the brother who is staying with me. He never filed for disability because he wanted to work and he did until last year when it became impossible to keep a job due to the seizures. When I look at him, I thank God that I am a whole lot better off than he is. I wouldn't want that to happen to me. When I was in the hospital in 2003, and had a 106 fever, they were afraid that I might have brain damage, but have yet to scan my brain---go figure. Please pray for all the Gulf Coast residents and the workers who are out there trying to contain the oil from reaching in further inland. We only live about 160 miles from the coast and that is too close for comfort if the rain picks up the oil like it did in Gulfport Mississippi. They said it rained oil last week and showed pictures of it. Have a nice day. Love and hugs, Pat