I'm back home!

 So on the night of September 2, I had a prolonged episode of afib. I have a history of it, but this went on, so off to the ER we went at 3 a.m. on the September 3. They did cardiac enzymes, and what should have been about 10 was 900. I was admitted, and scheduled for a cardiac cath. 

Cath, via my right wrist, showed 3 vessels 90% occluded. That meant a bypass surgery. I was transferred to Cooper, and it was Labor Day weekend. 

 September 9 was the big day. It's a brutal surgery, where they fluid overload you, and take the sapphenous vein from groin to ankle to use to replace the clogged veins. 

3 days in ICU. Then to the cardiac floor for private rooms and nice decor.

My room.

 

Blown up photos in the hall.

 

 My leg 2 weeks postop, before the drain was removed.

Around October 1, I was transferred to rehab. 

More next time. 

The days are shortening

 It's dark before 8 pm now. The temperatures are getting better, but the humidity is still too high to turn off the air.

 My great niece Tori turned 30 and is looking fabulous! She's a police officer!

Ralph made a contraption to fill the bird feeder, because of course he did. A pill bottle attached to a piece of plastic pipe, with string so he can empty it into the feeder. Heather was admiring our feeder, so we sent her one. Now all 3 of my girls have them.

We went to Aldi this morning for the first time in months- I've been ordering from Walmart. I just needed a few things that Walmart doesn't carry. After, we stopped at Chick Filet- I wanted to try the new chicken and waffle sandwich. The line was so slow! The worker said that management underestimated the number of waffle makers needed, and they were getting slammed.

And as always, FDT, that demented pedophile and those who admire him. May they all end up at the ICC.
 

Rain is coming

 We could get a couple of inches of rain this afternoon! So I placed my replacement Walmart order early, so it will arrive before the rain.

I had got a Walmart grocery order two days ago, and a lot was missing- I think probably a whole bag. Walmart credited me, so I reordered the items, plus several more.

 Garrett and Huckleberry at the beach on Puget Sound. G loves that tee so much!

I don't know how to turn the photo! Christmas Shoppes, I had to move the q snap. Almost 14% done.

 

Heather, Julianna, and Jul's BFF (and my honorary granddaughter) Josie did a girls overnight trip to Harper's Ferry, WVA. The were close to an entrance to the Appalachian Trail, so they went on and hiked a short distance, so they could say they did.

 And Steph is in SoCal for a conference of the National Assn of Fire Marshals. Her boss couldn't make it, so she's there representing the company. The thing on the right is the nozzle of a super fire hose! Steph is covered with swag from the various companies, and looking very serious.

And, as always, FDT. One of the first things I do every morning is to see if he's still with us. Sadly, he is. I look forward to the day that he and all his crooked minions end up in the ICC.  

The end of another week

 Summer is coming to an end. Sunrise after 6, sunset before 8. The solar bird feeder is seeing about 100 visitors per day! And the deer are chomping up the carrots and sweet potatoes that we put out at the beginning of the woods. We also see fox, skunks, and of course our feral cats have to check it out.

 We had a pile of concrete chunks from when the water line was replaced.

 My brother Mike works for a landscaping/concrete company, so between jobs he came with a dump truck and a Bobcat and loaded all the concrete up, and dropped it off at a local concrete company to be recycled.

I love changing the toppers every day!

 

Christmas shoppes is moving along. I hope to finish this area in the next week. A lot of confetti, so it can be slow going.

And as always FDT, his drunk secretary of made up wars, and anyone who still supports them. 

August is here

 You can already feel the difference. It's getting dark earlier, and the heat is different. 

I love that we all have the same family calendars! 

 

This afghan is on it's way to California for a sad reason. A good friend of Steph's is not doing well, and she asked for an afghan to give her friend. I sent pix of all my available afghan, and she choose this one.

 Not a great pic, but we had 3 deer in the front yard grazing on both weeds and the zucchini that Ralph put out for them.

 My set up with the new tablet! I'm almost to the 13% mark. Even though I'm a lefty, I have the tablet on my right, and mark off the stitches with my right hand. We lefties have had to accomodate to a right handed world.

Jul texted me last night, a picture of her and her friend Josie playing the card game. I'm so glad she loves it, it's so fun and funny. I'm so glad Amary brought hers to Florida and showed us how to play it.

Sigh. The tangerine twatwaffle is still with us. FDT and his butt kissing minions.
 

July is on the wane!

 we're almost at the end of July. Hard to believe it's been a month since our sad trip to Florida for Morgan's funeral. I text with John every day, and so does Mike, and Charley does almost every day.

 On a lighter note, I saw this on Instagram and sent it to Steph, who is going to Chicago this September with Dan and another couple. The women are all in, the men not so much.

 Yesterday I was feeling tropical, LOL.

Sigh. My chromebook issue turned out to be hardware. The final update does not recognize any apps. Since I only used it for Pattern Keeper, it's now useless. It was only about 5 years old! Ralph gifted me an android tablet, which just arrived and he's setting up. Fingers crossed that we can reclaim my progress. 

Sigh again. I'm officially old. I have to do a minimum yearly distribution from my TSA. 

As always, FDT. And anyone who supports his regime of cruelty. 

 

A nice weekend!

 Temps in the 80's, humidity is down. Tomorrow we're having an early dinner with our cookie swap group- no cookies involved. 

 Boone was celebrating national ice cream day!

12%! This percent went fast, due to large amounts of colors.

 

Ralph put some carrots out, and this young deer approved!

 Yesterday's toppers! Watermelon for the summer! 

And of course, FDT and all involved.