More projects!

I know that it has been a couple of weeks since I last posted.  We haven't been sitting around on our bon-bons.  Nope, we have been working like crazy!  I'll fill you in on all that's going on.

First, let's start with Easter.

Good Friday morning the Easter Bunny left Lorelai a "basket" of things for Nana and Grand - P's house.

 From a hat to wear in the sun

to some toys for the

sand box.

 Some coloring books

and a Lamb cup

even a little

candy

(but not much)!

 Even had to add

a bouncy ball

to play

with.

The big "gift"

was a wagon to pull.

Ady even got a chance to

have a turn in the wagon.

Just not sure she liked it too much.

(Of course, Jessie had to "photo bomb" the picture! LOL!)

Saturday Dan and I cleaned the porch.  We took all the furniture off the porch and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned.

Now, it SHOULD be ready for summer.

Easter Sunday was a beautiful day here.

Dan and I Easter morning all ready for church.

After church we went over the the kids house

for Easter dinner and some family pictures.

My daughter Melissa, her husband Justin, my sweet Lorelai, and the

adorable Adalyn.

My sweet girl.

Ada chewing on her fist

My mom, or Adalyn's Great Grandmother

Nana and her little "Ada Bear"

I don't know what was so funny -

but we were all laughing.

Me holding Adalyn and my mom holding Lorelai.

Last week, we kept the girls all week. 

Saturday I spent the day deep cleaning the house.

It was the first time that the house was really cleaned top to bottom since before I was sick.  Don't get me wrong.  I cleaned - dusted, mopped, cleaned the bathrooms - but just hadn't done the really deep cleaning.

Also, on Saturday, we had the carpets cleaned by Stanley Steemer.

We had just finished picking up the little stuff when they showed up.

The last couple of weeks Dan has had a couple of projects going

and he completed one of them last week.

Yesterday I was able to put a little finishing touches on it.

He built the shelves and valance for the windows and hung some new 

shades in the family room.

Yesterday, after church, we went over to the storage unit and found 

all his ducks and I used them to decorate the shelf

above the windows.

So, this is what the family room looks like now.

He is still working on a top secret project and it looks

like he just MIGHT be able to finish on

his deadline of Mother's Day.

I'll give you one more picture of that "little" project.

Hope you all are having a great week!

Talk to you soon!

Projects and more projects!

We have been really busy around here this past week.

Dan has some BIG plans and projects

that he will be working on

in the coming weeks.

This one is SO big that it probably won't be

finished until at least

Mother's Day!

Any idea what he is doing?

I can't tell, but I'm so excited that we are

doing this!

In the meantime - my car has been exiled to the 

driveway.

LOL!

We kept both girls this week.

They are both growing so fast!

Adalyn was 4 months old

on Friday.

Such a cutie!

Lorelai is growing like a weed and

doing more and more things

every day.

How can you not love that face?

Be still my heart.

Now, for her latest little trick -

Who needs a door when we have

a doggie door.......

And it doesn't matter if we

are coming ........

or going........

It still works!

LOL!

Last Sunday the kids came over

and the babies were able

to spend some time

in the kiddie pool.

It was Ady's first time in the pool

and it seems as though she 

really liked it.......

Big sister still loves the water

and being outside.

And both girls had a good time.

Now, just to prove that "spring"

has come to Florida

I wanted to show a little family

of ducks that decided to

swim down the canal 

behind the house last week.

 I have no idea how

many little babies there are

behind momma but there are

at least 10.

 Fun!

Here is one of the projects that we (mostly Dan) worked.

This is what our master bedroom looked like

when we bought the house.

Notice the blinds on the window?

Hate them!!!!
So 80's, right???

So, this is what the master bedroom looks like

today.......

Notice the window???

No more vertical blinds!
Can you say YAHOOOOOOO!!!!

We installed  two inch wooden blinds yesterday

and hung the drapes.

I ordered sheers, but they haven't arrived yet.

I'll show you the "finished"  window after they arrive.
Remember this is just one of the projects
we worked on - I'll share the others later.

Now, in a post that has been loaded with

pictures, I"ll leave you with

two more.

My sweet Lorelai

and

The adorable 

Adalyn!

I think I am a pretty 

lucky

Nana!

Really GONE this time

Well, hello there.

Remember me?

I know, I have been a little on the AWOL list for the last

few weeks - but I am officially on the mend and

as feeling so much better!

Let me go back to my last post - when I thought I had passed

that other kidney stone.  Well, I felt better for about three days

and then the pain came back AGAIN!

I finally called our doctor in Lakeland and made an

appointment - made arrangements with Melissa for 

Lorelai and a week from last Thursday we headed up to Watson Clinic.

The doctor talked to me a little - ordered another CT scan and 

referred me to a specialist.  Before we got out of town

the specialist's office called and I had an appointment

for Monday.

Another phone call to Melissa about the kids and I spent the weekend resting.

Sam, Jessie, and I chillin on the porch.

Monday we were up bright and early and headed up to Lakeland again.

Our appointment was for 10:00 but I had to be there 30 minutes early to 

"fill out paperwork".

Actually made it in to the doctor's office just a few minutes after 10 - vitals taken and symptoms given to nurse.  He gave me a little booklet about Kidney Stones and how they are removed.  After looking over the booklet I told Dan I sure didn't want them to have to go in and remove anything and place a stent in.

Five minutes later the doctor is telling me that 95% of people who have had a stone for longer than 30 days have to have it removed.  I have had mine for a grand total of 60 days!  He told me that the pain I had felt when I thought I had passed the stone was actually the stone moving a little and then getting lodged again.  When the stone lodged there would be pressure that backed up to the kidney - thus producing the pain.  When the kidney shut down (yes, that is normal) the pressure would subside and I would feel better.  Then the stone would move again and we would go through the same routine again.  I was on a four day schedule with pain, feeling better, and then pain.  

Oh the joy!!!

He showed me on the CT scan taken on Thursday where the stone was and that it was a "fairly large" stone that he would have to remove Thursday, his day to do surgery, as an outpatient.  I would be put under, he would use a scope and remove the stone and insert a stent. 

Oh NO!  

Just what I had said I didn't want to happen!!!!

Well, he wanted to do another CT scan to make sure it was still where it had been on Thursday - and an EKG for the procedure - and they would schedule everything for Thursday.

So, down I go for the CT scan AGAIN, called his office to let them know it was done - as he wanted to look at it before ordering the EKG.  The nurse said they would call me as soon as he had read it and to hang tight downstairs.  Well, it wasn't 5 minutes later they called me back and said the 

STONE WAS GONE!!!! 

No procedure was required and to have a nice day!!!!

YaHOOOOO!!!!!!

I can not tell you how extremely happy I was/am!!!!

Not only was THE stone gone but I was free from pain!!!

Now, I still had/have some little bitty stones that

will pass with no discomfort at all, but

the big guy is finally 

out of there!!!!

I kept Lorelai on Tuesday and Wednesday with no difficulty

and then had both girls on Thursday and Friday.

Thursday was also Justin's (my SIL's) birthday - so I fixed

dinner for all of us -

Pork, Black Beans, Rice, and Cuban Bread.

His favorite meal.

We also had some chicken nuggets for Lorelai, along with

some green beans and carrots.

My daughter picked up an ice cream cake for dessert.

The birthday boy.

I think we all had a nice dinner.

Saturday Dan and I scrubbed down the back porch - cleaning the

screens, floor, and even all the patio furniture.

I changed some things around and

we are all ready for Spring/Summer, at least the porch is.

(I really don't think we are going to have a Spring as

the temperature was 92 here yesterday)

Speaking of yesterday -

after church the kids came over and

we grilled some hamburgers and hot dogs - 

Lorelai played in the sprinkler, chased bubbles, played in the

kiddie pool (remember - 92) and had a fun time.

After the two babies, Dan and Justin had their

respective naps the kids went home

and Dan and I settled in for the evening.

We are suppose to have rain starting tonight

and rain through Tuesday - then the

temperatures are suppose to drop back 

down into the 70's for highs.

I certainly hope so, that would mean

we could turn off the A/C for a couple

of days - probably the last time

before November or December.

We shall see.

I know that I have been off and on with my

posts, but now that things are finally really on the mend

my posts will be more frequent.

Hope you all have a great week!

I'll "see" you soon!