Gobble! Gobble! Gobble!

The turkey is in the oven. The rolls are rising. JR has traveled to Newport News to visit and will be back soon. Allie is still asleep. Will is waiting for a morsel to fall from the kitchen counters. Jeffrey is on his way here.
All is good. I am very thankful......

Ahhh! Back to Normal!

Back to normal! JR has gone out to the golf course a couple of times...taking it easy, but he is really doing fine! He's bringing home a Butterball from the course today...gift from the course. Allie is still back and forth to Richmond....love having her here! We curled up last nite & watched old shows of Paranormal State.
Alicia is "Santa's Helper" at the mall & photographs the kids with Santa. We went to visit her. She started screaming, " I KNOW HIM! I KNOW SANTA!!!" Thanks, buddy the elf!
I'm so looking forward to Thanksgiving....it's my favorite holiday. Jeffrey is coming up to eat with us. I miss him. We are together 24/7 in the summer, and then our visits are few & far between during the year. We all hope to go up to Aunt Janet's sometime during the holidays. Also still trying to set a date for Jennifer's basketball game!
Donk's Christmas show is first Saturday in December...same day as the parades!

What In The World Is Going On!

Jon David in North Carolna after his tree escapade
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JR's back after his fall....u can see a little of the bruising

OK, I don't know what in the world is going on, but the planets aren't aligned or something! John is getting better each day. The weekend was terribly hard and his coughing excruciating. He saw our family doc yesterday and got some help with the pain and coughing. He is resting much better and has his eyes set on going to the golf course next Monday.

Jon David wrecked his car the first part of last week. A freaky thing where a trash bag blew behind him and touched him on the neck, startling him and causing him to hit the accelerator and go into the car in front of him. Then he called Saturday nite to say he fell 12 feet out of a tree trying to put his deer stand in a safer spot. He has stitches under and over his eye where his glasses cut him.

Talked with Edyth. Alisha had someone pull out in front of her the first part of the week. She's OK. Her boyfriend at the end of the week, hit a racoon and, I don't know what happened, but it literally ravaged his car!

What is going to happen next....????? Who knows!!!

Gravity Works!

(John's best buddy, Will, is hanging close by him on the bed)

OK, I shouldn't have called the previous blog "bumps"!
John fell yesterday and broke three ribs. He was trying to climb up something....put a 5 gallon paint can out to stand on....reached up for a support post and the can slid out from under him. He spun around and slammed into the 4x4 post and then to the ground.
The drive to the hospital was precarious because of the gusts of wind and rain from the remnants of IDA.
After almost 7 hours in the ER at SRMC, the doc wanted to keep him all nite to watch him, monitor his pain meds and also to make sure he was coughing and deep breathing so he won't get pneumonia.
We vowed to do the same at home. He's been a good patient. He's eating, sleeping & resting. The pain is really excruciating when he trys to cough tho....and he needs to cough.
I'll keep everyone updated......we are going to hunker down this weekend.....

Bumps & Thumps

The photo is of John's sister Lori and his step-mom, Grandma Harriet Romaine. Grandma is in the hospital while they remedy her breathing....she is 91 years old and kicking it!
John was out in the weather today and fell .....keeping a watch on him, but he might have injured his back ribs....I think he's OK....really pulled some muscles!
Allie is feeling MUCH better...her antibiotics kicked in and she is off and running. She's with friends in Richmond now and going to a special event at Our Lady Of Lourdes tonight for her small group of converts.
The remnants of Hurricane Ida are blowing around outside. I see that an old pine tree has fallen. Some folks have lost electricity. We are in good shape tho....wood stove & gas grill....kerosine lamps....bring it on!

We're Family!

The photo is of Ruth Eagle and her daughter Jordan with me. We met at the Jones Memorial Library archives in Lynchburg, VA yesterday to do family research. Ruth has been digging into the Eagle name since 1986 when we communicated by written letters before the computer! We had a great time "digging" but came up with little. That's the nature of genealogy tho.
Allie has been really ill......a couple of trips to the ER at St Mary's in Richmond. Even had to have an IV with antibiotics in it....and she's still recouping. So looking forward to her feeling better. She has been feeling so good physically lately.
Jon David was in an auto accident....he's OK tho. Edyth was in an accident....someone ran a red light and plowed into her. She's good....her car is a goner.
Grandma Harriett isn't well. John is staying in touch with her and with Lori. She's having breathing problems but doesn't want to go to the hospital.
The edges of Hurrican Ida is hitting us. Lots of rain and wind, but more annoying than anything. Leaves are EVERYWHERE!
Ok....so this post doesn't sound very positive. It sounds a lots worse than it is. It's just been a bit of a challenging week.

Love These Photos!

I love these photos. The first is JR studying for a sermon and Will is attached to his side as usual! The second is a photo of Allie as Audrey Hepburn on Halloween. Love um!

Edyth P was involved in a serious auto accident yesterday. A girl ran a red light and plowed into the drivers side of Edyth's car spinning her around a couple of times. Thank God, she was hit in the back door and not in the driver door. Everyone is OK.....her car, not so good!

The pool is officially covered....that's all I want to say about that.

Went to see "PARANORMAL ACTIVITY" yesterday and the whole way thru it I was thinking that someone was making a lot of money off of us dummies! The two main characters ended up on Jay Leno last night and gave it away that Spielburg wrote the ending of the movie that was supposed to be real life. $$$$ thru my fingers!

This week is speeding by....

Lovin' The Fall

The Wrap-Up meeting was terrific. It was so good to see good friends! We generated lots of really great ideas for 2010 also. Which reminds me.....the residents will probably start calling today since it's NOVEMBER!!!
I visited Sally D at St Mary's after she had one knee replaced. Or should I say, the Get Well Bunny visited her! Yep, I put on the rabbit suit and visited her. The nurse took a photo, and AGHHHHHHHHh I accidently deleted it when I was trying to transfer it to the computer!
Have been going to the YMCA on and off....got to get into the rhythm of it!
We set a couple of new dates. I am going NOV 10th to Lynchburg to do some genealogy with a really distant cousin that I have never met....Ruthie Eagle.
Then, we are going down to NC to see Jennifer play in a school basketball game on Friday, Nov 13th.
Al dressed as Audrey Hepburn for Halloween.
I went with Allie to Our Lady of Lourdes service yesterday. They had a service of Intention for the folks that are going to convert. It was a really precious service and felt intimate, even tho there were about 250 people...a full house.
Gotta get the pool covered.....the leaves are pouring down!
Tomorrow VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!!