Of blogging for a while. Did ya miss me?
Things got a bit crazy here and something had to give for a bit. It was blogging or what was left of my mind. I’ve popped in every week or so on your blogs attempting to stay in touch, but I know we’ll be into winter before I catch up.
The garden kicked my rear this summer. Honestly it was nearly ignored after it took off with our early season rains. We had a business trip to Milwaukee in June & I stayed for a week to visit friends….while I was gone the weeds took off & I was never able to gain control again. I keep the girls during the day & they would be playing or “helping” while I weeded. Well, I made the mistake of taking Miss Alix on a walk with me with me down to the mail box…after that when every my back was turned she would take off down the driveway. Let me tell you that 18 mo. old can run! I was ready to tie a rope to her. Our once very quiet road has become super busy now that there are 2 subdivisions on the other end & cars just fly down it. We have a hard time not getting hit pulling out of the driveway. The days I was kid free were in the high 80’s or 90’s….I’m not falling out for tomato’s!
I’ve not canned at all so far. Everything has gone in the freezer. It was to blasted hot to have the stove on. I figure by this time next month I’ll be up to my elbows in canning jars & have a warm house when the heat will be appreciated.
So, Mr. Fix-It had been going for PT on his arm…well it helped for a while and he gained movement… but then got worse. To the point the vibration of Fred (the riding lawn mower) created all kinds of pain. Making a 18mo long story much shorter…it was a frozen shoulder due to a nerve issue. Yes, good times, mine was getting better and his got worse. Late August he had surgery. They knocked him out, forcibly manipulated his arm to break the “frozen shoulder”, removed gobs of scar tissue in the shoulder socket which was creating the nerve pain. They also removed the little tip of the socket and few bone burs in there. When we were leaving they kept telling us he was going to be in sooo much pain that to be sure and keep him on pain pills. Honestly? He said the discomfort from the surgery was much less than the constant nerve pain! No wonder he’s gone grey this past year!
Know what that dork did the next day? He felt so good… he went to work! I know a lot of women complain their hubby’s are big babies when they are sick or injured….I almost wish he would get some of that. Now he’s pushing his healing…trying to play catch-up around here before winter. Can’t slow a good man down.
In the good news department my shoulder is nearly 100%. Well enough I was released to use my bow again. Last weekend Larry took me to an archery shoot. And, to toot my own horn (keep in mind I’d only shot it about 3 times all year). Well, the course as it turns out is one national archery champs use to practice. Out of 150 possible points I scored just over 100. Towards the end my arm was pretty shaky but finished with what I felt was a respectable score.
Next year that course is MINE!!!!
Since it’s 2 am I’m crawling off to bed. I’ve a list of gardening questions to ask so grab a cup of coffee next time around or skip that post! LOL!
Have a wonderful day
Katie
Glad you're back to posting.
ReplyDeleteWow ... to the injuries! Glad motion is returning. Yea to autumn almost here!
ReplyDeleteKatie,
ReplyDeleteGood to see you my friend. Oh I know how it is when life keeps you busy and it just gets in the way. That's okay, just take care of life. When things slow down, then you'll be back.
I'm happy to hear your husband went and had the surgery and is feeling so much better and healing. Surprisingly the pain he had been suffering was the worst pain to deal with unlike the surgery pain. I'm also happy to hear you're 100 percent now!!!
It's good to see you blogging again. I'm glad to hear your shoulder is doing so well.
ReplyDeleteI have a word for next year's garden...mulch. Mulch as much as one can. If it's deep (3 to 4 inches) not many weeds will be able to grow up through it. The few that do will be spindly and easy to pull out. For various reasons I didn't get as much mulch on my garden this year and the weeds got out of control in some, who am I kidding, a lot of places. Next year, though...