We're home.....

.....and oh-so-sad. :(

As Erin's Dad said, you know it's been a good vacation when you're NOT ready to go home yet. LOL We definately weren't ready, and neither were K and LittleE. They had so much fun together and got along so well.

I got to see Erin, Erin's family (her mom and dad mean the world to me) and even meet some of Erin's friends!

Oh, and let's NOT forget the Yankee's game! WAAAAAAAAAA HOOOOOOOOOOO! Amazing. The ferry-ride seeing the city of New York was so neat. I (yes ME) saw the Statue of Liberty....something I've always dreamed of seeing. Oldest A teared up once we got to our seats; she was so overwhelmed. Our seats were OH-MY-GAWD!!!! You wouldn't believe it unless you were there. We were RIGHT THERE!

Have SO much to tell you and SO many pictures....but we just got home (10:30pm) after being in the car since 12:30pm (LittleE needed MANY more stops this time) and I have to work tomorrow. Hopefully will get time later tomorrow to start posting!

Nighters!
Thank you Erin, Love you!!

I know, I know....

.....I suck. Everytime I get on the computer I come here.....why? I have no clue!! I WANT to blog....but then either get lazy, think "what the hell do I have to say?" or some other foolishness. Emotionally, it's been a tough couple weeks....been in a horrid funk, but it's better. I hate when I get like that.....for me AND the family. Blah.

My ankle is AWESOME! I was wrong about the steroids. They are working great! I'd say I'm 95% pain free. I know it's temporary....and the Dr keeps telling me to remember, 'it's just masking the pain' but I'm working full time again and right now, that's really all I care about. I see the surgeon on 9/15 and we'll set the surgery date then. Oh yeah, the CT showed that there are two pieces of bone that have been "floating" around and are now literally jammed in the joint. They'll take them out and they also want to figure out where they came from....perhaps something needs to be reconstructed.....I don't know. I DO know that it'll be put off as long as possible.....I HAVE to work darnit!

Kids are great.....getting ready for school to start.....EIGHT days! It's so hard to believe. Little E doesn't start till 9/8 though.

Oldest A's knee is giving a few problems; but her PT-guy said today he wasn't overly concerned. He's doing ultrasound on it, and backing off some on the heavy duty stuff he was doing with her. Will work back up to that once this new soreness is gone.

MiddleA is counting down the days till the 31st....big Jonas concert you know! She was a little miffed at me when I backed out. I was supposed to take her and two friends to the concert and then pick them up.....but I'll be in NJ! It's all rearranged and one of the other mom's is doing the honors.....hey, I had to do it for Jesse McCartney AND .....ummmm......who was it......Corbin Bleu maybe? Anyways, it's another mama's turn. And she's excited to spend the weekend with her friend and become all "Jonified"

YoungestA is nervous about the big move up to the middle school. Of course he won't admit it....but I can read his emotions like a book; they're right on his sleeve. Poor kid. I remember going up there and was a wreck the whole summer before. I know he'll do fine and I can't wait for him to meet new kids and start this new chapter. Small school's are great, but he's never been around any more kids than the 14 other boys he's gone through elementary with. It'll be fine. Mama's nervous, but very optimistic.

Ok, you know we're in puppy-hell right? Boy of boy. Oldest and MiddleA are responsible for them and are doing a great job....but I can hear one right now chewing on one of the last cardboard boxes around the corner. Little shnit.

K, I'm outta here....think I'm going to check Erin's blog and see if she's around tonight....I wanna talk g/f!! Speaking of counting days, I'll see you in 10 days!! WHOOOOOP!

I'm a gramma....

.....HA! Not for really-reals. But Oldest-and-MiddleA's have new babies. The top pic is Ally and the bottom one is Nikkita (yup, named after Nick Jonas....of course!)

They're six weeks old now....as of yesterday. SO stinking cute. The girls are doing great taking care of them....including potty-training. They certainly ARE poopy-puppies. YIKES! They're getting up every couple of hours and the girls are getting a bit sleepy and cranky. But I warned them it would be tough the first few weeks. NOW they know what it's like to have a baby! HA, hope they think about that!

Same old same old around here otherwise. Ankle has gotten less sore each day since the steroid shot last friday. But starting today it's starting to ache alot again. Guess the good drugs are wearing off. STILL don't know when the CT scan is going to be. Supposed to be this week, but I'm getting no answers from the Dr office. Apparently red-tape crap with the insurance company....prior authorization crap. NOT happy and WILL have some answers today.

Missing softball even though it's the end of the season. I've missed a couple games and tonight's the last regular season game....then a few tournament games. They're the FUNNEST and I'm going to sit...damnit. Oh well, there's always next year right?

K, off the unpack some more. It's never ending when I move at the pace of a turtle! Speaking of which, we now have one of those too! Yikes, it's becoming a zoo around here.....another post on that some other time.

my new way of getting around....

I know you're all so jealous of my sexy new footwear!! Admit it!! LOL

Went to the surgeon on Friday finally. I pretty much BEGGED him to do something so that I didn't have to use crutches.....I just can't DO those things!! He injected novacaine and then some steroids into the joint (not fun at all, but worth it) and then put this boot thingy on. No more crutches!!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY It still hurts like heck, but not as much as before and this boot takes the pressure off some so that I can hobble around with just that.

So life is getting a bit better, and I can go back to work tuesday. Not full time unfortunately. The Dr says only sit down work, and there's not 40 hours of sitdown stuff to do in my job. But I need to appreciate that I'll be getting a few hours in each week I guess.

So that's it for now....waiting to hear when my CT scan will be (probably this coming week), and then the surgery will be scheduled. Will keep you posted.

Oh, there's something else I want to show you but you'll have to wait till later. :)