Naps are good!

Naps are good, and easy to take when you have to lay on your back a lot. I must be getting used to sleeping flat on my back with my leg propped up, because I slept great last night.  The leg continues to improve and I hope I can get out and do something tomorrow.   The banana bread the twins brought over yesterday tastes great!  I spent the day getting the old laptop ready for use in the shopand sorting the magazines that seem to collect around my chair.

New Computer

My leg was much better this morning!  The red area was about half the size it was yesterday, so the antibiotics and elevating it are working.  I spent most of the morning with it elevated until Vera's new computer showed up.  Then I was probably up more than I should have been setting it up.  The highlight of my day was when the twins brought me little loafs of banana bread.  I asked them if they helped grandma make it and they said they stirred.  By the end of the evening, Vera's computer was all updated and running good, so I started getting the old ready to go to the shop.  Hopefully a couple more days of this 24/7 elevating and I can get back to doing things.

Darn!

I got up early and headed to Kaiser this morning for my monthly blood test and to have someone look at my limb incident cut.  I got right in for the blood test, and then was able to schedule a 10:10 appointment to have my leg looked at.

Since I had 2 hours to kill, I went to Walmart and ended up with a new TV for the computer room.  I ran it home and came back for my appointment,  I liked the doctor and his nurse.  It turns out I have an infection.  They put me on antibiotics for 2 weeks and I have to keep it elevated 24/7 for a few days.  This is going to be darn boring! 

Basketball and Football Sunday

I was up early and headed to Kelso for James' 9:00 basketball game.  James played about half of the first game and played pretty good.  They ended up in a 3 way tie for the chance to play for first place.  There was a 3 point shoot out before the game to see who would play.  They ended up being in a 3 way tie again and having to do it again and James made the basket that broke that tie and got them into the second shoot off.  They won that one, so they got to play in the final game against the team they went into overtime with yesterday.  They stayed pretty close for the first half, but the other team pulled away at the end.

They ended up in second place, here is the team with their medals.  I had been looking at TV's for the computer room between games, so I made one more stop at Sears to check theirs out.  I ran into Cliff there and had a nice visit with him.  I gave Vera a call to see if she had picked up the groceries we needed (I was not going to end up with two of everything again!) and then stopped at Safeway before heading home.  I watched my recording of the Seahawks losing and then took a break to do this before watching Sunday Night Football.

Basketball and airplanes

I slept a little better last night, in fact when I finally woke up I had to hustle and get ready to head for James' basketball game.  It was an exciting game, close all the way and then went into overtime tied 43 all.  They ended up losing by 4 points in the overtime.  James played good, I saw him get rebounds, steals and points.

After the game, we headed up to Toledo so I could try my new Super Cub.  It flew great and the lights really showed up.  I put in three flights and then we went down by the Cowlitz in Toledo and ate lunch.

When I had the motor home put away, I walked over and checked out Dianne's new laptop, it is nice with a very large screen.  I had exchanged the shop faucet cartridge today, so I installed it and now there is no more drip, drip!  The pellet stove was out when we got home, the igniter had burned out.  I bought an extra last time I ordered parts, so I put that in this evening.  It is a heck of a spot, you can hardly see it, let alone get a wrench on it.  I finally got the new one installed and the stove seemed to light faster.

Lazy Day

I was wide awake at 3AM this morning!  After I laid there for 45 minutes, I decided to go in to my recliner and put the heat pad on my back.  It always puts me to sleep when I am watching TV!  It worked again and and I slept until about 7 when I got up to check Black Friday sales.  Michelle texted me about 7:30 so we could meet at 8 for breakfast at Shari's.  We had made arrangements to meet after their shopping this morning, so James could come home with me.  We had a nice visit and breakfast, then James and I headed home.  He had brought his new Xbox game and spent the day playing it and visiting with his buddies online.  He rested from his short night by doing that, but I had to take a nap!  Barry called this afternoon, he is at the dunes in California with his neighbors who have sand rails.  The one he has had a ride in has a 650 horse Corvette engine, he said it goes like crazy.  He sounded like he is having a great time.

A Happy Thanksgiving!

We had Thanksgiving brunch at the Mansion today with all of our family except Mik and Kim who were both sick.  We had a great time visiting and enjoying our meal.  This has become a tradition that we look forward to.

James continues to grow like crazy, it will not be long and we will see eye to eye!  We were really happy to get home before the rain hit this afternoon!  The rest of the day was spent editing photos and checking Black Friday ads online.  It is always nice to get together with the family!