Woo Hoo!

Mom is going to be OK, she has had 2 heart attacks thus far, and I feel that she had another one but the Dr's don't. She spent several hours at the hospital yesterday, and the Dr. there gave her medication for verdigo. She had a severly bad case of that because of the pinched nerve in her neck. They gave her Perkisets (woo Hoo) and so she finally got a good night's sleep. She is still going to watch Tatyana Friday so we can do lunch at WCI, and I'm so looking forward to that. She got severly bitched at by everyone for not calling before she went. She should not have driven herself to the hospital but did. I also respected her wishes by not telling anyone, so she really got it. I told her she shouldn't have! She shouldn't be so selfish and self centered when it comes to her health.

On a new note, we are going to McCormack & Schmick tomorrow for lunch! I am so excited about that, I've always wanted to go, and free is good! Free food is better and a good time goes without saying. Lunch is at 11:30 tomorrow for appreciation for Admin week. We got flowers each of us today. Mine were a bouquet of carnations and blue daisies. Karen fixed mine for me, and Aileen did the rest. I put them in the vase incorrectly and about drove Karen wild, but they both took care of it and they look so lovely. Aileen and Karen both have a nack for flower arrangements. Darlene was the one who gave the wonderful gift of flowers with a lovely card that reads:

I truely appreciate your smiles, spontaneous humor and greetings. You two run a very vital floor! Thanks Darlene (sweet isn't it?)

TJ let me read part of my book to him last night. I was so surprised that he let me, and he listened intently. He even practiced some of it's advice on me, which was to break the conflict when something is bothering one of us, to make a funny statement, and it worked! That gave me GREAT joy that he was open minded to this and even partook in it! When it's good, it's Really good, and when it's not, we need to work on that a bit more. He now knows how I feel about it and that I am not going any where ever, divorce was NEVER an option and things have not changed. We WILL make this work and it WILL be good, and get better each day. I am determined for that to happen. 16 years and still going! It's hard to live compatibly with anyone for that length of time, and to still have similar interests, be compatible and still love each other is not easy in today's day and age. Good things don't come easy, and marriage is no exception. It takes a lot of hard work but is well worth the effort. I am nearing the end of the book and then I'm thinking I will pick up where I left off on the other book that TJ got for me to read.

TJ is getting hours all this week and I'm so happy about that, so is he. Makes for more money we can spend. We might be getting some more money back on our brake job, which will help, we will in turn put it into the Cougar and get a tune up on it. It needs it badly.

Melissa's pictures were so darling, I love looking at her photographs. I can feel her happiness and energy through them. If you are reading this Melissa, you need to let us know what is up with Darby moving out and what you plan to do about this in the future since it is coming up....You don't plan to move in with your parents new farm do you?

Sherry was kind enough to watch Tatyana all this week for us, except for Friday. It's only a couple of hours and Taty really misses her grandma. It's hard for Sherry to take her to school with the twins, but she manages! Thank God for her.

I'm debating whether or not to take the damn dog for a walk today so that I will sleep well tonight. I did 10 blocks today at lunch and that makes me feel good. God Bless my cousin Tami who told me she could tell I'd lost weight and that is inspiring me a lot. Inspiration is a good thing!