More about Christy

Kat called Isaac's neurologist and told them about Christy. She gave Kat the name of another neurologist. Christy called them, and has an appointment for next Tuesday. Kurt goes to work on Friday, and Christy still needs someone with her, so I think Kat and Christy are working out plans for the weekend. Kurt's mom is with Christy and Kurt now, but she will be going home for Easter weekend.

Oh, the doctor drew blood today and Christy will know by tomorrow if the strep caused the problems in her brain.

Everything around here had been going along smooth and easy. Sherrill was behaving and life was grand. Then reality sets in. I guess we all have our ups and downs. I just wish Christy's would hurry up and work itself out!

Christy, just want to let you know we are here for you!

Neurologist report

The facts from what I understand.......the neurologist said a stroke does NOT show up on the MRI, nor does MS. Most people know that strokes don't always show up. He hasn't a clue what's going on. He did suggest it could be coming from the strep virus going to her brain (she recently had strep throat), or he said it could be secondary Parkinson. I think either are a little off the wall, and I suggested she go see another neurologist. I asked her how long she could be this way, and he didn't know, that he could last forever. He is starting her on some medication that "could make the tremors worse".
That's all for now. I sure hope she finds another doctor.

Another update

Christy had her MRI. Now she goes to St George at 2:00 her time to see the neurologist. We won't know anything until after that. I should have something posted by 5:00 pm our time.
Oh this has been a stressful 24 hours. I'm sure it is even tougher for her though!

Christy update

Christy saw her dr this morning. No real news. They are trying to get her scheduled for a MRI as soon as possible, and to get her in to see a neurologist. No other news for now.

Christy in hospital

Hey kids,
Christy is in Cedar City at the hospital. Around lunchtime today she got so she couldn't talk. Kurt carried her to the emergency room. They have done an EKG, and are awaiting results of a CAT scan. We don't know what's wrong yet. Could be a chemical imbalance, a reaction to the prednisone she's been taking, or a stroke. Will let you now when we hear more.
Please keep her in your prayers.

H E L P

Help,

My computer is dying. I know that it is 6 years old or so, but I love my computer. Any computer geeks out there? I have moved all my pictures, ebooks, most of my music, anything that takes up alot of bytes. It doesn't even load up correctly sometimes. I have defraged and done everything I can think to do. My last option is to totally remove every program, some of which I don't have back up discs for. If I remove EVERYTHING and totally reboot, reinstalling the original start up disc, will that free up all the space on my hard drive? Does anyone out there know? Does anyone have a good friend that is a geek?

My laptop is doing great, I just don't like the touch pad, and the printer is hooked up to the main computer. I would call Sony, but they are so greedy they now charge you for customer service, but that might be my last option. Oh, one other question, can I move entire programs to my flash drive like I do documents?

Any suggestions? Please. Please.

Krazy Quilt

So, this is what I have been working on. I still have to put two boarders on, the backing, hand quilting, then the binding. I think it will be rather cute! I have to go back to Smithfield for some more brown fabric. This one went together really easy. I was surprised. When I finish, it will be somewhere between crib size and "throw" size. Who will be having the next baby boy?

I started today another of these "Krazy quilts". This one will be my African Safari. Just wait until you see it! I'm so excited. It's fun being old!

Happy Birthday Isaac

Happy Happy Birthday to our little Isaac. I had been working on his post for a couple of days, but never had the time to finish it. I got up this morning, and had completely forgotten about his birthday. Thanks Abby for posting and reminding me. I REALLY feel like a dummy now!

I was trying to move pictures from his blog, one or two each month and make him a montage.

But, I ran out of space again on my hard drive, and my flash drives are full, and I didn't take time to hook up my IBook. I'm so sorry I wasn't able to finish Isaac. Hope you did get your present and card though.

Isaac, you are one extra special young man. May you and your Yo Gabba Gabba friends have a Happy Birthday. We love you, and miss you, and look forward to hearing about your home schooling. Hang in there tough stuff, and be nice to your mom!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISAAC!

We just wanted to wish you a very Happy 3rd Birthday! We just wish that we could see you more often :) We are so excited to hear of ALL your new accomplishments; and you will LOVE working with your new teacher. We love you and Happy Birthday, Uncle James, Aunt Abby, Lauren, Carter, and Isabella

Mando

Hi family. Incase anyone cared, I've started working and doing fine. As mom said before, I don't really get to talk to her much. I leave home at 7 am and don't get back until around 5:30 pm. The kids love going to their daycare. Seth finally gets to ride a bus to and from school so he's loving it.

We went out to Lowes, Michaels, Bass Pro shop and Toys R Us today to do FREE easter activites. The kids had fun and got upset when I told them we had to go home. They wanted more things to do.

Dan goes to LA of the week this week but doesn't know where he will be after that.

Everyone have a great week.

Which child are you?

Kat and Sherrill are up to their flea market talk again. This seems to be an ongoing topic.

Kat is looking for items for Sherrill to make, sell, whatever, and came across this. How appropriate!

Perhaps we should change the family name. Which one do you think applies to you?

As for me, I am a cross between the smart and the lazy, since they forgot to include the "fat" child.

Have a great day everyone.

Wendy 3/27/2010 at OneTrueMedia.com

Happy Birthday Wendy!

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Grandma McKeel

A few weeks ago Sherrill went to Aunt Kay's house to get some pictures Grandma McKeel had.

I came across these two pictures that I had taken. Grandma McKeel always LOVED to have her picture taken. She would smile at the sight of a camera.

Notice how cute Jeff was in that picture? He was just another kid in the family. Since he got married and moved to Pikeville, we never get to see much of him. I guess I need to give that boy a call!

We miss you MaKeel !

Placemat Purse

Kat called today to see if I had ever heard of a place mat purse. Duh....I've only had one for 20 years or more. I looks like the fabric was from the 30's. I use this little bag to store my embroidery stuff in. It's real lightweight, and easy to carry around. Kat was going to get a couple of place mats and try it out.

The most popular bag right now though is the "Snap bag". You use the metal strip on tape measures like the carpenters use. I don't know how it "snaps" unless a magnet strip is used.
There's directions on some body's blog that I read.

No news for today. I have been busy working on taxes. I did talk with Mandy twice. We finally have our phone schedules synched (is that even a word). Dan is working in Phoenix this week, but will probably be gone next week.

Have a good day everyone and a good night.

Me

So I started back at work this week. They are putting me back thru training so it's so boring. I think my trainer is starting to get upset with me cause people are asking me questions about the job and not her. :)

Seth loves going to daycare before and after school. Him and Meghan are in the same room when I drop them off in the morning. He's there for about 20 mins then he gets to ride the bus to school. In the afternoon, he does his homework when he gets to daycare then plays. The room the elementary school kids are in is so cool. He hates coming home.

Dan is still alive and is working here in town this week. He'll leave Sunday but we don't know where he's going next.

Okay, that's about it so goodnight.

High school graduation

It's that time of year that seniors are preparing for their graduation. I started thinking back to mine, back in the good old year 1972. My Grandma Naomi was there, and for my present she got me an am/fm radio that ran by electricity. Now this was a GREAT present. Prior to that we just had small transistor radios that would just pick up two local stations. They were battery operated, and when the battery died, you might have to wait a month before you got a new battery. The am/fm that you could plug in provided hours and hours of listening enjoyment. It went away to college with me, and was a gift I will never forget.

Then for my college graduation my mom got me a pearl ring. I don't know if she picked it out, or my sister did. That ring meant a lot to me, but somewhere along the way it got misplaced. I still remember it well though.

So now comes the time to get a gift for a grand daughter. All she wants is money. So, do I give her what she wants, or do I give her something that is meaningful to me, somthing that she might carry on into adulthood.

I don't remember what I got all my kids for gifts. I do remember most got luggage sometime during their senior year.

Question for the day, what gift do you remember most as you were growing up?

Sign Up

Well today was Luke's sign up for kindergarten. He was so excited but trying to get him to understand that he still has awhile is a new concept. Catherine and Jacob went to school with us and it took over 1 hour just to sign him up. Then he had to get his vision tested and do some small skills with the teachers so they can place him. He will ride the afternoon bus to school and him and Ken will ride the bus home after school. Yippee! Just 2 more kids to go and them I might get a quite house in the day time.. So who's kids are going to school next year??

Next quilt

I have a new quilting class this weekend. We had to have 12 different fabrics that will all blend together. So, off I went to Smithfield to come up with something different. This is what I picked out. It has dogs, lions, turtles, giraffes, and hippo's. I am still hand quilting my sister's quilt, and machine quilting Isaac's birthday quilt. It's taking forever. I will NEVER get it finished by his birthday.

I spent the morning at the courthouse looking for deeds for dead people. You all know how much I enjoy that! Now I am back at home working on taxes. You all know how much I HATE that.

Although Sherrill pays mostly by check, I still have to go through all the cash receipts as well as all the credit cards bills. If anyone would like to volunteer to help, just give me a call......anyone EXCEPT Kathy. She would have Sherrill getting a refund check for thousands of dollars!

The weather is beautiful and life is grand. Everyone hug your kids and tell them that you love them. Here's a hug to all of you !

The little ones

Well there isn't much to report on. We are still working on the boys rooms and will post pictures as soon as they are available. I caught Catherine in the baby's bouncer sleeping and here is Jacob I know you can't see but he got his 1st tooth in. Everyone say Yippie so he is now on 4 hour rotation of tylenol and he already has another one coming beside that one. Oh and here is Bella trying to catch a tumble weed. Sorry the tumble weed was blowing so it's fuzzy.

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Let's play Ball!

Christa is the girl in the 4th picture.

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