August 1, 2012
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Recovering from surgery takes time and energy and so the last five weeks I’ve been busy resting, eating, walking a bit and sitting some more! I’m ready to be done with this part of recovery to say the least. However, in the past five weeks, we have had Erin and Nathan come visit (and help out), Nathan’s parents, Al and Karen come through and my brothers Rob from Canada and Jeff from Seattle. They spent a Saturday night one weekend and a Saturday night the next weekend with us. They spent a week out on the “rez” celebrating Jeff’s 60th birthday. It was fun having them even for such a short time. My first real outing was this past Sunday night (the doctor at 2 weeks doesn’t count!), when we went to the Stanley’s for a barbecue. Pete, Heather and boys and the Drechsel’s joined us. It was also a “going away” barbecue for Laura as she is heading overseas for awhile and we won’t see her. It was nice getting out and seeing some different scenery!During the last five weeks I have also been very blessed by many friends bringing meals, helping me clean and do laundry, and coming by for a visit. Having visitors for a short while helps relieve some of the boredom and tedium and I appreciated them. Our cat, Pippen gave birth in the past five weeks to six (SIX!) baby kittens and she has turned out to be a wonderful momma. They are just opening their eyes but don’t move around much. We have five boys and one girl. We are taking orders, so get your order in soon!
