Pete’s Surgery – May 13, 2024

Today was Pete’s long-awaited knee replacement surgery. It was a very long day for both of us! I was up at 3:30, we left shortly after 5:00. Here are some photos of his day! I left at about 14:30, wanted to get home to the animals since we’d been gone so long. And Pete was …
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VIDEO: Heeeeere’s Howie!

On April 15 we bought a bus, and dropped it off at a dealership for some work on the way home. On April 19 we brought it home. Though I had shared some photos already (April 15th and April 19th) it wasn’t until we got it home that I got a chance to share more …
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April 18, 2024 – All Kinds of Stuff Going On

This has been a week for sure…here are updates on all that is going on: Pete is pretty sick. He coughs every morning, and has for years, from sinus issues. Day before yesterday his cough sounded different to me but he seemed fine otherwise so I figured he was ok. That night he was moaning …
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WE BOUGHT A BUS! April 15, 2024

Yeah, we bought a bus. We’ve been looking at short busses and shuttles for a long time. A year probably. And the Lord provided just the right one, so today we bought it. Gave the lovely young couple the cash, they signed over the title, and we headed home! About a hundred-mile trip, depending on …
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Family Photos – April 8, 2024

These were taken on the occasion of an Olive Garden get-together for Leelan’s 15th birthday. (He had already had another party on Sunday.) My sister Gwen and brother-in-law Don were visiting from Kentucky as well. It was a great evening! If you are a regular reader of my sites or social media posts, you will …
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RARE DISEASE DAY, 2024

Following is a collage and a post that our daughter Casey made on Facebook in 2020. Since it is the best thing she’s written about Lyra’s rare disease, I am sharing it again here; then I will add a few more recent photos of my beautiful granddaughter at the end. #rarediseaseday is February 29! Please …
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