Grandpa and Grandma

I spend three days in Jackson and managed to get a few things done. We got Molly to the groomers and cleaned up(she looks real good). Once again, a groomer would not do Trudy(too temperamental). I told Mom that we might as well give up and just keep her bathed. I tried hard to get her bathed, but Mom was resistant because Trudy had already been traumatized.

We had all the medications filled. Mom had one from 4/10/08, Aricept, that she had not been taking. Dad's were for back pain and something else, I forgot.
They get their medications all confused, it is very hard to get them to get it straight. I set them up with a dispenser not too long ago, but Mom did not like it, so she took all the medicine out of it. I don't know what to do. Gail's says that she will take care of it when she goes down next week.

Dad's back(according to him) is still just killing him. He has medicine from two different doctors who can't find any thing wrong, but muscle strain.

We got the family room carpet cleaned, and the traffic area in the living room. It looks real good. Mother would like to put hard surface down in the family room.

I noticed that in the front bathroom, there has been a leak or something. The baseboards are molded and in the back bathroom the side of the vanity is warped and discolored where water has damaged it. Charlie and Doyle what do you think?

Oh, another thing. When the city put in the sidewalk in front of their house they made Mom and Dad move their mailbox across the street. I don't like that at all. No better than Mom can see, I'm afraid that she'll walk out in front of a car when getting the mail. Dad talked to the mailcarrier, and he said there wasn't anything he could do about it. The carrier still comes up their side of the street. I would like to see the box put back on their side. I'm going to call the city of Jackson.

LC

Next...

Ok, it's someone else's turn! Jo goes out of town and is gone only a few hours when we get a call that grandpa's in so much pain "he can't breathe". Mom talked to him and we decided that I would go down and see how he was. (She's on call and couldn't leave town.) When I walked in he was in his chair, dressed, waiting for me. We started talking and I made him laugh, which made him cry because it hurt too bad to laugh. In the car we got and headed to the ER. I could have gone to an urgent care I guess but I knew they would be able to do any test possible at the ER so that's where we went.
After some blood work, x-ray, and CT scan they couldn't find anything significant. They said he was anemic, but it looked like he has been for a long time. The doctor thought it might be muscular from GRANDPA PICKING UP THE BACK END OF HIS RIDING LAWN MOWER LAST WEEK!! They said it is a waiting game right now to see if it will go away or get worse. If it gets worse they might have a better chance of figuring out what it was. He was given some pain relievers and muscle relaxers which he has not had filled yet. He also has to go to his regular doctor this week as a follow up. I did learn today that Great Grandma Gertie used to work at Southeast Hospital in housekeeping, she did laundry.
I guess that's it for now, except for the fact that Grandma is interested in having her carpet pulled up in the bonus room and I am trying to talk her into to just cleaning it. I told her she could have it done or I would rent a steamer and do the whole house myself. We also need to have a "cleaning party" at the Baker's and a "let's try and sneak the dogs to the groomers" party. Hopefully I will get responses to those get togethers...

Reva

A week at the Kimbel's

Philip has managed to keep us busy for two weeks. We are taking him home Saturday morning. Bright and early. Then we are going on to Austin In. To meet one of Tom's buddies and from thee we are going on to New Jersey.

Philip managed to do what none of the rest of us have been able to do. He talked his grandpa into getting his bike off of the hooks in the garage and go for a bike ride. Two nights in a row.
Philip finished all of his testing before he came to MO., and they are going to start him in the fourth grade in the fall. They feel he will have very little trouble catching up. He tested very high in math. Much higher than his reading. He is going to summer school, so they also think that will be a big help. Jacob will finish school next week. Philip had three teeth pulled to make room in his mouth for his new teeth, and Jacob is getting ready for braces.

Our real estate career was short lived. The owners of the house we wanted would not except our offer, so we took our house of off the market. We are going through with refinancing our house and we will put on an addition in the back with a bathroom.

I took mother with me yesterday for a haircut. She was in bad need of one. We will take Molly over on Friday for them to watch while we are gone. Molly also had a haircut this week. She will make Mom and Dad's dogs look bad.

I'm going to go and make Philip get in the shower. (Which is like pulling teeth)

Love: Jo-D

Oh the beautiful Florida weather...

Well our Florida trip is finally over...the girl's fave part happened to be THE POOL. Can you believe it! We spent how much money for the "Disney Experience" when all we needed to do was go to the Holiday Inn down the road and let them swim! It was a lot of fun and Audrey enjoyed meeting Minnie and Mary Poppins. Shelby was too scared to go meet them in person.

Congrats to Ryan on his graduation. I have talked to him a few times and he seems good.

Congrats to Chris for taking the math position. Definitely a lot of thought was put in to that decision! I have to say that no matter where you teach Chris you will always have struggles (no parent support, too much parent "support", admin, paperwork, etc) and you will ALWAYS be a role model to your children! I wish you the best.

Looks like Ella and Keaton had fun at their parties! Pinatas are a good time...until someone gets hurt right! :)

The girls had their last competition yesterday. Audrey and her partner did really well given their are 4 and usually the only ones in their category! She has lots of plaques and 1 trophy which just makes Shelby sad because as a big group she doesn't get those. They get one for the group and it has to go to the studio.

Ok...lots of catching up to do today. When's the next time we are all getting together??

Reva

Ryans graduation

Hey I did it. This is just one of the pictures that we took. Get aload of those glasses.

Whoa is me!

I guess I should say whoa is Grandpa Jim. I went over this morning, because I had to take Molly over so MLS could view our house today. Mom was upset because Dad told her he guessed he would just kill himself. Now don't get alarmed just yet. Dad's back is hurting because he picked up the end of his lawn mower yesterday and hurt his back. Mom does not show the sympathy that Dad thinks he deserves. She gave him some aspirins and he went back to bed, after his comment to Mother. I went in his bedroom to see how he was. I ask him what is wrong? He said he did not feel good. I ask him why he told Mom that? He did not remember telling her that. But when I went back just a while ago, he was hiding the in bedroom from me. Mom said he was on a rampage. He is mad at Mom and me.

They did not go get thier blood work, but I checked all of thier papers that the Dr. gave them where he ordered blood work. They said they would go tomorrow when they go for Mom's mamagram. She thinks they see the doctor more than they need to. I'm going to lay low for a while. Someone else might want to stretch thier neck out there. Just call and talk. "Just checking on you" thing.

We will know at 5:00 this afternoon if our counter offer has been accepted.

I'm not sure I gave everybody Ryan correct address. ryan.kimbel@us.army.mil. He called me last night to talk. His platoon has not all arrived yet, so he has not started his training yet for his MOB. He is a little depressed. After training so hard at boot camp, and now just kind of waiting around, he feels like he is wasting time.

The weather today is rainy. So maybe it has Dad down? I told Mom they need to get out and do more than just sit around the house. Maybe Tom, Philip and I can do something with them this week-end. Tom will finish his bus driving job next Friday. He can't wait. His first SS check will come the last part of June. He will continue to drive in the fall for SEMO. Has Katie bug left for Europe yet. D0yle did you get Pistol home safe?

Jo-D

Latest on our house!

We made an offer on Monday, they came back today with a counter offer. Now we will go back and counter offer. They are giving us until 6.00 p.m. tonight. That sound hopeful don't you think? I am stressing. But no matter, God has a plan. If we don't get this house, we have decided to put an addition on the back of the house with a bathroom.
Mom and Dad went to thier medical dr. yesterday. I talked the the Dr. (because I thought it would be a routine visit) Which it was. But he wanted Mom and Dad to go for blood work today, which meant they would need to fast. Mom has an appointment on Friday for her Mamagram and Dad has an appointment for his ear on June 2nd. Dr Schoenberg says it is cancerous. When I talked to mom last night she was not clear about the blood work, fasting or who was suppose to go. She was getting a little testy, so I let it go. I have not talked to her today. But I drove by this morning on my way to work, and there sat Dad watching the progress of the sidewalk in front of the house. I'm sure they did not go have blood work. I think Mom is beginning to feel like we are hovering over them.
Ryan now has a cel phone (some of you already know that). He also gave me his e-mail address, but I can't get through with it. ryan.kimbel@us.army.mil. good luck. He does not have a lot of time to get on the computor, but I'm sure he would love to hear from you. His cel phone is 812-766-0494. He will have the most time after evening chow to talk.
His graduation was very impressive. He looks very good. He has lost a lot of weight. He had his baby face back again. The kids had a really good time with him and he was very glad to see them. When he gets home for a while in July, I would like to have a bar-b-que. Hopefully at our new house.
I will let you all know about the offer on the house. We will be leaving Friday night, May 23rd. for New Jersy to go see Tom's Veitnam buddies. We will be back on Saturday.
Jo-D