July 4th... A Campin' We Will Go!

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June Bride

awww June weddings - Love is in the air! Did you know that June is typically the month of choice for brides? It is the month that promises good luck to the bride and groom on their marriage. I thought I would share a picture of us at our reception, not one of me tripping over my dress, coming down the aisle :) Happy Anniversary to all of you married in the beautiful month of June! I am making a mental note to myself to pick up a card for my honey... xox

Apple Tree, Birds and SNAKE!

It started out as a normal day, what "normal" is for us anyway... My daughter was out brushing our dog in the shade of the apple tree out back. I walked out to enjoy some fresh air and to watch her and noticed a black snake in the tree. The robins were chirping and flying frantically around, but she had assumed it was because she was near the nest... She had taken pics of the little birds a couple of days prior to yesterday. Upon seeing the slithering snake, I immediately did what any other red neck gal in WV would do and I ran to get my favorite bb gun. I preferred the 9 mm, however, didn't want to waste a bullet on the black snake. LOL!! After shooting it several times, it was annoyed enough to creep out onto the outer limb and drop 6 feet out of the tree. By the time we got the shovel, it had slithered into the hydrangea bush and out of sight. I tried hitting it with the fat bat, but the plastic bat was just enough to tick him off and make him want to crawl away faster. About 1/2 hour later, the dog dropped his favorite hamburger toy and ran to the garage. He found the snake and I took the shovel and tried to pull him out from under the azaleas. It chose to wrap itself around the shovel and I in turn acted like the girl that I am and screamed, dropping the shovel. After gathering my wits and courage, I picked up the shovel and he let go. I pinned him to the ground while my daughter got another shovel and sawed its head off... Now, I have heard that black snakes keep away copperheads, but I have seen too many copperheads to believe it. I hope I have not offended any black snake lovers out there, but with a little one running around chasing bubbles and the other family members running in and out of the house, I prefer not to have any snakes lying round to be accidentally stepped on... 3 days after surgery and I am fighting a snake. Is it time to go camping yet?? The worst part about it is we sit and watch the mommy robin come to the nest with a worm, only to leave the nest with the worm still in her mouth...

Gallbladder GONE

Wow... that was easy enough! They wheeled me in the operating room, made 4 small incisions and wheeled me into recovery and sent me home the same day... Now, the only pain I truly am experiencing is after lying down, getting up feels like I am tearing my insides apart, so I have to be careful getting out of bed. Other than that, I am so thankful that I won't have to worry about anymore attacks. Those were way more painful than this recovery has been and is. Some people take medicine for gallstones, but I am not sure why they made that decision. I feel so much better already and was living with nausea that I didn't even realize I had! Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers. Your friendship means the world to me! xox

Ordered More Flag Bunting ~

These are so nice... can't get any more Americana than these-- They are tea stained and made to look vintage. They are available on my website while supplies last.

BACK to the ER...

Back to the ER... I woke up again around 3 am and was having pain... waited until 530 and woke up hubby to please take me to the ER. We went in and my blood test results showed slight elevation of numbers for my liver and they did a scan and ultrasound to find several stones in my gallbladder. According to the scan, it looked like a large pecan seed sized stone, but on the ultrasound, you could see several in there and the walls have thickened, which from what I have read on the Mayo Clinic site, sometimes comes from being infected. Wonderful. Next step? Calling the surgeon on Monday to schedule surgery. This can be done as outpatient surgery, however, due to the thickened walls, they may have to make an incision, which for me would mean a much longer recovery period. It was a rainy day here, which sure fit my mood... We needed the rain, as the garden was getting dry...