Happy Birthday John!

Today is John's birthday.  We actually celebrated early because he had surgery yesterday on his lip.  Here he is with his favorite cake, a spice cake that was his great-great-great grandmother's recipe.  No other cake will do!

WIP Wednesday 6-27-2018

Well, it's Wednesday again and time to check in and show you my progress.   We are at the 4 1/2 week mark.  Not very much stitch this past week.  Friday was spent cooking and baking for the weekend.  Saturday and Sunday was spent at a wonderful needlepoint class (more on that in a later post). 



On Saturday, John fell off a 10 foot ladder at the boat yard while getting the sailboat ready to go in the water.  He broke both bones in his right leg near the ankle.  Luckily, he had a friend with him who called 911.  John had surgery on Saturday evening, and I brought him home from Racine on Sunday evening and have been running and fetching for him ever since.  He has an external immobilizer on the leg and can't put any weight on it.  We see the doctor Friday and make arrangements for more surgery. 

 

My Stitching Supervisor

This Satchmo, one of my grand kitties.  He lives in Southern Illinois with my youngest daughter and her family.  Satchmo has always been rather aloof, and only came around after I was in the house for over three days, and then he stayed at arms length.  This visit however, he has not left my side.  He either sits on my lap or on the right arm of the chair I sit in, and carefully observes every movement with the needle.  If he gets bored with that, he sleeps on the ottoman, next to my feet.  

41 Years Ago....

 

 
 
 







41 years ago today I married my best friend.  Here we are in happier times, young and full of plans and hope.  He left us much too soon. 

Looking at the picture of our bridal party, I think of those that are no longer with us.  I didn't realize that so many have also gone too soon.  Trudy Mueller Bradford, Nick Schneider, Liz Wolf Wagner and Norbie Sieb, along with Peter are all together in heaven.