MISC.

Well Monday night we had a lovely family dinner over at Chad's fiance Lisa's house. It was in celebration of our 30 years of marriage!! It does not seem possible that 30 years have gone by. It was a join effort by all the kids. Chad was quite proud of his efforts as his sister had given him the recipe for her special Mexican soup. So, since he doesn't work on Mondays it was his job to get the soup made. Tara had made juice jello the night before in pretty stemware glasses, and Chad was to make the soup, Eric and Tara made an apple pie and a lovely spinach salad. Chad had the table all set up nice and everything cleaned up nicely.

Bob and Ruth were there also. Ruth arrived with a very swollen and oddly shaped wrist.....she had fallen off a stool that was not intended to be stood upon. Of course she did not go to the doctor. But, she did have a previously scheduled dr. appt the next day, so he sent her over to have it x-rayed and then everyone waited for someone to call and no one did. She called the dr's office this morning to learn that it was broken, and that the dr. would consult with the ortho dr. and call her back, so she waited all day again and finally called at 4:30 and they told her that she would need surgery. About 20 minutes later the ortho doc called and asked her if she could come in right then so off they went and he casted it up for now. The swelling needs to go down before they can do the surgery. So they are thinking next week possibly Tuesday or Thursday. She wanted the same Dr.May that had done Bob's knee replacements. They said that the wrist is jammed, so they have to pull it back where it should be and then pin it, the pins will actually show out of her flesh. Yuck, I am not nurse material. Then they leave those for so long and take them out and then a certain cast and then this and then that, kind of a long process to recovery. But with the cast on now it has helped with the pain. So, that is the Smith excitement for this week.

Ruth would have a fit if she knew I added the lovely photo from Christmas!!!!!!!