Wednesday January 1st - HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!  The year is starting out very cold and wet. Warmer weather is not due for several more days.  Sure am glad there's some good football games on, since it's so UGLY outside.  OMG - woke up to sunshine on Friday the 3rd.  We haven't seen that in a LONG time.  A tad warmer - thank goodness.  Lee went outside to put the finishing touches on the kayak trailer (putting on the license tag and mount the spare tire).  I worked inside doing the usual domestic chores like dusting and vacuuming.  More cold weather arrived on Monday the 6th.  Lee went to the clubhouse for the men's morning coffee.  We stayed in the rest of the day where it's nice and warm.  I started studying YouTube for loom knitting ideas.  I need a new project.  I made everyone a scarf for Christmas - including a small one for Ryder.  Found a project --- fingerless mittens!!  Started on the mittens on Tuesday.  FUN FUN FUN.  Put it away for a while to go have dinner with our Heartland friends.  Wednesday was warmer - but rain.  We're just not getting a break down here.

We now have a real estate broker.  He had sent us several houses to look at.  We spent hours on Thursday and Friday looking at the web site.  We even made a spreadsheet of those we would like to look at.

Saturday the 11th was beautiful -- sunny and WARM (74)!!!!!  Opened the windows and doors.  After Lee replaced the faucet in the bathroom we started gathering info and running copies of documents the real estate folk need.  The rest of the afternoon was spent napping, knitting and football.  On Monday the 13th we made a trip to the island to have breakfast with friends.  Back to my knitting project when we got home.  Got 'em finished - fun project - and they're warm.  We're back to heat at night and air conditioning during the day, so I don't know when I'll wear them.  If you believe what you hear on the weather channel -- Canada is not done sharing their cold winter.

Thursday the 16th we got all packed up to head north.  We were meeting the real estate guy to look at some of those houses, then we'll head on up to Debi's for the weekend.  We fell in love with one of the houses.  Decided to make an offer.  On Friday Debi and I took Ryder to "Dinner with the Elephants".  Never been to one of these --- but so cool for the youngsters.  The circus was in town and they fill tables with  hundreds of pieces of fruit.  Then they walk the elephants to the area from the arena then they chow down.  Very enjoyable.  The rest of the family showed up Friday night for dinner.  On Saturday Debi and I did a bit of shopping.  Got with the neighbors (Pete and Tammy) and went to Longhorns for dinner.  After we got home we started doing laundry and packing for our trip back to Rockport on Sunday.  Lee got a call about the counter offer on the house we wanted.  WOW - those folks are outrageous - NO DEAL!!  So we're back to square one.  We were disappointed, but we feel it wasn't meant to be at this time.

Debi's has a two story house.  I had gone upstairs to retrieve some hangers ------- and everything went downhill from there!!!  Out of 14 steps -- for some reason I missed the last two.  Landed hard on my right foot causing several breaks from my knee to my ankle.  I knew I was in trouble because of the pain.  I was rushed to the hospital - thinking they'll put a cast on it and I'm good to go.  NOPE - I was transferred to a trauma hospital because the injury was so bad. We knew that we were in the right place when they put me in a room with a gator on the wall "Go Gators". lol  Long story short - surgery will be Monday afternoon the 20th.  A plate on right side with 14 holes for screws and a plate and 8 holes on the other side of the Tibia. The surgeon did not put screws in all of the holes since he was able to get the bone stabilized.  He banded the Fibula and it looks great.  No weight bearing with the right leg for 8 weeks.

I'm on the road to recovery when Lee gets sick.  He was admitted to the hospital also (2 doors down from my room) for tests.  He has had these episodes before, which we've discussed with our doctor.  Without seeing what occurs - he's not sure how to treat him.  Our doctor did eliminate heart problems through numerous tests.  You might consider this as bad timing -- but at least medical people witnessed the problem.  Everything has been documented and sent to our doctor.  We'll follow up with him when we return to Canyon Lake the first of March.  On a sad note -- we spent our 32nd wedding anniversary in the hospital.

Lee and I were both dismissed from the hospital on Thursday the 23rd.  We'll be staying at Debi's at least until the 6th of February (my doctor's appointment).  Her dining room was turned into a bedroom and her kitchen was where I showered.  I hope the pictures taken will give you an idea.  MANY MANY laughs!!!
Lee's 69th birthday was Friday the 24th.  For obvious reasons we couldn't celebrate.  That will come later.  The picture below sums up our feelings.

We went out to eat with the family on Monday the 3rd, it was my first time out and it felt great, I was really tired when it was over but it was a great time spent with family.

My new style bathtub that debi came up with  Scooter who is Chad's Boston Terrier enjoyed hanging out on my potty chair while he watched the birds outside.

Got a GREAT report from the doctor on the Feb. 6th.  Healing nicely, but still NO weight bearing.  Next appointment is March 6th.  HOPE HOPE HOPE I can have a boot then!!!!!  He gave us the OK to return to Rockport.  Lee started packing what he could on the 7th, for our trip to Rockport on the 8th.  Woke up to a beautiful sunny day.  Lee and Debi rearranged the dining room, bedroom, etc etc and off we went.  Met the real estate agent on the way down to see another house.  GREAT looking outside - dump inside.  We have put our agent on hold until after my next doctor's appointment.  It's just too hard to get around with a walker and only one good leg.

Lee and Debi are absolutely the BEST caregivers!!!!!  LOVE 'EM with all my heart.  I've got a long road ahead, but I'm trying to keep a sense of humor......but some days are really hard.  Thanks to everyone for your well wishes and prayers.  Please keep us on your prayer list.

Take care -- until next time