And a happy start it was!! We were in Visalia with Taylor, Jane and Poopa. The DAY was spent watching The Three Stooges!! AMC had 24 hours of them! YAY!! (said sarcastically from Barbara of course - hahah) Well, we also made time in the afternoon to play TENNIS! We searched for an open court and found one at Mt. Whitney High School.
Taylor has had summer lessons in Tennis and of course Dick can play pretty good. Me? Well, I TRY!! I am just no good. Never been, more than likely never will. I would LOVE to be better, but was able to get a pain in my elbow after hitting it around for quite awhile and made the boys have something to talk about! hahaha.... We'll just say my 'technique needs work', according to Dickie. hhahahaha!!
Everyone made it to toast our Root Beer at midnight as Dick Clark - poor guy - counted it down for us. My family tradition is to bang pots and pans at midnight on the front porch so that is of course what we did. We banged and clanged and yelled, "Happy New Year!!!" Then, before the cops showed up, we ran back into the house! hahaha!! I don't think this quiet neighborhood was used to all of that racket!
We stayed around Visalia two more days then headed back home. As we were leaving, Jane decided Poopa wasn't getting any better with his back and developed a horrible cough. They ended up putting him in the hospital. He was diagnosed with, yup, you guessed it, Pneumonia! So, they started the antibiotics and he started feeling better. Then, they discovered a fracture in his spine!! They want to do surgery but Jane says not until their heart and regular doctor's return from vacation on Monday, January 11th.
Yes, keep those prayers coming for Bill and Jane. We talked to Bill on the phone and he seems to be hanging in there. Today is Friday and he has been in the hospital since Saturday, January 2nd - ONE WEEK tomorrow!
Other than that, our NEW YEAR has started out very well, no complaints. We continue to honor our Lord and thank him daily for all we are and all we have, for putting us together to share in this world and beyond. I wanted to try and start our days out earlier - by getting up by 6:30 instead of around 7:30 - 8 am, but it just has not happened yet.... hmmm, we are still considering it though.
We hope that you and yours are on to a good start for a new year also! If not, we pray that it turns around in a hurry!
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nice - fun to finally have a chance to catch up on all the blogs!
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