The day after Christmas. Nothing special going on here. Rich and I shared the day and exchanged a few gifts with each other. The tree is still looking pretty and will probably stay up until the second week of January or thereabouts. We don't want to take it down yet and of course if we go to see the girls and their families, it will stay up until we get back.



We had the opportunity to speak with all four daughters and they are all doing well. And Santa was good to them too. Good Lord willin' we'll spend New Year's Day with them all and their families at Wendy's home and celebrate a family Christmas. It will be great to see the grandkids as well and the girls and their husbands.



I guess I've just been lazy this past week or so... nothing done, just sat around on my comfy chair and watched the boob tube. No art, no computing and almost NO reading. Not my style at all. Maybe I'll be able to get it in gear when we get back home.



Continuing to pray that Rich's procedure on Monday is successful. I so hate to see him having so much trouble breathing. Not to mention that he hates feeling that way too. Neither of us seems to have the energy to do much lately. Maybe it's the weather.



So, anyway, I'm off to bed and just dropped by to say "hello." Even if there's no one reading this. If, perchance you are reading this, please drop a comment and let me know that I'm not tallking to myself. Maybe I need to cook and blog through the Fannie Farmer Cook Book.

Fw: MERRY CHRISTMAS

I will be making a conscious effort to wish everyone
a Merry Christmas this year ...
My way of saying that I am celebrating
the birth Of Jesus Christ.
So I am asking my email buddies,
if you agree with me,
to please do the same.
And if you'll pass this on to
your email buddies, and so on...
maybe we can prevent one more
American tradition from being lost in the sea of
"Political Correctness".

Ok. Got Rich's stress test results: It appears that all is well and normal but the EKG says the defib is still there. The meds haven't fixed it, so he's to have a quick zap/shock on Monday. Bloodwork and chest xrays tomorrow for pre-admit.

It's basically an outpatient deal. He will go in to the hospital at 7:30 am for the 10:30 procedure. If all goes well, the defib will be fixed and he'll be able to breath normally again.

If there's still a problem, and the shock doesn't correct the defib, then there is another procedure and another specialist to see but likely that will have to wait until the new year. So in that case, we'll see the new specialist after the New Year

I hope the snow you guys have been experiencing will have cleared up enough that everyone will be able to join us for the holdday.

To travel or not? We'll know later today.

In a little while we go to the cardiologist to learn the results of Rich's stress test. He still is having problems breathing, and the meds he's taking don't seem to be helping much in that area. So, we'll learn today what, if anything, will be the next step. The doctor has mentioned shock treatment. We don't know how that works and if he'd need to be hospitalized for that or what. So, depending on what we learn this afternoon, we'll be able to decide if we can travel to NY to spend the New Year holiday with the family as we usually do.

The girls do their own family thing on Christmas but always get together (all four girls and their families) on New Year's Day and have the Welsh Family Christmas party. They take turns at whose home and we always try to join them for a few days. It's a nice tradition and I hope we'll be able to go this year too. Well, hopefully, we'll know this afternoon.

So, saying a little prayer that all goes as planned. We do look forward to our visit with our family.