Up North Fun

While at Jay's, my sisters went into his sauna.  I have an aversion to 170 degree  heat, so I went in long enough to take some pictures.  Because of  the attire, my sisters would kill me if I posted those!

My brother went in later.  With a sauna, you go in for so many minutes until you've had enough, then go out in the cold. Or, as he did, go into the frozen pond.  Look at the steam coming off of him! Since your body is so hot, you don't feel the freezing water, and it's not for that long, only til you feel a tingle. Then you go back in. I've been told a good sauna is 3 repetitions of this. The benefits of a sauna are many, I just am not that adventurous!

My sister Marti taught Claire how to waltz, and she picked it up so quickly!  Claire was a natural!

She really enjoyed all the fun moves.

Great job Miss Claire!  And your teacher!

Home From Vacation!

For the past few days, my sisters and I have been up north visiting my brother and sister-in-law.

 As always, such a fun time!

If you are a regular visitors to my blog, you know of 

my brother, Jay. (or Jim to anyone else but family!)

I am totally blown away constantly by his talent.

These are two of the birch bark baskets he creates. 

The carvings into the bark he does on the fronts

are just beautiful.  He was getting ready for 

a show in Novi, MI, the Outdoorama.

This deer and her friends were outside the back porch,

 so beautiful up close.

Friday night was home made pizza night! 

My sil Cheryl makes the most

awesome pizza!

She didn't do too bad a job tossing either!

Saturday night, we went to see my brother play drums with his band. 

It was the first time in years I've seen him play.

He's been a professional drummer since he was 17, playing in dance bands. I guess you could say, Jay is a Jack of
all trades, and master of all!

It was Mardi Gras night, and we got beads for knowing who sang the song

 "Kix" by Paul Revere and the Raiders. 

Needless to say, we had a riot!

No, Snow!

Tomorrow we are expecting 6 to 10" of snow!  

Gee, can't wait!

As for my Dr. appointment, I have

agitated arthritis.  Or is it aggravated!?

Either way, eventually it should stop hurting.

He gave me a steroid shot, right in the joint!

OUCH!  

Maybe tomorrow I'll go stick my bare foot

in the snow. 

Spring Please!

One can dream, can't she!?

Dr. Appointment

Having a bone scan on Tuesday, results on Friday.  My Dr. is a little perplexed, he doubts it's gout, blood test doesn't point to that. Because of the way the pain goes, not sure about a fracture as it won't show up on a regular xray. The scan hopefully will give us some answers, show for sure if it is a fracture.All I can say is I'm so tired of sitting in this house!  I am grateful though, that I have a husband who is here to help me out, well, for the most part!

Yes!

THANK-YOU KEN!

Oh yeah! 

Notice the temp?!  It's so cold! 

Our thermostat is set at 69,

it's 62 in here.

I go to the doctor today,

anxious to see what

he has to say!

Isn't This A Fine Howdy Do!

Since Christmas, I've had a terrible bout with gout.  Talk about pain! And not being able to walk flat on my foot, I started walking on the side so no pressure would hit my toes.  Well, the pain in the side of my foot kept getting worse until I couldn't walk at all. So today I went to the foot dr., appropriately named Dr. Hosey.  He took one look at the side of my foot, and said I had a hairline fracture.  With gout. In my toe, in the side of my foot. With the fracture.  Oh Poop!  Orders? Stay off my foot except for the necessary. no walking.  So here I sit in my chair, facing the tv. Oh1 Wait! I can't watch tv! Why!? This morning, right at the beginning of my favorite talk show, Steve Harvey, the tv died!  Except for my computer, I am bored to tears!  I have some embroidery to do so I'll work on that. But I know Ken, no home cooked food for several days, no house cleaning done, dust piling up along with the dishes, and dirty floors! Help!!