Monday, January 10, 2011 So today is my sixty-fourth birthday and Lynn has been singing this old Beatle’s song under his breath all day: The song was written by Paul McCartney of the Beatles when he was just sixteen years old and it apparently was inspired by his “lover”. I can’t imagine having a [...]
Goodbye 2010. When all is said and done, it was another beautiful year for our family. News stations globally recount their best ten stories of the year and so shall I; although I can’t put them in order of importance. So … in random order (drum roll please) Grandma Henke’s “Top Ten from Two [...]
My mind has been a mish mash of random thoughts every time I’ve come to my site to write. I have four saved drafts that I’ve never finished. Here they are: #1: Of all the beautiful Christmas traditions passed down through the years, Christmas carols have definitely got to be at the top of my [...]
I’ll tell you what is the best medicine … grandchildren! This is our “off” year for Thanksgiving with most of our kids … I mean, they DO have other sides of their families, after all. Lynn and I considered having a fake Thanksgiving dinner out our house the Saturday or Sunday before Thanksgiving but we [...]
I’ve been asked to not blog about someone today … who shall remain nameless to protect their identity. I am a respecter of persons but, of course, there is also my constitutional right to freedom of the press, and we all know how free the press can be. So, I will just say one word [...]
I’ve been thinking about “patients” and “patience”, both of which describe my man at the present time. Patience is definitely his virtue and not mine. Oh, I am sort of patient. It just doesn’t always show, because I like to whine about things and be a little bit annoying while I am being patient. I [...]
I’m sitting here in Lynn’s hospital room with my warm sweatshirt on thinking I should have brought ear muffs. This is night two after his 2nd total knee replacement. Lynn had a pretty high fever for a long time last night … I think they said 104 degrees once it was translated from 39.something into [...]
Recovering from surgery seems to have its way of getting worse before it gets better. Lynn’s is no exception. Today, his second day home from the hospital, his leg is swollen and angry he has been miserable. It started around 3:00 AM when he suddenly awakened from a sound sleep and realized he’d taken the [...]
The last two nights I have been making Valentine’s with two of my grand daughters. It has been two nights full of giggles, glue, scissors, stickers, and paper and I think they have turned out remarkably well! Don’t tell a certain someone that this is his … I want it to be a surprise! I [...]
This is our celebration week … Our 43rd anniversary and Lynn’s 66th birthday. I can tell we are older by how we celebrated. Year’s ago our anniversaries included a huge vase of beautiful roses and a quiet, romantic dinner. This year allergies have called a halt to the beautiful roses and heartburn has taken away [...]
