My JellyBean, aka LJ

We are in some serious countdown now. 2 days until JB's due date. I hope for Christina sake JB comes on time. There is nothing worse than going past the day that you have been waiting for for 9 months and no end in sight. I know, I have been there 3 times!!!!!

He will come when he is good and ready. I can't wait. I don't think I have ever been this excited. Ican't wait to see what he looks like, smells like, feels like. I am so in love with him already, I can't stand myself. I know this is how I will feel with all my grandchildren. This is a feeling that just doesn't get old. It's like puppy breath!

And so we wait......and wait.....and wait. If we think it is hard on us, it is awful for Christina. She has so much on her mind....the baby, labor, Joey making it home for the birth and all this snow that keeps coming and coming and coming. I know Joe will make it home. Christina will kill him if he doesn't. I think we should get a police escort from the airport!!! Anyone....can you arrange this!

Well, that is all for now. Will keep you posted.

Success!!!!!

As a lot of you know, on January 5th, I had my right hip replaced. It needed to be done. It no longer wished to be a part of my body. I can understand why...I have abused it over the years. As a young girl, I climb trees and fell out of them; I ice skated and did unintended splits, oh how they hurt; I was a gymnast and a cheerleader; I played field hockey, basketball, softball, baseball, rode my many bikes and fell off them. Yes, I can see why it no longer wish to be abused. It had had enough!

So now, I have a brand new hip and 50 staples, I think they made a mistake and put in a zipper. LOL I am up and walking around with the aid of a walker or a cane, depends on how I feel. My biggest challenge is getting in and out of bed but I am doing it.

I had the surgery at Hospital of St. Raphael's and got great care. My surgeon preferred that hospital to Yale because of the risk of infection. I had wonderful nurses everywhere I went and doctors. All in good spirits and not a bad attitude in them. I saw many nurses that I worked with when I did my clinical, they are still there, many years later. I have never had my name band checked so often. Not one pill goes down your throat that they aren't checking it. They were right on top of my pain. I have no complaints. Sheryl stayed after the holiday to be with me and of course, Sue is always with me because I just wouldn't feel safe without her there. Joey is home so he and Christina came up and Melissa from work. I kept falling asleep on them.
Sheryl went home on Saturday to avoid the snow. I will miss her.


PT came in the day after surgery and got me up and moving. Excellent. At first I thought she was out of her mind but I did it with her help. I was told I could go home Saturday morning but with a big storm coming my surgeon said if PT cleared me to go, I could go. I went! I was home just as the flakes started falling on Friday. Now I have PT and nursing through the VNA coming twice a week. Mostly to do my INR's and answer questions, take out the staples next week. I should be walking without any devices by the end of next week. There are so many precautions with hip surgery. And as I nurse I know them BUT when they pertain to you it is not easy. Each day I am getting stronger. Walking is my best exercise but I do some leg lifts and toe touches with my toe to the floor. I still can't sleep on my side well and I can't wait to do that. I think once the staples are out I will be able to do it. I am NOT a back sleeper!

Oh, the surgeon did tell me I have small bones....who knew! I knew there had to be some part of me that was small.

Well, I must go walk and take care of business. I will keep you posted.

New Year's Resolutions

I usually don't make resolutions at the beginning of the year, because like most people I don't keep them. This year I feel I want to try and succeed with at least one. I have made a few and if I can make it to the middle of February, then I am on a roll.

I don't need to quit smoking. I did that 2 years ago after my MI. And just a note....I will NEVER do that again. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID.

Resolutions 2011:

1. more postings in my blog;

2. more crocheting and knitting;

3. more projects completed;

4. learn and master some different crafts;

5. stay in touch with those I love...through letters, fb, emails, full page ads in all the major newspapers in the country....LOL

6. getting healthier and staying healthier.

I am sure I could come up with at least 3000 more but this is a start. I have to stay off this computer and get off my butt. I am going to have a grandchild soon and I want to be around to see him graduate from college.

I want to travel, and I want to move somewhere warmer with new things to do. I know I could just stay in New Haven and there are millions of places I have never been and should see. I am making a bucket list but I don't want to call it that. I have not been anywhere much in the USA and we have a beautiful country and I want to see it before I die.

Let's lighten this up. I want to do things again. The winter is a good time to sit and crochet, knit or whatever but the spring and summer I want to walk the beaches looking for sea glass. I love the stuff and it is exercise too.

The girls are doing wonderful and Joey will soon be a father and a husband. I have done my job with them but I want to be a fun and active Grammy or whatever LJ wants to call me.

So by writing this I am fulfilling one of my resolutions and it feels so good.

Life is good and I like it.