Update and Eagles

I haven't been reading blogs so much lately since I have found a web site that has me hooked. The web site is http://chil.vcoe.org/eagle_cam.htm My friend Sandy turned me onto this and if you are a nature lover at all I think you will enjoy it. The site explains it better than I could. When you go click on the Eagle Cam to see what I'm talking about. Let me know if you like it. I'm sorry I couldn't get add a link to work, so you'll have to type it in.

Tom Jr. began feeling better with his back but now has to have Oral surgery. He is going to have 3 wisdom teeth pulled (he already had one pulled several years ago) as well as two other molars, one top and bottom that match up. He is going to do all 5 on Friday, under general anesthetic. Say a prayer.

On another subject. Mike Cope had a post about Wed night Bible classes a few days ago and he ask people to comment on their feelings about attendance. I didn't comment but if I had I would have said that I really look forward to Wed. night - not just because Bobby Valentine is our teacher, but our six year old neighbor, Laura, loves to go with us. She and her brother and sister came to our VBS that we had over a weekend last summer, and has been coming ever since. Her brother and sister -both older come too but are not as regular as Laura. They go to the Catholic church on Sundays and all three were baptized there after they started coming with us. Laura says she likes our church better because we speak English. :) They go to a Spanish speaking church. Speaking of Wed night - I guess I better get ready to go. Check out that website!

Lazy Day

I've just spent the last 2 hours reading blogs. I realized I needed to update. The first thing is that I would like to ask prayers for my son Tom Jr. We went to CA a couple of weeks ago for a family wedding which I should have posted about because it was special. Maybe the next post. Back to Tom Jr. He helped by carrying a TV from the mother of the groom's (my cousin) house to the car, to the wedding site, to the babysitting room. On our way home on Monday, the wedding had been on Saturday, he was miserable and I did almost all of the driving. On the way over I had only driven an hour and he drove the rest. He has been in bed with a backache most of the time since that trip. He did go with Tom to work at Camp Christian Echoes to help prepare for the retreat coming up in two weeks. Tom really needed him to drive which he did and I guess he did some physical work while he was there, so that didn't help.

BTW Randy Harris is going to be the speaker for the Palo Verde's Band of Brothers Men's Retreat. This is the second year Tom has been in charge and he loves all the organizing, but that is about all I hear about until it's over. I'm actually going with him today, when I get off the computer to fill in holes. When they were down there - about an hr and a half south of Tucson - they dug holes with the help of a man with a backhoe(I think that is what is was). They are awaiting trees that are going to be planted. Now they have found out the trees won't be delivered until May 1st (while we are at Pepperdine) and since the camp will be occupied the next three weekends we don't want anyone falling in a hole. So since I didn't go to help dig, I am going to help fill in.

Thanks to everyone who gave their opinion about my hair. So far I have only had one person tell me I should dye it back and that person dyes her hair red.I'm still adjusting.

Natural or Not?

For the past 10 years (or so) I have been coloring my hair - or I should say I have paid to have it done. This past October I had an important birthday - the one where you become eligible for medicare. Anyway I decided to embrace my age and go natural. I honestly had no idea what it would look like. It is not as grey as I thought it might be, but I am having a hard time adjusting. The picture on the left was taken this month, the one on the right when we were in Hawaii last year. I love red hair and most people thought it was my natural color, but it was getting expensive and I really want to accept myself as I am - even though I know I need to lose weight - another subject for another day. I thought by putting the two hair colors side by side it might help me to accept it, but I'm not sure. OK, ladies what do you think? I say ladies because you know men just don't get it.

Tom is Home

We just came home from the hospital. The name of Tom's surgery was a Femoropopliteal Bypass. He has an incision of about 15 or 20 inches on his right leg that was glued together. Amazing what they can do. He will be using a walker for awhile, but knowing Tom it won't be long before he is going to a ballgame. We are planning to go to a wedding in CA the end of the month, so we're hoping he will feel like it. Thanks for your prayers

Tom's Surgery

Just a quick update. Tom's surgery was successful but he had to spend the night in the recovery room because there were no rooms available. This morning they are moving him to a room and I am getting ready to go to the hospital. He may be released today or tomorrow.

News about Tom

I am going to try to start posting more regularly. Tom is going in for surgery tomorrow. He will be having a bypass because of a blockage in his right leg. He had the same surgery on his left leg about 6 years ago. It was called a femoral by-pass. He will probably be spending the night and come home Saturday.

Last Saturday he had a great day. He got to see





Tom has been a baseball fan all his life. His two favorite teams are the Los Angeles Angels and the Atlanta Braves. We have been to a lot of games and visited ball fields when vacationing but this was a special day. Our next door neighbor, Roberto Mejia is a professional baseball player who has played for the Rockies and I believe St. Louis. Since he has lived next door to us (about 3 years) he has played in a Mexican league. Right now he is not playing but adding a room on to his house. He is from the Dominican and knows just about all the Dominican players in the MLB - well, maybe not all, but a lot. He and Tom went to Phoenix last Saturday to an Angels Spring Training game and he got to go to the players locker room. Going down in the elevator he was among a group of Dominicans and the elevator operator ask if they had passes. Roberto told him they were Vladimers' family (his brother was in the group). Tom was in the middle and the guy said "What about him?". Roberto said, "Oh, he's a distant cousin."




Of course he also got an autographed ball and told Vladimer he was going to come visit him in the Dominican. Today Tom and Roberto are going to a Colorado Rockies game here in Tucson. He says he is going Saturday after having surgery tomorrow but we'll see.