Sunday April 26, 09

Minneapolis

This week 's great news: Doris is up and around again. The catheter is still with her and we are promoised on Thursday next it will be history.

She is feeling good again and has her appetite back. 

She is planning a trip to Barstow to visit sistr Ruby. Each year Doris and Ruby get together to visit, travel to Laughlin, NV, play the machines and just have a ball. Ruby dislikes traveling and Doris still travek with a smile. 

Last weeks weather was cold and windy. Today we had a nice rain, cold and dreary, however we are appreciative of the moisture from above. Minnesota lakes are estreemly low, and have been for the last few years. Makes it tough on fishing and all of the water sports. 

The tomato plants are begining to crowd the window table but it is not warm enough to put out into the Minnesota early spring. I will move them to shop and hope they will survive amongst all the saw blades wood chips and saw dust until Mothr nature decides it is time to turn up the heat.

The road construction is under way around our 14th floor home. It's kind of like "Little House on the Prairie". Streets are torn up, filed with gravel, temporary no left turn, no thru traffic, do not enter and orange plastic barrels by the hundreds suround us. The construction will be with us for the balance of this year.  

Grandaughters Julie and Jenny, Jim Jr,s children, were here for a short visit from their home in Alabama. We talk with them quite often but don't see them very often. It was a great visit and we realy appreciated the time we had with then. They left this morning on a not to early flight and will be home and began to get resettled by early evening. 

Our very best and thanks to all who have helped Doris on her medical adventures this year. She has agreed to get back to her old self and routine. 

Sign's:

 Muffler Shop

"No Appointment Necesarry, We Can Hear You Comming!"

 Taxidermist

"We Really Know Our Stuff"

Thanks for checking our blog. 

Please let us her from you!

Jim and Doris

Monday April 21, 09

Good Morning to all.

Spring seems to abound in Mpls. We have had a week of warmer weather and a bit of rain to make the grass wake up and begin to turn GREEN.

Doris' Tuesday (in one day out the next) turned into another short week of  hospitalization that lasted until late Saturday afternoon. 

She is now under the care of nurse JIM and with the additional great help and dedication, from Connie who resides with her husband Lloyd on the 17th floor. 

Connie has become adept of helping me take care of Doris and the ever present catheter that seems to follow her home after each hospital stay. 

Doris has been promised, that on Thursday of this week, upon her arrival at U of M Fairview it will be removed. AMEM!

She will not be returning to Kenwood School for at least another week and then Summer Vacations will not be far behind.

The tomato plants are begining to take over to table and the sunniest window in our 17 floor home. I am anxiously awaiting  warmer weather so the little fellas can be placed in their own special garden (thanks to Daughter Jane) in the parking lot at Eide Saw Company. 

Last year they did well and this year after some re-education of my gardening skills we are hoping for an even better year of productivity.

The prostrate cancer that Jim was treated for for the last couple of years, has been sucessful. The enemy has proven that these pirates at least, have given up. 

My next check up with the good Dr. Moore is on July 17, 09.  

Thanks to all for your notes and your interest. 

Doris and I do appreciate.

SIGN's

In a veteranarians office: 

Be back in five minutes. 

Sit! Stay!

At a radiatior shop:

Best place in town to take a leak!

Have a great Spring week.

Jim and Doris

April 13, 2009

It's the day after Easter. 

It's also the day before Doris trip to Fairview Riverside for a little repair and adjustment. 

Easter Sunday was spent at Jim Jr and Gina's in Chaska. Actually they live in Johnathon, a sort of suberb in a suberb.

All enjoyed the traditional easter ham and roast turkey. The  most fun was enjoying the Jay and Gina Battenberg triplets and their older brother Dylan. These kids are growing like weeds. It was a fun day for Doris and I as we did'nt have to do much other than show up.

Jim and Gina's friends Sharon Sandvik and her daughter drove from Duluth to join in on the great food and family celebration. 

After all the food, conversation and fun with the kids it was back home with fond memories. 

Doris trip to Fairview is supposed to last a day or two and then back home with nurse Jim in attendance. We are hoping this prognosis is correct and her recovery is speedy. 

Please check this blog for updates on her surgery and recovery at;

HTTP//:eidesawman.blogstop.com

Horay for the U.S.Navy, score a big TEN.   Pirates a large ZERO !!!!!! and a lesson in diplomacy!

On the light side !!!

Old is when ... an all nighter' means not getting up to use the bathroom.

Old is when you are not sure this is a joke?

Jim and Doris 

Sunday April 5, 09

Time flies when your having fun.

Projects:

At this time in my life, I have several projects going. It's kind of hard to keep track of them all. I seem to get involved easily, however it keeps me out of the bars and on the straight and narrow. 

First, Son Jay and his bride Gina needed a place for the girls to sit at the table.

Room was a large consideration. I dug out a plan for a bench that solved the problem. A bench type that seats the three of them together and storage underneeth for Gina,s extra table cloths, napkins and etc. During construction I had to converse with Jay abut construction question and of coarse the finish on the project. At this writing all is settled and Monday I will put the pieces together. I don't know if Gina or I will apply the varnish. I have room, Gina does not have a lot of room and four kids prowling around might be a problem. We shall see. I hope to get it delivered before this new week is over. 

I have been refinishing a couple of table leaves for Doris' puzzle table. Seems as though the puzzle's keep getting larger and it requires much room for the completed puzzle and all the pieces that surround it. I am just about finished with that project. Drying time was a bit slow during this last wet, cold and drizzly week. It will be finished this week for sure. 

Health;

Doris' s bladder surgery is schedued for April 14th at U of W Riverside Hospital. She has all the necesarry paper work completed and she is ready to go. 

The last surgery was into the many thousands of dollars and I don't know how much this will cost. The thing I do know and am thankful for is our wonderful Minnesota U-Care Health insurance. All is covered after a $100.00 deductable. 

I have a follow-up on my prostate cancer in a couple of weeks. I must have blood drawn this comming week which will tell the tale of the success or failure of those radio-active seeds that were implanted last spring. I feel great so am confident about the upcommong exam and consultation. 

Green Thumb:

My tomato plants are growing in the living room on the 14th floor atop a table near the sunniest window in the place. I hope my timing is OK.  I or my bride wound not like to have those vines crawling all over the place. 

I will be glad when it warms and I can get them transfered to my growing area at Eide Saw. 

Neighborhood Driving Patterns:

The contractors are busy readying Maquette Avenue and 2nd  Street for the new concrete road way. The whole project will not be completed till late in 2010. The streets will be driveable before the end of this year but sidewalks, new lighting, bus stops etc will not till 2010.

Spring Break:

Doris and Kenwood School will be on spring brak this comming week. I don't know how she will fill her time. Tuesday of course is Bingo day, and I must say it has been a while since the numbers called have benefited her. She keeps on keeping on!  She is anticipating her annual trip to visit sister Ruby in Barstow, California. 

Easter:

We will again, as last year, spend Easter with our family and some added friends in Chaska, Mn at Son Jim and Gina's home. Most all of us will be there and we are hoping for nice weather. With all the kids produced in our prolific family warm weather changes family gatherings for the better. 

We have been informed by the condo board of directors that the heat, supplied from the city utilities and piped to most buildings in the downtown area, will cease to warm us after April 8th. This always causes controversies as some like it hot while others are trying to conserve on the condominium gas bill. The same thing happens in the faall when the air conditioning is turned on and off. This is a large building that houses many folks. It is hard to satisfy all. 

Thanks for tuning us in again this week. I enjoy writing this and hope it is enjoyed by all. 

I am looking forward to edit the picture of himself on the first page. Have had many comments (mostly bad) about it. As soon as I learn how I will edit and a new picture will be inserted.

With that I think it is time to end this and leave you with a smile. (I hope)

A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology class by saying "everyone who thinks they are stupid, stand up".

Little Johnny stood up. 

The teacher asked, "Do you think you are stupid, Johnny"? 

Johnny answered, "No Ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself".

Have a good week, and pay attention to the good news of the day!

Jim and Doris