The Front Porch Swing

[CanaDawn]

The image of Ted shoved between the logs, priceless. Hope someone fed the poor boy.

Ah,we're gonna get along just fine....
You can shingle with your kids too, but you have to slice them more thinly...

(Blooie, it's magnificent, I don't want to take away from the awesome that is what you got accomplished, and you aren't bragging if it's the truth.)

 

[wyoDreamer]

It is really incredible what Cowley has accomplished! Congrats to Blooie and my hat is off to the entire town. A true demonstration of what can happen when people work together toward a common goal.

Blooie, does Cowley have any hot springs in the area?

 

[MistyMountain]

It's getting there! Gonna be amazing after dealing with that "temporary" metal shed with sliding doors!!

 

[dpenning]

This thread has gotten quiet! Just an update to the house build for those that are interested.


http://blueridgebuild.blogspot.com

 

[MistyMountain]

This thread has gotten quiet!  Just an update to the house build for those that are interested.


http://blueridgebuild.blogspot.com

It has! I thought I broke it!

Looks like things are coming along on your new home! I bet you can't wait!

 

[dpenning]

It has! I thought I broke it!

Looks like things are coming along on your new home! I bet you can't wait!

It seems like it is taking forever to do the foundation but it has to be right or everything else will be off. You are correct, I can't wait!

 

[LBejaran]

I hope everyone is doing well!

I've been dealing with some stuff here at home (obviously, haha) and I had strep for a couple weeks and I've just started gettin better. Let me tell ya, it feels great to be able to eat again! I was surviving on water and cough drops for the duration of the strep. I lost 15 lbs!

Anyhoo, since I got better, I've lost a beautiful wheaten roo (nobody noticed him getting sick while I was bedridden, so by the time I got to him, it was pretty much too late).

This isn't all bad news, I swear! I got started on my garden and I'm working on sprouting a bunch of heirloom seeds. And I gotta say, I'm feeling pretty good lately. Sure, I'm frustrated as heck because I'm stuck in a crummy situation but things could be worse (I could have strep again, haha) and I'm trying to take things in stride!

So what's going on here at the porch? It seems pretty quiet around here!

 

[lazy gardener]

Yeah, porch has been quiet. Glad you're feeling better. Sorry you lost your roo. I've been dealing with hawk attacks. Have lost 2 full sized hens to him. Have a mama broody with 6 chicks, 2 of them are cockrels. One with an attitude at only 4 weeks old! School started today.

Lots of outdoor work to do, need to do some canning, need to process 12 roosters. Good to hear from you.

 

[Blooie]

Fuuny, we all noticed how quiet it is and then we just wandered off until somebody posts. Teehee. Got a busy day planned here too. Today is Kendra's 4th birthday. I can't believe it already....but it's sort of like she's still going on 2 with her delays. She has a surprise in store for her when she gets to Gramma's for the day today - big girl panties! Yep, her meds are controlling her bladder spasms so well that she's almost always dry between catheterizations now, so I figured "why not?" She already decided that she didn't want to wear diapers anymore. She's in size 7s which have to be ordered and delivered as medical supplies along with her catheters and the last time Jenny put one on her she ripped it right back off twice and pointed at Katie. So Jenny tried Pull ups, which she'll tolerate even though they are too tight around her thighs. It's getting harder and harder to find diapers to fit anyway.

So yesterday when we were buying her birthday present we bought her some big girl panties. I did a little studying on the Spina Bifida Moms' web site and found that most of the moms there put their kids in big girl (or boy) panties as soon as the Oxybutenin starts preforming well and they stay dry. But they also buy the thinnest, smallest Always pantie liners and pop those into the panties as an easy peel-out shield. Well by golly, if it's good enough for their kids it's darn sure good enough for ours. She's going to be so excited!

When the kids take her back to Denver in 6 months they'll be setting up her surgeries. The first is called the Mitrofanoff Procedure and after it's done and healed up she'll be able to cath through an extra little belly button next to the belly button she was born with. The second is ACE, or Antegrade Colonic Enema, and another opening is made from her tummy into the cecum. Then her nightly bowel washouts will also be done through her tummy instead of with the usual enema. They'll do both procedures at the same time, and they are looking at next August for her surgery date. Kenny won't be able to get off work because he won't be able to give them a solid date when he'll return - kinda hard to ask for time off and tell the boss he has no idea when he'll be back. So I'll be going down there with Jenny and it looks like it will be the two of us in Denver by ourselves for another month or more.

We just couldn't hook up with Sophia's family, so this is the first time that Sophia and Kendra haven't celebrated their birthdays together since they were born. They have been getting Sophia ready for her 4th open heart surgery and right now are trying to minimize the time she spends around other kids. As outgoing and gregarious as Little Miss Sophia is that's been a little tough, but if this next surgery goes well there'll be plenty more birthdays ahead of them to celebrate together.

And that's all the news from Oleo Acres!

 

[CanaDawn]

Wow Blooie, I just looked up those two procedures. That is some seriously fascinating medical stuff, and from what little I know of such things, it looks like an improvement in quality of life for her after it's all healed up and done.

Happy Birthday Kendra!