Howies birthday

Happy Birthday to my son! 35? Wow! Where do those years go? Seems only yesterday he was a few years old, what a little cutie he was too. those years sure do fly by. I do wish he was closer and not all the way across the states, but hopefully maybe come spring, we'll get out to see both of the kids. Or fall, after my nephews 21st birthday. I am glad that both of my kids are living in the same town now, and it gives me peace of mind to know that they do have each other and have actually gotten much closer since moving away from home.

What wonderful kids I do have and how very lucky I am. A very proud mother here.

Treadmill

We added a treadmill to my exercise room today. Our good neighbor had one she was getting rid of and I wanted it. it is quite a workout, but i really enjoyed it. Will keep me busy during the long, cold winter months when I can't get out to walk. I did a half mile on it tonight, will do the full mile tomorrow when I have more time.

Clean bill of health

We went down to Pittsburgh on Thursday, Sept 14 and saw both of the doctors, cardiology and endocrine. The pheo has so far not resurfaced, the urine test numbers were all excellent and no signs of a recurrence. My heart is good and strong and everything is fine. I do not have to go back now for a year. No more pee test every 6 months..once a year is good. thank God. Dr. F, the cardiologist, said I really don't need to see him at all, my heart is great and nothing wrong there, but being as I have to go to see endocrine, he wants me to schedule an appt with him also, mainly for "social reasons" so he says..but he'll check my cholesterol etc. Remember, this is the doctor who researched diligently and found the pheo in the first place, if it was not for him I would not be here. I owe my life to this man.

From there on to Wheeling, W. Va and Cabela's where this picture was taken. I do love zebras.

Doctors

Well, tomorrow is my appt with both of the doctors. Am praying that the tests have come back normal and that she does the bloodwork for the thyroid while I'm there. Hopefully if the numbers are good she may wait a year before doing the test again instead of 6 months. That would be absolutely wonderful. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. Am sure looking forward to the time off work and having a few days to relax and unwind.

Koi and goldfish

Finally got a picture of the goldfish and koi up in the big pond. The yellow and black one in the middle of the pic is one of my favorites and I sure am glad the kingfisher, mink and heron didn't get him. I am surprised how many there are up there and the babies were a total surprise also. I hope they survive the winter. Am worried about that but not much I can do, with any luck we'll have a mild winter again.

Peggy came over this afternoon and installed a photo editing program and showed me how to use it, it works pretty well and is easy for me to use. The new camera is really great too.

New camera

The new camera came Wed. John took this beautiful picture of a flower on our Mandevilla Vine. He used a macro setting.

I tried to take a few pictures last night..the camera wouldn't work, it kept saying to turn it off and on..access was denied..I finally after 3 tries realised I had not taken the lens cap off!

Later I was trying to take a picture inside and they were to dark. The flash wasn't working, took me a while to realise I was holding my hand over the flash and it couldn't come on.

I'm sure that I will eventually figure it out and learn how to take a decent picture. I think this camera does everything but the dishes..

Enjoy the day everyone!

Baby Goldfish

last night I went up to the big pond to feed the fish. It's pretty neat the way they all come up now to eat, its like a real feeding frenzy. While the big ones were all out in the middle eating, I saw about 6 or 7 small fish swim by. They are about an inch to an inch and a half long, and you can see the colors in them. They've been there a while to be that size and to have the colors. Hopefuly, they survive. I have hopes for them, they've survived this long and I wonder how many more there may be.

Some of the fish up there are getting quite big. I've been feeding them a bit more often hoping to help them through the winter. Hopefully our winter isn't real severe again this year, but I still hate the thoughts of it coming.

New camera should be here tomorrow and I'm getting quite excited about that.

4 miles with Leslie

I just finished a 4 mile walk with Leslie this morning. For the first time I did the two mile walk strong with weights and then a 2 mile brisk walk. What a great way to exercise..in my pj's in front of the tv..feels great.

A day off today and no real plans but am hoping to see some sunshine. The pond filters really need cleaned, its been over a week because of my screwed up work schedule this week. They are sure to be a mess.

Nothing much happening here to write about lately, just rainy and chilly and seems like fall is here and its to early for it.

Blue Heron

WE had a Blue Heron in the backyard yesterday. I didn't get to see it, Margie called that it was there but it flew before I got to the window..darn it. Am glad that we still had the net over the pond and am thinking it will be there for a while yet, and back next spring. The fish up there are getting big and between the mink, the kingfisher and now the Heron they don't have much of a chance without it.

John ordered us a new digital camera with 12 zoom and I'm anxious for it to get here. I've been using Jeff's and its fun, but I want the zoom.