All in the Family

Well for those of you that didn't know, Uncle Mark had surgery Friday. Just a small tumor was removed and it was out patient, so nothing serious. He is doing fine just a little sore. I think the worst of it all was the waiting. If you are not dieing hospitals and doctors don't care they just prep you and then push you to the end of the priority list and let you wait. His surgery was supposed to be at 11:30 am. and it was probably about 4:30 pm when they finally got around to doing it, so the stress on both him and Natalie was terrible. When you are lying there you don't know what is really wrong, only what they tell you. Your mind wanders, your angry, that they have so little concern for your feelings, and those of us waiting at home don't have a clue so we are worried as well. To make a long story short, everything went well and all is good.

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Winter and More

Well it seems kind of sad, we don't find the time to blog any more. I guess me and Sarah will have to keep this family blog going.

We just got hit early in the week with another blast of winter. Our favorite ski resort has 126 inches of snow. Sarah told Grandpa her dad had a blast skiing Sunday, it was a blue bird day and lots of powder. We have about 6 to 8 inches of snow and as I was out side this morning messing around, I discovered I could walk on top of the snow and seldom fell through. It was kind of fun, like being a kid again. I told Tom to bad we don't have some snow shoes we could go to the the back of the field. He just grumped at me like "yeah right!" Well I know I could walk back there. He is nursing a head cold, and all he can do is whine and groan.

The weather is beautiful today and the weather people on TV say it is going to be good all weekend. So I guess we should try to get out and enjoy and get rid of some of the cabin fever. Natalie was saying today that the snow was so heavy at their house it has broken a lot of their trees down. She said it broke a branch off the walnut tree, and spilt one of their oak trees. Of course they have about 20" there. Mark said the day it snowed so much you could hear the branch crack and break.

Let me see what else is new for you out of towners. The Jazz beat the Lakers, Yea!! and tonight they play the Celtic's. Like many old people around here I am a big Jazz fan. This is when I really miss work, because we always had a big discussion about the Jazz game the day after. We always talked about who we thought they should trade, and who they should try to get. I don't get that fix any more, and that is my fault because I never go back to visit with them .

Well another month and it will be spring, and we can look forward to gardening, and warm weather. April is usually the month when you get a little warm weather, then it turns off cold and wet again. It is a tease, just enough to give you a good dose of spring fever.

Labrador, Poodle or Labradoodle?

Mack as a playful puppy, yes Mom I am supposed to love the water.

Natalie's poodles Gus and Cleo on a summer walk, at doggie day care.

I saw on the news today, President Obama is still considering a Labradoodle as a family dog, much to the AKC's distaste. After all what is a designer dog, a Mutt. Natalie has Standard Poodles to her and Mark they are the best dogs in the world. They love Gus and Cleo, and they are smart well mannered dogs. We have owned several different breeds in our married years, and favored something in all of them. Our last dog was a Labrador, a breed we vowed we would never owned because we had such unpleasant experiences with some of our neighbor's Labs, but at one weak moment Tom rescued a small 5week old puppy for some children in front of a convience store and guess what, he came home with a Lab. This dog (who died with Cancer a couple of years ago) was the best dog we ever owned. I am sure our old Basset Hound Bogie had something to do with it; telling him don't get on the furniture, don't chew on that, and if you hear thunder or a shotgun the bathtub is a safe haven. So, a Labradoodle may not be a bad choice, the best of both worlds. Any mutt purebred or not will be your best friend all tho we have not felt we could replace Mack yet. Tom says everyday how he misses him, they were truly the best of friends. We had him for 11 years, and it was not long enough.

Playing Dress Up

Looks like Bag Ladies run in the family. Here is Addi's grandma Cindee and her counter part Uncle Tom in 1962.