What I did on my summer vacation...no wait...its been longer than summer. This unwanted vacation began on January 19, 2005. That's the day after I could not ignore what was happening.

A what....stroke...brainstem...not me...I don't have time for this!...Can't afford not to work!...can't be sick!...No thank you, I am staying home, after all I am a nurse...yea, alot of good that did me!

I will skip over all the stroke stuff...

Finally spring! The garden is calling me. Hasn't been done right for years and I have the time now. My physical therapy. Shaped it, dug it, mulched it, moved around things, put in new things, tried to remember the names of flowers and plants...therapy?...watered, weeded, watched it grow.

Well...not as easy as it sounds, but it got done. Looks nice for an amateur.

Moved to the back and did the same. Had the WILD idea to build a path going to the centers area for a campfire area. It's still not finished but has been used quite frequently by all my kids and the gang who call me mom.

Being a mom at home is what I had always wanted, but what a way to get it!!! I am working on appreciating it more than I do...I miss being the me that was...alot of days I think that me may be gone...and I don't like the tired, dumb sounding person I am alot of days...mow the rug...I know the kids laugh because sometimes what I come out with is funny, but some days it hurts.

O well...that's all for today. Finally got to the first page!!