So Far, so good............

As many of you know, for the last few weeks Becca and I have been training to do my Hemo Dialysis at home. Tuesday, a day of ice and freezing rain, we started for the first time, at home. The nurse who trained us was here for the whole treatment. Wed., was the first time just Becca and I did everything on our own, except for the kids being at home. Becca is doing great, she sticks me with the needles, 15 ga needles to be exact. But for never having given a shot, she now has to hit a blood carrying graft in my arm. To me, I feel more comfortable having her stick me than I did at the Dialysis Center. She may tell you differently, but as far as I am concerned, she is doing great.
Both Becca and I worried about the kids being around all of this, especially Connor. He saw me once on Dialysis in the hospital, turned white and started to faint. Luckily, Becca rushed him to the hallway turned him upside down, before he actually did. But Connor has been doing great with this at home, as well as the other childre are.

I started thinking, with all my spare time.....

....at work that is. I wrote a letter to members of my family today, to tell them some memories I have of each individual one and why they are special to me. It really made me think of the small things, of those I know, that make them special to me. It may not be something big, like being a parent or a spouse or a child. It is the small things they have done that have somewhat captured me, that is what makes them special. Not just the one thing, but all the small things they do make them special.
I have a niece, Kristin, who one trait I love about her, is she is brutally honest. This has done me more good than she will ever realize, but still this is what makes her so special to me. So sit back, take a few minutes out of your day and think about all of those people and the small things they do, that makes them special to you.

A New Year is Upon Us

What a way to start a new year, tired. Becca and I have started training for Home Hemo Dialysis. The training, I think will go much faster than the nurse thinks. Becca is doing great, she stuck me for the first time today. I thought she did great sticking the needles in my arm, she didn't hesitate at all. She didn't hit the graft today, but according to the nurse, she was right on top of it. Once she gets the feel for how deep it actually is, she will have no problem. Anyhow, training starts at 6:00 am, so both of us can make it to our jobs. I moved my hours up, so I now get off work at 6:00 pm. We have only been doing this for two days now, but those are long hours for both of us. Luckily my Mom is here helping out with Theron during the day.

A New Year to look forward to!!!!

Why is it, at this time of year, we think of years past and the past year? I guess we look at it, in hopes the New Year will be better. I look at the past year and think, it just couldn't have been worse. But I count my blessings, First and foremost, I am thankful for my family, both my family and my extended family, who have been there for me through all of my trials. Which brings me to be thankful for my trials. Once again I have learned more this time around, then I did when I was younger. Maybe because I am older, maybe because through it all, I believe, my testimony has grown 10 fold. From paying my tithes and offerings, to the still small voice that told me to Fear Not. I have seen, since I have been comforted by the Spirit, that my family has also been comforted. I may not be perfect, but at least I know My Father in Heaven is watching over my family and myself.

Never a Dull Moment

With 5 children and a wife, who, when she is not overly busy, has time to let her mind wander. Two nights ago, both of us were having a hard time sleeping, when out of the blue, she started asking questions about a bidet. We were having a pretty good laugh, thinking of the the differernt ways we thought of how to use them. Then last night, I was looking at her blog, her friend had put a link to How to Use a Bidet. That in itself was making us laugh, but I found a site for CleanButt.com. This is a site that sells a bidet system you attach to your toilet. I found a promotional video for this product. We laughed hard at this, we found that this bidet had setting on it, to give the person on the toilet, an enema by a single stream of water, aimed at just the right place for the user. It had a massaging stream to comfort you while you sat. It has a seat warmer as well. Who in their right mind would want to get off of it?? This is just one thing, my darling wife has thought about lately.

What has been your favorite Christmas memory?

Mine was of my father. My mother, as my wife can tell you she still does, went overboard with gifts for the kids. But my dad would go out and get something the whole family could enjoy. One year, on Christmas Eve, he showed up with snowmobile for all of us. Another time, I believe while we were eating Christmas Eve supper, he left the table and went outside. He was gone for a short time, before he returned to finish supper. He had left to go and bring a Pool Table into the basement, mind you not the best of pool tables, but we still had fun with it. He loved to surprise us this way, which always gave me the best memories.

Smelly People

We have this guy at work, I have told you about him before, Thanksgiving glutton, who seems to care very little about his B.O., or breath. He got into work today, went directly to our supervisor and started talking to him. I witnessed a nice, normal colored skinned face, turn this ugly green color. This is not the first time this has happened, nor is it the first time he has been told about it. How can a person be told, time and again, they stink and they need to bathe more and brush teeth more, but still not do it?