November

What a month
first Ty's ruptured appendix
then sometime last week my aunt fell and broke her ankle in 3 places

then this week my grandpa had his second massive heart attack
how he survived I have no idea
we had been preparing for about 8 years for him to not make it through another one
but somehow he is home after 4 days in the hospital
he does have to wear a defibrillator called a life vest for a few weeks to months
and do a lot of nothing for a while so his heart can gain back some strength
so now there is a week and a half left of the month lets hope it goes better

I have a lot to be thankful for!

Finally something interesting

Wednesday night Ty started having crazy lower abdominal pain. He did not sleep much that night. At 4am when he needed to be leaving to go to work he decided he needed to call in sick. Then he started dry heaving because he had not ate in about 18 hours. He tried to sleep for a while around 10 the pain started to get worse and move around. He slept off and on until about 2 when he started talking about going to the hospital. Our insurance for his new work was suppose to start last Monday but we did not have the medical card yet. He talked to his mom (he is a mommas boy) she thought he probably had a hernia and needed to go to the hospital but he was hesitant because the medical card had not come yet so my grandma went to check the mail. While she was gone he decided he needed to go to the hospital no matter what so while I was on the phone telling this to his mom my grandma walked in the the medical card! So we got the the ER at 3:45 they were very concerned it could be something a lot worse than a hernia, so they got him checked in right away (the ER was really busy) by 5:30 he had a blood drawn and a Ct scan which showed that he possibly had a perforated appendix. They got him into surgery by 8:30 he was out at 10 the doctor told us it was perforated, black with gangrene, and it was about 4 inches long when it is suppose to be the size of the tip of your pinky finger. He was settled into his room by 1. Everything went well and he should be able to leave by 2.

It has been nice to have my brother here, although he is not here under good conditions, Our mom's dad ( who I dont know but my brother lived with for a few years ) is not going to make it. But he has been stopping in for visits and that is nice.


I will stop rambling now... no sleep

Busy busy busy

October is almost over, WOW where did it go
The rain and wind this weekend is wonderful!
We have been so busy
I have been babysitting my friends 3 boys 2 or 3 times there is only 3 years between the oldest and the youngest so they can be handful, luckily they are pretty good kids but they make me so tired

Ty has picked up yet another vehicle this would be #7 hopefully a few will be leaving in the next week or 2 but I think I have been saying that for months. Its a jeep (89 Cherokee 2 door) which I am not fond of and he wasnt until he got this thing. My brother say he needs kicked in the face for even considering getting it. He claims it will get good gas mileage, do really good in winter weather, allow more people to ride when he wheels it, he can play with it in the duns and I am sure there is more I can not think of right now.

Ty is on his first break at work right now and just told me he got moved to a new department and got a small raise, he is now using a fork lift kind of thing I guess maybe he will like his job a little better now less walking (they told him he walks 10 miles a day). He would really like to get on at Boeing one of his co workers just did so he thinks there is some hope.

Off to start another week, babysitting in a few hours

Allergies

I am allergic to everything. On Tuesday I broke out in hives all over my face (not my eye lids), neck and hands, that mostly went away that night and the next day it was just my eye lids. I have no idea why. I had had a little too much cheese and ice cream over the weekend. I had Chinese for lunch on Monday, which is something I had ate around the time I had a much more severe case of hives that put me in the hospital when I was 7. (I have had the same Chinese food many times since then). Potatoes... We had fried potatoes with dinner Monday night and I ate some left overs for breakfast Tuesday more a few hours before the hives appeared. Some people claim potatoes do not have allergens. I myself thought it was crazy when I first thought about, but I have found some research saying it is rare but possible to be allergic to potatoes. Antihistamine knocks me out, so I slept for 2 days. It gets better Thursday morning I woke up with a touch of pneumonia from laying down too much. Some sitting in the bathroom with the shower on as hot as it will go seems to have cleared most of that up. So I feel much better today!

My Buddy... My Grandparents ripped up that last of the carpeting in our house that was in their room and replaced it with some nice vinyl planks. Buddy was of course there to help the entire time.

Maybe I am allergic to him :(

Campin and Wheelin at Evans Creek

We got a late start Friday night, didn't get to the camp site until 10pm. Some of the other guys left earlier and got a good camping site. I got to see Tacoma at night and during the day from up there is was cool.
And I got hit in the face with mud, Thanks Tyler


Ty and Tyler got in a mud throwing fight, Ty's battery got a little beat up, muddy tires, lets throw lit matches at each other, putting out the fire was smoky, and why does the shot gun have to be behind my seat.

Damage:
Ty made Trevor's bumper fall off


So... Trevor pulled Ty's front end off

Colin's Bronco

After everyone was done wheelin Ty Trevor and me drove the dodge up to the high point. This is a random rock that looks like its going to fall.

The white spot in the middle between the trees is the Port of Tacoma. This is the highest point.


The other side of the highest point

Behind those clouds is the mountain

Trevor can not keep his shirt on, and he slid down and a rock rolled over him

Happy ending :)

When my brother was over last week he said his puppy who is the momma to my puppy was gone. She has disappeared at his step sisters wedding . She is such a good dog is felt very bad for him, he has already been having a terrible time with so many other things. A few days ago my brother was in Tacoma getting all his running start registration stuff finalized, on his was home he found Cola walking on the freeway! So happy story!

And I had a job interview this morning I am suppose to hear back in the next 3 hours.

More Info on Bracken and Brambles

Bracken and Brambles Facebook page, (you do not need a Facebook account to look at it) They will be at the Puyallup Fair the 24th- 26th.