Less Than 2 months before the trip to the Body Shop

Sally, you have an appointment on the 11th of December at 10:30 a.m. Then you will be going to the Hospital for the Hip Replacement Class. You should plan to also make sure you call Puget Sound Blood Center and make arrangements to donate 3 pints of your own blood.

Then..........
Oh,,, this is real. It was not good to sit too close to a skeleton while M-E was doing her physical therapy. I sat there and looked a the big hunk of ligament that keeps our hip in place. It doesn't take a brain surgeon or any kind of surgeon to know that the ligament is going to be suffering a fair amount of disruption. Oh, well. We are past the point of no return.

Checking in at 5:30 a.m. on the 17th of December, come rain, shine or snow or.........

Home front, doing well. The Aunts are not. More family members are facing some challenges. Aunt Mary (Logan's Wife) has something called oat cell carcinoma. She begins chemo on Wednesday. I am not getting rave reviews about that one. Aunt Margaret, (Bill's wife) is finding that 10 years of battling ovarian cancer may be coming to an end.

Never a shortage of need for more candle lighting. It is just not a fun process.

All in all, mine will be a piece of cake.

Say an extra prayer for Mary and Margaret. As I recall, God was pretty fond of both those names.