oh what awful feet


but, actually, this is my awful foot. the others are kevin's after his ingrown toenails were fixed.

to whomever cares

so, i had my surgery done on wednesday. i am still alive, i love my pain pills. i lay around with my foot up and don't have to feel guilty. no crutches...hooray!! that probably would have done more damage than the surgery. i have a special surgery shoe that i wear for protection.

"It's the end of the world as we know it"

I was listening to NPR this morning. They mention that Newt Gingrich is an advisor to the Pentagon. First of all, he is crazy. i mean certifiable. note his antics as speaker of the house. he resigns under a cloud of illegal activities or suspicions. Somehow, he still has a job.

anyway, he was quoted about his advice about Iran, and the probs with nuclear capability which they won't give up, possible supplying weapons to hezbollah, blah,blah,blah. His advice? REGIME CHANGE!!!!! if he wasn't certifiable before, surely this makes the case. we shouldn't have gone into iraq, IMHO (i know your views, braden, leave me to mine), we fight a mounting insurgency, we haven't enough troops there, recruiting is down, so let's do the same thing in iran. luckily, the white house vetoed his advice, saying diplomacy would be better (a hard lesson learned). of course this was after they sat down and looked at the consequences of such an action, nuclear bombing of israel, destruction of our bases in the area, possible bombing of american cities, inciting WWIII, armageddon, etc.

sheesh

why i haven't blogged

Hello, everyone. for most, my name is mom. for others, christy. that's in case people have forgotten me.

No one ever wants to really know how you feel, so i have not blogged because i am in a tremendous flare since beginning of january. i also have had reactions to several different herbs and/or medicines which have given me severe diarrhea, cramping, or impossible headaches. Not to mention, i have been under a vow of silence to one person who would have killed me if i had spilled the beans about one of the things i have been thinking about lately.

today, i feel ok. so, HI!!

the weather today is better than that heat wave we have been experiencing along with most of the country. yesterday was 76, today it is 70 at 10:30 am. grateful for the break from the dog days.

i am soooooo excited about being a grandmother for the 4th and 5th times!!!! yea!! this is one of the reasons i so want to be healthy....i want to have an impact on my grandchildren's lives. i want to be able to sit on the floor and play with them. i want to be able to hold them for periods of time. i want, someday when they are all a little older, to have cousin camp, where we take all the grandchildren for a few days to a week and do cool things with them while their parents have a break. or hang out together themselves.

i love my family. hope you all know that. that's why i want to live close by in order to interact. i am willing to move once i have money. or why, when i have money, to assist in building my children's homes in order to have a mother-in-law suite so i can visit for periods of time without getting in people's faces.

i guess that's my post of today.