Gladys Obituary

This obituary was in todays Sacramento Bee, and the Roseville Press Tribune, also will be in the Auburn Journal tomorrow and also the Sac Bee tomorrow. Monday is the funeral at 10:00am. I took this picture of Gladys sitting on her couch with her dog Midnight sitting next to her. It is a good picture of her and it shows her before she went downhill with the Diabetes. Isabelle you would be pround of me, I actually used the scanner on my printer, fax, scanner machine. Then I went over to JCPenney's to get her a nice outfit to wear. I was good to make sure it didn't clash with the pink interior of the casket. I wanted to put her in a nice dress, but because of her leg amputation, I settled on a very feminine pant suit in grey with a burgandy blouse. The clothes in her closest didn't look good enough for her last outfit. Then after Donna approved them I had to run them over to the funeral home. I am working on getting a large picture of her to display at the funeral. Gladys didn't want an open casket or a viewing. I guess the next best thing is a huge picture of her sitting on an easle next to the casket. But do you go with newer pictures or older pictures that is the question? I think a better tribute would be a collection of her blankets, but I don't know how that would go down with the people at the funeral home. Kinda cute though don't you think!

CHERRIES Yummy Cherries!

Last Saturday Nick, Logan, Donna and Myself went over to Jim & Fran Murphy's house to pick Bing Cherries off his tree. The boys picked 16 good sized containers of cherries. The cherries are just right not too soft and not too hard. Donna and I are canning them up today in small pint sized containers. Should be a total of 10 pints and 2 half pints! Winter tidbits, and some fresh cherries to eat. We also will give back half to the Murphy's as a "thank you" for the cherries!

Gladys Doctor Visit Today

Gladys had to go to the doctor's office today because her wound from last month's surgery has not healed correctly. Normally, I don't handle human or bovine open wounds without getting light headed and feeling like I am about to faint, but today I did very well. I was surprised to see at least a two inch long opening whereby I could see her lower leg bone and all kinds of tissue that shouldn't been seen by anyone. I took a picture but I shouldn't post it becuz it is gross. They settled on wound care instead of surgery. Gladys was wiped out but not in pain. Notice that she is buckled down to the stretcher? Yes, she was medically transported from Mission Carmichael to Kaiser Roseville.

My Sadiekins

Everybody says that if you have a border collie you need to give them a job. Well guess what Sadie will be doing with her new back pack? Hauling something around while we go for walks. I bought her this cute dog back pack today at Petsmart. She is a very smart girl and she is very interested in her new back pack.

Creating a Dinosaur...

This is Sean planning his create a dinosaur project...

SEWING PROJECT

I am in Los Angeles and I went to Downtown LA to purchase some fabric to make myself some shirts. This is the first shirt that I made, and it is not finished yet as you can see from the collar area. But it does give you a small amount of pleasure being able to sew something together. Did I mention that this fabric was only $1.50 per yard? Isn't that a great price for a shirt?

Gladys Update

Gladys was taken in to Kaiser hospital last Sunday because of her Diabetes. Her toes on her left foot turned black and needed to be treated. The doctor performed an amputation about half way down passed her knee! She has been having a hard time recovering with all the pain and the loss of her mobility. When you go to see her in the hospital she is usually asleep. Donna allowed me to snap this picture when I was there today. She has been at the hospital for a week, and the next stop is a convalescent home.