Monday, July 15, 2013

Some Silver Linings!!!

Got my car back from the service center. Boy was she one sick little car but still trying so hard to be good. No wonder the gas was going through her like water. Took a little over a week and repairs to things that really should not have been a problem. All fixed now! :) . I really missed my BROOM.

We also won our case with Honda (for the van's transmission)! Interesting having them go from not being interested in helping and hanging up to full financial compensation!!! Solid what a couple court papers can do.

I hope calling and making doctor appointments will be as easy!!! Arranging the other appointments for Meredith has definitely been less than that; with so many obstacles. The effort to get this next appointment is very worth it and very important; it's to have her brain mapped. She's such a good girl and wonderful person, kind, loving and caring. She has been dealing with everything and not knowing what's wrong, for so long and doesn't deserve any of it.

...Especially after what we went through with her father's "idiopathic" adult on-set grand mal seizures for 5 solid years; thankfully those are finally medically controlled (for the last 2 years). He had to have EIGHT in one morning, that final day, for us to get the real help we needed for him. It was so hard finding him many times on the floor with his head split wide open or with grossly distorted, black and blue eyes, or near broken back. We were very lucky he only has very little permanent damage (although it stinks to not be able to smell or taste anymore). And again now he is the strongest man in my girls' lives and not the scariest man, anymore.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Off to Camp Day

Today the girls leave for camp and will not be home for two weeks. What's mama gonna do without her girls the whole time?

The hardest part is Meredith has just come home after staying the past little over a week with her grandmother. Feel like I have hardly seen her this summer but am glad she had her time with her to always remember. Hopefully Meredith's health will allow her to stay the entire time, at camp.

Two weeks and then it's back to doctor appointments and waiting rooms. And just when all the same finally ended with their father and his (now under control) condition.

I hope they have a great time. That will make missing them worth it.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Laura's First Swim Meet of the Season

Baboosic Lakers did well at Jasper Valley Swim and Tennis against several other swim teams.

Laura did great and Freestyle is her best.

Baboosic is definitely the Bad News Bears to watch out for. I think their hearts are gonna bring them to great things. They did GREAT today!

I am just so sorry that Laura is going to miss so much the next few weeks with all the summer vacation plans.

Thanks for visiting!

Monday, July 8, 2013

Rain Boots!

Had these on yesterday evening while I was turning soil and doing a little gardening and forgot them on the back porch, when I was done. Normally, this is not a problem.

Sudden rain, today, and for once instead of being the only town in NH to NOT get the rain, we were one of the only towns on the map that WAS getting this DeLuGe! This amount of rain came from out of now where (could watch it on the map forming literally over head) and dumped this much in much less than a 1/2 hour!

Gives a whole new meaning to "Rain Boots", wouldn't you say?!

Saturday, July 6, 2013

PURPLE GARLIC IN THE MORNING LIGHT

Aaah, I cannot imagine life without garlic. Purple garlic is the best for baking and after roasting in tin foil for a little while, nothing is yummier. Shamefully, I don't bother with the bread and other stuff, garlic's good all alone - popping out of it's clove. Tragically, no one will be looking for any up-closes with me, anytime soon! :O

This is an 11x14 acrylic painting on gallery wrapped canvas, with the sides painted.

Here are some WIPs pics of the painting. My computer died not too long after posting the 4th's picture. Slowly, it's being restored. It's a good thing I kept pictures of the painting on my cellphone and didn't delete them, they were my only copies! I hope you enjoy seeing these Work In Progress pictures of the purple garlic.

In this picture, you can see my painting and the reference photo I set up for this painting.
And of course, the finished pic, again.