How I spent my New Year's Day

Well, I saw the New Year come in. I sat up until after 1 am. I was so sleepy, but at 4 am I was wide awake. It was really quite nice to sit at the computer and check email and stuff with no one wanting to use the phone or get online.



I woke the hubby up at 8 am. We fixed breakfast and sat at the table talking. The boy, as he so lovingly calls him, didn't get up until 11:30, about the same time my MIL got up. By 12:30 I decided I would go visit my parents, so the boy and I took off.



Sunday is my mother's birthday, and the boy will be 16. I tell her every year I don't have to get her anything because I gave her the boy on her birthday. She just laughs at me and ask where her present is. This year my dad and I went together and got her a digital picture frame. I've been putting pictures on a card for and today we took it to her.

My mother is a strong woman, she's suffers from crippling arthritis and has had 10 surgeries. In August she had her left knee replaced, she had her right one done 5 years ago. In September she fell and broke her hip and had 3 pins put in. So now she has 2 knees, one wrist fused, I thumb reconstructed, both feet redone, her apendix out, a stent put in, and a few other minor things done. She needs both hands reconstructed, but doesn't want to do it. The boys tell her someday she'll be the bionic woman, she just laughs. She pushes herself too hard and tries to do too much, and she pays for it in the end. I think I get my determination and fiery temper from her. Although I could get my temper from my dad, either way I come by it honest. I don't take crap from anyone lightly. Although I do have a lot of patience, but when I blow up..you better hope you're not in my line of sight.

Anyway, she's had some issues with the hip. The pins are working out and they will have to be removed at some point. She has a lot of pain, and today was one of her bad days. It did cheer her up to see us and she loved the picture frame.

Tonight I've been trying to get all my New Year's comments posted to my friends on gather. I've got 2 pages left to do, 2 pages of friends. I've done 4 1/2 pages, so...I'll get there.

Signing off for now, be back to blog tomorrow - well, later today.