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Name: Susan
Country: United States
State: Georgia
Birthday: 5/3/1949
Gender: Female
Interests: Quilting, Sewing, Crafts, Reading, Gardening
Expertise: Education
Occupation: Computer related
Industry: Education/Research
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Member Since:
7/2/2003
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| I finished this Scrap Sack in one day.
I usually don't cook, but this recipe was so easy that I whipped it up in no time.
Easy Cherry Pie
1 Ready Graham Crust - low fat
1 vanilla sugar free/fat free instant pudding
1 sugar free/fat free Cool Whip - thawed
1 can lite cherry pie filling
Mix together vanilla instant pudding (powder) and cool whip. Put mixture into pie crust and refrigerate for 1 hour or longer. Top with pie filling.
It is delicious, too! | | |
|  I took these photos from my nephew's boat. He is the one on the left with the black wakeboard in the above photo. Notice that he has a brace on his left leg. That's because he injured his leg in a motorcycle accident and now has a steel rod in it. He also lost the end of his little finger on his right hand in that accident. In his last motorcycle accident, he broke both his arms. Just a few weeks ago, he had a freak accident where the tow rope wrapped around his thumb on his right hand and cut it off at the joint. But, look at what he and his friend can do!
  Opps, the above photo was where they crashed into each other!  They leap up into the air at one wake and splash down on the outside of the other wake.   Sometimes they do a trick while they are in the air. Going under a bridge is fun!  The bridge in the next two photos is Interstate Hwy. 81.  Notice that my nephew is on the left in the above photo, and on the right in the photo below.  They are constantly switching sides in order to take turns jumping the wake. One rope is longer than the other one.  In the photo below, my nephew ducks down, while his friend sails over him! (Click on the photo to see it better.)  When my sister saw the photo below, she said, "I didn't know he could do that!" I said, "He can't, he fell!" He told me yesterday that he can now do this trick, called a reverse 360. He has been able to "land" it 3 times now! | | |
| I'm in TN living with my mom and taking care of her. My sister took Mom to the neurologist on July 7, while I did some shopping chores for Mom. Several weeks ago, Mom had an open MRI of her brain in Bristol, TN. My sister took a CD of that test with them for Dr. Wright, the neurologist. He also ordered an ultrasound of her brain, and an EEG brain wave test to be done in the office yesterday before her visit with him. After all the tests, they finally got to see the doctor. He told them that Mom's test results were pretty good. She probably didn't have a stroke but does have some memory loss and an area of the right side of her brain where she has hardening of the arteries in her brain. (He thinks that's what is causing her falls, weakness on the left side, and abnormality of gait when she walks.) The hardening of the brain arteries is irreversable, but we need to keep a close check on her high blood pressure to prevent it from getting worse. He changed her high blood pressure medicine to stabalize her blood pressure better. Dr. Wright also prescribed Cardiotek RX tablets once a day. It's a vitamin specifically for the brain. He said we could discontinue the home health physical therapy because the first 4-6 week are the most critical. Mom should continue to exercise and use her left side (like the therapist taught her) as much as possible. Mom is so happy to be free from home health and she is anxious to be able to go places again. We still need to hang on to her and be very careful so she won't fall again. Mom also got new glasses and a new cell phone yesterday. It may take her a while to adjust to all this, but hopefully we are on the right track to recovery. The eye doctor also warned us that her new lens may make her balance a little "slanted" because they had to make so many adjustments in her vision. Mom is supposed to write down her blood pressure every morning and night for one month and go back to Dr. Wright on Aug. 13. Sometime in the next day or two we need to get a life line button necklace or wrist band for mom to wear. The cell phone is just like her old one, but a newer version. After my sister set the volume level on high, Mom was able to hear without using the speaker phone in her ear. Yeah!!! You never know what you might see on the lake here. Yesterday, a neighbor called to say that a hot air balloon was outside. I rushed to get my camera and ran outside. These are the pictures that I took.  When a balloon comes down to the lake, the basket barely touches the lake. It is called "splash and dash."  
It went back up and down between the trees. We think that it probably landed in someone's yard on the other side of the lake. 
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| I've spent the last 2 months with my mother. My mother has had several falls during the past few years. She had fallen on March 31, and crushed lumbar vetebra #3. She was homebound and receiving treatment from that fall. I did go to Sewing Bee and Tennessee Quilts in Jonesboro, and Somewhere Sewing in Johnson City on Monday, June 22. I bought several Kaffe Fassett kits from the book Country Garden Quilts, which I already had. I bought Pastel Star Bouquet Quilt, Economy Blue Patch Quilt, Garden Rainbow Quilt, and Garden Whirlygig Quilt from Tennessee Quilts. I bought some of their $3/yd. sale fabric, too. Somewhere Sewing had a whole section of batiks for $6/yd., so I bought a yard of several of those.
My sister and I were going to do the East TN Shop Hop. We drove to Knoxville Thursday, and visited 5 shops on Friday, June 26. (I'll tell more about our shopping later.) As we were on our way back to the hotel, my sister's husband called about 7 p.m. and said that our mother had fallen in the shower about 7:30 a.m. and that they had just found her! My mother later said that she had just gotten up and washed her face. Since she couldn't wring out the wet washcloth, she had gone into the shower to hang it up so that it wouldn't drip on the floor. As she was stepping out of the shower, she fell backwards. She tried to pull herself up several times, but she was not strong enough, and would fall back and bang her head every time that she tried. She had both her knees replaced about 19 years ago, so she can't get up when she falls. She laid there all day without any food, water, or medicine. My sister's husband said that he was following the ambulance to the hospital. So, my sister and I went to the hotel to collect our things, checked out, and returned to Kingsport Friday evening. When we got to the hospital, the doctor said that her blood-work was good, and that the CT scan and Xrays didn't show any further damage to her back. The doctor said that he would let her go home on the condition that someone would stay with her, and that she should not be left alone. I told the doctor that I would be staying with her. I told my sister and mother that I would stay with her for as long as it takes for her to be able to take care of herself again. Here is a picture that I took one morning from Mom's house.
  These kayaks were paddling through our mirror. Doesn't that look like fun! | | |
| I know. It was yesterday, but I am so thankful every day for my family and all the blessing I have received. I hope that you have reasons to be thankful, too! My daughter and I enjoyed shopping today. No, we didn't get up in the middle of the night to be at the stores that had the 4 a.m. early bird specials. We did make it to JoAnn's before 12 p.m. to take advantage of their 20% off offer on top of their other specials. I have been on the South Beach diet. I've lost 38 lbs. since the end of June. I have gone down 2 sizes! No wonder my pants were so baggy. I bought a couple of pairs of new pants today that fit! My daughter found a pair of pants and sweater that I bought for her for Christmas. We really enjoyed the day! I'm thankful for the time that we spend together. I'm also thankful that we didn't have any mishaps while on the road. It started raining before we left the mall for home. A car that was from Ohio stopped dead in front of us. My daughter's car slid sideways as she put on the breaks, but she stopped before hitting it, and the car behind us was able to stop, too. I hope that each of you have a good day every day! | | |
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