I had a nice, quiet Mother's Day recuperating from my knee replacement

Brian, Alison and Brandon send me a beautiful chain with pendant, which I wore when we took Corinne out for breakfast. I don't wear much jewelry but they did a wonderful job picking out the perfect length that I like.



The dogs went shopping and picked out this nice little floral arrangement for me. My little girls are very thoughtful (so is their father).

Warm Weather Is Here!

Our warm weather has arrived and the dogs are feeling the heat. Bought a small kids pool for Coco and Maars to get wet in at Corinne's. Chris installed a drain plug making it easy to drain the water.



Our pool is scheduled for a major overhaul - new liner, skimmer, change out the sand in the filter. Unfortunately we have to wait until Chris gets his stitches out from his recent carpel tunnel surgery. In the meantime, he is letting the dogs play and get wet in what water is left in the pool.





Labrador's and water go together!

Sally - You Rock!

Thanks Sally for all you do..........Chris & Anne

Knee Replacement Update

I had my first follow-up appointement after knee replacement on Monday the 4th. My orthopedic surgeon was very pleased with my progress. I requested holding off removal of the staples for one more week as my history of incision healing and staying closed isn't very successful and I just hate the thought of the incision area reopening.

He explained the current technology of knee replacements and why I have two xtra incisions/staples down the leg lower than the main incision area. He makes two incisions on the lower shin and two on the upper thigh (the upper is hidden under the skin) and attaches computerized equipment to your bones, and moves the knee around to get the perfect alignment The technology is more accurate and the surgeons praise the equipment. The lower hardware of the replacement is Titanium and the upper is Chromemolby. The chrome is harder than the titanium.

I can hardly wait for the first trip through the metal detectors - first I'll set it off for the knee hardware and then the spine.