surgery recuperation...

Just to recap I had emergency gallbladder surgery while on vacation in GA. Yes that is my luck! I go on a vacation which I really did enjoy only to have it interrupted with of all things an emergency surgery! CRAZY but true!


They did the surgery laporoscopely so it was not as bad as it could have been. I left the hospital with 4 bandages on my belly. What's even harder to believe is that we were literally suppose to drive back home to FL the next day. Again this is my luck! You all know that trip home was not going to happen! The Dr told me I had to stay there an EXTRA week to recoup.Luckily we have family there so we stayed with them. It was one WILD week! Daddy & the tribe stayed at my one brother's house & I stayed at my other brother's house. This way I did not have to do anything strenuous with them while I recuperated. I have to say that Daddy & his bosses were real sports. They told him to do whatever he needed to & take care of me. Awhhh... I LOVE it when people really care how you are feeling. So that started his week of single parenting the tribe! Off Daddy went keeping the tribe occupied while I was basically on lock down "recuperating". He took them all over the place just so they would not get restless! The first night he took them to Stone Mountain to see the laser show with my cousins. This was something I wanted to do but I knew my limits & MADE them take plenty of pictures! I was surprised when he actually did email me pic's! This is SO unlike him! I did not say one word for fear he would revert back to his old self & I'd be left TOTALLY in the dark! At least with pictures I could feel like I was there with them!



Hanging out while the boys played football!



What an AMAZING mountain!



I think this pictures makes the mountain MUCH prettier! LOL!

The next day Daddy & a few of my nieces took them to some game ranch about an hour away from where we were staying. It's sort of like a zoo but with less wild creatures & NO walls separating you. The animals were out there amongst them. SO cool! They said they saw deer, goats, bunnies & many other animals. Again I was left at home. This was getting old REALLY quick!





All I can say is that this week was one LONG...

surgery recuperation...

field trips...

The tribe had been getting on my very last nerve so I decided we needed a "field trip" and it needed to be a cheap one! So I wracked my brain to think of something fun a two year old would enjoy and then it came to me, Animals! They LOVE animals especially the ones that they could touch & actually pet. So there I was searching the phone book for a nearby pet store. I know, a parent of a toddler should already know where one of these are located. But remember we do not have a dog or a cat so I really don't frequent them! We invited Grandma to go along with us. She loves animals just does NOT want one to take home! LOL! After getting everyone loaded up in the 'burb we headed off to our local pet store, Pet Supermarket. It is SO close to Grandma's house I could walk there. OK I may not want to walk there but I could! We decided to go inside stroller less. This was going to be an "adventure", one where they would probably be getting into MANY things! But why not? Let them enjoy themselves! As soon as we walked through the door we caught everyone's eye. I cannot tell you how helpful every employee was! They brought out each & every "friendly" animal for the tribe to get an up close & personal view of. They were feeling on bunnies, parakeets & even fed some fish! They were in heaven! (= To our dismay they do not have any puppies, don't even sell them! Darn! )= Linz LOVES puppies! Overall the tribe had a blast! Their eyes were BIG in amazement when they got to hold a bunny! I was just glad that they were too young & over the moon in excitement to ask to take one home! Michael & I keep saying that eventually we will get a dog but I am no where near able to care for a dog PLUS the tribe! Maybe in a few years, but for now we will just have our...


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