Thursday the 26

Watch out for brakes ahead!!!  A slowdown has been issued.  Monday we went to the gym and had a horrible time.  Lanny's breathing was awful and I couldn't get going with my breathing and side pain.  So disappointed.   Family encouraged us to keep going and they face the same problems. Then... what an afternoon we had on Tuesday!!! Papa was still having shortness of breath. He made a doctor appt for today. With his medical history I didn't think we should wait so I took him to urgent care. They ran tests on him: EKG, took lots of blood, urine, an xray, etc...the doctor called to discuss the situation with Lanny's primary doctor too. She said he had such an different history and complex. Come to find out his heart is ok! That was my biggest worry. His chest is full of fluid (the tissue) which is around the heart and makes the heart work harder and causes breathing problems. So they filled his IV full of Lasix and sent him home with some. He was feeling better by the time he left to come home. I was so thankful it wasn't his heart. We were told to slow down at the gym. We should have started going a couple times a week, then 3 and then every other day..... instead of just jumping into every other day. Too much too fast. We're going to continue going... just pacing ourselves better. lol! We're going 2 times a week for awhile, then 3, then 4. Plus the fact that Lanny cannot take Ibuprofen anymore. Needs to drink a lot more water and leave out salt. So that is where we were on Tuesday. And God is good! Lanny didn't have to go to the hospital and it wasn't his heart. Thank you God.

Wednesday we did a little of nothing.  Lanny rested (as much as he can).  Today he took the dog for a walk and his breathing felt great for the first time in a long time.  That is great!  He has his appointment at 2:00 so we shall see what is next.  He needs to see his cardiologist since it has been a couple years. Just because it has been 10 years since his heart attacks and surgery.  

Grandson, Joshua, hurt himself playing basketball.  Was having muscle spasms in neck and back.  He is doing better last night.  He was in so much pain!  Poor kid!!!   Madi got 3 shots yesterday.  Both arms were sore but she is tough. Riley is still having a pain in her low back...14 months now and they can't seem to fix her!  She may have it her whole life.  Massage therapist working on it now.   She has seen everyone else.  So those are my prayer requests this week. 

Tomorrow I need to go grocery shopping.  Unless I can persuade Lauren and Madi to help me today!  Give papa a break. lol!  

Happy National Spouse's Day!   My favorite; me and papa, my dad's parents, my mom's parents, brad and tara, karla and joel, dad and mom, don and heather!!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY SISTER LIBBY AND KEVIN!!!

Well, I don't have much to write.  Have a great Thursday! 

GETTING BETTER!

Well, look at me!  Another post in the same month!  I am in a pretty good mood this morning.  I have decided to take over my life.  After all... no one else is going to do it.  I could sit here and wait to die, or I could improve my situation.  I love my family more than anything and they care about me so I need to be here for them, for my husband, and for my doggie.  Scruffy adores me and waits so anxiously for me to come home or even come out of the bathroom. lol!  He would be devastated if I didn't!

GYM:
So we have started by joining the YMCA!  Karla has been bugging me to go with her and I put it off. I guess I was scared because i am so out of shape!  Finally we went as Karla's guest and it was OK but I wasn't quite sold.  Probably because me, Madi and Lauren did the pool but it wasn't worth getting wet because the only section opened was the river and kids area.  Then we got home and I went on line and checked out so many things.  I noticed a picture on the site of a man with a walker!  That excited me because when I checked the place out with Karla my back was killing me walking around. Now that I know I could take my walker I was happy.  Then I also noticed the 16th was the last time you could sign up for the Y without having to pay the fee! So, I contacted Kevon and he said to go for it!  He wanted to pay for our gym membership because he wants me and papa healthy.  So between Karla and Kevon.... they got us in the gym.  And I really like it!  There is one piece of equipment I really like which is like a bike but you use your arms too.  I went 1 mile in 15 minutes the first time and then 2 miles in 20 minutes yesterday.  There is also a rope pull thing to strengthen your arms and shoulders I am going to start using tomorrow.  Papa is going to try it too. Right now he has been walking the laps.  He did 8 laps the other day!  The track goes around the gym on the upstairs level and you can see everywhere when walking.  He loves people watching so it works for him.  He likes it.  I am proud of us and Karla and Kevon told us they are proud of us too. It seems like a long time since I made anyone proud.  These photos are off the web because you can't take pictures inside the gym.

ALLERGY?
Another thing I am figuring out is my congestion problem. I have problems with allergies and it drives me nuts... the plugged head, ears popping, eyes watering, wheezing, trouble breathing, etc... Well, I have figured out what the issue is.  Milk.  I went without and noticed the difference in my breathing.  If you know me at all... milk is my favorite drink in the world.  I think I may have to give it up.  I have cut back to almost nothing and drinking water.  I especially don't drink it at night or with dinner.  Oh well, whatever it takes to get to feeling better.  I wish I liked wine. haha!

Of course there are other changes I need to make but I am taking them as they come.  Improving me.  After all, if I don't do it who will?

BASKETBALL:
Went to Lauren's basketball game today.  She played well and the team won. At warm ups (halftime) she was doing free throws and made 4 in a row!  Pretty awesome.

We have a couple other basketball players in our family playing too!  Joshua and Jared are both playing.  Josh is playing Junior High Ball.  When did he get so old?  lol!

Joshua

Joshua

Jared

MORE GRAND KIDS:

  Madi got a haircut.  I took her in after school since Karla worked and it is so cute.  Sassy just like her!  Madi is just a beautiful girl anyway.

And her brother Dylan is growing up so fast. Work and college and gym.  Keeping busy.  Plus he is working on his 2nd book.  He is so handsome!  Karla and Joel should be proud.  I know they are.

JOEL AND DYLAN

FOOTBALL:

I am sad the Seahawks are out of the playoffs.  I am always a Hawks fan!  I love my guys.  I am just a bit frustrated with the Offensive Coach, our offensive line (or lack there of) and other things I don't think we really deserve to go all the way.  I am not a traitor.... like I said I am a Seahawk fan!  But since the Hawks are out of the running GO ATLANTA!!!!  We all want to see them win the Super Bowl!

EXTRA STUFF:

Many people don't know this but I have another recipe blog.  It is  http://langagerfamilyrecipes.blogspot.com/  

I have to say that I am a happy American!  I am so thrilled with our new President.  I really believe him and his cabinet is going to change this country for the better.  I see my grandkids are going to live in a better world.  I have hope again!

I also want to share something else that makes me happy!  It is a Christmas gift I got from my grandson Jared.  He painted a picture and I am in love with it.  It hangs up by our fire place!

Speaking of fireplaces here is Kit Kat's favorite place to nap right now.  Cats tend to change their minds quite a bit in finding favorite spots. Once it gets too warm he will get down and go to our bed. After I go to bed at night I usually sleep part of the night with the cat on one side of me and the dog on the other side.  Lanny sleeps in his chair over half the night and then the dog and cat both want to sleep between his legs. lol!  They don't like to share papa.

Well, I am done for the night!  Have a great night and day!  I am praying all my Georgia friends are fine with all the storms right now!!!  Love you all!

To the end of 2016

I only have a short time to update the last two months.  Then we have to go to two of Lauren's basketball games.  She is playing rec. right now.  Tomorrow she tries out for school basketball. I may have to come back to this after the game.
It has been a long two months.  Lots has happened and nothing has changed. haha.

Yea, I'm back.  November was a pretty good month. I got my mammogram over with, Jordy got her wisdom teeth pulled,  The greatest thing happening is we have a new president who I believe is really going to improve this country!!!!  Congrats to Donald Trump!  I thought it was strange how some took the news.  Riots and protests and the awful name calling and words said.  I thought it would be better once the election was over but it didn't stop.  Hopefully one day.  That's all I am going to say on that..

We had some real sad news in November with the loss of our cousin in law Marcey Brazeau who passed away. It was such a huge loss. I only wish I had spent more time with her. You can never go back.  She was a special lady who was married to cousin Dave, had two beautiful daughters Karen and Renee, and two gorgeous grand daughters!  She was blessed to have so much. And she sure loved her family!  I know they will be grieving for a long time.

Also lost a friend, Gordy Wallinger. He was a nice person.  We attended the same church with him and his wife. We also had a Bible Study group with them and became good friends with them. He will be missed.

We had a nice Thanksgiving.  Well, two nice Thanksgivings!  The first one was the Saturday before the real one.  There was me and Papa, Kevon, Karla, Madi and Dylan, Manda and Lauren, Tara, Brad, Jordy and Riley, and Jessica and Alyssa.  We had a great dinner and then sat around playing games while the guys watched the football game.

On Thanksgiving day Amanda brought the whole dinner over!  It was so fun with her, Andrew, Lauren and Kevon.  We enjoyed the day!

My grandson, Patrick, and his football team went undefeated and to the Tacoma Dome for the play offs!  How exciting!  They didn't get farther than the dome but they did awesome for a small town! His little brothers were water boys.

Into December we had our Girls Cookie Exchange.  We exchange ornaments too.  It was a lot of fun as usual.  Not even sure how many years we've been doing this but it is a long time.

LAUREN

RILEY

MADI

JORDY

TARA AND KARLA WITH THEIR AUNT LIBBY (MY SIS)

LAUREN AND HER MAMA AMANDA

MADI AND HER MAMA KARLA

JORDY AND HER MAMA TARA (Didn't get one of Tara and Riley)

L-R BACK: RILEY, AMANDA, LAUREN, MADI, KARLA
FRONT:  JORDY, TARA, LIBBY AND ME

It snowed on December 9th and stuck.... didn't last long but I love snow and it looked beautiful! I want more!

Manda and Lauren went through the Santa search book one night.  We had three books but are now down to two.  Every year the books go in our bathroom.  I think we've had them since the early 90's. lol

Had a big day on the 12th.  Andrew came over for Lauren's last soccer game and her winter Band Concert.  It was awesome that he came.  Madi came with us and even Dylan decided to come with us!  I think Lauren was surprised by everyone.

Papa, Andrew and  Dylan at COLD soccer game.

Got new tires for the van too.  That wasn't cheap.

We went and saw Riley's Christmas Concert too.  It was such a good concert!

Riley in her new glasses

We went to a dinner at the casino in Suquamish,  It was for Kevon's work.  The parents of the owners (Kevon and Jay) were invited to a prime rib dinner that was so good!  We went and so did Dave and Cheryll (kevon's dad),  Kathy and Rick (Jay's mom), and Tim Cleveland (Jay's dad).  We had a real good time  Here is the group picture with us hiding in the background. Karla, Joel, Amanda and Aaron are in the picture too.  Joel and Amanda both work for Kevon.  This is Kevon's group with spouses.  Not all were there.  They all respect Kevon and he really appreciates his crew.  It is nice to hear people tell me how great Kev is. Proud of him and Manda is his amazing right arm!

Madi and Lauren stayed at our house while we went to dinner.  They rearranged a lot of my Christmas decorations and thought they were so funny.  They kind of were.  lol!  They were watching Bob Ross so now they have a new addiction.

We had an awesome Family Christmas!
I wrote on facebook:

It was a wonderful family Christmas yesterday. It snowed most of the day and it was wonderful! It took forever to cook the prime rib. It was 18 lbs and we never cooked one before. All the food was great! Played games, opened gifts and had so much fun! Then we had the slumber party and pizza. 10 kids for that but only 5 spent the night which is about all we can fit anymore. lol! We played family feud, the Sibling Game, and Gingerbread house building contest. Lots of laughs and fun.

WAKE UP ANDREW!!!!

KEVON USING PARKER'S VISION THINGY AND FREAKING OUT!

HEATHER AND LAUREN

TRIPLETS RILEY, LAUREN AND MADI

EVERYONE HAS A CELL PHONE

BROTHER AND SISTER TEAMS BUILDING HOUSE

On the real Christmas Day I sat with my coffee and watched A Christmas Story and It's a Wonderful Life.

McCamus is over. (family joke). It was a wonderful Christmas dinner over at Amanda's with her, Andrew Black, Lauren and Kevon Ellis. She made Fillet Mignon, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Mac and Cheese, Asparagus, rolls, and a wonderful strawberry jello cake for dessert. The food was perfect, the company entertaining, more present time, listening to Beatles, watching football, and having a great time! Talked with family today. I hope you all were blessed as much as we were this holiday season. God is good. And I thank Him! Happy Birthday to Him and Merry Christmas and goodnight!

Spent a lunch with two friends I  haven't spent time with in ages.... Cindy Beck and Joleen Aitchison.  We had laughs and good food and then Darlene Ryan Stark walked up to say hello.  It was awesome! 

Well, that is it to the end of the year.  Now I hope to write once in awhile!  Hope you enjoyed!  Go Hawks!