hacking

ok, was allowed computer time here at hospital at 2 am. feel like a hacker! was able to figure out passwords to get in.
honor's counts still drop at night.
I thought for sure she would be home thursday night and she is still here. and let me tell you-we could not have gotten through that night without the amazing, sacrificial love of Ellie Hoch and Karen Clemente-they were both incredible-scott was in philly and ellie stayed the night with ez, walked dogs, got him up ready for Geneva and to the bus by 7:30! and Karen stayed by my side till 1:30-I cry when I think of both of them. Now there's some serving the body of Christ eh? humbling for me.
Honors ox levels fall at night making her dependant on oxygen. she is getting prednisone, breathing treatments and today, finally, more antibiotics, which will help. all normal for pneumonia and asthma (which they say she has) but it is taking a while to stabilize her.
now that they have moved us out of quiet, peaceful, cozy, river view icu where I shared her bed and put her breathing tube back in and the nurse did treatments all night long for her to
motel 6,
girl, we ain't sleepin' and her counts keep dropping.
she is in those big ole cribs and keeps taking out her tubing which sets the nurse a running.
the lady next to us has had her newborn in the room for a while.
she is entertaining guests with TV blaring at 2 am.
no joke.
ah, but I complain.
phil 2:14.
her counts have to stay stable, without oxygen, for 24 hours, before she can go home. either scott or I stay with her round the clock and the other handles ez, ironing, and dog whispering.

love to all.

the holly and the ivy

ellie hoch and I put the lights in the garden this afternoon.
well see how it looks tonight!
ready? are you a good witch or a bad witch-The Difference between the East and the West.
79th and bway-"sir, how much for the evergreen?"
"Oh, you can have that bunch for a 1.00"
78th and Lex-"sir, how much for the evergreen?"
"That's 6.00 dollars a bunch, sweetheart."
sweetheart?
I'm taking the saw and heading to central park.

check

my friend kj did a december check list and asked her readers for their lists.
so i thought i would put my check list here.

:bring in herbs and repot them in terracotta pots from Moby and Kate's wedding.check
:plant paperwhites in mason jars and old pottery and put in kitchen window. check
:go to yankee candle factory in deerfield with Trisha, girls, mom and kids-(its literally a winter wonderland, santa's workshop, Bavarian village, chocolate delight! check
:clean up garden and plant tulips for spring with ezra-check
:find fallen birch tree branches driving down Mass. turnpike, take off bark, then wrap around vases or candles (see pix) yes, I actually did this, check
:take poinsettia plant out of hibernation in basement and put in lobby to see if it will bloom, check
:begin decorating lobby, check
:put lights in garden out front, check
:put up tree with antique ornaments from Destiny-check
:listen to Pandora.com -bing crosby holiday station all day long (since sept.) check
:watch Holiday Inn each week-check
:sing carols -check
:do advent calendar-check
:read A Christmas Carol-
go to train show in Pittsburgh,
:watch Scrooge with Albert Finney-
:watch it's a wonderful life-check
: go to Red Lion Inn in stockbridge mass around New Years with kids, mom, aggie, trish and girls,

more to follow-it's 11:54am and scott wants me to take the dogs out for a walk..........

I love this town

upon frolicking in our first snowfall of the season
ezra declared "I love this town!"
snow with sam and martha is an absolute blast
-martha, our sweet 9 1/2 yr old,
becomes a frisky puppy, biting the snow, swishing her tail, chasing ezra on the sled. sam will actually body sled down hills on his back-a hoot to watch.
we had an incredible day at Jesus' Birthday Party saturday too~what an amazing job Tracy, Carolyn and crew did!
could this blog be more grammatically wrong? and doesn't honor look happy at the party?

lovely rita

do you see the resemblance? this is amusing us lately-Honor is dressing like Rita from Arrested Development-our new favorite show. ok, it takes a while, but it's very funny. have Kevin watch it with you for the first time-
he giggles like a school girl.






Happy New York Thanksgiving! the balloons are already filled and ready to go for tomorrow's parade! Shrek pix for uncle christopher and uncle kevin. uncle kevin-who giggles like a school girl at arrested development...and quite a few other things too.

blonde vs. God, part 3

ezra, upon seeing his school pix for the first time:


"I love me."







(pix by scott devore-sorry scott, pix of a pix)

blonde vs. God, part 2

this morning's reading from the Vox bible was
Samson!
samson falls for a Philistine woman who gets him in a big stew.
ezra listens.
I go to get more tea.
"that woman was a trap", says Ezra.
(our family bible lesson 6 weeks ago was about traps of the heart)
from the tea making area-"Yup"
"the pig tailed girl in my class is my trap."
?-me envisioning calls from the teacher.....
"No, she is a lovely girl from a wonderful family-she is not your ...trap."

pause

ok, then chocolate and tv, those are my traps....."
ah, aren't they for everyone, sweet boy