Isn't this a great picture ?

Found this picture among my collection. One of my favorites.

Four weeks tomorrow till we set off on the first of hopefully many cruises we will take during the next several years...health issues permitting.

Earlier today Perry visited our doctors office to have his nurse remove a forgotten (souvenir??) staple that was left in his skin after the knee replacement surgery.

He had been aware of something not being right in an area of scar tissue....after a close look at it using a magnifier.....hello......a STAPLE. No wonder their was such a tender spot.

He is doing.....o.k.....sort of. Weight loss is something he isn't sure is normal and has an appointment to visit his Renal specialist soon. Monday he will contact the office to see if he can get an earlier appointment after having the usual blood tests done several days before the visit. Anemia is still not resolved ..... sleeping way too much and his BP is erratic. Better than it was, but still too high a lot of the time.

Put off knee surgery folks!

We didn't go anywhere New Years Eve....just sat on our deck and enjoyed the neighbors from two doors down having a bunch of people over. We were invited, but declined.....neither of us were up to it. Nice to watch from a distance and turned in well before midnight. If we had gone I don't think we would have been able to last the distance.

Yesterday was better than the day before....each day seems to be a little better than the day before.....overall.

We are bowling tomorrow, weather permitting. It has been stinking hot....three days in a row over 30c with fairly high humidity. I won't play in that sort of heat. Perry does.....don't ask me how !

He has played three or four games since surgery and after has been O.K. Doctor told him to do whatever he feels he is able to do. Inactivity drives him crazy......me too, but I cope better somehow. Reading is my vice! Speaking of which.....I am reading 'The Thunderbolt Kid" by Bill Bryson....for the second time. Many times I get more enjoyment out a book or movie the second time round. This one is one of them. I would love to have him over for dinner! Just finished reading Grishams' latest....boring. Also read a Jeffrey Archer (one of my favorite authors) last week. I read too fast sometimes....that is why I am on "The Thunderbolt Kid" for the second time....the library is closed for a few days over the holidays. I buy some books....but the library here is comprehensive and we don't have a lot of space for loads of books. I got rid of a huge number when we moved up here....was sorry for awhile....but let go of it.

Pam, Rachel and a friend of Rachel's....(Georgia) ... arrive Tuesday at 8.30pm and will stay with us for 4 days. I am REALLY looking forward to having Pam around. We miss each other. Perry is very anxious to see her again also. He enjoys listening to Pam and I enjoying the good laughs we have whenever we see each other. We will probably spend quite a lot of time at the local swimming pool. It is a really nice pool for a 'country town'. The water is heated and I use my swim fins which make me feel like an Olympic swimmer....lol. I usually stay in the water till I begin to look like a prune!

Time for bed....that was a long blog !!!!!