Catch-up time!

Okay, so here's the deal. We've had a lot to catch up on since Thanksgiving. First of all, I have at the reluctant behest and just to catch up with the rest of society types, become a nonenthusiastic member of FACEBOOK. Little by little I have been adding, 'Friends'. although I really don't get the fascination of adding all these, 'Friends' as if I'm compiling a list of people into a bank from which I can draw from at some future point in time. It may seem compelling to keep adding 'Friends' and I guess that you may connect with somebody from your 4th grade class whom you may have beaten up and kicked around at the playground. You could hear from some raving individual whom you might have slighted in junior high school who now owns a large corporation or just maybe you can pear into the life of some high school schlupp that you'd prefer not to ever hear from again. But on the rare occasion that somebody from waayyy back that you really wondered about whether you could have been able to share the gospel with but was to totally lacking in the true love of Christ drops you a line, then maybe, just maybe, it would be worth all of the trepidation and angst I am experiencing now. Because I am a lot more adventurous than Maureen, I took the plunge and we'll see what happens over the next little bit. Maybe after a while, Maureen will eventually succumb to the wave of pressure from some of the Ward members who remind her that this is where you can find out what's happening with members especially her sisters.
Speaking of Maureen, she is coming along really well from her hip operation. Thanks for all the prayers, support and love offered in her behalf. She told me that I am, at this stage of our lives, experiencing what young mothers go through, not getting any quality rest as she was up and down, up and down during the first few nights home.
I have really gotten pretty good at making the bed, I have a system in which I do it. I make mental notes of how I do certain things around the house. I am multitasking getting the wash done, vacuuming while the clothes are being washed and doing the dishes at the end of the day making sure that the dog is fed and everything is in its' proper place. I make mental notes of where I left off in the house and then systematically start from one end and move to the other end. I've washed her hair, shaved her legs, put on her compression socks, changed her bandages and folded her clothes. The only thing that I draw the line on is doing the ironing. Thank goodness that Mom was down for a few days and that she did the ironing. We'll have to wait for a few weeks until Maureen is up on her feet and she can do the ironing. Until then, the only thing that I really need ironing is my white shirts and I can always wear a coat over them on Sunday.
So here are a few pics from the hospital. Shhh I'm not supposed to put these pics on. Ha! got ya!
I was able to snap a couple of pics at the hospital.
The medical team that operated on attended to and nursed Maureen during her hospital stay were really professional. The doctor was fantastic and the hospital stay was above normal. However, Maureen was glad to get out of that place and back home. This afternoon, she graduates to using a cane for walking around. I will post pics of that event later!