m.o.M - mother of Michael

Fridays, Flagpoles and Pacemakers

Mom's pacemaker procedure was uneventful, as all procedures should be. She was in the hospital overnight and is doing well now. It should be interesting because she has to keep her left arm relatively still for some time. I guess it's lucky she's not Italian because she wouldn't be able to talk without moving her arms.

As usual, she had all the nurses in stitches (hospital humor) with her anecdotes and overall upbeat attitude. She told me about having to open the wet nap with her teeth and by the time she had it torn open, only a quarter of the towel remained. She said, "That's okay because I couldn't brush my teeth and it left a lemony taste in my mouth. Just a little soapy." That's my mom...Always look on the bright side of life!

With some pomp and ceremony, the flagpole was raised! Peter helped Michael get it up (thank goodness) while Pat and I supervised.














The good Captain came over to raise the flag while Pete and Michael hummed Reveille.  Download reveille.mp3 . It's a beautiful sight on the cul-de-sac for all to enjoy.












I ordered white hedge roses to plant around the flagpole and they arrived today! Hopefully tomorrow, I'll be able to get them into the ground.

Sunday should be interesting as Michael, my good friend Sue, Daddy and I are teaming up to play in a Sweethearts tournament at the club. Sue will be Daddy's sweetheart and Michael (as always) will be mine. I say 'as always'...we'll see after the day is done.

The weather should be lovely with a high temp of about 85 degrees. That's a far cry from the weather last weekend at the swim meet in Daytona.

Fun, Fabulous February

I can't believe that February is gone and March is upon us.

February was a wild month filled with ups and downs.

February 1st - my birthday and I went skydiving!




February 2nd - my little groundhog saw his shadow!

  February 12th - Lizzy's final project for her art class was selected to be in an art show at the county museum. It was quite exciting to see her work framed and matted with a sign next to it listing her name and the title of the piece.

February 14th - This is Cupig, a gift from my valentine. Although my handsome husband was out of town for the week, I had a wonderful day. First, my neighbor brought me some of her homemade rum balls that I dearly love and covet. Then, my good buddy Heidy brought me two bags of manure for my compost pile.  (Now, that's a gift of love!) And finally, my dear, ol' dad brought me two dozen fresh bagels from the local bagel store. All this before ten in the morning. I think the best gift of all that day was Lizzy cleaning up the whole kitchen after dinner.




February 18th - We started the butterfly garden at the side of the house. It was really overgrown with weeds and an enormous hibiscus. As it matures, it will be quite beautiful to look at from the kitchen and bathroom.





February 20th - In honor of President's Day, I bought a Mister Lincoln rose bush for the rose garden. It only took me a week and a half to get it into the ground, so in terms of my calendar, I'm actually ahead of schedule!









Other happenings of the month included my mother taking a spectacular dive onto the driveway and having to have her knee and lip stitched up. (I don't ever want to have a doctor get excited about showing me the tendon that covers my mother's knee cap again!). Michael had strep throat. Lizzy may have broken her wrist, but we won't know more until next week. My mom's getting a pacemaker and my golf game sucks!

Other than that, the azaleas are magnificent , the camilias are huge, and the lizards are doing what lizards are supposed to do when they are in the mood for lizard love.