Been gone awhile.

Hey everyone. I have missed posting, missed posting pics and mostly missed torching. It's been a rough couple of months but I am back on the road to recovery. My beautiful grandson, Cayden, is a little rough to play with. He's a cutie and very sweet but recently had to change babysitters because he was too rough with the little ones. He is not even two but it seems he will be happier with older children. Anyway, while sitting in my lap one day he leaned back and hit me in the face with his hard little head. He gave me a black eye and knocked one of my front teeth loose. Three thousand dollars and an implant and bone graph that will take six months to heal. Here's a pic of my hard headed little cutie.

How can you be mad at such a cute face? That pic is from his swim school graduation. That is something I would recommend to anyone with a pool and small children. He can roll over on his back then swim to the side to get out if he falls in. Please email me if you want the number for his swim teacher. She was wonderful.

Then I had cataract surgery in my right eye. It wasn't too bad and now I don't have to wear contacts anymore. That is great! But, then last month I had a retinal tear in the same eye. That surgery was a huge deal. It has been a painful month of healing. The pain is finally gone and I have another month of healing to get all my vision back. Yesterday was the first day I have been able to drive. My poor dh, Marrk, has been driving me a month to do everything.

Then, geez, I had another tooth break and I had to have a root canal. I need another implant but can't have that surgery yet until my eye heals, hopefully in another month. Things can only get better and Marrk says what doesn't kill me will only make me stronger. My temporary bridge broke yesterday. What the hell, what's one more thing. I'm not crying anymore. I just laughed. So tomorrow I will try to make the long trip to the dentist by myself to get it fixed.

Today I WILL torch. Thanks to everyone that went to the Fort Worth Bead Show to visit us. I couldn't make it because of my health issues but I want to thank my daughters Ryan and Whitney for manning my booth and my friend Donna for helping them.

Patricia