Sunshine

We've had rain and/or snow for a month straight. Today sun happened. I can't even begin explaining how much that really means.

Frida, my youngest niece, is in hospital. She has a hole in her little heart, but they believe this will mend itself in time and shouldn't give her any issues in her life until, maybe, when she's an old lady. What IS a bit more scary, is that they believe she has hyper insulinism. Yeah, I'm not quite sure how to explain what that is, but basically it's diabetes-opposite. Her body produces way too much insulin (as opposed to ordinary diabetes where a person produces too little). Results seem to be the same, her bloodsugar levels reach dangerously low. They have been in hospital with her for two weeks, now and they are on the last few tests of finding a diet and medicines that helps. We all hope that she isn't diagnosed with the more dangerous type, which means she'll need to go to Paris for an operation. Keep your fingers crossed.

We've been watching their dog, Vera. Two dogs is soo much more work than one dog. Just sayin'...

Vera trying to do her business in the snow. She wants you to know that is not easy!









Mostly they're good friends. What they want to do, is to play-fight all the time, until they drop dead. We've reached an understanding. No playing indoor. It works. Most of the time...







There is some jealousy, but as you can see, there's plenty room on the sofa for everybody

There's a storm brewing

It's windy out there, today. Trees have fallen down all over the place. Roofs have blown off, greenhouses have blown totally to pieces, roads are blocked, but so far nobody are reported injured. missing or dead.

Winds are supposed to pick up during the afternoon. Simen will have to watch out for falling trees on  his way to work. He's got an hour's drive each way and it's been reported trees blocking the road he'll be driving all morning. He'll stop by Runar's work and swap car with Runar. If it starts snowing, we want him protected in the new volvo with 4wheel drive.

here are some pictures and video from the local newspapers

 

 The sea outside Mandal

 The view from the lighthouse at Lindesnes, the southernmost point. As you can see, the lighthouse is rather high up on the cliff.

check out the video below (ps! stand by to click the big X in top right corner to get rid of the stupid ad)

video of the storm out at the lighthouse

as you can see the waves are hitting over the lighthouse itself. Mother nature is showing her powers! 

And they say it's just started.

Hope you guys have a fantabulous weekend!

It's raining cats and dogs

Hullo?

Where did summer go?

 It's raining cats and dogs. Gale winds. Temps in lower 60s.

Warm temps. Sun.  Ice cream melting and running down my fingers.

Summer, come back please?

Update-edit: That should be lower 50s, not 60s...

Barf Festival

Saturday afternoon, hubby took Georg for a walk along the beaches. Georg not only bathed in the winter cold sea, he drank it. Liters of it. This morning he barfed all over himself, the hallway floor, parts of the wall and a door. Without my knowledge. Apparently he tried to eat up the evidence. Obviously he failed. Naturally he decided to hide the evidence by rolling in it, pretending to play Barf Festival. Craptastic!

Also one of the windshield wipers just up and died on us on the automatic. One of the back tires blew up on the stick shift car, which also happen to be the only car with studded winter tires. Temps suddenly decided to rise above freezing, giving us a bit of sleet and rain on Saturday. Yesterday, the weather gods discovered this mistake and temps quickly dropped below freezing again. We no longer have snow. We have various types of ice.

Dear Mr Murphy. Go home!

Blizzard, fish au gratin and puppy training

First proper blizzard of the year. I love it! Runar didn't love it quite as much early this morning driving to work before the plow trucks had cleared the main road. Good thing he's an experienced driver and old enough to know that you just have to take it slow and easy on such days. He called when he got to work, telling me he had gotten to work in one piece, because he knows I'll be worried sick about him if he doesn't. Is it any wonder I love this man? It was chaos on the roads, alright. Part of the main road closed off. Semi trucks without chains blocking the lanes, etc. This happens every year when the first proper snowfall comes. People go nuts. I get that foreigners aren't used to winter climate and get in trouble in this weather, but the rest of us? How can people forget about winter and slippery roads when living in Norway?!? Amazing! He'll be working overtime today, no doubt about that!

The day before yesterday I made the perfect fish au gratin. Best part, the boys loved it! Simen even ate the leftovers the next day – which, you know, you don’t get better proof than that.  Why was it perfect? I’m not sure, as I didn’t use any premium quality fish. Either way, I choose to give the honor to my kid sister, who whipped the egg whites and thus made the dish perfect.  

I know it seems silly to go all overboard for a stupid au gratin, but it’s always bothered me that the boys won’t eat fish.  I’m of the opinion that fish is good for you and should be on the dinner menu regularly. Helene and I love fish and we’ll even make grilled salmon filets when we’re alone, having an all girlie night dinner. 

The boys? Not so much. The only fish dish they have eaten without complaining loudly has been freshly fished mountain trout, but you only get that during summer. They’ve eaten fish au gratin, but it’s sort of a forced kind of effort for them. Now I think I finally found the recipe that will make them want to eat fish more often. Huzzah! 

Yesterday my brother in law dropped by, looking bedraggled and completely warn out.  Puppy training takes its toll :P He was desperate and didn’t know what to do. I think he regretted ever getting a puppy. He’s been bringing the pup with him to work, because he made a deal with the owner allowing him to keep her in the upstairs office. Vera taught herself how to walk down stairs. Not only did she jump on customers, but she also figured out how the doors to the street opens…yeah he had to leave early and he got today off as well, explaining he needed to train Vera some manners. :P  

Vera is a feisty, smart and clever puppy. My kind of dog.  This morning I helped show him some puppy training tips – the kind that function both as fun games for the pup as well as obedience training. It’ll create a bond btw dog and owner and  it’ll wear the pup out mentally, which is important with smart dogs. All the walks in the world won’t do you any good, if the pup is still full of curious feistiness when you get back home. I showed one trick once. That was enough for Vera to get it and for Thomas to know how and what to do. I watched them go at it and it was such a joy.  There is clearly a loving bond between them already. I believe they'll be fine. =)

Weekend

We're heading up to the mountain. Huzzah! I need this so bad. The dogs need it so bad. Hubby's tractor needs it so bad :P And it's snowing. Fuuuun!

Have a fantabulous weekend y'all!

Winter blues

Winter temps have finally arrived. Even though it's just in the lower 20s, it's quite noticeably how much longer it takes to get the house warmed up to my comfort. Guess that is one of the downsides to having the house heated by wood burners, instead of electric heating. Fingers are stiff and sore and I don't get things done as fast as I want to. When we're outside for the morning toilette, it's FREEZING! I miss spring and summer and warm sunny weather.

Also, I'm more or less out of yarn. I need more, but with the No Spend Challenge, I don't want to go to the local craft shop - the yarn is almost double the price from other places - and the 'new' car has some break issues. Apparently, they hang up, which makes long drives impossible. Hubby says it's an easy job to fix them and that he'll take care of it....just not WHEN.

He's quite handy when he wants to be. He's almost finished with making the extra oil tank and the new central for the Lamborghini tractor. It will bring more power to the front loader, which will make the wood cutting work a lot easier and smoother.

The coming weekend, hubby's youngest brother will be getting their new Golden Retriever puppy girl. She'll be called Vera. I'll post pictures when I get them. Runar will come with them when they pick her up. I'm quite certain Vera will be spoiled rotten. I can't think of anyone who I think will be better suited to becoming puppy owners.

I have had to admit to myself and hubby that the chances of Georg ever becoming a healthy dog is very slim. If it was only the elbow osteoarthritis, I think he would be able to have a fairly painless, happy life, but it's more than that. There is something very wrong with his hip region/back legs. He is stiff and he won't use his left back leg more than as a support, it seems. He has major issues with walking up and down steep hills and stairs. He forgets these things when playing, but it is tragically obvious he is in a lot of pain afterwards. We don't know  the results from the X-Rays, yet, but we don't really need those to see this is not good. It breaks our heart, because we've come to love the drooling monster, but chances are he'll be around for a relatively short time =(

As promised a video. It's just a silly video clip I took this weekend up at the farm. You can see how well his eczema and skin issues have disappeared.  Right before the video, Georg had pestered Laika to play. She will play for a little while, but then she tires and she can't stand him for a while. You'll notice how he has learned how to charm her by being dignified and gentle. After the video I had to play with him. He showed me how to kill a plastic can. Utterly dead. The voices in the background belong to Runar and Simen as they're working on the tractor. (this will probably be the only video I upload, I hate my voice)

Baking cookies

Today my sister and I will be baking Christmas cookies. Only easy ones [read quickly and easily made] We've done this before and we're a good team. Half of them will be for my parents - as has become the tradition....I'm not sure how that arrangement came about, but it's been the custom for years, now.

I'm not quite done with the Christmas cleaning. I've finished washing windows and all the doors. I've done the walls and ceiling, etc in the bathrooms, hallways and the kitchen. I've got the living room and the master bedroom left. I've also left to clean out all of the cupboards in the Kitchen. I'll be doing the living room tomorrow. Simen has done his room himself and hubby will have to do the ceiling. I can't get my right arm up above my shoulder anymore - dratted fibro! <.<; He knows this and agrees to help me, but he maintains the right to not like doing it. Noticeably. Loudly. And demonstratively.

Also, because there's been so much crazy stuff happening at hubby's work place and because he's been working almost around the clock, he's getting 3 days off this week. Ka-ching! Happy cabin-time!

We had Berit, the Atlantic storm, visiting this weekend. Poweroutages happened all over the coutnry on and off for most of the weekend. There is something otherwordly when the winds howl around corners and threaten to rip off roofs and uproot trees. We had to keep the doors locked, or they'd be opened by the wind and blown off the hinges. It's happened before and since it was also raining sideways, we didn't feel like taking the risk of having to struggle in the freezing rain, getting hinges repaired and the door back on...

On our way home we drove out to the sea. The sight of a storming ocean is spectacular and the roar of the battling waves, deafening. The storm didn't hit my parts of the country too bad. They got it worst on the west coast and along the coast up in the north. Huge mud-slides took out roads. There were several floods and several communities were completely isolated while it lasted. Linky to some stormy pictures

Fall is here

We're having proper autumn weather with gale winds and rain that falls sideways, the kind that no matter what you wear you get wet from head to toe. I like it. I don't particularly like working outdoor in this type of weather, but going for a walk dressed up in rain clothes and wellingtons is kind of neat too. Especially when you can sit down i front of a warm fireplace with a good book afterwards.

Things are still busy around here. I thought that as soon as hubby got back to work and Simen started school things would calm down, but nope. We've painted two coats of white on 3.5 sides of the house and the gotten the drip boards painted green. I have no idea whether or not we'll get dry enough weather to finish the job this side of winter....oh well.

My sister moved into this cute little house she's renting here in my town. We'll almost be neighbours. She's gotten a new() job. That is she got hired on a new project with the job she has had working with minor orphan refugees. She'll be in charge of the economy on this new project. It will make a lot of difference on her resume when she's applying for jobs in the future and also, if she does a good job, which I'm sure she will do, she'll stand a good chance of further projects with the refugee minors. I'm so proud of her. Believe me, it is not an easy job. Not everybody is mentally strong enough to deal with traumatized teenagers from parts of the world where a person's life isn't worth more than shit and kids' even less =(    Oooh, and best of all, she has finally ended things completely with that nut case drug addict boyfriend of hers. W00t!

My parents are hanging in there and trying to adapt to their new situation. 1) They're without a car - that is, they have a car, but dad can't drive due to poorly eyesight and won't get his license back until January at the earliest. 2) He is eating a truckload of meds every day. 3) My mother is getting weaker and more confused.
My two sisters and I help them out as much as we can, but we can't be there all the time. They are both taking up physical therapy though, which is a good thing and will hopefully help them regain some strength and stamina at least.

Got a letter from my insurance company. They are denying my claims for insurance on the whole. They claim I lied and tried to play them when I applied for the insurance. It hurts being accused of lying and scheming when I wasn't and especially when I sought their advice and was completely open with my existing health issues at the time. I mean, I understand if they judge me a bad case, insurance wise, I am. Still, why the hell did they accept my application in the first place and took my money for 6 friggin years, before deciding I am not up to par for their insurance?!?

I am not sure what I will do. I have a weak case, because the truth is that my health took a turn for the worse the fall after I got the insurance. Even though they were things completely different from the things I suffered from and told them about when I applied. I don't remember the name of the lady who assisted me and helped me fill in the forms when I handed in the application. I'm sure they know very well who assisted me, but they will under no circumstances let me know who that was, of course... I'm seeing my insurance guy tomorrow. I will at least demand that all the premium money I have paid for six years be returned to me if they are to annul it. 



Simen decided on making his room into a 'living room' and use the small extra room to sleep in. We've been clearing out, cleaning out and sorting all week. I've washed all the downstairs curtains. Go me! Funny how those things work. When you start clearing out of one room, you can't just clear it out and be done with it, at least I can't. No, no, no, I have to use the opportunity, giving it a thorough scrub down while at it....and it just escalates, I mean when you have done two rooms, might as well continue and take the other two rooms as well, and then there was the huge pile of clothes and table cloths that needed ironing....and so on.

Besides, I had a lot of frustration I needed to get out without letting it out on people around me.  Cleaning works perfect. I get to use some of that aggravated energy and I get to use it in a way that helps me in the long run. Also, I get to beat myself up - metaphorically speaking, because I hate cleaning and especially ironing which happened to take me a whole day of work to get through curtains and all. And literally speaking as I am a complete aching wreck for having worked myself too hard. So now I can feel sorry a little sorry for myself knowing that I didn't beat myself up wasting energy only on self pity. I got stuff done. So there!  ...Oh, who am I kidding?!? I have no idea why I play the martyr and do these silly  things. I'm sure there is a reason and that a psychologist would be all too happy taking my money while telling me all about it :P

What I do know, is that it'll do both Runar and me a lot of good, spending a few days up at the farm.
Runar has tomorrow and Friday off. We're heading for the cabin tonight. Simen has been 'rehearsing' waking up to the alarm clock without me for two days. He should be fine. He plans on having an all night nerdy game party with his friends this weekend.

Somone else who is unhappy with the summer weather :P

Meet Olga, my niece's dog. Olga thinks that the weather ought to be more summer-ish so that she can be outside and play. I agree, gray cold summers are no fun

Thunder storms

Woke up 6:30 dead certain the roof was falling down on me. Summer's first proper thunderstorm had finally arrived. I can't help it, I still get exhilarated by them. I don't freak out and crawl under the sofa or fight with the dog who's gonna be underneath the other, as I did when a kid. Still, I have to admit that my heart does pump a little extra. Watching the lightning and counting seconds until the crack of thunder. Both Simen and I woke and ran upstairs to watch from the large living room windows. Of course I first ran around pulling out plugs from sockets like crazy (I've had two computers and one router killed in thunderstorms; I've learned my lesson). It didn't last long, but it was awesome for as long as it lasted.

All of yesterday it was humid and the air was as it only gets before a thunderstorm. I worked furiously in the garden all day to get everything done before the rain set in. The flies were obnoxious and biting like crazy - they always do before thunderstorms. The humid air and biting flies, plus the birds being silent. 3 sure signs. I knew it was coming. I had hoped it came in the middle of the night when it's dark. As we live so far north, it's only dark for a few hours from midnight till 3 am. The lightning is extra awesome when it's pitch dark and it lights up the entire sky. The thunderclouds darkened the sky enough for us to admire the lightning all the same. Huzzah for thunderstorms during summer!

Otherwise, things are still crazy-busy over here. Charlotte's party was a huge success and she couldn't have been more surprised or happy, which is as it should be. Runar's birthday was Monday and only his parents and siblings were here. He had begged me not to notify anyone. He's working late most days and whenever he's had an extra hour or two, he's been working on our boat. He's ordered the crane truck for Friday and he's hired() me and his youngest brother to help get it ready in time. The boat is going on the water come Friday no matter what!

I've given up waiting for Runar or Simen to help me get the garden in order and started on it myself. I'm aching like hell and by the end of each day I can hardly move at all, but at least I see improvements and at least I can enjoy being in the garden while it's still summer.... I got Runar to buy an electric lawnmower with wheels, small enough for me to handle. It was a bitch to mow the lawn the first time - especially since it was 3 weeks since it had been mowed last and the new mower wasn't really up to the task of 3 weeks worth of weed.... I cringed most of the hour and a half it took me by the strangled desperate sounds it made and I'm surprised I wasn't charged with lawnmower molesting by the neighbours :P After I mowed it again yesterday it now actually  - at least almost - looks like a garden.

I discovered 3 anthills in my garden while mowing. The first one I didn't notice until something stung and I looked down. Both legs were covered in frantic angry ants. Yes, I wore shorts. Nasty little critters <_<. I have now, hopefully, massacred them all. I don't mind ants - in the wood. They're not welcome in my garden or in my house.

Oh, my disablement case is on hold. If I understood my caseworker right, my doctor has refused to give them extra info regarding my psoriasis. He informed me that until their doctor had heard back from my doctor, nothing would get done on my case. I called my doctor's office and she was on vacation. I love bureaucracy....NOT!

Letter 2

Dear Assassin

I'd like to hire you to kill the person who is aggravating the weather gods so badly. You may torture him first if you'd like.

I'll pay you in snow. Just name your wanted quantity and it's yours. You can live in my region until you've used it all up. Heck, you can live in my garden. I'll even feed you, if that is what it takes.

Happy killing

Yours sincerely
Eli 

Letter 1

Dear person who is pissing off the weather gods

You need to stop. Whatever you're doing, you need to stop it right now! This insanity is getting out of control. We can't deal with all this snow any longer, it's killing us.

You need to apologize to them. Sincerely and truthfully. Get down on your knees, prostrate yourself, crawl naked on ice while singing in Mandarin, write I love you forever in blood a thousand times. I don't care. Whatever it takes, just do it and do it now!

If you don't do this you will suffer a horrible death and go to hell.

Yours sincerely
Eli

Busy week

It's been a busy weekend and week. Constant visits, watching after kids and today, I'm off to look at a flat with my kid sister. She and my parents have reached the end of their rope. She's moving out even though she doesn't have enough work to get by on if she's to pay rent as well...they're going to help her out financially until she gets more work. Is it wise? Probably not, but I can certainly understand both parties. She'll be moving to the biggest city in this region and she will likely stand a much better chance of landing a full time job there compared to the small town my parents live in.

I have no idea what the weekend will be like. The weather is still crazy. We've gone back and forth between above and below freezing. Yesterday it snowed, today it rains. Slush-time!Whether or not the boys will be able to do any log work depends on the weather and the weather is pretty darned unpredictable right now. If it's below freezing they should be able to drive the tractor across marshes, if it's above, that is a very risky business. It also depends on how much it's been snowing up there. too much snow and the tractors get stucked, blah, blah, blah, yaddi, yaddi,ya....

The scan results didn't show any MS, thankfully. Doc demanded I see yet another specialist. A rheumatologist(?), this time - again - because according to her it's time to see whether or not there is much change from last time I was there. she actually believes I'll get an appointment before March...as if. It took me more than a year last time, what makes her think this time will be any different...oh well. Minding my mental state... Thinking positive...O' Ja!

Winter storms

It's eerily quiet and softly snowing, but there is a storm coming in from the sea and I can hear it. Far out still, but slowly getting closer. For those unfamiliar with the sound of huge waterfalls and/or the ocean, the sound is vaguely similar to the sound of a jet plane flying by high up in the sky. Difference is that the sound doesn't let up or changes in pit. It's the kind of sound you can physically feel. It's gonna be one helluva storm! I love fierce weather. Few other things make me feel more alive.

Friday

..and the day for doctor's appointment. I'll be getting the results today.  I can't talk about that more...

Temps are finally above freezing. With gales and insane rain, but at least much of the ice has melted. Whee! Temps usually drops to below freezing at nights when it isn't raining and my aching has been bad. Yesterday I couldn't stand it any longer - the aching all over for no apparent reason - so I cleaned the house to at least give myself something to blame for being a wreck. Took the dog for a long walk and persuaded hubby to give her a shower. Clean house and clean dog. Nice!

Every Thursday night hubby, his youngest brother and father get together here to gamble. Not poker or the lottery, but European soccer league. They don't spend much money and they have fun socializing. It is a good thing. But. Yesterday it was only hubby and his brother and Thomas introduced hubby to the 'joy' of internet auction.

I kid you not. The dude went over the top insane with the need to bid on all kinds of stupid things we don't need at all! Fair enough, they got some speakers for the boat cheap. Fine that was perhaps needed, but more tools?!? Oy vey! And socks?!? I mean, what's that about?
Then he started on bidding on clothes for me, I wanted to knock the both of them out before they ruined us all.    Luckily somebody put in higher bids on the clothes and I was able to stop them from further biddings. I hope to god their father manages to stop them from going insane shopaholics next Thursday. If he starts crazy bidding as well, I'm going to call in the force [read Mother in law] together we'll wrestle the keyboards away from them :P

Eitherwho, it is Friday, best day of the week!!! We're heading up to the cabin for some much needed grown-up time -does happy dance-

Have a fantabulous weekend y'all!

Old man winter

 The street just as the sun soared up behind the treeline

 From the front steps - hubby's been busy the last few days...actually it's the first year ever he's done any shoveling. Who says you can't teach an old dog some manners, eh?!?

...as you can see, he never takes out the garbage.

Finally, snow!

It's been insanely cold the last few weeks, but today big fat snow flurries are filling the air. Jubilation! Temps last night was about 0 - 5 F and today it's around 30 F I know the cold temps will return, but for now I'm going to enjoy the snow and relative warmth

I've got a new and for me überfancy cellphone. I got two from my phone comp more or less for free by agreeing to another year's subscription. It takes good pictures, I'm just not a good photographer....anywho, here goes:

...and now I have to hurry and get ready. Yesterday I baked Christmas cookies and today - aii very  soon - my nieces and nephew are coming for a taste 'n' visit

Winter is here

and it's time for knitting! My daughter complained about icicle toes, so she's first out this year.

I don't knit patterns, the yarn is simply like that. It's 70 % wool and can be machine washed on 40 d C. It took me a bit of effort remembering the measures and the how to do it, because it's been half a year since I last knitted and we were at the cabin and I had no recipes or instruction books or even a pair of finished socks to look at.  But eventually the routine was back and boy! do I have a busy few weeks ahead.  I have at least 3 more pairs to do

...procrastination?!? Who? Moi? Nevah! -vigorously shaking head-

I don't know if I've gotten into the Xmas spirit, yet, but I do have some Xmassy things planned. 1.) Tomorrow my sister in law and the kids are coming, we're making soap. 2.)My kid sister is coming one of these days for cookie baking chitter-chatter day. We've decided on 3 types of cookies. (Stunt-translated recipes and picture proofs are coming later) 3.) I'm knitting socks(it so! counts for Xmassy in this instance!)
4.) I have thought about buying candlelight mass for making scented/coloured candlelights. Yes...busy few weeks. I've also thought - barely - on cleaning and getting the house ready for the Jakobsen clan invasion for Xmas dinner. I have a huge moose roast - pure meat, yum! Just need to inspire the boys to go shoot me a deer. I want venison as well as moose roasting the 24th of December!

Speaking of deers, I saw two cute and confused roe deers on the road uphill to the cabin, this weekend. They roamed about in the road a bit, before getting to their senses enough to jump out and up into the woods. I had full headlights on, on purpose...I stop the car and just watch them, I may put a scare in them, but that's a good thing, they OUGT to be scared of running in the middle of the damned road <_< .They are beautiful creatures, though. It never stops amazing me, how they manage to control those long thin limbs of theirs. they look like fragile stilts and I half expect one to stumble every time I see them.

Speaking of animals and critters in general and rodents in particular. Our hall and kitchen sink at the cabin (yes, it's situated in the hallway and yes, I do the dishes there, because dad was the plumber and responsible for having a kitchen without water or sink. (He takes the most incredible shortcuts when it comes to carpentry and house repairs). The mice had found the dog pellets and chewed through the pack. The dog food was stacked in various places through out the entire hallway. In the kitchen sink drawers(it had made a nest in the rag-drawer), in closets, boxes and in one of hubby's work-boots *shudders* As there were 3 dead mice stuck inside the empty bottles we'd stored in the hallway closet, I'd say they were poisoned by the lethal smell and foulness of those boots! Toasted toads! *double-shudders*

 ...The dogfood is now replaced with mouse traps and the hallway and sink has been scrubbed. I'll probably die a little inside, every time I see that damn sink for as long as it is there. Thank goodness we plan on re-doing our kitchen, the water pipes,etc!

On the drama front...it's been fairly quiet. My mother wanted to take back the farm and make me loose my inheritance the other day. She later made my kid sister apologize for her and demanded hugs and kisses the next time I stopped by her house. (believe me, this is not such a big deal around her, she's a character)  My daughter has a cold, is feeling extremely sorry for herself and wants to talk about her traumatic relationship to hubby and die, alternately...there's a long list and basically I think she's pretty stuffed, tired and anxious about her exams starting next week, she just needs to let out some steam.

On the health front; my father has internal bleeding, they suspects colon cancer. He's getting it checked. My sister in law who had cancerous lumps() in her breasts two years ago, has had to have both breasts removed due to new cancerous lumps. They're checking her glands and she'll get the results in 3-4 weeks, if the glands are healthy, then she stands a good chance of a complete recovery. We're praying.
I got some new medicine to test out for my psoriasis and I've got an appointment for a brain scan in January.
Peace out!

Fall

It's pouring down, sideways, because of the strong wind. Trees are loosing their leaves, creating a soft carpet to walk on - red, yellow, brown and orange. Fall is here in all it's beauty!

Here's some pictures from last weekend when we took the boat out for the last time this year. The local sailing club were out checking their toys and the clouds seemed to salute us and the summer a playful farewell.