OK, so it's been 2 weeks. I haven't been able to sit at the computer comfortably. But today my knee feels great, my stitches came out and I can actually bend it. My Dr. said in three weeks I'll be walking into the office without a limp. WOW! ACL replacement has come a long way. When I tore the ACL, it involved a hospital stay, cast, and a year long recovery. So I opted to live with it. Now I'll be able to ride in 6 months.
Jared has been taking Cooper to his agility class. Coop's loving it, and Jared is having fun. It's a good way for him to relax and get his mind of work.
Gillian loves having Mommy on the sofa and all to herself all day.
Other than that, not much is happening around here. Which is fine. I don't think I can handle any craziness right now.

I had surgery today. I am laying here with a huge brace on my left leg. I'm all set with a really cool icing system: ice and water is in a small cooler and a hose runs from it to pads under the brace and circulates the water. Cool!

The kids and Cooper think its great. Mommy to pile on and she can't get away. It's okay, it keeps me from getting too bored. Which, by the way, I am. I've been here for 3 hours, most of it asleep and I'm ready to get up. Odd, I always wish I could get in a nap. Now what?

Okay, now it's been 4 1/2 hours and it's quite active in here. Dr. Connor is taking good care of me and Gillian is telling me stories.

Poor Jared is feeding the horses and they have no respect for him.

Well, one knee down, one to go. Yes, I tore the other ACL, too. Someone called me the luckiest girl alive today.

Tomorrow will be a better day.

Gillian strongly believes that if Mommy is at the computer, then it's time to nurse. Talk about multitasking.

Connor believes that he must own every Thomas the Tank Engine toy, book, movie, etc.

Jared believes the house can be completely clean and orderly at all times (ha!).

The dogs believe they should have baked chicken, sirloin steak and cheese at every meal.

The horses believe there isn't enough carrots, peppermints or apples in their lives.

Since I never see the cat, who know what he believes.

I believe I'm going nuts.

As I sit here typing, a baby lies in my lap, dead asleep. Seems she can't possibly sleep without a little "mommy milk". I feel like a cow.

The last couple of days have been eventful. Connor threw a fit at Sam's club because I put blueberries in the basket. He usually loves them. Apparently I hurt his feelings. Huh? He's a difficult child to begin with, we think he may have ADD. His dad does and his uncle (my brother-in-law) has ADHD. Joy. A friend suggested we try giving him caffeinated soda, it has the opposite effect than it has on other people. It works! Guess he just didn't have enough that day.

This morning my dad called from Maryland, were he and my mom live. She's supposed to have knee replacement surgery, but it was postponed. At her pre-op checkup the docters found suspicious shadows on her lung x-ray. We were terrified it was cancer. It wasn't. It was TB.
She's from Chile, and I guess it was in her when she came here. She has a very strong immune system (hence the bad rhuematoid arthritis and knee replacement) and her body encapsalated the bacteria, so it didn't progress. But because of her arthritis, she went on Remicaid to lower her immunity. The bacteria got loose and grew. She lived with us for 6 months, the time the disease began. So now we all have to get tested to make sure we don't have it. Gillian and Connor were tested today, I go tomorrow. Jared will go next week, he needs a checkup anyway.

So I spent my day making phone calls and running around like a beheaded chicken.

What really stinks is that this happens 2 days before I have surgery for a torn ACL and shredded miniscus. I don't need anymore stressors.

Jared is taking a week off to take care of things for me. Poor guy, I don't think he knows what he's in for. I don't have to cook, hehehehe!

Maybe tomorrow not much will happen. Yeah, fat chance.

Hi from O-hi-o

Hello and welcome to my house. It's a cosey, chaotic and generally happy house. We have our moments, but who doesn't? I have two children, Connor, 4, and Gillian, 19 months. We have two dogs, Cinnamon, a grouchy Chihuahua, and a Border Collie named Cooper that we adopted from the shelter four months ago. Outside we have three horses- two Thoroughbreds, Simon and Sean, and Teddy an oversized miniature with an oversized attitude. We also have a barn cat, Smoke. At least we're pretty sure we have a cat. We don't see him, but his food gets eaten and I find dead rats in the barn. Cooper likes to bury the rats- good dog!
My husband, Jared, is a computer expert. He is a Project Manager, specializing in Unix. It's a stressful job, so when he's home I try to take his mind off of it by handing over two crazy kids. No stress there.
So again, welcome to my house. I'll try to keep updated posts and put in some fun stuff to see.