Before and After

I thought it was time to update my profile photo but to get the full effect you need to see the before and after so here it is December 2007 and today.









I still don't like the full shots but here are a couple of them. The one on the left was taken in 2006, the one on the right was taken today.

Feeling Better

I am finally feeling better, still not 100% but getting there. Throat still hurts, but I have no fever.
I have not exercised since Thursday, I have lost 6.6 pounds since Friday because I had trouble eating very much. Not really the way I wanted to loose it but I'll take it. Hope I don't gain it all back next week.

Charlie had surgery on his "trigger finger (left hand), and an injection in the right hand today. It went well, and very quick. We didn't have to be at the surgery center til 9:30 and were out by noon.

Just finished walking 3 miles. It took an hour and half, which is kind of slow, but considering that I haven't done anything for 6 days and am still not real chipper, I guess it's not bad.

I lead such an exciting life. Type to you all later.

Sick

I feel like crap. Sore throat started 5 days ago. Got antibiotics on Friday, that didn't help. Had fever (102) and chills all weekend can't swallow, one tonsil is 2x as big as the other, white spots on throat. Saw the Dr. today. Got script for a different antibiotic to start tomorrow. Now I have heartburn.

Good news. Lynn says I have lost 54 pounds, ( thought it was 51) Blood pressure is down, he decreased meds. OK I'm done b****** now.

Thanks for listening

Triva

While we were on vacation we stopped at a restaurant at Foote Site Village, called Desi's It had pictures of old movie and TV stars all over the walls, and I mean ALL over. One of the pictures was of Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Roy's sidekick, but none of us could remember his name (I said Dale Evans but they said not the other guy) . We remembered that he drove Nelleybell, but not his name . Charlie said Pat Butram. That sounded close, but not just right. I didn't have a chance to look it up til this morning. You can find the answer at classic TV westerns. Before I tell you the answer, did you remember who it was?

Ok, Roy's side kick was Pat Brady.
Pat Butram was Gene Autry's sidekick and may years later was on Green Acres.

Of course this brought up other Side kicks and other shows we used to watch on Saturday morning. Does anybody remeber Jingles Jones (Andy Devine) I also found out that he also played "Cookie" in some Roy Rogers movies. How about Sky King, and of course the Lone Ranger, and Sgt Preston of the Yukon. What others do you remember? Let me know either in the comments section or on facebook.

Back from Vacation

We, Charlie and I, just returned today from 6 days at Tawas point State Park.
Spent time with my brother, sister and brother-in-law. Didn't get to spend time with the younger members of the family because they all had to work some of them couldn't come until last night or today and Shonda couldn't come at all and I had to get back for an appointment.

Having grown up and vacationed in Michigan, I have been to alot of places, but some how missed the Tawas area.Tawas is a nice park, right on Tawas point, so you have the bay on one side of the west side of the park and Lake Huron on the East. There a The campsites are pretty wide, but not very deep, and it was pretty crowded even though there were 10- 15 sites open each day.

The weather was good, it rained but not until evening, yesterday was absolutely beautiful.

Charlie and I went up the coast and stopped at to Iargo Springs, this is a picture of the steps going down to Iargo Springs this is a picture of the stairs going down to the Springs, and the sign.










These pictures are from the overlook at Iargo (by the way Iargo means land of many waters)











There were even more steps down to the river from the lumberman's monument that we visited yesterday.











I also got a some decent pictures of the lighthouse and the sunset. If I ever decide to start
painting again I may use them as models.