OUR LAST BIG SNOW STORM

This was a beautiful site---the ice and snow on the outside..No moisture on the inside..Seven years and a FIRST...The patio with all the snow----just a few short weeks and we will be eating out there...
You can tell with this one how the wind was blowing...

This was interesting---never had this before...
It was so Beautiful how the snow clung to the bushes !!

Right Arm surgery

This little whiteball is holding the tendon in place that replaced the bone they took out
It's wonderful what they can do to relieve pain The surgery took 1 1/2 hours
This shows a different angle on the Ball.. The writting by the ball says "YES"--so they would do the correct thumb. The Ball stays in, under the cast, and they will remove it when the cast comes off. Just above the ball is where they brought the tendon down

Update

I thought that I would bring this blog up to date. I am sorry to say that Joan shouldn't use her hands to type. She had a doctor visit yesterday in Bountiful and the result is that she will have surgery on her right thumb on February first in Bountiful. They are going to remove a bone in her right thumb and replace it with a metal rod. Then at sometime in the future the rod will be removed. She will have a cast for about 5-7 weeks. That means that I will be able to help with the house work, cook, do the shopping etc. Joan feels good about the surgery because it should stop the tremendous pain in her right hand. She is going to have to mind and not try to use that hand. At some future time she will have surgery on her left hand. The surgery is in and out or same day surgery. It will take about an hour and a half and another hour and a half for her to wake up etc.
Today is a beautiful sunshiny day. Yesterday we had a lot of snow and I was happy when Bruce and Sharon said they would take Joan to her doctor appointment. The road got pretty nasty,, especially over in Bountiful.
When the sun shines like it is today it normally will bring my daffodils up early. Of course my prediction is that spring will arrive in February.
My thought for today is taken from the lesson I will teach to the High Priests next Sunday.
"Personal revelation is the way we know for ourselves the most important truths of our existence" Elder Hales
Hope all of you have a great day, we love you all.

More pictures...

Here are a few more pictures of my hand-five days after!!!! Saturday I was just finishing my last load. I was putting clothes in when the washer started and I jerked my hand back and hit it on the edge of the tub...the cut is healing well... I'm adding a picture of my guy and I too..

couple of pictures you might enjoy...

Our Beautiful Flowers

We have had so many different colored roses..
These are on the east side of the house.
These just keep blooming..

A WONDERFUL WEEK :)

I have had a most wonderful week, the first I can remember in a long time:)
I have had my sister Betty Lu and her daughter Sherry (same age as Becky) and my oldest brother Frank. There are only the three of us left.. Betty & Sherry were here for a week and Frank was here for two days. He lives in Reno and Betty in Virginia...I took lots of pictures so will put them on my blog..