Weekend Events

Wow, what a beautiful day.  Great for yardsailing.  I picked up a few treasures, some great ribbon I can use for crafting, some matting for framing, a double frame, some cat earrings I can take apart and use in assemblages, a sweet mini teapot, a small birdhouse, and a zippered file.  The latter can be used for sorted coupons.

We got a call this evening from Hubby's 70-year old brother, Alan.  He climbed up on a stepladder to look for a shutter in the eves of the garage, lost his footing, and came crashing down with the ladder on top of him.  The result was that he dislocated his right shoulder and broke the right humorous bone in his arm.  He's in considerable pain, because there was no one at the hospital until Monday to take care of the problem.  All that was done today was X-rays and a sling and some pain killers.  I feel so badly for him.  I've had a few broken bones in my life, and it's very painful.  Now, unless he finds someone who can take care of it before Monday, he'll be immobile in a recliner chair with an ice pack and pain killers.  Poor guy!   This was his right arm, and of course, he's right-handed, so he'll be incapacitated well into the summer.

Family Connections

Woke up to a phone call from daughter Cindy this morning, and Jim and I were on the phone with her for about an hour and a half.  Lots happening in their world in Greenfield, as well as with our granddaughter Hannah who is in Egypt on a college course through UMass.  Cindy and the family were on Skype with her early this morning, where it was noon in Egypt.  That's a whole 'nuther post, which I will do later on.  Right now I need to get ready to do my job at the library.  Usually that's on Thursday, but we are leaving tomorrow morning for a party in Rhode Island for Jim's brother, who is turning 70.  We'll be back by Sunday, so it will be another quick visit.  A long bit of driving, which I will also help with.  Jim's had a sore muscle in his thigh since pulling it on our trip to Florida, so a long drive will probably be uncomfortable for him.

I'm starting to ramble, so I'll quit for now.