Roxy Kitty -

Little Roxy Kitty has been feeling ill for awhile now and so we took her to the vet yesterday... She spent the night in the hospital and had extensive blood work done. The results of the blood work are not back yet, but should be sometime today. They gave her intervenes fluids - and said she ate, pooped, and peed and was acting more herself this morning - that meant she was hissing at them!!!

Hopefully once the blood work is back they will know why she has been ill and lost almost half of her body weight (she went from 11 pounds to just under 6 pounds in a couple of months).

I will let you know how things are going when we know more....

Peace, john

Humming Bird!!!!

My new Mustang:


Happy Birthday to me!!!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!

Jonesborough Days 2009

Cheers, John

Need I say more?

Cheers, John

PS - Don had not arrived in time for the movie.....but he did find the 1554 and the Fat Tire

Newest shawl.....



in the bottom picture, you can see a white scarf that Sandy is weaving... that will be her second.
We really like weaving....


Yesterday Beasley's closed for good at the current location.... This is our farewell image with Michelle our server..

Beasley's will open soon in another location!!!

Cheers, john

Having fun in Blowing Rock, NC




Cheers, John

My office!!!



Cheers, John

Dinner at the Copes -

Last night Lyn and Bo along with Sandy and John gathered at the Cope's for dinner to celebrate the 39th wedding anniversary of Lyn and Bo - we had a super dinner followed by great conversation... We all had a great time.... The Howell's anniversary is actually today - so CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH ON THIS EVENTFUL DAY!!!!


Cheers, john

ps: it will be some time before I can claim to be a videograhper!!!

Great news, Good news, Great news, and Bad news

Went to see Dr. Hill today. He did the surgery on my back..... in order!!!

The fusion of L3, L4, and L5 was successful and is completely healed - that is great news....

I do not have to ware my brace unless I want to or need to.... good news...

I can start taking my arthritis medicine..... great news.....

Dr. Hill is leaving Johnson City and moving to Paducah, KY in July..... bad news.....

So as a final gesture... he took a picture of me so I could post it on my blog.....

Enjoy!!!!






















In case you need help, that is my incision from the surgery... that is his finger holding down my pants so the whole scar is visible!!!

and.... I get to go to PT for a few weeks!!!! yeehaaa

Cheers, John

Please check Matthew Fay's new blog...........

http://www.mattfay.blogspot.com/

Thanks, john

Breakfast at Beasley's



still have a couple of things to work out....

Have a great day, john

Here is my latest shawl..... It is White and Blue (in case that is not clear in the picture) and the yarn is Mohair (50% mohair; 40% wool; and 10% nylon..........


Took Jill dog to the vet today for annual check-up and shots.... She is completely docile at the vet - wish I could find that secret at home.... She is now reclining in my chair - lucky dog..

My favorite NASCAR driver won yesterday - Tony Stewert....

Hope you are having a nice day - Cheers, john

This and that:
Winding linen yarn into balls to weave a shawl---
A couple of balls?????????


Actually they look more like tractor tires...............



The shawl after weaving - I chose an open weaving pattern for this shawl - I kinda like it!!!
I started this shawl before I had surgery and finished it over the week end..... by the way, if you take your hand and make an arch over your head that is a sign for over the week end!!! LOL

this shawl will actually be used as a drape on our couch..... you can see it if you visit!!!
a survey stake...............we didn't have our property surveyed when we moved in so we had it done today....

My first back brace after surgery...... I am glad I have a lighter and smaller model now!!!
little Robins waiting for food from mom or dad....... the nest is in a wreath on our deck that we didn't take down after the Christmas holidays........ so the Robins made a nest and had babies!!

I just hope these little critters don't fall out of the nest when the pooch is out..... pooch would say yummy...........

Hope you all are having a great day.....

Peace, john

We had a great time!!

No need to say anything more - except perhaps - we missed you Michael and wish you were here Mark!!

Manny Rameriz suspended 50 games for using illegal drugs - baseball strikes again at the youth of the United States......... is everybody a cheater in baseball these days????? I'm pissed off!!!

our first rhododendron!!

Hey everybody - Wanted to let you know that there is a new blog about Matthew. Cheers, john

http://www.mattfay.blogspot.com/

It has been a month since my back surgery..... I had it on March 17th.... St. Patrick's Day....

The surgery went well..... When he got to my back, he discovered that he could not put in the six screws and two composite bars that would help with the fusion. There was too much deterioration to to do that.... Actually, he could have put them in, but with such limited space, if there were any slippage the results would be devastating and he did not want to risk that. The fusion of L3,4,&5 is being accomplished with a combination of synthetic material and ground-up bone material that he removed in the surgical process....... so far so good....

I had a couple of set backs - one day lost in the hospital because of an irregular heart beat... the results indicated that my heart had not blockages and we are trying to regulate the heart beat with medications.... The other set back was/is a small blood clot in my lower left leg.. that is being treated with the blood thinner commanding....

I am able to get up and about and am walking as much as I can tolerate... I did manage to get to church on Easter but that really wore me out!!!

I appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers and all the help that Dennis and Marie have given Sandy and I..... Sandy has been a wonderful care taker....

God bless you all, john