Meigs County Ohio Tornado EF-3 Damage September 17, 2010

on thursday september 16-2010 this was the tornado that ripped thru our little country town between 3-5 mile away from us..this is mild compared to driving a half mile swath and seeing trees downed ..more houses blown away and trash strewn everywhere..we drove down this road today but it is blocked off to on lookiers...the american red cross was there and were sitting up the small fema trailors for these people..how sad for these people and how lucky we were that this tornado didnt veer anymore to the left to ascend upon our house..we were spared..thank God.

TIME MOVES ON

Today is the 29th ..no now its the 30th of July..It has been 10 months and 1 week since the dreaded knee replacement..Not that it gives me any trouble now..just will never be able to have the full bend and squat position i had before having it done..My doctor always asked if i can say im glad i had it done and poor guy...i honestly tell him...no I'm not..I could get down on it on all fours before with no ache and had no pain..i have no pain now but as far as getting down on it..thats a thing of the past.The only good side to this was my crooked leg is now straight..I can now maneuver stairs without one at a time..Knee replacements ,,I feel like the show on tv..I Survived...theres no telltale signs of having the new knee there except for the long white scar that slowly fades a little bit each day.And people say its swelling that is still there the reason the one knee looks more puffier but i say its the size of the knee he put in..time will tell.

Its almost the end of July..where has the summer gone too..everyone is waiting for the coolness of fall to be here..not me...I cherish the summer days no matter how hot they are because i can always find a cool spot to get in to..winter is too cold for me..If i had my rathers i would head somewhere warmer in the months of jan and feb..bask in a warmer climate and return in march.
In a little over 3 weeks the kids will be headed back to school and a routine once again rebounds.
Seems like it was yesterday they just got out.The days are weeks,,the weeks are months..the months turn to years and the cycle starts again.Every day is a new day..a new beginning and one day closer to the end of life..

The year 2010 has been received with deaths of friends and co-workers,school friends and acquaintances. Each day another victim falls to the unrelenting big C..I think this has to be the most devastating of all diseases we can get.It creeps in without your knowledge and more cases then not it brings its victim down with little or no warning..A well known family doctor..specializing in cancer was taken in a 4-5 week period not knowing til last month or so of his life what he had.By the time he realized he had 3 months to live ,he closed his practice to spend the last three months with his wife and 3 young children under 10 years of age but never lived those 3 months.How is it justified who is to go with what disease ..who is to suffer and who is to pass quickly..No one knows..A secret within itself..Two good friends learned they had cancer the first of the year.both had surgeries...after rounds of chemo and radiation they are out of the woods for the time being..not knowing whether this deadly disease is lying dormant for a few weeks,months,years.Only time will tell..The silent killer waiting to strike again.

Six months into the year of 2010 a lot has happened..Two new additons to the family by birth..several by marriage and I'm sure by years end there will be few more exciting bits of news to happen.Like sand through the hour glass ,life is a journey..each decade is more advanced and consuming then the one before it.Looking around and hearing the small ones talk and play makes you wonder what the future children will be like.

Time..If you could measure time ..what would it be..the end and beginning of time..no one knows .Life is a mystery...a journey down a road with no end in sight..where upon entering the next bend in the road it could be over...no stopping what is willed to be..A car wreck down the road killed a local couple and their 4 and 6 year old daughters last week..Would things have been done different if they knew this wreck was going to happen..First of all weather was blamed for the deaths..Not so...It was because of 4 badly worn tires they had on their car.what a price to pay...4 worn tires ..4 deaths..but then again ..if they would have had 4 good tires ,was this their destiny..to be killed at this time regardless of the tire factor.

ahh ..the mystery of life..here today ..gone tomorrow..not knowing what lies ahead ..each day you wake up could be your last...gives you something to think about..thats life.

hazy lazy days of summer

well...here it is 8 months and 2 days after that nasty knee replacement....im still alive and kicking but what a trip....my winter was pure hell with physical therapy...which was patient torture...(((((i still think they should change that name..)))))).after countless trips to the doctor..dentist,er room,receracking the knee and not to mention being iced and snowed in i think i have survived the winter and the knee replacement...all in one season...

people still ask,,am i glad i had the knee replacement...no , at this point and time i can still say nooooooooooo definitely no....the knee doesnt hurt itself as far as that goes...i finally got to no pain pills..no sleeping pills,,,but i added a hp pill by the time it was said and done...and what happened to getting down on it ..like the old knee let me do..not so with this one..unless something happens down the road...my squatting and crawling or getting down on the knee days are over.
yes a knee surgery really changes your attitude,,outlook, and life style..but it could be worse.........i can walk..go up and down stairs,,and run at a snail pace but what else can i ask for...age doesnt help either...the joys of getting old....er
and when i figure out the worse part i will let you know....

im here ,im alive...this winter has been a horrible one as far as deaths and friends getting cancer....so i guess there is a worse part...i just hada knee replacement but i hope i am spared from having another one...i dont like doctors,,dentists..hospitals or any kind of surgery on me or anyone im around.

its summer in the country...more bugs and better blooming flowers then i have ever seen..must have been from that cold winter.......heehee..mowing grass,,ball games,,are keeping me occupied at the time.new babies,graduations.and confirmations ,bridal showers.everything is in full swing right now..

ok...its finally warm..for how long i dont know..a couple days last week the jackets were back out again..weather has been going from short sleeve to a jacket...guess we will be griping about the heat soon...so until i return to my blog again..everyone have a safe and fun summer.................

a not so exciting time

well,,,the trip to town wasn't as bad as i expected...didn't have any sudden panic attacks on the road as i would have been if i were driving..My chauffeur is a remarkable driver..nothing seems to stress him out when it comes to the weather ..he just allows for the instincts you have to have for the ice,snow ,or whatever condition the road is in at the time we are on it..cautiously watching more closely for other drivers who tend to ignore how bad the road conditions are and continuously keep you (the driver) behind the wheel alert...
We live on a township road in our state which is considered a secondary road and that is how the state determines which ones get grated,salted or messed with first..You got it...Ours was not touched this morning..only tire tracks from a few stragglers that were brave enough to be out in the morning hours especially after schools were closed for the 4th day this week..Usually when there is no school..you don't see a grater..Why grade or salt if the kids don't have to go to school...Once we reached the county road, it had been salted so the going was a little easier..Of course it pays to have a Dodge Ram diesel 4 wheel drive in this state and this weather..The one thing that I'm trying to talk the man in the house into doing is to put me a step on the passenger side to step up on...An egg crate makes an excellent step ..one step up .next step you're in. The only thing is I haven't figured out how to attach the egg crate to the truck,,A side step is being considered to put on my side...it would be a big minus on the griping of trying to get into it..having a knee replacement doesn't help..of course..
After doctors visits..a meal in town and stopping to pick up groceries at the local Walmart ,,which by now was after 4p.m...I was ready to head home..my energy level is lower now then what it ever was...and the weather doesn't help any...I hate the bitter cold..I had on a wool cape coat which is a lifesaver to me ...like a blanket wrapped around you...the trip home was in the time frame of it starting to snow ,,,the roads were refreezing and i was just wanting to get back in my warmer then outside house..It was a nasty day to be out..barely 20 degrees for a high and the wind chill made it seem even colder..I was amazed at how little snow was on the four lane highway once we got to it..the road crews are trying to keep it cleared off for the next round of snow...whoo hoo....cant wait..We proceeded on our way back home and sad to say our little township road still hadn't had a plow..scraper or anything done to it.....but alas we are home.......that big red diesel ..we'll keep her,him for awhile longer,especially on days like this.................I'm safely home..my dreaded trip out was more bearable then i thought it would be...if it only were'nt so cold..yuk

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I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE HOUSE THIS LONG FOR A LONG TIME.GUESS I BETTER GET USED TO IT AT THE RATE IT IS SNOWING.

I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT OF THE ROAD SINCE LAST YEAR..DEC 31-09.WHAT A WAY TO START THE NEW YEAR...SNOWED IN....

I LIKE SNOW BUT NOT THIS MUCH AT ONE TIME..BUT THEN AGAIN ..WHERE HAVE I GOT TO GO THAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE OUT ON THE SLICK ROADS....

I HOPE MY POOR ANIMALS STAY WARM WHEN THE WIND CHILL DROPS TONIGHT.THE LAMB HAS A FRESH BED OF STRAW..THE TWO LITTLE PIGS HAVE BEEN BUNKING TOGETHER..THE LAB AND ST.BERNARD ARE SHARING AND THE CAT AND THE JACK RUSSELL HAVE BEEN SHARING THEIR BOX.

I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER KNEE REPLACEMENT..TALK ABOUT A PAIN IN THE BUTT ..WELL...THIS IS IT...HINDERS ME FROM WHAT I WANT TO DO..

I HAVE NEVER LOST THIS MUCH WEIGHT IN 3 MONTHS IN MY LIFE..THE MORE I EAT..THE MORE I LOSE...GUESS I BETTER NOT COMPLAIN TIL I START PUTTING IT BACK ON.

I RANG IN THE NEW YEAR SITTING HERE..THEN WAS SICK THE NEXT TWO DAYS.GO FIGURE...MUST HAVE CELEBRATED TOO MUCH AT HOME..

I HOPE HOW SOON THE SPRING THAW GETS HERE...LAUGH.LAUGH.I CANT SEEM TO GET ANYTHING DONE..WHO WANTS TO CLEAN HOUSE ON DARK DEPRESSING DAYS..RATHER LAY AROUND..

I WONDER IF I HAVE TO FORFEIT MY DR. APPT. TOMORROW DUE TO THE SNOW..AS IT LOOKS THAT WAY NOW..YES I BELIEVE SO...MAYBE NOT ..IF THAT BIG DODGE RAM DIESEL HEADS THAT WAY..

I DO BELIEVE THAT I GOTTA GET TO A STORE OR IF WE GET MORE SNOW WE MAY RUN OUT OF FOOD TO CONSUME..

I WISH I HAD THAT NERVE I HAD ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS STILL WORKING AND WOULD DRIVE IN ANY KIND OF WEATHER ...EVERY DAY AT THAT..LOST IT.

I'M GLAD PT IS OVER WITH ON MY KNEE..BY THE LOOKS OF THE WEATHER I WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE INTO TOWN T0 GET THERE ANYWAYS..

I'M CRAVING A WENDY'S OR BURGER KING DOUBLE DECKER..LIKE I CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT THE RATE THE SNOW IS FALLING..

I LIKE WHITE ,,,BUT THERE IS A LITTLE TOO MUCH WHITE AROUND ME NOW..I DID LIKE THE WHITE WEDDING AND THE NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY..

I CANT BELEIVE THAT MY OLDEST GR-BABY WILL SOON BE 8,,,WHERE HAVE THE YEARS GONE..

I STILL HAVE A TOOTH TO BE PULLED...BUT ITS A DEAD TOOTH SO IT DOESNT SEEM TO BOTHER ME ENOUGH TO HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE...NO PAIN TENDS TO MAKE ME FORGET ABOUT IT.

I CAN'T BELEIVE THAT CHRISTMAS HAS COME AND GONE ALTHOUGH I AM WORE OUT..GOT THAT WAY AFTER..THANK GOODNESS.

I SAID AFTER CHRISTMAS THAT I WAS GOING TO SLOW DOWN AND REST..I THINK I SLOWED DOWN SO MUCH I'M IN REVERSE AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS REST.

I HEARD FROM MY OTHER KNEE REPLACMENT FRIEND THAT AT HER THREE MONTH APPT...THE DR..TOLD HER ,,PAIN EASES UP A LOT AFTER 3 AND A HALF MONTHS BUT COULD STILL SEE SOME WITHIN A 9 MONTH OR A YEAR PERIOD..I SAY WOWWWWWWW..THATS JUST GREAT..

I CANT SEEM TO GET IN BED AT THE SAME TIME EVERY NIGHT NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY....I TAKE PILLS..CHECK BLOOD PRESSURE AND BY THAT TIME IM AWAKE AGAIN..

I WANT TO GO SOUTH HERE AS SOON AS THE WEATHER BREAKS..THE SOUTH AT THIS POINT DOESNT LOOK AS SUNNY AS WHAT I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE..SO WHY GO NOW.

I CANT BELEIVE HOW MANY THINGS I HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH SINCE THIS KNEE REPLACEMENT..NEVER ENDS.NOT THE KNEE ITSELF..OTHER THINGS FLAIRED UP.

I AM GOING TO POST THIS BORING I BLOG AND DO A FEW THINGS BEFORE I GO TO BED.I TOLD MY AUNT I WOULD CALL HER SOMETIME THIS WEEK AND STILL HAVENT DONE THAT YET...

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