Well, another week has gone by and I am still here. All is good for me so far. I took a couple of day off of work this week to get some stuff done around here, but it is not an easy task for me, yet. I can tell you one thing, I sleep well at night after days like these. I took the shutters down and tried to re-paint them. I picked out a nice shade of green or so I thought. When I painted the first one, it was a LIME green. They were a dark forest green and I thought some a LITTLE lighter would be good, but I have yet to figure out WHY they have this color. It was not even close to the shade on the paper sheet and I could not imagine anyone every using this color. Boy, what a mistake I made picking this shade out. Betty said she wanted them black instead. I painted the first coat of them but they still need a second coat. I also have been working on the posts along the front porch. I replace about 2 feet on the bottom of each a while back, but never finished them before my accident. It is a lot tougher on me now to get these right, but I am working on it. One of Tiff's friend's husband came over and did some work on Friday. He spent some time filling holes with caulk and a lot of time removing old caulk and replacing it with new. I knew better than to get to some of this using the ladder. I am not real comfortable with that yet. I know if I lose my balance and fall, my broken tail bone would let me know. If it was real bad, my pelvic area would be a bad thing to re-break. Off the ladder is the best thing for me right now.
We had a memorial service today for Betty's brother, Russell. Her Mom and one sister flew in for this and the were two brothers and one sister there. Bill had two of his kids there and Pat had two of her sons there. All four of my kids were there. Megan and Matt left from there to go to Dallas to see his family for Father's Day. Breanna came into town for being there and made it special to me since this is Father's Day. I would say, with all the family, there was probably about 20 people there. Some had some good things to say about Russell. It is great to hear these stories from the past and we will all remember him as a sweet, loving person. I had only met him two or three times, but he was always so nice to be around. Now his is with his father and with God. If it is your time to go, what better place to be there with God. RUSSELL, OUR LOVE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU.
I feel like someone has beaten me with a bat after these last few days have gone by. I used to be a lot better at this stuff, but now it all hurts. But, at least I don't have to live with these LIME green shutters.
To all the Father's out there, have a great day tomorrow. I told the girls and Matt that I already have my Father's Day gift because I am here and walking with only a very slight limp. How could I be happier? Not possible!
Love to all of you. Your friend for life.
Mark 6/14/08
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