Florida Family Fun



Mom and I had tickets to Florida

long before I knew I had to have surgery.

I almost cancelled them

amidst

the threat of flying with a cast.

Blood Clots, Swelling....

How miserable would I be?

How much could I walk?

what to do?

 

In the end,

the doctor had me take an aspirin every day for the

two weeks before I left.

 

And we went.

Last weekend.

And while there were a few minor issues,

we had fun! 

 

So nice to have a great visit with family

and

spend some time with Mom.

 

Pictured above

from left to right.

My brother in law, Ron,

Sister, Jan

Mom

Me

My niece, Amber,

My new nephew, Larry.

 



I even got a painting project in!

Amber wanted her mailbox to look like an old saddlebag.

You can see it in the top picture also. 

It was a fun project!

It did rain a lot while we were there.

Florida's wet sunshine.

We did get some regular sunshine also!

How about this garden edging? 

 

Amber and Larry insist that the neighbor drank all the beer.

Hmmm...

 

 

Amber locking up the house.

Isn't this just the cutest house?

I love the yellow door!

One of the many junk/antique shops that we explored!

A china store for Mom.

Some pretty cool pottery yard art.

 

And Leroy, my favorite store proprietor!

He was so nice and I found

two coffeepots

and

a whole set of wooden bowls

and

he gave me the "blessed" price

as he called it.

 

$10 total!

 

He told me that he didn't want his picture on the Internet

that he was in the

Witness Protection Program

but,

I am sure he was kidding?

 

We have a joke about wearing

couch camouflage.

My Mom's couch is brown and blue striped and one day

my SIL, Brian had on a shirt that matched it.

One morning, I laid my clothes on the bed to get ready

and....

Bed Camouflage!

 

 

And last, but not the least of the stories...

There is no picture to accompany this story.

You will understand.

 

The first morning of our visit.

I stand and look at the tub and shower.

I don't have a garbage bag and duct tape to cover the cast

and

I am not sure if I can get over the edge of the tub anyway.

So, I think.

 

I need to wash my hair.

If I can get in that tub,

lay down with my head under the faucet,

cast over the side of the tub...

That's it! 

I can do that.

So, as my leg is still pretty sore at the point,

I lower myself into the tub,

lay down and proceed to suds up.

One thing that I didn't factor into this equation

was the tub is sloped downhill

and

slippery and wet,

I keep sliding downhill

which puts my FACE

under the faucet and not my hair,

causing drowning worries.

The OTHER factor

that I didn't take into account

was how slippery I would be

trying to get back out of the tub

with one leg out over,

of no use for much weight

and

the balance of the weight

slipping and sliding

and

pushing

and

grunting

and

panicking

that I am going to have to call someone

to get my

naked

55 year old

body out of this

unfortunate

pose.

It could have burned someone's retinas.