August 31st update

Well, here I sit on a drizzly Sunday afternoon. The house is quiet with everyone catching up on well deserved sleep. Harvest has been going well. We have enjoyed Robert, Melissa and Josiah home the last few days. Robert has given me a break from the combine and they stayed over so I could help my "second born" to celebrate her birthday! We are off to an evening of singing in our church building and I look forward to spending a nice evening with friends. I can't believe it is the last day of August. We are just over half done harvest, kids are back in school for another year and we are about 2 months away from out next grandchild being born. I will be excited to go spend time in Saskatoon with Linaya as Monica has the new baby in October. Melissa has been feeling a little better but still thinks February could be a long time away as they wait for their new baby. Josiah and Linaya are such fun. They have both stolen our hearts and entertain us with their rapid change from baby to walking, talking toddlers! We are very blessed by our family. Stephen was in Saskatchewan for a week and we shared him between home and Saskatoon. As always, it is wonderful to have the family together and we look forward to Christmas.

Harvest has begun!

Last night Stan took the combine a couple of laps around the Canola field. It wasn't quite ready, but so near. It is hot and windy today so it will be "all systems go" by Monday for sure, and maybe even later this afternoon. We had our last lunch at the kitchen table for a while as I eat before I go out to the combine and he eats when he brings grain back to the yard. I have the oven working today to stockpile a few basics like buns and cabbage rolls etc. so if I don't have something ready in the fridge, there will always be something for backup in the freezer. It is such an exciting time of the year! I look forward to the beginning and later I will be just as happy to see the conclusion. God has been good. We have some good looking crops and even the stuff the had hail as come back the best it could.

Concerning my recent health problem? I am without pain and ready to go! I am SO thankful this kidney stone is gone in time for the harvest.

Almost there.......

I woke up this moring feeling like "I'm back". I have spent that last couple of weeks feeling some kind of pain or haze from some kind of medications. I woke up this morning and stretched and thought, "Hey! nothing hurts" Good sign, The stent is still irritating and it still stings if I flex where the IV enters the top of my hand, but other than that, I think I'll be quite mobile tomorrow when the stent comes out. They will let me know if I continue with once a day trips for one kind of antibiotic while I take pills at home now for the other kind for another week. Stan and I don't have a good batting average for infections. I guess we just better stay out of trouble. Excuse me while I go get a LARGE glass of water and go back to bed for a while. Stan is off to the swather later than usual as he stayed up a little later last night and visited Stephen, Robert and Melissa and Josiah. They have been here since Sunday afternoon and leave today. It has been great to see them and I hadn't seen our Stephen since Christmas. He's looking great and we had some really nice visits as he did some trips to town with me. Robert learned the fine art of swathing yesterday and let Stan catch up on a nap. Melissa is looking good but still not having a real easy pregnancy and little Josiah? Well!! He just spreads sunshine where he goes!! He makes me smile!!

Continuing saga......

Well, I woke up on Sat. am with a temp of 104 and have been back in the hospital with infection. Once the fever broke I convinced the Dr. to let me live at home and drive in every 6 hours for continuing antibiotics. Please keep us in your prayers. I'm STILL trying to be in shape for harvest.

Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy...

a new way to say ZAP! I just got home from Regina General Hospital and Dr. Tse is again my hero for using modern technology to rid me off my latest frustration,a one cm. kidney stone. It just wasn't about to go away by itself. The procedure took 49 minutes and I'll need at least 5 days recovery time. I think I'm back in the harvest business. Hurray!!!

Quiet before the Harvest Rush

Well, we're poised on the edge of leaping into harvest. I've been busy trying to put some food in the freezer ready to pop in the microwave between loads of grain. I did a couple of days in the "all inclusive" Gravelbourg hospital with a kidney stone attack. It is still with me, but hopefully relocated so it won't bother me through harvest. Stan has been busy getting machinery and grainbins ready. This is such and exiting time of the year. The hail took away our "elusions of grandeur". It had looked like a really great crop before he storm. Now it's a tribute to nature's desire to come back! There is more crop than anticipated, but very close to the ground. Please say a little prayer for our health and stamina as we go into this busy time. Stan has been feeling well but it will be a hard time to keep up with needed rest. God is good and we'll keep relying on Him to meet our needs. We wish our other farmer friends a boutiful and safe harvest.