December 11, 2012

Well as you can see, we put Christmas lights up this past weekend.  It was about 70 degrees, sunny and not a cloud in the sky.  We took our time, enjoying the beautiful Arizona day.  There are about 6 houses on our street that have also put up lights, not too many lights, just the right amount.  They all look nice.  Putting up the lights did provide somewhat of a challenge for Marty, since he has been wearing a walking boot cast to help stabilize his ankle.  It helps him tremendously as he walks, but going up and down the ladder was something he had not yet done with the boot.  But the lights are up and look great.

It is also flu season, so that seems to mean I turn into an overbearing "nurse type" person. "Do you want a mask?  Did you bring your hand sanitizer?  Are you sure you want to go there, there will be a lot of people?, What is your temperature?, What is your O2 saturation? Your heart rate?  Your BP?   etc..."  Marty always answers with a kind word, and I try to not be so overly cautious.  The truth is, any little bug/virus/bacteria, scares the heck out of me.   Marty has NEVER shown any signs or symptoms of illness after is original onset of his lung disease 6 years ago.  The few things he has been ill with, he hasn't had any symptoms, even the Swine flu.  Just have to keep on trusting God...He has been and continues to be right here with us.

Today we got our Christmas gifts wrapped and sent to Ohio.  Marty did some of the wrapping, and of course I let him do all of the totally weird shaped packages.  So Ohio family, if you get a package with tons of tape on it......I'm not going to say anything else.

Today on Facebook I got an update from Help Hope Live, formally National Transplant Assistance Fund, with a suggestion for a fundraising idea for tomorrow, 12/12/12.  We thought it was a pretty unique idea, so we are passing it along... the idea is that since 12/12/12 is a once in a century date, to post on blogs, Facebook and Twitter asking for your supporters/followers/ friends to contribute $12.00 to your fundraising campaign. So that is what we are doing.  Just go to www.helphopelive.org and in the section that says "Find Patient" type in Marty's name.  Thank you for considering this.

Well, it is getting late,  so I am going to close for now. More later when it is not so late.