Nearly perfect

On this wonderful (and rare!) relaxing day I got to...

...start the day meeting with my small group girls for breakfast. I honestly don't know if I would have made it through the past few months without these ladies.

...celebrate the second birthday of TCBinWtm. Yes, folks, my baby is TWO. Today she was not interested in candles, cake or presents -- she just wanted her pool! We tried to get her to look at her gifts, but she kept grabbing my hand and yanking me back to the water. "Come, play!"

...eat the best freakin' gelato in town at Bella Dolci (if you live here in Salt Lake, I'm begging you to go there and have either the pistachio or coconut almond...you will thank me).

...and veg on the couch with my now-home hubby and catch up on The Next Food Network Star (everyone needs a vice and this is ours).

A nearly perfect day.

Good news

Sometimes I feel like I have to wait until there's something inspiring or good to say before I can update blogs. Lately it seems as if we've been living in limbo (me personally, and especially where Mom is concerned). We have been getting good news in dribs and drabs with Mom. As many of you know, she ran out of Medicare last month and Becky has been working tirelessly with the folks at her care center to figure out how to continue caring for her there (she is not yet well enough to be at home) without bankrupting Dad. As of right now, it looks like the government is taking Dad's condition into consideration so he can keep everything, pay a reasonable amount for her room and board, and Medicare will still pay part of her therapy for while at least (she has been discharged from physical therapy because she wasn't making enough progress for them, but she's been doing great with occupational therapy and they will figure out ways to incorporate some PT stuff for her to do so she can continue to work on getting better). Please pray for her that she will continue to improve physically and be able to face what she needs to face emotionally.

In other good news, my 3+ veeeeeery long weeks without Joe are almost at an end. He'll be home in just a few hours and believe me, I CAN'T WAIT!!!

And in other good news (the good news being that I didn't fall or have a heart attack!) I got to spend a wonderful morning hiking today with my sweet Emmy whose birthday was yesterday. Happy birthday, Em! And to all of you, don't you wish you were here?: