Life on the High Plains

Jillian and Brian's wedding is 4 weeks from today.  Yikes!  Irv ordered me to take it easy today so I spent 10 hours straight sitting in a chair sewing the trim onto Jillian's veil.  I wanted to make her a special keepsake for her wedding.  I'm having a terrible dilemma because she needs something old.  I inherited one piece of jewelry from my grandmother and I gave that to Dana when she got married.  (Three of my four grandparents died before I was born so I never knew them.)  Hopefully when my daughters' children get married they will have a special family heirloom to pass onto them. The veil isn't done yet, I still have about 200 Swarovski crystals to attach.  I think it will be beautiful when it's finished. My eyes held up quite well today and I was happy to see that I could still thread a needle without putting my reading glasses on.  I think my cold has now progressed to bronchitis though. Tomorrow is Easter, the day to celeb...

The surgery is over and all came out well.  In fact, I would have to say it was miraculous.  Just to tell you a little about the procedure...I arrived at the center and checked in.  The nurse gave me 15 mg of Valium and a little while later they took me back to the holding room.  The nurse asked me how I was feeling and I told her I felt completely normal so she gave me another Valium.  Then she cleaned my eye area and marked my eyeballs with what looked like a magic marker.  A few minutes later it was my turn!  I went in the surgical room which was dark and filled with all kinds of people and machinery.  I must have been feeling good by this time because I wasn't nervous or anything.  The most annoying part was this thing they suction onto your eyeball while they're cutting the flap.  Other than that it was a lot of watching the green light and listening to the zapping.  I know I was feeling pretty good because I thought all t...

Tomorrow is the big day, hopefully.  I've been waiting a couple months for my Lasik eye surgery appointment to roll around and it is finally here.  There's only one problem...I'm sick.  Me, who never gets sick, has come down with a cold--runny nose, itchy eyes, the whole nine yards.  If I have to reschedule, it will be Fall before I get the surgery.  My surgeon takes the summer off...I guess you can do that when you're the best.  I'm using the power of positive thinking to will myself well by morning.  Keep your fingers crossed.  Say a little prayer that I don't freak out when he cuts "the flap" on my eyes and I lose my vision for a few seconds.  (I can do it, I can do it, I can do it.  Or better--I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.)  I have to keep my eyes bandaged until Friday morning, but after that I will hopefully be able to post the video of my Lasik procedure.  No, Irv won't be there videoing (alth...

Diesel came over to visit today and he got to meet the horses, Doc and Jasper. The horses thought Diesel was very interesting. Jillian and Irv took the horses for a little spin, it has been quite a while since they were last ridden.  Both behaved quite well.  Doc is still shedding his winter coat so he's not looking  very good yet. It started out a beautiful day, but then the wind picked up (as usual).  Still no rain, our pasture grass is dry and brittle.  At least we're not burning up like Texas, not yet anyway.

The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!”   John 12:12-13

We had a nice surprise this evening.  Billy Currington and Kenny Chesney invited us over to the Instrust Bank Arena to see Kenny's Goin' Coastal show. I have to admit that I committed the biggest sin a blogger can commit.  I left home without a camera.  So here I am on my way to see Kenny and the only camera I have is my cell phone.  I've learned a tough lesson. Anyway, Uncle Cracker (I think that was his name) started the show, followed by Billy, then Kenny.  It was fantastic!  I am now the deafest I have been since the first Nsync show I went to years ago (yes, I have been to more than one Nsync show).  It was LOUD!   Kenny is highly energetic.  I can certainly see why he was Entertainer of the Year for so many years. It's now 11:30 and I need to go to bed.  Hopefully some of the deafness will wear off by 6:00 a.m. so I can hear the alarm go off.

I'm back in Wichita for regression testing for the project I've been working on for the last 2 1/2 years--NGS (Next Generation Solution).  Eighteen team members are here to put our program to test.  It has come a long way and it's about ready to go to pilot.  I love what I saw today.  It's all finally together and functioning pretty good.  There are a few glitches, but overall it's going to be great.  Now to get everyone else in my association excited about.  That's going to the hard part.  People are set in their ways and don't like to change.  I love change, maybe it's because I'm into technology.  If something can make my life better, I'm all for it.  How do you feel about change?