Back from the dead

Since no one has posted on here in a month, I thought I'd say hi.

Lessee. Wes' dad had another heart attack right after Christmas (this is number 5, 6, or 7, depending on whose count you believe). The good news is that he is home and feels fine. The bad news is that he lost another 20% of his heart (he had already yet lost a third in previous heart attacks). Plus the fact that he lost more means that he has a blocked artery, but they can't do an angioplasty or even another heart cath because his health overall is so poor. So please pray about that.

Thanks to Brian and Dad, we now have new, non-leaking, functional water lines in the entire house (except the downstairs bath, which we held off on until we remodel that). That was an unexpected hitch in the holiday week, but something that was on our long-term to do list, plus I finally got a hose for my flower beds out of it, so we're happy.

We're still remodelling the upstairs bathroom, and will be for a while yet since these other events took up a lot of time that we weren't expecting, but we sealed the plaster on the cement board and put on the first code of paint yesterday. Next up: installing the floor heating system and tiling the floor.

Wes is making good progress on his new book (yay), and I am back at the office (boo). Baxter, Bert and Ernie are all still fat and stupid and cuddly, so life is as it should be.