yes

I'm back on here.... It has been months. Lets see,,,,, the kids graduated, Micah and Corbin will be here in a couple weeks, cant' wait!!!! Me and Alicia have been busy redoing the house, me and Mackenzie have been golfing at least once a week, I have a blast watching him play and improve every time. The father/son bonding is awesome. Been busy with both jobs, getting bills paid off is an awesome feeling. Ok, I've gone on enough... More later

We did it!!!!

Alicia and I are starting the new year off with a bang, no new years resolutions, just pinky promises to each other. We are starting our program to get out of debt, and we both jumped back onto weight watchers. Well, today we went to the gym on base for the first time. I did 20 minutes nonstop on the eliptical machine. With my worn out knee, it was great. Alicia was on the machine right next to me. I don't think she enjoyed it as much as I did. She would rather be running. It felt really good to get active again. We are planning on going every Mon, Wed and Fri God willing.

Corbin

Our new grandson is so stinking awesome!!!!!! I take him from Micah every chance I get, even though this evening, I did let Alicia hold him for a while. Being a papaw is not what I expected. I don't feel old... Its just like having your own kid except when he fills his britches, you can pass him back to his mom :)
Yep, I feel pretty darned proud to have that boy around. I'm gonna hate it when they have to leave on the 1st to go back to Maryland...

another first

This morning was another first for me. I went for a bike ride, that is bicycle not motorcycle. Alicia was going for her run so I went for a bike ride with her. I can't run anymore but the dr said I could bike, walk or play golf and everyone knows the speed at which I walk so that wouldn't get me anywhere in a hurry. On the bike ride which was the first time in like 38 years, I didn't get my heart rate up to do anything but me legs sure feel like tree trunks..... Planning on keeping this up when Alicia runs so that is going to have to be my exercise....

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is how I'm feeling today.....

better and better

As the title says, my post knee surgery is getting better and better. It felt so good, I went on my first motorcycle ride in quite a while yesterday. I kept it short though. And kept it short again today :)
Might start taking a little longer ride as the healing continues.

The Good Juice

Surgery went amazingly well yesterday. When the guy came in to start the "happy medicine", I told Alicia she'd better kiss me then before I forgot what all was going on. And true enough, that is about all I remember. I do remember being wheeled back and scooting over to the O.R. table. I remember just a small bit of waking up in recovery and hearing a couple nurses gossiping about a co-worker. Alicia said I was too funny cause as I was waking up, I would ask her the same series of questions several times :) As Alicia said in her post last night, I'm still pain free PTL!!!
I had a couple darvocet on my nightstand during the night just in case but didn't need them at all. I'll just keep praying for a total healing and we won't have to use the word "replacement" anymore.