Month: March 2016

The gout is mainly resolved; it still has some residual pain but NOTHING in comparison to what I had.  The colchicine indeed works but has one major side effect that I don’t like so I can take one pill in 24 hours and be OK. When we saw the cardiologist last week I had a… Continue reading March 30 Update

Sunrise service was really nice this morning but I’m not great at getting up so early.  I hadn’t been sleeping well for a number of days until the last couple days when I had to get up early… funny how that works.  Anyways, we had a fair number of guests visiting Salem from other Waynesboro… Continue reading Christ is Risen…He is Risen Indeed

Hi Everyone Not much to say about me today.  March 25, 2016 marks a year since my Dad’s siblings lost another brother.  Our mom lost her husband, we lost our Dad, our kids lost their Pappy.  He was a quiet man but he loved to laugh.  I can still remember times when we laughed together… Continue reading March 25 Update

OK again sorry for the delay.  The emails started again… even a few calls…”Hey are you ok?” I have to admit I always try to maintain a positive outlook but the gout flared on this past Friday again.  This time it was much worse than the original onset but the bright side was that it… Continue reading March 21, Update

Another beautiful day!  Call it 70 degrees and sunny, beautiful for March and no wind. We got out for a mile and a half stroll so far; then Rita reigned me in and said “Maybe after supper we do another mile?  Good time for you to take a break”.  She has a gift for knowing… Continue reading March 16 Update

It was a good weekend.  I got a bunch of stuff done in the shop Saturday and burned a load of cardboard.  Seems the office was invaded by cardboard.  I haven’t been feeling very productive so it felt good to get some work done. We are using Dad’s old pickup around the property; it’s proven quite… Continue reading March 14 Update