...as you can tell by the dates here...

Life with my Mom under the same roof has been a blessing. She says she's very happy to be here. It's definitely a tight fit, with her sleeping in 18yo Mike's room, but we're moving ever slowly to making the addition a reality. Her estimation that it could be a year before it happens looks like a good guess. I sure hope we don't have to wait that long, but we'll just have to wait and see.

It took us 2 months to get the approval from the Landmarks Commission (over historic homes, have to get their approval before you even start with permits and talking to contractors). But we have their approval. Dh Glenn is currently demolishing the porch between jobs. (We still have a way in and out the front door at least.) The porch needs to come first.

The addition will be mom's own little home, with a bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette, and living/dining area, probably 400-500 sq. ft. which will share the same wall as my kitchen-to-be, and the common door will be into our utility room, making it easy for her to do her laundry. With her financial input (once she's in the addition), we should get it paid for fairly soon, then her financial input will help us get the rest of the house fixed up.

I've been kept busy getting her set up for cataract surgery and as of Monday, August 11th, she's had both eyes done. She is amazed how well she can see without glasses and at least is ok with the need for reading glasses (using 2.75 OTC Readers). When she gets seen next week, we'll see what they think we need to do for the Glaucoma. She's got about a 90° field of vision (whereas most people have 190°). The eye doc mentioned the possiblity of surgery or eye drops, so we'll see. Found her a primary doctor this week (Monday) and got the results of her blood work on Wednesday (everything looks GOOD). She's going to go visit one of her sisters in Tulsa next month.

So, I've been busy juggling a lot lately and writing on my blog has sadly been one of the "easier" things to drop. (So far,I've been able to keep up with my Friday Column over on HomeschoolBlogger's Company Porch.) So that's what we've been dealing with lately.

I wanted to mention a friend's blog that I added to my list tonight. Sheila lives in TN and is a pastor's wife. She's a TERRIFIC writer and has some this phenomenonal thoughts. She's well worth the time and effort to read and to get to know through her Blog.