Latest Beaver Cabin pics, in random order

Matthew and Mike at Home Depot in Cedar City. Matthew loves going in w/ his daddy while I sit in the car w/ the bird, dog and kitties.

The master bathroom corner "garden" tub. Kim will have a jet tub in her bathroom, too.

The interior doors. I believe Mike said this is "alder" wood.

Front w/ the side covered porch. Can't wait for the stairs!

I was standing down the side of the hill to take this picture.

I encountered lots of deer pooh pellets while roaming around down the hill. They are eating all the little trees Mike planted.

My favorite spot on the porch. Such a fantastic view and breeze! We'll be putting a porch swing there on the end.

Dining room and living room area and Matthew's room up top.

View out the dining room window. The upstairs bathroom plumbing. Tim is doing a great job.

Guess we get the railing very last.

Me and my little green girl, Aimie... Matthew in the back seat. This is one spoiled parrot.

We had such fun time.

It was very muddy, we thought we were stuck when we first drove in. Rainy and cold the first couple days.

We had lots of good dinners and yummy Amish bread.

Update on Joel: He is checking out of the hospital right now as I type .... no one knows how or why this happened to him. He will have to go get blood drawn every few days ... then eventually once a week ... still has the clot in kidney, but he's on a blood thinner. He'll go back for more tests in six months. I feel sorry for him. To spend almost a week in the hospital, but not really have any answers.

Off to Beaver this morning

Have a great week. I won't be watching the news, but I will listen to Rush, Glenn, Laura and Sean on talk radio to keep up. I'll be home Thursday morning.

My son's wonderful partner, Joel was admitted into hospital on Friday night w/ a blood clot in his kidney. He's only 27 and this is all very odd to be happening to a youngster. My BIL said that in 30 years of medicine, he hasn't seen this. The doc at the imaging center said he has not seen this either... basically, Joel had a heart attack in his kidney.

Of course since this happened on a Friday night... he's just hanging out in hospital on morphine. Hopefully we'll know soon what is going on. His mom drove down from the Reno area yesterday.

(and yes, I am feeling totally guilty leaving town while he is in hospital... *sigh*... but I am only a couple hours away if I have to come back. My son, his mom and all his friends are there.... but I still feel guilty. Mike is insisting that I go b/c I haven't been up since Thanksgiving and we won't be going next week.)

Please say a little prayer for my buddy.

Death of the United States as we know it

I felt this way the day Obama was elected... and I feel this way today as he's about to sign that Generational Theft Act or the Swindle Us Package.

He is a President on steroids... trying to be the President of Everything. Has his little hands in everything like Hugo Chavez.

The Socialist States of America.

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/02/17/yes-we-care-porkulus-protesters-holler-back/

Update on the little Koala w/ video

http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2009/02/11/update-on-a-story-we-followed-on-the-record-at-10pm/
This is so heartwarming.

I. Love. This. Picture.

SYDNEY – It was a chance encounter in the charred landscape of Australia’s deadly wildfires:

A koala sips water from a bottle offered by a firefighter. David Tree noticed the koala moving gingerly on scorched paws as his fire patrol passed. Clearly in pain, the animal stopped when it saw Tree.

“It was amazing, he turned around, sat on his bum and sort of looked at me with (a look) like, put me out of my misery,” Tree told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

“I yelled out for a bottle of water. I unscrewed the bottle, tipped it up on his lips and he just took it naturally. “He kept reaching for the bottle, almost like a baby.”

The team called animal welfare officers to pick up the koala Sunday, the day after deadly firestorms swept southern Victoria state.

“I love nature, and I’ve handled koalas before. They’re not the friendliest things, but I wanted to help him,” Tree said.

Koalas normally drink almost no water because they get almost all their fluids from the leaves they eat.

After the scorched koala sipped from the water bottle and Tree’s crew moved on, animal welfare officials came by.

The koala was in pain but recovering with antibiotics.

She is lovely — very docile — and she has already got an admirer.

A male koala keeps putting his arms around her,” Shaw was quoted as saying. “It will be a long road to recovery, but she should be able to be released back into the wild in about five months.”

Wood burning stove up and running!

We love that 8 inch stove pipe! We get great draft.

Our first fire.

We love how big the opening is... we could stick a stump in there!

New bedroom set w/ new shutters, too.

Notice the vanity and chair that Mike made for me out of maple... he stained it w/ pecan. How lucky did we get to find furniture to match!

We needed to say room for our girl, Aimie... her cage is her bed.

Pictures are all hung up now.

MRI/MRA went really well today... it was totally painless. I was home in an hour! I was sure to be the very first patient. My doc should get the results in the next couple days.

Going tomorrow for an MRI and MRA on the ole brainola.
I go in next Monday for an ultrasound on my carotid artery and I'll get an ECHO, too.

I am of course, WAY hoping it's just a crazy virus that as settled into the right side of my face. I am currently taking meds for that. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

I really need to be healthy and I need to stay healthy for my little Matthew.

I should know all results on Feb. 23rd. Had a bunch of blood tests, too.