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Rebecca and I have been wanting to make homemade laundry soap for quite some time. We finally did it the other day. Rebecca tells the story so much better than I do but I’ll share the pictures I got.

This is before mixing in the last of the fels naptha.

We had such a horrible time grating the fels naptha, so mid-way, I sent her to get a new grater….$5 and much, much easier!

It’s kind of like a pepper grinder and speeded up the process considerably.

Go read her account of the process, she’s so funny….. go here . She might have had too much coffee when she wrote it. lol

Today was my brother’s surgery.

We were one the road by 6:30, in spite of the fact that I was still awake at 1 a.m.! Things have changed a lot these days. There is a big tv screen that tells what is going on in surgery….when they are still being prepped and then when they are actually in surgery, then post op. Interesting. I couldn’t bring myself to go read the screen.

We were all fairly relaxed, I did have to go sit by myself for awhile and listen to my iPod. I love my Touch, I read my Bible on it and then listened to praise music and prayed. I found a comfortable chair and put my feet up and relaxed. Surgery was about 2 1/2 hours and they felt it went very well. The not only found the Chiari Malformation, but there was also some malformation in the vertebrae. If you are medically knowledgeable, I am sure I am messing it up in the telling, but I do understand what it was all about. The area was too narrow and they made the area larger and took out one of the tonsils in the brain. I had it explained to me so many times and in my head, I do understand but still don’t have the words. I did learn stenosis=narrowing.

I was able to update my facebook status using my iPod Touch and get encouragement back from others. That was so helpful to me and I shared it with my sister-in-law, who was also very touched.

We waited 3 hours before my sister-in-law and niece got to go to ICU to see him. My mom and I did get to go in for a few minutes. He looked good, his stats were all good and the best of all? He squeezed my hand when I talked to him. He is in a great deal of pain and we were told that would be the case. I am so grateful it is over and for all who are caring for him. I am so proud of my niece and my sister-in-law.

And now, all I want to do is cry from relief and gratitude.

On the way home from Olympia, I took my mom to the bulb farm.

It was just what we needed.

I’m sad this one is dark but isn’t it peaceful?

I got myself some daffodils. I’ll arrange them tomorrow but too tired tonight.

I bought the vase there, too. It just looked so cool with the daffodils.

To bed I soon go.

ps  A friend just shared a good cause…..

5 Days in May

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