Update for a neglected blog

A lot has been going on in nancyrosettaville.

Hubby had knee surgery but is recovering nicely. Arthroscopic to be exact. We even have a DVD of the inside of the knee parts of the surgery, and the surgeon actually narrates the footage as he is talking to Scott. It's pretty cool. Scott is doing very well. He only used crutches for a few hours, then on to a cane for a day. Really an amazing recovery.

Mom continues to be a part time job for me. I visit her as much as I can, and have recently been having more pleasant visits, she is doing better in some aspects and worse in others. I have been dealing with her personal/financial issues as well, they had started to take a toll on me, but I think things are beginning to settle, at least I hope that is the case.

Rusty has started to bark at me when I sit on the couch. It's only been about a week of this new nonsense. I am not usually afraid of him when he does this, but the last couple of days, his breath with the barks have left my hair standing on end. The shock collar* seems to stop this behavior, we don't even have to use the electric part of it, just putting it on him does the trick. (*we only use the sound part...not the shock part)

There's the quick update.

Happy Valentine's Day

Scott gave me roses.

Pretty, red, fragrant roses...

What'd you get?

Venison anyone?

This is 1/2 a deer.



Thankfully I don't have the gory detailed photos of how it came to be. This is a post butcher photo. A very professional butcher, wouldn't you agree?

Andy's kill.

Scott helped with the gutting, be-heading, de-footing and skinning.

I actually don't really know how I feel about this meat. I am having a little bit of a hard time not thinking of Bambi and Bambi's Mom. Such is the food chain to a thinking person. This is the first kill in the four or so years that Andy and Scott have been hunting together.

Tomorrow I foodsave and freeze most of it, and give some to Julie and Nick.

We have some venison meals in our immediate future.

October 19th

Seventeen years ago on this date, I was dressed like a princess. Scott and I made people go to church and then had a party complete with a three tier cake.

We got married at the Church of the Covenant on Newbury street. The church completely dwarfed our small amount of guests, but we liked it that way. Then we had our reception in the Dome Ballroom at the Lenox hotel on Boylston Street, where we stayed the night in the honeymoon suite on the 11th floor.





Hmmm, we don't look that cute anymore.
My scanner is not working, and since we got married before digital cameras were widely used, we only have the proofs. I had to take pictures of the pictures, which didn't come out so good, but you get the idea.
Happy Anniversary Scott!

Who is this man?

Scott decided to let the 'Man' win.
Today he shaved his face, but he continues to grow his hair.

Before:


After:


With that fantastic head of hair, you would think he would have at least kept a Freddy Mercury moustache.