Well, I can mark off one more thing I did while my husband was deployed: foot surgery. I sit here laid up on the couch thinking of all the things I could be doing. So for me this is very fustrating watching eveyone else do things for me. I do not like losing control. :) My Aunt decided to come up to visit while I had my surgery and help out. She will be here for the next 3 weeks. Hopefully by then I will be up and about and feeling no pain. 
The meds make me feel drowsy and sick to my stomach. There is no way I will allow anything to come up through my mouth so I just rexlax, pray, and take some deep breath. I can feel my foot starting to throb a bit and don't look forward to when the real pain sets in.
The kids are being very helpful and caring. They have been busy playing games, cooking, cleaning, laundry, and grocery shopping with Aunt Mel and laughing up a storm. I cannot help but laugh myself.
So here I lay on the couch watching everyone else do stuff. I know I should not be complaining about this but it is so hard for me to sit still. :) After a week or so of this I may just go mad. Thank goodness the kids are older and are able to do dishes and everything.
I did make things easy for them and prepared all the meals for the next three weeks. Most of the prep work has been done and most of the meat has been cooked. All they have to do is follow the menu and pull out the right meat. Feels good to have it all done. I use to do this when I was homeschooling
and it made life so much easier. The hard part is cooking all the meat in advance. I came home last Friday and cooked about 6+ pounds of chicken, 4 pounds of turkey burger, 4 pounds of turkey susage, and pre made chicken pot pie, and twice baked potatoes. It was a long night. Usually, Hubby helps me with all this but with him deployed it was up to the kids to help out a bit. They worked the sealer bags and labeled the food. :) I will do this all over in a couple of weeks in preparation for Marlins 2 week R&R. This way I am not stuck in the kitchen and we can spend more time as a family playing games and just being together. We only have about 40 days left and he should be home. CANNOT WAIT.
Until next time........
I
