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October 10, 2014
IT'S FRIDAY, MY FAVORITE DAY!!
We had some special guests over the weekend. My nephew Brian and his wife Tonya got here Saturday to spend some time with us. They had stopped by to see us at our place a couple of months ago and decided they would like to come back to spend some time on the water. We set the date at that time and hoped for the best as far as weather goes. As it turned out, we had the perfect weather for them to do some kayaking on Nehalem Bay and we had a real nice visit as well. We had made arrangements with our friends Des and Donna Kahrs to let them use a couple of kayaks and things couldn't have worked out better for them. In fact, both of them ended up with sunburns from their time out on the water! October at the coast and sunburns aren't usually mentioned in the same sentence around here!
Meanwhile, I spent most of my time this week taking it easy on account of my leg that I injured last week when I fell. I went to the doctor on Friday because I was getting an infection in the cut and it turns out that I had developed Cellulitis in my leg which is very painful. The doc gave me some antibiotics and pain killers and told me to keep my leg iced and elevated. By Monday morning (5:00 a.m.), I was heading for the ER in Tillamook because the infection had spread and wasn't getting any better and I was in a lot of pain. The grumpy doctor that I saw at the ER gave me another antibiotic. I tried to explain to these doctors that I had had Cellulitis before and the only treatment that even touched it was an IV in combination with the antibiotics, but somehow they seem to think they know better. The grumpy doctor needed a cup of coffee!! I was told to check in with my primary care doc in a couple of days as a follow-up. So on Wednesday, and still in pain, I saw my primary care guy and he ended up giving me a shot to "help things along". It did help but I sure wish that these guys would listen to me so we could get things taken care of right away! Now, I just wish it would heal as I have things to do and places to go!
Dave had an opportunity to go salmon fishing again this week. This time he came home with a 20-pound Chinook! A guy he serves with on the city council offered him a seat on his boat and Dave jumped at the chance. They had been catching a lot of Coho but since they're limited to the number of wild (non-hatchery) ones of those they can keep, they just figured they would go out and catch and release Coho for a couple of hours. Anyway, they hooked this nice Chinook and Dave had a lot of fun landing this one as it gave him a pretty good fight. I guess I would fight for my life too! We ate part of it for dinner that evening.
We received this great picture of my oldest granddaughter Ashtin who plays on the high school varsity soccer team. She is what they call the "sweeper", meaning she is the last line of defense between the ball and the goalie. She is having a lot of fun and between her and her sister Paige there is always a soccer game going on somewhere. Speaking of Paige, her team took the championship in a tournament they played in last weekend. They played in Seattle and played with teams from throughout the Northwest. Paige's reputation has gotten around and when she is on the field the other team has her triple guarded. But now when that happens, she just passes the ball to someone else who is open and lets them score! We love it when she scores, but it is good that some of the other kids on the team get to get in on the action because of all the attention she attracts. Between the two of them, we have a couple of pretty talented players and we're so proud of them!
Speaking of granddaughters, the other three, Jadyn, Jaysa and Jordyn are here to visit for the weekend. They arrived on Thursday as they don't have any school until next week. It has been foggy during the day for the past couple of days, but they hit the beach as soon as they got to town! They managed a couple of hours in the sand before the fog rolled onshore. I am hoping that the "pineapple express" that is forecast to won't come until after the weekend. We can use the rain but here's hoping for a lovely weekend with LOTS of sunshine. We're going to be challenged trying to come up with projects to keep them busy if it rains. They'd like to go fishing, but we'll have to see if the trout pond has anything in it. Fish & Wildlife usually only keeps it stocked with fish in the summer. We'll check with the marina so see if it's worth going out to give it a try.
Oh, and one last thing. The steam train made a rare visit to our place this last weekend. Here's a video we took as it rolled by.
