I’ve added a guest author account to the blog so that someone can add updates while I’m unable to. I imagine I’ll be unable to for some time. I’ve also pointed my own domain name (www.hughlambert.com) here to Bobbi’s blog. Does that make this the Bobbi and Hugh blog? I imagine, at some point, I’m going to need a new blog  ;-)  Ah Bobbi, you’re a pretty good angel- keep it up please.

I’ll keep you posted.

Here’s just a really quick note. Today was a full day. I started moving “stuff” into storage. I’d hoped to sort it better, but time is short. I did get my shed cleaned out and shelves built. Dave came over and helped me with the kitchen. I started at 6am and finished at 10pm and I’m beat. I forgot to eat lunch, and supper was a can of tuna. I bet I lost weight this weekend!

Someone dear to me had a close call, and I am grateful for whatever angels were there when he passed out while driving home. He crossed the road, travels 75 feel airborne and hit a tree while doing 60mph. His airbag did not deploy. There are a number of ways this story could end, but the end to this story is he got out of the car mostly unhurt and walked to the ambulance (they kept him for observation and released him today). I mention this because some stories do have happy endings, and for that I am very grateful.

Peace Y’all. I’ll keep you posted.

The good news it my bedroom has a bed- it’s a bedroom again! The bad news it the rest of the house is now worse than ever! ARG!!! Okay, tomorrow. At least I’m now a candidate for an episode of my favorite CMT tv show MOBILE HOME DISASTER (is any one out there laughing?). 

"He's my fashion role model!"

Anyway, Uncle Roy and brother Dave came over to offer help and constructive advice. Actually, Uncle Roy told me he never realized what a good lookin feller I was  ;-) 

Dave and I got the carpet pretty clean and then put the bed together. I finished the trim on the accent wall and the long wall- two down, two to go. Still, that was enough to move furniture in and tools out. Now I need to finished the shelving in the garden shed and move all of the tools and storage boxes out of the house. Then I can relax (well, I could but probably won’t much). 

Still- today is a milestone, and tonight I’ll sleep in my bed in my bedroom for the first time in over a year. What will that be like? Will I be able to sleep? Will I dream, and if I do, will I dream of those I love who also slept in this room….. Well, even a month ago I don’t think I could have slept in here, but now I can. I think I can. Well, we’ll see. 

I’ll keep you posted.

Let the hair fall......

On the way home I stopped at Kim’s and had a great (maybe I did).  Ethan and I played alien zombies and went around eatting human brains (tastes like chicken). After that Kim cut my hair. I don’t mean I got a trim- she cut it all. First we stopped with a Mohawk….. I liked the idea, but my hair is a little fine to pull the look off. I ended up looking like Moe. It could have been worse- I might have ended up looking like Shemp.  So, after a few minutes we decided it all had to go. The first thing I noticed was the breeze- there was one! LOL. Now I need sunscreen, not Rolgain.

Quick- look stoic!

So now it’s home again, and I have a lot to do. I’d better get busy. Tomorrow Dave will help me clean and paint. It’s all almost but not quite overwhelming. “The brothers” want to re-carpet the house. Me too, but time is short, so I got some area rugs for the bedroom. I’d better get some sleep (or try to anyway).

I’ll keep you posted.

It’s getting there….. I worked on my bedroom till midnight, woke up at 5am, and when I couldn’t go back to sleep worked on it some more. It’s getting there. I actually got the accent wall all papered and painted! Now all I need to do is the mill-work (trim)- my specialty. Brother Dave helped clean till 10am. Thanks Dave.

I paid my taxes today. Yahoo- that’s done. It wasn’t too bad, and now it’s done (for twelve months anyway). It was nice to see olf friends at H&R Block in Hazelwood. I did their computer work for 18 years. Wow- I worked there longer than anyone and I wasn’t even an employee! LOL- those are the clients you want to have, the one like family.

So, we (my department) start moving into our new building tomorrow! Wow, I was afraid to jinx it by saying anything. My team is working around my absence, and even moving my office for me. I hope I’ll be able to work from home some….. time will tell.

Today is my sister-in-law Donna’s birthday! Happy birthday Donna! Tomorrow is Connie’s (old pal) and my dad’s, then sister Suzie is on April 15th! Happy Birthday y’all!

Time to get back to cleaning. I’ll keep you posted.

Well, nine days till my surgery. I haven’t updated the blog in a while because of a couple of reasons- I’m pretty busy and I’m pretty nervous.

Busy- the house is shaping up SLOWLY. How on earth did Bobbi ever put up with me? Sheesh…. Anyway, I’ve gotten a lot done, but OMG. I suppose I could put up a NO TRESSPASSING sign, but that’s not very friendly, is it? LOL- okay, well, I imagine I’m going to have company so I better get that sucker clean. I’ve also been getting ready for the surgery other ways. I’ve been staying extra at work trying to get everything running right (as much as practical anyway). I also spent a nice day Saturday with family and friends. Saturday afternoon I went to Greg and Susan’s for a cookout with Bobbi’s mom and our niece Madison (aka MadMaxx). It was very nice!

Sunday was spent cleaning and working in the yard, and then in the house. I finished all the wallpaper in the bedroom! Tonight I paint that contrast wall, then start putting the bed back in (we took the bed out over a year ago so we could put in a hospital bed for Bobbi).

That’s about all for now. Considering what’s going to happen next week I think I’m pretty calm about it….. I just don’t feel like talking about it much (for now). Maybe that will change.

I’ll keep you posted.

I’m sorry for not posting much…. It’s been a kaleidoscope of emotions this week. My house cleaning continues painfully. I asked the brain surgeon if, since he’s in there anyway, to please remove the “slob lobe”. Isn’t there a special part of the brain that causes that? Maybe I just need a transplant…. like if brother Sam could be a donor, the house would gleam! LOL

So, the surgery is in fact set- it’s April 21 at 7am. I have to be at the hospital by 5am. I hope I can sleep the night before. If I don’t get some sleep I might be grumpy and I won’t enjoy the opperation.

Easter with the family was great. First I had luncheon with my cousings and godmother (should the “g” be capitalized???). We had it at Aunt Lib and Uncle Phils house and it was a blast of nostalgia. After that it was an afternoon with “the kids”. We did the obligatory Easter egg hunt and relaxed.

Cleaning has been tough. I keep finding Bobbi. I don’t just mean her stuff, and there’s lots of that- makeup, book, address books, etc. I am also finding things she meant for me. For example, every time I’d travel she’d hide love letters and cards in my luggage. I always looked forward to that. However, the last time I went I missed some, and when I cleaned the suitcase out to give to Goodwill I found them. Damn. Things like that keep happening. Ah well.

So, a week of joy and of sadness. Yet I try to remember that it’s the joy I should focus on. Though what Bobbi had to endure was terrible, she was never alone and she was so very much loved and cherished. Though what I experienced was sad, how selfish or shortsighted to dwell on that and miss the fact that an amazing sould chose me and blessed me and made her life with me! She gave me all that I hold most precious, and her faith in me restored my own faith in myself. Her love is a gift that keeps on giving. Thank you, Bobbi.

I’ll keep you posted.