Thanks for the well wishes and the support. My sister in understandably upset and stressed. I have tried to spend as much time with them as possible as she needs me right now. Since he has been moved to a hospital in the city, it's just a short subway ride for me during lunch to see them.
He did have surgery on his back on Friday and I took the day off to be with them both along with a lot of his family and mine. The waiting room was about 30 strong for his surgery. The best Neurosurgeon in the Midwest was there to perform the surgery. He was very happy on what he was able to do, and now we have to wait and see if he responds and if he will be able to walk again. He is in a lot of pain and is very uncomfortable.
We had 3 days of rain here in the Midwest and flooding was terrible. I offered to drive to the hospital and pick up my sister so she can go home to tend to some doings and to get their affairs in order. What is usually an hour drive to and from the hospital turned into a 2 1/2 hour nightmare because of the rain and flooding. My sister, my youngest son and I had plenty of time to talk. My sister was able to tell me this story and I wanted to share it with you all.
As you all may or may not know my brother-in-law is a Fireman by trade. He works full time at one firehouse but also was able to pick up shifts at several other houses for extra money. One of the houses he is at part-time firefighter friends came to see my BIL. He was visiably upset says my sister when he saw my BIL. He mentioned being brothers and their bond as fighterfighters. What my sister told me next just made me well up with tears. His friend said he loved my BIL and that he put his stations # on the back of his helmet. He then told my BIL that when he goes in, that he will be in there also with him. Brotherhood!
A couple weeks ago, before all this happened I got to see The Bucketlist. Morgan Freeman & Jack Nicholeson. I really enjoyed the movie, but what I took from this movie was a simple line that Morgan Freeman said towards the end of the movie. Mind you, my BIL is ALIVE, but these words is how I want to try very hard to live my life with... Find The Joy in Your Life!
From now on, this will be in my signature.
Find the Joy in Your Life,
Peace from Augs Casa,
Augs Out!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Where to Begin, In a blink of an eye...
I have no idea where to begin this post. I will admit that this has NOT been a good year for me and my family and we are only "9" months into it. I am afraid of what is going to happen in the next 3.
Friday evening I received a call from my little sister. I think I mentioned before, that my little sister is 3 years younger than me and there for older then most of the 2 readers I have left. Since my sister and I are close in age, we are also very close in our relationship. When I received her call, she had informed me that her husband and avid Harley rider had been in an accident. She called to tell me she needed a ride to the "second" hospital. Apparently he was a level 1 trauma and the first hospital he was in were not equipped to handle his trauma. He was air lifted to a hospital just outside of Chicago and she needed a ride there. She was in no condition to be driving.
After hours in the hospital emergency room, we finally got word that he was well and conscious. His injuries were pretty severe and they need to do a cat scan as soon as possible. Finally at 4am in the morning on Saturday we got the news. My brother-in-law may never walk again. He had a spinal injury and had severed his back. We were both heartbroken.
You see, my brother-in-law is larger than life. He is a fireman by trade. He loves his job. He is a member of the Renegade Pigs, a Harley motorcycle club that are only made up of fireman and police officers. He enjoys life. He always has. He smiles regardless. He has the worst potty mouth ever, but he loves living. I am positive he will continue living a great life, without the use of his legs. I would give just about anything for him to be able to walk again. He still has so much to give but now most likely in a wheelchair.
Please if you get 1 minute say a prayer for my brother-in-law. Because I have saying them for 4 days now and I want him to walk again so he can live life the way it's suppose to be lived.
Peace from Augs Casa,
Peace and love to my Bro-in-law!
Friday evening I received a call from my little sister. I think I mentioned before, that my little sister is 3 years younger than me and there for older then most of the 2 readers I have left. Since my sister and I are close in age, we are also very close in our relationship. When I received her call, she had informed me that her husband and avid Harley rider had been in an accident. She called to tell me she needed a ride to the "second" hospital. Apparently he was a level 1 trauma and the first hospital he was in were not equipped to handle his trauma. He was air lifted to a hospital just outside of Chicago and she needed a ride there. She was in no condition to be driving.
After hours in the hospital emergency room, we finally got word that he was well and conscious. His injuries were pretty severe and they need to do a cat scan as soon as possible. Finally at 4am in the morning on Saturday we got the news. My brother-in-law may never walk again. He had a spinal injury and had severed his back. We were both heartbroken.
You see, my brother-in-law is larger than life. He is a fireman by trade. He loves his job. He is a member of the Renegade Pigs, a Harley motorcycle club that are only made up of fireman and police officers. He enjoys life. He always has. He smiles regardless. He has the worst potty mouth ever, but he loves living. I am positive he will continue living a great life, without the use of his legs. I would give just about anything for him to be able to walk again. He still has so much to give but now most likely in a wheelchair.
Please if you get 1 minute say a prayer for my brother-in-law. Because I have saying them for 4 days now and I want him to walk again so he can live life the way it's suppose to be lived.
Peace from Augs Casa,
Peace and love to my Bro-in-law!
Friday, August 8, 2008
I Scare Me Sometime
Not that I am not that ugly, so no silly comments from the peanut gallery. I am talking about stuff I do in this case cooking. DraMa and I and some friends are heading over to Ravinia tonight to see Los Lobos and Los Lonely Boys. I can't tell you if or when DraMa and I have ever gone to a concert post kids. We are looking forward to this, and our best friends/neighbors are coming along also.
But, I digress, what I wanted to point out to you is that this venue has a picnic area. That's right we purchased lawn seat so we can picnic before the concert. Following my good acquaintance lead Carrie (I don't pay her so we can't be friends, ha ha) I am going to brag about my cooking skills. So I had about 4 days to plan out my menu and I have to say I did a damn good job. The menu is as follows:
Menu:
Appetizers:
Deviled Eggs
Main Dish:
Lemon Pasta Salad ( Bowtie pasta, Lemon juice, Olive oil, Tomatoes, and fresh Basil)
Chicken Wraps (Chicken, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Avocado and of course Tortilla)
Pre Dessert:
Fresh fruit marinated in wine/sugar simple syrup (Fresh Mint, Strawberries, Peaches, Grapes, Pineapple)
Dessert:
Brownies
Wine:
White zinfandel
Reseiling
I have to tell you I can not wait to see how it all turns out. Good vittles, good wine, good music and good friends. I'm going to try and take photos of all the food so you all can envy me..HA HA yeah right!
I'm such in a good mood, that I am not going to share my bad news with you until another day.
Have a great weekend ya'll! The weather suppose to be great here.
Peace from Augs Casa,
Augs Out!
But, I digress, what I wanted to point out to you is that this venue has a picnic area. That's right we purchased lawn seat so we can picnic before the concert. Following my good acquaintance lead Carrie (I don't pay her so we can't be friends, ha ha) I am going to brag about my cooking skills. So I had about 4 days to plan out my menu and I have to say I did a damn good job. The menu is as follows:
Menu:
Appetizers:
Deviled Eggs
Main Dish:
Lemon Pasta Salad ( Bowtie pasta, Lemon juice, Olive oil, Tomatoes, and fresh Basil)
Chicken Wraps (Chicken, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Avocado and of course Tortilla)
Pre Dessert:
Fresh fruit marinated in wine/sugar simple syrup (Fresh Mint, Strawberries, Peaches, Grapes, Pineapple)
Dessert:
Brownies
Wine:
White zinfandel
Reseiling
I have to tell you I can not wait to see how it all turns out. Good vittles, good wine, good music and good friends. I'm going to try and take photos of all the food so you all can envy me..HA HA yeah right!
I'm such in a good mood, that I am not going to share my bad news with you until another day.
Have a great weekend ya'll! The weather suppose to be great here.
Peace from Augs Casa,
Augs Out!
Friday, July 11, 2008
Birthday Weekend - PATHETIC
No Plans.
There was suppose to be a picnic at a scenic state park a few hours away from us tomorrow, but the forecast is for rain. Sunday, no plans. How pathetic does it sound that father's days, b-day or any other holidays always fall when we are low on funds. How pathetic is it that I am getting use to it. My lil sis, (she's 3 years younger than me) sounds weird no, got me an awesome pair of Nike sneakers. I needed them bad. I'm always the last person I buy for, pathetic.
I digress. I am going on a weekend camping trip with a couple of neighbor/friends next weekend. I'm looking forward to it. Going to be interesting conversation as my friends have no interest in sports or trucks or country music. They are good people though.
We've had the dog for almost a year now, and believe it or not he is finally getting his first grooming today. Again, pathetic.
I'm going to end up mowing the lawn this weekend, a chore that I am growing more and more frustrating in doing, pathetic! I am also going to make myself a B-day cake because the boys would love that, pathetic.
Happy Birthday to me, Pathetic!
Peace from Augs Casa,
Augs Out!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Sadness...and some guilt
The holiday weekend left as fast as it came. It was a good weekend with both boys enjoying the 2 firework displays we saw over the weekend. Friday was spent with family and neighborhood friends and it was fun to be around them. We had ribs, chicken, and a lot of beer! I made fried dough and it was a big hit. I must have made about 30 of those little buggers and they were gobbled up.
Saturday of course was recover day and we did absolutely nothing but veg all day. The weekend ended with DraMa and I heading back to Taste of Chicago to spend some extra tickets we had. Both DraMa and I got Henna tattoos. Her on her foot, me a tribal on me left bicep. The boys spent the day with grandma and their aunt. It is hot here so it was indeed a long day.
After everything calmed down for the day, DraMa proceeded to do homework and I went upstairs to watch Iron Chef. The boys who were suppose to be sleeping came out of their rooms and climbed up on the bed with me. After a while Budski asks if "I am going to work tonight". His way of saying if I am going to work tomorrow. When I told him I was he jumped off the bed and said he'd be right back. He goes in his room and packs a small plastic case he puts his small cars in and proceeds to come back and put the case on the foot of the bed. He climbs back up and tells me he packed his case so he can come to work with me tomorrow. My eyes welled up. I am not a crier at all. Of course as soon as he saw this Bud-Bud packed a bucket full of toys and told me the same thing.
I felt bad, makes me think I do not spend enough time with my boys. The weekend is mine with them. I spent as much time with them as I can. In a couple weeks I am heading out on a guys on camping weekend. Now I am feeling guilty for going. I'm torn.
Peace from Augs Casa,
Augs Out!
Saturday of course was recover day and we did absolutely nothing but veg all day. The weekend ended with DraMa and I heading back to Taste of Chicago to spend some extra tickets we had. Both DraMa and I got Henna tattoos. Her on her foot, me a tribal on me left bicep. The boys spent the day with grandma and their aunt. It is hot here so it was indeed a long day.
After everything calmed down for the day, DraMa proceeded to do homework and I went upstairs to watch Iron Chef. The boys who were suppose to be sleeping came out of their rooms and climbed up on the bed with me. After a while Budski asks if "I am going to work tonight". His way of saying if I am going to work tomorrow. When I told him I was he jumped off the bed and said he'd be right back. He goes in his room and packs a small plastic case he puts his small cars in and proceeds to come back and put the case on the foot of the bed. He climbs back up and tells me he packed his case so he can come to work with me tomorrow. My eyes welled up. I am not a crier at all. Of course as soon as he saw this Bud-Bud packed a bucket full of toys and told me the same thing.
I felt bad, makes me think I do not spend enough time with my boys. The weekend is mine with them. I spent as much time with them as I can. In a couple weeks I am heading out on a guys on camping weekend. Now I am feeling guilty for going. I'm torn.
Peace from Augs Casa,
Augs Out!
Monday, June 9, 2008
Tornado Alley
I don't know how many of ya'll watch the news. I know it's depressing, but this weekend, if you did I was wondering if any of ya'll saw this.... News
Tornado's are natural. They are going to happen. Last year and the year before that they have been coming closer and closer to my little home. Last year they were about 2 miles away. The year before that about 7 miles away. Well folks this past Saturday evening, we took a step closer. The news clip linked and where it touched down was literally 6 blocks from my house. I knew it was coming. It's getting too close. I am guessing later this spring or summer, it will hit or maybe even next year.
Yeah, me and the dog are ok. I was outside the whole time trying to look for funnel clouds. DraMa says I am crazy, I call it adventurous. I called DraMa before the storm and told her I will see her in the next life. She didn't think it was funny.
All is well, I drove by where the tornado hit and it looks worse in person.
Augs Casa dodges another tornado luckily. Time to look and wait for the next batch of storms. Until then, I'll be looking up looking for swirling clouds.
Peace from Augs Casa,
Augs Out!
Friday, June 6, 2008
Hot & Humid
Had quite a wave of weather hear in the Midwest ya'll. Hot and humid and thunderstorms have been firing up here and there. Heard the tornado sirens a couple of nights ago and Murray (the wonder dog) was clueless.
As you all may or may not know, my 117 year old house does not have forced air AC. Of course I have several window units that does the job. When I relayed the news to DraMa of course the first thing out of her mouth was are the AC units in? Um, No. It's been over 3 weeks since the monsters and the wife have been gone, and need I say more when I say that "ALL" of the utilities have gone down by "more" than half? Of course that will all change next week when they all come come and 3 television sets will be on and all the lights will be on. Oh and don't forget the AC units will be running too. Oh well, this is life I reckon.
I have not cleaned house in 3 weeks ya'll. Typical bachelor behavior. Don't get me wrong, the dishes are clean, and put away, the laundry is done, the grass is mowed, but I just have had a chance to use that damn vacuum yet.
No plans this weekend except to work around the house and maybe go split more wood for my wood pile. Tuesday evening can not get here soon enough.
Peace from Augs Casa,
Augs Out!
As you all may or may not know, my 117 year old house does not have forced air AC. Of course I have several window units that does the job. When I relayed the news to DraMa of course the first thing out of her mouth was are the AC units in? Um, No. It's been over 3 weeks since the monsters and the wife have been gone, and need I say more when I say that "ALL" of the utilities have gone down by "more" than half? Of course that will all change next week when they all come come and 3 television sets will be on and all the lights will be on. Oh and don't forget the AC units will be running too. Oh well, this is life I reckon.
I have not cleaned house in 3 weeks ya'll. Typical bachelor behavior. Don't get me wrong, the dishes are clean, and put away, the laundry is done, the grass is mowed, but I just have had a chance to use that damn vacuum yet.
No plans this weekend except to work around the house and maybe go split more wood for my wood pile. Tuesday evening can not get here soon enough.
Peace from Augs Casa,
Augs Out!
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