[My] Life in Wisconsin

Bovines, Backs, and Islet Cells

  
A hole in the cloud...
Near Menominee, WI
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Good Evening All;
I am not sure I remember how to blog anymore... hehehe
I may have to apologize, in advance, to the good people of Ringle- I do not ever mean to offend, just having fun...

We are home from Minnesota once more- Highway 29 is the east/west route across central Wisconsin.
I have always hated Highway 29.
When my sister Mary was married to her first husband, Paul Cotter, they lived in Apple Valley, Minnesota-
(A hop, skip, and a jump from Burnsville and The Mall of America). Not a shopper, I have never been there...

Anyway, my 3 oldest girls and I made the drive to Apple Valley many times-
I had an old AMC Hornet in those days, with a Standard "H" transmission.
The hills on 29 really tested this old car of mine, yet the Hornet never gave me any grief away from home; though it gave me plenty of troubles in its little spot in the parking lot. (Odd that way).
I ended up shooting that car. True story.

But I digress...

Highway 29 has changed a great deal in the past 25/30 years. it is now a 4 lane route to 94, and much much safer that way.
What was once called "Bloody 29" is now a decent flowing highway.

Maybe so.
Know that my freakin' back did not take the trip so well. CaseyAnne did most of the driving. After we had left her place on Tuesday morning, we got stopped by a train on Packerland Drive, not even out of Green Bay.
At that stop, we changed drivers. Punk thought it hilarious, (as I am sure a few other drivers around us did).
I joined the dog in the back seat.
Forgetting my Sobakawa at home, I used a roll of paper towel, covered with one of my t~shirts, for a pillow. Punk was then sent to the front seat, and I actually fell alseep! (Small miracle, that).

I resumed driving the last 90 or 100 miles. We did basically the same on the way home. Just that the drive back was a little rougher on my back.
Happy I had that appointment this morning. Unhappy that all that got done was a change in meds. Grrrrr.......
Scared I am, to take what he prescribed, so will just deal with it all from here on out.
(I hope to be able to do that anyway).

Suffice to say I have NO idea how Casey got through almost 4 years of intense pain. I admire her fiercely for that. She is brave. I am proud.

Her own doctor appointment went much better- Dr. Sutherland is amazed with her progress, and was elated to be able to tell her that she no longer should need her insulin.
HOW COOL IS THAT?!
I am ever so happy for her! And for him also. He even had to take a photo of his little success story- Said he keeps a board of everyone he has done this surgery on- (Since the late 70's that board must be pretty full)!

It doesn't matter what picture he has of her, because THIS is my favorite.
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He said he will do about 60 of the TP/AIT and TP/ICT transplant surgeries this year; (which is almost the same as he did last year, by the way).

And so, it was a rough trip, but a very happy one too!


These miles were made even longer by Punk.
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Punk was constantly asking...

"C'mon, are we there yet?"

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Of course we HAD to stop at her favorite little town of Ringle, WI.


You may remember our favorite pitstop this way...
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But it has changed SO much in the past 3 months.
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Amazing what a little green assorted foliage will do...
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Do you remember the truck Casey wanted for her own?

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Looks quite green around there too!
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And somebody even threw in a few trees!
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Remember the "maple syrple"???
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I think it's stored in big plastic vats now...
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Added to our favorite rest stop are a few bovines...
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(They put a "C" on the 1st ones forehead so they know it's a "cow").
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By far, she is the most unique cow I have ever seen!
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And their home...
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I am getting a bit slap~happy here, and time for sleep-
Will be keeping an ear out for my weather radio to go off tonight as rain, and lots of it, (IF it comes) is predicted.

I hope this finds everyone well, and enjoying Summer.

Love to all!

XOXO
Me


Friday July 10, 2009 - 01:47am (CDT)