Merrill and Roberta Simon and Family

Well, it happened, but only for a short time. I let someone whom I felt I respected as a professional person, steal my joy. I let him totally rob me of a wonderful feeling. I am more than sure that you probably do not know what I am talking about so lets just get it all out in the open. You see, I have been on this journey to health now for two and a half years. I nearly died from complications from Weight loss Surgery. I have the most wonderful doctor in the world and when he went in to "fix" the complications saw that I was in really bad shape. He literally saved my life. I paid a huge price, but you can bet I would do it all again. I was in the hospital for three months, had a huge open wound for 22 months till I was healthy enough to have it closed, I was fed through a PICC Line for a full year as I could not eat or drink orally, Merrill took off 9 full months to take care of me and to help me get strong enough to take care of the children. The list of problems was ...

I just love this time of year. It is no secret that I love, just plain love winter. I love the cold and I love the snow. I love the warm clothes and the many jackets that I have and I love the fireplace and all that goes with winter. This is my most favorite time of the year. Now, that being said, Merrill and I got away for the long three day weekend. We flew out Friday evening and came home late Monday night. We hooked up with some friends and went snowmobile riding. We both had so much fun. Now, I am the first to admit that I get intimidated when I feel I know so little and they know so much. So, what do our friends do, they hook up with the hard core snowmobile junkies and we set out for the day. The mountains were beautiful...what we could see as it was a very cloudy day and the snow was deep. We took to the trail then before I could even get my hands warm with the hand warmers, we were off trail. I have to say, everyone was wonderful to me. They were making sure that I was okay ev...

We love the snow. The more snow the better. Snow just thrills my soul really. No matter where I am, I love snow. I can be depressed and then the snow just lifts me up. I see snow as a gift from above to me. Anyone that knows me know that I hate the heat, but boy howdy do I love the snow. I can only hope and pray that we get more snow :o) I love their snow covered playhouse but the mountains in the back are beautiful. A Llama smiling for the camera....in the snow McClain and Joey looking good in the snow.