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So this morning we went to see my orthopedic surgeon. But this time it wasn't for me, but for Carl. He's been having trouble with his knee and his shoulder for a few months now. Just a nagging thing but his shoulder seems to have been more of a problem over the last few weeks. The knee is something he probably did when we moved into the house. Anyway, he had an xray done and an MRI. The left knee has tendinitis. His right shoulder has a bone spur which has caused a tear in his rotary cup. He could do shots for three months or surgery. He picked the most logical and best way. Surgery. The shots are only a temporary band aide. We don't have a date for surgery yet. We will know by the end of the week and let everyone know. It was kinda funny to see the reaction of Dr. Lacognata and his assistant when we where in the room and it was Carl sitting on the table and not me!! But Dr. locognata said he had the same injury that Carl has and the surgery is the better way to go.

On sad news, as we were sitting there waiting for the Dr to come, I got a phone call from my brother Chris.He informed me that my grandpa Singley had passed. This is the side of the family that I mentioned a few months ago. The brother Craig that died before Christmas. Craig is the oldest then my dad (Ron as I call him) then Brent and Dave, Claudia and Charlotte. I haven't seen any of them since my sisters wedding in 2001. Almost 8yrs ago. I believe that was the last time I also saw Bryce Grandpa Singley. Divorce does bad things to families and this one of them. Lots of mixed emotions and lots of baggage and lots of strange feelings that I don't know what to do with. There were many good times with the family don't get me wrong. I knew them most of my life. I later got a phone call saying that he had not died yet, but was still on life support because he was waiting for his kids to all be there before they turned off the machines. he I knew that Bryce and Emma Jean had a house down here in the winter. (they live in Bountiful, Utah). At 1pm he officially died.
Appparently they are all here. He's in the hospital somewhere. So Ron, my dad is here somewhere. I almost hesitated and wanted to go see them. But it opens a whole can of worms, that I wasn't sure about. I don't know why I'm typing this all out. I'm still trying to wrap my brain and my heart around the whole thing. My brother Chris and Kait and Liz are probably still the closest to them. I feel for them and the family. One day I would like to resolve this feelings but how does one go about it- after so many years and sooo many bad feelings and memories. There was good there I am pretty sure.

Anyway - on another funny note, Maggie and Bilko. I know I need to put a Maggie update on here for everybody. She's adjusting quite well. She still follows Carl and I around like a shadow. She loves to play fetch. But she gets tired. Then sits on the grass or the patio. But the funniest thing is when Carl picks up Bilko. Bilko can be really needy. Well, Maggie does NOT like it when Carl picks up Bilko. She wants to play with Bilko. So she tries to get his tail or his paws. Then she paws at him or starts to bark at him. He doesn't growl he just stares at her. Although, tonight we were outside playing with her and she wanted to play with Bilko. So we set Bilko down on the patio and he backed into the bench for protection. Maggie REALLY wanted Bilko to play. She ran circles around him and barked at him trying to get him to play.He did snap at her once. That's the first time I've heard her really bark. She did a deep bark to try and get his attention. It was really funny. She'd walk up to him , then walk away and bark.

Oh and before I forgot. We got her one of those rolled up plastic newspaper toys to give her something to chew on. She eats it! She's also started to eat the plastic throw toy that she had in Salt Lake. So plastic is bad. What can we give her to chew on?! So far she hasn't chewed anything in the house. We did get her some bones the turkey basted and ham basted ones you get at Petsmart. The big ones and she will chew on that for a few days. Any sugesstions for more toys. We did buy her a double tennis ball toy that look like dumbells. She loves to chase that.