Dad birthday ...85

Having my dad a little celebration dinner on Saturday here at my house. Its his 85 th...
Let me know if you want any info .. everyone is welcome.

2010_05_20 Fort Davis Trip

Here's a link to our trip to Fort Davis and the Davis Mountains. Gary and I had such good time. Here are some pics. Lots of history in this town. It was a town where the pioneers got protection from the indians on thier way from El Paso to San Antonio. I would have never made it in those days.

Happy Birthday Joyce

Today is Joyce's birthday...happy birthday to you! Hope you have a wonderful birthday celebration with your beautiful family!

Gary and Irene

Gary and I are taking a trip this weekend. We are going to Fort Davis up in the Big Bend country. I will post pictures . We keep hearing its so beautiful there. They filmed alot of westerns out there., like Lonesome Dove , Giant...No Country for Old Men.

Dad went back to his Arthritis doc. He got a shot of cortisone. He is hurting all over . They did bloodwork.. he wants back on Predasone. We'll see.

Happy Birthday Dennis Wayne Vasquez

Let's all wish Dennis a very Happy Birthday today. 39? Is that right? I remember the day he was born...I was at school ..senior yr I think...and Eva worked in the school office and she came and told me Linda had her baby! I feel so old today! lol Happy Birthday Dennis!

Another Rita Update

Rita is home as of last night!! Yeah! She was dismissed yesterday evening from the hospital. She will have to follow up with her dr about her liver problems. They sent her home even though they could not drain all the fluid off her stomach. The Dr says they could not reach the fluid safely because she has so many pockets in her stomach...too much scar tissue and other "stuff" in the way. She went home with a walker to help her get around. So for now, she is doing ok.

Rita Update

Rita says they will release her to go home tomorrow. They drained some fluid from her lung today and are supposed to her give her 2 units of blood.... she continues to be very anemic. Rita seems to be feeling better and and doesn't seem to be as uncomfortable as she was. That's all the news I have for now.

Rita

Well for those of you who don't already know, Rita is in the hospital now. I was headed to her house yesteday to take Kirk to his dr's appt when they called and said Rita was seeping fluid from her belly that was already so swelled up. So I took Rita to the emergency room and Eloise and Gilbert took Kirk to his appt. After spending almost 9 hours in the emergency room Rita was finally admitted and is still there. She was taken to radiology this morning and they drained some fluid from her stomach. She has some fluid on her lungs and they will attempt to drain more fluid again tomorrow. Meanwhile, Kirk seems to be healing well and will be wearing his back brace for 2 more months. He did get a "green light" to drive again so that will help them out some. No answers on why Rita continues to swell up with fluid. Hopefully, someone will be able to let us know something soon. She is comfortable...no pain really. I know she will be relieved to get all that extra fluid off her body. Please keep Rita and Kirk in your prayers. It is sad to see both of them "down" at the same time. I will try to keep you updated as we get new info.

Happy Mother's Day to the BEST Mom EVER!! ( No offense to you other Mom's haha)

Just wanted to tell my Mommy I love you and you are the best ever! I don't know what I would do without your wisdom and unconditional love! Happy Mother's Day!  Your Tessie

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

Just wanted to wish all the Moms out there on the Martinez Blog
and also my Mother a very special and wonderful Mothers day.

From Rudy and Lila
AKA The Gray Fox

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all the " mama's " in the family . Here I am with my baby. He is about finished with his first semester in college. He has changed his major 3 times in the first year. I am not as fat as the dress implies.. I promise.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Moms in our family. Hug your moms today and hug your children. I am so proud to be" Mom" to my two beautiful children. Celebrate your day with your family. Have a wonderful Mother's Day!

Cindy Crawford at My Hospital

Since we are in the celebrity sightings mood I'd thought I would share one!  Today Cindy Crawford was at my hospital on the 10th floor pediatric unit (I'm on the 7th floor).  Although I didn't actually see her, one of my friends who also works there took this picture of her.  She is here for the huge Rooms To Go SuperStore Grand Opening in Katy and part of the proceeds are going to our hospital.  She supports children's health charities or something like that.  Of course she sells her furniture at Rooms to Go in case you didn't know.

Night at Round Rock Baseball

Pamela, Tom and I attended the Round Rock Baseball game last night.
Pam's employer has a suite at the stadium so we joined Pam and her friends.
We partied next to Will Ferrell and his friends in their VIP suite very near ours.
I tried to get some close up photos of him but everytime he stood up, all those in that suite surrounded him and they all were taking their own pictures, they blocked the view.





Anyway, in the 5th inning the announcer said RO-JO Johnson was going to relief pitch. He came out on the mound and threw one pitch and picked up his budweiser and took a drink. That is when the crowd realized it was Will Ferrell aka RO JO JOHNSON.


Will Ferrell led the 7th inning stretch song as well.
Pam and Dad.
I will try to post other photos later.

Linda

roses

Grandma's rosebushes from KC

Here's Grandma's 3 rosebushes Gary and I dug up a few years ago . Aren't they just beautiful!!!! Mom wishes she would have dug them up .

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This past Thurs one of Abilenes motorcyle officers had an accident during the lunch hour. He was pursuing a speeder and a car pulled out in front of him . He died from injuries sustained when he hit a van parked on the side of the street. I was out and about and heard the sirens and saw the ambulance. He hits hard in a community like this . It was a very sad day here in Abilene . All three news stations carried the services on air...His wife was a customer of the salon I work at . Just sad...