Busy Beader orig. blogged on 11/7/08

Hi all,
Just a quickie catch up here. Heidi posted ultrasounds of Baby number 5 and I se another absolutely beautiful grandbaby. Girl or boy??? We do not want to know until he or she comes. Heidi, the boys and Pop (Mike) think girl, but I am reserving my feelings on this as I am never right. However, if I insist it's a boy, maybe we will get a girl. Doesn't matter as I love them all so much. The older they get, the cuter they get and more fun as they hold conversations with us, and play. Bonus is when I am tired, I get to go home, although I miss them every day until I see them again. Mikki is working hard and is quite the caree gal. Very proud of her and Heidi.
Mike is not doing the best right now. He is out of work for now due to his back problems which require a Spinal Fusion surgery in the very near future. We aren't sure when, but soon. There are at least 2 disks ruptured, and 4 bones wil be fused together and the nerves moved out of the way. The Orthosurgeon will take one of the bad bones out, grind it up and after rods and screws are inserted, the ground up bone will be put back in as a graft to fuse the areas together. He will be out of work for at least 6-9 months after and hopefully with less pain and able to work again. We are fighting for Workmans Comp now and have a hearing this coming Thursday. The insurance company doesn't feel the injury happened at work, but it is from an incident at the foundry 3 yearsago, while lifting an engine, that Mike got hurt. He felt something "pop" in his back and they called an ambulance to take him to the hospital, where the stupid doc said he had just strained his back, but no x-rays or MRI's were taken and we now know what happened. I hope the doc and the company are pleased with screwing up his life. We survived the past month without any paycheck and hope we are able to collect after this hearing. The attorney said it looks good for him, so..... Also, the insurance company had agreed to pay and then all of a sudden refused. The foundry isn't fighting us, just the stinkin' insurance. We haven't received any bills for medical, so apparently someone is paying them, but not paying Mike. If he wins, at least we get the back pay they owe. I am jealous of him as they know what is wrong with him, but they don't know what is wrong with me and can't fix it. Thank God I have my beading as it takes my mind off the pain I deal with on a daily basis for the most.
Now the beading and why I am a Busy Beader. I made it into the local one day Dicken's Festival. I applied back in July and heard in October that I am in. I made sure I put my jewelry in with the ornaments I want to make and sell. I am hoping all goes well with this sale as it will help us out financially and with Christmas finances. I will post pics of what I have done ornament wise soon. I have over 160 made and hope to get at least another 100 or so done, by the end of the month as the festival is early December.
One good thing, Mike is letting me do what I need to do and he has been helping me as much as he can with the housework. He is getting things cleaned up and getting things set up for after his surgery. He will wear a brace for at least 6 months and won't be able to bend down and stuff, so he is setting things up to make it easy for him to get what he needs and the like. We are quite the pair. LOL The gimp leading the gimp!!!LOL What fun!!!
Once again, If anyone is interested in any of my jewelry that is posted, let me know. Hopefully most of it will sell at the festival. Wish me luck!!!
Till next time!!!!