Beautiful day.

It's raining and thundering here today. Not everyones typical " beautiful " day but it's my kind of day. I just hope it doesn't get humid out. Yuck!

Had a great weekend. Didn't get a lot done however and I fell on my stump on Friday. Sure hope I didn't screw something up. The Dr.'s office just called. I guess as long as I didn't bust anything open I should be fine. Sure zaps my confidence for going up and down stairs though.

On a happy note. I should be getting my IT guy in today from The Cubes figures. Sure hope I can get the rest of them before they vanish. Sucks I missed out on getting pat. Really wanted the break room set. I have a few funny ideas for some.

Had another blessed weekend sitting out by the pond. I had wanted a Koi pond for quite awhile but had no idea about the Dragonflies. I seem to be enjoying them as much as I am the koi and pond. I figured we'd get a few eventually but never anticipated the amount or variety that we're getting. It's even compelled me to get a book on insects so that I could identify them. The way they mate is beyond comprehension. Truely odd. I've been getting some really great pictures of them though. I'm still amazed at where they came from. How far they have to fly to get here every day and where they go at night.

I still don't seem to be in the Halloween mood. Perhaps because subconciously I know I still can't do anything but wheel myself around in the wheelchair and ask for this or that to the unlucky person that happens to be home to help. I'm excited about fall though. Hoping I'm doing well enough on my prosthetic leg to get around and go to a corn maze. I could do something small at the kitchen table with paper mache but still couldn't get anything out or put it away. So that's a bust. Still tempting however.

First Blog

My name is David. I'm 41 soon to be 42. October 1st! I'm a new below the knee amputee and doing awesome! I had it done July 1st of 2009 due to some diabetic complications caused by poor diabetes management. Slow suicide!

I don't get my prosthetic leg though for another couple of weeks and even then it's a temporary one. I get the real one in about 6 months. " Real one " ? as opposed to the fake one I'm assuming. I'm really not sure where that came from. What else do ya call the leg after the temporary one? Oh. Duh! Permanent one. Would that be entirely accurate though? Because it's not really permanently attached. Not that I said it was the " permanently attached " leg. Um...so anyway...I'll be getting that one in around 6 months. I'm kinda excited about it because I'm going to be able to have something really cool airbrushed onto it. What that is I have no idea! Any suggestions???

I'm married to Leisa and have two kids. A son named Josh and a daughter named Danielle. I've been married to Leisa for going on 19 years. It's been pretty rocky for most of it and we've talked about and headed for divorce many times.

I'm happy to report that these last two years have been some of our best times. I've learned that not only do I have a wife but I have a best friend. I'm pretty convinced that was around the same time my depression lifted.

I guess this will be about my many various interest. I'm into making Stained Glass, Geocaching, making Halloween props, Koi and water gardens and collecting. I seem to have this need to collect things. I'm sure there will be a blog on that in the future.

I'll give you fair warning! I have crappy grammar and often misspell words. I'm open to any and all pointers on correcting any of this rampant behaviour. My biggest problem will be posting this before I hit the spellcheck button.

I'll delve a little deeper into my hobbies and interest and from there who knows where I'll go.