Broken Clavicle

On Tuesday 1-22 Wallace pulled an appliance dolly down onto himself and he broke his clavicle with the back of his hand. He has what is known as a "green line" fracture. It looks like a small raised splinter. It is not bruised very much and it will heal in a few weeks. He has to wear a sling for one week to reduce the inflammation. He does not like the sling. We modified it with a safety pin and a leg warmer so now it doesn’t rub his neck and he can't take it off. He cries about his bone in the night and he fusses about it during the day.

His bone and the sling have not stopped him one bit. He is still climbing everything. He still runs around like a quail and bounces off of the furniture like a pinball.

On the same day Wallace broke his clavicle we drove to Corning and bought a new trailer. It is wonderful; I have been really enjoying cooking and eating in my new kitchen. The trailer has a nice big bathroom with a tub. It has a kitchen with a pretty big table and a big living room. It has my entire list of wants: a propane fridge, linoleum floors, a big kitchen table and a bathtub. All of the storage and the nice stove are just a bonus.

So far this week we have only had one day without a Doctors appointment.

Mr. Big Fluff

 Dylan started building a goat pen with a roof. We went to Chico and picked up a trailer load of pallets. Dylan took them apart and his goat pen is well on its way. We will need to make a few more pallet runs before his masterpiece is completed. We found some old wooden fencing in a pile that may have some use left in it, but it may also be rotten. I have found a lot of old hardware like hinges, faucets and latches; they are all rusted and unusable. I also found the tailgate to a red Chevrolet truck half buried.

Monday 1-21, on our walk Wallace and I discovered a ton of miniature daffodils around an old homestead. Some of them had already bloomed and they smelled wonderful. We kept walking and we found an old refrigerator. Inside were two blue enamel metal vegetable drawers. I took them out and punched holes in the bottom. I transplanted some of the daffodils into each one and I put the "pots" in front of my main gate. I wanted to put them inside of our fenced in homestead area in front of the chicken coop but Dylan said the goats would eat them. One of the goats slipped out of the gate behind Dylan and made a beeline for the flowers and ate the heads off of three of the flowers.

I also found a number of old jars today and some really beautiful large river rock at the same homestead as I found the flowers. I think the same person who planted the flowers brought those rocks onto the property. I brought back two of the rocks and I plan on painting on them. I think they will make fun decorations for the party and maybe even game prizes. Guests can put them in there gardens as yard art.

Wallace loves to play outside with his rake and shovel. Dylan put out a pile of saw dust for him to dig in. He has a little bucket that he fills with saw dust. He also chases the chickens and throws a shovel full of saw dust at them.

Wild Baby of Oregon City

 We saw a very funny sight in Paradise. We saw an old lady riding a motorcycle on the sidewalk. She was going the wrong direction and she wasn't wearing a helmet.

Thank heaven for chewable tylenol

Thursday 1-24 Wallace finally cut three of the four teeth that he has coming in. The poor boy also has a diaper rash. It's been raining and he is stuck inside. The boy probably feels like he's being tortured. Wallace has come up with a few new past times since he broke his clavicle. He likes to empty out my purse.

Yours, oh Lord is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory. In your hand are power and might to exalt and to give strength to all.  1 Choron. 29:11a,12b

These two signs are hanging in the orthopedists office that is treating Wallace.

Ask and it shall be given to you;
Seek and you will find;
Knock and the door shall be opened
Matthew 7:7