It is not a regular Monday at the Smith house.
I did not get up at 4 am. I am not at my desk clad in appropriate corporate garb. I am not on vacation. It is not a holiday. I am not sick. Steve is not sick. I am not traveling. I have not resigned.
And yet I’m not at work.
I am at home preparing for . . . wait for it . . . a colonoscopy!
Oh, the joy.
I certainly hope your day is filled with more pleasantness than mine is going to be.
(Photos by Meagan, Madi, and me.)
On Saturday night, we celebrated Mother’s Day and Steve’s 69th birthday.
Just think. When I started this blog, Steve was just forty-five years old and now he’s almost seventy.
He received gifts that were both thoughtful and exquisitely wrapped. This was one was from Nathan who bought him a tool and thought he should wrap it appropriately.
For any concerned dental professionals out there, Steve did not actually open the gift with his teeth.
Gage handcrafted Steve a bow tie out of a piece of fabric that had a lot of sentiment for our family; Sarah helped with the project, as well. They were so thoughtful to create something out of a memory.
More birthday shots.
When Steve opened the card I made him, he started to read out loud, “Steve, we’ve made babies, music, and memories together.” But when he read, “Steve, we’ve made babies together,” he stopped reading for dramatic effect. Everyone was on the edge of their seats waiting to hear the rest of that line.
was for the whole family to play badminton. The majority of us are not overly gifted at badminton, which made it all the more fun. Whenever our team managed to eke out a point, great rejoicing ensued.
The opposing team responded by employing all forms of sports psychology and intimidation, standing in a deceptively disinterested manner, while all the while waiting for the chance to spring into action and wrest away a point of their own.
Chasing said point.
Victory!
The joke of the evening was that since I was wearing this shirt, Nike was my badminton sponsor.
However, their sponsorship did not seem to make a huge difference in my sporty performance. I spent my time flailing hither and yon, shrieking whenever the birdie came within fifteen feet of me, and waving my racket madly for no reason whatsoever. The birdie remained largely unimpressed and managed to evade most of my swatting. (Breaking news: Nike has since backed out of their contract.)
Throughout the course of the evening, there was laughing to be done . . .
games to be played . . .
and love to be shared.
Happy 69th, love of my heart!
What about you?
It’s free discussion time.
Whether it’s about colonscopies, badminton, birthdays, Mother’s Day, family, plans for the week, funny or sad things–this is your invitation to share with your Smithellaneous friends.
My best colonoscopy prep advice – keep at least one good book with you at all times! And as everyone says, the prep really IS the worst part. It looks like your birthday/mother’s day celebration was really fun. I think it would be fun to play badminton again; but like many things these days, I’m probably much better playing in my memories than actually physically trying it again. I hope the rest of your week after your colonoscopy is wonderful !!
Ah, Colonoscopies – hope everything came out OK! (Haha!)
Boy, do you know how to have fun! Have not had a colonoscopy, but did the in-home kit for many years, Am all done with both of those. Did play a few games of badminton years ago, but ours was horseshoes and softball. My mom was a semipro baseball player when I was a youngster, so it was always fun to watch her play. Now I think we’re into more of the board games. Actually, where we live there is no room for badminton, or even bocce ball. Love the pictures of Steve and grandkids. A very late Happy Birthday but the Lord continue to bless him and keep him and his fingers safe!
Happy birthday to Steve!
I, too, am not sporty. I like to sit (in the shade, with a cool drink) and watch sporting events. Sometimes. If it’s not too hot or too cold or too rainy or too outsidey.
Ugh on the colonoscopy prep. I’m such a delicate flower (read: I can’t tolerate most prep solutions) that I have to do a three-day prep process. Last time, I had the pills instead of the liquid, and those worked – they stayed down AND did their job!
Happy Birthday Steve, you are a year behind me.
With colon cancer in my family history, I get a colonoscopy every 5 years. Prep is never fun, and I have tried several methods. I found the gatorade/miralax method is the best for me. Make me really dislike gatorade though. Prayers yours goes well.
My family game was always croquet and I miss playing that. Tried with my husbands grandkids, but they just weren’t into it. My dad, in his last two years, played badminton with his great grandson. That was a special memory for them.
We are going to a church members 70th anniversary party Saturday. As I turn 70 soon, I find it hard to fathom being married for 70 years!
Happy Birthday to your Honey and Mother’s Day to you!! Celebrating holidays is so much better with family. We had the blessing of having our newest grandbaby dedicated back to the Lord at church yesterday. It’s a tradition at their church to do baby dedications on Mother’s Day. Their pastor researches is the meanings of all of the babies names ( first, middle, and last) and puts it all together. It’s the neatest thing. We found that Drew is going to be a mighty worker and warrior for God.
Prayers for clear results on your colonoscopy. The prep really is the worst part of that whole deal.