Enjoyable Weekend

How’s your weekend? My weekend was enjoyable as my father came home this weekend, Sunday morning, after 10 days in a hospital. Reaching home, straightly my father noticed that our Amarylis is blooming again since June last year.

My brother and family who live in another town came to visit my father and spent one night at our home. My father looked happy seeing my brother could come. Of course, every parent would love to receive attention and affection from their children. I hope my father also love my accompanying during times in the hospital, since my father isn’t an expressive person.

For sharing blue things this Monday, I just want to share a tool which measures the usage of tap water in our home. We subscribe tap water from a local government company. Every resident who subscribes will be installed the same water meter on their homes. The number shown on this tool will be record manually every month by an officer. I always permit the officer to come in and write the number by himself. Neighbors who don’t like ‘a stranger’ come into their yards will provide a board that mentions the numbers. The officer take notes from outside home. How about you, which way do you prefer? How the tap water usage is measured in your place?

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A Fly at 3rd Floor

Sorry for sharing unclear photo. In this hospital, my father’s room is at 3rd floor. One morning, when I saw the view outside from the window, I noticed this little guy on the window balcony outside. Aww, this little guy can fly this high!

I browse a while to search more information about this. Most insects can fly as long as they are in the air about fifty degrees Fahrenheit or warmer. If the air temperature at ground level is about seventy degrees, insects have about thirty-six hundred feet before they hit the ceiling and it’s too cold. On ninety-degree days, that limit is at about six thousand feet. If they achieve a height where it’s too chilly for them to fly, they just fold their wings in and go down until they reach a more comfy cruising elevation.

A little update on my father’s condition: we’ll go back home this weekend! Thanks for your sweet attention.

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Engagement Rings -- Are Diamonds your Girl's Best Friend?

For centuries, young men have been proposing marriage to young ladies and offering an engagement ring as a token of this commitment. And for almost half that time, diamonds have played a prominent role in the design of the rings. But are diamonds still a girl's best friend all these years later?

Reasons diamonds are a girl's best friend:

1. Tradition
Despite women making huge gains in equal rights, many of us still have daydreams of the perfect fairytale wedding. That stunning Kate Middleton, Prince Charming, lavish-type affair with doves, carriages, harps and ringing church bells. While it may not be a reality, it's partly this dream that enables the tradition of big white weddings to live on. And a major part of this tradition is the beautiful diamond rings that celebrate the engagement! If your girl is tradition, likely diamonds are still her best friend.

2. Value
As much as it's taboo to say, diamonds carry a certain perceived value that other precious stones and gems simply don't carry. And while your girlfriend may not be the type to care how much you spent or how expensive a rock can be, she won't be able to help her lips curling up at the corners, when her friends exclaim about how expensive it must have been. So if she’s flashy or likes something shiny – diamonds are in!

Reasons to think outside the square

1. While diamonds are beautiful, many liberated women can buy their own these days. Ensure you accompany these precious gems with brilliant design that suits her style so the amount of thought into the gift is evident. If your girl is the breadwinner -- maybe focus more on the design and getting in touch with what she loves, then on the rock itself.

2. Practicality
While you might want to get the biggest ring you can find, remember many women these days wear their engagement rings every day, meaning they can get caught on things, scratch things, and be scratched themselves. If you're selecting a diamond or other precious stones, think about the size and the setting. Perhaps something set a little smaller would be more practical for the modern woman. On the bright side, diamonds are one of the strongest substances in earth! If your lady is outdoorsy or has a hands on job, think about an alternative to diamonds, or perhaps just have them low set.

3. The new craze
Of course, if you want to go new-age, bypass the ring altogether -- or compliment the diamonds -- with a permanent tattooed ring around the finger. This is no short term commitment and neither is a tattoo!

4. Trends
Diamonds are traditional, but the latest trend is to combine diamonds with other precious gems -- adding a bit of colour to the ring! Try something different, why not a sapphire or a ruby?

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Keep Your Daily Water Intake

My father’s legs are puffy as his body can’t throw away the excessive water well. He must take a specific drug to push out the water. After a week treatment, his legs are becoming so small and thin. I ask my father to still drink enough water daily; but he refused to do it as he thought it will slow down the process.

This morning, he started to feel pain around the knees and the thumbs of his legs. It looks reddish as well. I guess that it’s a sign of some unnecessary and unwanted uric acid are gathering there. Sigh. I wish that my father isn’t so stubborn and still maintain his daily water intake; though he gets infusion.The water infusion looks red as it contains vitamin. Anyway, we’re still waiting for the result of his uric acid test. Watery Wednesday

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My Weekend and Blue Things that I Saw on the Street

I spent the whole weekend here, at the hospital room. This time it’s not only me and my father; my husband can also being here with us. The more the merrier, hehehe.

It’s been along time since the last time I spent my whole days at a hospital room. The last time was Sep 30th 1999, the day when my mother passed away. And now is my father turn.

His condition is much better now. Though he must eat porridge, he never complains about it and always finishes eating it. His appetite is already coming back. Last Sunday, the doctor came with the second blood test results. The creatinin, ureum, SGOT, SGPT, and leucosit numbers have been decreased into a normal range. But there are still some parts on his legs that look puffy.

It’s a pity that there isn’t any blue thing in this hospital that I can share here. I can only share blue things that I saw from a car; captured a few days ago.

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Fifth Day

Yesterday night we moved into another hospital room with the same rate that has big window. It’s much better, as the previous room has no window. A few days inside it already made me felt isolated from the outside world, hehehe.

Once I knew that the room across ours was empy last afternoon, I hurriedly booked the room. The same with me, my father also felt uncomfortable with the ‘dark’ room.

Yesterday, based on the tests result, the doctor who treats my father confirmed that my father’s heart already experiences deficiency in its contraction ability. It answers the question about my father’s swollen legs. I felt grateful that this problem can be treated by only taking medicine. His other vital organs still can function well. Thank God.

For Camera Critters, I share here a few cat pictures that I took at different places.

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Third Day

In fact, it’s almost my fourth day here since it’s over midnight. My husband is already sleeping now as he’s almost sleepless yesterday. I’m still trying to update my blog while accompanying my father. He can’t sleep well this night as his body is still secreting excessive water through lots of urinating.

My father’s legs look swollen. The cause is the decreasing function of his heart. Having getting treatment for three days, the progress clearly appears. His swollen legs become much thinner and he has no more stomach problem.

Dear blogger friends, thanks for all kind attention, support and prayers. It means a lot for us! Thank you so much! So sorry, I still can’t visit your great blogs. I don’t have much time to online and this hospital doesn’t provide Wi-fi. I don’t get good internet connection here. Anyway, I need to lie down and take a rest now. Have a great Friday…

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