Surgery and tattoos

Mom has made it through her first week of post-surgery! Everything seems to be going pretty good. The pain is minimal. My guess was it would be, in comparison to what her shoulder was like before surgery.

Her sister Janet is staying with her and they are getting a lot of quality time! Both are still alive yet. Lol!

I mentioned last week it was Brandon's birthday. I did get a cute pic so I had to include it this week.

B was hoping to get a new tattoo machine for his birthday and, of course, he did. That's what happens when you are an only child. He is a bit spoiled, but has never been a brat about it, so it continues.

He was very appreciative of his new machine and said right away "I'm doing the first tattoo on you, since you bought it for me!"

He may be spoiled but has a big heart and is very appreciative. He did stay good to his word and pictured are the two new tattoos he did for me. I will be getting two more this weekend. I love having a tattoo artist for a son!

It is the perfect job for him with his artistic talents! Yes, I'm a proud mom but who wouldn't be. It's great seeing your kid happy and doing what he loves!

No Bake Pumpkin

Cream Cheese Pie

Ingredients

2 cups canned pumpkin

1/2 cup sugar

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

2 8-ounce containers Cool Whip or other whipped cream

1 tablespoon cinnamon

2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 3.4-ounce box instant vanilla pudding

1 cup milk

2 pre-made graham cracker pie crusts or make your own

Directions

For the bottom layer, blend cream cheese, sugar, and one container of whipped cream until smooth, then spread this mixture into the pie crusts. For the top layer, mix the instant pudding with milk until thick, then stir in pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Spread this mixture over the cream cheese layer. Finally, top with the second container of whipped cream. Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving to let the pie set completely.

Joke of the Week

Two rednecks are out hunting, and as they're walking along they come upon a huge hole in the ground. They approach it and are amazed by the size of it.

The first hunter says, "Wow, that's some hole. I can't even see the bottom. I wonder how deep it is?"

The second hunter says," I don't know, let's throw something down and listen and see how long it takes to hit bottom."

The first hunter says, "There's an old gearbox over there, give me a hand and we'll throw it in and see".

So they pick it up and carry it over, and count one, and two and three, and throw it in the hole.

They are standing there listening and looking over the edge and they hear a rustling in the brush behind them. As they turn around they see a goat come crashing through the brush, run up to the hole with no hesitation, and jump in headfirst.

While they are standing there looking at each other, then gazing into the hole, and trying to figure out what that was all about, an old farmer walks up.

"Say there", says the farmer, "You fellers didn't happen to see my goat around here anywhere, did you?"

The first hunter says "Funny you should ask, but we were just standing here a minute ago and a goat came running out of the bushes doin' about a hunert miles an hour and jumped headfirst into this hole here!"

And the old farmer said... "Why that's impossible, I had him chained to an old gearbox!"