Oh, my. I have been lazy where this blog is concerned, haven't I? So much has happened since 2010.  Where to start? I still have my phone, it's an EVO and I still love it. I gave up on the t-coil as there was too much noise interference, and I don't really use the remote much anymore either. I find that I have one setting I like and I don't change it. I still hate phone calls-it takes too much concentration to listen and translate what I hear into what I actually understand. (I have the dual cables that I can plug in and they work well but are a pain to plug in.) For that reason I am thinking about getting an iPhone. There are two fairly new CC programs that work best with the iPhone. Yes, it is true that there are also ones with Android, but you have to have 4G to make them work. I live out in the country, which is where I would use my phone most, and only have 3G there.
 I have been back to my Audi for yearly checkups and she tells me I am doing really well. I don't always feel that way, as my testing is done in a quiet lab and I live in a noisy world, but I do fairly well. I run into people that I have not seen in a year or so and they comment on how much better I am hearing and that I am more like my old self.
 I still work at Wal-Mart, coming up on 22 years in July (Jim, from River Bend, if you still follow this, please stop in so I can meet you..I work Tuesday - Saturday in the back offices..stop at site to store and ask for me).
My husband and I celebrated our 30th year of marriage last May and we are still best friends.
 In December of 2010 we welcomed our second grandchild into this world, Gemma Elizabeth Nyberg. Right from the start she was and still is the most "smiley" child I have ever known. Her older sister, Gabi, is my heart but Gemma is my angel.
 2011 was a fast travelling year and Bob and I had our first "real" vacation. Our oldest daughter chose the Outer Banks of North Carolina as the site for her wedding (September 22nd). It almost did not take place thanks to the angry, and destructive, powers of Hurricane Irene. The original site for the wedding was in the southern part of the islands, near Okrakoke. Thanks to Irene all the roads were washed out and the ferry was stopped for safety reasons. After a bit of a scramble, they found a site in the northern part of the islands in Carolla, NC and it was full steam ahead. Although it was scheduled to be an outdoor wedding, Mother Nature intervened and it rained.  We moved everything inside and the wedding was lovely!! Bob, my husband, and I played tourist along with my sister and her husband. We visited the Wright Brothers Museum at Kitty Hawk and loved it. We ate in some wonderful restaurants and did the usual tourist shopping. We even managed to visit one of the many lighthouses there. Over all, just a fun time.
 Life settled down and we were looking forward to Christmas when our lives were shattered with the news that our youngest daughter was in a car crash and had been airlifted to a Hospital in the neighboring county. It was a catch 22 situation..to be airlifted meant it was bad but to be taken there was much better for her than our own local hospital. She ended up being cut out of the car and had a broken femur, hip and shattered elbow. The elbow was the worst part as it had broken through the skin and parts of the bone were left at the crash site. The next day she was in surgery for hours having pins and rods put in place.
 After months of rehab, lots of work, sweat and tears on her part, she was able to walk down the aisle at her own wedding on April 7th of this year. The site for the wedding was lovely. Tryon Palace, the first site of the state capitol of North Carolina. The grass was green, the flowers in full bloom and it was a sunny, if windy, day.
  I am so happy for both my girls..they have each married the man of their dreams. Not only that, but these fine men are also their friends..to me that is the best foundation for a long and happy marriage.