Ms. Alice

Well, we are happy to report that Alice is doing just fine. She still has some extensive dental work to get done, but the swelling has dissipated and the wounds are healing great. She is just about to a point where she can eat regularly. That is with knife and fork and normal bite sizes.

I must confess that I did not handle the ordeal as well as she did. When she first walked in the house and showed me her face, I went bonkers. It bordered on the edge of panic and she was as calm as could be. Maybe I'll learn something from that. :)

Anyway, thanks again for every one's concern.

Thank You!!

The expressions of love and concern for Alice as she is recovering from this fall has been wonderful. We appreciate everyone who has called and the flowers and cards have been great.

She is doing much better. The swelling is going down and she is finding it easier to talk and eat. At the dentist yesterday, we did find that the damage to her top front teeth is more extensive than we had thought. So that is going to take some work. She is scheduled to have that done next week after the swelling has gone down and the cuts have healed.

All in all...I suppose I freaked out more than she did over this whole thing. Nevertheless, we are thankful there appears to be no permanent damage.

Thank you again.

Fall down and go bang!!!

Well, it looks bad and she feels bad, but fortunately, nothing major was broken.

Last night while walking Eli, the two of them had a collision after talking with some folks passing by and Alice hit the street face first. We spent some 4 hours in the emergency room to make sure there was no major damage and thankfully there was not.

This picture was last night. I am sure she'll thrash me for putting it on the blog, but it is hard to describe this kind of "yuck" to people. The other picture is much even more telling. But again, we are thankful that it was not any worse. She does have some dental work that needs to be done, she chipped and jammed her upper teeth. So we'll attend to that tomorrow when she is not in quite so much discomfort.

I know she will appreciate your thoughts and prayers.

Brrrrrrr!

Hey baby it's COLD outside! A little snow and some frigid temps are harassing us folks here in NC. Of course, the snow and cold rain we have had over the past few days is very welcome with our drought conditions. But these cold temps are too reminiscent of Chicago style weather and I would rather not be reminded of that!!!

Just a few updates....my mom has headed to Yuma, AZ with a friend. It's a combination fly/drive trip for a week or so. That's great that she gets to do this. However, before leaving she was having some pain in one of her legs and the doctor said it was constricted arteries. So she is on some medication for it. Of course, I would MUCH prefer she not travel until the problem is either resolved or under control, but then you know how moms are sometimes! :)

Oh, did I mention we have a house for sale in Lubbock!!! Yikes...it will be a year come March if we can't unload that puppy.

Hope y'all are doing well and staying warm!

God bless....

Norm & Alice

New Additions to the Clan Hutchison

It has been way too long since Keira was born and I promised pictures, so I'm not waiting this time.

This little one is Keira Hope Oliver, born to Lisa and Keith a few months ago.


This little girl was just born yesterday, 1/14, to Heather and Steve Rusnica. Her name is Mallory Grace.



Everyone is doing just great. Heather did have a rather long bout with labor but from what we hear, no complications.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH AND GOD BLESS.

"Thank You"

My loving wife is so good about birthday cards, anniversary and "thank you" cards that I often forget how important they are. I would like to think that I would do those things were she not so efficient at them. However, I suspect it would be a bit more haphazard than her ability to get them done.

This Christmas we were a bit more frugal than years past when it came to kids and grand kids. Not because we could not afford it, but mainly because they usually end up with so much stuff anyway that it seemed rather futile to simply pile things on. Nevertheless, this week and last we received very special THANK YOU cards from the kids and grand kids. It was quite nice and very meaningful. Even our son in law wrote a special note and our new daughter in law! How cool is that? :)

"Thank you" is a simple gesture, I know, but one that is often forgotten.

If you get a chance this week and the situation warrants it, say "Thank you" to some one. Not "I appreciate it", not "that's great", not "much appreciated", but THANK YOU. You might be surprised at the smile it brings.

Work in Progress

It's not often we get a view from this perspective. So we thought we would share a bit of Alice's work. These are photos of the site development work at Mtn. Island. It is a new community northwest of Charlotte. We had some rain a few days ago so work is progressing slowly, but the sales trailer is on site and they have a salesperson there. It's a promising project and has a beautiful setting. These photos were taken with her phone so the quality is not the best. But you get the idea.

Sleepers Annonymous

It is both funny and amazing that our grandson Silas can basically go to sleep anywhere. I guess when the "tireds" hit ya, they hit ya!


I don't want to say that one takes after the other, but apparently Eli can do the same thing!


Of course, not to be left out.....Paul and Autumn's boy Hunter, is practicing the "sleeping in the chair" routine. An expertise every man needs later in life.