Whenever EO is around for any length of time he always gets the heat up in the house to the mid to upper 90's.  So no one can stand to be in the house.  But when he isn't home the rest of us keep the house at about 80-82 degrees.  He just constantly feeds the wood stove, filling it up too much and then closing the draft.  Plus he does't let it die down at all.  Where we only put two sticks in at a time, leaving the draft open and not refilling it until there are just a few coals left.  Perhaps more heat goes out the chimney, but at least we can all breath and function.  We aren't plastered to the windows for air.  Silly EO.  He sure does a wonderful job taking care of us, even if it is too hot in the house.  

I must have slept wrong or something because it feels like I have a big ol' knife in my back when I sit or stand or walk or move or or or.  All I can handle is laying on the bed with my legs slightly elevated.  So that is where I am again.  

EO didn't get up this morning until 9:30.  He is feeling a little better but tired. At least his throat isn't as bad.  He didn't use his neck warmer the other day and he thinks that is why his throat was so swollen. But he has it now.  When I was making the hoods a number of years ago, he asked for me to make something that he could wear that he could pull up over his nose or just have around his neck.  He didn't want it to have a hat, because if he was hunting he needed an blaze orange one or if he was snow blowing the walks, he didn't want it to be blaze orange.  But he didn't want me to have to make a bunch of them for him either.  So I made one black one and one dark green one.  Colton would use it if he was on his 4 wheeler, as his neck was always exposed and a scarf just didn't work right for what he needed.  wow, babbling.  

ok, moving right along... EO is still trying to spend as much time as he can with his dad.  J&D also try to as well.  But poor Bill is so tired out.  He is falling asleep and is just out cold.  He doesn't even hear his phone ring.  But his love for Carol and trying to spend time with her each day is so sweet. I wish there was a way to make it easier on them.  I wish there was something we could do to make this whole situation easier on J&D too.  The family is just maxed out.  The friends ask all the time what they can do to help.  But I don't know what to tell them.  Prayers are always a good.  Mostly I worry about J&D  they have had so much happen in the last several months.  We worry about the effect this is having on them as well as B&C.  I guess all anyone can do is say lots and lots of prayers.