Took me a while to convince myself I should get out of my pajamas. It was overcast, drizzling and cold outside and I wasn't in a hurry. But....I wanted to run over to Cee's house for a bit since I hadn't see her for almost two weeks. The Beast was up early and was gone when I got up. He had gotten a call from the Princess because the paint roller wasn't working for some reason. He tried to get it going for her but really didn't have the tools for it. So he left our brand new one with her and brought the old one (he had given it to her, I believe) to check it out and see if he could fix it.
The Princess had already gotten the trim and the walls painted in their rec room. She had woken up at 4:30am and couldn't go back to sleep so she got up and painted until she had to take Chewlee to school. Then she hurried back home to paint some more. Johnnycakes has taken a few days off work to help get all the work they want done on the house before they will feel like it's *home*. I saw a picture of him working on installing the wooden floor planks in the rec room. LOL...I remember when the Beast was doing ours. At least they have a place to put all the furniture when they do each room (except they won't remove the beds, dressers, etc. while doing the painting. I don't know how many rooms they will be putting wood floors down in. That will require removal of any furniture.
After leaving Cee's (she had some shopping to do first), I stopped at the Mission resale shop just to check it out. I found a couple nice sweaters and two new pair of pants for my trip to Chicago. Next comes a haircut. My hair is really a mess with some of the new hair that has come back in and I really, really want it to be able to be able to be styled. It will probably end up fairly short but as long as my little round brush fits around it, I'll be happy. Thankfully, the shop I get my haircuts at is not expensive. I hate spending a lot of money after how expensive my plane ticket was and what the car rental is going to be. Plus, I want to have money to spend, too.
It's only six days until I leave. I'm getting a bit excited now. It's going to be great to see the girls (we're all old ladies now...LOL). Some of us look better than others though. The youngest one of the bunch looks so damn good that I would love to slap her and tell her *Wrinkle up, lady! Look your age!* But, she's such a cutie. When we were young and all hanging around together, we kind of treated her like she was our pet. She was just so sweet and funny. We still love her to death.
I stayed up until after 2am in order to update the maps on Cee's Garmin that we gave her when she moved here (you MUST have one for this area in particular...they don't have any street signs!). However, although it started just fine, it suddenly stopped about midway through downloading the map updates. So, when I checked to find out why, it said that Windows stopped it and refused to recognize the device due to reported problems. WTF??? It's a Garmin...not some offbeat device from China! Now I have no idea what to do. Guess I will have to show it to the Beast and show him what I discovered (he'll have to see it for himself). We may have to actually call Garmin to find out if they know about this.
Well, time to get this posted. It's after 4am and I think I may be getting my second wind and that will be disasterous. I have to get at least 4 hours of sleep tonight. Otherwise, I will be a zombie.
Love you all. Be good. Be safe. Keep dry. Don't forget to get your flu shot. ***Hugs***
Friday, October 2, 2015
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The House Is Too Quiet Now.....
Today was the day the kids closed on their new house. Result? No Gunner, no Chewlee, no Princess and no Johnnycakes. The house was eerily quiet. It's not that they were even living in the RV they parked on our next door lot for long. It's just so easy to get used to the sounds of the great-grands and the (grand) daughter being here every day. I enjoyed it. More than I thought I would even. I really will miss their living so close. I may not have been over there all that much but it was comforting to know they were closeby.
With that said, that was pretty much my day. The Beast went out looking for a new window fan for the kitchen window but couldn't find one anywhere. He misplaced the one we had for it. He said he looked everywhere, including the cottage and the barn but....nothing! We are finding a lot of strange things missing from the house. Gremlins?
He brought home spicy chicken sandwiches from Chik-fila for our lunch so we ate the leftover potato pancakes for dinner. They were really better today than they were yesterday. More time for the flavors to merge, I guess.
We had to take the sheets off our bed that the Beast had bought. I knew we would have trouble with them since they were the Microfiber type. You can't keep the sheets in place. They were deep pocket ones but the corners would just come loose from any tossing or turning. I put a regular cotton set on them and those will work fine, I know. The Beast just threw the others in the garbage because he disliked them that much! And they were brand new...LOL. So wasteful but you don't give away something YOU dislike.
I just spent a few hours after dinner checking my email and then on FB to see the new posts. That always takes up HOURS of my time due to the number of friends and family (mostly family...we're Irish, after all). Took a nap and am now up and doing this post. Still tired and will head back to bed after this is done.....which is now. The trouble with being old is not really being all that active. I forgot to call Cee to check on whether or not she wants to go to resale shops with me tomorrow but I will see what she is doing in the morning. I still need to find some more jeans or nice pants for my trip.
Oh, I did have to run to the bank today. We found a couple charges that were NOT ours on our checking account. I placed a dispute with the VP at our branch and it was only a few hours before we had the money back on the one charge and a provisional credit on the other one because they hadn't gotten in contact with them yet. Don't you just hate when that kind of thing happens? I had placed an order two months ago (and received that one) but hadn't placed another one nor had I received anything. It really pissed me off. The nerve of any company doing that kind of thing just because they had your debit card number. Now I have a temporary one until my new one comes some time next week. It's a pain because I will have to notify my medicare supplement company tomorrow and then call again with my new number since I have automatic payments for them every month. Dammit!
Well, love you all. Be good. Remember...Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. ***Hugs***
With that said, that was pretty much my day. The Beast went out looking for a new window fan for the kitchen window but couldn't find one anywhere. He misplaced the one we had for it. He said he looked everywhere, including the cottage and the barn but....nothing! We are finding a lot of strange things missing from the house. Gremlins?
He brought home spicy chicken sandwiches from Chik-fila for our lunch so we ate the leftover potato pancakes for dinner. They were really better today than they were yesterday. More time for the flavors to merge, I guess.
We had to take the sheets off our bed that the Beast had bought. I knew we would have trouble with them since they were the Microfiber type. You can't keep the sheets in place. They were deep pocket ones but the corners would just come loose from any tossing or turning. I put a regular cotton set on them and those will work fine, I know. The Beast just threw the others in the garbage because he disliked them that much! And they were brand new...LOL. So wasteful but you don't give away something YOU dislike.
I just spent a few hours after dinner checking my email and then on FB to see the new posts. That always takes up HOURS of my time due to the number of friends and family (mostly family...we're Irish, after all). Took a nap and am now up and doing this post. Still tired and will head back to bed after this is done.....which is now. The trouble with being old is not really being all that active. I forgot to call Cee to check on whether or not she wants to go to resale shops with me tomorrow but I will see what she is doing in the morning. I still need to find some more jeans or nice pants for my trip.
Oh, I did have to run to the bank today. We found a couple charges that were NOT ours on our checking account. I placed a dispute with the VP at our branch and it was only a few hours before we had the money back on the one charge and a provisional credit on the other one because they hadn't gotten in contact with them yet. Don't you just hate when that kind of thing happens? I had placed an order two months ago (and received that one) but hadn't placed another one nor had I received anything. It really pissed me off. The nerve of any company doing that kind of thing just because they had your debit card number. Now I have a temporary one until my new one comes some time next week. It's a pain because I will have to notify my medicare supplement company tomorrow and then call again with my new number since I have automatic payments for them every month. Dammit!
Well, love you all. Be good. Remember...Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. ***Hugs***
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Good News...Bad News!
I went to my regular doctor today and I had several things I had to ask him. I also had to take my normal A1C test (it tells the doctor what my daily sugar average was for the previous 2-3 months) plus get my flu shot since I was planning on traveling (and being in a closed environment on the plane). It was merely good thinking on my part, as my doctor told me.
I also wanted to discuss my IBS-D problem with him. He knew about the new medication for it but was not familiar with any side effects it might have and whether or not it was a good thing to prescribe for me. He wants me to see a gastroenterologist that specializes in treating my problem. That's the bad news. BUT...the good news is that he gave me a prescription for a medication to take immediately when my IBS-D hits me. I take two pills and can take it up to four times every day until it stops the diarrhea. He says even at it's worse, I should probably only have to take it twice. Phew!
He also told me to buy myself some Depends Silhouette's and wear them when I was on the plane and put a couple in my purse...just in case. He's not sure how being on a plane might affect my IBS since I have never flown since I was diagnosed with it. BUT...he said a couple of his patients have used them and find them comfortable and unobtrusive. I plan on wearing jeans on the plane once I replace the pair that disappeared on me. I am so befuddled by that, I keep looking for them. I don't understand how they could just vanish!
The Beast made his *famous* potato pancakes (latkes to those more familiar with that term) today. The Princess, bless her heart, took it upon herself to peel the potatoes and get the onions ready for him. Of course, it was her that kind of tricked him into agreeing to make it since he had kind of promised to make some for her when they got into the RV. Since they close on their house tomorrow, they won't be here for lunch or dinner any more so today was the last opportunity he actually had.
Their appliances won't be delivered for another few days. The earliest is on Thursday but it might not be until next Tuesday since they didn't have the fridge or the stove in stock locally. But she will have her little invection appliance and I think they also have a small microwave she can use until they get the things they need. Tomorrow they will be mostly concerned with getting the beds set up for all of them. She is looking forward to sleeping on her own bed again. The RV is okay for weekends or even a week but it's just NOT as comfortable as a real bed and good mattress.
Johnnycakes told her he wants the rec room painted first because then he can put the new floor down in there. He wants to get the pool and foosball tables in there so they don't warp on them. Actually, it might be a hockey table...I've seen them but never played them and I mix the names up when I haven't seen them myself. She told me but you know how it is when you aren't interested in something like that.....
The pharmacist did a strange thing today. I have no idea why but he wanted to discuss with me all my medications. He just wanted to find out if I knew what they all were for and ...oh, I almost forgot...he reminded me that the doctor had cut me down to one Metformin tablet twice a day instead of my usual two. He thinks I can take less diabetes medication and still maintain a good A1C. I was really happy about that. He said if I do well in three months (that's when he wants me to come back for another A1C test), he might just take me off it entirely and put me on just glyburide. Since that is what I took back a few years ago, I was happy about that. The tablet is really small and very easy to take. It also melts faster. I know this because I have had it start to dissolve in my mouth before I even swallowed it...LOL!
I'm piling up a few of the clothes I am taking with me and making a list so I don't forget anything. I will just buy some shampoo and creme rinse when I get there since they give you such a hard time about anything over three or four ounces. Not a problem since I stop at this one place to buy stuff like that when I am on my way to Kay's house. It's right on the way to her house so it's not like I go out of my way.
I think I will call Cee tomorrow and see if she wants to go with me to a couple of the resale shops around here on Thursday or Friday. I'm going to try to find some jeans that are in good shape and maybe a sweater or two since my old ones are really a bit too big now. Funny how losing 20 lbs or so can make such a difference, isn't it? Actually, I lost 28 lbs from when I bought those clothes. Oh well. I like the size I am now and will try to keep it somewhere close to 120 from now on.
I'm wearing some winter jammies to sleep at night now. We've had some really cool weather at night and it's just going to get colder for the next week (down into the 40's at night...brrrr!). Well, I should close this for now. It's really long I see and I owe a lot of hints. I'll keep it down to 3 today and tomorrow. No more summer hints since we are getting into cooler weather in most of the country now.
Love you all. Be good. Be happy. Take care of your health and see your doctor regularly. Don't forget to get your flu shot! A pneumonia shot wouldn't be a bad idea either if you are older. Those you only have to take every five years and they don't hurt. Smile...it takes less muscles than a frown and makes you feel better, too. ***Hugs***
HINT#1: Stay under the speed limit. Your car will begin to lose fuel efficiency once it gets over 60 mph. One of the easiest ways to save money on gas is to always go the speed limit---and it's safer, too.
HINT#2: After washing your car, give it a second round just like you would your head---use hair conditioner! You might think we're crazy, but applying conditioner, leaving on for five minutes, and then rinsing it off will give your car a just-waxed shine. As an added bonus, it will more effectively repel water!
HINT#3: Even if you clean your paintbrush thoroughly, the bristles are likely to be stiff after they dry. Keep them soft and flexible with ordinary hair conditioner. Jst add a tablespoon of conditioner to a pint of warm water, and after cleaning the brush, dip it in the solution for a few minutes.
I also wanted to discuss my IBS-D problem with him. He knew about the new medication for it but was not familiar with any side effects it might have and whether or not it was a good thing to prescribe for me. He wants me to see a gastroenterologist that specializes in treating my problem. That's the bad news. BUT...the good news is that he gave me a prescription for a medication to take immediately when my IBS-D hits me. I take two pills and can take it up to four times every day until it stops the diarrhea. He says even at it's worse, I should probably only have to take it twice. Phew!
He also told me to buy myself some Depends Silhouette's and wear them when I was on the plane and put a couple in my purse...just in case. He's not sure how being on a plane might affect my IBS since I have never flown since I was diagnosed with it. BUT...he said a couple of his patients have used them and find them comfortable and unobtrusive. I plan on wearing jeans on the plane once I replace the pair that disappeared on me. I am so befuddled by that, I keep looking for them. I don't understand how they could just vanish!
The Beast made his *famous* potato pancakes (latkes to those more familiar with that term) today. The Princess, bless her heart, took it upon herself to peel the potatoes and get the onions ready for him. Of course, it was her that kind of tricked him into agreeing to make it since he had kind of promised to make some for her when they got into the RV. Since they close on their house tomorrow, they won't be here for lunch or dinner any more so today was the last opportunity he actually had.
Their appliances won't be delivered for another few days. The earliest is on Thursday but it might not be until next Tuesday since they didn't have the fridge or the stove in stock locally. But she will have her little invection appliance and I think they also have a small microwave she can use until they get the things they need. Tomorrow they will be mostly concerned with getting the beds set up for all of them. She is looking forward to sleeping on her own bed again. The RV is okay for weekends or even a week but it's just NOT as comfortable as a real bed and good mattress.
Johnnycakes told her he wants the rec room painted first because then he can put the new floor down in there. He wants to get the pool and foosball tables in there so they don't warp on them. Actually, it might be a hockey table...I've seen them but never played them and I mix the names up when I haven't seen them myself. She told me but you know how it is when you aren't interested in something like that.....
The pharmacist did a strange thing today. I have no idea why but he wanted to discuss with me all my medications. He just wanted to find out if I knew what they all were for and ...oh, I almost forgot...he reminded me that the doctor had cut me down to one Metformin tablet twice a day instead of my usual two. He thinks I can take less diabetes medication and still maintain a good A1C. I was really happy about that. He said if I do well in three months (that's when he wants me to come back for another A1C test), he might just take me off it entirely and put me on just glyburide. Since that is what I took back a few years ago, I was happy about that. The tablet is really small and very easy to take. It also melts faster. I know this because I have had it start to dissolve in my mouth before I even swallowed it...LOL!
I'm piling up a few of the clothes I am taking with me and making a list so I don't forget anything. I will just buy some shampoo and creme rinse when I get there since they give you such a hard time about anything over three or four ounces. Not a problem since I stop at this one place to buy stuff like that when I am on my way to Kay's house. It's right on the way to her house so it's not like I go out of my way.
I think I will call Cee tomorrow and see if she wants to go with me to a couple of the resale shops around here on Thursday or Friday. I'm going to try to find some jeans that are in good shape and maybe a sweater or two since my old ones are really a bit too big now. Funny how losing 20 lbs or so can make such a difference, isn't it? Actually, I lost 28 lbs from when I bought those clothes. Oh well. I like the size I am now and will try to keep it somewhere close to 120 from now on.
I'm wearing some winter jammies to sleep at night now. We've had some really cool weather at night and it's just going to get colder for the next week (down into the 40's at night...brrrr!). Well, I should close this for now. It's really long I see and I owe a lot of hints. I'll keep it down to 3 today and tomorrow. No more summer hints since we are getting into cooler weather in most of the country now.
Love you all. Be good. Be happy. Take care of your health and see your doctor regularly. Don't forget to get your flu shot! A pneumonia shot wouldn't be a bad idea either if you are older. Those you only have to take every five years and they don't hurt. Smile...it takes less muscles than a frown and makes you feel better, too. ***Hugs***
HINT#1: Stay under the speed limit. Your car will begin to lose fuel efficiency once it gets over 60 mph. One of the easiest ways to save money on gas is to always go the speed limit---and it's safer, too.
HINT#2: After washing your car, give it a second round just like you would your head---use hair conditioner! You might think we're crazy, but applying conditioner, leaving on for five minutes, and then rinsing it off will give your car a just-waxed shine. As an added bonus, it will more effectively repel water!
HINT#3: Even if you clean your paintbrush thoroughly, the bristles are likely to be stiff after they dry. Keep them soft and flexible with ordinary hair conditioner. Jst add a tablespoon of conditioner to a pint of warm water, and after cleaning the brush, dip it in the solution for a few minutes.
Had A Great Day...!
It was more fun than I thought to make dinner with the Princess today. I made the salad and the meatloaf while she peeled the potatoes, mashed them and then put together a casserole that tasted like twice baked potatoes. Yum! Even the Beast said (at the table) that it was a great dinner.
The only bad thing was that the Princess, when she plugged in my mixer, accidentally pulled the plug on the coffee. Ask me how I found out? LOL. I went to make a pot of coffee later in the evening, after they were back in their RV, and discovered that the pot was COLD! It was a real shock. I knew immediately that it had either been accidentally shut off or unplugged. I'm pretty sure she thought she had unplugged the coffee grinder. Unfortunately, it wasn't true. If you have a Bunn coffee maker, you know it doesn't take long for the tank to cool down.
But, I really did get a kick out of the two of us, working in the kitchen together, got a nice dinner made and we sat down to eat together. Only Johnnycakes was late because he was sleeping and she didn't want to wake him. He usually only gets about six hours of sleep before he has to eat and then get ready for work. At least the meatloaf and the potato casserole were still warm when he woke up and came over to the house.
She had gone out and bought him a birthday cake since today was his birthday. She usually makes his cakes but that's difficult to do when she had actually forgotten it was his birthday today until after she dropped Chewlee off at school. The cake was from the Walmart bakery and I was surprised that the butter cream frosting was not super sweet like they usually are. I like to buy the Publix ones with the whipped cream frosting. Once you have those, you are spoiled for life! Nothing else is usually palatable but this one surprised me.
I was going through my clothes and thinking about what I wanted to pack for my trip next week and made a horrible discovery that truly has me puzzled. One of the new pair of jeans that I bought two weeks ago is totally missing! I kid you not. I searched the house, went through all the closets, inspected every hangar, went through my drawers and even my pajama bin. I looked in the couches and slid my hand down into the sides of the recliners. Hey, you never know. But they are gone.
They happen to be my favorite ones. I got the boot cut and bought the extra long so I could cuff them. They were comfortable and I was sure that I had put them into my hamper to be washed. But they weren't there. I even went through the Beast's hamper thinking he might just have seen the jeans and thought they were his. He bought some new jeans for himself a couple weeks ago and he wouldn't think of holding them up to himself to check. That's something I think only women do.
I will have to go to one of the resale shops in the area (and we have quite a few) and see what I can find. My old pants are all about 3 sizes too big on me. I weighed myself when I was at the doctors office the other day to get the result of my sonograms and I still weigh in at 120. *Grin*
Today was another overcast and dreary day. Both the Princess and I missed out on the eclipse AND seeing the red moon last night. But at least a few people got some nice pictures of it and posted them on FB. No chance for tonight either. Oh well. She will live to see the next one. Only I doubt that I will but you never know....LOL.
Love you all. Please be cautious when driving. Dress appropriately. Stay healthy and don't forget to get your flu shot. I should get mine tomorrow at my regular doctor's office, I hope. Otherwise, it means I head back to Walgreen's to get it again. I kind of like the idea that my shot means some child in a third world country will receive their shots. You might think about that when you get yours.
***Hugs***
The only bad thing was that the Princess, when she plugged in my mixer, accidentally pulled the plug on the coffee. Ask me how I found out? LOL. I went to make a pot of coffee later in the evening, after they were back in their RV, and discovered that the pot was COLD! It was a real shock. I knew immediately that it had either been accidentally shut off or unplugged. I'm pretty sure she thought she had unplugged the coffee grinder. Unfortunately, it wasn't true. If you have a Bunn coffee maker, you know it doesn't take long for the tank to cool down.
But, I really did get a kick out of the two of us, working in the kitchen together, got a nice dinner made and we sat down to eat together. Only Johnnycakes was late because he was sleeping and she didn't want to wake him. He usually only gets about six hours of sleep before he has to eat and then get ready for work. At least the meatloaf and the potato casserole were still warm when he woke up and came over to the house.
She had gone out and bought him a birthday cake since today was his birthday. She usually makes his cakes but that's difficult to do when she had actually forgotten it was his birthday today until after she dropped Chewlee off at school. The cake was from the Walmart bakery and I was surprised that the butter cream frosting was not super sweet like they usually are. I like to buy the Publix ones with the whipped cream frosting. Once you have those, you are spoiled for life! Nothing else is usually palatable but this one surprised me.
I was going through my clothes and thinking about what I wanted to pack for my trip next week and made a horrible discovery that truly has me puzzled. One of the new pair of jeans that I bought two weeks ago is totally missing! I kid you not. I searched the house, went through all the closets, inspected every hangar, went through my drawers and even my pajama bin. I looked in the couches and slid my hand down into the sides of the recliners. Hey, you never know. But they are gone.
They happen to be my favorite ones. I got the boot cut and bought the extra long so I could cuff them. They were comfortable and I was sure that I had put them into my hamper to be washed. But they weren't there. I even went through the Beast's hamper thinking he might just have seen the jeans and thought they were his. He bought some new jeans for himself a couple weeks ago and he wouldn't think of holding them up to himself to check. That's something I think only women do.
I will have to go to one of the resale shops in the area (and we have quite a few) and see what I can find. My old pants are all about 3 sizes too big on me. I weighed myself when I was at the doctors office the other day to get the result of my sonograms and I still weigh in at 120. *Grin*
Today was another overcast and dreary day. Both the Princess and I missed out on the eclipse AND seeing the red moon last night. But at least a few people got some nice pictures of it and posted them on FB. No chance for tonight either. Oh well. She will live to see the next one. Only I doubt that I will but you never know....LOL.
Love you all. Please be cautious when driving. Dress appropriately. Stay healthy and don't forget to get your flu shot. I should get mine tomorrow at my regular doctor's office, I hope. Otherwise, it means I head back to Walgreen's to get it again. I kind of like the idea that my shot means some child in a third world country will receive their shots. You might think about that when you get yours.
***Hugs***
Monday, September 28, 2015
Doctor's Appointment Rescheduled....
I was already on my way to the doctor's office when I got a call from them. It seems that my doctor had been called over to the hospital on an emergency consult about one of his patients so I could either see one of the other doctors or reschedule. I rescheduled for tomorrow morning. It's not like I am sick. I just need to get my regular A1C test and I need to ask him about the medication they have for IBS-D. I definitely want some if it works and doesn't have a bunch of possible side effects.
So, I just went to Walmart and picked up what I needed to make my meatloaf today. It turns out it's a perfect day for it. It's overcast and drizzling out. We are supposed to get actual rain later tonight but I can wait for that. Better then than now.
Yesterday was not really anything special. Johnnycakes helped some friends move a few things so he had borrowed our trailer to do that. Then he moved the AC unit that the Beast had taken out of the kitchen window and put it in the cottage. The Beast admitted that he just can't handle that any more. I don't think he was feeling all that great anyway. Then, when we talked this morning, I found out that he was in so much pain last night that he took a pain pill and it made him too sick to sleep well at all. He doesn't do a heavy pain pill dosage well at all except after a major surgery and he didn't think to ask me for one of mine (which are a lower dosage). He said he still feels sick to his stomach, like he wants to barf plus he keeps getting leg cramps in both his legs. Those I think he is getting because he overdoes things at times. Even lifting the AC unit from the window to the table on the deck would do it for him.
Chewlee and I watched Harry Potter movies most of the day until she went home to get ready for bed. Well, she WAS ready for bed as far as taking her shower and putting on her pajamas. That she did here while I kept our movie on *pause* until she was done. After she left, I continued watching the HP movies (she knows which one we have to start with when she is over for a few hours next time) until I was so darn tired that I couldn't see straight. That's when I posted what I did about posting today. I'll post again later tonight.
I stopped before I put in the last two movies from HP (The Deathly Hallows, Parts 1&2). I don't want to start one without being able to see the other. I don't care how many times I watch the movies, I still love them. I told Chewlee that, when she was ready, I have all the HP books here for her to read. I also told her that the books are actually much better than the movies because there is so much more information and detail in them. I don't know if she believed me or not since she hasn't really read any books with any depth to them yet but she will find out. I'm just glad that she likes to read.
Back when my son, Marcus, was young, he hated reading and did awful in it in school. I tried a lot of different things to get him interested in reading. I finally found some fantasy books that I thought might do the trick (I had read them) so I talked about them with him. I didn't give him the books, I just talked about how interesting I thought they were (they were cute!). He went into my bookcase headboard and picked up one and started reading it. Before I knew it, he had read them all and that was all he could talk about. After that, he started reading a lot of different books. He became my BEST reader. The trick is to help them find things that interest them and then just let them explore.
Just watching the weather channel where they did a big report on NASA's announcement regarding finding water on the planet Mars. They sure were cautious about even thinking that with all the observations they have been doing for so many years. It's not real running water like we are used to but it's there and it's seasonal. Isn't that amazing? Also saw our weather report for the week ahead...it sucks! The next few days will be nasty and then it will still be overcast until the weekend. Yuck! I'm glad I remembered to buy us an umbrella.
Time to get busy here and then get my meatloaf ready to pop into the oven. I'm glad we also have biscuits to serve and I can even make a salad. Today is Johnnycake's birthday so I want to make sure he eats well before he has to set off to work.
I hope your day is better than ours. Love you all. Be good and smile, smile, smile. Hopefully, you will get a few back! ***Hugs***
So, I just went to Walmart and picked up what I needed to make my meatloaf today. It turns out it's a perfect day for it. It's overcast and drizzling out. We are supposed to get actual rain later tonight but I can wait for that. Better then than now.
Yesterday was not really anything special. Johnnycakes helped some friends move a few things so he had borrowed our trailer to do that. Then he moved the AC unit that the Beast had taken out of the kitchen window and put it in the cottage. The Beast admitted that he just can't handle that any more. I don't think he was feeling all that great anyway. Then, when we talked this morning, I found out that he was in so much pain last night that he took a pain pill and it made him too sick to sleep well at all. He doesn't do a heavy pain pill dosage well at all except after a major surgery and he didn't think to ask me for one of mine (which are a lower dosage). He said he still feels sick to his stomach, like he wants to barf plus he keeps getting leg cramps in both his legs. Those I think he is getting because he overdoes things at times. Even lifting the AC unit from the window to the table on the deck would do it for him.
Chewlee and I watched Harry Potter movies most of the day until she went home to get ready for bed. Well, she WAS ready for bed as far as taking her shower and putting on her pajamas. That she did here while I kept our movie on *pause* until she was done. After she left, I continued watching the HP movies (she knows which one we have to start with when she is over for a few hours next time) until I was so darn tired that I couldn't see straight. That's when I posted what I did about posting today. I'll post again later tonight.
I stopped before I put in the last two movies from HP (The Deathly Hallows, Parts 1&2). I don't want to start one without being able to see the other. I don't care how many times I watch the movies, I still love them. I told Chewlee that, when she was ready, I have all the HP books here for her to read. I also told her that the books are actually much better than the movies because there is so much more information and detail in them. I don't know if she believed me or not since she hasn't really read any books with any depth to them yet but she will find out. I'm just glad that she likes to read.
Back when my son, Marcus, was young, he hated reading and did awful in it in school. I tried a lot of different things to get him interested in reading. I finally found some fantasy books that I thought might do the trick (I had read them) so I talked about them with him. I didn't give him the books, I just talked about how interesting I thought they were (they were cute!). He went into my bookcase headboard and picked up one and started reading it. Before I knew it, he had read them all and that was all he could talk about. After that, he started reading a lot of different books. He became my BEST reader. The trick is to help them find things that interest them and then just let them explore.
Just watching the weather channel where they did a big report on NASA's announcement regarding finding water on the planet Mars. They sure were cautious about even thinking that with all the observations they have been doing for so many years. It's not real running water like we are used to but it's there and it's seasonal. Isn't that amazing? Also saw our weather report for the week ahead...it sucks! The next few days will be nasty and then it will still be overcast until the weekend. Yuck! I'm glad I remembered to buy us an umbrella.
Time to get busy here and then get my meatloaf ready to pop into the oven. I'm glad we also have biscuits to serve and I can even make a salad. Today is Johnnycake's birthday so I want to make sure he eats well before he has to set off to work.
I hope your day is better than ours. Love you all. Be good and smile, smile, smile. Hopefully, you will get a few back! ***Hugs***
Very Tired....No Blog Tonight...
I WILL WRITE MY BLOG AFTER DRS APPT. TOMORROW. TOO TIRED TO DO IT NOW. SORRY! LOVE YOU!
Saturday, September 26, 2015
An Interesting Day....
I had two interesting things happen today. First, I got to see the pictures that the Princess took of the baby on her shoot yesterday. I saw them BEFORE she worked on correcting them and AFTER. They turned out amazing! I was very impressed with them, as were the parents from their comments on FB. She only put four or five of the pictures on there but had more that she supplied the parents on a CD. The nice thing is the parents can take them to many places and print out exactly the number they need and it's much cheaper than many photography places would charge.
The second thing was that the camera the Beast bought for me to replace my old one (it's very old) although he DID get me two new batteries for it plus a new charger. But the new one is fantastic. I am going to take pictures of the kids tomorrow (Chewlee and Gunner) to test it and see how they come out. I need to get familiar with it although the Beast has set up most of it for me but showed me how to access the various programs. I will have to read the booklet for it and find out how to get it into the movie mode...just in case I ever want to use that. It will take up to 60 minutes of movies! I think that's amazing for a digital camera. I don't know how they do it but isn't it wonderful?
I just realized that I leave in 12 days. My adopted brother-in-law was bragging their pool was 85 degrees and so was the outside temperature. Stinker! I am going to bring my bathing suit...just in case. Everyone says that summer, although it was late arriving, is hanging on in the Chicago area. I sure hope so. But I am bringing my coat...just in case it decides to leave suddenly. LOL!
I'm going to be limited in the money I will have to spend while up there but it really shouldn't matter. I only have the one day with the girls that I need to worry about and whatever I spend in the different air terminals while waiting for my flights. That's purely because of the cost of my plane flights and the car rental cost. THAT has soared unbelievably! It used to be $19 a day for unlimited mileage. It's going to cost me over $240 for just six days this time. *Gulp* But I don't want to be stuck at Kay's because no one can pick me up and take me where I need/want to go. I hope to be able to see my sister and brother and of course, some of my cousins. Most important of all, my aunt that is dying of breast cancer. She opted out of treatment for it, saying she had had a good life and she just wanted to enjoy what time she had with her grandkids and her sons. She has called in Hospice to ensure that she doesn't end up in a hospital. She feels the end is close now so I have to go see her. She is both my aunt and my godmother and I have many lovely memories of her and my uncle.
What's strange is that I usually feel compelled to write a letter to my loved ones when they are known to be dying to tell them how special they are to me and why. But I've become a bit superstitious about that because in every case, within a few days of receiving it, they have died. I just feel like it's unlucky for me to do that now. Weird, I know but true. So I haven't written my aunt about why I love her and some of the happy memories she gave me while I was growing up. I will tell her when I see her instead.
Well, it's late and I need to get to bed. I love you all dearly and I hope you're having a wonderful weekend so far. Have a fantastic Sunday and just enjoy your life. Stay away from negative people. You don't need that in your life. Be good. Be kind. ***Hugs***
The bad part of being away is that I won't be posting from the 8th until the 14th. I'll put up an *ON VACATION* notice so you will know when I am back. We finished up the Beast's spaghetti today. It was much better today than yesterday (of course!). I hope it's the same for the sauce we put in the freezer for next week. We'll cut up and fry some spicy Italian sausage then add it to the sauce before we eat it.
The second thing was that the camera the Beast bought for me to replace my old one (it's very old) although he DID get me two new batteries for it plus a new charger. But the new one is fantastic. I am going to take pictures of the kids tomorrow (Chewlee and Gunner) to test it and see how they come out. I need to get familiar with it although the Beast has set up most of it for me but showed me how to access the various programs. I will have to read the booklet for it and find out how to get it into the movie mode...just in case I ever want to use that. It will take up to 60 minutes of movies! I think that's amazing for a digital camera. I don't know how they do it but isn't it wonderful?
I just realized that I leave in 12 days. My adopted brother-in-law was bragging their pool was 85 degrees and so was the outside temperature. Stinker! I am going to bring my bathing suit...just in case. Everyone says that summer, although it was late arriving, is hanging on in the Chicago area. I sure hope so. But I am bringing my coat...just in case it decides to leave suddenly. LOL!
I'm going to be limited in the money I will have to spend while up there but it really shouldn't matter. I only have the one day with the girls that I need to worry about and whatever I spend in the different air terminals while waiting for my flights. That's purely because of the cost of my plane flights and the car rental cost. THAT has soared unbelievably! It used to be $19 a day for unlimited mileage. It's going to cost me over $240 for just six days this time. *Gulp* But I don't want to be stuck at Kay's because no one can pick me up and take me where I need/want to go. I hope to be able to see my sister and brother and of course, some of my cousins. Most important of all, my aunt that is dying of breast cancer. She opted out of treatment for it, saying she had had a good life and she just wanted to enjoy what time she had with her grandkids and her sons. She has called in Hospice to ensure that she doesn't end up in a hospital. She feels the end is close now so I have to go see her. She is both my aunt and my godmother and I have many lovely memories of her and my uncle.
What's strange is that I usually feel compelled to write a letter to my loved ones when they are known to be dying to tell them how special they are to me and why. But I've become a bit superstitious about that because in every case, within a few days of receiving it, they have died. I just feel like it's unlucky for me to do that now. Weird, I know but true. So I haven't written my aunt about why I love her and some of the happy memories she gave me while I was growing up. I will tell her when I see her instead.
Well, it's late and I need to get to bed. I love you all dearly and I hope you're having a wonderful weekend so far. Have a fantastic Sunday and just enjoy your life. Stay away from negative people. You don't need that in your life. Be good. Be kind. ***Hugs***
The bad part of being away is that I won't be posting from the 8th until the 14th. I'll put up an *ON VACATION* notice so you will know when I am back. We finished up the Beast's spaghetti today. It was much better today than yesterday (of course!). I hope it's the same for the sauce we put in the freezer for next week. We'll cut up and fry some spicy Italian sausage then add it to the sauce before we eat it.
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