Pigging out...

All my family got gift certificates to our favorite eating place, the Crawfish Hole. It's a hole in the wall, but their food is outstanding. I am full of fried crawfish tails and shrimp. Don't hate! We used up those certificates tonight.

I told my brother that I guess I needed his help again, since I have given it my best shot and couldn't fix it. The doors on the bedrooms would not catch when closed. I had already tried moving the strike plates, but that didn't work. Turns out they needed to be moved vertically instead of in or out!! Duh! I never thought of that. Anyway, he came by after we ate and fixed both my doors for me. He's such a good brother.

I goofed up...

Today is an absolutely beautiful day, so being the outside type person that I am, I decided to mow the rye grass. Big mistake! First of all, it is nearly impossible to mow being green and wet at the same time, so I only mowed a small place. It looks horrible. Rye grass apparently is not meant to be cut. Now the pretty green is gone, but only in the small square that I cut. I'm leaving it alone the rest of the winter!!!

One more lazy day...

I knew last night that I would be waiting by the phone today for a call from a friend who is in a hospital in Shreveport. She didn't call until 1:30 for me to come get her from the hospital. The wheels in every hospital apparently turn slowly. After I got there at 2:30, we waited almost an hour for the wheelchair to take her down to my car. This is a very small hospital, which I had never been to, and they only had 12 patients on her floor. How hard can it be to find a wheelchair in a hospital!!!! Shouldn't there always be a few on stand-by?????? Anyway, I got her home, but she has to go back to the hospital tomorrow for another procedure. Her husband will be available tomorrow to take her back. She felt really bad that I had to come get her and then have to wait. It certainly wasn't her fault and it didn't really bother me.

Gloomy, dreary day....

This was the kind of day that was only good for staying inside by the fire, which is mostly what I did. My virus from yesterday was gone, so I went to lunch with the ladies. I didn't even run any errands while I was out for lunch....came right back home, got comfy, and chilled out. Last night around 10:30 I was able to keep down 2 pieces of toast. That's the only thing that stayed down all day long. Today, I can eat anything! Since the doc increased my meds, my blood sugar has been in the normal ranges. I even ate two cookies today and my blood sugar went down!! WTH!!

Feeling YUCKY!

I got some kind of virus that is forcing me to lose weight! OK...I got the message! Every morsel that I have tried to eat today ( and that's not much) has come back up to greet the porcelain god. I finally made some oatmeal raisin cookies just knowing they would stay down. Didn't happen! I ate only a half cookie before I was feeling sick again.

God Bless the Ford Family...

I watched as President Ford's body arrived in Washington on Friday and I watched the National funeral today. The ceremony, honor and tribute is most impressive, but I was focused on how much Mrs. Ford had to stand and walk. She is 88 and stood for very long periods of time during the scheduled events. I kept thinking that they should have a place for her to sit. She doesn't have to pay tribute to him; she already did for 58 years! My mother could not have done what Mrs. Ford did physically and she is only 81.

I have all these very cool graphics saved up on my computer, so I'm trying to use them all. Today I spent all day doing what is my station in life right now....taking care of parents. After we ate at my brother's, I took Mom and Dad to get groceries at Wal Mart. She had her list made so that I could go to one side of the store and get things she needed there and she could go to the groceries side. It is all she can do to get groceries in that huge store. She was tired by the time we checked out, so I had to let her go sit down while I got her checked out. Thank goodness that I can sign their checks. We took care of that little check signing business back when she was so sick. My brother and I both can sign their checks now. It's so hard to watch them deteriorate in so many ways. When I lived away, it didn't bother me as much, but now that I see them so often it takes its toll on me. I know their days are short.

sorry

blogger keeps losing my posts! WTH!

Sorry

I had a post all done and when I hit publish it disappeared. Blogger has changed stuff that was working fine. Why do they keep changing things when they aren't broken? GRRRR!

Missing in Action!

Didn't realize I had been away so long. The routine was the same up until Sunday. We knew on Saturday that something was wrong with mom, but my brother called me Sunday morning and said something was even more wrong now. I went on to her house and called Home Health. The nurse told us to get her to the hospital. We did and found that she had a UTI again. Second time since she has been home. She is now in the hospital getting IV antibiotics. She has really gone downhill physically. Yesterday, the PT couldn't get her past the door of her room when she tried to walk her. Today she got a tiny bit further, but every step was a struggle. My brother and I had her walking outside on her driveway before this setback. We are hoping her doctor will ask for a few days in the rehab unit of the hospital before he releases her to go back home. The hospital is here in my town, so I go there every morning and stay until my brother gets there after lunch. Then I get a break to get some lunch and go home a few hours before I go back and stay with her until about 8. She sleeps most of the time. She sits in a chair most of the time while my brother is with her..

AS if we didn't have enough stuff break already, Mom's car quit on the way to the hospital. We have to have it towed to be repaired tomorrow. We also had to dig up the septic system again because the caregiver continued to put the moistened wipes in the toilet even after we put a big sign on them to not flush and told her specifically not to flush them. Well, she won't be disregarding our requests anymore. I took the damn things away. I tried to make it convenient for them, but if they abuse it....OH WELL! I should have told her that it costs money every time we have to fix the sewer and when Mom's money runs out.....SO DOES HER JOB!

Happy New Year!

Today I decided that after Sunday School, I would go to my family's church and spend the last Sunday of the year with them. I have not been to their church since Father's Day. I go every Sunday after my church to my brother's house for lunch. His wife even made lunch for us today and she was home sick from church. She's also making cabbage and black eyed peas for lunch tomorrow. Got to have at least a chance of health and wealth in the next year. I'm not taking a chance on there being no truth to that custom.

WOOOHOOOO!

Saddam is DEAD!!!! Hell is waiting!!!

Rules for 2007

Update: OK, I did finally go to snopes.com and these are the same as last year and George Carlin didn't write them. I don't like to pass on false information. Damn!! Foiled again!!!

You have to go here to read George Carlin's Rules for 2007. They are hilarious and very true! I don't know if these are really his. I didn't bother to snope.com it because I like it.... no matter who wrote it!!

All Hatches battened down..

The storm that sent President and Mrs. Bush and their pups to an armored vehicle is on its way here. We have been warned for late tonight and tomorrow morning. I don't have an armored vehicle, but I have one with $500 worth of new stuff in it. Any chance that might work as well? I still got no mowing done, but I did get some things done that I have been putting off, one being to open my "monopoly money" savings account. I have always had an account for just my playthings or travel until I moved here. I have a very expensive trip coming up in October, so I decided now is the time to start a new one. My friend's son is getting married at Mount Vernon.....yes, that would be George Washington's actual home on the Potomac in Northern Virginia. I have been to Mount Vernon and it will be the perfect setting for his wedding. Wedding guests will be in a hotel in Olde Towne Alexandria, Virginia. Everything in Olde Towne is very expensive and this won't be any Motel 6. Fortunately, I have a cousin in the area that owns a home in Olde Towne Alexandria. They have been restoring it for several years and it is near completion. I just might be able to con a few nights out of them. They only use it when they go into the city for hockey games or other events.

My pace has slowed to a crawl....

I think I am just lazy. I haven't done anything physical for a month. The rye grass is all green and pretty and tall, but I don't care. I like it. I thought I was going to mow it today, but I didn't. I went to my doctor appointment, then to get some things for Mom at the store. I took them to her and meant to work when I got home, but it didn't happen. I still have paver sand and pavers that I need to put down in the back yard. The Christmas stuff needs to be put away. I need to work on Frosty because I don't want to take him back to that store. Instead, I piled up on the bed and started watching the Independence Bowl, which is being played nearby in Shreveport. Maybe tomorrow I will get motivated!!!!

Bye, bye Santa!

The service department of the local Lincoln dealer took $200 more of my Christmas gift this morning. I guess I should be glad to catch this transmission problem before the transmission went kaput. On my last Lincoln the engine went kaput at 140,000 miles. No way I can have a new house and a new Lincoln....not gonna happen!!!

I don't need this!!!!

Yesterday morning my car would not run. It would start, but it would not run. It took forever to get it warmed up enough to run. Same thing happened today. On my way home yesterday the "service engine soon" light came on, so today I took it to the dealership for diagnosis. It was some kind of valve that wasn't working properly. $225 dollars later, it works! I also, just on a whim, told him about a noise I had been hearing and he knew EXACTLY what it was. The transmission needs to be serviced. I doubt that it ever has been and it has 102,000 miles on it. Tomorrow I will drop another $150 to have that done. Thanks, Santa, for paying for my car repairs. I was hoping to buy something nice for me, but MAYBE NOT!!!!!

Oh NO!

I walked out in the back yard and found a big surprise. I have some shelving out there that I use to put plants on that have died (still hoping they will come back out in the spring). I also keep flower pots there that I have planted bulbs in. The pots that I planted just two weeks ago are coming up!!! We had a freeze last night and another tonight, so I had to move them in the garage. One of them has various bulbs in it that I wanted to be ready to bloom on March 10th, my sister-in-law's birthday. Well, I don't think it is going to take that long!! I guess I planted them too shallow.

It's over....

I guess the fat lady sang and Christmas 2006 is over for our family. It was wonderful and too much food was consumed by me and others!!! Blood sugar has still been an issue with me, but Thursday I have a doc appointment and hope to get my meds increased or another med added. Every time I have eaten anything lately, it has gone over 200. Yesterday I had a whopper Jr. and a few fries and the reading was 257. A few weeks ago, that would not have happened. I eat Whopper, Jr. and fries often. Today, it was 222 two hours after eating and I didn't even eat bread or dessert. Of course, the dressing was corn bread and the salads I ate a few bites of were sugared salads......and peas and corn......OK, it was all CARBS!!!! No damn wonder it was 222!!!!

My dear, sweet mother insisted on going back to the old traditions that we had to abandon last year because of her health. She cooked her famous dressing and we ate at her house. Our friends came just like they always do. Every ounce of dressing was consumed. Mom also made some sweet salads, a pie, peas and corn. We told her to just make dressing. We would do the rest. She doesn't listen well, but I am thankful that she can still do what she did at 81. I left at 3 after cleaning her kitchen, so I hope she took a nap. I know she needed to rest. I am so thankful to have her for a mother. She's the BEST!

Merry Christmas!