Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Thursday, January 29, 2015
1/28
I had to get up early today to meet others up at church to help get the Quarter Auction set up. To at least get everything we could get done this early done, anyway. Of course, each of us forgot stuff and we had to plan to meet again on Friday to finish up, but we got a LOT of it done, and we are that much closer to being ready. People just don't realize how much time it takes to put all of this together!
Anyway, we met at 10, and worked, worked, worked. Around 12:30, Bert called me and wanted to know if I wanted to have lunch with her, because she had some running to do up in Bethel. I told her that I was already up in Bethel, and to come up to church and let me know when her errands were done, which she did. When she showed up, we were just about done for the day - just minor things left to do - so I was able to leave to have lunch with her.
We went up to Frisch's, and as I went to get out of the car, I realized that I had forgotten to grab my purse! I made the trip back up to the church to get my purse while Bert went in and got us a table, then I met her and our lunch really started.
2 hours later, we were still there. I love long lunches with my friends! It's not just the lunch - the food - it's the company, you know. Bert had a fish sandwich, onion rings, and the salad bar. I had a Buddie Boy - the ham sandwich - with American cheese, and french fries. When the waitress came back to ask if we wanted dessert, I was bad and had a second order of fries! For some reason, they just sounded really good at that time, and they don't have strawberry pie right now, so....
Ron texted that he was on his way home, and I replied that I was at Frisch's. He ended up stopping and visiting Harry and Donna since I wasn't home (but I didn't know that yet) and wouldn't come and join us.
After I finally left Bert - and Frisch's - around 4:30, I went to do the Altar Society banking that I didn't leave enough time to do earlier, and I went up to Gold Star to pick up their Quarter Auction donation, then went on home. It's been a long day!
We just watched TV - mostly dead guys - all night. Ron had a "clean out the fridge night" for his supper, and I didn't really have a supper, I just noshed on my dry roasted peanuts. I watched Criminal Minds at 9, which was a really heartwrenching episode. They are usually good, but this one was very strong. It doesn't help that I can't stand to see men cry, and that happened, too - oh, does that tear me up! - which is what made helped make it heartwrenching. I think I was glad to turn the plain ol' regular dead guys! Am I weird or what?? (don't answer that...)
1/29
I haven't slept well the last 3 nights, and I wanted at least ONE good night's sleep this week, and this was the only night that I could sleep until I couldn't sleep any more in the morning, so at the end of Criminal Minds last night, I took a full dose of sleeping pills. I ended up falling asleep in my recliner in front of the TV! Ron woke me up to go to bed when he got up to go to work. Strange, strange, strange. But I went right back to sleep, and slept until 11. I guess I really needed it!
Ron called me and said he was on his way home, and did I want to go uptown with him to cash his check and get some lunch? Well, who am I to turn down lunch? Ha!
We had lunch at the restaurant on the corner of Charity Street. It has just re-opened as 'Katelynn's Diner' after closing after being open for 7 or 8 years under a different name. It was okay - the food was good, and we were there less than an hour. That was a good thing, because the last time we were in that place, it took close to two hours just to GET our food. It was not a good experience. But, since it's a whole "new" place now, we thought we'd give it a try, and it was not so bad. Good food takes time to make, you know, and since we had time...
We came back home after going to the store, and Ron started cooking his ribs. This task usually takes him two or three days, depending on how early he gets home from work and can concentrate on them. It is sooooooo worth it, though - ask anyone who has ever had any of his ribs! They rank right up there with his Ron Burgers, trust me.
When he came to a 'stopping' point (meaning the ribs were in the oven), we decided to have a movie night, since we don't watch anything on TV on Thursday nights. We finally decided on the Iron Man movies, which Ron had just received for Christmas. We thought we'd be able to watch all 3 of them.
Well, between stopping the movie to go check the ribs, and stopping the movie to rewind it to figure something out, and just the length of the first movie, it took a lot longer to watch than we thought. We did manage to watch the second one, but when it was over, it was going on 10, so we didn't have time to watch the third, so we were wrong. Oh, well, we can watch it tomorrow night, no matter what Corgan says. It IS our TV, right? He can always watch his Most Stupid shows when the movie is over......
Tomorrow, it's back up to church to finish setting up the Quarter Auction. We have to bring all the things we forgot the other day, and things we've collected since then, but we'll get it ready. After that, I'll run down and get my shopping done - my normal Friday stuff.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Doctor visits - so much fun!
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
I woke this morning around 10:30, sent Ron my usual morning text, and heard his phone go off out here in the living room. "Great!" I thought. "He left his phone home. How can I remind him it's time to come home?" - and he walked into the bedroom! WOW!! So, not only did he remember, but he's already home! That's wonderful! A little weird, but wonderful...
He came back out to watch TV, and I did my usual morning thing - play on the tablet and read - until noon, when I got up. I did up the few dishes that were sitting there, put away the towels that were washed (and dried) yesterday, and took my shower. Then I just vegged in my recliner until time to go.
Ron drove his truck uptown to park it in the town parking lot, because we would probably not get back until time for my TOPS meeting, and he's not gonna want to sit around and wait that long. We went on down the road, getting to the doctor's right on time.
The appointments went very well. My HbA1c was 7.8, which I thought was great, considering that both Thanksgiving and Christmas happened during the past 3 months. True, it is a little higher than what is looked for (they want it under 7.0), but it sure beats it being over 8.0, which is where I was sure it was going to be! My blood pressure, which has been running low enough to concern me, was also good today. It was 122/70, which made me happy, too. 2 good numbers - hooray! I also had a good talk with Doc about the stupid bits and pieces going on with my back. He assured me that it will probably take at least a year for any residuals from the compression fracture to go completely away. I told him that my concerns were down lower - more from the degenerated disc and the arthritis in my spine - but he said it all came from the fracture (and the fall), so I just have to give it time. It's all connected somehow. Ugh. He did tell me that I can ease the pain of the arthritis on cold days with good ol' ibuprofen, and that's good to know. We went on down the list I had, and he asked me about the results of the colonoscopy, too. I love Doc!
Ron's blood pressure was excellent, too - 124/84 - which was very good news, too. We've not been watching his sodium intake as closely as we probably should have been, so knowing that it's doing this good is a big relief.
It was a very good office visit, but we were both glad it was over with. Me, I think, for the news, and Ron for the fact we had good weather for the drive. (He's weird, you know.)
After the appointment, we went to Cracker Barrel to have a meal. We decided to call it an early supper. All I knew is that I was starving! I had to fast before going to the doctor, because they were going to do the HbA1c, and the appointments weren't until 3:30 and 3:45, and that's a long, long time to fast. I was ready to eat, and now.
He thought about trying something different, but finally fell back on his old favorite - pork chops. He did mix up his sides, getting green beans, mashed potatoes, and PINTO beans. That's my Ron! I stuck to my favorite from the very beginning, even though I knew I was going to my TOPS meeting - and a weigh-in - afterward. I got chicken-n-dumplings, green beans, and 2 sides of hashbrown casserole. I suppose I could have gotten the dinner with only 2 sides, but, like I said, I was hungry - so I got the 3 sides, and I loaded up on the carbs. Both of us also got biscuits with our meal, too.
We sat there and enjoyed every single bite. Every. Single. Bite.
I got to my TOPS meeting and weighed in. Yep, no surprise, I gained 4 pounds. I can only hope that next week, I will lose those 4 pounds, plus more. I will have to make sure that happens!
I got home from the meeting, and we spent the evening watching NCIS, NCIS:NO, and CSI: - our dead guys! We like our Tuesday dead guys. CSI: usually isn't on, that was a pleasant difference.
Tomorrow, I will be going up to church to help set up the Quarter Auction. Hopefully, we can get a lot of the work done, so we won't have to rush, rush, rush on Saturday afternoon.
I woke this morning around 10:30, sent Ron my usual morning text, and heard his phone go off out here in the living room. "Great!" I thought. "He left his phone home. How can I remind him it's time to come home?" - and he walked into the bedroom! WOW!! So, not only did he remember, but he's already home! That's wonderful! A little weird, but wonderful...
He came back out to watch TV, and I did my usual morning thing - play on the tablet and read - until noon, when I got up. I did up the few dishes that were sitting there, put away the towels that were washed (and dried) yesterday, and took my shower. Then I just vegged in my recliner until time to go.
Ron drove his truck uptown to park it in the town parking lot, because we would probably not get back until time for my TOPS meeting, and he's not gonna want to sit around and wait that long. We went on down the road, getting to the doctor's right on time.
The appointments went very well. My HbA1c was 7.8, which I thought was great, considering that both Thanksgiving and Christmas happened during the past 3 months. True, it is a little higher than what is looked for (they want it under 7.0), but it sure beats it being over 8.0, which is where I was sure it was going to be! My blood pressure, which has been running low enough to concern me, was also good today. It was 122/70, which made me happy, too. 2 good numbers - hooray! I also had a good talk with Doc about the stupid bits and pieces going on with my back. He assured me that it will probably take at least a year for any residuals from the compression fracture to go completely away. I told him that my concerns were down lower - more from the degenerated disc and the arthritis in my spine - but he said it all came from the fracture (and the fall), so I just have to give it time. It's all connected somehow. Ugh. He did tell me that I can ease the pain of the arthritis on cold days with good ol' ibuprofen, and that's good to know. We went on down the list I had, and he asked me about the results of the colonoscopy, too. I love Doc!
Ron's blood pressure was excellent, too - 124/84 - which was very good news, too. We've not been watching his sodium intake as closely as we probably should have been, so knowing that it's doing this good is a big relief.
It was a very good office visit, but we were both glad it was over with. Me, I think, for the news, and Ron for the fact we had good weather for the drive. (He's weird, you know.)
After the appointment, we went to Cracker Barrel to have a meal. We decided to call it an early supper. All I knew is that I was starving! I had to fast before going to the doctor, because they were going to do the HbA1c, and the appointments weren't until 3:30 and 3:45, and that's a long, long time to fast. I was ready to eat, and now.
He thought about trying something different, but finally fell back on his old favorite - pork chops. He did mix up his sides, getting green beans, mashed potatoes, and PINTO beans. That's my Ron! I stuck to my favorite from the very beginning, even though I knew I was going to my TOPS meeting - and a weigh-in - afterward. I got chicken-n-dumplings, green beans, and 2 sides of hashbrown casserole. I suppose I could have gotten the dinner with only 2 sides, but, like I said, I was hungry - so I got the 3 sides, and I loaded up on the carbs. Both of us also got biscuits with our meal, too.
We sat there and enjoyed every single bite. Every. Single. Bite.
I got to my TOPS meeting and weighed in. Yep, no surprise, I gained 4 pounds. I can only hope that next week, I will lose those 4 pounds, plus more. I will have to make sure that happens!
I got home from the meeting, and we spent the evening watching NCIS, NCIS:NO, and CSI: - our dead guys! We like our Tuesday dead guys. CSI: usually isn't on, that was a pleasant difference.
Tomorrow, I will be going up to church to help set up the Quarter Auction. Hopefully, we can get a lot of the work done, so we won't have to rush, rush, rush on Saturday afternoon.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Back to Happy Homemaker...
Monday, January 26, 2015
I woke this morning around 10:30, and let myself lay around dozing and relaxing until almost 11 before getting up and turning on my tablet to catch up on anything I may have have missed up til now - not that I ever do, I have a cell phone for that! But I gotta tell myself something...
I finally got up a little after noon, and got busy playing Happy Homemaker. Laundry and dishes, as always on a Monday, along with other little piddly little jobs to start getting the house ready for Sunday night. Dusting is always wonderful fun, don't you think? NOT!
I also managed to do my exercises, which I haven't done for over a week - although getting in and out of my car was exercise enough over the last week - and, man, did my back tell me about it! I didn't eat a real lunch, either, but I had made a pan of brownies last night and I finished those off for my lunch. I know - real nutritious - but I had to get rid of them, didn't I? At least I didn't compound the problem by having something with them - that was my logic, anyway.
I told myself that at 4, I would go get dressed and be ready when Ron texted. Plan failure! He texted at 5 til...sigh. I had to rush like crazy and get out the door! I did pretty good, though, and I got all the way to the curves before meeting him - I was pretty proud of myself!
When we got home, I discovered that Ron had brought home a can of Manwich, so guess what he wanted for supper? I indulged him. It was actually pretty good, and we ate early enough that it didn't bother our stomachs.
He fell asleep while "watching" one of his movies, and I let it play to the end, but then I turned on the dead guy shows. And here I am.
Ron and I have doctor appointments tomorrow - not until 3:30 and 3:45, so I'm gonna be hungry and ready for some lunch and/or an early supper when we get outta there! Fasting for a sugar check before going, especially when going that late, sure is hard. I much prefer my morning appointments, but Ron can't work those in. Ah.....life.
I woke this morning around 10:30, and let myself lay around dozing and relaxing until almost 11 before getting up and turning on my tablet to catch up on anything I may have have missed up til now - not that I ever do, I have a cell phone for that! But I gotta tell myself something...
I finally got up a little after noon, and got busy playing Happy Homemaker. Laundry and dishes, as always on a Monday, along with other little piddly little jobs to start getting the house ready for Sunday night. Dusting is always wonderful fun, don't you think? NOT!
I also managed to do my exercises, which I haven't done for over a week - although getting in and out of my car was exercise enough over the last week - and, man, did my back tell me about it! I didn't eat a real lunch, either, but I had made a pan of brownies last night and I finished those off for my lunch. I know - real nutritious - but I had to get rid of them, didn't I? At least I didn't compound the problem by having something with them - that was my logic, anyway.
I told myself that at 4, I would go get dressed and be ready when Ron texted. Plan failure! He texted at 5 til...sigh. I had to rush like crazy and get out the door! I did pretty good, though, and I got all the way to the curves before meeting him - I was pretty proud of myself!
When we got home, I discovered that Ron had brought home a can of Manwich, so guess what he wanted for supper? I indulged him. It was actually pretty good, and we ate early enough that it didn't bother our stomachs.
He fell asleep while "watching" one of his movies, and I let it play to the end, but then I turned on the dead guy shows. And here I am.
Ron and I have doctor appointments tomorrow - not until 3:30 and 3:45, so I'm gonna be hungry and ready for some lunch and/or an early supper when we get outta there! Fasting for a sugar check before going, especially when going that late, sure is hard. I much prefer my morning appointments, but Ron can't work those in. Ah.....life.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Catching up!!
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Friday, January 23, 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Man, do I owe you all an apology!! I did not realize that it had been so long since I had written - but evidently it has, and I am truly sorry. My only excuse is that I was doing the going-out-and-getting-donations, and my back has not been happy with me, and I've been going to bed rather early (for me, anyway). I have also been sleeping very well, too, which is a good thing, I suppose.
Wednesday, I went down the road - down Beechmont - and hit all the businesses that I hadn't gotten to on Monday (which is when I went over to Eastgate).
Thursday, I went back down the road to go back to all the places that asked me to come back - most of them specified "on Thursday" even - and got more donations. I even went out later in the day, so that I could go to the restaurants that didn't open until 4. In a way, it was nice, because when I was on my way home, I managed to call our friends Harry and Donna and we arranged to meet them over in Felicity at the FeedMill for supper - and that was a nice outing. I even got a donation from the kind folks at FeedMill, too, so it was a double blessing!
Friday, I went back uptown here in Bethel to touch base with the businesses here in town that I hadn't gotten a definite answer from - nothing like follow-up, right?
Saturday, Ron, Corgan, and I went out to do our errands after I did my weigh-in. Not surprisingly, I have gained almost 2.5 pounds this week. Even though I got plenty of exercise getting in and out of the car all week, I also didn't eat very well, either. I ate out at restaurants for lunch, and then had a decent supper every night. At night, too, I just vegged out in my recliner because my back was nagging me, so...not a surprise. But, damn, do I have to start getting back on track!
When we left, I told the guys that we had about 6 stops to make and they laughed at me. "We don't have to do that much!" they both claimed. "HA! Watch," I said.
1) Walgreen's - prescriptions, our 2014 read-out, and a donation.
2) Cracker Barrel for fuel for us. Corgan got chicken-n-dumplings; Ron got the Country Boy breakfast with pork chops; and I got the double meat breakfast, with a side of the hashbrown casserole. We all enjoyed our meals very much - and I didn't even shop!
3) Jungle Jim's - Ron bought the ribs he needs for our Super Bowl party.
4) gas for my car - I got it over in Eastgate for $1.88 - I thought that was a GREAT price!
5) Chipotle at Bach-Buxton - one last follow-up for a donation. No success, they are "concentrating on schools at this time."
6) WalMart - grocery shopping. Just another wonderful Saturday errand.
7) IGA in Bethel - we needed a bag of ice, and this is the closest place to home with the best price.
What do guys know?? How many trips do you think they would have made because they wouldn't have stopped at all these places? One of these days, they might actually listen to me - but I won't hold my breath.
Josh, Chelle, and Jean came up for supper and to pick Corgan up, as usual on a Saturday night.
I made the shrimp dish that I make (shrimp, lemon juice, Italian seasoning) for our supper, along with boiled potatoes, green beans, and corn. Instead of making mashed potatoes, I figured everyone could mash the potatoes on their own plate. No big deal, right.
Well, it shouldn't have been - but when I tried to carry the pot of potatoes over to the table, I dropped it. I'm still not sure how. It just slipped and, of course, landed top down and potatoes splashed all over the floor. I was glad that I had drained most of the water out of them! Oh, my God, what a mess that was!! Ron and Josh helped scoop up the now-mashed potatoes and we threw towels over the sloppy mess, and went ahead with the rest of supper - there sure wasn't time to make anything else. They all liked the shrimp a lot, and I was glad about that, but I was still bummed about the potatoes. Josh even made a joke about it while we were eating - "hey, Mom, you know what? I bet these would taste real good with some potatoes!" "Yeah, yeah, kiss m'ass." Normal stuff, ya know.
After supper, Josh, Jean, and I played 2 games of Jeopardy on the Wii, and then we played 2 games of Wheel of Fortune. Chelle sat back at my desk and called out answers - much like Ron does when he "doesn't play games" with us.
Sunday. Church, lunch....no football - boo.
After church, we went up to Georgetown to Country Inn for our lunch, which was the big breakfast that we both like so much.
We got back home, where he did a load of his work clothes, then watched some of the movies he got for Christmas the rest of the afternoon. I ran a sink full of Pine-Sol water and dug out the BIG mop (no Swifter job!) and scrubbed the kitchen floor - ugh, what a job that was! Then, I sewed up my quilt and my jacket pocket, then just vegged out in my recliner.
When it got to be evening, we turned on our dead guy shows, and that was that.
Tomorrow will be the start of starting over - diet, exercise, getting back on track - I've GOT to!!
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Friday, January 23, 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Man, do I owe you all an apology!! I did not realize that it had been so long since I had written - but evidently it has, and I am truly sorry. My only excuse is that I was doing the going-out-and-getting-donations, and my back has not been happy with me, and I've been going to bed rather early (for me, anyway). I have also been sleeping very well, too, which is a good thing, I suppose.
Wednesday, I went down the road - down Beechmont - and hit all the businesses that I hadn't gotten to on Monday (which is when I went over to Eastgate).
Thursday, I went back down the road to go back to all the places that asked me to come back - most of them specified "on Thursday" even - and got more donations. I even went out later in the day, so that I could go to the restaurants that didn't open until 4. In a way, it was nice, because when I was on my way home, I managed to call our friends Harry and Donna and we arranged to meet them over in Felicity at the FeedMill for supper - and that was a nice outing. I even got a donation from the kind folks at FeedMill, too, so it was a double blessing!
Friday, I went back uptown here in Bethel to touch base with the businesses here in town that I hadn't gotten a definite answer from - nothing like follow-up, right?
Saturday, Ron, Corgan, and I went out to do our errands after I did my weigh-in. Not surprisingly, I have gained almost 2.5 pounds this week. Even though I got plenty of exercise getting in and out of the car all week, I also didn't eat very well, either. I ate out at restaurants for lunch, and then had a decent supper every night. At night, too, I just vegged out in my recliner because my back was nagging me, so...not a surprise. But, damn, do I have to start getting back on track!
When we left, I told the guys that we had about 6 stops to make and they laughed at me. "We don't have to do that much!" they both claimed. "HA! Watch," I said.
1) Walgreen's - prescriptions, our 2014 read-out, and a donation.
2) Cracker Barrel for fuel for us. Corgan got chicken-n-dumplings; Ron got the Country Boy breakfast with pork chops; and I got the double meat breakfast, with a side of the hashbrown casserole. We all enjoyed our meals very much - and I didn't even shop!
3) Jungle Jim's - Ron bought the ribs he needs for our Super Bowl party.
4) gas for my car - I got it over in Eastgate for $1.88 - I thought that was a GREAT price!
5) Chipotle at Bach-Buxton - one last follow-up for a donation. No success, they are "concentrating on schools at this time."
6) WalMart - grocery shopping. Just another wonderful Saturday errand.
7) IGA in Bethel - we needed a bag of ice, and this is the closest place to home with the best price.
What do guys know?? How many trips do you think they would have made because they wouldn't have stopped at all these places? One of these days, they might actually listen to me - but I won't hold my breath.
Josh, Chelle, and Jean came up for supper and to pick Corgan up, as usual on a Saturday night.
I made the shrimp dish that I make (shrimp, lemon juice, Italian seasoning) for our supper, along with boiled potatoes, green beans, and corn. Instead of making mashed potatoes, I figured everyone could mash the potatoes on their own plate. No big deal, right.
Well, it shouldn't have been - but when I tried to carry the pot of potatoes over to the table, I dropped it. I'm still not sure how. It just slipped and, of course, landed top down and potatoes splashed all over the floor. I was glad that I had drained most of the water out of them! Oh, my God, what a mess that was!! Ron and Josh helped scoop up the now-mashed potatoes and we threw towels over the sloppy mess, and went ahead with the rest of supper - there sure wasn't time to make anything else. They all liked the shrimp a lot, and I was glad about that, but I was still bummed about the potatoes. Josh even made a joke about it while we were eating - "hey, Mom, you know what? I bet these would taste real good with some potatoes!" "Yeah, yeah, kiss m'ass." Normal stuff, ya know.
After supper, Josh, Jean, and I played 2 games of Jeopardy on the Wii, and then we played 2 games of Wheel of Fortune. Chelle sat back at my desk and called out answers - much like Ron does when he "doesn't play games" with us.
Sunday. Church, lunch....no football - boo.
After church, we went up to Georgetown to Country Inn for our lunch, which was the big breakfast that we both like so much.
We got back home, where he did a load of his work clothes, then watched some of the movies he got for Christmas the rest of the afternoon. I ran a sink full of Pine-Sol water and dug out the BIG mop (no Swifter job!) and scrubbed the kitchen floor - ugh, what a job that was! Then, I sewed up my quilt and my jacket pocket, then just vegged out in my recliner.
When it got to be evening, we turned on our dead guy shows, and that was that.
Tomorrow will be the start of starting over - diet, exercise, getting back on track - I've GOT to!!
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
A day of work, and a day of rest
Monday, January 19, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
1/19
I woke up this morning around 9:30 and texted my sister, because she was going to come up and do some running with me to get some donations for the upcoming Quarter Auction at church. This wasn't going to be a whole lot of fun for her, but it would get her out of the house, and I was gonna feed her lunch, so she had agreed to it.
After she got up and got ready, she came up to my house, where we both made ourselves large cups of tea. Then we hit the road. First up in Bethel, where I hit the businesses here in town that were on my list as being generous enough to have given before. In and out, in and out - I got in and out of the car so many times. I left more of our letters than I was successful in getting donations, though, and that was a little discouraging, but I knew that that was how it was going to go.
I worked my way through town, and then out of town, on down 125, only stopping at businesses on my list that we were pretty sure of success at. After a while, though, I was ready to stop for a while, and so I drove to our furthest destination - Cracker Barrel - so Jean and I could have lunch there. As we were waiting for our lunch to be served, I asked to see a manager and did my little pitch there, too. Yay! Success! That made me feel better. Our waitress also was a lady who used to work at a place that I frequented when I was working, and it was good to see her again. She remembered me, also, and that was pleasant.
Jean and I sat there and enjoyed our lunch - which was breakfast - and then we hit the road again. We went back to Eastgate, and, once again, it was in and out of the car for me. A million zillion times! I did have some success, but I left a lot more letters at a lot more places. Also, I totally forgot that today is a holiday, and a lot of these places that are usually quiet (except around lunchtime) were really, really busy all day long. But, the reason Jean could stay with me all day long instead of hurrying home because Corgan was coming home from school was this very same reason. It just didn't click in my brain.
My back really started to bother me with all the getting in and out of the car, and I had to head back home. I stopped at the restaurants and stores at the end of Bach-Buxton Road, and then I called it quits. I was glad that I had the success that I did, but I was glad that I was stopping for the day, too. I can go back out some other day this week and finish up - I still have to go all the way down Beechmont!
Jean and I got back here. Jean hung out for a little bit, and then headed home. No sooner had she left than Ron texted me that he was on his way home, so I put on my gym shoes and walked out to meet him. I actually got all the way to our half mile marker, and I walked a little way past it when I saw him turn on the end of the road!
Back home, I just flopped in the recliner and didn't do much. After a bit, I got up to go change my clothes, and while in the bedroom, decided to check my sugar - I'm still not sure why, I didn't feel that bad - and my sugar was 43! FORTY-THREE! Not good. Not good at all. So, I ate some jelly beans and just laid on the bed. Ron came in, wondering what was taking me so long, and he said that I was drenched in sweat. I finally felt strong enough to move back out into the living room, which I did, but I didn't move much from my recliner after that. Ron made our supper. He made himself a frozen Chinese thing and me a bowl of tuna, which I ate with potato chips.
I ended up falling asleep in my recliner - do you know how long it's been since I've done that? - and Ron woke me up when he got up to go to work. He said he tried to wake me earlier, but I didn't budge, so he just made sure I was breathing and left me alone. He did turn off the TV and the lamp, but that was all. It was weird.
1/20
I woke up this morning around 10. I don't remember falling asleep last night, but I guess that's a good thing. I do remember Ron waking me up, and me going on to bed, but I went right back to sleep, so that was good. I must have really been worn out!!
I got up before noon today, and did my playing Happy Homemaker thing. I put a load of regular clothes in the washer, and did up most of the dishes that have been sitting there. I got them all done except the pans, so I thought that I did pretty darn good!
I put chicken in the crockpot for supper, I played on the pute a little, I sat in my recliner and read a little, and I just took my time doing stuff. I just didn't want to be so tired I couldn't think.
A little after 3, Ron texted me that he was on his way home. What? I'm not ready! Well, I got ready real quick and took off walking, but I didn't even make it to the curves. I was extremely lucky that I got as far as I did. Coming back home, we just chilled until it was time for me to take my shower and get ready for my TOPS meeting.
Going to my meeting, I weighed in. Phooey! I have gained about half a pound - .4 to be exact - and I'm not so happy about that, but I'm glad it's not any worse. I have GOT to get back in some kind of groove and get this under control. I don't like being on this mesa any more. I want off!
I got home from the meeting, and we ate our supper - the chicken from the crockpot - while watching NCIS, which ended up being a rerun. Then I turned on dead guys and got back on the pute, and here I am.
Tomorrow, I am back out on the road, trying to get more donations. What fun.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
1/19
I woke up this morning around 9:30 and texted my sister, because she was going to come up and do some running with me to get some donations for the upcoming Quarter Auction at church. This wasn't going to be a whole lot of fun for her, but it would get her out of the house, and I was gonna feed her lunch, so she had agreed to it.
After she got up and got ready, she came up to my house, where we both made ourselves large cups of tea. Then we hit the road. First up in Bethel, where I hit the businesses here in town that were on my list as being generous enough to have given before. In and out, in and out - I got in and out of the car so many times. I left more of our letters than I was successful in getting donations, though, and that was a little discouraging, but I knew that that was how it was going to go.
I worked my way through town, and then out of town, on down 125, only stopping at businesses on my list that we were pretty sure of success at. After a while, though, I was ready to stop for a while, and so I drove to our furthest destination - Cracker Barrel - so Jean and I could have lunch there. As we were waiting for our lunch to be served, I asked to see a manager and did my little pitch there, too. Yay! Success! That made me feel better. Our waitress also was a lady who used to work at a place that I frequented when I was working, and it was good to see her again. She remembered me, also, and that was pleasant.
Jean and I sat there and enjoyed our lunch - which was breakfast - and then we hit the road again. We went back to Eastgate, and, once again, it was in and out of the car for me. A million zillion times! I did have some success, but I left a lot more letters at a lot more places. Also, I totally forgot that today is a holiday, and a lot of these places that are usually quiet (except around lunchtime) were really, really busy all day long. But, the reason Jean could stay with me all day long instead of hurrying home because Corgan was coming home from school was this very same reason. It just didn't click in my brain.
My back really started to bother me with all the getting in and out of the car, and I had to head back home. I stopped at the restaurants and stores at the end of Bach-Buxton Road, and then I called it quits. I was glad that I had the success that I did, but I was glad that I was stopping for the day, too. I can go back out some other day this week and finish up - I still have to go all the way down Beechmont!
Jean and I got back here. Jean hung out for a little bit, and then headed home. No sooner had she left than Ron texted me that he was on his way home, so I put on my gym shoes and walked out to meet him. I actually got all the way to our half mile marker, and I walked a little way past it when I saw him turn on the end of the road!
Back home, I just flopped in the recliner and didn't do much. After a bit, I got up to go change my clothes, and while in the bedroom, decided to check my sugar - I'm still not sure why, I didn't feel that bad - and my sugar was 43! FORTY-THREE! Not good. Not good at all. So, I ate some jelly beans and just laid on the bed. Ron came in, wondering what was taking me so long, and he said that I was drenched in sweat. I finally felt strong enough to move back out into the living room, which I did, but I didn't move much from my recliner after that. Ron made our supper. He made himself a frozen Chinese thing and me a bowl of tuna, which I ate with potato chips.
I ended up falling asleep in my recliner - do you know how long it's been since I've done that? - and Ron woke me up when he got up to go to work. He said he tried to wake me earlier, but I didn't budge, so he just made sure I was breathing and left me alone. He did turn off the TV and the lamp, but that was all. It was weird.
1/20
I woke up this morning around 10. I don't remember falling asleep last night, but I guess that's a good thing. I do remember Ron waking me up, and me going on to bed, but I went right back to sleep, so that was good. I must have really been worn out!!
I got up before noon today, and did my playing Happy Homemaker thing. I put a load of regular clothes in the washer, and did up most of the dishes that have been sitting there. I got them all done except the pans, so I thought that I did pretty darn good!
I put chicken in the crockpot for supper, I played on the pute a little, I sat in my recliner and read a little, and I just took my time doing stuff. I just didn't want to be so tired I couldn't think.
A little after 3, Ron texted me that he was on his way home. What? I'm not ready! Well, I got ready real quick and took off walking, but I didn't even make it to the curves. I was extremely lucky that I got as far as I did. Coming back home, we just chilled until it was time for me to take my shower and get ready for my TOPS meeting.
Going to my meeting, I weighed in. Phooey! I have gained about half a pound - .4 to be exact - and I'm not so happy about that, but I'm glad it's not any worse. I have GOT to get back in some kind of groove and get this under control. I don't like being on this mesa any more. I want off!
I got home from the meeting, and we ate our supper - the chicken from the crockpot - while watching NCIS, which ended up being a rerun. Then I turned on dead guys and got back on the pute, and here I am.
Tomorrow, I am back out on the road, trying to get more donations. What fun.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
A typical Sunday
Sunday, January 18, 2015
We woke to the alarm this morning and got up to get ready for church. It was a little rough, but we did it - I was glad that I had set the alarms on both the head of the bed and on my cell phone! We needed it!
Since I had forgotten to do my weigh-in yesterday, I did it this morning. I have lost 2 pounds! Yay, me! I was glad to see that.
After church, we went down to Amelia, where we had time to go to WalMart so Ron could buy the wings for our Super Bowl party before Campbell's Barn opened (they don't open until noon), and then we enjoyed our lunch there. Ron had his fried chicken with double mashed potatoes (no gravy), and I had the grilled chicken wrap with french fries. Ron was disappointed with himself because he could only eat one piece of the chicken and the potatoes, but I told him he should be very glad that he could eat that! He brought the rest home, supposedly for supper, but I doubt it will last that long - he'll pick at it all day.
We got home in plenty of time for football, since it didn't start until 3 today. And that was the rest of the day. We now know who is going to the Super Bowl in 2 weeks - the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.
I made myself scrambled eggs for my supper during the second game, and I ate some potato chips with them, and that was my big supper. Ron, as suspected, munched on chicken all day, although he did make himself scrambled eggs after I did. He said mine just looked too good!
Tomorrow, instead of playing Happy Homemaker right off the bat, I am going to go out on the road to try to solicit donations for the church's Quarter Auction coming up at the end of the month. I should have done this last week, but between Ruth's accident and getting ill, last week was a bust, so this week, I have to bust my ass to get it done!
I'll play Happy Homemaker later. The housework will always be there!
We woke to the alarm this morning and got up to get ready for church. It was a little rough, but we did it - I was glad that I had set the alarms on both the head of the bed and on my cell phone! We needed it!
Since I had forgotten to do my weigh-in yesterday, I did it this morning. I have lost 2 pounds! Yay, me! I was glad to see that.
After church, we went down to Amelia, where we had time to go to WalMart so Ron could buy the wings for our Super Bowl party before Campbell's Barn opened (they don't open until noon), and then we enjoyed our lunch there. Ron had his fried chicken with double mashed potatoes (no gravy), and I had the grilled chicken wrap with french fries. Ron was disappointed with himself because he could only eat one piece of the chicken and the potatoes, but I told him he should be very glad that he could eat that! He brought the rest home, supposedly for supper, but I doubt it will last that long - he'll pick at it all day.
We got home in plenty of time for football, since it didn't start until 3 today. And that was the rest of the day. We now know who is going to the Super Bowl in 2 weeks - the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.
I made myself scrambled eggs for my supper during the second game, and I ate some potato chips with them, and that was my big supper. Ron, as suspected, munched on chicken all day, although he did make himself scrambled eggs after I did. He said mine just looked too good!
Tomorrow, instead of playing Happy Homemaker right off the bat, I am going to go out on the road to try to solicit donations for the church's Quarter Auction coming up at the end of the month. I should have done this last week, but between Ruth's accident and getting ill, last week was a bust, so this week, I have to bust my ass to get it done!
I'll play Happy Homemaker later. The housework will always be there!
Saturday, January 17, 2015
My Ron is amazing!
Saturday, January 17, 2015
I woke up this morning around 10:30, and, of course, Ron was already up. He was just out in his recliner, but he wasn't just lying in bed like I did when I was that sick. I guess I really AM a bigger wussy! I laid in bed for a bit, catching my games up on my tablet, before I got up. I figured he still felt a little bad, because he didn't try to rush me or anything.
When I got up, I asked him about going to work on Ruth's car, which was today's plans before he got sick, and he said he wanted to go and felt that he could. I told him that it was totally up to him, and he went on out to the garage to get his tools and things all together and loaded in the car. When I heard him back here in the house, I decided that it was time to get dressed (I didn't want to leave too early - I wanted him outside working when it was as warm as possible), and I took my time getting dressed, too. He was just sitting in his recliner when I got out here into the living room, so I guess maybe loading things up tired him out. I then piddled around even longer, checking our banking on the pute before we left. Ha! Good thing he doesn't know my ulterior motives...
We get up to Mt. Orab, to Tammy's, where Ruth's car is. We had decided that we weren't going to go in their house, we weren't going to go around them or anything, even, because we don't want to bring sickness into their house. I would go in to get Ruth's keys, and that was it. Period. Well, when we get there, they are outside and tell us that the keys are in the car (???) and then Ron starts on the car while I sit in mine. Tammy's David comes over to join (help? ha) Ron and Tammy keeps coming out of the house, splitting between talking to me or seeing what's going on with the car, both even after we explained about being sick and not wanting to infect their house. I guess we'll find out next week...
Ron does his thing with the car - jacks it up, removes the tires, bends this, unbends that, all that kind of stuff - but now he has to explain every step to David, because he is convinced the car is killed. Dead. Go get a Jeep. Finally, Ron announces that everything underneath looks great (considering), it is drivable, and another neighbor who came over agreed with him. David is still arguing items with him and stating loudly that HE wouldn't drive it. Ron says that he's gonna take it for a test run and check for weird noises, and does so. He comes back, backs it in the driveway and says "It's ready to go!" Yay! It does still need a headlight lamp, a whole blinker set, the mirror re-set on the right side, and the mirror inside has fallen off, too, but, by golly, it is drivable!
Since it was almost 3 now, Ron and I went to get some lunch before driving on up to Winchester to bring Ruth back to Tammy's so she can get to work tonight. Since I knew Ron's stomach was still wonky and he couldn't really eat "food," and I knew my stomach wasn't back to 100%. He needed something plain like french fries or chips or crackers, and I needed to go to the bathroom (I wasn't going in Tammy's, remember?), so we had to find a restaurant. After a bunch of yes-and-no, we picked LaRosa's. Once there, we got an order of garlic bread - garlic is good for everything, right? - and then I got a calzone with the cheeses, pepperoni, sausage, and mushroom. No sauce at all, unless you count the cheeses. Ron got an order of fries. They cut the calzone into thirds, and I could only eat the 2 end pieces. I brought the center piece home for my supper.
We went on up and got Ruth, and brought her back to Mt. Orab. We stopped on the way where the accident occurred to see if we could possibly find her phone, which hasn't been seen since then. But, no, we didn't find it. Bummer - we were hoping. When we got to Mt. Orab, we went to Auto Zone, where she got a headlight and rearview mirror glue. Then we took her back to Tammy's, where Ron put her headlight in. That's all we can do today, and we head for home - the long way, through Georgetown, where we have to go pick up Ron's truck.
We finally got home. He unloaded the car, and we both collapsed into our recliners for a little while. He dozed off, but I got on the pute for a while.
We just watched TV all night, and now it's bedtime. Trust me, the bed IS calling! Ron has already answered its call.
There are very little plans for tomorrow. Church, lunch, football. The last Sunday for these plans until September. The next football game, in 2 weeks, will be in the evening.
I woke up this morning around 10:30, and, of course, Ron was already up. He was just out in his recliner, but he wasn't just lying in bed like I did when I was that sick. I guess I really AM a bigger wussy! I laid in bed for a bit, catching my games up on my tablet, before I got up. I figured he still felt a little bad, because he didn't try to rush me or anything.
When I got up, I asked him about going to work on Ruth's car, which was today's plans before he got sick, and he said he wanted to go and felt that he could. I told him that it was totally up to him, and he went on out to the garage to get his tools and things all together and loaded in the car. When I heard him back here in the house, I decided that it was time to get dressed (I didn't want to leave too early - I wanted him outside working when it was as warm as possible), and I took my time getting dressed, too. He was just sitting in his recliner when I got out here into the living room, so I guess maybe loading things up tired him out. I then piddled around even longer, checking our banking on the pute before we left. Ha! Good thing he doesn't know my ulterior motives...
We get up to Mt. Orab, to Tammy's, where Ruth's car is. We had decided that we weren't going to go in their house, we weren't going to go around them or anything, even, because we don't want to bring sickness into their house. I would go in to get Ruth's keys, and that was it. Period. Well, when we get there, they are outside and tell us that the keys are in the car (???) and then Ron starts on the car while I sit in mine. Tammy's David comes over to join (help? ha) Ron and Tammy keeps coming out of the house, splitting between talking to me or seeing what's going on with the car, both even after we explained about being sick and not wanting to infect their house. I guess we'll find out next week...
Ron does his thing with the car - jacks it up, removes the tires, bends this, unbends that, all that kind of stuff - but now he has to explain every step to David, because he is convinced the car is killed. Dead. Go get a Jeep. Finally, Ron announces that everything underneath looks great (considering), it is drivable, and another neighbor who came over agreed with him. David is still arguing items with him and stating loudly that HE wouldn't drive it. Ron says that he's gonna take it for a test run and check for weird noises, and does so. He comes back, backs it in the driveway and says "It's ready to go!" Yay! It does still need a headlight lamp, a whole blinker set, the mirror re-set on the right side, and the mirror inside has fallen off, too, but, by golly, it is drivable!
Since it was almost 3 now, Ron and I went to get some lunch before driving on up to Winchester to bring Ruth back to Tammy's so she can get to work tonight. Since I knew Ron's stomach was still wonky and he couldn't really eat "food," and I knew my stomach wasn't back to 100%. He needed something plain like french fries or chips or crackers, and I needed to go to the bathroom (I wasn't going in Tammy's, remember?), so we had to find a restaurant. After a bunch of yes-and-no, we picked LaRosa's. Once there, we got an order of garlic bread - garlic is good for everything, right? - and then I got a calzone with the cheeses, pepperoni, sausage, and mushroom. No sauce at all, unless you count the cheeses. Ron got an order of fries. They cut the calzone into thirds, and I could only eat the 2 end pieces. I brought the center piece home for my supper.
We went on up and got Ruth, and brought her back to Mt. Orab. We stopped on the way where the accident occurred to see if we could possibly find her phone, which hasn't been seen since then. But, no, we didn't find it. Bummer - we were hoping. When we got to Mt. Orab, we went to Auto Zone, where she got a headlight and rearview mirror glue. Then we took her back to Tammy's, where Ron put her headlight in. That's all we can do today, and we head for home - the long way, through Georgetown, where we have to go pick up Ron's truck.
We finally got home. He unloaded the car, and we both collapsed into our recliners for a little while. He dozed off, but I got on the pute for a while.
We just watched TV all night, and now it's bedtime. Trust me, the bed IS calling! Ron has already answered its call.
There are very little plans for tomorrow. Church, lunch, football. The last Sunday for these plans until September. The next football game, in 2 weeks, will be in the evening.
Sickness still abounds
Friday, January 16, 2015
My cell phone ringing this morning woke me up. I answer it, and Ron says, "Are you sleeping?"
"Yes."
"OK. I'll talk to you later. Love you. Bye."
WHAT????
I tried to call him back, but there was no answer - it went to voicemail.
Let me tell you, I am awake and very worried now. But - what can I do? I don't even know where he is! Is he out picking up a dumpster? Is he at the landfill? What - what - what? I figured he would see my missed call and call me back.
He finally called back about an hour later, and the first thing he said then was, "Can you come and get me?" My brain explodes. This is my Ron? We talk a bit more, and he admits that he must have what I am getting over. I had thought so last night when I went to bed - he had gotten up 2 or 3 times, running for the bathroom and his stomach was making those funny sounds. He assured me then that he was fine (after he had gone to the bathroom), but I told him that I thought he sounded the same way I did on Monday night, and we both knew what happened then. Unfortunately, the symptoms that I spent Monday night/Tuesday morning fighting came out in him while he was at work. Instead of picking up Jungle Jim's garbage, he left them a little! (I know, not funny...) I let him know that I would be there as soon as I could.
I got him back home, took his temperature (99.7), and had him take a shower. After that, he flopped into his recliner, covered up with a quilt, and went promptly to sleep. I made sure that he had his phone, water, the remote, and anything else I could think of that he might need.
We both knew that I had errands to run today, and he told me that I should go ahead and do these errands, because 1) there is no other time to do them this weekend, and 2) he's going to be asleep, anyway. I finally agreed to go ahead and go, since I pretty much knew how he felt, and I was alone all day every day while he was at work.
While I am out doing my errands, one of which is doing the grocery shopping at WalMart, I get a phone call from my friend Bert. She has a doctor's appointment today, and wanted to know if we, with Corgan, wanted to come down and meet her when her appointment was over. Wow! You go, Bert! I explained that Ron was sick now and we wouldn't be getting Corgan this weekend - why spread the sickness - and that I was out shopping right now anyway.
We arranged to meet at Bob Evans after I am done shopping and she is done doctoring - Bert SURE doesn't want to go shopping with me! - and since I hadn't eaten yet today, my stomach still being a little wonky, this sounded good to me.
I perused the menu while I was waiting for her, because I wasn't sure what I could eat. When she got there, she knew what she wanted and we ordered right away. She got the Broasted Chicken 3-course dinner, and I settled on bacon and scrambled eggs (with banana nut bread, not biscuits), although MAN did other stuff sound and look good. It took me almost as long to eat my little meal as it did her to eat hers! Man, I hate being a wuss!
We sat there eating, talking, and laughing, as we always do, and next thing I know (I finally looked at my cell to see the time), it's almost 9 already. NINE!! Ai yi yi! We started with the getting-ready-to-leave everything, and finally left about half an hour later. She needed keys made, and I had told her that WalMart did it, so we went back up to WalMart. But, nooooo, there was no one back in automotive to do this and she ended up using the goofy machine up front. It tells you that if you buy 2 keys, you get 1, or money off, or something, but then you can only buy one key at a time. I guess it's possible to want 3 copies of the same key, but how often does that happen? At least they were cheap enough...
I finally get home, check on Ron, who had moved in to bed but was okay and glad I was home now, and so I get all the groceries carried in. I put away the stuff that goes in the fridge and I'll get the rest tomorrow.
I. Am. Beat.
If Ron feels up to it, we'll go up to Ruth's so he can look at her car more intensively tomorrow. If not, we'll stay home.
My cell phone ringing this morning woke me up. I answer it, and Ron says, "Are you sleeping?"
"Yes."
"OK. I'll talk to you later. Love you. Bye."
WHAT????
I tried to call him back, but there was no answer - it went to voicemail.
Let me tell you, I am awake and very worried now. But - what can I do? I don't even know where he is! Is he out picking up a dumpster? Is he at the landfill? What - what - what? I figured he would see my missed call and call me back.
He finally called back about an hour later, and the first thing he said then was, "Can you come and get me?" My brain explodes. This is my Ron? We talk a bit more, and he admits that he must have what I am getting over. I had thought so last night when I went to bed - he had gotten up 2 or 3 times, running for the bathroom and his stomach was making those funny sounds. He assured me then that he was fine (after he had gone to the bathroom), but I told him that I thought he sounded the same way I did on Monday night, and we both knew what happened then. Unfortunately, the symptoms that I spent Monday night/Tuesday morning fighting came out in him while he was at work. Instead of picking up Jungle Jim's garbage, he left them a little! (I know, not funny...) I let him know that I would be there as soon as I could.
I got him back home, took his temperature (99.7), and had him take a shower. After that, he flopped into his recliner, covered up with a quilt, and went promptly to sleep. I made sure that he had his phone, water, the remote, and anything else I could think of that he might need.
We both knew that I had errands to run today, and he told me that I should go ahead and do these errands, because 1) there is no other time to do them this weekend, and 2) he's going to be asleep, anyway. I finally agreed to go ahead and go, since I pretty much knew how he felt, and I was alone all day every day while he was at work.
While I am out doing my errands, one of which is doing the grocery shopping at WalMart, I get a phone call from my friend Bert. She has a doctor's appointment today, and wanted to know if we, with Corgan, wanted to come down and meet her when her appointment was over. Wow! You go, Bert! I explained that Ron was sick now and we wouldn't be getting Corgan this weekend - why spread the sickness - and that I was out shopping right now anyway.
We arranged to meet at Bob Evans after I am done shopping and she is done doctoring - Bert SURE doesn't want to go shopping with me! - and since I hadn't eaten yet today, my stomach still being a little wonky, this sounded good to me.
I perused the menu while I was waiting for her, because I wasn't sure what I could eat. When she got there, she knew what she wanted and we ordered right away. She got the Broasted Chicken 3-course dinner, and I settled on bacon and scrambled eggs (with banana nut bread, not biscuits), although MAN did other stuff sound and look good. It took me almost as long to eat my little meal as it did her to eat hers! Man, I hate being a wuss!
We sat there eating, talking, and laughing, as we always do, and next thing I know (I finally looked at my cell to see the time), it's almost 9 already. NINE!! Ai yi yi! We started with the getting-ready-to-leave everything, and finally left about half an hour later. She needed keys made, and I had told her that WalMart did it, so we went back up to WalMart. But, nooooo, there was no one back in automotive to do this and she ended up using the goofy machine up front. It tells you that if you buy 2 keys, you get 1, or money off, or something, but then you can only buy one key at a time. I guess it's possible to want 3 copies of the same key, but how often does that happen? At least they were cheap enough...
I finally get home, check on Ron, who had moved in to bed but was okay and glad I was home now, and so I get all the groceries carried in. I put away the stuff that goes in the fridge and I'll get the rest tomorrow.
I. Am. Beat.
If Ron feels up to it, we'll go up to Ruth's so he can look at her car more intensively tomorrow. If not, we'll stay home.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Sick, Sick, Sick
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
1/13
Well, I didn't get to sleep last night. I ended up running for the bathroom - oh, midnight-ish, I think - and after that, I never knew what end this thick (and I mean THICK) nastiness would come out of. I hate, absolutely hate, to throw up, and I did that just as often as the other. Oh, it was awful!!
Ron offered to stay home with me, but I told him that would be a little silly, because there wouldn't really be anything for him to do. Finally, a little after 6, I threw up the rest of my stomach, went back to bed and managed to go to sleep.
Needless to say, it wasn't a good sleep, just a doze, but it was for a good solid length of time - til 11. I got up and took a shower, then just sat in my recliner all day, except for more trips to the bathroom, where, luckily, there was no more throwing up.
Since it's TOPS night, I asked Ron to drive me up to the meeting so I could weigh in. Besides that, I had the secretary's books and had to hand them over to someone for tonight. I was very careful - I didn't touch anything unless I was wearing my gloves - I don't want to make people sick. All I did was weigh in (I lost 3 pounds!), then I left. I even felt so weak that I used my walking stick, and I haven't done that for a long time! When we got home, Ron tried to get me to eat something. He made me a bowl of chicken noodle soup, and I did manage to eat about 10 bites, but that was it.
Awful, awful day.
1/14
After I woke up this morning, I laid in bed reading and playing on the tablet until I just could not stand lying there any more. Then I moved out into my recliner, and that was it for the day. I sat there and read my book and played on my tablet. I also turned on the TV - and if you know me, you know how rare that is!
After Ron got home, he tried to get me to eat (again), but there was no way. After a while, though, just to shut him up, I went out and got a pack of Ritz Crackers. These are the little snack-size packs, not the full size. There's just as many crackers in the box, but they're in 8 small packs instead of 4 large ones. Anyway, sitting there watching TV, I managed to eat 3 crackers, then I put them to the side.
And that was that. I went to bed on the nice clean sheets that Ron had put on the bed. I might keep him after all!
1/15
I felt a bit better when I woke up this morning, and I was definitely tired of lying in either the bed or the recliner. I was hungry, though, so I ate more of the Ritz crackers from that open pack. I still feel so weak, though, that I couldn't really "do" anything, although I did manage to fold the towels from the load that I had done the other day (yes, they've been in a basket ever since). I left them on the table for Ron to put away when he got home. I just couldn't do that.
I tried stacking the dishes neatly on the counter, so I could do them up. Nope.
I did do another load of towels!
I tried to sort all the other laundry, to see if I should get another load started. I even had to get the grabby to help me - I couldn't do the bending/squatting required. Nope.
Even though I'm feeling better, I am still so weak, it's crazy. And it's driving me crazy!
I retired to my recliner, and there I was when Ron got home. He made our little Spam casserole (Spam in macaroni-n-cheese) for supper, and I did manage to eat a bowl of it,
I am finally back on the pute and getting things really caught up. Next, I get to play Budget Manager for the week. Yay.
Errands to run up in Bethel tomorrow. Might be fun.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
1/13
Well, I didn't get to sleep last night. I ended up running for the bathroom - oh, midnight-ish, I think - and after that, I never knew what end this thick (and I mean THICK) nastiness would come out of. I hate, absolutely hate, to throw up, and I did that just as often as the other. Oh, it was awful!!
Ron offered to stay home with me, but I told him that would be a little silly, because there wouldn't really be anything for him to do. Finally, a little after 6, I threw up the rest of my stomach, went back to bed and managed to go to sleep.
Needless to say, it wasn't a good sleep, just a doze, but it was for a good solid length of time - til 11. I got up and took a shower, then just sat in my recliner all day, except for more trips to the bathroom, where, luckily, there was no more throwing up.
Since it's TOPS night, I asked Ron to drive me up to the meeting so I could weigh in. Besides that, I had the secretary's books and had to hand them over to someone for tonight. I was very careful - I didn't touch anything unless I was wearing my gloves - I don't want to make people sick. All I did was weigh in (I lost 3 pounds!), then I left. I even felt so weak that I used my walking stick, and I haven't done that for a long time! When we got home, Ron tried to get me to eat something. He made me a bowl of chicken noodle soup, and I did manage to eat about 10 bites, but that was it.
Awful, awful day.
1/14
After I woke up this morning, I laid in bed reading and playing on the tablet until I just could not stand lying there any more. Then I moved out into my recliner, and that was it for the day. I sat there and read my book and played on my tablet. I also turned on the TV - and if you know me, you know how rare that is!
After Ron got home, he tried to get me to eat (again), but there was no way. After a while, though, just to shut him up, I went out and got a pack of Ritz Crackers. These are the little snack-size packs, not the full size. There's just as many crackers in the box, but they're in 8 small packs instead of 4 large ones. Anyway, sitting there watching TV, I managed to eat 3 crackers, then I put them to the side.
And that was that. I went to bed on the nice clean sheets that Ron had put on the bed. I might keep him after all!
1/15
I felt a bit better when I woke up this morning, and I was definitely tired of lying in either the bed or the recliner. I was hungry, though, so I ate more of the Ritz crackers from that open pack. I still feel so weak, though, that I couldn't really "do" anything, although I did manage to fold the towels from the load that I had done the other day (yes, they've been in a basket ever since). I left them on the table for Ron to put away when he got home. I just couldn't do that.
I tried stacking the dishes neatly on the counter, so I could do them up. Nope.
I did do another load of towels!
I tried to sort all the other laundry, to see if I should get another load started. I even had to get the grabby to help me - I couldn't do the bending/squatting required. Nope.
Even though I'm feeling better, I am still so weak, it's crazy. And it's driving me crazy!
I retired to my recliner, and there I was when Ron got home. He made our little Spam casserole (Spam in macaroni-n-cheese) for supper, and I did manage to eat a bowl of it,
I am finally back on the pute and getting things really caught up. Next, I get to play Budget Manager for the week. Yay.
Errands to run up in Bethel tomorrow. Might be fun.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
A bit of 'rescue' and ...... nothing
Monday, January 12, 2015
I woke up this morning around 11. It was a little strange - I usually wake earlier, then get up around then, but it is what it is. A while later, I was lying there in bed, playing on the tablet, when Ron texted me that he was on his way home. Already?? On a Monday?? Wow. That is not good - mostly because it probably means this is the beginning of the winter slow-down. I guess we'll find out.
It ended up being a good thing, because Ruth had asked if Ron could come over and look at her car at some point. I had already told her 'probably not, because it's Monday' but now I could tell her 'the gods are smiling on you today!' and that we'd be over after he got some lunch and I got my lazy ass up and dressed.
We did what we needed to do and went over there around 2:30. Unfortunately, Ron couldn't give her good news. It looks as though if she chooses to fix the car, it's going to cost as much as buying a different (cheap!) one, as well as taking a whole bunch of time. It would probably be best to scrap this one, and use that money to help finance the next one. I don't know what she's going to decide to do. At this point, we've done all we can do to help, though. I wish we could do more, but...
We got back home, and I put the rest of the leftover stew on the stove to heat up for our supper, which would be in a couple of hours. Then, I got into Happy Homemaker mode and did up most of the dishes from over the weekend. Man! It was almost as bad as the Thanksgiving dishes! I did miss some dishes that were over on the far counter (inside pans!) and I didn't do a couple of pans - on purpose - but I will get them done tomorrow. I am glad that I got the rest of them done and put away, though. It made the kitchen look so much better, and made me feel like I accomplished something today, which I needed after not being able to help Ruth.
We ate supper around 6:30 and spent the evening watching TV. I sure miss my Monday Night Football already! But -- I have to get used to regular programming again now.
Nothing planned for tomorrow, just more Happy Homemaker crap.
I woke up this morning around 11. It was a little strange - I usually wake earlier, then get up around then, but it is what it is. A while later, I was lying there in bed, playing on the tablet, when Ron texted me that he was on his way home. Already?? On a Monday?? Wow. That is not good - mostly because it probably means this is the beginning of the winter slow-down. I guess we'll find out.
It ended up being a good thing, because Ruth had asked if Ron could come over and look at her car at some point. I had already told her 'probably not, because it's Monday' but now I could tell her 'the gods are smiling on you today!' and that we'd be over after he got some lunch and I got my lazy ass up and dressed.
We did what we needed to do and went over there around 2:30. Unfortunately, Ron couldn't give her good news. It looks as though if she chooses to fix the car, it's going to cost as much as buying a different (cheap!) one, as well as taking a whole bunch of time. It would probably be best to scrap this one, and use that money to help finance the next one. I don't know what she's going to decide to do. At this point, we've done all we can do to help, though. I wish we could do more, but...
We got back home, and I put the rest of the leftover stew on the stove to heat up for our supper, which would be in a couple of hours. Then, I got into Happy Homemaker mode and did up most of the dishes from over the weekend. Man! It was almost as bad as the Thanksgiving dishes! I did miss some dishes that were over on the far counter (inside pans!) and I didn't do a couple of pans - on purpose - but I will get them done tomorrow. I am glad that I got the rest of them done and put away, though. It made the kitchen look so much better, and made me feel like I accomplished something today, which I needed after not being able to help Ruth.
We ate supper around 6:30 and spent the evening watching TV. I sure miss my Monday Night Football already! But -- I have to get used to regular programming again now.
Nothing planned for tomorrow, just more Happy Homemaker crap.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
The busyness of a weekend, visitors, and FOOTBALL
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
1/10
I got up this morning, did my Wii weigh-in (ugh - gained a little, almost 2 pounds), and then Ron, Corgan, and I went off to do errands. We went over and dropped off donations we have collected to the family that was in the house fire. ~~They thank everyone SO much! They have plenty of basic stuff for now, and are so overwhelmed and grateful for the support.~~ We went down to pick up prescriptions at Walgreen's, and went to lunch down at Hibachi Grill. That was Ron's choice, and since he was buying (paying), I couldn't argue too much, now could I? Then we stopped at WalMart, so I could pick up a new tub of butter. Ron put gas in my car while I was in the store, so we did 2 errands at once there!
Finally, we got back home and we were going to stay! They went out and tried to take down the nativity scene, but everything is frozen to the ground, so that didn't work out and they came on back into the house - to get under my feet. I put them to work though, I had them put all the Christmas tins up in the attic! So, Christmas is technically over in my house now. Boo.
We were getting the house ready, because my sister-in-law Jackie and her daughter Liz were stopping in to meet us on their way home to New York from Alabama. She's never been able to come in for a visit with Chip, because they have dogs and can't afford to kennel them all, plus they don't like to leave her mom 'alone' for any length of time. We can understand that! But, Jackie and Liz had gone to Alabama for family on Liz' side, and this is a good time for all this to happen. They should get here around 7 or so tonight. Right in the middle of football - but that's okay, Jackie's a Patriots fan!
Josh and his family came up (at halftime), because I am making a big supper for everyone, so they will be here when Jackie and Liz get here. I start getting anxious when 7:30 comes and goes, and everyone has a grand old time laughing at me. I can't help it though - I know how long it takes to drive from x to here, and they should have been here!
They finally get here, and the craziness of having visitors begins.
Throughout the rest of the game, I bounce between cooking and watching the game, and not long after the game is over, I get supper on the table. I let them all start with a big old salad while I got the rest of supper on the table. I made meat loaf, mashed potatoes, beef gravy (okay, I cheated - that was from a jar), rice-a-roni, and green beans. I forgot to get the big jar of applesauce out of the fridge, but Ron will eat it all eventually. We sat around the table, talking and laughing, for quite a while. I finally went back in the living room to watch football while the rest of them stayed out in the kitchen visiting. Hey, football is important, and I'm have Jackie and Liz tomorrow morning. They're spending the night!
After they all left, we finally all got settled down for the night - it was not fun trying to settle Corgan down, he likes to stay up watching TV and just couldn't or wouldn't understand why he couldn't tonight. Someone sleeping in the recliner shouldn't have been a deterrent, according to him, but he finally built himself a fort between my desk and Ron's recliner to sleep in and settled down. Whew!
1/11
Jean came back up to spend time with Jackie and Liz today while I watched football. They had planned to go up and visit Ruth, too, but Liz didn't feel too very good when they got up this morning, so Jackie thought that maybe they had best get on the road and try to go home. (You know - you just feel better at home.) So, with that Change of Plans, when Jean got here, we took Jackie and Liz uptown and introduced them to Gold Star Chili. Yes, Gold Star! And, yes, we have a convert!! Jackie loved it! Liz only got a club sandwich, because of her upset stomach, so she lost out, but Jackie now knows what all the excitement is about every time Chip comes home. She even got a six-pack of coneys to take home to him (it's only a 7 hour drive, and he'll eat them cold, or zapped).
They left to head home to New York, and we came back home. Jean hung around until football time, then she and Corgan went on, too.
Ron and I watched football the rest of the day. Well, I did. Ron did a while, then had to get up and do stuff. He went outside and actually managed to take the nativity scene down - it got that warm today - as well as just piddling around out in the garage. He drives me crazy! Eventually, though, he came back in and watched football with me again.
I heated up leftovers for our supper. I don't like to have the same thing 2 days in a row, but sometimes I make an exception, and this was one of those times. It tasted just as good tonight as it did last night hot off the stove!
Nothing planned for tomorrow. Possibly supposed to be a nasty day - winter weather advisory is in effect until 1pm tomorrow. I don't know if it will come here, but it's already bad out there - my sister Ruth has wrecked her car (she, her daughter, and her granddaughter who were all in the car are all okay, but the car is most probably toast) on black ice - so, needless to say, I'm worried already.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
1/10
I got up this morning, did my Wii weigh-in (ugh - gained a little, almost 2 pounds), and then Ron, Corgan, and I went off to do errands. We went over and dropped off donations we have collected to the family that was in the house fire. ~~They thank everyone SO much! They have plenty of basic stuff for now, and are so overwhelmed and grateful for the support.~~ We went down to pick up prescriptions at Walgreen's, and went to lunch down at Hibachi Grill. That was Ron's choice, and since he was buying (paying), I couldn't argue too much, now could I? Then we stopped at WalMart, so I could pick up a new tub of butter. Ron put gas in my car while I was in the store, so we did 2 errands at once there!
Finally, we got back home and we were going to stay! They went out and tried to take down the nativity scene, but everything is frozen to the ground, so that didn't work out and they came on back into the house - to get under my feet. I put them to work though, I had them put all the Christmas tins up in the attic! So, Christmas is technically over in my house now. Boo.
We were getting the house ready, because my sister-in-law Jackie and her daughter Liz were stopping in to meet us on their way home to New York from Alabama. She's never been able to come in for a visit with Chip, because they have dogs and can't afford to kennel them all, plus they don't like to leave her mom 'alone' for any length of time. We can understand that! But, Jackie and Liz had gone to Alabama for family on Liz' side, and this is a good time for all this to happen. They should get here around 7 or so tonight. Right in the middle of football - but that's okay, Jackie's a Patriots fan!
Josh and his family came up (at halftime), because I am making a big supper for everyone, so they will be here when Jackie and Liz get here. I start getting anxious when 7:30 comes and goes, and everyone has a grand old time laughing at me. I can't help it though - I know how long it takes to drive from x to here, and they should have been here!
They finally get here, and the craziness of having visitors begins.
Throughout the rest of the game, I bounce between cooking and watching the game, and not long after the game is over, I get supper on the table. I let them all start with a big old salad while I got the rest of supper on the table. I made meat loaf, mashed potatoes, beef gravy (okay, I cheated - that was from a jar), rice-a-roni, and green beans. I forgot to get the big jar of applesauce out of the fridge, but Ron will eat it all eventually. We sat around the table, talking and laughing, for quite a while. I finally went back in the living room to watch football while the rest of them stayed out in the kitchen visiting. Hey, football is important, and I'm have Jackie and Liz tomorrow morning. They're spending the night!
After they all left, we finally all got settled down for the night - it was not fun trying to settle Corgan down, he likes to stay up watching TV and just couldn't or wouldn't understand why he couldn't tonight. Someone sleeping in the recliner shouldn't have been a deterrent, according to him, but he finally built himself a fort between my desk and Ron's recliner to sleep in and settled down. Whew!
1/11
Jean came back up to spend time with Jackie and Liz today while I watched football. They had planned to go up and visit Ruth, too, but Liz didn't feel too very good when they got up this morning, so Jackie thought that maybe they had best get on the road and try to go home. (You know - you just feel better at home.) So, with that Change of Plans, when Jean got here, we took Jackie and Liz uptown and introduced them to Gold Star Chili. Yes, Gold Star! And, yes, we have a convert!! Jackie loved it! Liz only got a club sandwich, because of her upset stomach, so she lost out, but Jackie now knows what all the excitement is about every time Chip comes home. She even got a six-pack of coneys to take home to him (it's only a 7 hour drive, and he'll eat them cold, or zapped).
They left to head home to New York, and we came back home. Jean hung around until football time, then she and Corgan went on, too.
Ron and I watched football the rest of the day. Well, I did. Ron did a while, then had to get up and do stuff. He went outside and actually managed to take the nativity scene down - it got that warm today - as well as just piddling around out in the garage. He drives me crazy! Eventually, though, he came back in and watched football with me again.
I heated up leftovers for our supper. I don't like to have the same thing 2 days in a row, but sometimes I make an exception, and this was one of those times. It tasted just as good tonight as it did last night hot off the stove!
Nothing planned for tomorrow. Possibly supposed to be a nasty day - winter weather advisory is in effect until 1pm tomorrow. I don't know if it will come here, but it's already bad out there - my sister Ruth has wrecked her car (she, her daughter, and her granddaughter who were all in the car are all okay, but the car is most probably toast) on black ice - so, needless to say, I'm worried already.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Another couple of cold, freezing, frigid days around here...
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Friday, January 9, 2015
1/8
When Ron left for work this morning, the temperature was -1. MINUS 1, and that's not counting the wind chill, which was probably about 20 below zero. Brrrrrr! I hate, really hate, that he has to work in frigid temps like this. This is the stuff I worry about - absolute freezing, and nothing you can do about it. I'm glad I sleep through the worse of it!
Well, believe it or not, his truck would not run, either! It did the same damn thing it did before. Remember? Last winter, and we had to spend over $200 and over a week to find out what it was and buying the part, then getting one of the mechanics at his work to put the part on (after work, of course), and now it's doing the. exact. same. thing.???? I call bullshit!! He finally just drove my car to work - it's a good thing I didn't have plans today!
He was totally amazed (I don't know why - my BengalMobile is a.w.e.s.o.m.e.!) that it started right up and stayed running when it hadn't been run for a couple of days. Silly man...
Me, on the other hand, went back to sleep and when I got up, moved out to my recliner after I started a venison stew in the crockpot. (We had beans yesterday, and stew and beans are great cold day suppers! They sure help warm up the house!) and just stayed there. I thought about having myself a 'Good Wife' marathon, but between getting up earlier and going back to sleep and all, it was too late to watch more than an episode or two, so I didn't.
After a bit of reading, I did get up, eat a banana, and do a little Happy Homemaker stuff, finishing getting all the Christmas stuff down and put away. All I have left to do is my Sports Tree, and it'll all be gone for this year.
When Ron was on his way home, around 4, he called me and told me to get ready so that we could go uptown and do the banking that we need to do on payday. He said we might as well do it while the car was warm. While I was getting dressed, I was trying to figure out why in the world I had to go uptown with him, but I eventually figured out that it was because he didn't want to go into the grocery store and buy a can of peas for me - he wanted to keep the car running - and warm - while I ran in. Silly man!
When we got home, I added the peas to the stew, and a little while later, made us biscuits to go with it, and that was supper.
A night of dead guys followed.
1/9
I had to get up with Ron this morning to take him to catch a ride to work. Only uptown, but I still had to get up to do it, because I had errands to run today and needed my car. After coming home, of course I couldn't sleep, so I read until 6 or so, then finally drifted back off.
My cell phone started getting texts just after 9, which was an hour before the alarm was set to go off, I dealt with those things, then dozed back off, and then the alarm went off way too early. But I managed to drag my lazy ass up. Luckily, one of the earlier texts was changing a meeting from 11 to 1, so I didn't need to rush, but I still had things to do before I left here.
I left at noon so I could do my errands before meeting Lisa at 1. I went up to church, to pick up letters to solicit donations for the Quarter Auction from local businesses, and to drop off our last fundraiser check, and to get the secretary's opinion on my report from the Craft Show. Then it was off to the Post Office to mail off some boxes, then stopped at the bank to make our house payment. I got to Frisch's, where Lisa and I were meeting, at twenty til 1, and I got myself some lunch. I got a Buddie Boy (American cheese, not Swiss), french fries, and a cup of veggie soup, which I had to put 2 packs of crackers in. Lisa showed up just as I got my food, and she got herself a bowl of veggie soup, and she put a lot of crackers in hers, too.
We got done what we had to get done, and then just sat and talked for a little bit. It was a nice visit!
After I left there, I stopped at IGA to pick up stuff to make for meals over the weekend - we get to meet Chip's wife and her daughter! That's gonna be so nice! They are stopping on their way home from Alabama - other family stuff - and are taking this opportunity to meet us! Chip is home, watching over their responsibilities while they are taking this trip. She has done it while Chip has gone places (here and to Chris', for example), so it's only right! Right? I can't wait....
I went up and picked Ron - and Corgan, it is Friday - up when he called me, and we all came home and had a pleasant evening here at home. They watched one of Ron's movies from Christmas tonight, instead of Most Stupid, thank God! - I think it was Expendables 3. I was on the pute, finishing taking down my Sports Tree, and washing dishes.
Oh, and the highlight of my day?? It was a lowlight. I dropped one of my ornaments - my autographed Corey Dillon ornament - and it shattered into a billion zillion pieces. Josh went through hell to get me that autograph, let alone on an ornament, and now it's gone. I am heartbroken and heartsick.
Tomorrow will be spent running more errands. Taking donations over to the family from the house fire, picking up prescriptions, and I have to stop at the store to pick up a tub of butter. Whee!
Then home to await Jackie letting us know she is close, so we can 'talk' her in and her GPS won't get her lost. Oh -- and FOOTBALL!!
Friday, January 9, 2015
1/8
When Ron left for work this morning, the temperature was -1. MINUS 1, and that's not counting the wind chill, which was probably about 20 below zero. Brrrrrr! I hate, really hate, that he has to work in frigid temps like this. This is the stuff I worry about - absolute freezing, and nothing you can do about it. I'm glad I sleep through the worse of it!
Well, believe it or not, his truck would not run, either! It did the same damn thing it did before. Remember? Last winter, and we had to spend over $200 and over a week to find out what it was and buying the part, then getting one of the mechanics at his work to put the part on (after work, of course), and now it's doing the. exact. same. thing.???? I call bullshit!! He finally just drove my car to work - it's a good thing I didn't have plans today!
He was totally amazed (I don't know why - my BengalMobile is a.w.e.s.o.m.e.!) that it started right up and stayed running when it hadn't been run for a couple of days. Silly man...
Me, on the other hand, went back to sleep and when I got up, moved out to my recliner after I started a venison stew in the crockpot. (We had beans yesterday, and stew and beans are great cold day suppers! They sure help warm up the house!) and just stayed there. I thought about having myself a 'Good Wife' marathon, but between getting up earlier and going back to sleep and all, it was too late to watch more than an episode or two, so I didn't.
After a bit of reading, I did get up, eat a banana, and do a little Happy Homemaker stuff, finishing getting all the Christmas stuff down and put away. All I have left to do is my Sports Tree, and it'll all be gone for this year.
When Ron was on his way home, around 4, he called me and told me to get ready so that we could go uptown and do the banking that we need to do on payday. He said we might as well do it while the car was warm. While I was getting dressed, I was trying to figure out why in the world I had to go uptown with him, but I eventually figured out that it was because he didn't want to go into the grocery store and buy a can of peas for me - he wanted to keep the car running - and warm - while I ran in. Silly man!
When we got home, I added the peas to the stew, and a little while later, made us biscuits to go with it, and that was supper.
A night of dead guys followed.
1/9
I had to get up with Ron this morning to take him to catch a ride to work. Only uptown, but I still had to get up to do it, because I had errands to run today and needed my car. After coming home, of course I couldn't sleep, so I read until 6 or so, then finally drifted back off.
My cell phone started getting texts just after 9, which was an hour before the alarm was set to go off, I dealt with those things, then dozed back off, and then the alarm went off way too early. But I managed to drag my lazy ass up. Luckily, one of the earlier texts was changing a meeting from 11 to 1, so I didn't need to rush, but I still had things to do before I left here.
I left at noon so I could do my errands before meeting Lisa at 1. I went up to church, to pick up letters to solicit donations for the Quarter Auction from local businesses, and to drop off our last fundraiser check, and to get the secretary's opinion on my report from the Craft Show. Then it was off to the Post Office to mail off some boxes, then stopped at the bank to make our house payment. I got to Frisch's, where Lisa and I were meeting, at twenty til 1, and I got myself some lunch. I got a Buddie Boy (American cheese, not Swiss), french fries, and a cup of veggie soup, which I had to put 2 packs of crackers in. Lisa showed up just as I got my food, and she got herself a bowl of veggie soup, and she put a lot of crackers in hers, too.
We got done what we had to get done, and then just sat and talked for a little bit. It was a nice visit!
After I left there, I stopped at IGA to pick up stuff to make for meals over the weekend - we get to meet Chip's wife and her daughter! That's gonna be so nice! They are stopping on their way home from Alabama - other family stuff - and are taking this opportunity to meet us! Chip is home, watching over their responsibilities while they are taking this trip. She has done it while Chip has gone places (here and to Chris', for example), so it's only right! Right? I can't wait....
I went up and picked Ron - and Corgan, it is Friday - up when he called me, and we all came home and had a pleasant evening here at home. They watched one of Ron's movies from Christmas tonight, instead of Most Stupid, thank God! - I think it was Expendables 3. I was on the pute, finishing taking down my Sports Tree, and washing dishes.
Oh, and the highlight of my day?? It was a lowlight. I dropped one of my ornaments - my autographed Corey Dillon ornament - and it shattered into a billion zillion pieces. Josh went through hell to get me that autograph, let alone on an ornament, and now it's gone. I am heartbroken and heartsick.
Tomorrow will be spent running more errands. Taking donations over to the family from the house fire, picking up prescriptions, and I have to stop at the store to pick up a tub of butter. Whee!
Then home to await Jackie letting us know she is close, so we can 'talk' her in and her GPS won't get her lost. Oh -- and FOOTBALL!!
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
A big, fat, lazy, COLD day
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Absolutely nothing of any importance happened today. It was too freaking cold! The phone ringing woke me up a little after noon (I was up until after 3 this morning, playing on the tablet...), and it was Bert wanting to know how my day went yesterday with Teresa. I was telling her the whole sorry story, and then Ron called while on his lunch, so I just stayed in bed, all cuddled and huddled up under my quilt while on the phone.
After hanging up, I then did my normal playing-on-the-tablet and reading, as I do in the 'mornings' until I finally decided to get up, which ended up being after 2. Man, was it a bit chilly here in the house! The temperature out here in the living said it was down to 60, so I turned the thermostat up, but you know that's gonna take a while. I also turned up the thermostat in the kitchen without even checking any of the thermometers out there. Brrrrrrr! Good thing I automatically had put on a pair of sweats and a T-Shirt, although I did go back and change to a long-sleeved T-Shirt.
I did piddle around, taking down more of the Christmas decorations. I might get them all down by the end of the week at this rate. I feel like a little old lady, though, and am not pushing myself to get this job done quickly. I also did my standing-up exercises, but I sure moaned and groaned while doing them! I am starting to wonder if I am going to make it through the cold winter months -- this does not feel good, not at all.
I had put on a pot of beans for supper, and I spent the rest of the day in my recliner, reading. I only have one more Christmas book to go! When Ron got home a little after 6, we buttered up some bread and had our supper, and spent the night watching game shows and dead guys.
Once again, no plans for tomorrow. I might get my Sports Tree down, though. Maybe. That's the last thing, and I might wait and let Corgan help me on Friday night - we'll have to see how I feel tomorrow.
I will tell you this. When I go to the doctor on the 27th, I'm gonna need more than 15 minutes!
Absolutely nothing of any importance happened today. It was too freaking cold! The phone ringing woke me up a little after noon (I was up until after 3 this morning, playing on the tablet...), and it was Bert wanting to know how my day went yesterday with Teresa. I was telling her the whole sorry story, and then Ron called while on his lunch, so I just stayed in bed, all cuddled and huddled up under my quilt while on the phone.
After hanging up, I then did my normal playing-on-the-tablet and reading, as I do in the 'mornings' until I finally decided to get up, which ended up being after 2. Man, was it a bit chilly here in the house! The temperature out here in the living said it was down to 60, so I turned the thermostat up, but you know that's gonna take a while. I also turned up the thermostat in the kitchen without even checking any of the thermometers out there. Brrrrrrr! Good thing I automatically had put on a pair of sweats and a T-Shirt, although I did go back and change to a long-sleeved T-Shirt.
I did piddle around, taking down more of the Christmas decorations. I might get them all down by the end of the week at this rate. I feel like a little old lady, though, and am not pushing myself to get this job done quickly. I also did my standing-up exercises, but I sure moaned and groaned while doing them! I am starting to wonder if I am going to make it through the cold winter months -- this does not feel good, not at all.
I had put on a pot of beans for supper, and I spent the rest of the day in my recliner, reading. I only have one more Christmas book to go! When Ron got home a little after 6, we buttered up some bread and had our supper, and spent the night watching game shows and dead guys.
Once again, no plans for tomorrow. I might get my Sports Tree down, though. Maybe. That's the last thing, and I might wait and let Corgan help me on Friday night - we'll have to see how I feel tomorrow.
I will tell you this. When I go to the doctor on the 27th, I'm gonna need more than 15 minutes!
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
A day running errands - and getting rewarded!
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
I woke up before my alarm went off this morning, which was a good thing, because I had good things planned for today. It's supposed to be a Bert & Teresa day! Unfortunately, though, that didn't happen, because I couldn't get ahold of Teresa to let her know that Bert and I were coming over, and Bert was too afraid that there may be sickness wherever we went, and she didn't want to take sickness back into her house to her mom, so she decided not to go. It ended up being a good thing, because no one answered the door at Teresa's when I finally got there! Ah, well, what's that saying about best laid plans? Or the one about making God laugh by making plans? Sigh....
I finally hit the road and got started on my errands. Post Office - just a drive-thru, to mail stuff. ATM - I need cash! DMV (or BMV, it's up to you) - I need to get a "medical restriction" on my driver's license (sigh again) because of having diabetes. Yes, they ask you that now, and what a pain in the ass it is! Luckily, it only costs $3.50, not the cost of a whole new license. Walgreen's - just a drive-thru to pick up a prescription. Dry Cleaners outside of Amelia - to pay the electric bill. I wish I knew a place closer to Bethel to do this, but I don't, but it's okay, because it's usually on the way to or from somewhere else. Lunch!! I decided to go to Lee's, since it was close to where I was. I had 3 chicken strips, potato wedges, and green beans. While I am here, eating my lunch, Ron calls me - he is on his way home. At 2!! What?? Unbelievable! Of course, I'm not home when he's coming home early! Sigh again.
Refreshed, I go on with my errands. Over to Teresa's. No answer at the door, which was a little worrisome. She hadn't answered my phone calls and texts earlier, but I wasn't that worried, because she's always home, but now...yikes! Besides, now I had to pee! Drinking buckets of tea with lunch does that to me. After knocking a couple of times, I make myself leave, although now I am worried.
I do the gotta-pee dance all the way to WalMart, where, luckily, I found a close parking spot, and my first stop inside was the bathroom! Then I did the little bit of shopping I needed to do. Not going on the weekend sure throws things out of whack, let me tell you! I discovered that I forgot to get my list off the fridge, so I had to wing it, too. Ai yi yi - that usually doesn't go very good. I did my WalMart Walk, and even found some stuff in the Christmas Clearance section. I wanted cards, but I guess they put those back to sell next year.
I also went to the WalMart gas station, where I put $10 in my car, since I didn't do that over the weekend, either. I got a funny feeling it's gonna jump now that the holidays are truly over. Maybe only a quarter or so, but still a jump. I still LOVE these prices!
I finally got home around quarter after 4. I carried the groceries and things in (Ron wasn't in any shape to go back out in the cold), and then I stripped off, since now I'M gonna stay in for a while! I check my grocery list and I only forgot 2 items, so I felt pretty good about that, too.
I played on the pute while Ron finished watching his Chuck Norris movies until it was time for me to go to my TOPS meeting. I put my jeans back on over my sweats, and a long sleeved shirt and a loose shirt on over my T-Shirt, and bundled into my coat, scarf, gloves, and hat and off I went.
When I got to the meeting, I stripped back down to my sweats and T-Shirt to weigh in (yeah, all the others really loved that - you shoulda heard 'em! Singing the 'Stripper' music and all....), then got back dressed, because it's always colder than cold in our meeting room. I LOST weight this week! Oh, I was SO glad to see that - I was worried, what with the holidays and potato chips and not walking and all. I only lost not quite half a pound (.4 to be exact), but a loss is a loss! I'll take it!!
I got back home after the meeting, expecting a nice warm smell from the supper Ron would have ready, and -- nothing. He didn't make any supper, and he didn't even turn NCIS on until I turned into the driveway, so he couldn't even tell me what happened! The turd! I'm selling him AND Chuck Norris cheap!
He did finally zap me a bowl/can of chicken noodle soup (since he didn't know what was happening on NCIS), so I got a nice warm supper, but still......
Nothing on the agenda for tomorrow. It's supposed to be cold - single digits cold. I will spend the day worried about Ron. I suppose I'll do my exercises, too. Maybe even my lay-on-the-floor exercises, too. I'm feeling better - I'm thinking it was the splinter playing head games with me, although it may just be because I finally just DID something.
I woke up before my alarm went off this morning, which was a good thing, because I had good things planned for today. It's supposed to be a Bert & Teresa day! Unfortunately, though, that didn't happen, because I couldn't get ahold of Teresa to let her know that Bert and I were coming over, and Bert was too afraid that there may be sickness wherever we went, and she didn't want to take sickness back into her house to her mom, so she decided not to go. It ended up being a good thing, because no one answered the door at Teresa's when I finally got there! Ah, well, what's that saying about best laid plans? Or the one about making God laugh by making plans? Sigh....
I finally hit the road and got started on my errands. Post Office - just a drive-thru, to mail stuff. ATM - I need cash! DMV (or BMV, it's up to you) - I need to get a "medical restriction" on my driver's license (sigh again) because of having diabetes. Yes, they ask you that now, and what a pain in the ass it is! Luckily, it only costs $3.50, not the cost of a whole new license. Walgreen's - just a drive-thru to pick up a prescription. Dry Cleaners outside of Amelia - to pay the electric bill. I wish I knew a place closer to Bethel to do this, but I don't, but it's okay, because it's usually on the way to or from somewhere else. Lunch!! I decided to go to Lee's, since it was close to where I was. I had 3 chicken strips, potato wedges, and green beans. While I am here, eating my lunch, Ron calls me - he is on his way home. At 2!! What?? Unbelievable! Of course, I'm not home when he's coming home early! Sigh again.
Refreshed, I go on with my errands. Over to Teresa's. No answer at the door, which was a little worrisome. She hadn't answered my phone calls and texts earlier, but I wasn't that worried, because she's always home, but now...yikes! Besides, now I had to pee! Drinking buckets of tea with lunch does that to me. After knocking a couple of times, I make myself leave, although now I am worried.
I do the gotta-pee dance all the way to WalMart, where, luckily, I found a close parking spot, and my first stop inside was the bathroom! Then I did the little bit of shopping I needed to do. Not going on the weekend sure throws things out of whack, let me tell you! I discovered that I forgot to get my list off the fridge, so I had to wing it, too. Ai yi yi - that usually doesn't go very good. I did my WalMart Walk, and even found some stuff in the Christmas Clearance section. I wanted cards, but I guess they put those back to sell next year.
I also went to the WalMart gas station, where I put $10 in my car, since I didn't do that over the weekend, either. I got a funny feeling it's gonna jump now that the holidays are truly over. Maybe only a quarter or so, but still a jump. I still LOVE these prices!
I finally got home around quarter after 4. I carried the groceries and things in (Ron wasn't in any shape to go back out in the cold), and then I stripped off, since now I'M gonna stay in for a while! I check my grocery list and I only forgot 2 items, so I felt pretty good about that, too.
I played on the pute while Ron finished watching his Chuck Norris movies until it was time for me to go to my TOPS meeting. I put my jeans back on over my sweats, and a long sleeved shirt and a loose shirt on over my T-Shirt, and bundled into my coat, scarf, gloves, and hat and off I went.
When I got to the meeting, I stripped back down to my sweats and T-Shirt to weigh in (yeah, all the others really loved that - you shoulda heard 'em! Singing the 'Stripper' music and all....), then got back dressed, because it's always colder than cold in our meeting room. I LOST weight this week! Oh, I was SO glad to see that - I was worried, what with the holidays and potato chips and not walking and all. I only lost not quite half a pound (.4 to be exact), but a loss is a loss! I'll take it!!
I got back home after the meeting, expecting a nice warm smell from the supper Ron would have ready, and -- nothing. He didn't make any supper, and he didn't even turn NCIS on until I turned into the driveway, so he couldn't even tell me what happened! The turd! I'm selling him AND Chuck Norris cheap!
He did finally zap me a bowl/can of chicken noodle soup (since he didn't know what was happening on NCIS), so I got a nice warm supper, but still......
Nothing on the agenda for tomorrow. It's supposed to be cold - single digits cold. I will spend the day worried about Ron. I suppose I'll do my exercises, too. Maybe even my lay-on-the-floor exercises, too. I'm feeling better - I'm thinking it was the splinter playing head games with me, although it may just be because I finally just DID something.
Monday, January 5, 2015
Happy Homemaker - at it again!
Monday, January 5, 2015
Ron called me today - on the house phone - and woke me up. It was a little bit after noon, and he was worried because he hadn't heard from me yet. Yes, I told him, I was still sleeping (thank you, NyQuil!), and why did he call on the house phone? He said because I didn't answer my cell. Hmmmm. After we hung up, my brain kicked in a little, and I looked at my cell - it was still on vibrate from the football games yesterday! Duhhhhhh. Sorry about that, baby!
I got up after playing on the tablet for a little while - gotta catch up my games, ya know! - and started in on playing Happy Homemaker. I put a load of towels in the washer, and started in on doing the dishes, as I usually do on Mondays. I also started - continued, really - putting away our Christmas gifts and some decorations. Man, what a sad time of year!! I got some new things hung on the walls, and had some troubles with others and had to wait for some help to get here.
I also did my stand-up exercises. I'm still too chickenshit to do the lay-down exercises. I'm not sure I'll be able to get back up!
I also heard from my friends about what was needed after the house fire the other day, and made some decisions about what we could or would be able to give.
I was pretty proud of how much stuff I got done today, considering.
Josh stopped to drop off our football slips for this weekend, and I had him help with the hanging-up problems, and then he operated on my left foot. I've had problems ever since Christmas Eve - it has felt like I'm walking on ground glass - but I didn't want to be a big fuss while down there, and since we came home, I've asked Ron to look at it, and he always comes up with excuses. It's really been bugging me, and I knew Josh was going to stop today, so this worked out real good. He dug around with clippers and tweezers, and finally got a splinter (in two pieces) out of my foot. Oh, it felt soooo much better! Don't ask me why one splinter felt like ground glass, either, cause I can't start to guess that! Maybe it was just where it was...
When Ron finally got home a little after 6, I told him about going through our closets and finding things for Derek and his family and taking them over to Derek's mom's tonight. BIG snowstorm is supposed to come in tonight, so it would be better to get it done tonight, right? He fussed a little - he was tired - but we got this little job done, and we both felt good about it. It wasn't much, but when you've lost everything, every little bit is more than what you have now.
We came back home, and I made hamburgers for our supper. We finished off bags (he had his, and I had mine) of potato chips with the burgers and that was supper. We then watched TV - dead guys! - the rest of the night.
Tomorrow, I have to run down to visit the Wals - Walgreens and WalMart - and Bert & I were hoping to go over and visit Teresa. But, with this snow they're predicting, we'll have to wait and see. Hopefully, it'll go north, as usual, but there is already a dusting on my car (snow gathered in the edges of the windows, etc.) and the top of the nativity stable is covered, too. So.......
Ron called me today - on the house phone - and woke me up. It was a little bit after noon, and he was worried because he hadn't heard from me yet. Yes, I told him, I was still sleeping (thank you, NyQuil!), and why did he call on the house phone? He said because I didn't answer my cell. Hmmmm. After we hung up, my brain kicked in a little, and I looked at my cell - it was still on vibrate from the football games yesterday! Duhhhhhh. Sorry about that, baby!
I got up after playing on the tablet for a little while - gotta catch up my games, ya know! - and started in on playing Happy Homemaker. I put a load of towels in the washer, and started in on doing the dishes, as I usually do on Mondays. I also started - continued, really - putting away our Christmas gifts and some decorations. Man, what a sad time of year!! I got some new things hung on the walls, and had some troubles with others and had to wait for some help to get here.
I also did my stand-up exercises. I'm still too chickenshit to do the lay-down exercises. I'm not sure I'll be able to get back up!
I also heard from my friends about what was needed after the house fire the other day, and made some decisions about what we could or would be able to give.
I was pretty proud of how much stuff I got done today, considering.
Josh stopped to drop off our football slips for this weekend, and I had him help with the hanging-up problems, and then he operated on my left foot. I've had problems ever since Christmas Eve - it has felt like I'm walking on ground glass - but I didn't want to be a big fuss while down there, and since we came home, I've asked Ron to look at it, and he always comes up with excuses. It's really been bugging me, and I knew Josh was going to stop today, so this worked out real good. He dug around with clippers and tweezers, and finally got a splinter (in two pieces) out of my foot. Oh, it felt soooo much better! Don't ask me why one splinter felt like ground glass, either, cause I can't start to guess that! Maybe it was just where it was...
When Ron finally got home a little after 6, I told him about going through our closets and finding things for Derek and his family and taking them over to Derek's mom's tonight. BIG snowstorm is supposed to come in tonight, so it would be better to get it done tonight, right? He fussed a little - he was tired - but we got this little job done, and we both felt good about it. It wasn't much, but when you've lost everything, every little bit is more than what you have now.
We came back home, and I made hamburgers for our supper. We finished off bags (he had his, and I had mine) of potato chips with the burgers and that was supper. We then watched TV - dead guys! - the rest of the night.
Tomorrow, I have to run down to visit the Wals - Walgreens and WalMart - and Bert & I were hoping to go over and visit Teresa. But, with this snow they're predicting, we'll have to wait and see. Hopefully, it'll go north, as usual, but there is already a dusting on my car (snow gathered in the edges of the windows, etc.) and the top of the nativity stable is covered, too. So.......
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Getting this new year rolling...
Friday, January 2, 2015
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015
1/2
Ugh! What a day - not a day at all.
I stayed in bed all day. All. Day. Didn't get up at all, except to go to the bathroom. My back hurt so bad and was so stiff, it was almost as bad as just after my fall. And, on top of that, I just plain ol' didn't feel very good. I didn't really feel bad (sick), but I sure didn't feel good. I dozed off and on all day long, and I mostly just laid there and read - I didn't even feel like messing around on the tablet. That's what I did yesterday (the 1st), too. Just read - like in the "old days" as in 'before the tablet.' - book after book. I got 5 books for Christmas, and I have finished 3 of them now.
After Ron got home from work, and I couldn't even tell you what time it was, he let me stay in bed, but wanted me to get up and sit in the living room to eat supper with him, so I did. After all, he had made it and everything. I came out and plopped into my recliner and ate my 3 cheese weenies and blindly stared at the TV until bedtime. We didn't have Corgan this weekend, because Ron has to work tomorrow, so we just went to bed once he woke up and decided it was bedtime.
1/3
I had planned to get up today and go do my grocery shopping while he was at work. I was in the shower when he came in, though, and in the end, I didn't go shopping. I didn't want to go after he got home - I wanted to spend time with him - and he didn't want to go shopping, he was tired, so I just put it off. I still didn't feel real great, but was forcing myself to do 'something.' The 'something' ended up being sitting in my recliner and watching TV with Ron until football came on. I did do my weigh-in, and I gained 12 pounds! Remember the Wii said that I had lost 10 pounds last week? Well, I knew that wasn't right, and this week proved that. Something was wonky. So, according to the Wii, I gained 2+ pounds over the holidays. Blah.
Once my football came on, nothing else was gonna happen anyway - no shopping, no going anywhere, no nothing! Between the two football games, we made supper. I cooked myself a pound of bacon, and he made himself one of his frozen Chinese things.
1/4
Sunday. Church, lunch, football. This scenario is good for a couple more weeks, but that's it. Man, am I gonna miss it.
After church this morning, where I was lector, we went to Georgetown to Country Inn for our lunch. We both chose breakfast again - I had the big breakfast, as usual, and Ron got a country fried steak breakfast. He's getting adventurous on me! Watch out now!
Home for football, and we made it in time for kickoff. Since this is Wild Card Playoff Weekend, kickoff wasn't until 1:05, and that 5 extra minutes let us get home. Whew! Not that it did much good - my Bengals still ended up losing. They did fine the first half of the game, but forgot to show up for the second half. Phooey! So, we are out of the playoffs ("one and done" once again - but we've made it to the playoffs for 4 years in a row, and that's nothing to sneeze at!), and I got down all my orange and black goodies that I bought back around Halloween (when else are ya gonna buy that color scheme?) and dug in. I'm not looking forward to my weigh-in this week...
We made Hamburger Helper for supper (3-Cheese Pasta), and that was good. After football was over, we watched dead guys until he went to bed, and here I am, playing on the pute.
Tomorrow, things will hopefully get back to normal. Happy Homemaker stuff and some phone calls that need to be made are on the agenda. If I don't hawk a lung up first.
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015
1/2
Ugh! What a day - not a day at all.
I stayed in bed all day. All. Day. Didn't get up at all, except to go to the bathroom. My back hurt so bad and was so stiff, it was almost as bad as just after my fall. And, on top of that, I just plain ol' didn't feel very good. I didn't really feel bad (sick), but I sure didn't feel good. I dozed off and on all day long, and I mostly just laid there and read - I didn't even feel like messing around on the tablet. That's what I did yesterday (the 1st), too. Just read - like in the "old days" as in 'before the tablet.' - book after book. I got 5 books for Christmas, and I have finished 3 of them now.
After Ron got home from work, and I couldn't even tell you what time it was, he let me stay in bed, but wanted me to get up and sit in the living room to eat supper with him, so I did. After all, he had made it and everything. I came out and plopped into my recliner and ate my 3 cheese weenies and blindly stared at the TV until bedtime. We didn't have Corgan this weekend, because Ron has to work tomorrow, so we just went to bed once he woke up and decided it was bedtime.
1/3
I had planned to get up today and go do my grocery shopping while he was at work. I was in the shower when he came in, though, and in the end, I didn't go shopping. I didn't want to go after he got home - I wanted to spend time with him - and he didn't want to go shopping, he was tired, so I just put it off. I still didn't feel real great, but was forcing myself to do 'something.' The 'something' ended up being sitting in my recliner and watching TV with Ron until football came on. I did do my weigh-in, and I gained 12 pounds! Remember the Wii said that I had lost 10 pounds last week? Well, I knew that wasn't right, and this week proved that. Something was wonky. So, according to the Wii, I gained 2+ pounds over the holidays. Blah.
Once my football came on, nothing else was gonna happen anyway - no shopping, no going anywhere, no nothing! Between the two football games, we made supper. I cooked myself a pound of bacon, and he made himself one of his frozen Chinese things.
1/4
Sunday. Church, lunch, football. This scenario is good for a couple more weeks, but that's it. Man, am I gonna miss it.
After church this morning, where I was lector, we went to Georgetown to Country Inn for our lunch. We both chose breakfast again - I had the big breakfast, as usual, and Ron got a country fried steak breakfast. He's getting adventurous on me! Watch out now!
Home for football, and we made it in time for kickoff. Since this is Wild Card Playoff Weekend, kickoff wasn't until 1:05, and that 5 extra minutes let us get home. Whew! Not that it did much good - my Bengals still ended up losing. They did fine the first half of the game, but forgot to show up for the second half. Phooey! So, we are out of the playoffs ("one and done" once again - but we've made it to the playoffs for 4 years in a row, and that's nothing to sneeze at!), and I got down all my orange and black goodies that I bought back around Halloween (when else are ya gonna buy that color scheme?) and dug in. I'm not looking forward to my weigh-in this week...
We made Hamburger Helper for supper (3-Cheese Pasta), and that was good. After football was over, we watched dead guys until he went to bed, and here I am, playing on the pute.
Tomorrow, things will hopefully get back to normal. Happy Homemaker stuff and some phone calls that need to be made are on the agenda. If I don't hawk a lung up first.
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Ending an old year and starting a new year...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Thursday, January 1, 2015
12/31/14
New Year's Eve
I felt like crap all day today. I woke up around 9:30, stayed in bed reading and playing on the tablet, then moved out to my recliner around noon. I just sat there and read all day - I didn't even bring the tablet out into the living room with me! I read one of the books I got for Christmas, and then I got up and made myself do up the dishes that were sitting there on the counter. I didn't want to start the new year with dirty dishes sitting on the counter!
We weren't getting Corgan tonight - the first time in his life that he didn't spend NYE with Grandpa and Granny! - because they were all staying home instead of going to their friends, and he wanted to be there, too. (sniff, sniff)
After that, it was back into the recliner with a new book. I got almost halfway through that book before Ron called me to let me know that he was going to be late tonight. I told him that it was okay, because I wasn't going to walk today anyway - I wasn't even going to get dressed! He said good, because he sure didn't want me to walk in the dark (that's not happening anyway) and now I knew he wouldn't be worried.
When he finally got home - when it was going on 7 - we decided to just order a pizza for our supper, even though this is probably a busy pizza night. We watched Quantum Leap all night long, only taking a break when the pizza was delivered, and we got finished with it. We watched the last episode tonight, with it getting over at 11:58, just in time to turn the channel to watch the ball drop and welcome in the New Year. We did just that, then turned off the TV and went on to bed. We ARE old geezers, ya know.
1/1/15
New Year's Day
I woke up this morning around 10, then played on the tablet for just over an hour. Then I called Ron back into the bedroom to discuss what we are going to do on this first day of the year - a day off for him! We finally decided to go down to Bob Evans because I had gift cards that I had received for Christmas and it wouldn't cost us any money (his check was kinda short because of the holiday).
So, after getting up and getting dressed, off we went. We got down there just after noon, and they were kinda crowded, so we had to wait for a table. Once we got seated, though, we just took our time and had a nice leisurely lunch, although both of us chose breakfast - the country fried steak breakfast - and we really enjoyed it.
On our way home, we stopped at IGA and got some of the 5-for-$20 meat, including 'snausages,' and potatoes, since that's what we decided to have for supper tonight.
Then, it was back home and a day in our recliners watching TV. A nice relaxing day, just the way we like it! I'm glad my back felt a little better, but I still don't know why it's been feeling the way it has been, and that's worrisome. There's nothing I can do about it, though, so I can't let myself worry about it, and I just have to deal with it. It is strange, but...
At 7, I went out and made our supper. After eating, he went back to sleep and I went back to reading. And that was our evening.
After playing on the tablet while sitting in the recliner, I finally moved to the pute to write my blog.
Happy New Year, everyone! May it be everything you want it to be, and everything you need it to be.
Thursday, January 1, 2015
12/31/14
New Year's Eve
I felt like crap all day today. I woke up around 9:30, stayed in bed reading and playing on the tablet, then moved out to my recliner around noon. I just sat there and read all day - I didn't even bring the tablet out into the living room with me! I read one of the books I got for Christmas, and then I got up and made myself do up the dishes that were sitting there on the counter. I didn't want to start the new year with dirty dishes sitting on the counter!
We weren't getting Corgan tonight - the first time in his life that he didn't spend NYE with Grandpa and Granny! - because they were all staying home instead of going to their friends, and he wanted to be there, too. (sniff, sniff)
After that, it was back into the recliner with a new book. I got almost halfway through that book before Ron called me to let me know that he was going to be late tonight. I told him that it was okay, because I wasn't going to walk today anyway - I wasn't even going to get dressed! He said good, because he sure didn't want me to walk in the dark (that's not happening anyway) and now I knew he wouldn't be worried.
When he finally got home - when it was going on 7 - we decided to just order a pizza for our supper, even though this is probably a busy pizza night. We watched Quantum Leap all night long, only taking a break when the pizza was delivered, and we got finished with it. We watched the last episode tonight, with it getting over at 11:58, just in time to turn the channel to watch the ball drop and welcome in the New Year. We did just that, then turned off the TV and went on to bed. We ARE old geezers, ya know.
1/1/15
New Year's Day
I woke up this morning around 10, then played on the tablet for just over an hour. Then I called Ron back into the bedroom to discuss what we are going to do on this first day of the year - a day off for him! We finally decided to go down to Bob Evans because I had gift cards that I had received for Christmas and it wouldn't cost us any money (his check was kinda short because of the holiday).
So, after getting up and getting dressed, off we went. We got down there just after noon, and they were kinda crowded, so we had to wait for a table. Once we got seated, though, we just took our time and had a nice leisurely lunch, although both of us chose breakfast - the country fried steak breakfast - and we really enjoyed it.
On our way home, we stopped at IGA and got some of the 5-for-$20 meat, including 'snausages,' and potatoes, since that's what we decided to have for supper tonight.
Then, it was back home and a day in our recliners watching TV. A nice relaxing day, just the way we like it! I'm glad my back felt a little better, but I still don't know why it's been feeling the way it has been, and that's worrisome. There's nothing I can do about it, though, so I can't let myself worry about it, and I just have to deal with it. It is strange, but...
At 7, I went out and made our supper. After eating, he went back to sleep and I went back to reading. And that was our evening.
After playing on the tablet while sitting in the recliner, I finally moved to the pute to write my blog.
Happy New Year, everyone! May it be everything you want it to be, and everything you need it to be.
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