Good morning ladies,
Happy last day of February to one and all. The new roof is up - these guys charged more than any of the other quotes but they were very specific in all and exactly what they were going to do and were worth every extra penny they cost. Considering the lack of quality in workmanship we get around here, we wanted someone to do a decent job even though we don't intend to stay here forever. They were careful with the lawn although I though at one point they were going to break our very mature (and expensive) miniature Japanese Maple Tree. DH also got a free lawn clean up as they swept everything up - roofing tiles and the left over fall leaves and such
I had to laugh because there were several kids here and of course bottom of the rung - you get the clean up jobs. They have these big magnets on rollers - a little like old fashioned manual lawn mowers that they roll on the ground to pick up the nails and metal bits. Kids that they were, they were shoving each other, goofing around, kicking each other in the butts
Kids will be kids I guess. They did a good job, that's all that matters but it was funny as they looked like regular goofus youngsters which is refreshing instead of the gangster or all about me types you see now a days.
My foot is doing better tho I still am not up to doing more than walking around the house - and even with that I careful plan to maximize my trips. It pulls and burns on the side of my foot if I'm on it too long. I sleep with my leg propped up on pillows and the other night I lifted BOTH legs in the air to "tuck" the blanket under my feet. Was met with horrid pain. It was a slow reflex, nothing tugged, not sure what happened. I surely hope I didn't do something else to the tendon where they removed the cyst. We'll see tomorrow when I go to get it checked. I'm not sure how well I'm going to do at work. We are in an old warehouse and the bathrooms are a long way off from my desk. I'm going in Tuesday (doctors appts on Monday) so we'll see how that goes.
DH says he is having sympathy pains for me but we think it might be gout
What a couple of old fogeys we are
I'm going to try and do some laundry today and see what I can rustle up from the refrigerator as neither of us is really up to going to the grocery store yet.
Mel - I'm happy we will be drinking at your place tomorrow for an entire month. I can use the break and the alchohol. Heck I just won't eat solids - save the calories
Sounds like you got dumped on with the snow but that they took good care of getting it cleaned up. Good thing about snow this time of year, it generally doesn't last as long as a November snow would. Glad to hear you are all cleaned out and feeling better again. Back to eating the good stuff for you missy
Shad - too bad the festival was a bit of a dud. Aren't you going home next weekend? Perhaps you can bring some warmer stuff back with you. Don't you have a nice yellow fleece jacket from your Canada tour? Or is that too warm for your weather yet? It sounded as if you had purchased a bunch of warmer clothes on your last assignment. Layering works too.
Annie I agree that for all the money we shell out, if you want to sleep on the bone scan table, you should be able to! However they sometimes lock your hips in positions that are not exactly sleep inducing!
Michelle - wise of you to sit out the bowling. That's a real stressor on the knees and back - a young people's sport
Hope you are plowing through the tasks on this busy weekend for you.
Ceejay - I hope someone can meet their retirement goal - it always seems J-U-S-T out of reach
Laura - the 73 year old roofing guy was the crew chief on the ground arranging tarps and keeping the young guys in line. He said his wife had several daughters from a previous relationship and he was college poor now spending all his money sending them through school. How much you wanna bet his wife was MUCH YOUNGER than 73? Another guy was telling my husband that he remarried and had a set of 1 year old twins. I don't feel a bit sorry for these old coots that marry much younger women (like their daughter's age). I sincerely hope these women "make them feel young again" because they will be working until they go in the grave. I'm so glad my brains are located ABOVE the belt line
I had a strange dream this morning. Dreamt I was much younger and single and living in New York City. It was night time and I was walking around because I could not remember where my apartment was. I was looking out across the river - much as I expect it might look over at Mel's - across the water to the skyline of the city. I noticed 2 constellations of stars bright in the sky. I was getting tired and wanted to go to sleep if only I could remember where I lived. I finally walked up a hill to some tall buildings and on the front door were name plates next to the door bell. Found my name! My married name mind you even tho I was single
Wouldn't you know - 9th floor walk up! oof-duh
I was much skinnier with all those stairs and I wasn't such a clutter rat because once inside, I had a very tiny tiny apartment with just one small closet for all my stuff. Last thing I remember was folding clothes trying to get all my laundry on 2 small shelves and then I woke up. Strange...
I have a 9am gyne appt - which means I have to start getting ready at 6am so I probably won't be posting until late tomorrow. Will check back tonight and change the thread over to March if no one else has.
Have a good Sunday!
I hope you asked for a certificate of insurance from them!
GOOD MORNING CHICKS OF THE WORLD 
GREAT JOB!!!
HOW NICE IT WOULD BE TO RELOCATE NEAR THE SISTER. 
HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT TH BLOOD WORK? I DIDN'T SEE AN UPDATE. 
OUR SNOW WAS ABOUT 16-20 INCHES WITH DRIFTS ABOUT 3'...HIGHER IN SOME ALLEYS DUE TO THE WIND. THE GOOD THING WAS IT WAS A 2 DAY EVENT AND A STAGGERED STORM. THERE WAS TIME IN BETWEEN SNOWFALLS TO SHOVEL. THE TOWN DID A FAB JOB OF KEEPING OUR LOT AND THE ROADS CLEARED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AT TIMES YOU COULDN'T SEE THE HAND IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE... AND THE WIND!! OI VEY!!
