The cat and dog have been driving me nuts in bed and my arm is hurting so I have been up since 2 am YAWN! I will probably go back to bed when Jack gets up as the animals go down with him and I can take over the bed and conquer the parts I want before the animals come back upstairs to regain control!
So, what are we doing with our village now? Is it a jail or what? I need to get some scrapbooking done, my weight loss scrapbook is now months behind, but I am just not into it. I have always liked it, but never been one to do it day in and out. My dd likes it more than I do and goes to Creative Memorie stuff etc. I used to cross-stitch a lot and I knitted, but my hands hurt so much to do that now and my vision is poorer to do cross-stitch. One of the pieces I am most proud of is a sampler I did for my mil years ago. It is a poem about basically a mil and her son. I have it hanging on my wall in the upstairs landing with pics of her (I took this back when she died.) I still have cross-stitch stuff all over my house as decoration. I would like to sew maybe, but who knows? Right now, as usual, reading is my passion.
We have been busy getting ready for DS & family's arrival from NC on Friday. Also getting ready for the Reunion on the 30th. It has been a cloudy day and we had Kerri & Sean here for a while today. Their Summer baby sitter doesn't start til next week & DD had to work today. Sean went off to a friends house for the afternoon and Kerrie had a small rash on her face so she couln't go the pool party in her neighborhood. DD & sil are off to Bermuda on Friday and we will have the kids again for an overnight on Thursday then they will spend the weekend with their cousins. Mom was so concerned about the rash and that she would be away if something developed that she left work early and took Kerri the the DR. She has a virus called Fifths Disease! I never heard of this before but it is not bad and she needs to stay cool and out of the sun for a while.
FAYE: After tomorrow, when you see the Dr., I hope you will be feeling better. It is good that you still can get in the pool...good exercise and keeps you cool. I don't know how you can sleep at all with the animals in the bed.
MAGGIE: You go girl! It is great that you are back on track and you will be losing in no time. Your weather sounds delightful....especially those evening drives with the top down.
JEAN: Hope you are enjoying your Summer away from school. It must seem like heaven! How is your foot doing? I hope you are in regular shoes by now!
Gloria in MA....Still need to do more food shopping and some pre-cooking for the party. When DS leaves Thursday nite 7/1 we will have just 12 hours to prepare to go to the Cape for 4 days over the 4th of July. I believe my live is like a ketchup bottle.....either nothing or a lottle.
Boy what a lousy afternoon and evening I have had. I have pretty much been sitting around balling all afternoon. I got a reminder call for my ortho appt tomorrow and now they are saying they won't see me because I don't have paperwork from the lawyer with a payment guarantee (telling her I had a subragation agreement was not enough) or that I would pay for the appt myself. I got mad and told her fine if she didn't want me to come she could cancel the appt and hung up on her. I called my doctor first only to be told she wasn't there and that I was supposed to call the restaurant to pay for it and when I said I had an attorney she said, well you need to call the doctor back and make arrangements because dr thomas is not here and hung up on me. I called the paralegal and sobbed it out on the phone and she told me she would run and talk to my attorney who called me back and told me I have a few options that this happens a lot. A) pay for treatment just to get treated but then would probably have problems getting it settled with the restaurant B) give him the info and let him try and get my appt back C) fire them and then the insurance would pay when they found out I wasn't pursuing legal action against the restaurant D) go to the emergency room or a med facility and try and get them to cast my arm. I am not seeing much hope in that though. I told Jack I am about at the end of my rope with all of this. No wonder people end up getting millions of dollars for getting burned by coffee! I have just sat and cried this afternoon about it all. For God's sakes I guess all drs care about anymore is money and not treating people!
God love him, my attorney called me back about an hour ago apologizing profusely because he couldn't get those jerks to budge. They won't see me. Now the thing is, Jack called Humana and talked to a supervisor and that snot told him that even if we fired our attorney unless they have written proof that the insurance company for the restaurant denies the claim for good reasons they won't pay! Can you believe that? I told my attorney that and he said, ok, now it is time to play some hardball with the restaurant's insurer. He said he was going to the biggy partner at the firm (this is the main partner that does all the tv commercials here) and to the other attorneys to check and see if there is anything he missed before putting the thumb on the insurance company. He said, I am saying this only out of respect for you and not saying all I feel, but doctor's are supposed to treat people. He said he was angry and so very sorry I have had to live with untreated injury for a month. He said if they refuse then he will demand a refusal to pay letter so we can fire the attorney and he said he will send me all the paperwork to send to Tricare so I can get my arm fixed, but you know that will take weeks with getting the letter from the restaurant's insurance, getting the paperwork together and sent back to us and we in turn getting it to tricare then I would have to start all over going back to my doctor getting another referral etc. Jack lost his temper with the lady at humana and told her he bet if she had had a broken arm for a month and a damaged knee she would probably get help because she was one of their stinking employees and she got mad at that! She had the audacity to start reading to him from their stupid policy manual!
Anyway, I sit here with a messed up knee (there is damage to it btw, though we don't know if it is surgically repairable because we can't get to an ortho surgeon to look at the results!) and a messed up arm but I have been through worse in my life and had to deal with it alone and at least I have Jack to help me through it all.
Thanks to you all for your good thoughts and prayers!
It is just after midnight here so it must be morning. Been busy just doing things around here. I am working on some houses to fill in the neighborhood. I have the little town buildings that I want made but want a few more dwelling places if you know what I mean. Finished up the jail and courthouse which look great even if I do say so myself.
FAYE{{{{{{HUG}}}}}} girlfriend you are going through just too much! I can't even imagine why you are getting such a royal run-a-round. What a bunch of jerks you have to deal with. When a person is injured they need to be taken care of ASAP not sturng out like you have been. I certainly hope they do something for you soon. My prayers are certainly with you.
GLORIA sounds like you have been busy with kids! They can be so fun and so tiring also. All that energy. I too have never heard of the name of that rash. Hope it goes away quickly ~ does that mean she is allergic to the sun? Have fun at that reunion.
Take care and I plan to get on this box sooner tomorrow. Nighters.
It is another lovely day here in the Sierras. I faced a challenge yesterday and I won. Here is what went down. Cowboy bought a box of assorted chips and in it were two bags of Cheetos. I absolutely love Cheetos. Anyway when they came into the house I had the points to have a bag. Well yesterday I didn't want to spend my points on the other little bag but they called my name all day long. I set down a rule. I can not eat that little bag until the other bags are gone. Doritos, Potato Chips, Fritos ~ 2 each. Well I absolutely won't be eating them soon so I couldn't have those Cheetos. They are still in the cupboard and not calling my name today. I like the small bags of chips because sometimes I want real chips and if I have those small bags on hand then I won't get into a big bag and go hog wild. I absolutely cannot handle having a big bag of Cheetos in the house or in the car or anywhere. I am not that strong but one day may be.
Have a good afternoon folks and I will type at you later.
Maggie: Good for you! I am a cheeto freak too except I don't like the crunchy ones I like the puffy ones and can sit and eat a whole bag of those cheap kind so boy I don't buy them at all. I stick to pretzels and ff pringles and don't eat either of those much at all.
When I am stressed I clean so the whole house got a cleaning yesterday. My arm has been tightly bandaged by Jack and I will take it off to go to the pool today for a little while just to get in some exercise. I am hoping maybe it will help with whatever is wrong with it because what I hear is it only takes a few days for a bone left alone to knit but I am having a lot of pain with it. On top of that, my neck and shoulders are knotted horribly because of wearing the darn sling during the day. Anyway, I have taken the road that since we have done everything we can, I need to just move on with my life and be happy in it best I can until we see what happens next.
I am ♪♪ singing ♪♪ a happy tune today. The ole Iron Monster smiled at me and I showed a loss of 1.6. Love going in the right direction. Since I missed going to WW last week I usually always show a gain when I do go back the next week. This time I was determined to break that treand. And trend is not all it was for it was a bad habit also. ♪
FAYE I hope this day is going easier for you and your pain has subsided some. Your house must be squeeky clean for sure by now. Go rest in the pool! That sounds good to me ~ nice dip in the pool. You go girl. ♪
Up and at em early this morning so thought I would check in.
I am surely getting antsy about going to Indiana next week. I miss my son and dil and my sister and friends so much. I have very little contact with anyone except Jack down here. I only have one friend and both she and her husband have clinical depression so that is always up and down. I always let her contact me because I never know what I am going to get with her. Then there is the dd and you know how that it, prickly to say the least. With all that has been going on with me, it makes it even more difficult not to have one on one contact with other people and poor Jack has to absorb everthing.
How is you village coming along, Maggie? I have read 7 books this week. Finishing up on the last one today.
Good Afternoon, Flowers!
We are home again and it almost feels/seems as if we were never gone! The washer and dryer are both doing their job, DH is off running his errands to get ready for his Canada fishing trip tomorrow, and I have everything else unpacked and put away.
It was nice to get away for a few days and visit with family. The weather was unusually cool/cold -- low 40s at night and 60s during the day. I'm so glad the cabins had heat! The guys caught lots of fish so they were happy; the gals shopped so we were happy too.
Maggie -- Leonard always acts like he was never fed while we were gone. All three felines followed us around and played musical laps last night. . .it's nice to be missed! Even the outside cats hung around after they discovered we were home again. Congratulations on your OP days and your 1.6# loss! I'm not so sure I would win the Cheetos challenge. I just hardly ever buy them because I can't leave them alone; buying the small serving packages is a good idea.
"Gma" -- Your cholesteral and triglyceride #s are super -- good for you! It sounds like you and Jack are doing the runaround footwork that the insurance people and their lawyers should be doing! I was under the impression that the ERs were supposed to treat people regardless of the insurance or payment status. I would think your arm would be healing, as time goes on, and maybe not the way it should be. Did you hurt your knee at the same time or did something else happen to it? I hope you get some medical help soon as it has been going on much too long! You are a fast reader for sure! Seven books would last me for a very loonnngggg time.
Gloria -- I have never heard of Fifth Disease either. I hope it goes away quickly! I had to at you describing your life like a ketchup bottle. I can wear my tennis shoes and the swelling stays down. I haven't tried any other shoes since we have been home . . . I'm almost afraid to. Enjoy your visit with your son and family as well as your 4th celebration!
I need to keep moving. Have a nice "rest of the day!"
Jean: Welcome home! Hubby didin't get enough fishing in, he is going again,huh? Glad you had a good time. Yes, I am sure by this time my arm has knitted but I still have a lot of pain doing things like trying to turn doorknobs stuff like that and I dislocated my knee when I feel and there is damage to that too.
Fifth Disease is kind of a very mild form of I think Chicken Pox, Measles something like that but doesn't have the side effects. I guess a lot of children get it.
I cannot believe I got up at 3 am on a Saturday. I know I got to bed very early, mostly now because my meds make me sleepy, but I seem to be awake earlier and earlier. Part of it is that my shoulders and arm ache but there isn't a whole lot to do for that because I can't continually take Lortab as it I am sure can become addictive and it knocks you OUT!
Guess we are going to try and get carpets shampooed today, whoopee, but it needs it again.
Good Morning!
I got up with DH to make sure he got all of the last minute food stuff packed, his meds, etc. So now I am wide awake! "Gma," it's too bad we aren't neighbors, we could be playing cards or having coffee together! I'm going to try and go back to bed -- this is way too early! The cats are even walking around with their eyes half open and wondering why I am up. Leonard teased for breakfast and then walked away just like he knew it wasn't the right time for him to eat.
Jean: Cards I do, coffee I don't! I hate and never drink it. SHOCKING! This is what I should look like , but I am bright eyed and bushy tailed. Went back to bed, disturbed my dh then let him go back to sleep and I got up. I am just a serious morning person. Only problem, crummy tv and I have read all my books and watched my Netflix videos yesterday, which were both good btw. One was "In America" about an Irish family that came from Ireland to change their lives and the other was "Chasing Liberty" about the 18 year old dd of the president (her code name being Liberty) and her giving the slip to her ss men and traveling around Europe while her parents are in a Summit Conference. Cute romance movie, even Jack liked it though.
Well, enough blabbing. Enjoy your weekend. When does your bell choir start back up, Jean? Haven't heard about them lately.
It is 3:30 and 84 degrees. We just got back from the store a lo and behold they had those Frappuccino Low Fat Ice Cream Bars by Starbucks. Picked up a couple of boxes of them. They are soooo yummy and only 2 points each. I got Mocha and Java Fudge. They didn't have the Vanilla but may next time. They even have fiber in them! I'm hooked. Went out for lunch and had a nice pork stir fry and put half in a to-go box. Tonight I will slice up some crook necked squash and zuchinni in it and have it for dinner. That will stretch it out for 2 and Will loves stir fry. I put the half of it in the box before I even started eating which works for me.
JE♥N I love coffee ~ at least good coffee! None of that Folgers stuff passes my lips. But I don't play cards much anymore. Used to when I was younger. So Faye and I could come over and she can play cards with you and I will drink your coffee. Sound like a deal?
F♥YE I sure hope this day brings better feelings for you. Your arm should really start to mend now. Take it easy with that knee and I do know your swimming will help it out.
Good Evening, Flowers!
It was a strange day for weather -- sunny this morning, dark clouds early this afternoon, sun later, and a 30 second rain shower this evening. I am in charge of the house next door while they are gone and I was hoping I wouldn't have to water the outside plants but guess I will tomorrow.
I went to Saturday night church last night. The Messenger, that we get in the mail, said the speaker would be a minister who was our associate pastor many years ago. When I got there, the regular minister announced she had just gotten back from vacation and hadn't prepared a message so we had a hymn sing instead. I think maybe there were 15 of us while usually there are around 50 - 75. The others must have known something I didn't . . . maybe like he was only going to be there on Sunday. So this morning I watched Hour of Power on TV -- good music and good message today. Jason, Amanda, and Ian stopped by on their way home from MIL's this afternoon. I think Ian has grown an inch and gained 10#s since I saw him two weeks ago! He is growing up too fast! He kept walking around looking for DH -- everytime he'd pick a ball out of the toy box he would say "grandpa" because Bob always plays with him. He found a picture of the two of them taken last summer and pointed to DH, then looked at me as if to say, "what did you do with him?" I know he will be excited to see grandpa next weekend!
Maggie -- Mrs. Olson and I bonded many years ago and we drink Folgers at our house. I do buy flavored coffee occasionally though. If you ever make it to Iowa I will make sure that I have some flavored coffee for you. We have two coffee shops that fix all the fancy stuff which I don't drink because I'm not a milk drinker. The coffee is on and the cards are ready so you both can come on over!
"Gma" -- Have you seen The Terminal? I saw the previews on TV while we were up north. I like Tom Hanks so would like to see it.
Guess I will head off to bed and read for a bit. I've decided the house is much too quiet with DH gone. This evening one of the cats attacked a plastic toy and shoved it across the floor -- scared me to death until I realized what the noise was!
Good Afternoon, Flowers!
I'm just peeking in to say "hello" on my way to find another rummage sale box . . . I am on a roll today! If I haven't worn it in the past year, it is going whether it fits or not. I get in such a rut that I forget half the stuff I have.
The last time I looked at the clock last night/this morning it was 3:15 and Leonard wanted breakfast at 6, as usual. I don't have a clue why except that I drank iced tea during the evening -- didn't think about caffeine at the time.
My kitten population doubled this morning when the original mother cat brought her three . . . an assortment of a bright orange tiger striped, a bleached sandy colored one, and an all gray one. The three under the deck came out for a hissing contest -- not sure who won but both mothers sat and watched. Then everyone had lunch on opposite sides of the deck.
I need to keep moving. Hope you all are having a nice day today. It's sunny and 78° in my corner of the world!
Steel Magnolias #24
Tuesday the 22nd
The guys caught lots of fish so they were happy; the gals shopped so we were happy too.
I'm not so sure I would win the Cheetos challenge. I just hardly ever buy them because I can't leave them alone; buying the small serving packages is a good idea.
I was under the impression that the ERs were supposed to treat people regardless of the insurance or payment status. I would think your arm would be healing, as time goes on, and maybe not the way it should be. Did you hurt your knee at the same time or did something else happen to it? I hope you get some medical help soon as it has been going on much too long! You are a fast reader for sure! Seven books would last me for a very loonnngggg time.
from Iowa!
and never drink it. SHOCKING! 
This is what I should look like 
, but I am bright eyed and bushy tailed. Went back to bed, disturbed my dh then let him go back to sleep and I got up. I am just a serious morning person. Only problem, crummy tv and I have read all my books and watched my Netflix videos yesterday, which were both good btw. One was "In America" about an Irish family that came from Ireland to change their lives and the other was "Chasing Liberty" about the 18 year old dd of the president (her code name being Liberty) and her giving the slip to her ss men and traveling around Europe while her parents are in a Summit Conference. Cute romance movie, even Jack liked it though.
Jason, Amanda, and Ian stopped by on their way home from MIL's this afternoon. I think Ian has grown an inch and gained 10#s since I saw him two weeks ago! He is growing up too fast! He kept walking around looking for DH -- everytime he'd pick a ball out of the toy box he would say "grandpa" because Bob always plays with him. He found a picture of the two of them taken last summer and pointed to DH, then looked at me as if to say, "what did you do with him?" 
