Good morning gals! It is going to be a scorcher today around mid 90's. Hot and miserable for Jack, but it does warm that pool up!

Jean: Oh, sorry, JMS is Just My Size. I ordered a cute lime and navy swimdress with little anchors on it. I don't usually get swimdresses because they tend to "float" in the water, but couldn't find anything else I liked. I am a cheapskate and don't want to pay $100 for a suit that only lasts one season. I did that last year and the year before. Hope your MIL enjoys her new digs. I think that very elderly people are so set in their ways that they rarely are happy with new experiences.

This week seems to be dragging for some reason. I sure wish the weekend would hurry up and get here! I want to get the last soccer game over and done with for one thing. It is going to be miserable on Saturday, sunny, humid and very hot so I hope we can get it done and over with quickly. I think it is stupid we are even playing it since the "club" isn't keeping score for the little kids any longer. Why play then? The kids don't know that unless their big mouth parents said something.I don't even know how many of our kids we are going to have. We only had 4 last week and it was really tough on them to play, especially when we have one little girl whose daddy used to be the coach whines about playing when she doesn't want to. Thomas is so fair that he can't play back to back periods. He gets beat red almost immediately. Kelly ignored the ex-coach, told Thomas so sit down before he got sick and take in water and told the girl she HAD to play.

Believe it or not, my new enrollment for my books have ALL the books backordered. I couldn't believe it. I contacted them and of course got some blah blah blah about it, but I told them if they can't have books for their members they shouldn't continue to take new members and got more of the same stupid excuses. Who knows when I will get the stupid things.

Well, I hear Jack up so I need to go make the bed and bring down the clothes basket and start laundry.

Have a good day everyone!

Faye

Good morning gals! It was warm all last night. I think I turned up the AC yesterday morning when I got cold and forgot to turn it back down again. It is in the mid 70s already so it is going to be another hot day.

After today, I won't be in here until Tuesday so unless Gloria peeks in, Jean, you are going to be talking to yourself!

I gave up on the swimsuit and told them to cancel it. I may reorder when we get back, but I am pretty mad about it. I think they totally lost the order and won't admit it. I got an email yesterday saying they needed to research more and would get back to me. That irked me so I cancelled it this morning. I don't want to fool with it over the holidays while I am gone.

At least Friday is finally here. Luckily, it has been pretty quiet out at the plant and Jack hasn't had to work out in the heat this week. It wouldn't be so bad but their uniforms are dark blue shirt and pants and their summer t-shirts that they can wear in place of their button down shirts are NAVY BLUE! How stupid is that for this part of the country? I noticed Jack had a wet white tshirt and a dark one so he must have been outside working somewhat yesterday. I know they had a lunch for a guy who is moving to the other plant yesterday and the plant manager even went. I guess this guy is a real jerk so to go to one for a guy that is the painter would be unusual I would say.

Not much else going on. Glad you MIL settled in Jean and already has company as that will relieve you of her needing you all the time.

Have a great holiday weekend and I will see you when I get back on Tuesday.

Faye

Afternoon everyone. We decided to come on home a day early. They were having a poker tournament and the place was packed. You couldn't find a slot machine to sit at or a game to play at. What a bore! We went swimming with a group of bratty kids and that was about it so we came home. The food was even icky! Ah, well....

I have to get hoppin' and get stuff put away. I will talk at you tomorrow

Faye

Good morning gals! Hope you are having a good morning. It rained here last night and the humidity is worse than ever now.

Jack has a dr appt and then a lab workup today so we are going to that in about 15 minutes as I need to go to the post office and mail some letters and get some stamps out of the machine since they don't open until 9 am anymore.

Jean: Sometimes things just don't go right and we decided that even though we had an extra day free, it was stupid to sit in the hotel room. The problem is there are only 2 casinos that have Baccarat and they are next to each other. Because of the poker tournament, both of them were really crowded so we just gave up. Jack was up to $600 at one time, then lost most of it the next day. He was supposed to make enough to buy the whole house new pleated shades! One thing nice that happened was when I went downstairs. Jack was playing and I was bored so I took a book and went down to the food court and sat next to a woman who was reading too. We struck up a conversation and when I told her my son lived in Northwest Indiana, she said her husband (who was playing in the tournament, reason why she was sitting reading I guess) was from Indiana. I asked her where and she said SOUTH BEND! I kind of squeaked and told her that is where I grew up and come to find out, even though I didn't recognize the name, I might have gone to grade school with him! I never did get to meet him though, but she said his parents still live in Indiana and I knew right where they lived. They live in Selmer TN now, which is about 2 hours from the casino. That was enjoyable.

I am now starting to gear up to go to Nashville the end of the June for T's birthday. I have a car reserved (we hate to put mileage on our car anymore) and I have a hotel reservation. I am buying the water park tickets when I get back home and I am going to try and find me another swimsuit too.

Well, I guess I better go. I need to do a couple things around the house before we are off. Have a good day everybody!

Faye

Good Wednesday morning gals! Woohoo, first day in the pool today. I can't wait to get out there and get to swimming. I do so much better in the pool and can workout a lot longer too. I am committed to NOT stressing about people in the pool this year.

Jack is now on a muscle relaxer for his foot and we have to buy a splint for him to wear to stretch the muscle/tendons from his heel to help his plantar faciatis. We were one of the first to arrive at the drs and were there so long, I thought they had kidnapped him and sold him into sex slavery.... I do hate that practice, but it is a royal pain to start all over with another one. If you remember I was complaining about how many drs we had been through in 3 years, well he had another new one! This guy is Indian I believe, and Jack could barely understand him! GROAN! No wonder people hate to go to the doctors when every time they go they see someone new!

I bought a new swimsuit and coverup to take to Nashville. I was going to get a swimdress style, but the ones I liked were all on back order or looked dumpy. I settled for another tank style suit in deep purple that laces up the front for a little sex appeal. I need something to draw attention away from my big stomach! I got a cute caftan to wear with it and thought it would be great to sit out in and read at the water park when I wasn't swimming. The kids and Jack can enjoy the slides, there is no way I can climb all those steps and try and sit from a standing position with my bad knee onto those slides so it is the pool only for me, which is fine!

I guess I better get a move on. I just heard the dryer go off and I have the bed to make and clothes basket to bring down.

have a great day girls!

Faye

Good morning girls! I hope you are all doing well this morning. It rained here early evening and I didn't think it could get much more humid, but it has!

I did 70 minutes in the pool yesterday and paid for it all day. Even my wrists hurt from lap swimming! I had Jack put Icy Hot across my shoulders and I took 2 sleeping pills and crashed at 7 PM. I am ok this morning, so I wonder if part of it was the rain moving through. The hot weather here has made the pool lovely already. Usually it is {{{COLD}}} this time of year.

My friend whose husband had to have new veining put in his leg is in real trouble. They brought him home from the hospital with a home care nurse on Tuesday, on Wed the nurse said it looked like he was getting infected and she called his doctor. Both of them called his doctor for FOUR days with no response back and the nurse finally said to take him to the emergency room. They put him in the hospital for 2-3 weeks now in a special bed that "floats" like a raft and moves him every hour. He may lose his leg up to his hip, has to have more surgery to get it all cleaned out and the only thing the jerk dr said was, "Oh, this is worse than I thought it would be." I told her if she can get an affidavit from the nurse I would sue his pants off. They have had such a rough time of it and they have no children, parents, siblings or anything for support. She is all alone in this.

Jean: I don't blame you! I am afraid if would have taken the survey and if it had my name on it, taped over it, copied it and filled it out anonymously and shoved it in his box. From all the things you have said over time, he sounds like a crummy principal that doesn't know how to run a school at all. I know you will be glad to be at home for awhile and get some relaxation away from kids. As for Jack, we had to work around his work schedule to get him an appointment so he didn't lose his bonus days. It takes a good 2 weeks to get any appointment with this dumb practice anyway. I am going to order his splint today and I demanded he get his meds on the way home from work. He was in a lot of pain last night and the ball thing is just not working for him.

Everyone have a great day today!

Faye

Good morning gals! My workout in the pool went a little easier yesterday and I figure each day will get easier. The water was quite cool but we had rain and I had refilled it so I imagine that was why. I just found out the president of the association had a stroke back in February and is in pretty bad shape. He is currently in an assisted living place and looks like he will have to sell his condo here. That is bad news for us because he is the only one keeping it up and going as it should be. I only hope if they elect a new president he or she does a decent job. I know I don't think either one of us would want the job. We don't even go to the monthly meetings like we should.

Jean: "Bob, I sat all day and talked on the phone..." Guess that wouldn't be a way to have the conversation. Jack always says, "How was your day?" so I can get around the fact I didn't do much if I lazed around! I ordered his splint online as we couldn't find one anywhere. We found ankle braces but nothing for the heel that stretches that muscle and tendons. I am going to get him started on using one of my exercise bands. I saw it online with the other foot products where you put the band under the toe area and pull up. We have to find out if our insurance will pay for physical therapy and so Jack has to call Tricare and ask.

We did a bunch of shopping last night and got Jack's meds. I am hoping they will help with the pain some for him. He was really hurting last night. I have to get on the ball and get a grocery list made up and get to the commissary, but I always dread it so much I think I drag my feet.

I see that Jack will be up in a couple minutes so I guess I better get up and get the cat box cleaned etc and let the dog out this morning. Have a good day everybody!

Faye