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September 14 still kickin!Hello!!
I'm sorry it's been so long. It's hard to get to a computer these days. Plus my little pooch is keeping me very busy. Me and the hubby and dog went out of town for a week vacation too which was wonderful.
Still without a job, but I'm kinda liking it ! I'm going to keep looking for one, it's just nothing really out there right now.
Our dog's name is Liberty. She is a hoot!! She thinks that i'm all that. We go on daily walks and when we are in the north... LOOK OUT... we "mock" hunt. Which is where I let her breed do it's thing. That nose is AMAZING!! I've told everyone, she's good but she can get better with her obiedience. She doesn't always come when called and that will be changing. She's so stubborn sometimes I feel as though I'm training myself. tee hee ha ha .... that bark... Now that is funny!!
When I leave here even if its just to run to the mailbox when I come in I am always brought a toy or something and get sung to. It's hilarious. No sneaking in late at night for me. tee hee ha ha
I'm gonna post some photos quickly. I'm hoping to be back this week to write and check on you all.. I miss you so.
xoxoxoxooxoxox
Lots of love from me to you... Oh and Liberty said hello too! August 25 Tuesday the 25 and whats going on in my lil corner of the planet.HELLO ALL!!
Man I have missed you all so much. I've been doing lots of prayers and happy thoughts for all of you. Just because you can't hear me or see my words doesn't mean I'm not talkin to ya!
Well volunteering is going well. Some days are so hard and others seem to be exactly what I should be doing. I do not agree with the politics of the women that run this shelter at all. I just do my thing and kill em with kindness when our paths do cross. The funniest thing is that I am not a qualified dog walker yet. Tee hee ha ha now I've had dogs all my life and people trust me to go into their homes when they are not there and walk their dogs and care for them, but I'm not qualified there. Whatever the kitties LOVE me.
I am trying to put in lots of hours before my doggie comes. Because for the first couple of weeks I don't want her adjusting to being in a new home and being alone in it to boot. So my daily time I told them would be cut to 2 hours a day until further notice starting next monday. I do love the animals though all of them. It's funny how you can bond with 60+ cats in a weeks time and have them bond to you too. Today I even got the wild cat (that attacks when you try to clean his cage) to come out and sit down next to me while I cleaned his cage out. I did not even attempt to pet him, baby steps with that one. he's never ever came out before!! So that was cool.
Job hunting is well not going so well. It was stressing me out to the max... finally hubby said, relax and enjoy the sun, someone will need you soon I know it. So for now enjoy your time with the animals, the garden and keep fixing those yummy suppers.
(I think he's starting to show the weight he's gaining since I've been off) I've been a cooking and baking fool!
Zucchini's galore so made some bread. And fried some, and baked some, and grilled some and steamed some and well you get the picture I've got a ton!
Did I mention that we get to pick up our doggie this weekend Saturday???? WE ARE BOTH SOOOOO EXCITED!!
Kinda funny cuz I think my whole family is excited too! Tee hee ha ha
Well the family is home and I'm in the way of things so I'm gonna run for now... I love you guys and miss you sooooo much!! I do hope that you know that I think of you often and have you in my heart always!!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxo
August 10 Great News!!!!!If you do not believe in the power of prayer then be sure to READ ON!!!!
My friend that was diagnosed with luekemia.... is in REMISSION!!!!!!! AMEN!!!!!!
Wahooo!!!! God does listen to you when you are praying believe me this is PROOF!
WAHOO!!!!!
We should be getting our new doggie this month probably saturday the 29th. I'm so excited. i hope she likes us!!
Hubby doesn't like her name and wants to change it. Poor thing just got used to the I Lean as she was a stray when she got her leg hurt.
So then the foster mom named her I lean. Hubby said its not a nice name, but he thinks "Pogo" is?
UGH! I told him we won't know her name until we know her.
Had a great weekend with family. My brother FINALLY had us over to his home!! it was awesome! Well until we got some news and we had to leave in a hurry.
We (some family) are working through what has happened and trying to make sense of it all. Thank God we all will survive this stronger we just need to be sure to pick up those who fall along this journey as it's not going to be easy at all.
Tomorrow its concert night for me, my cousin, my friend and my aunt. Going to DTE to see Nickelback!! WAHOO ROCK ON! tee hee
Hope you are all well. Sure wish that unemployment would make up their minds if they are going to allow me to collect or not. UGH! Money is tight but we will survive.
Take care all
xoxoxoxox August 06 love you and miss youHello,
Wanted to check in and say hello and I'm alive.
It's hard to get to a computer. So please bear with me.
I so miss you all. I do appreciate all of your comments. I'm trying to stop by 2-3 blogs when I'm on here. It's not possible to read back and get caught up right now but I will.
I hope you are all doing well. I'm taking some time to work on me. I'm looking for a job but those are very rare in this state. I'm thinking about going and doing some volunteering work at some animal shelters.
We are getting a doggie!! The 3 legged beagle is it. Her name is I-Lean. As soon as they send me a good photo of her I'll put it up here. I'm so excited!!! We get her at the end of August I guess.
hope you are all doing well You are never far from my thoughts. And you are always in my prayers.
hugs, kisses, giggles, and more hugs!!!!
xoxoxo July 24 FridayStill alive.
Very emotional.
Trying to file for unemployment.
Hubby is not being understanding anymore. Actually he's not speaking to me.
Tomorrow is the grad party for my brothers. I'm not sure how I feel about it.
I'm proud of them and all but do you really need to invite 300+ people over to say congrats?
I've got mom's apartment almost done. She's not really done much. My nephew and I have done most of it. The rest of the family just dropped boxes and left. No help what so ever. They must've forgotten that she had been in the hospital a short time ago. However I've had so much fun with my 18 yr old nephew that I am not complaining. Yesterday my face hurt from laughing so much.
I'm trying to figure out where I'm going from here. Tee hee... a grin comes across my face because any time we asked that in front of one of my grandparents they would always respond with.... To hell if you dont change your ways..................... So I better change em!! tee hee!
meeting up with some friends that are in town from AZ tonight. Hopefully that will make me laugh.
I'm sure things will work out. I'm trying to be patient. Hubby needs to realize some things soon. He doesn't even comprehend how he is I don't think. Oh if I could just record him talking sometimes....
Oh well what cha gonna do? For me I'm gonna get off this computer, go grab some beer, visit with some old friends. Then I will go home get on my knees and pray. And tomorrow I will smile all the day long.
have a good one all. Like I said, please know I'll try and get to see you soon. I appreciate all that you have said and done for me. xoxoxoxoxoxoxxooxoxoxoxoxo
July 21 Michigan's unemployment ratehello!
I'm not sure if you heard the latest numbers but Michigan's unemployment rate is at 15% and now that I am unemployed it only increases. That's right I lost my job yesterday. OH BOY!
But what are ya gonna do? Maybe this is exactly the way it's supposed to be since I've had some major struggles at work in the past year and I've been praying to God that He will guide me and tell me what I'm supposed to do. Well I guess he figured it out for me. So that's the way it is.
It's spooky and exhilarating all at once. I'm excited to see my next adventure, but sad that the previous one has ended. And with the unemployment rate as high as it is where in the world am I going to find a job. That's spooky! I'm glad that I've been smart with my money kinda feeling this was coming and had set up a savings account just for this reason. So that should help out for a few weeks any who.
Hubby took the news well actually. I was terrified to call him and tell him. So I waited until he got home from work. But he already knew!??!?!? He called my work and boss told him.... She doesn't work here anymore. Hmmmm...
Oh well so that's where I'm at. I'm not sure what I'm feeling, but I'm sure it will all work out in the end. I can't be down because that's only going to keep me still. And right now that's not what I need at all.
I'll have very limited computer access so please be patient with me, I may not be by here for a while and I have no clue when I'll make it by your place.
So have a great day go on and enjoy it to the fullest. I plan on doing just that. Take care all. xoxox Shelly July 16 Thanks old lady!Tee hee ha ha
This is funny, so please feel free to laugh with me.
Last night I saw this lil boy pushing a pink bike. He was about 5 or 6 years old. I walked out and asked if I could help him. I think I startled him as He practically threw the bike at me. I was thinking O.k. I'm a stranger to him so this was o.k. and the good thing to do. So while I'm fixing the chain on the bike the rest of his siblings come around and are watching and asking what I was doing. So I told them got it fixed and they said thank you and rode away. Well today at lunch two of this kids stop by my house out front and this is what the conversation went like (LADIES BE SURE TO EMPTY YOUR BLADDERS BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER):
Boy 6 yrs old: HI (acting all shy)
boy 7 years old: Hi shelly (I told them my name so that I'm not a stranger danger)
Me: Hello boys hows the bike working today?
Boy 6: It broke again and mom said Dad will fix it.
Me: Oh that stinks! I hope he can fix it so it wont break on you anymore.
Boy 7: Yea we told her that the OLD LADY from down the road fixed it for us so she should be able to.
Me: You told her that?
Boy 6: Yea he did.
ME: what did mom say?
Boy 7: To make sure we told the old lady thank you.
Me: Well tell mom the old lady said your welcome.
So yep I'm the OLD LADY of the neighborhood. tee hee ha ha
Flippin funny! Mind you I am actually the youngest of all of the women from my home to theirs which is about 8 houses away. Tee hee..... Well gotta run the senior center is running a special on fiber today!!
tee hee ha a
Crash/explosion  I'm not sure if you are familiar with I-75 or not. It's a freeway that runs from Michigan all the way down to Florida. Well last night there was a tanker truck carrying gas and diesel fuel and another semi that collided and the tanker truck exploded and took an bridge out plus damaged the road so badly. Obviously the fire burned hot hot hot and the smoke could be seen from 10+ miles away. One of my bosses has a daughter that lives 1 block from the crash site. She said she heard the crash, felt the explosion and within moments could feel the heat and was choking on the fumes. She quickly got her young son and dog into the car and left the area for the night.
The most amazing thing is that both truck drivers survived this crash. I've not heard all the details yet this morning but I did see film last night and this morning showing the site and the fact that anyone survived is AMAZING!
I'll put a link if you want to read it. It will be a long time before this stretch of the freeway is open again. And there is no easy way to avoid the area a detour I hear is up and it takes you at least 20 minutes to go through. That is not going to go away anytime soon either.
So glad that as far as I know that no one was killed.
July 13 check check checkGet Mom Better.....Check
Get Mom Rested Up...... Check
Keep Mom from Smoking...... Check
Get some much needed rest for myself.....Check
Get my batteries recharged......Check
Show mom ways to eat healthy.... Check
It was a wonderful weekend. AMEN!!! Hubby was being crabby so me and mom left him at home and just went north ourselves. We stopped for some yummy flavorful good for you Pizza at Unos and man was it good! We made it up to the cabin in daylight and that's always good because of the deer and wildlife.
Took a bit for her and I both to start to unwind from the week we had but by bedtime we were there!
Saw what we think was the intl space station flying across the sky (very large bright light moving extremely fast) on Friday evening and we both took it as a sign to stop look and listen and relax!!
It was a weekend that we both needed and when I got the call from Hubby on Saturday night that he was sorry and missed me well that was just icing on the cake!
Sunday a neighbor up north decided to burn his garbage (yuck) and left for home (downstate) after he started it burning and we had 40 mph winds. Hmmm not too smart and yes it started a grass fire that went under his house and the fire dept just destroyed his house making sure there were no fires. Stupid head! I'm glad that it was caught because with those winds it was getting close to my place and the dog that I take care of when I'm up there.
Found out when I got home that someone I know threw away 30 years of marriage for a skanky hoe! UGH! When will men think with their big brains? UGH! Just sad. Do I call her and say, sorry? I'm not sure I'm supposed to know. I'm just going to pray for her for now and let the dust settle a bit and then call her and feel it out I guess.
So I'm refreshed, recharged and ready to take on the world!
tee hee..... Just talked to baby brother and he is on top of the world he was shadowing a heart surgeon today and got to be in on 2 surgeries and do rounds with the doc. He was over the moon I tell ya. Tee hee !! So cool for him!
I gave the brother hell the other day for not inviting me to his party. He said it wasn't a party we just had some friends over and I said O.k. can we be friends then? teee hee... he apologized.
So I'm doing good almost excellent for a Monday. hungry and waiting patiently for lunch time.
Hope you are having a great day with me!!!
xoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
July 09 You friends rock!You are so awesome! When I'm down you always pick me up.
Today is a new day. That is my motto for today.... Good thoughts in bad thoughts out.
I can not control other people and the things they do. I will not let what they choose to do or not to do affect me today.
Mom's gonna get out of the hospital today, just waiting for the call for me to go and get her.
I'm going to the demo derby tonight, I called and left messages for the brothers telling them I will be going and if they'd like to join me to do so. Trying to decide whether or not to take lil man. I know he will love it for sure but I'm so angry at his mom right now, I just don't know.
Told hubby last night I'm done fighting and being in a hostile house. I'm starting new and I hope you can too... And then I showered him in kisses. tee hee I'm not sure he dug that part too much. tee hee ha ha
But he was a wee better this morning.
So I'm trying to stay on the sunny side. Your comments yesterday/today are so great. I thank you!
For it is you that made me smile today.
So remember if it's outta your control, do not fret just Step back and take a look and head in the direction of controlling yourself.
Thanks again all! You've made my day yet again. Where would I be without you? I'm not even gonna think about that!
xoxoxooxoxoxoxox
XXOXOXOXOXOXOO
luv to you from me and hugs too!
July 08 What did I do now?this is a venting post. If you are in a happy go lucky mood please proceed to another blog immediately.
UGH!
Mom's still in the hospital. Her Dr. said she should be able to go home tomorrow. Which means to my home. Not that I don't want her there, believe me. I would rather have her with me so I know whats going on with her.
HOWEVER... I do not understand why this is all my problem. My mom has three daughters I am the baby of my mothers children. One sister (lil mans mom) is being so selfish right now it's about gotten me to flip my lid. Seriously if your mother is in the hospital... can you please answer your phone?!?!? And if you are unable to could you please have the decency to call me back!?!? UGH!
And then when you do take the time to call me back 29 hours after my call to you DO NOT ASK ME if I think mom is well enough to watch your kid this weekend!! NO!
My mom's other daughter (psycho) is up to her old ways. Lying. UGH!! She called me all in a panic yesterday. Mom's coughing and passing out and omg.... I told her to call the nurse on duty as I'm at work and am not able to be there. Well all that and more that she told me on the phone ... it was all a lie. GRR!!! I do not have the patience for this right now.
Psycho has been staying at my fathers house while mom has been in the hospital. Saturday (the day Mom was admitted) was such a beautiful day outside and about 5:30pm she calls me drunk telling me that she wouldn't be making it up to the hospital due to her being "tired". But when I see her the next day she is sun burned and can't quit talking about how much fun she had at the lake! UGH! Today Mom called me so upset, I'm grabbing my stuff from my desk ready to hit the door running... I finally find out that Psycho called Mom's doctor and threatened law suits and etc if he released her today because psycho doesn't think she's well enough to go home.
What it really is that she is not allowed at my home and that is where mom's gonna be. But to get the doctor involved.... GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!! So now I have to call him and apologize and hopefully smooth things out.
UGGHH!!
Hubby is being over the moon crabby!!! I'm at my wits end! I can't believe he's being the way he is! It's worse than his normal bitchy self! So stress at work, stress at home and stress at the hospital... Liquid lunch anyone?
Then I find out that an annual thing that I've done with my brothers since they were tots, they did it without me. I am so crushed! And this comes on the tail of finding out that another of my brothers and his wife had the "most amazing" party this past weekend that I found out from reading her page on FB. So what the hell did I do to get shafted like this?!?!? And not once have they called me since my mom has been in the hospital to see how I'm doing. I've got a feeling that psycho has something to do with all of this.
UGH!
So I'm stressed to the MAX, it seems as though at every corner I'm faced with a DRAMA filled situation.
I'm supposed to go up north this weekend with hubby, we've not been there in over a month. Mom found out and told me how excited she is to be going up north with us this weekend.
So I'm thinking of running away from home... anybody want a short, fat, old pollack that can cook and garden???? Cleaning is not my thing sorry.
July 06 The weekend recap with a funny lil man quote.Hello! Well I'm glad to be at work this morning. Crazy I know, but it's been a crazy weekend.
Friday Night mom was rushed to ER by ambulance, as she was unable to breathe. Turns out she has pneumonia. I tried talking her into going the to ER with me Friday evening, but she was "FINE" as she says. UGH!
She is doing better, many tests scheduled for today. My one sister is there with her now and I'll go after work tonight to see her. I was with her most of the weekend. It's a GREAT hospital a different one from before but, the cleanest place I've ever been to. And the staff is amazing!! So it's a bit of a comfort. I do think they over medicated her yesterday so I asked them to please call me when they think she needs an anxiety pill. UGH! Our family is a bunch of cry babies. I'm not kidding, we cry at the drop of a hat and sometimes it's hours before we stop. Well they took that as anxiety on mom and doped her up. I wasn't too happy with it. In fact it scared the hell outta me! But we are all communicating and things are getting better. Wahoo!
Saturday Night mom insisted that the family have a family firework night. So we all went out on lil man's boat to watch the fireworks display. He was being such an angel, I thought for sure we had the wrong kid with us. tee hee!! When the sun was setting I told him I was magic and I could make it disappear. He so fell for it! Tee hee!! Then when the fireworks started he had on his ear mufflers...and he's talking so loud so he can be sure we hear him..this is one of his best quotes ever! " HEY!!! HEY!! How does he sleep??? HEY! hey dad!! How does he sleep? Who bug? the moon how does he sleep with how loud these fireworks are?"
We told him the Moon sleeps during the day and loves to watch the fireworks. Of course being on the lake the ducks, swans, geese are not fans of the fireworks and started really flying over us and trying to escape. He said "good thing the moon likes the fireworks because the ducks were telling me they don't like them. "
Lil man called my mom on Sunday and told her to drink ginger ale and it would make her feel better and to call him if she wants ice cream. tee hee!!!
It's little things like that that help us adults get through the stress of a loved one being in a hospital.
O.k. I'll let cha all have at the day! Take care! ttfn
July 01 Goodbye history.Happy Hump Day all!
Hope that your Wednesday is full of sunshine and cool breezes!
Today here it's a bit chilly, when I left the house this morning about 7:45am it was only 58. hmmmm hows the garden growing in this cold? hmmmm
I was pretty sad the other day. I had my office door opened and heard the crunch... big machine noises and more crunching. It was so sad, I had to shut the door so I couldn't hear it anymore. This is what was happening..
Old farm house demolished. So sad we lost such a beautiful piece of history. If you go to read this article, ignore the comments at the bottom, there are some nasty people in this world! (shhhhh... I went there and got some mementos from the "foundation" and a piece of wall paper, and a portion of the porch spindles..I'm a sap! ) Today I'm doing pretty good. Having lunch with a friend of mine, which I'm looking forward to. Maybe if the rain holds off he'll pick me up on the HD. Wahoo!! Not going anywhere this weekend. Just hangin around the house. I do however really really really want to see some fireworks. Hope I can make that happen. I'm going to try and hook up with my lil brothers and hang with them too, but that is about it. UNLESS... mom's apartment gets done being cleaned. Hopefully it will. I would love for her cats to go back to her. We are having issues with them and it's starting to really anger me... I just keep saying to myself... soon it will end... soon... Speaking of Mom she got a great report from the doctor on Monday. WAHOO!! He said the meds are doing their job by slowing her heart rate down. So hopefully the heart rate will get to where he thinks it should be in order for her heart and valve to repair itself. hmmmm Hope that works. In the meantime she's not liking the way the meds make her feel. I told her to hang in there and if she wants to come stay with me for a while if that would make her feel better. She's thinking about it. O.k. guys you may not wanna read this part.... Ladies this will crack you up! Lil man (almost 4 yrs old) was at my house. He called me into the bathroom. I go in there and he shuts the door, from under his shirt he pulls out one of my bras. He says "is this yours?" I said yes. He asks: "what happened to your boobies ?" I asked him what he means. He said "there are no boobies in the bra what happened to them?" (I believe he said this because the other ladies bras that he sees are padded cups and they hold their shape when removed. Mine, need no padding at all and so when you take it off they do not hold their shape.) I told him that I keep my boobies with me at all times and sometimes other girls leave them in the bras. He responded with "oh I like Mommy's boobies better." And he hands my bra back to me and off he goes! tee hee ha ha So that's about it in a nut shell. I hope you all have a great weekend! Take care!! xoxo me PS.....I added some photos of my lil brothers skiing, check em out they are pretty cool.
June 29 This day belongs in the toilet!Well the weekend was certainly eventful!
Friday Night went to Kzoo to have some fun with my brothers before the graduation. It was fun. Some beer was drank, some beer pong was played and I got to see naked college boys. WAhoo... WHO wouldn't like that?!?! tee hee!! The boys decided to go skinny dippin and well they ran right in front of me from the pool to their apartment. Tee hee ha ha It was funny!!
Saturday the graduation was good. I didn't expect for it to hit me the way it did. When he got on to stage it was like he was four again. Odd! He's the baby of all of my siblings and well of course when he graduated from High School it was wow he's a man now... but when he went on stage Saturday in that college auditorium, WOW!
My dad was weepy all day! I kept seeing him wiping the tears. Of course he didn't want us to know he was weepy, so I would just love on him. Needless to say by the end of the day he was exhausted. Baby Bro graduated with a 3.95 gpa! Wahoo!!! Now it's time to find the right Med school for him. YIKES! He wanted to take a year off and pay off some of his student loans but nobody wants to "hire" him. They want him to do an internship which is working for nothing. That's not gonna pay the bills! So he's still looking... Hopefully something will come along.
Today, well it's been not so good. I'm trying to fix our toilet at home. And who would have thought that a flapper thingy would be so freaking hard to find?!??! I went to the plumbing store and took it home and put in on and nope it doesn't work! So back to the store and they told me they don't want to sell me another until I have the numbers from the toilet. O.k. well now that I've wasted my entire lunch hour on said toilet, I've got to try again tomorrow. UGH! So now instead of it draining 1/2 the tank with one flush it's sucking the whole tank down.
So much for saving on the water bill!!
I'm hoping that the rest of the week is better than today for sure.
Mom had a doctors appt today and she insisted that she was "fine" to go by herself. Hoping to hear from her soon.
Have a great day!! XOXOXOXO
June 25 How does your garden grow?Hello!!
Well it's another hot one out there!! WHEW! But this lil girl is not complaining. Nope not at all. I'm very thankful for the A/C working at my job and home.
I went home for lunch today as I always do and was amazed that just since this morning how many flowers have opened up. It's cool! I wish I had the time to just sit and wait and watch them open.
And my veggie garden... WOW!!
I'm excited for the storm we are supposed to get because after mother nature waters for me everything grows like crazy! Isn't that funny?!!? Seriously I water every morning I'm out there in my PJ's @ 5:30am hose in one hand coffee in the other. And yes it helps believe me. (And it's an awesome way for me to start my day.) And I do notice the flowers and gardens growing a bit here and a bit there. But after a rain storm. It's like you can tell my tomatoes grew like 4 inches! crazy I tell ya!
So I remember a few of you showing photos of your gardens earlier.... JoAnn, Beth Marie...(Stephen did you get one in?).. . any body wanna show the progress.... Don't worry bout showing da weeds! Every garden has em! But I do wanna tell ya I've shared this with some of you already. Great product.... Preen. Pull out all the weeds (yes I know it's tough) roots and all scuff the top two + inches of dirt and sprinkle this on and water and no more weeds. Yes it works believe me. The only thing that will come up is the weeds that you did not pull or the ones where the roots weren't removed.
However... the only downside to this stuff is you can not use it and plant seeds. Plants must be approx two inches tall.
I went over to a friends house last night and worked in her flower beds for approx 2+ hours... WOW was it hot! She kept spraying the backs of my legs with the hose to keep me cooled off. And of course I had to wet my head about 4 times from the hose cuz man it was HOT! She tried very hard to talk me out of working out there but I had to it was driving me nuts! tee hee ha ha ! And then it happened.... I got stung... thank goodness I'm not allergic.. but I've had a lot of fun with the whole "swelling thing" seriously fun! I got stung right on my boob! tee hee and since I was extra extra extra blessed in that department I was asking my hubby this morning asking OMG does it look swollen to you?!?? tee hee ha ha ha
O.K. well I look forward to your updates on your gardens!
take care all & enjoy your day and remember this lil girl thinks the world of you!! xoxoxo
June 22 update on mom and observations of mineO.K. well Mom had a doctors appointment this morning. She got good and bad news... the good news is that he doesn't want to do surgery on her. He's going to be changing her medications and seeing what effects that has. The bad news is there is no "quick" fix and she needs to take care of herself and watch the effects these drug changes make on her.
She is an awful patient... let me just tell you. I'm supposed to be caring for her and making sure of this and that and she is hiding stuff from me. I find that out at the doctors office and I'm trying not to get angry really trying... My aunt was there as well and said, your sister called me and wanted to know why you refused to take her to the ER when she needed to go. HUH??? WHAT???? UGH! Not gonna stress over it just happy mom is doing good.
Golf...
I don't know if you watched any of the tournament over the weekend or golf on TV ever but why when the guy hits the ball, why does a moron man yell at the top of his lungs "GET IN THE HOLE!" It drives me crazy!
Teens and Parents....
Why is it that Parents today try to be "friends" with their teens? Seriously... it could really harm them. I heard a mother talking with her teen and laughing on the phone and when she hung up she told her friend, we need to stop over at the teen friends house and check to see if we can tell they had a party and take the beer cans back for them. WHAT?!?!? The teen she is talking about is 15 !!! When did it become o.k. for 15 yr olds to drink??
Stupid... I don't think they will get it either until their teen either dies, gets pregnant, or gets a std. DISGUSTING!
WAKE UP PARENTS!!!
Dogs...
Hubby insists that he doesn't want another dog. I feel like a child that wants to bring one home and will have to hide it. UGH! I'm 38 if I want a dog I should be able to get a dog! I'm not a kid and your for sure ain't my daddy! (tee hee) Easy Shelly!
The lady came by to do the home inspection for the prison dogs. She said we passed with glowing colors! Wahoo! Remember the 3 legged beagle I told ya about? THe lady that came to inspect was her foster mom and she was over the moon to have me ask questions about that little girl. Then all day Sunday while at the brother in laws house hubby asked me to show (on the computer) the dog to several different people...hmmm... what does that mean? WHO KNOWS! tee hee ha ha I did get a chance to show hubby the other little girls photo on the web, the one I mentioned as well... so he's thinkin.
O.K. enough typing, gotta get busy.. I hope you are having a great week! xoxo
June 19 MomMom is resting at my house as I type. Hubby is there with strict instructions that if she wont stay laying down or taking it easy he's to sit on her and call me home.
Yesterday was a long day. Mom went in for a stent. Well once they got in there they noticed only a 30% blockage not bad at all, but saw some other bad stuff too! So they elected not to put the stent in at this time.
Mom's heart is in bad shape from the sounds of the doctor. He told me that she's got a moderate leak (mild moderate and severe are the categories for that) in her valve. Her heart is enlarged and there is severe damage to the heart. Oh and it skips beats. GREAT!!
So we have to go to the doctor on Monday to see what's next. Mom was super disappointed and was terrified yesterday that while she was under they were going to do open heart surgery on her. Took some time to calm her down. Then some more time to wake her up to come home.
Last night she was doing great and then stood up quickly and was howling in pain. FREAKED ME RIGHT OUT! I thought for sure something horrible was happening like they told me to watch for, bleeding inside and etc. OMG I thought I was gonna lose her. We got her layed down with an ice pack and some pressure and she fell asleep. I was like a new mommy. I left a night light on in her room and went there to check on her all through the night.
This morning she said the pain wasn't as bad, just sore and she feels better.
I got out of the shower this morning and she was cleaning. STOP!!!!
Gave her a scolding and hubby some instructions and have others going to check on her too!
So thanks for your thoughts and prayers and please keep them coming we are not out of the woods yet.
I told her last week at the dr.s office nothing with you is simple so please do not think this procedure will be.
Guess I was right.
The hospital we were at was HUGE! Like 2 city blocks huge! but the way they do things made you feel like she was their only patient. Never have I seen that before. It helped.
Well I've got tons of work to catch up on.
Take care xoxoxo
me
June 16 The final chapter...Well it was a beautiful weekend in the north land. Perfect weather. The days were 75 and sunny with a slight breeze and the nights were brrrr... chilly 36 degrees....brrr....
Got up there late Friday night. Wasn't able to hear the Red Wings play for the Stanley Cup. We kept losing the station! DRATS! I think that is why we lost. tee hee... they needed me!
Found that we had pine or ground squirrels living in the soffits! UGH! I swear those rats are going to drive me crazy! I've been trapping them and releasing them here at home, and never thought it about it for up there. UGH! It's like their relatives from down here called up there and told them about me. Not good!
But I came out victorious! 3 Men + 1 pellet gun = zero squirrels 1 woman+ shovel = 2 dead squirrels. I didn't want to kill them, but I had no choice. They can not live in my house! I did look like a mad woman running through the property with a shovel screaming! tee hee ha ha ...
I still can't believe I caught up to them fast buggers!
Got more flowers planted up there hopefully they live. They could use some rain this week for sure up there. TOO DRY! I always get nervous this time of the year when everyone starts vacationing up there and they become careless with their fires and such and before you know it there are wild fires going. It's just spooky.
Well the Judge claimed this was by far the most heinous crime he's ever witnessed in his entire law career. The monster still claims he tried to save her and not kill her. UGH! The court wasn't allowing anyone to speak at the sentencing. Which is WRONG! in my mind. At least her son's letter was read. It was powerful.
The sentence was Life in Prison with out Parole. YEAH! That is what we had hoped for. It was good to see the monster in his chains again. Oh I hate him and I told him that on his way in and on his way out of the court. Don't care if he didn't hear me, I got to say it.
So that's the final chapter for me. I've got to try and move on. I never ever will "get over it". But I know that justice was served and he will never breathe free air again. I do hope that the families of all involved can begin to heal. I don't think they have even tried honestly. Her sister bothers me. She just wont stop with the ugly stuff. I don't know if she enjoys the torture or the spotlight. But it bothers me. She has every right to hurt and hate, I know that, but I'm not sure she's not doing it for "show" which disgusts me. And why would you bring your CHILDREN (3 of them all under the age of 13) to this court thing? Why would you want them to know the disgusting crap that their Aunt endured. People just shock me sometimes. While both my hubby and myself were sobbing in the court room her family and his family showed no emotion what so ever. I don't get it.
I do hope this week gets better with each day. Right now I'm so crabby I can't stand myself. I feel as though I'm on the verge of tears and just can shake it. UGH! I told boss man today would be a great day for me to call the dead beats (people who haven't paid their bills) and harass them. He doesn't agree.
I hope your week is beautiful.
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June 11 Changes......Things are changing for me.
I don't feel so powerless to the mood swings. I'm starting to be able to pull myself up from those depressing thoughts and feelings. I'm getting stronger every day. My soul is learning to smile and feel joy again. And my heart isn't aching as much as it has for the past 16 Months.
Monday will be the final stage in the HELL I've been living since February 2008. I will allow the Great Lord above to hold my hand through my statement. I will be strong and purge myself of the hate that is inside of me. I must I know that. I can not go on poisoning myself any longer. I don't care if the Monster hears me or not. I really don't it's for me (and the Judge of course).
I can tell you for sure that had it not been for GOD, my fabulous loved ones on HERE and in my daily life I would never have been able to stand again. So thank you all for the prayers, strength and love you have all given me.
In honor of the changes that are going to continue in my life I changed my look too! I got 8 inches of my hair cut off last night. A new color too! SO I'm a new chick! I feel good and will continue to heal and breathe each day of the beautiful things that God has blessed me with.
I hope that although you may be going through your own hell, I hope you know that you are in my prayers and my love for you is real. And never ever doubt that you were given more than you can handle. It's not possible. You may at times feel it is more than you can handle, but BELIEVE me You can get through it. Allow those you love into your heart, allow the angels above the power to pick you up when you've fallen to your knees. And when you are desperate for a sign that you will be o.k., quiet your sobs and listen. For he is around you always.
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No, I will never be the same girl I was before this, that was hard for me to understand. Very hard. But I'm hoping that each day I will become stronger, more loving, more understanding and just a better WOMAN than I ever was.
I love you, I pray for you and I smile and laugh with you! xoxoxoxoxo
Shelly
June 09 Confused....First let me start by saying that Mom's appointment went well yesterday. I got questions answered and we have a schedule made. Still spooky to me but it's got to be done. A week from Thursday is the day of the procedure.
O.K. I did something dumb at lunch today. I went to an animal shelter. I should never ever go to those. They are heart wrenching to me. I pulled into the parking lot and could hear all the doggies barking and my tears started. So I sat there and talked with God and asked him for strength.
I had been looking at a dog on the web at this shelter. She's a cutie. But holy cow does she have energy. Endless amounts of bounding energy. Not sure that's the dog I'm looking for.
On my way out I saw this quiet little girl in her crate. She looked just like my girl that passed at Christmas. Same color, same tail. Her name was Daisy. I asked if I could meet her outside. Oh she was so happy to go outside. She did her business and then came over to visit with me. She just sat there and stared at me with her one good eye. Her previous owners didn't take proper care of her and she had an "accident" with her eye and they never got her medical attention for it so now she is blind in that eye. Her fur is like puppy fur, soft and smooth.
She is two years old and such a sweetie. She's probably 35-40 lbs and just a nice looking dog.
O.K. so here's my problem.
Remember how I mentioned before that I had applied to rescue a dog? Well that dog was no longer available, which just crushed me. However I asked them to please pre approve my application so that when a dog becomes available that I would like, I'm good to go. These dogs they have go to a human prison where the prisoners teach obedience as well as house break them and teach them manners. The dogs are in the prison for 12 weeks. The cost for these dogs are $200.00. They come fixed, shots, micro-chipped and trained. Well the only thing left for them to do with me is the "home inspection" and for me to pick a dog. The dogs wont be out of prison until the end of August.
I've been looking on line at the dogs that just entered the program and I'm not crazy about any of them. (I know that's horrible to say) but none of them have grabbed me. I will only have a female dog. Just my rule. And out of the 15 dogs they have in the program only 6 of them are female. Two of them are breeds that I do not care for because of their "ways". 1 is a puppy and I don't want a puppy. So that leaves 3. One I think I could just fall head over heels in love with for sure. She is a beagle with 3 legs. But would that be a good fit for me? She's not slowed by only having three legs, so we could still go for walks and such.
So now what do I do? This quiet little girl that I met at lunch is house broken, but doesn't have any training. She is fixed and micro-chipped and up to date on her shots. She is the same price as the trained dogs.
I'm going to see if I can talk the hubby into going over to the shelter and meeting her after work one of these days. Which wont be easy to talk him into.
So what do you think I should do? I do feel bad that this rescue/prison dogs has pretty much done all the leg work for me. And one of the ladies emailed me and said please pick your dog soon as applications are coming in fast.
So do they even need me to adopt a dog? I mean if there are others out there that want these dogs that's great! Because this other little one isn't even on the website. UUUGGHHH!!
I'm so freaking confused!! There are so many dogs that need someone to love. If I could save them all I would, but I can only have one.
Your thoughts????
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