Family Day

Trudy and the children came over last evening and we had supper. Everyone was tired, so we just talked before bedtime. I got up at 7:00AM and fixed pancakes. I forgot the sausage like I wanted but Trudy found the applesauce and every one got filled. Forrest, Sadie and dad bagged 50lbs. of bird pellets and put them in the freezer and then Forrest helped dad chase the dust bunnies around his room. All the while Trudy and I made cards. She had some pictures of some cards and we fashioned ours after them. With Trudy's embellishments and great paper, we made some nice looking cards, even if I do say so myself! We each made 10 cards. The night before they came, I made one Christmas card. I have plenty of paper so I should be fixed for cards for a long while.

This morning we awoke to a thunder storm and right as Trudy was getting ready to leave, it rained really hard again. It cleared up when they were ready to leave. They were going to dinner at a friends house when they got home. We got 1 1/2" of rain. Mary Kate called. She had been to a spin training class. She is being trained to teach the spin class at the health club. Spinning is riding a stationary bicycle. What fun!

Friday Again

The weather was rainy again and I woke up early so I could take my breakfast pain meds! Then I went back to bed for about 45 min. before dad got me up for breakfast. I can't believe how the weather can make my body hurt so bad. After my after breakfast nap, I felt better. I went shopping at Wal-Mart and then came home. Trudy, Forrest and Sadie are coming over to spend the night and I got some ham and crescent rolls and 2% milk. I made some shells and cheese and potato salad and it was a good meal. Trudy brought over a Crop-a-Dile craft tool. She got it at Cosco's for $29.00 and it came with a bunch of doodads. Stampin' Up sells just the tool for $26.00. Now, I have to learn how to use it!

I've made 4 cards lately. I took apart on of Pauline's old cards to see how it was made, then I found the same stamp she had used (it was a flower stamp) and I stamped several flowers and then I colored them with my colored chalks, cut them out and then used them on a card. I liked the way they turned out. Trudy brought over a lot of her scrapbook materials and we are going to make cards tomorrow. They are sleeping downstairs tonight. Sadie is on a mattress on the floor and Forrest and Trudy are in the bed. I turned the heater up a little bit so it won't get too cold downstairs.

Hard Time Singing In Tonight

I couldn't get into my blog for some reason. Then "it" said I had been sent an e-mail with instructions in it, and shore nuff, I was using the wrong sign in name. I had tried the right one before but it kept saying I had the wrong password. It was a bit worrying, but after reading the e-mail I was sent, I did it the way "it" wanted me too and I got on.

Relief Society was nice. I made some potato salad for Karen and me, since she didn't want to cook. I hate to go to a meeting where we're supposed to bring food and I don't and then I eat everyone else's food. Pauline Falconbury and I went V.T. today and saw one sister. Since I needed to take some food to church tonight, I was going to stop by Wal-Mart and pick up some potato salad, but then I remembered I had half a sack of potatoes I had been thinking of giving to my neighbor, and I had all the other ingredients to make the salad so I came home and pealed the potatoes. Yes, I said "pealed". If it were just for us, I would have left the pealing on! I sat at a table with 2 people I knew and 2 people I didn't know so I got to know 2 new people. I had seen them at church but hadn't had the opportunity to get to know them.

Mary Lou can't have her mastectomy's until next Friday. Her Dr. said he had had three new patients with breast cancer and he wanted to be rested before he operated on her. It's bad enough to have cancer, but to have to wait a week before being operated on . I imagine the week will go slowly for Mary Lou. I guess I was lucky. I was told I had cancer one day and the next morning I was in the hospital being operated on. The only bad thing was the Dr. wouldn't remove the other breast while he was in the vicinity!

Fun Day

I skipped my after breakfast nap and did some cleaning downstairs. Sis. Lobell hopefully will be getting the organ, so I moved furniture away from it and vacuumed downstairs. Wow! What a difference it made to get the clutter out of M.K.'s old room! I'm ready to get rid of a lot of books that are on the bookshelf by the heater. We have so much clutter-old empty boxes, a broken stool, stuff that needs to be gotten rid of-if we were down there more, we (I) would keep it clutter free. Now, we just dump things down there instead of making the decision to keep things or throw them away. Times, they are a-changing. I look forward to throwing things away! I couldn't sleep last night, so I made 11 birthday cards. I liked them too! Karen came over and she made a pretty card and I gave her two birthday cards for her girls. We had a good time talking. I'm going to Rel. Soc. tomorrow night with her. I hadn't planned to go because it is pot luck and I don't usually want to cook anything and don't want to go and eat someone else's' food. Maybe it'll be fun. Attitude. It's all in attitude.

Just Another Day

Thanks for the comments girls. I know not to blog just to get the comments, but I still love the comments!

The Dr, visits went well. Mine was to check my cholesterol since I've been taking medicine for it. Will know the answer soon. Dad's was just for a check up. He is trying a new sleeping pill. He takes a Halcion and instead of going to bed, he thinks of a lot of things to do, so he doesn't go to sleep, he just gets hungry and goes into the kitchen and eats! Since I had to go to the Dr. fasting, I didn't think to take my AM meds until this afternoon. I was rather "weepy" all day, wanting to cry at things, and didn't know why. I hope that was it.

I found a new design for a card and made 4 birthday cards. I'll make some more tomorrow. It's fun if I can make one that looks good and then I want to make more.

I talked to Brenda Calvert tonight and she said Jason was coming around back towards his family. He's going to make arrangements for April and the family to come to California to be with him. Who says fasting and prayers don't work! Brenda's favorite dog died a while back-she was having to give her shots daily; she was 18 yrs. old. I've forgotten when to use the semi-colon. Anyone out there to illuminate me? Or should I just use a period? I forgot the mammograms used radiation. Huh, I've had enough radiation to last a life time!

Something is making me gain weight. It's either my mouth or the new drug, Arthrotec, I'm taking. The drug is wonderful. I don't have the pains in my knees I used to have and the knees feel great, but extra weight will hurt the knees too. I'm going to get out my Weight Watchers books and keep a food journal. I want to keep pain free so I guess I'll just have to eat less, and exercise, instead of taking an after breakfast nap!

Blue Monday

I made 2 or 3 cards today. I had lots of time on my hands and it bothered me. Pity party, pity party!! Tomorrow, dad and I have Dr. appointments with the same Dr.! I have a fasting test and dad has his regular 6 mo. check up. Dr. Walker sees us every 6 mo. regularly. That way he can catch illnesses early. I don't know what the fasting test is for. I wake up hungry and will have to make a reminder for me not to eat anything. I go in at 10 AM and dad goes at 2:30 PM.

It got up to 71 degrees today. Tornado weather is coming soon. I just called a friend, Mary Lou Hill, and found out that she has breast cancer. She's already had the biopsy and will see the oncologist this Thursday. She may have her operation Fri. Her Dr. is from H'ville, but comes to Athens once a week, so she'll have her operation here. That's good. It's better to be close to home. Maybe she'll have all of her procedures in Athens. It would really have been hard for me if it weren't for Pat Broadhurst. She was a true friend taking me to H'ville while I had chemo. Girls, don't put off having you're mammograms, although I think they don't start wanting you to have them until you're 40 yrs. old. With a history of breast cancer in the family, the time period might not be the same. Do your self exams too.

March

March is supposed to come in like a lion, and go out like a lamb. I hope we don't have much more cold weather. After the big snow storm, it was in the low 50's today. I didn't wear a coat to church today. We've been fortunate not to have had a very cold winter this year. Remember the late spring frost that killed all the fruit and nut crops last year? If we can just get by without any late frost, we are just about caught up on the rain fall we needed. Dad's been in good spirits lately. Still has his pain but somehow gets through it all.