It was a nice day today. I went to lunch with Maggie, whom I haven't had lunch with in a really long time. It was fun. After that I came home and Calli read the rest of the story she was reading to Acer and I. It was a boxcar children mystery book. She is such a good reader. I enjoy listening to her read to her brother. Bill barbecued hamburgers and veggies for dinner.
It is a game of thrones episode night again. We are on episode 6 season 2. It is such a good show! Arya is my favorite character and Tyrion is my second favorite character. He is such a clever character. He gets away with so much too.
Tomorrow is the first day of school for all the kids around here. Calli will be in junior high in 7th grade and Acer in elementary school in 3rd grade. They are excited to be starting a new school year. It has been a really busy summer for them. They have had overnight camps, day camps, and play dates all summer long. I can't wait to hear about their first day of school. Acer has a half day and Calli a full day. Acer will probably be home from school by the time I get up. It is hard to believe that it is September already. Ugh, another month bites the dust.
I figured out tonight why my right inside part of my knee has been so sore. There is a huge (4 inches in diameter) bruise there. It is deep purple and ugly not too mention it really hurts.
Well, I am very achy tonight so I am heading for bed shortly. I am also really tired now.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Sunday 9-1
I went to the Celebration of Maia's life party. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was nervous. Danielle was in tears at first, which I expected. I just tried to comfort her as best as I could. I stayed for a few hours and then I came home. I hung out with my younger brother, Andrew and caught up with him. He is so busy that he doesn't get a lot of days off right now so I have to spend time with him when I can. He is thinking of buying a house or a townhouse. I am excited for him. He is doing really well so I am glad for him. He has a new friend he is hanging out with but they are just friends right now, they aren't dating. She is 25 and they have a lot in common. I hope to meet her if they do start dating. It was nice to see my uncle and aunt as well as many cousins I haven't seen since my momma's funeral and burial. It is awful, we see each other after someone dies and not in between. I mean, where we all get together, not just a few at a time. Everyone brought food and there were some musician friends there playing some good music. Some of my cousins and their friends were drunk and I am nervous around people who are drunk so that was partially why I left. I don't stay long at parties where I have a long drive home because I get so exhausted so easy so I have to leave early. Nicole and her stepdaughter left earlier than I did, but it was nice to see her. Andrew is pleased with my weight lose. Apparently, he was getting very worried about the gaining of the weight when it wouldn't stop no matter what I did. He did comment on how he is glad I am no longer taking the medicine that causes me to gain weight. I am glad too. I hope to be down the rest of the 130 pounds I want to lose by next fall.
Maisy and I are snuggling together today. She had to be crated and well, she was so thirsty when I let her out. It didn't even faze her that I had her dinner out for her too. She kept on drinking and drinking and drinking. I did take her out and she did her business so she won't be doing any in the house, thankfully, but I was so worried. I texted both Heather B-T and Bill to ask what I should do since it seemed like she was overheated. both said she would be okay now that she had some water and that she just needed lots of snuggles so we did lots of snuggling. I am getting tired so we will be heading upstairs soon to go to bed and she will be snuggling upstairs with me too.
I am going to change my face book picture to Maisy's picture. Now that I have learned how to get the pictures off of my camera, I have a whole bunch to pick from! She is such a good girl! I love that dog!!!
Maisy and I are snuggling together today. She had to be crated and well, she was so thirsty when I let her out. It didn't even faze her that I had her dinner out for her too. She kept on drinking and drinking and drinking. I did take her out and she did her business so she won't be doing any in the house, thankfully, but I was so worried. I texted both Heather B-T and Bill to ask what I should do since it seemed like she was overheated. both said she would be okay now that she had some water and that she just needed lots of snuggles so we did lots of snuggling. I am getting tired so we will be heading upstairs soon to go to bed and she will be snuggling upstairs with me too.
I am going to change my face book picture to Maisy's picture. Now that I have learned how to get the pictures off of my camera, I have a whole bunch to pick from! She is such a good girl! I love that dog!!!
Friday, August 30, 2013
It has been a missing Mom day Friday 8-30
At the top are some pictures that I took during the time of 2008 to 2010 of Momma with my phone camera. I finally learned how to put them on the computer. These are my favorite of the 10 or so I have of her that I took with my old phone. I wish I had taken so many more!!!
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Thursday 8-29
I had 2 doctor appointments today. 1 with the neurologist and the second with my primary care doctor. Both are really happy that I have lost 31 pounds as am I. Dr. G, the primary care doctor, does want me to see a hematologist. He seems to think that I will have to visit once and then I won't need to go again, which would work for me. I don't need another doctor that I have to see on a regular basis. My hemoglobin seems to be normal right now. A year ago, it was not but now it is. I don't get it either. i am no longer taking the iron because it completely upset my stomach and it didn't matter what time I took it so I stopped.
I normally would not have made 2 appointments in one day but I knew I didn't have any lessons so it was okay. I had the neuro appointment from 4 months ago. I really like my neurologist a lot. She is working really hard to find something to stop the daily headaches, especially the really bad ones. For the past few months I have found that I get a really bad one at about 2 to 4 in the morning. It is annoying and very difficult at times to deal with. Generally, I have to come down the stairs and take more medicine, something I don't like to do but when it is necessary, it is necessary.
This Sunday is Maia's celebration of her Life party. I didn't realize how many people were planning to attend. Tilley says there will be about 70 to 80 people. Ugh, I don't do really well at that big of a party, however, I am going. I want to see my brother and my cousins. I plan to stay a bit and then head back for home. Monday is Labor Day and I have no plans for that day. I also have no lessons. It will be one of the last times for a long while that I will have 2 days of no lessons. I don't mind. Fall is a busy season and I like that. It is also time to get ready for competition and Christmas. All in all, I love fall in general as the temps are still nice during the day but not so humid. I can breathe better in the fall and I tend to ache less in the fall. I ache more in the extreme heat and the extreme cold so basically, I am a fall and spring girl.
I am going to get a new pair of Christmas pajamas as soon as the catalogue comes out because my pajamas are seriously getting too big. They aren't to the point where they fall off me, but darn close. Yes, it is my goal to have them fall off me one day. It is a feeling I have never had and I really want that feeling to happen to me just once in my life.
Project Runway is on right now. They have a shoe inspired challenge. I only own a few pairs of shoes. I never really got into owning a massive amount of shoes but it is an interesting challenge. They are all heading on down to the runway now. I can't wait to see who is going to win and who will go home.
Maisy and I had our daily snuggle today. She is such a good snuggler. I would say my anxiety has been lower overall due to the little dog. Maisy gives love freely and doesn't expect anything but love in return. I give her lots and lots of love in return. To me, it is so easy to love her. Q is also easy to love and as much as it pains me to admit, he behaves better than Maisy too. Q had his head on my seat at the dining room table today and I almost sat on the dog. Goofy dog, I don't think he will do that again anytime soon.
I was thinking about going to choir practice but I didn't feel well enough. I just haven't really felt well enough to do a lot of things yet. I am hoping that by the end of September I will be feeling well enough to go. I will just have to and see.
I normally would not have made 2 appointments in one day but I knew I didn't have any lessons so it was okay. I had the neuro appointment from 4 months ago. I really like my neurologist a lot. She is working really hard to find something to stop the daily headaches, especially the really bad ones. For the past few months I have found that I get a really bad one at about 2 to 4 in the morning. It is annoying and very difficult at times to deal with. Generally, I have to come down the stairs and take more medicine, something I don't like to do but when it is necessary, it is necessary.
This Sunday is Maia's celebration of her Life party. I didn't realize how many people were planning to attend. Tilley says there will be about 70 to 80 people. Ugh, I don't do really well at that big of a party, however, I am going. I want to see my brother and my cousins. I plan to stay a bit and then head back for home. Monday is Labor Day and I have no plans for that day. I also have no lessons. It will be one of the last times for a long while that I will have 2 days of no lessons. I don't mind. Fall is a busy season and I like that. It is also time to get ready for competition and Christmas. All in all, I love fall in general as the temps are still nice during the day but not so humid. I can breathe better in the fall and I tend to ache less in the fall. I ache more in the extreme heat and the extreme cold so basically, I am a fall and spring girl.
I am going to get a new pair of Christmas pajamas as soon as the catalogue comes out because my pajamas are seriously getting too big. They aren't to the point where they fall off me, but darn close. Yes, it is my goal to have them fall off me one day. It is a feeling I have never had and I really want that feeling to happen to me just once in my life.
Project Runway is on right now. They have a shoe inspired challenge. I only own a few pairs of shoes. I never really got into owning a massive amount of shoes but it is an interesting challenge. They are all heading on down to the runway now. I can't wait to see who is going to win and who will go home.
Maisy and I had our daily snuggle today. She is such a good snuggler. I would say my anxiety has been lower overall due to the little dog. Maisy gives love freely and doesn't expect anything but love in return. I give her lots and lots of love in return. To me, it is so easy to love her. Q is also easy to love and as much as it pains me to admit, he behaves better than Maisy too. Q had his head on my seat at the dining room table today and I almost sat on the dog. Goofy dog, I don't think he will do that again anytime soon.
I was thinking about going to choir practice but I didn't feel well enough. I just haven't really felt well enough to do a lot of things yet. I am hoping that by the end of September I will be feeling well enough to go. I will just have to and see.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
the last few days 8-27
The students all did really well today at the nursing home. It lasted about 50 minutes and I was happy with how they did. We had 15 songs with 12 performers. Acer and Calli sang a duet, "Ave Maria". Overall, it was good.
After the concert, I got the usual, after concert bad headache and I was wiped out from the anxiety of getting everything ready for the concert. It took 2 days to fully recover from the concert and this is normal for me. I refuse to give in to fibro and not do the concerts because I think it is really important to have them for the students. They work hard and I want them to have opportunities to perform. I don't want to take away the 2 concerts we do a year. Star has volunteered to help. She is such a nice young woman. She really is. Star already has some of it planned. I will be hearing about it in a few weeks. Both of us want to see the City of Bones movie. Kathy wants to see it too as she has read the books. I have them, but I haven't read them yet. I plan to, I just haven't gotten to them. It is so strange because pre-I was always looking for things to read and now, it is like finding time to read the 229 books that I have. It is so nice not to have them as paper books because that would take up way more room than I have in this house. I am working on taking all the books that I do have and putting them in plastic bags for Bill to take to work for the next book sale, which I think is next month.
Today was a busyish day. I was supposed to have 7 lessons but 2 had to cancel because the car broke down. Amy had her last lesson for 7 months today. She is going to Kuwait for work. I am excited for her as this will be an exciting journey for her and she is really looking forward to going. I will miss her. She is such a nice woman. We get along really well. I look forward to her facebook updates from Kuwait.
Tomorrow is a busy day too. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are my busy days. Every other day is no where near as busy, which is good. I have tried to spread out the lessons but really, I have to be available when the students are. I don't expect too many new students for the fall. I have a good number right now that I am happy with. I probably could fit a few more but that would be about it. Monday and Thursdays are not really filled at all so there is room on those days. I am expecting Sally back in a couple of weeks and that will fill my Saturday schedule. I have a new one, Karen, on Saturday and she is wonderful. We get along very well and I am very pleased with what she remembers from when she was a child. Karen and I giggle a bit through the lesson and we enjoy the music during the lesson. I think that all my students and I get along rather well. I try to make the lessons around their interests with keeping the importance of technique in the lessons. All piano students do play classical music just like most of the vocal students sing classical music (the exception would be my younger vocal students). It is the foundation of music but it is also very important to have other music in other styles too. That is also rather important and sometimes it can get overlooked. I try to strike a balance with all my students. Some I am a bit more successful than others.
It is almost time to look for Christmas and competition music again. I haven't heard from Becca so I don't know if she is going to sing or not at competition. I need to gather all the info and pass it out to the students interested in going. I do hope that Isabella is also interested in going. She is new to me and plays simply beautiful! So far I have: Natalie, Aubrey, Brooke, and Jillian attending the competition. I am hoping for Nick, Isaac, Acer, Isabella, and Brooke Anne to attend also as well as Rebecca. I won't know for a few weeks. Isaac didn't seem that enthused about it but he may change his mind. It depends on Acer's after school activities schedule on whether or not he can attend. I just don't have a solid idea of who is going and that is normal at this time. My job this year is to get the pianos again. It was a pretty easy job and while I was annoyed at the company at times, they were not super hard to work with. I plan to call in October to see who is available to rent pianos to us for the competition. It isn't a job to start right this minute that is for sure.
We watched episode 4 of season 2 of Game of Thrones tonight. It ended so weird but hey, it is a fantasy story so there are weird parts in it. I really like the story line and I think the character, Arya is awesome. She is so cool. I love her. Right now she is in a bit of a pickle because she was captured and is now the cupbearer of her father's enemy, Twynn Lannister. I feel bad for her. I hope she can escape soon and go home to winterfell. It is such a good show. I have the book that I have started reading. As soon as I finish this one trilogy that I am reading, I will start that one.
Pain is better today than it was yesterday and the day before. My after concert headache is FINALLY down to the regular headache and my knees are no longer hurting really bad. I have noticed that as I lose weight, different places hurt than before. It is weird. Like my thighs were sore 10 pounds heavier ago but now it is my knees and not my thighs when I am sleeping or lying down. I will say that the 29 pounds I have lost have helped my hips a lot. I can only imagine what 129 pounds will be like or my goal, 160 pounds! I only have 131 pounds to go. Ugh, I am glad it is going steady and slow because from experience, fast comes back way to quickly and steady and slow does not. I do not ever plan to go back to the way I used to eat. I never want to be this big again, ever. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I just wouldn't.
Well, off to words with friends right now and then a bit of a read before some shut eye.
After the concert, I got the usual, after concert bad headache and I was wiped out from the anxiety of getting everything ready for the concert. It took 2 days to fully recover from the concert and this is normal for me. I refuse to give in to fibro and not do the concerts because I think it is really important to have them for the students. They work hard and I want them to have opportunities to perform. I don't want to take away the 2 concerts we do a year. Star has volunteered to help. She is such a nice young woman. She really is. Star already has some of it planned. I will be hearing about it in a few weeks. Both of us want to see the City of Bones movie. Kathy wants to see it too as she has read the books. I have them, but I haven't read them yet. I plan to, I just haven't gotten to them. It is so strange because pre-I was always looking for things to read and now, it is like finding time to read the 229 books that I have. It is so nice not to have them as paper books because that would take up way more room than I have in this house. I am working on taking all the books that I do have and putting them in plastic bags for Bill to take to work for the next book sale, which I think is next month.
Today was a busyish day. I was supposed to have 7 lessons but 2 had to cancel because the car broke down. Amy had her last lesson for 7 months today. She is going to Kuwait for work. I am excited for her as this will be an exciting journey for her and she is really looking forward to going. I will miss her. She is such a nice woman. We get along really well. I look forward to her facebook updates from Kuwait.
Tomorrow is a busy day too. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are my busy days. Every other day is no where near as busy, which is good. I have tried to spread out the lessons but really, I have to be available when the students are. I don't expect too many new students for the fall. I have a good number right now that I am happy with. I probably could fit a few more but that would be about it. Monday and Thursdays are not really filled at all so there is room on those days. I am expecting Sally back in a couple of weeks and that will fill my Saturday schedule. I have a new one, Karen, on Saturday and she is wonderful. We get along very well and I am very pleased with what she remembers from when she was a child. Karen and I giggle a bit through the lesson and we enjoy the music during the lesson. I think that all my students and I get along rather well. I try to make the lessons around their interests with keeping the importance of technique in the lessons. All piano students do play classical music just like most of the vocal students sing classical music (the exception would be my younger vocal students). It is the foundation of music but it is also very important to have other music in other styles too. That is also rather important and sometimes it can get overlooked. I try to strike a balance with all my students. Some I am a bit more successful than others.
It is almost time to look for Christmas and competition music again. I haven't heard from Becca so I don't know if she is going to sing or not at competition. I need to gather all the info and pass it out to the students interested in going. I do hope that Isabella is also interested in going. She is new to me and plays simply beautiful! So far I have: Natalie, Aubrey, Brooke, and Jillian attending the competition. I am hoping for Nick, Isaac, Acer, Isabella, and Brooke Anne to attend also as well as Rebecca. I won't know for a few weeks. Isaac didn't seem that enthused about it but he may change his mind. It depends on Acer's after school activities schedule on whether or not he can attend. I just don't have a solid idea of who is going and that is normal at this time. My job this year is to get the pianos again. It was a pretty easy job and while I was annoyed at the company at times, they were not super hard to work with. I plan to call in October to see who is available to rent pianos to us for the competition. It isn't a job to start right this minute that is for sure.
We watched episode 4 of season 2 of Game of Thrones tonight. It ended so weird but hey, it is a fantasy story so there are weird parts in it. I really like the story line and I think the character, Arya is awesome. She is so cool. I love her. Right now she is in a bit of a pickle because she was captured and is now the cupbearer of her father's enemy, Twynn Lannister. I feel bad for her. I hope she can escape soon and go home to winterfell. It is such a good show. I have the book that I have started reading. As soon as I finish this one trilogy that I am reading, I will start that one.
Pain is better today than it was yesterday and the day before. My after concert headache is FINALLY down to the regular headache and my knees are no longer hurting really bad. I have noticed that as I lose weight, different places hurt than before. It is weird. Like my thighs were sore 10 pounds heavier ago but now it is my knees and not my thighs when I am sleeping or lying down. I will say that the 29 pounds I have lost have helped my hips a lot. I can only imagine what 129 pounds will be like or my goal, 160 pounds! I only have 131 pounds to go. Ugh, I am glad it is going steady and slow because from experience, fast comes back way to quickly and steady and slow does not. I do not ever plan to go back to the way I used to eat. I never want to be this big again, ever. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I just wouldn't.
Well, off to words with friends right now and then a bit of a read before some shut eye.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Saturday 8-24
Tomorrow is the Nursing Home concert for the students. There are only 12 songs in the concert tomorrow. I am slightly disappointment in that there are only about 10 students performing as usually we have about 14 to 15 performing but the scheduling just didn't work for a few of the others. It will be a short one but that is okay, for this type of performance, we don't want a long concert. It is during the residences ice cream social. It is a good time to go and perform for the residents.
Today was a slightly busy with a few lessons. Ryan came this afternoon since he was running really behind yesterday and I had such a bad headache. It really worked best for both of us to reschedule to today. Karen had her lesson and so did Rick. I am pleased with the both of them. Karen is really coming along since she hasn't played since she was a child. She has had 2 lessons at this point. I think we have both decided that she is in the proper books and she also has fun stuff too, not just the classical music but a nice mixture. Rick has started a few new pieces and is doing very well too. He started "Think of Me" from Phantom of the Opera and a new Beatles piece.
My head still hurts pretty bad but not quite as bad as last night. That was the worst of all. It was terrible, simply terrible. I do hope that tonight is much better. I really do. I have to be up by about 12:30 tomorrow so that I can print the order of the songs and pick up Star for the concert. She is such a sweet girl. She is singing an opera song. I can't believe she is 26 years old now. It blows my mind how fast she grew up.
Acer and Calli sound so sweet with their duet. They really do. They argued a bit today about their song but basically they did okay. I just hope tomorrow they can get through it without bickering with each other. Acer has decided on Summertime. I am not sure if he is using the ipod or not. We shall see. I am bringing the piano music and my ipod speakers in case he is planning on using his ipod.
After the concert we often go and get ice cream but not tomorrow. Many of the students have things they have to do so we won't be able to do it. I don't mind since I don't really need the ice cream at all and I don't particularly have a test for it right now. I am not crazy about ice cream like my mother was. Momma ate ice cream everyday until about 4 months before she died. I only eat it once in a while. I have to be in the mood for it. I like plainer ice cream too not so much the extra chocolate or rich type stuff with lots of chocolate candy or Carmel or things like that.
My back is stiffer tonight than usual. I don't really know why, it just is. I hope it feels better tomorrow. I am sure it will.
I have started taking magnesium at lunch and dinner. It is supposed to help with digestion and pain level. I think it has started to help some. I will know more in the future.
Bill and I were watching Game of Thrones. We didn't realize that the TV was on rather loud so we turned it down. We don't want Calli or Acer to hear it at all. That is the main reason we watch it at night after they go to bed. There is bad language and violence in it that we just don't want them to hear. The show is definitely not for teens or children. It is most definitely an adult type show. I really enjoy the show a lot though. We have to watch 2 episodes tomorrow because it is due back on Monday. I can't wait for the next 2 discs. So far we have only watched 2 episodes though.
Well, off to words with friends or reading for bed. I am rather tired now so I may just read instead of words with friends. I will figure that out when I get upstairs in my room. I am debating on which to wear for the concert tomorrow, either the pink or the blue skirt. I will see what my mood strikes me to know what I will wear.
Today was a slightly busy with a few lessons. Ryan came this afternoon since he was running really behind yesterday and I had such a bad headache. It really worked best for both of us to reschedule to today. Karen had her lesson and so did Rick. I am pleased with the both of them. Karen is really coming along since she hasn't played since she was a child. She has had 2 lessons at this point. I think we have both decided that she is in the proper books and she also has fun stuff too, not just the classical music but a nice mixture. Rick has started a few new pieces and is doing very well too. He started "Think of Me" from Phantom of the Opera and a new Beatles piece.
My head still hurts pretty bad but not quite as bad as last night. That was the worst of all. It was terrible, simply terrible. I do hope that tonight is much better. I really do. I have to be up by about 12:30 tomorrow so that I can print the order of the songs and pick up Star for the concert. She is such a sweet girl. She is singing an opera song. I can't believe she is 26 years old now. It blows my mind how fast she grew up.
Acer and Calli sound so sweet with their duet. They really do. They argued a bit today about their song but basically they did okay. I just hope tomorrow they can get through it without bickering with each other. Acer has decided on Summertime. I am not sure if he is using the ipod or not. We shall see. I am bringing the piano music and my ipod speakers in case he is planning on using his ipod.
After the concert we often go and get ice cream but not tomorrow. Many of the students have things they have to do so we won't be able to do it. I don't mind since I don't really need the ice cream at all and I don't particularly have a test for it right now. I am not crazy about ice cream like my mother was. Momma ate ice cream everyday until about 4 months before she died. I only eat it once in a while. I have to be in the mood for it. I like plainer ice cream too not so much the extra chocolate or rich type stuff with lots of chocolate candy or Carmel or things like that.
My back is stiffer tonight than usual. I don't really know why, it just is. I hope it feels better tomorrow. I am sure it will.
I have started taking magnesium at lunch and dinner. It is supposed to help with digestion and pain level. I think it has started to help some. I will know more in the future.
Bill and I were watching Game of Thrones. We didn't realize that the TV was on rather loud so we turned it down. We don't want Calli or Acer to hear it at all. That is the main reason we watch it at night after they go to bed. There is bad language and violence in it that we just don't want them to hear. The show is definitely not for teens or children. It is most definitely an adult type show. I really enjoy the show a lot though. We have to watch 2 episodes tomorrow because it is due back on Monday. I can't wait for the next 2 discs. So far we have only watched 2 episodes though.
Well, off to words with friends or reading for bed. I am rather tired now so I may just read instead of words with friends. I will figure that out when I get upstairs in my room. I am debating on which to wear for the concert tomorrow, either the pink or the blue skirt. I will see what my mood strikes me to know what I will wear.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Friday and the bad bad headache 8-23
I had such a bad headache earlier. It was super bad, I found myself telling Acer to quiet down. Now, seriously, he is an 8 1/2 boy, they don't come with volume control and I am telling him to be quiet? That means it is time to go to bed for me. That is what it tells me, so I did. The headache got worse. I finally broke down and asked Brandon to give me a shot. It helped but the headache is getting bad again. I just remembered I didn't take my dinner time medicine, which includes pain pills. I have now corrected that. I took my bedtime ones too because I will be heading to bed early tonight. Bad headaches wipe me out. They really do.
Not much happening in the H2 house today since both Heather B-T and I were down with bad headaches. I did get a bit of a snuggle with Maisy when she came down from Heather B-T's room. That was good. She is sitting next to me right now but who knows how long that will last. She is an on the go girl you know. Heather B-T is wiped out but is feeling a bit better with her headache. It is kind of strange that we both were down in one day. That doesn't usually happen to us. Usually, it is one or the other, not both. It isn't a big deal though.
Calli is reading to Acer right now for bedtime. I love listening to her read to her brother. It is so heartwarming. I love when they get along with each other. I have decided that when I am sick, I want Calli to read to me. She reads so very well. It is so sweet and just warms my heart when they are doing something together and getting along without the sibling bickering. Basically, they were getting along pretty well today, which I totally appreciate. When I don't feel well, hearing bickering is the last thing I want to hear. I don't think Brandon likes to hear it either. In fact, I know he doesn't. It drives him up the wall as fast as it does everyone else. Now I totally understand why my mother wouldn't let us fight or bicker. It is awful to hear. I love when they get along and are sweet and kind to each other. Then it is pleasant to be around them and I must say, generally they do get along. It is not very often I hear the bickering, thankfully.
Acer was so excited today to use my speaker set for his ipod. I let him use it. I need to get some more music on my itunes library so I can have it on my ipod. I also need to figure out where my ipod plugs in in my car. I know it is somewhere in the glove box. I am not too worried about it though.
I am so pleased with myself this month because I almost have all the money to pay my part of the hearing aids. I only need a bit more and then I have it all. Thank goodness for that. It is one more thing less to pay. I, of course, had shuffled around some of the medical bills so I will be paying double on some of them next month, but that is what I needed to do to get the money for the hearing aids. I have the appointment on September 27. I am nervous about it. I really am. What if they cause more headaches because things will be louder? I just don't know but I have to try because my hearing IS becoming an issue during lessons at times. It is annoying at other times too. Sometimes it comes in handy though, when I don't want to totally pay attention to what someone is saying but that is rare. Usually it was when my brothers were yelling at me from another room and I really couldn't hear what they were saying anyways. Momma always said to ignore them since she knew I really couldn't hear them and then they would come to me to talk to me directly. Of course, they always began with, did you hear me call you? Uh, not really, cause I couldn't tell who they were calling. I always guessed it was me but I was never sure, which is why momma said to ignore them. Andrew got better at it but Richard never remembered. One time, we went to Christmas at Richard's in Cleveland and Momma told me to bring a book to read. I was stunned because that was not normally what she would tell me to do. If anything, it was, leave the book at home. I brought it with me. We drove down Christmas Eve and stayed at a hotel that night. We had Christmas Day at Richards and then left late Christmas Day. Anyways, Richard had bought momma the Christmas Carol Movie and we all sat down to watch it during my niece, Abigail's nap. Richard kept moving the volume up and down so basically, I heard absolutely nothing and it was giving me a headache. I finally looked at mom and said I can't hear anything. She said go read. Richard was upset but momma said she would watch it with me when we got home and that because of my hearing issues, I really couldn't hear anything that had been said. He was like, oh. He couldn't have it too loud because Abby was sleeping and Momma said she understood but that I just couldn't hear so let me read. I also took a really long nap in the afternoon. This was prior to knowing I had fibro but I did have it at the time. This was right after I had been close to bed ridden. It was thanks to Momma that I was not. She devised a plan to get me moving and in less pain at times. She encouraged me to nap when I needed too whereas my brothers were always like why do you sleep so much. Momma would answer, because she is in pain and leave her be. That was just my mother. We had a good Christmas and I got to spend it with Abigail. I miss my niece and nephew a lot. I also miss my older brother but he has chosen to cut himself off from me and Andrew. I will at least see Andrew on the 1st of September. That will be good. I haven't actually seen him since Christmas. I have texted him and emailed him but I haven't physically seen him since then. Wow, that is a long time. I just realized that. He is very busy with working. I don't know if he is working 1 or 2 jobs at this point or not. It is hard to say with him. Andrew is very busy all the time.
Q has been trying to get Maisy's Blue bone all evening. He got it twice. He was a sad dog to have to give it up since it is not his. The majority of the toys are Q's. Maisy has a few, but she doesn't play with them much. The blue bone has a treat inside, which is why Q wants it. Maisy is allowed treats but Q is not. I think Calli said she can give Q a treat like 2 times a year but he does get toys a lot so he really doesn't miss out because he doesn't get food treats like Maisy. Maisy doesn't get toys like Q does. I never really realized how awesome dogs were until these two moved in. I know I tease Calli alot with saying I love Maisy more, but Q is such a good dog and he is so beautiful. It pains me to admit, he behaves better than Maisy. She is not always a well behaved dog.
Maisy just came back down the stairs. She is back next to me for a few minutes. We played for a few minutes before she heads to where ever she wants to go. Q is up with Calli now.
Well, I am going to watch a bit of TV and play words with friends now. I just hope my headache doesn't get bad again like earlier. I am all out of my break through meds.
Not much happening in the H2 house today since both Heather B-T and I were down with bad headaches. I did get a bit of a snuggle with Maisy when she came down from Heather B-T's room. That was good. She is sitting next to me right now but who knows how long that will last. She is an on the go girl you know. Heather B-T is wiped out but is feeling a bit better with her headache. It is kind of strange that we both were down in one day. That doesn't usually happen to us. Usually, it is one or the other, not both. It isn't a big deal though.
Calli is reading to Acer right now for bedtime. I love listening to her read to her brother. It is so heartwarming. I love when they get along with each other. I have decided that when I am sick, I want Calli to read to me. She reads so very well. It is so sweet and just warms my heart when they are doing something together and getting along without the sibling bickering. Basically, they were getting along pretty well today, which I totally appreciate. When I don't feel well, hearing bickering is the last thing I want to hear. I don't think Brandon likes to hear it either. In fact, I know he doesn't. It drives him up the wall as fast as it does everyone else. Now I totally understand why my mother wouldn't let us fight or bicker. It is awful to hear. I love when they get along and are sweet and kind to each other. Then it is pleasant to be around them and I must say, generally they do get along. It is not very often I hear the bickering, thankfully.
Acer was so excited today to use my speaker set for his ipod. I let him use it. I need to get some more music on my itunes library so I can have it on my ipod. I also need to figure out where my ipod plugs in in my car. I know it is somewhere in the glove box. I am not too worried about it though.
I am so pleased with myself this month because I almost have all the money to pay my part of the hearing aids. I only need a bit more and then I have it all. Thank goodness for that. It is one more thing less to pay. I, of course, had shuffled around some of the medical bills so I will be paying double on some of them next month, but that is what I needed to do to get the money for the hearing aids. I have the appointment on September 27. I am nervous about it. I really am. What if they cause more headaches because things will be louder? I just don't know but I have to try because my hearing IS becoming an issue during lessons at times. It is annoying at other times too. Sometimes it comes in handy though, when I don't want to totally pay attention to what someone is saying but that is rare. Usually it was when my brothers were yelling at me from another room and I really couldn't hear what they were saying anyways. Momma always said to ignore them since she knew I really couldn't hear them and then they would come to me to talk to me directly. Of course, they always began with, did you hear me call you? Uh, not really, cause I couldn't tell who they were calling. I always guessed it was me but I was never sure, which is why momma said to ignore them. Andrew got better at it but Richard never remembered. One time, we went to Christmas at Richard's in Cleveland and Momma told me to bring a book to read. I was stunned because that was not normally what she would tell me to do. If anything, it was, leave the book at home. I brought it with me. We drove down Christmas Eve and stayed at a hotel that night. We had Christmas Day at Richards and then left late Christmas Day. Anyways, Richard had bought momma the Christmas Carol Movie and we all sat down to watch it during my niece, Abigail's nap. Richard kept moving the volume up and down so basically, I heard absolutely nothing and it was giving me a headache. I finally looked at mom and said I can't hear anything. She said go read. Richard was upset but momma said she would watch it with me when we got home and that because of my hearing issues, I really couldn't hear anything that had been said. He was like, oh. He couldn't have it too loud because Abby was sleeping and Momma said she understood but that I just couldn't hear so let me read. I also took a really long nap in the afternoon. This was prior to knowing I had fibro but I did have it at the time. This was right after I had been close to bed ridden. It was thanks to Momma that I was not. She devised a plan to get me moving and in less pain at times. She encouraged me to nap when I needed too whereas my brothers were always like why do you sleep so much. Momma would answer, because she is in pain and leave her be. That was just my mother. We had a good Christmas and I got to spend it with Abigail. I miss my niece and nephew a lot. I also miss my older brother but he has chosen to cut himself off from me and Andrew. I will at least see Andrew on the 1st of September. That will be good. I haven't actually seen him since Christmas. I have texted him and emailed him but I haven't physically seen him since then. Wow, that is a long time. I just realized that. He is very busy with working. I don't know if he is working 1 or 2 jobs at this point or not. It is hard to say with him. Andrew is very busy all the time.
Q has been trying to get Maisy's Blue bone all evening. He got it twice. He was a sad dog to have to give it up since it is not his. The majority of the toys are Q's. Maisy has a few, but she doesn't play with them much. The blue bone has a treat inside, which is why Q wants it. Maisy is allowed treats but Q is not. I think Calli said she can give Q a treat like 2 times a year but he does get toys a lot so he really doesn't miss out because he doesn't get food treats like Maisy. Maisy doesn't get toys like Q does. I never really realized how awesome dogs were until these two moved in. I know I tease Calli alot with saying I love Maisy more, but Q is such a good dog and he is so beautiful. It pains me to admit, he behaves better than Maisy. She is not always a well behaved dog.
Maisy just came back down the stairs. She is back next to me for a few minutes. We played for a few minutes before she heads to where ever she wants to go. Q is up with Calli now.
Well, I am going to watch a bit of TV and play words with friends now. I just hope my headache doesn't get bad again like earlier. I am all out of my break through meds.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Thursday 8-22
Ah, another beautiful day here. It is a bit humid, but not too much. The sun was nice and shining.
I had an appointment with yet another one of my billions (alright - a total exaggeration) doctors. It was a follow up for the procedure that I had a couple of weeks ago. Dr. T. wants me to see a hematologist because of the bleeding issues I have and my anemia. I will be talking to Dr. G about it and see what he has to say. I will make the appointment next week or the following week although I am so tired of doctors. Oh, wait, I have Dr. R's appointment next week. This is a check up on how the new medicine is working on the headaches. It works so so. I like that it doesn't increase my appetite (it actually at times decreases it) and I don't GAIN weight from it! That is the best thing! I am tired of medicine that causes weight gain. I have gained a total of 105 pounds from medicine in the last 8 years. Now I am on the proper direction for weight. I am pleased with myself about all of this.
I am watching my usual Thursday show, Project Runway. I really like this show. This weeks inspiration was an overnight glamping trip. I loved camping as a child. I think I was the only child who could camp and stay super clean. I hate (to this day too) getting dirty. I seriously do. If anything requires me to get dirty, I will refuse to do it. I just hate getting dirty that much. Momma used to tease me about it but in a nice way. We would also go fishing. Okay - Momma and the boys would go fishing, I would play with dolls or barbies in the boat. I don't touch fish or worms or anything gross like that. I will not clean the fish, however, I will cook it and eat it. I didn't mind cooking the fish, but I absolutely refused to clean the fish. That just grossed me out so much! Momma and Richard did a lot of the cleaning of the fish. Occasionally, I would hold the fishing pole but not very often. I am just not an outside type of person. We would also hike a lot. I was always the last one. We know now it was the fibro that made it hard for me, but we didn't know that then. I just remember that after we were done, I would be so wiped out and I would often have to take a nap when we got back to the campsite. I had the coolest tent ever but I did give it to the neighbors who camp all the time since I no longer camp.
I had to digress for a moment and give Maisy some love. Brandon put her in my lap and well I had to get some snuggles with her! She is such a good snuggler! I love that dog!!!!
Back to camping. I used to take my 2 cousins with me camping but I can't camp anymore. I have a hard time getting up and down, perhaps when I down all my weight I will be able to bend more. Maybe I will even be able to kneel, something I cannot do right now. It seriously hurts too much right now to do. I do miss hanging out with Celia and Samantha but they are adults now and Celia has 2 children. It seems like yesterday that they were very young and I spent a lot of time with them. We had a lot of fun together, the three of us. One time we even went camping with Momma. She had a good time too. Momma loved spending time with her nieces. Samantha and Celia used to come over quite a bit before they moved to Niagara Falls. I missed them when they moved there. Now both are grown up and Samantha is in London and Celia in Hamilton. They are so far away from me now.
Star and I are going to do some sewing together this fall. I need to figure out what I am making for the students' Christmas Presents and she wants to sew some various projects. I also think I want to make some skirts and dresses when I am down to a lesser weight. I had wanted to teach Calli to sew this summer but she was so busy that we just didn't have the time to do that. Maybe another season. With the beginning of Junior High in about 1 1/2 weeks, I think I will wait and see how she does with the first weeks of school before bringing up sewing. She is very busy and also has goalball on Saturdays. Acer wants to learn too but he is just as busy. Somedays, the kids are busier than I am on my busiest teaching and prep days! It is nice that they are busy because that means that they are learning and doing lots of things.
Calli, Acer, and I were loading my ipod with music today and wow! It did it on its own. Calli is such a sweet heart and gave me her speakers to her old ipod. She says she doesn't need it because she has an iphone. Talk about being a generous girl, Calli really is. Well, all of us are thrilled now that I have all the music in my music library on my ipod. My TV episode of Winter is Coming is not on it, but that is okay. I don't mind. I have seen it and that is all that matters. I have charged my ipod so it is ready to listen to tomorrow. I am going to start importing my CDs so they will also go on my ipod. I want alllllllll my Bon Jovi CDs on my ipod. I love Bon Jovi, they are my favorite band ever. My favorite singer is Amy Grant although there are others that I love too. I just like Amy Grant best of all. I haven't heard all of her latest CD but I do plan to get it soon. I just can't right now.
On September 27, I have an appointment with the doctor that I will be getting my hearing aids from. I am not sure if I will have them that day or if I am being fitted that day. I don't know. I don't remember the procedure to get them. I am nervous about them, but I do need them so I am getting them. It has become apparent in the last year that I need them and I can no longer ignore the lack of hearing issues. It is kind of a good thing I am getting them, but on the other hand, I am not sure how my headaches will react with them. I can only try. So I am both scared and excited to be getting the hearing aids, scared because of the headache issues and excited because I will be able to hear better and hear things I have never heard before. That will be good. I haven't had good hearing since I was about 13 when I had a severe ear infection in both ears that lasted 8 months and permanently damaged my hearing. It will be nice to not have to explain that I have a hearing loss and to look right at me when you speak to me. It will also help me teach longer as I get older since I will be able to hear better. That is very important to me as I love teaching and want to teach as long as possible.
I have a bad headache now. It got bad as the day wore on. By the time I got back from my blood tests, it was really bad. I hope it improves during the night. The last few weeks, I have had to get up in the middle of the night and take some Tylenol because my headache is so bad. I wake up every night between 1:30 and 3 and then again between 5 and 6 so it is between those two times I have to come downstairs and take the medicine.
Heather B-T and I are working on the kitchen and dining room. We are really working on organizing and finding homes for things. The kitchen counter looks very nice and so does the counter the right of the stove. We have managed to keep the dining room table pretty clear too. That is very helpful. I do have some stuff on top of the dresser that I need to find a new home for, but I will do that tomorrow before lessons. My lovely Elizabeth will be absent tomorrow because she had a family member pass away out of state and they are headed to the funeral. She will be moving her lesson day from Friday to Saturday since her current time is when she is at school. My Fridays will be a bit less busy since she will be moving to Saturday. Saturday will be getting a bit busier when fall starts, but I don't mind. Summer hasn't been busy enough. I only teach very part time, so to teach even less leaves even more free time for me to fill. I am glad school will be starting and that students will be coming back to lessons.
I hope your day was good too! Off to words with friends.
I had an appointment with yet another one of my billions (alright - a total exaggeration) doctors. It was a follow up for the procedure that I had a couple of weeks ago. Dr. T. wants me to see a hematologist because of the bleeding issues I have and my anemia. I will be talking to Dr. G about it and see what he has to say. I will make the appointment next week or the following week although I am so tired of doctors. Oh, wait, I have Dr. R's appointment next week. This is a check up on how the new medicine is working on the headaches. It works so so. I like that it doesn't increase my appetite (it actually at times decreases it) and I don't GAIN weight from it! That is the best thing! I am tired of medicine that causes weight gain. I have gained a total of 105 pounds from medicine in the last 8 years. Now I am on the proper direction for weight. I am pleased with myself about all of this.
I am watching my usual Thursday show, Project Runway. I really like this show. This weeks inspiration was an overnight glamping trip. I loved camping as a child. I think I was the only child who could camp and stay super clean. I hate (to this day too) getting dirty. I seriously do. If anything requires me to get dirty, I will refuse to do it. I just hate getting dirty that much. Momma used to tease me about it but in a nice way. We would also go fishing. Okay - Momma and the boys would go fishing, I would play with dolls or barbies in the boat. I don't touch fish or worms or anything gross like that. I will not clean the fish, however, I will cook it and eat it. I didn't mind cooking the fish, but I absolutely refused to clean the fish. That just grossed me out so much! Momma and Richard did a lot of the cleaning of the fish. Occasionally, I would hold the fishing pole but not very often. I am just not an outside type of person. We would also hike a lot. I was always the last one. We know now it was the fibro that made it hard for me, but we didn't know that then. I just remember that after we were done, I would be so wiped out and I would often have to take a nap when we got back to the campsite. I had the coolest tent ever but I did give it to the neighbors who camp all the time since I no longer camp.
I had to digress for a moment and give Maisy some love. Brandon put her in my lap and well I had to get some snuggles with her! She is such a good snuggler! I love that dog!!!!
Back to camping. I used to take my 2 cousins with me camping but I can't camp anymore. I have a hard time getting up and down, perhaps when I down all my weight I will be able to bend more. Maybe I will even be able to kneel, something I cannot do right now. It seriously hurts too much right now to do. I do miss hanging out with Celia and Samantha but they are adults now and Celia has 2 children. It seems like yesterday that they were very young and I spent a lot of time with them. We had a lot of fun together, the three of us. One time we even went camping with Momma. She had a good time too. Momma loved spending time with her nieces. Samantha and Celia used to come over quite a bit before they moved to Niagara Falls. I missed them when they moved there. Now both are grown up and Samantha is in London and Celia in Hamilton. They are so far away from me now.
Star and I are going to do some sewing together this fall. I need to figure out what I am making for the students' Christmas Presents and she wants to sew some various projects. I also think I want to make some skirts and dresses when I am down to a lesser weight. I had wanted to teach Calli to sew this summer but she was so busy that we just didn't have the time to do that. Maybe another season. With the beginning of Junior High in about 1 1/2 weeks, I think I will wait and see how she does with the first weeks of school before bringing up sewing. She is very busy and also has goalball on Saturdays. Acer wants to learn too but he is just as busy. Somedays, the kids are busier than I am on my busiest teaching and prep days! It is nice that they are busy because that means that they are learning and doing lots of things.
Calli, Acer, and I were loading my ipod with music today and wow! It did it on its own. Calli is such a sweet heart and gave me her speakers to her old ipod. She says she doesn't need it because she has an iphone. Talk about being a generous girl, Calli really is. Well, all of us are thrilled now that I have all the music in my music library on my ipod. My TV episode of Winter is Coming is not on it, but that is okay. I don't mind. I have seen it and that is all that matters. I have charged my ipod so it is ready to listen to tomorrow. I am going to start importing my CDs so they will also go on my ipod. I want alllllllll my Bon Jovi CDs on my ipod. I love Bon Jovi, they are my favorite band ever. My favorite singer is Amy Grant although there are others that I love too. I just like Amy Grant best of all. I haven't heard all of her latest CD but I do plan to get it soon. I just can't right now.
On September 27, I have an appointment with the doctor that I will be getting my hearing aids from. I am not sure if I will have them that day or if I am being fitted that day. I don't know. I don't remember the procedure to get them. I am nervous about them, but I do need them so I am getting them. It has become apparent in the last year that I need them and I can no longer ignore the lack of hearing issues. It is kind of a good thing I am getting them, but on the other hand, I am not sure how my headaches will react with them. I can only try. So I am both scared and excited to be getting the hearing aids, scared because of the headache issues and excited because I will be able to hear better and hear things I have never heard before. That will be good. I haven't had good hearing since I was about 13 when I had a severe ear infection in both ears that lasted 8 months and permanently damaged my hearing. It will be nice to not have to explain that I have a hearing loss and to look right at me when you speak to me. It will also help me teach longer as I get older since I will be able to hear better. That is very important to me as I love teaching and want to teach as long as possible.
I have a bad headache now. It got bad as the day wore on. By the time I got back from my blood tests, it was really bad. I hope it improves during the night. The last few weeks, I have had to get up in the middle of the night and take some Tylenol because my headache is so bad. I wake up every night between 1:30 and 3 and then again between 5 and 6 so it is between those two times I have to come downstairs and take the medicine.
Heather B-T and I are working on the kitchen and dining room. We are really working on organizing and finding homes for things. The kitchen counter looks very nice and so does the counter the right of the stove. We have managed to keep the dining room table pretty clear too. That is very helpful. I do have some stuff on top of the dresser that I need to find a new home for, but I will do that tomorrow before lessons. My lovely Elizabeth will be absent tomorrow because she had a family member pass away out of state and they are headed to the funeral. She will be moving her lesson day from Friday to Saturday since her current time is when she is at school. My Fridays will be a bit less busy since she will be moving to Saturday. Saturday will be getting a bit busier when fall starts, but I don't mind. Summer hasn't been busy enough. I only teach very part time, so to teach even less leaves even more free time for me to fill. I am glad school will be starting and that students will be coming back to lessons.
I hope your day was good too! Off to words with friends.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Wednesday 8-21
We are watching the second season of Game of Thrones, the first episode. I love this show. It is really good.
Last night, I met up with Star and we went to tea. It was nice and relaxing. Star has decided on the song she is singing on Sunday for the Nursing Home Concert. It is a nice piece that I think she will do well with.
Today, Calli and I cleared most of the counter and then Heather B-T cleared the rest. It looks every so much better. It really does. I am very pleased with how it looks. We have also separated all of our medicine into different baskets so I know where mine is and Bill knows where his is. It really is a better thing. I am happy with the changes or rather, improvements are being made around here. They are really much better and it is making things look ever so much better.
We got a new to us table last night from my friend, Diane. It is in excellent condition and the chairs are super comfortable. They are wonderful. I am pleased with them. We now can fit all 6 of us at the table without us being all into each others' space. It is a great thing.
Bill had his kidney stone surgery today. I hope he heals quickly and the pieces go away for him. He slept this afternoon and we just finished watching the Game of Thrones episode.
I got my bangs fixed today as they were cut crooked last time and it drove me absolutely crazy. Now they are even and I am one happy camper.
I am going to play some word of friends and head for bed. I am getting tired and I have to go to the doctor tomorrow. It is a follow up from the procedure I had a couple of weeks ago. I will also be weighed because they always weigh me. I would refuse but they don't let me. We shall see where I am at. Next week is my appointment with Dr. R, the neurologist. Nothing like a medical event every single week for a month.
Last night, I met up with Star and we went to tea. It was nice and relaxing. Star has decided on the song she is singing on Sunday for the Nursing Home Concert. It is a nice piece that I think she will do well with.
Today, Calli and I cleared most of the counter and then Heather B-T cleared the rest. It looks every so much better. It really does. I am very pleased with how it looks. We have also separated all of our medicine into different baskets so I know where mine is and Bill knows where his is. It really is a better thing. I am happy with the changes or rather, improvements are being made around here. They are really much better and it is making things look ever so much better.
We got a new to us table last night from my friend, Diane. It is in excellent condition and the chairs are super comfortable. They are wonderful. I am pleased with them. We now can fit all 6 of us at the table without us being all into each others' space. It is a great thing.
Bill had his kidney stone surgery today. I hope he heals quickly and the pieces go away for him. He slept this afternoon and we just finished watching the Game of Thrones episode.
I got my bangs fixed today as they were cut crooked last time and it drove me absolutely crazy. Now they are even and I am one happy camper.
I am going to play some word of friends and head for bed. I am getting tired and I have to go to the doctor tomorrow. It is a follow up from the procedure I had a couple of weeks ago. I will also be weighed because they always weigh me. I would refuse but they don't let me. We shall see where I am at. Next week is my appointment with Dr. R, the neurologist. Nothing like a medical event every single week for a month.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
The start of a new week 8-18
Ah, Sunday, a day of rest, sort of. In the olden days, you didn't do any work on Sundays at all and some still hold true to that. Stores were closed, nothing was really open but churches and family homes for dinners. We used to have Sunday dinners with family every Sunday when I was very small. Then after my grandmother died, we stopped having family dinners there. Mom always had something special for dinner and when I was learning how to cook, Mom taught me something new for Sunday dinners. I don't remember a lot of what I made, but I do know how to make good roasts and chickens. I can make a mean pot roast with veggies. I should shock everyone and do one! That would be so surprising for everyone. He he he! I will!!! I will get a good roast next month along with the veggies and make a dinner for the family.
Today the kids came home from camp. It has been a quiet 4 days without them. They left on Thursday and arrived today. Both had a really good time. Acer wanted to listen to some YouTube videos right away of the bop it games. We were exploring YouTube before he left. YouTube was not working too well today so we had to stop watching them. Acer was able to get some on his ipod but even they weren't working too well. I told him we would try again this week.
I am excited because Hannah will be having lessons again. She is such a good piano player not to mention a really nice young lady. I can't believe it has been 10 years since I met her and her family. Her sister, Sarah, will be 10 next month. She was a tiny baby when I first met her. I have some fun new music for the young lady for her lesson tomorrow. It is more music from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. It has such wonderful music in it! I know that I enjoy the music a lot too.
Next week, Sunday, will be the summer concert at the Shelby Nursing Center. I am excited about this because my friend, Jen will also be performing. I asked her too. I will be collecting the names of the songs that the kids will be performing at the nursing home. I have to get some ink so I can make the programs. I want to have them for the residents. I hope that I make enough and not too many or not enough. I think the kids will enjoy the concert too. Acer and Calli are doing a duet of "Ave Maria" as they both know the song really well. Acer will also be playing a piano solo and singing a vocal solo. He is singing "Hands" but he and I are not sure what song he will play on the piano yet. He is such an amazing young man. He really is. He and Calli sound so lovely together when they sing duets. I really love how they blend. My three little girls will be playing the piano too. They are such good piano players. It is hard to believe how young they are. The twins, Brooke and Jillian are 6 and Aubrey is 8. Aubrey is the youngest student who has ever been in the level she is in. I mean, wow, she is amazing. All 3 of the little ones are going to competition. I am excited about that. They are also writing their essays for their entries for the scholarship for the weekend. I hope one of them wins! I really do. Everything is due so early for the competition this year. I have to remember to contact Becca about lessons and see if she is going to competition this year. I can't remember how old she is now. Last year I knew exactly what I wanted her to sing but this year I am not sure. I will have to give it some major thought. It is something I will need to do in the next few weeks.
I ache everywhere today and it is more than usual. I don't really know why, but I am taking stuff for that. I feel much better than I did earlier in the day but I am still more sore than usual. I figure after another night sleep I should be better tomorrow.
Today the kids came home from camp. It has been a quiet 4 days without them. They left on Thursday and arrived today. Both had a really good time. Acer wanted to listen to some YouTube videos right away of the bop it games. We were exploring YouTube before he left. YouTube was not working too well today so we had to stop watching them. Acer was able to get some on his ipod but even they weren't working too well. I told him we would try again this week.
I am excited because Hannah will be having lessons again. She is such a good piano player not to mention a really nice young lady. I can't believe it has been 10 years since I met her and her family. Her sister, Sarah, will be 10 next month. She was a tiny baby when I first met her. I have some fun new music for the young lady for her lesson tomorrow. It is more music from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. It has such wonderful music in it! I know that I enjoy the music a lot too.
Next week, Sunday, will be the summer concert at the Shelby Nursing Center. I am excited about this because my friend, Jen will also be performing. I asked her too. I will be collecting the names of the songs that the kids will be performing at the nursing home. I have to get some ink so I can make the programs. I want to have them for the residents. I hope that I make enough and not too many or not enough. I think the kids will enjoy the concert too. Acer and Calli are doing a duet of "Ave Maria" as they both know the song really well. Acer will also be playing a piano solo and singing a vocal solo. He is singing "Hands" but he and I are not sure what song he will play on the piano yet. He is such an amazing young man. He really is. He and Calli sound so lovely together when they sing duets. I really love how they blend. My three little girls will be playing the piano too. They are such good piano players. It is hard to believe how young they are. The twins, Brooke and Jillian are 6 and Aubrey is 8. Aubrey is the youngest student who has ever been in the level she is in. I mean, wow, she is amazing. All 3 of the little ones are going to competition. I am excited about that. They are also writing their essays for their entries for the scholarship for the weekend. I hope one of them wins! I really do. Everything is due so early for the competition this year. I have to remember to contact Becca about lessons and see if she is going to competition this year. I can't remember how old she is now. Last year I knew exactly what I wanted her to sing but this year I am not sure. I will have to give it some major thought. It is something I will need to do in the next few weeks.
I ache everywhere today and it is more than usual. I don't really know why, but I am taking stuff for that. I feel much better than I did earlier in the day but I am still more sore than usual. I figure after another night sleep I should be better tomorrow.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
A Beautiful Day 8-17
It is so lovely outside! It really is. Heather B-T was ambitious today and she has taken down about 6 trees that are growing in the wrong places in the patio so far today. I am impressed and it looks so nice without those trees where they don't belong. She is a master gardener and a landscaper. There really isn't much she can't do with flowers and trees. They grow like magic for her. It is beautiful to see. I really appreciate a beautiful garden, I just know that I don't really have the skills to create it myself but I love beautiful gardens that others create. A garden is such a lovely, living, breathing element that brings peace to me. It always has. Mom had that magic too and she loved working in the garden. When we were small, we also had vegetable gardens and nothing was cooler than going to the garden to get our dinner. I tried to grow on many years ago but since I had no idea when they were ripe and ready to be picked, I killed them all. Some of the vegetables didn't even grow so that was the last time I tried to create one myself. Now, I just bask in the beauty and appreciate other people's work.
Maisy wasn't a happy camper for some of the afternoon as she couldn't go out with Mama. She had to stay in with me. At one point that was fine. She came up into my room and was on my bed snuggling with me but then once Heather B-T and Bill came back in the house, we both came down the stairs. She is sitting in the hallway where she can see all three of us. Maisy likes to know where her people are at all times. Such a sweet little fluffy dog, she is.
I have an Hiatal Hernia. There really isn't any treatment that I am not already doing. I am taking both Zantac and Prilosec so I am covered. They say most people don't really have any symptoms and that is it with me so I am glad about that. It hurts occasionally in the area but I don't believe it is the hernia at all, just the usual fibro stuff. With fibro, you can have weird pains at any time and I am no exception to that rule. I do have weird pains at different times but nothing too serious. I take my medicine and if necessary some Tylenol and then I am back to the usual me. I am glad that the bleeding is gone. I do have issues with bleeding but I am glad at this point I am not bleeding at all or as far as I know anyway! Dr. T does want me to see an Hematologist though. I will ask why when i see Rachel this coming week. I actually see his Physician's Assistants and I don't mind. I usually see Linetta but she is on maternity leave so right now I am seeing Rachel. I do hope to return to see Linetta soon because I really do like her and I think she has helped with the IBS and tummy issues a lot. I just don't really want another doctor to see but I will talk it over and then make a decision. I go to see Rachel on Thursday.
Today is a regular pain day, including the headache pain. It isn't too bad, it isn't gone, it is just there. I was super tired earlier since I did have to get up early and I didn't sleep too well last night but that is normal for me, especially on a Saturday. I don't have any lessons tomorrow so I can sleep in. I did have to go and get some Tylenol Pm and Regular extra strength Tylenol since we were completely out. I didn't bring Maisy as I was going into the store and I don't bring her when I go into stores because I don't like to leave her in the car. I don't ever like to leave her in the car so I only bring her when I am going through drive thrus or to get gas or to the bank because then we don't get out of the car. There is a gas station around town that will actually pump the gas for you and since I can't stand the smell of gas (it makes me nauseous), I will drive 8 extra miles to go there. I really will and naturally, if I can, I will take Maisy.
I am doing pretty well on the words with friends game. I am improving, which is my goal, of course, I enjoy the game so I play it pretty much every day. I am not so into the other games I was into like the angry birds as I was when I first got my nook. Now, I just play words with friends.
Maisy is sitting right next to me right now as Heather B-T and Bill went to get dinner. I am not sure if they are cooking or picking something up. It doesn't matter. Either is fine with me. I love sitting next to Maisy. She is such a soothing presence.
Well, anyway, it has been such a lovely day and now when I look out my window, I can see more of the backyard and less of the trees that don't belong in the patio in the backyard. It looks every so much nicer. Heather B-T does a nice job. I can see Mom's roses much better now too. They are fully blooming and are red. They are carpet roses and the bush is huge and I mean huge. It hasn't been looked after for about 10 years so the little bush is now a huge bush. We had something weird happen to us this week. One of our neighbors, with their dog, walked into our backyard, looked at it and walked out. Now, in order to get into the back yard, you have to go through the side yard but wow, who goes into neighbors yards like that? It was very strange. We have some good neighbors and some strange neighbors. That is all I can say. We do have one that complains about our yard (or used to) when Mom was still here. I could only afford to have someone come and cut the yard every couple weeks so the lawn would get long except in July when it would be brown because of the high heat and no rain (not like this year where it rained all July). She would call and complain and then complain to the board of directors for our sub. It finally got to the point where the head of the board went and told her exactly what was going on here, how Mom was really sick, and that I couldn't afford to have it done weekly. She left me alone after that but still, mind your own lawn. I was doing the best that I could do. Mom had to take top priority with me. She needed me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I helped her with everything. I do miss taking care of her - not everything - but somethings. I miss our walks, picking out her clothes, and things like that. I miss taking her everywhere with me. A daughter's revenge on mom for clothes that she put me in as a child (not that I didn't like everything she ever put me in, because I did - she had good taste), was for me to pick her clothes out for her everyday. I made sure she looked super cute at all times. Momma had to have the hair, the clothes, the shoes, everything put together to make her look adorable and she did, let me tell you. I brought Mom pretty much everywhere with me. Near the end, I had to have someone come and stay with her because she couldn't walk that well, but up until that part, she just came with me. It never occurred to me to leave her at home. Why would I? It wasn't a problem to bring her. She started coming everywhere with me in summer of 2006, she pretty much came everywhere with me prior to that but she could still drive at that point so she didn't come to the store with me, I didn't own it at that point. If I wasn't going to work, she came with me but if I was going to teach, she didn't. Once my brother and I bought the store she came with me to work and she loved every minute of it. It made her feel so important and that was good because she was important to me. I miss being with her all the time. I know people would say take time for yourself and I did when I needed to but I knew there would come a day when I would have all the self time I wanted plus some. I wanted to spend the time with her and that is what I did. We were a team. That is what I remember the most. Momma and I were a team.
On to words with friends and then some dinner soon. I am getting a bit hungry, which is unusual in itself. I don't get hungry very often. It isn't quite time to feed the Maisy girl yet either so we will both be eating about the same time. She is sitting patiently at the hallway at the top of the stairs, waiting for the rest of her "people" to get home.
Maisy wasn't a happy camper for some of the afternoon as she couldn't go out with Mama. She had to stay in with me. At one point that was fine. She came up into my room and was on my bed snuggling with me but then once Heather B-T and Bill came back in the house, we both came down the stairs. She is sitting in the hallway where she can see all three of us. Maisy likes to know where her people are at all times. Such a sweet little fluffy dog, she is.
I have an Hiatal Hernia. There really isn't any treatment that I am not already doing. I am taking both Zantac and Prilosec so I am covered. They say most people don't really have any symptoms and that is it with me so I am glad about that. It hurts occasionally in the area but I don't believe it is the hernia at all, just the usual fibro stuff. With fibro, you can have weird pains at any time and I am no exception to that rule. I do have weird pains at different times but nothing too serious. I take my medicine and if necessary some Tylenol and then I am back to the usual me. I am glad that the bleeding is gone. I do have issues with bleeding but I am glad at this point I am not bleeding at all or as far as I know anyway! Dr. T does want me to see an Hematologist though. I will ask why when i see Rachel this coming week. I actually see his Physician's Assistants and I don't mind. I usually see Linetta but she is on maternity leave so right now I am seeing Rachel. I do hope to return to see Linetta soon because I really do like her and I think she has helped with the IBS and tummy issues a lot. I just don't really want another doctor to see but I will talk it over and then make a decision. I go to see Rachel on Thursday.
Today is a regular pain day, including the headache pain. It isn't too bad, it isn't gone, it is just there. I was super tired earlier since I did have to get up early and I didn't sleep too well last night but that is normal for me, especially on a Saturday. I don't have any lessons tomorrow so I can sleep in. I did have to go and get some Tylenol Pm and Regular extra strength Tylenol since we were completely out. I didn't bring Maisy as I was going into the store and I don't bring her when I go into stores because I don't like to leave her in the car. I don't ever like to leave her in the car so I only bring her when I am going through drive thrus or to get gas or to the bank because then we don't get out of the car. There is a gas station around town that will actually pump the gas for you and since I can't stand the smell of gas (it makes me nauseous), I will drive 8 extra miles to go there. I really will and naturally, if I can, I will take Maisy.
I am doing pretty well on the words with friends game. I am improving, which is my goal, of course, I enjoy the game so I play it pretty much every day. I am not so into the other games I was into like the angry birds as I was when I first got my nook. Now, I just play words with friends.
Maisy is sitting right next to me right now as Heather B-T and Bill went to get dinner. I am not sure if they are cooking or picking something up. It doesn't matter. Either is fine with me. I love sitting next to Maisy. She is such a soothing presence.
Well, anyway, it has been such a lovely day and now when I look out my window, I can see more of the backyard and less of the trees that don't belong in the patio in the backyard. It looks every so much nicer. Heather B-T does a nice job. I can see Mom's roses much better now too. They are fully blooming and are red. They are carpet roses and the bush is huge and I mean huge. It hasn't been looked after for about 10 years so the little bush is now a huge bush. We had something weird happen to us this week. One of our neighbors, with their dog, walked into our backyard, looked at it and walked out. Now, in order to get into the back yard, you have to go through the side yard but wow, who goes into neighbors yards like that? It was very strange. We have some good neighbors and some strange neighbors. That is all I can say. We do have one that complains about our yard (or used to) when Mom was still here. I could only afford to have someone come and cut the yard every couple weeks so the lawn would get long except in July when it would be brown because of the high heat and no rain (not like this year where it rained all July). She would call and complain and then complain to the board of directors for our sub. It finally got to the point where the head of the board went and told her exactly what was going on here, how Mom was really sick, and that I couldn't afford to have it done weekly. She left me alone after that but still, mind your own lawn. I was doing the best that I could do. Mom had to take top priority with me. She needed me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I helped her with everything. I do miss taking care of her - not everything - but somethings. I miss our walks, picking out her clothes, and things like that. I miss taking her everywhere with me. A daughter's revenge on mom for clothes that she put me in as a child (not that I didn't like everything she ever put me in, because I did - she had good taste), was for me to pick her clothes out for her everyday. I made sure she looked super cute at all times. Momma had to have the hair, the clothes, the shoes, everything put together to make her look adorable and she did, let me tell you. I brought Mom pretty much everywhere with me. Near the end, I had to have someone come and stay with her because she couldn't walk that well, but up until that part, she just came with me. It never occurred to me to leave her at home. Why would I? It wasn't a problem to bring her. She started coming everywhere with me in summer of 2006, she pretty much came everywhere with me prior to that but she could still drive at that point so she didn't come to the store with me, I didn't own it at that point. If I wasn't going to work, she came with me but if I was going to teach, she didn't. Once my brother and I bought the store she came with me to work and she loved every minute of it. It made her feel so important and that was good because she was important to me. I miss being with her all the time. I know people would say take time for yourself and I did when I needed to but I knew there would come a day when I would have all the self time I wanted plus some. I wanted to spend the time with her and that is what I did. We were a team. That is what I remember the most. Momma and I were a team.
On to words with friends and then some dinner soon. I am getting a bit hungry, which is unusual in itself. I don't get hungry very often. It isn't quite time to feed the Maisy girl yet either so we will both be eating about the same time. She is sitting patiently at the hallway at the top of the stairs, waiting for the rest of her "people" to get home.
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