I am my mother's daughter

WANTED: Normal life, must include good health, enjoyable job, great friends and loving family. 

Well, three out of four ain't bad.  Don't get me wrong, I am vey grateful for the blessings in my life.  I do have much to be thankful for.  However, I am dealing with some health issues and the complications from them. 

My eyes are playing games with me.  It was both of them at first, but now it is mostly my right eye.  Which explains why my left eye is now my new favorite eye.  Righty is not listening to me. 

I say "lets look to the right"  and it says, "no, I like the view of your nose better."  I say, "lets look straight ahead!"  Righty says "what did I just say?  You weren't listening were you?"  ARRRGH! 

As long as I keep Righty covered up, Lefty works just fine, so I have borrowed a trick from my Mom, who dealt with similar issues.  Its called a Redneck Eyepatch, i.e. black electrical tape on the right lense of my glasses.  I need a "Captain Jack Sparrow" wig or a parrot or something.

In the meantime, I am not allowed to drive or work (doctor's orders).  I go back to the doctor on Monday and hopefully will get clearance to go back to work (back to the blessings-I have a dad who is willing to play chauffer)    There are still many unawsered questions and I am getting a little stir-crazy, but I know that no one has a "normal" life.  It just doesn't exist.  So I will count my blessings, be grateful for what I do have and pray.

Tuesday Feb. 2nd will mark the third anniversay of Mom's homegoing.  She handled the trials she faced throughout her life with a few tears, a lot of grace and even more laughter.   I wanna be like her.


PS  Did you know you can magnify your view of an individual web page?  Its kinda helpful.

PPS Please forgive typos and misspellings, I'm only working with one eye here people :)

...randoms...

While I really do not like the snow we have been dealing with lately, I have to admit that it has been quite pretty.  Its so cold, that it is not melting.  The result is it looks like God took out a big shaker jar of glitter and went crazy!

I would love to have a fireplace.  I would then waste hours staring at it.

I am very proud of my Cinnamon puppy!  Ok so she is not really a puppy, she is somewhere around 7 yrs. old. and probably weighs around 75 lbs  She is living with my sister and brother law right now and they got her out on Thursday when the kids had a snow day and they all played in the snow.  She didn't jump on the kids and even pulled them on the tobaggon. 

Between being sick, then the holidays, then being on prednisone, I have gained weight.  It is not good.  I need to shape up literally.   I need to cut back on the amount I am eating as well as what I am eating.  I also need to get some exercise.  The treadmilll has been cleaned off and I have no excuse to not try. 

wait, what?

Its just under two weeks to Christmas and I am not ready.  Ok, no surprise there.  But I have done some preparations and even bought a few gifts.  I even have ideas for what I am going to buy to finish of my list. 

I do need to spend some time on another project pretty quickly, homemade Christmas cards.  I have the cards, stamps, stickers etc.  Now I just need something inspiring to write on them.  This is where I get stuck, my procrastination and inability to make decisions conspire to bring me down. 

I am looking forward to the holidays, not just because of the time off of work, but because I can spend time with family and friends.  My Aunt Kristy and Uncle Matt are coming up from Kansas City for Christmas so I will get to spend some time with them.  One of the fun things we tend to do is go to a movie together.  They took me to see the first Lord of the Rings movie and needless to say, I was hooked.  I'm also looking forward to Sunday because I getting together with a bunch of family for an ornament making party.  We will be eating snacks, sporting our jammies, and getting crafty.  I'm sure there will be lots of laughs and lots of pictures.  I have already made some snacks to contribute to the party, peppermint bark, dark chocolate mint almond bark, white chocolate pretzel rods,. and raspberry fudge. Is it time to eat yet?






 

Life is just one big adventure

My laptop has been revived!  I am finally (6 months was a long time) able to use my laptop again.  Hmm, maybe I will be able to blog again more regularly.   It is nice to be able to check my email and to get online when I am at home.  It is also time to start sending out another round of resumes now that I can use a word processor again.

I am settled into my new residence and Cinnamon is safely housed in her new kennel at my sister's house.  She is getting some training from my brother in law and lots of love (and treats) from Chloe and Caden.  Of course everytime I start to settle into a routine, craziness is sure to make an appearance.  Last week, I stayed overnight at my sister's to watch the kids while she and her husband took an overnight trip.  This week, my work schedule is wacky because of Thanksgiving.  I actually have to go work on Monday, can you believe it.  But I am not going to complain, because I will off from Thanksgiving day and I won't have to go back until the next Wednesday. 

Oh sorry, I got distracted there for a minute.  I am watching POC At World's End and it is the trippy part with Captain Jack Sparrow in Davy Jones' locker....where was I?

Its almost time for Robin Hood, only three episodes left.  Fun show if you haven't seen it, seasons 1 and 2 are available on dvd.  We're going to have some popcorn and enjoy the show because we are all too full from eating at the wedding this afternoon to eat dinner.   Today was the big day for my now ex roommate and her fiance.  I wish them all the best.

oh, there's Robin now! 

Later :)