What's new Saturday!
Susan:
Sorry you are having problems sleeping. What are you on? Maybe your doctor needs to tweak your meds. I take two: Elavil and neurontin ... and boy, do they knock me out (plus the vicodin for pain that I take when I get home from work in agony from my knee/back).
If I had money, I'd sponsor you, but I can just wish you luck and good walking weather. Hope it doesn't rain!
Our gas prices shot up this week too, and our governor got on TV yesterday to threaten gas gougers. There have been reports of gas going up to $5 a gallon near Battle Creek, although some say that's a rumor. Don't know because I'm not driving down to Battle Creek because it's far and I don't want to waste the gas. I was fortunate to get gas on Monday when it was $3.69; now it's up to $4.09.
Sorry you are having problems sleeping. What are you on? Maybe your doctor needs to tweak your meds. I take two: Elavil and neurontin ... and boy, do they knock me out (plus the vicodin for pain that I take when I get home from work in agony from my knee/back).
If I had money, I'd sponsor you, but I can just wish you luck and good walking weather. Hope it doesn't rain!
Our gas prices shot up this week too, and our governor got on TV yesterday to threaten gas gougers. There have been reports of gas going up to $5 a gallon near Battle Creek, although some say that's a rumor. Don't know because I'm not driving down to Battle Creek because it's far and I don't want to waste the gas. I was fortunate to get gas on Monday when it was $3.69; now it's up to $4.09.
Good morning, my lovelies and those of you who are handsome. I couldn't think of a word for that. I thought of handsomelies but I don't think that is a word. haha
It is raining here too. I am so tired of rain that I could just scream. It has done nothing but rain for the past few days. We have an electric box outside near us and it is surrounded by a lake. I think it should be named Lake Ike but I don't like him so I refuse to name it after him. He is NOT nice so no one that is not nice doesn't deserve to have something named after him.
We changed out furniture around last week and so now there is a big walk way and Misty just loves it. She lays around and jumps and runs and is in general just basking in the room. She hasn't really had it since we moved down here because the rooms here are smaller than they were upstairs. I like it too but I am thinking it is short lived. I don't like the furniture like it is. It just seems to cluttered to me. Bill isn't going to like moving it again but did he really think I married him for his pretty face?
I am planning on staying home today but might make a short trip to Wal Mart for some little things. Nothing much and I mean it this time. I get so tired of giving them my whole pay check. Or should I say Bill's whole pay check.
Just sitting here watching Andy Griffith show and waiting for my beloved I Love Lucy to start. I have about 2 hours of her each and every Saturday. Is there any wonder why Saturday's are my favorite day of the week?
I was so sick last night. Harpo was not happy at all either. He was revolting about something and didn't even carry a picket sign either. Or maybe he was and that is some of why I wasn't feeling good. Maybe the sign was poking me and that was the pain that I was having. I kept going to the bathroom and on the whole I felt like a piece of **** on the bottom of someones shoe. Not a good feeling. I am feeling somewhat better today but still not 100%. I hope that changes soon since I don't like feeling like this.
Julia, when I got the POA for mom I went to our attorney and he didn't charge much. One good thing on that too was she was beginning to forget and had some problems with the questions but he took care of it anyway since he knew us. That was a help. With the POA that we got it covered everything from health and finances. I think it cost us $25 and that was it.
I better get going. I have started to do this for a some time and then something would enter my head and I would be off on something else. Now for sure it is the thing I am going to do. I am sending love and big old hugs to go with them. I am sending up prayers for everyone and special ones for those in need of them. Have a wonderful day and stay dry or at least give it your best shot. I am saying lots of prayers for those who having problems with Ike. I just want him to go away and not come back~anywhere. He is nasty from what I hear. I heard he is the size of the state of Texas. Stay blessed all.
It is raining here too. I am so tired of rain that I could just scream. It has done nothing but rain for the past few days. We have an electric box outside near us and it is surrounded by a lake. I think it should be named Lake Ike but I don't like him so I refuse to name it after him. He is NOT nice so no one that is not nice doesn't deserve to have something named after him.
We changed out furniture around last week and so now there is a big walk way and Misty just loves it. She lays around and jumps and runs and is in general just basking in the room. She hasn't really had it since we moved down here because the rooms here are smaller than they were upstairs. I like it too but I am thinking it is short lived. I don't like the furniture like it is. It just seems to cluttered to me. Bill isn't going to like moving it again but did he really think I married him for his pretty face?
I am planning on staying home today but might make a short trip to Wal Mart for some little things. Nothing much and I mean it this time. I get so tired of giving them my whole pay check. Or should I say Bill's whole pay check.
Just sitting here watching Andy Griffith show and waiting for my beloved I Love Lucy to start. I have about 2 hours of her each and every Saturday. Is there any wonder why Saturday's are my favorite day of the week?
I was so sick last night. Harpo was not happy at all either. He was revolting about something and didn't even carry a picket sign either. Or maybe he was and that is some of why I wasn't feeling good. Maybe the sign was poking me and that was the pain that I was having. I kept going to the bathroom and on the whole I felt like a piece of **** on the bottom of someones shoe. Not a good feeling. I am feeling somewhat better today but still not 100%. I hope that changes soon since I don't like feeling like this.
Julia, when I got the POA for mom I went to our attorney and he didn't charge much. One good thing on that too was she was beginning to forget and had some problems with the questions but he took care of it anyway since he knew us. That was a help. With the POA that we got it covered everything from health and finances. I think it cost us $25 and that was it.
I better get going. I have started to do this for a some time and then something would enter my head and I would be off on something else. Now for sure it is the thing I am going to do. I am sending love and big old hugs to go with them. I am sending up prayers for everyone and special ones for those in need of them. Have a wonderful day and stay dry or at least give it your best shot. I am saying lots of prayers for those who having problems with Ike. I just want him to go away and not come back~anywhere. He is nasty from what I hear. I heard he is the size of the state of Texas. Stay blessed all.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter
that tells what kind of life you have lived.
Hi Brenda:
It was good talking to you yesterday. You are like my brother in your redecorating ... he likes to move furniture around, too. He does it often (but not so much anymore since he has back/neck issues). Me, I leave things as is most of the time. I get things where I want them and that's it. For one, it's too heavy for me to move and two, I don't want to move things around again. I have done enough moving in my life. He also likes to watch Lucy on Saturdays, too.
It was good talking to you yesterday. You are like my brother in your redecorating ... he likes to move furniture around, too. He does it often (but not so much anymore since he has back/neck issues). Me, I leave things as is most of the time. I get things where I want them and that's it. For one, it's too heavy for me to move and two, I don't want to move things around again. I have done enough moving in my life. He also likes to watch Lucy on Saturdays, too.
Good Morning all,
I hope all those who are residents in the path of Ike are safe.
I am fine. Ha! Ha! Ha!. I tried to go back to work yesterday. The Dr. put me on a 25 lb. weight lift limit, and because I am a nurse, in a hospital ,the unit where I work does not want me back till I can lift 50 lbs. Bummer. No more time off, so there will not be a pay check every 2 weeks.
Friends have told me to get a lawyer. This is not right. Is it because I had bariatric surgery.
They find jobs in the hospital for workers comp. cases.
I have short term disability, that I am paying for. Called them yesterday, and they are telling me that this claim may be denied because it is cosmetic surgery. I told insurance that it was not cosmetic surgery.
I am so silly. I should have research all of this before I said yes to the surgery. Where did the brain go. LOL Being over 50 , at times is no fun.....
I hope all those who are residents in the path of Ike are safe.
I am fine. Ha! Ha! Ha!. I tried to go back to work yesterday. The Dr. put me on a 25 lb. weight lift limit, and because I am a nurse, in a hospital ,the unit where I work does not want me back till I can lift 50 lbs. Bummer. No more time off, so there will not be a pay check every 2 weeks.
Friends have told me to get a lawyer. This is not right. Is it because I had bariatric surgery.
They find jobs in the hospital for workers comp. cases.
I have short term disability, that I am paying for. Called them yesterday, and they are telling me that this claim may be denied because it is cosmetic surgery. I told insurance that it was not cosmetic surgery.
I am so silly. I should have research all of this before I said yes to the surgery. Where did the brain go. LOL Being over 50 , at times is no fun.....
Donna:
I have a friend who is a hospital nurse, and when she broke her ankle, she was limited in what she could do. She came back to work and did training and paperwork, but they were really reluctant to give her anything. She had to be kind of forceful to get even that work. I don't know what it is about hospitals not wanting to give hours to their employees who come back and want to work. That's crap! When I had my surgery, I took three weeks off with pay and then came back; my boss would have given me six weeks off ... he thought that's what I would need to recuperate because he had a friend who had open rny and that's what that person need (I had lap). I was pretty much OK after three weeks except for some fatigue and problems with the antibiotics I was taking for a minor incisional infection. (the antibiotics made me sick.) Of course, I sit at a desk and don't have to lift anything. But my employer was much more understanding of sick leave than yours is.
As for short-term disability, bariatric surgery is definitely not cosmetic! I would think you could fight that. That's really crappy.
I have a friend who is a hospital nurse, and when she broke her ankle, she was limited in what she could do. She came back to work and did training and paperwork, but they were really reluctant to give her anything. She had to be kind of forceful to get even that work. I don't know what it is about hospitals not wanting to give hours to their employees who come back and want to work. That's crap! When I had my surgery, I took three weeks off with pay and then came back; my boss would have given me six weeks off ... he thought that's what I would need to recuperate because he had a friend who had open rny and that's what that person need (I had lap). I was pretty much OK after three weeks except for some fatigue and problems with the antibiotics I was taking for a minor incisional infection. (the antibiotics made me sick.) Of course, I sit at a desk and don't have to lift anything. But my employer was much more understanding of sick leave than yours is.
As for short-term disability, bariatric surgery is definitely not cosmetic! I would think you could fight that. That's really crappy.
To find out who is... well, you shouldn't. 
Just accept the love and enjoy knowing that someone out here cares for you and your situation. What a wonderful "pick me up"..... ENJOY the coffee. Millie Millie:
It was a wonderful pick-me-up! I am drinking some Starbucks Anniversary Blend right now that I bought last week
... it's yummy and I may buy some more (it's not exactly cheap, but I like good coffee!). I know, I should just accept the gift, but it's the former reporter in me ... I'm just naturally curious. It's nice knowing someone cares for me ... sometimes I feel all alone up here, living alone and not having anyone to talk to or to do things with ... y'all here on the board are my lifeline many times, and I couldn't manage without you. I would have backslid so many times if I didn't have you.
It was a wonderful pick-me-up! I am drinking some Starbucks Anniversary Blend right now that I bought last week
... it's yummy and I may buy some more (it's not exactly cheap, but I like good coffee!). I know, I should just accept the gift, but it's the former reporter in me ... I'm just naturally curious. It's nice knowing someone cares for me ... sometimes I feel all alone up here, living alone and not having anyone to talk to or to do things with ... y'all here on the board are my lifeline many times, and I couldn't manage without you. I would have backslid so many times if I didn't have you. 
Aloha Eileen and Off family.....
Nice surprise Eileen........a little love gift. That must have made you feel very good. I hope so.
Susan, Pat and others who have mentioned sleep problems, I'm right there with you. It's 4:40 a.m. right now, and I've actually been awake since 2:00!! I went to sleep early last night (9:00) because I have to be at the hospital early this morning (5:30) to test the newborns, but at 11:30 I woke hearing loud laughing and shouting from the POOL DOWN IN THE YARD!! I crept out on the lanai, and sure enough there were six young people in the pool, drunk as skunks, whooping it up. Our complex sort of wraps around the pool and it echos, especially in the quiet of the night! I sat in the dark on the lanai for a few minutes listening and then I saw my neighbor come out of the darkness dressed in a Hawaiian sarong and go over to the pool and say something to these kids. I don't know what she said (I'll ask her this morning...she works at the hospital, too), but in a few minutes, it was all quiet again. THANK HEAVENS! But, I never did really get back to sleep....just dozing until I finally gave it up and made coffee and watched an episode of "House" that I'd recorded.
I watched so much "IKE" news last night, and couldn't help but worry about everyone in it's path. Even Janet...who I thought was going to be safe and sound........Ike seems to want to mess up her area, too. I hope our Texas, La. sisters check in an let us know they are OK.
Here it is warm at 4:45 a.m......I'm wearing stretchy shorts and a long tank top to work!! I can hear the ocean crashing onto the shore outside.........we must have surf which means we'll have surfer dudes and dudettes out riding the waves very soon.
To those of you who have just had surgery or are about to have it........yippee!! You are on your way to a new life. The past two years since my surgery has been so amazing.......freeing me up to live life again. That is why I'm not on here as much as I used to be.....I'm out doing things again. My appreciation runs deep though for all that helped me along the way....especially the OFF family!! This is our soft place to fall when things get rough and they do sometimes. As Aime says "I'm humbled by the love of my OFF family." (sorry if I misquoted Aime!)
Time to get going to the hospital and see how many babies were born yesterday. I hope you all have a great Saturday.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
Nice surprise Eileen........a little love gift. That must have made you feel very good. I hope so.
Susan, Pat and others who have mentioned sleep problems, I'm right there with you. It's 4:40 a.m. right now, and I've actually been awake since 2:00!! I went to sleep early last night (9:00) because I have to be at the hospital early this morning (5:30) to test the newborns, but at 11:30 I woke hearing loud laughing and shouting from the POOL DOWN IN THE YARD!! I crept out on the lanai, and sure enough there were six young people in the pool, drunk as skunks, whooping it up. Our complex sort of wraps around the pool and it echos, especially in the quiet of the night! I sat in the dark on the lanai for a few minutes listening and then I saw my neighbor come out of the darkness dressed in a Hawaiian sarong and go over to the pool and say something to these kids. I don't know what she said (I'll ask her this morning...she works at the hospital, too), but in a few minutes, it was all quiet again. THANK HEAVENS! But, I never did really get back to sleep....just dozing until I finally gave it up and made coffee and watched an episode of "House" that I'd recorded.
I watched so much "IKE" news last night, and couldn't help but worry about everyone in it's path. Even Janet...who I thought was going to be safe and sound........Ike seems to want to mess up her area, too. I hope our Texas, La. sisters check in an let us know they are OK.
Here it is warm at 4:45 a.m......I'm wearing stretchy shorts and a long tank top to work!! I can hear the ocean crashing onto the shore outside.........we must have surf which means we'll have surfer dudes and dudettes out riding the waves very soon.
To those of you who have just had surgery or are about to have it........yippee!! You are on your way to a new life. The past two years since my surgery has been so amazing.......freeing me up to live life again. That is why I'm not on here as much as I used to be.....I'm out doing things again. My appreciation runs deep though for all that helped me along the way....especially the OFF family!! This is our soft place to fall when things get rough and they do sometimes. As Aime says "I'm humbled by the love of my OFF family." (sorry if I misquoted Aime!)
Time to get going to the hospital and see how many babies were born yesterday. I hope you all have a great Saturday.
Aloha nui loa,
Maui Karen
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