Good Wednesday Morning from Michigan

Good Morning my OFF Sisters,

I'm up early for a reason.  First, I have an 8:00 appointment to get something done to my back, similar to an epidural.  Then, this afternoon, I'm getting an endoscopy done.  I was permitted to have clear liquids till 6:00 a.m.  So, I fueled up to keep my blood sugar up.

I'd appreciate prayer for my Mom amd my daughter.  Mom is in a deep depression, her usual bipolar stuff.  It's always disturbing to talk to her when she's like this.  Then, Colleen is experiencing a huge co-dependency issue with me in town.  I've tried really hard to respect her boundaries.  She's acknowledged that what she's experiencing is from within her, and not because of me.  I never wanted to relate to my kids the way Mom has been with me.  Yet, I still blow it at times, I still come across like the old me, while not intending to.  My motivation is to help her, like with things related to our trip to PA.  Unfortunately, her old tapes get defensive and see me as butting in.  When we talk yesterday, she was in tears by the end of the call.  Just breaks me heart.  I never want to be like the old me.  Unfortunately, the old tapes of me still lives within them.

Thanks.  

Trish

Oh, Trish, I do so understand what you're going through!  Not the identical situation, but the part about old tapes playing.  Boy, do I get that!  Christie and I have such a hard time living together for the exact same reason.  We seem to be getting along on the surface, but just underneath there lies a bubbling cauldron of resentment, bitterness, anger, etc.  I won't go into all the details because it does no good to stir the pot.  Just know that she has drug us all to hell and back several times with her bipolar disorder and it is very hard to let all of that go!  For all of us: Butch, Mom, Carrie and me.  And in her own convoluted thinking, Christie blames us!  It all boils up occasionally and then we are all miserable again.  I will pray for you and Colleen and your mom.

Today I have 2 main objectives.  One is to mop my floors!  Holy cow!  I figure today is my best shot before my company arrives on Friday.  The second is to pull together my mammoth shopping list for this weekend.  Tomorrow morning I'm going to the skin doctor, and then I'll go to the grocery store on my own to buy supplies for the party and the whole weekend.  I'll need a couple hours at least!  LOL! 

Went to water aerobics again last night and woke up with sore muscles this morning!  Ouch!  But I know it is good for me to exercise and I plan to keep at it.  I simply must lose this regain and I would like to lose more.  It's bound to pay off eventually, right?

Well, my day's a'wastin'!  I'd better get moving.  Love you all!

Afternoon OFF family!!!!

Sorry to be missing in action here...LOL

First of all NASCAR race was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! We ended up in the FRONT row!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!! Talk about a breeze when the cars went by us!!! Hold on to our hats!!!!!!!!! Had rubber from the tires on us also!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!! Best race ever been to!!! As for the Clydesdales...never saw them hitched up...BUMMER!!!!! Did see two of them in their stall...yippeee. But the weather was great so that was a good thing!!!

Been busy as all get out here and need to get going back to work...Bandit needs to go potty walk first.

Thoughts and Prayers for ALL that need them!!!!!

HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 

Hi Trish and my OFF family:

Yesterday afternoon I got a call from work: the old guy was back at work and I wouldn't be needed today. So I have the day off. Miss the OT, but glad to have the extra day (or my usual two days) off. 

I had an appointment this morning with the sleep doc; he, of course, wants to do a sleep study. So we have that scheduled. Have to come up with half of that up front before they'll do (it costs $656). They could have gotten me in tonight but I didn't have the money. Then I went to the chiro this afternoon. Really needed that ... I was all out of whack. In between I got a few groceries and started making salsa chicken in the crockpot. Smells good in here. 

Not much planned for tonight. I have a movie to watch: "Flight." Maybe some hockey after that. Just taking it easy. 

Anyway, have a good day.

Well I finally got my power back last night from the storms that came down from the North and devastated the area.  All you saw going up and down the roads were the hugh tree removal trucks and those really big utility trucks.  If would be so funny how the damage would jump, hit and miss.  But all the roads and lawns were cover in a layer of shredded leaves and branch particles.  They called it shear winds and hail was they worst Bill says he had seen in 78 years.  Were it collected in the corners was 6" and you couldn't see any grass thru it.

Hugh trees were uprooted all over.  I watched the second one hit it was the weirdest thing I have every seen.

I got the internet back online late last night.  We couldn't draw water for the animals for over 24 hours.  Some had pails out side and they were full but others had automatic waters and those didn't work of course.

Spent today with the grands picking up sticks.  I than "mowed" the lawn of mulched leaves.

Glad that you are OK!!!! Saw some of the pictures from one of my friends that posted back in Michigan!!! OMG!!!!!! I was so worried about my family back there!!! My sister lost her power for 6 hours and also lost half her huge tree in her front yard...so much destroyed all over in so many areas...

Judy were is your family located?

City of Saginaw and Saginaw County areas...

Yep, that is were the nasty started before in came down and got us in Northern Genesee County.  When I called to report our outage, the said I was the first to call from the Flint area and they only has 1-200 out in Saginaw and they would get back in an hour to say how long.  An hour later, over 1100 reported out in Flint alone not to mention Saginaw and they had NO idea how long.  Later we were told about two days as calls for outages were coming in.  I found out after our 90 year old neighbor couldn't call in as he only had cordless phones.  I was sure the grandson was taking care of him as he is almost always helping him.  I guess he just wasn't thinking.

I have never seen so many truck in one place in my life.  There was one fleet from Indiana not sure where the others came from.

How are your family doing.

WOW...I have some photos on FB if you can friend me on there if you go to FB...