Who's Up a
Good Morning Jeannie and OFF,
I'm barely awake. I am heading to watch Lincoln's football game in a few minutes. After I get home, I have some yard work and housework to do. Nothing exciting.
I'll check back in a little later.
Hugs,
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
Good Morning Trish,
I hope you have fun at the ball game. Because of my allergies, I rarely go watch my grandkids play ball because I suffer so much, but when I do, they love seeing me in the stands. Now, DH goes to every single game and videos the games. This year, my granddaughter is playing a catcher for her softball team...she and I were not really impressed with her uniform or that her catcher gear covers every bit of her uniform and her hair....we had bejeweled her ball cap up and had made some striking bows for her hair to match the jewels and when her team mates saw her cap, we had to do theirs too and now she says, no one will see my cap. LOL. For her to be so athletic, she sure is a little princess.
Be careful out in the yard.
Hello Trish....I hope you had fun watching Lincoln play football today. I love watching those games with the younger children in them. They work so hard at getting everything right!
Yard work and housework....doesn't sound like a fun day! I hope you allow some relaxing time for you at some point.
Love to you and hugs...connie d
Hi Connie,
I don't mind the housework I'm doing today. I've got fun stuff I'll be doing too. I have the Phillies game on, and I will be able to crochet at times.
Lincoln's game was good. He loves being out there on the field. It's nice because the church that sponsors the games has coffee and donuts available for everyone. They have a picnic area right near with field, with a roof over it. I don't eat the donuts, but sure do appreciate the coffee.
We had an earthquake right after I got home. When I told Colleen where it was centered, she said it was exactly where they were for the afternoon. Right after the game, they went to a rock show near where Trent's brother and nephew live, about 90 minutes away. It's funny, I lived in California, 10 miles from the San Andreas fault, and never felt a quake. Since then, I've felt two in Pennsylvania and one hear. Weird.
After the game, I stopped by a few yard sales. Picked up an Angry Birds puzzle for Frankie, some books for the Nursery at church, and a nice casserole dish, with a lid. I'm looking for a small bookshelf, and either a potty chair, or one of those seats you put on the toilet for tiny kids so they don't fall in. Both would be for the toddler nursery. I'm always looking for Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars.
Love you.
Albert Schweitzer
I am going to sip on this coffee and then head over to my office. I have a few things I need to finish up before Monday.
Eileen, I hope you are getting over what happened. I know it takes a long time to recover from physical abuse such as what happened to you. I know there are stages of recovery very much like stages of dealing with death and I am sure, you will agree, that one of the first stages is to blame yourself and then you do the I should have done this or I wish I would have done that and the last stage is pure anger. Years ago, when I was very young and single, living on my own, someone broke into my house and attacked and raped me...he stayed in my house for hours and I thought he was going to kill me...when he left, I think he thought he had killed me. It was hours before one of my coworkers insisted that I wouldn't just not show up for work and she called the cops and they found me. I still have PTSD from that and horrible night terrors...not every night but very often. Anyway, please don't go through this alone and do get some mental health counseling.
Vic, I am so happy that yesterday Butch's appetite was improved. I know how hard it is to know how much he needs to eat and know that he cannot eat without getting sick but then you don't know what the balance is between gently pushing food to crossing the line and making yourself feel like you are all consumed with his food intake....it's so hard but it sounds like you have found the correct balance and are handling this very well. I am sure once you get everything organized get a routine going on, your mother will be less burdensome. I am glad your daughter gave you a diversion...and shopping for plants sounds wonderful....My graduate tutors bought me an end of the year gift and it is a terrarium full of rainforrest plants. They really spent more money on me than they should of have but I so love it. I have a corner spot on my desk...my desk is huge that is really in the shape of a U and two sides are against two walls and one wall has a window and the other has shelves that have florescent lights under the bottom of the shelves and that corner is perfect for plants that can live under florescent lights. I already have an African Violet sitting under those lights just thriving away so the terrarium is there too and already the plants are looking very content.
Connie Girl, I hope you have a restful weekend. You are so much like me with your determination that I worry that you are going to get out there and start doing too much and find yourself on the sidewalk again...be careful girl.
Judy, your tenant keeping a notebook on your reminds me of that scene in Rainman where Raymond pulls out his notebook and writes the date and records his brother grabbing his neck. That is so funny. You should remind her that no matter what she writes in that little black book of her's, corporate knows when they have a good thing and they are not going to fire the hardest worker they have ever had....then say, write on lady.
Sisters, I have to tell you, if I don't get my knee back to where I can run, I am never going to lose these pounds that I have gained during this knee surgery mess. I get on the treadmill and start walking and I increase the speed and walk a little faster but I cannot even do a slow jog. I am so disheartened because running just pulls the weight off of me. I am hiring a trainer again and see if he can help me get my muscles built up and get me back to running. Geeze.
After I get home from the office, I am going to try to finish up some of these sewing projects. My DH keeps asking when will we get to use the dining room table again and then I look at him and say, what did you say and he says, nothing...then I say, that's what I thought you said, nothing.....geeze old men. I swear, as men age, they become total grouches. I keep telling him that I didn't marry an old grouchy man and I am not going to stay married to one and he needs to think before he speaks. I tell him to do the what will **** off Jeannie test and if he thinks it and even remotely thinks that I will be pissed off, he needs to not say it out loud cause he knows that I, too, have aged and have gone passed that age where I give **** so I will check him real quick....my list, like Obama's list aint' no bucket list but it rhymes with bucket. That's from the correspondence dinner....he said, they keep asking him if he has a bucket list and he said, I say no, but I have a list and it rhymes with bucket.....
That's all I have time for....ladies, I hope your weekend rocks....
Good morning Jeannie and everyone......
Yes, I am quite disturbed over Richard breaking a window and getting into Eileen's apartment. Then he takes a shower. He has S**T for brains!! I am so afraid for Eileen. This idiot has no remorse and no hard feelings about anything he has done. I wish I could be there. Like Vickie said....he won't make it past my gun!
Jeannie....this whole situation with Richard has brought up memories of my own rape. Two guys coming threw a window. Yes, there are stages and none of them easy to work through. I have been in therapy for many years. Most times things are good. Other times memories are brought to the surface. Triggered from other events. I also have PTSD from this and other mental health issues from all my child abuse. The night terrors are so real...sometimes the physical feelings are worse then the mental. I so don't want Eileen to go through this alone.
I am sure she will be speaking to her Psychologist soon. All I can do is pray and be available for her. It doesn't seem like enough. She has done nothing wrong!!
Since I broke my hip I can no longer jog either. I do walk fast!! Am so angry I can't run anymore. I am definitely losing inches just with the walking. That seems to be working out fine. I just had to make it okay in my head!! I am in pain walking but I won't give it up no matter what! It is all I can do. I hope your trainer can help you with exercises that will help you jog again.
Geez...there is a reason you don't have your sewing completed. All you have to do at home and at your office, I wouldn't be done either!! Tell him if he wants a table to go set up a card table!! I love a woman that can speak up for herself. Sometimes those men need to be brought back to reality!!
As for me...trying to rest again today. Yesterday was a hard day. Maybe today will be better.
Right now I am at a total blank...I can't think of anything. I will check back in later.
Wishing you all a comforting day!!
Prayers for our awesome OFF Family and their families.
Loads of love and bushels of hugs to all....connie d
Jeannie....you are funny...a BIG STICK!!! I am a good shot so if Vickie misses I know I won't!! We need to name out gang...and not The Three Amigo's!!!
I just came in from my walk. I feel pretty drained but otherwise okay. I took a muscle relaxer and two Tylenol before I even ventured out!!
Night terrors are horrible....it is like reliving it all over again...and a again....and a again!!!
I already called my psychologist and left her a message to contact me on Monday.
Love you...HUGS...connie d
Good morning Jeannie and Trish and all my sistas!
I'm up early, too. Too early! Woke up around 4 a.m. with a headache and never really got back to sleep. Mom's up, but both Carrie and Butch are still sleeping. Carrie, God bless her, has been having horrible insomnia lately. So I told her to go to the health center and ask the doctor for some Ambien to help her sleep. She did so, and it's not working on her like it did on me when I took it. When I took it (years ago) I had better be sitting on the bed because it worked very quickly and I slept like a log. But when she takes it, she's up for another 20-30 minutes and then only sleeps about 4 hours. Weird, huh?
Anyway, if she can sleep in this morning, I'm all for letting her.
It's a beautiful morning here on the golf course. It's an adventure living here. I think I posted on FB about the golfer who hooked a ball clear over my roof and it actually hit my car sitting in my driveway?!? Didn't hurt my car, thank goodness. (I need to get my garage cleared out, "toot sweet", and park my car inside!) And then last night there was another exceptionally talented golfer crawling around on his hands and knees reaching through my back fence to retrieve his golf ball that was under my shrubs! LOL! I can't decide if I feel this is kinda creepy or kinda funny. Must have been an expensive golf ball!
Today, while I have Carrie here with me, I want to go furniture shopping for a wall/entertainment center for my new living room. Not that I have room for it right now! LOL! The boxes continue to rule the roost around here. But I do need to eventually buy one and Carrie is so much fun to go shopping with. We both LOVE furniture shopping.
I did go back to Home Depot yesterday and I sat in that love seat for the back porch again, and I decided that I don't really like it all that much after all. Maybe Carrie and I will hit a few outdoor furniture places today as well.
So, as Christine mentioned yesterday, today is national nekkid gardener's day. I think this is hilarious. Not only would I never subject my new neighbors to such a sight (LOL!), I would have a very inconvenient sunburn in several unmentionable places if I tried that! Who thinks these things up? I did buy some pretty flowers yesterday. I just couldn't resist. I bought about 4 dozen impatiens--the small ones in the six packs. I want to fix up my impatien "tree" again. It holds 30 plants. And then I bought some really pretty trailing type flowers for a couple of hanging baskets. Y'all can't imagine how eager I am to start my landscaping!
I did talk briefly with Jason, my landscape guy, about the removal-of-the-red-tips project and he said he wasn't quite ready with a quote/bid, but that it was going to be expensive. Well, hell, I already knew that. He did find a machine that will fit through my back gate to help jerk the shrubs up out of the ground, but I'm sure it's going to be pricey to rent it. But I can either pay for the machine rental (pricey, but faster) or manual labor (also pricey, but much slower)--so either way I'm out a chunk of change. Can't be helped.
Butch had a good day yesterday. He had a fairly active morning, then predictably tired and slept most of the afternoon, but it was a big improvement. I hope I can get him to go for a brief walk today. He did eat some solid food for breakfast and lunch, but then only wanted a Boost for supper. That's okay. Another improvement.
Handyman Sam finally finished up all the projects around here, including Mom's bathroom. Thank goodness! That has been bothering her no end. I had him install a permanent shower rod (instead of a tension rod), so if she loses her balance and grabs for the curtain the rod won't give way. Well, that's a great plan, but the rod is so high! But yesterday I stopped in at Bed Bath and Beyond and managed to find an extra long shower liner! Score one for me! We can make a pretty shower curtain for "show" out of any material she likes and we can make it custom length, but a liner is another matter. She's still *****ing about not having a linen closet, but there's nothing I can do about that. I gave her three closets--all the closets in the house except for my master closet. That's as good as I can do!
And, boy, was Handyman Sam's bill a hefty one! I have never had to pay for anything to be done before. Butch, bless his sweet heart, could do everything--electrical, plumbing, carpentry, landscaping, etc. He always did every bit of that sort of thing for us. So did my dad. Lord help me. I foresee lots of dollars going Handyman Sam's direction in my future.
Thank goodness I can sew and stuff. At least I won't have to pay for a decorator, too.
Well, I've rambled on long enough. I don't know how many of you saw Eileen's post on FB last night, but it was disturbing. A friend came home with her to help her change the locks (because her cheap-ass landlord won't do a damn thing to help her!), and Richard was there--taking a shower! OMG. He broke a window to get in. This man is seriously disturbed. He thinks he still lives there. Eileen told him NO, you can't live here anymore! I wish we could all go and form a ring of protection around her. I tell you, Richard wouldn't get past me and my twelve gauge shotgun, that's for damn sure!
Eileen, honey, please talk to us today. We love you and we're concerned about you. You know that.
I'd better go now. Love you all!
Vickie
