Good Morning Ladies!

(&*^&^#*(%) !!  I started the thread, closed it so the heading was there and there would not be a duplicate thread.  So I re-opened it to edit it.....spent about 15 minutes typing, finished and was just putting in my signature when the entire post disappeared....I ran out of power.  So I lost everything - and right now I'm just beat -- I'll have to come back later to repost what I typed.  Damn, that makes me mad -- just needed about 10 more seconds.  I have to get an extension cord so I can use the computer in the living room without having to unplug it - the battery just does not last long enough!

In the meantime, hope you all have a good day - 

Mary

Good morning Mary!

I'm sorry for your power outage!  Things like that are SO annoying!!!  My laptop battery is like yours--no power!  

Well, somehow I survived babysitting the boys last night, but it wasn't easy.  I didn't feel well at all, and the boys were rambunctious.  Especially Budder!  Oh, he was a little toot!  I had to repeatedly put him in time out, and I even resorted to spanking him once.  (Shh!  Don't tell Christie!  She doesn't want anyone to spank her children.)  Nothing made a bit of difference.  He's just a push-the-edge-of-the-envelope type of kid.  So unlike Benny in every way.

Anyway, I'm sitting here waiting for them to arrive again this morning.  Sigh.  I will tell Chris to plan for a babysitter for next weekend.  I don't think I can do this again.

So like I said I was really hurting yesterday.  I finally gave in and took a couple of Advil, because I was so tired of hurting, but it was too little too late.  I never really did get over my aches and pains all day.  Then last night I gave in and took two Advil PM.  I usually only take the Tylenol PM.  I thought it might help me sleep better.  Ha!  I woke up several time because my right hip and thigh were aching so much.  I'm telling y'all, this is totally new for me and it's ramping up.  Scary.

Like I told Jennifer on yesterday's post, I google fibro and did the assessment, which came back negative.  But I also looked up who gets fibro and why.  Yes, big trauma or stress can trigger it.  So maybe I'm in the beginning stages--or maybe I'm not.  I haven't been taking all of my vitamins and supplements like I'm supposed to.  I haven't been drinking my water.  And I'm damn sure not eating right.  I will try to correct these things and see if my "symptoms" don't clear up.  

By the way, I did join the Christian Healthcare Ministries and I'm dropping my lousy BCBS coverage.  I urge any of you who are unhappy with your Obamacare-enforced health care to check it out.  I picked the Silver level, which is $85 a month!  $85!!!  I have basically got a $500 deductible per incident, and then they will pay up to $125K on the same.  I also opted in for a program called "My Brother's Keeper".  For $40 a year, I get an additional $100K in coverage (per incident), and for every year I stay in the program and don't need the coverage, I get an additional $100K up to $1Mil.  This is MUCH better for me!  I have the funds to be a self-pay up to the $500.  If it goes over that, then I'll get reimbursed.  I am happy with this plan.

Carrie is coming down today and this evening we are taking the boys to Pancakes at the North Pole and then A Charlie Brown Christmas.  It's just a local production--nothing too fancy--but I hope the boys will enjoy it.

I decided to order one of those new "Star Shower" things.  Have y'all seen this?  It's just one light that you stake out in your yard and it projects hundreds of tiny "stars" all over the front of your house.  I just cannot be climbing up and down ladders hanging Christmas lights!  And I don't want to ask Mike to do it either.  This gadget, if it works, will be so easy.  One extension cord, one stake, and I'm done.  This house isn't all that big in the front.  It should work.  

Only problem is I don't know when it will arrive.  I may not get it until Dec 24th!  LOL!  Oh well, I will have it for all my future Christmases anyway.

I'm not sure when I'll attempt my Christmas tree.  

Well, my little boys will be here any minute.  I'd better get moving.  Love you all!

Hello Vickie...thanks again for the PM this morning. I love you too!

Budder sure is the opposite of Benny. I can't imagine yo being able to keep up with him!! He may be another reason your bio and leg hurts. You rend to carry him on a hip and lean more. 

I hope you can figure out what and why it is happening. So sorry!!

I am so glad you found an insurance that you are comfortable. Another one less thing to worry about!!

I am glad Carrie is coming today. Packs at the North Pole...sounds interesting!! The Charlie Brown Christmas is always so fun even if it is just a local play. I love plays of all kinds!

I hope your Star Shower comes before too much longer! At first when I read the name I thought it was some kind of showered that sprayed a massaging blast...LOL...I am blonde!!

I agree with you that Chris and Mike need to work on finding a weekend sitter for the boys. You don't need all that stress every day. Sitters are usually easier to find on weekends. They just need to do it! I know they are making more money that way but I wonder how much they are saving up for emergencies and Christmas. Oh well tell me to shut up...none of my business. 

Have a great day....love you...hugs....connie d

Vicki...I don't mean to sound like a broken record here...BUT...find a WELLNESS CHIROPRACTOR!!! They will fix you up good!!!! Sounds to me like you need a good adjustment!!!! Please look into one soon.

As for that Star Shower my tenants have them and they are very pretty!!! Not sure how my other tenants like them going in THEIR windows...LOL but they do look very pretty on the apartment outside...far as I know only Red & Green.

Yes your daughter needs to find a babysitter!!! Thought you made that clear before to them?? You raised your kids...once in awhile is ok but not all the time.

Hope you like that Health care you got...Good Luck. I like mine but the deductible...$1250 next year!!! HOLY COW!!!!!!! But I gotta do this...SMH.

HUGSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Vic,

You are like me when my grandkids were babies and even today...every weekend and almost every holiday that I am not working, I have at least two and sometimes all of my grandkids.  I have to tell you, I am in no place to tell you to do something that I am not so good at doing but I am getting better. You have to set boundaries and let your daughter know that you are not going to be her baby sitter but the children's grandmother....grandmothers are not obligated to provide care but choose to do fun things with the kids in a limited amount of time...that way you are not fussy with them but you enjoy them....sometimes that means keeping only one so you can devote all your time to that one and maybe a little later the other one...it should be about you and your time and not your daughter and her time....just think about it.

Good Morning Mary and OFF-

Mary power failures are the pits especially when they don't beep at you to warn you that they are coming.  Extension cord sounds like a good idea.  I have a large stash of extension cords and power strips from living in the RV.  They are coming in handy when I have to place furniture in front of an outlet.

Vickie your aches and pains sound like a combination of things.  If you are not taking your vitamins regularly then that could be part of it.  I'll never forget when I stopped taking vitamin C supplements and ended up with "scurvy" massive joint aches and bleeding comes.  Started the vitamin back up and symptoms disappeared over night.  Hip pain sounds like a back issues especially if you are lifting lots of stuff and the boys.  Maybe a chiropracter can help with that.  I went to a new chiropracter the other day and that helped my back immensely.  I also know that if I loss some weight the back and knee problems will improve but not too successful at that right now.

Well today I am trying to organize clutter before I leave tomorrow for NC.  I can't make it pristine before my mother arrives but at least it will be safe.  If she falls here she could really hurt herself as my house is on a slab.  At noon I am going to the Christmas on the Bayou celebration to help a friend sell Jamberries.  I had hope to get my manicure done last night but ran out of time, so I'll just be a working demonstration at her booth.  I'll be there until about 8 tonight.  They have a lighted boat display which should be fun to see.

Tomorrow I'll get an early start and head east.  Have to get to my Mom's by Monday night.  Doctor's appointment is Tuesday morning at 9:45.  I don't know when we are leaving to come back here but hope it's Wednesday morning at the latest but we'll see.  It will take longer to come back because she's not going to be able to handle sitting for long periods of time in the car.

Ladies, I got my shingles vaccination the other day.  Last night I noticed that my arm was itching like crazy.  Guess what I have one of the side effects of the vaccine a rash at the injection site.  It itches like crasy and I'm putting cortizone cream on it to reduce the itch.  Hope it's worth it as the case of shingles I had last year didn't itch this much!

Well back to organizing and packing.  Thoughts and hugs to all of you!

Cindi B

Cindi...I was thinking of getting the Shingles shot myself...so getting the shot can GIVE you shingles??? Is that what you are saying?? Please advise...

Hello Judy....no it isn't the norm to get shingles after the shot. I had mine about 6 months ago. 

However...my Carrie of all things got shingles in her mouth about two weeks ago. She also got such severe back pain she couldn't hardly move. Nothing was helping with the pain. They did more testing and found out the pain was from the shingles. It was a complication of the virus and some people do get it. It can last 3 weeks or three months!!

I would rather have a shot then to go through what she went through!

Love you....hugs....connie d

Judy-  the rash is different from what I had last winter.  Not all react.  Could be I'm reacting more because I had shingles this year.  Expensive shot so check with insurance to make sure they will pay.  My copay was 257$.

cindi

Good Morning Mary,

I've had issues with posts disappearing many times.  Boy, it ticks me off when that happens.

I wasn't on laptop much yesterday.  First, Frankie came to visit me.  We watched his favorite show, Paw Patrol.  Then, my pastor called around noon, to check on me.  We talked about an hour.  He is the best.  He's new, and he really cares about the congregation.  Then, I got a call from another friend at church, who lives around the corner, and she stopped by for a visit.  This is such a blessing, having calls and friends to talk to when I get lonely.  I don't like feel lonely often, but it seems after the two visits, and the phone call, I realize I had been.  

I never did get around to the Thank You notes, so I have to get on them.  

I have to undergo a review of my Social Security Disability.  I have what seems like a ream of paper to fill out, with the names and addresses of all my medical providers.  Argh.  Since the paperwork doesn't have enough forms for all my providers, I have to call Monday for more.  What a headache.  

I better scoot. 

Hugs,

Trish