Wet and damp Wednesday

Good morning sistas,

It's a wet and damp morning here, and I'm thrilled with the gray skies, for once.  This is excellent weather for all my baby plants!  Yesterday was overcast all day, too.  New bedding plants need a gentle start and somehow I was lucky enough to plant all of mine at just the right time!

We didn't have a very good night last night.  New baby-itis.  I expect to have the ups and downs for awhile.  BUT.  OMG.  Caralee woke up crying around six a.m. and it's still pretty dark then.  Carrie got up to change her and stepped in doggie poo!  That damn little Maybelle peed and pooped all over my bedroom carpet!  GRRRR!   I cannot WAIT for Saturday to get here.  I love her, but I can't handle any more acting out.  

Not sure what time Carrie is planning to leave for Waco today.  Then it will just be me and Caralee and Mom.  I'm a little nervous about it, but I don't know why.  Just the added responsibility I guess.  It really won't be much different than it's been since she was born.  And I certainly kept Bennie and Budder by myself many times when they were infants.  I'm just being silly.  Feeling my age a bit.  

I blew my diet last night.  Dammit.  I put one bite of sugar in my mouth and the whole thing snowballed from there.  I decided to eat one of the bunny Peeps from the side of the Easter cake and that was all it took.  I just cannot handle processed sugar.  I KNOW this about myself!  Why do I keep testing it?

Well, nothing much new happening around here today.  Hope everyone is doing well.  Prayers for Jeannie's Kenny!  Love you all!

Hi Vickie and my OFF family:

Sorry I've been missing. I've been reading but haven't had the chance to get on and post. Plus I've been a little blue lately, mostly about work and what's to come. Work isn't fun when you can't help but worry about the future. I know it doesn't help to worry, but I can't help it it. It's just in my nature. 

So yesterday, Gary and I went to see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2" and then out for gyros at this little place near us I went to before. Oh my god, the movie is hilarious. If you get a chance to get out and see, do! Yes, the critics panned it, but who cares? It was so much fun. Then we came home and watched the original and laughed some more. Definitely a cure for the blues. I don't think I've laughed so much in a long time. 

Don't know if I posted here, but I cracked a tooth Friday while eating an almond. I went to the dentist yesterday and I need a crown. Yeah, just what I need financially. Can't afford it. The past two years, I put a lot on my dental/vision FSA and lost it because I couldn't use it all. This year, I just put $500 so I could use it for glasses and used it all, but now I need more. I have to pay on income taxes and now I need a crown. Not really happy here. And it's a significant fracture too. 

Vickie, don't beat yourself up about the Peeps. Let it go. As Scarlett would say, tomorrow is another day. 

Jeannie, swinging chickens for you and your hubby. Hope all goes well. 

I have salsa chicken in the crockpot. I'm varying the recipe this time: I'm adding a can of corn and a can of black beans toward the end of the cooking cycle (so they don't get too mushy) because Gary wanted more veggies in it. I've wanted to do it for awhile but never thought about it in advance. 

Then I have an appointment with my therapist. I need to stop and buy some cards and mail a package. That's my day. I will do laundry when I get home. It's gray and gloomy here, too. My body is feeling the rain ... has been since Monday. Today is especially bad. And I'm especially tired. I was tired yesterday, too, but I was happy I went to the movie. I napped when we got home from dinner. Still craving baklava from last night. 

Well, have a good day, everyone. 

I'm really sorry about your tooth, Eileen!  And about paying taxes.  I do know about that!  Ugh!

I really want to go see that movie.  I loved the first one.  Maybe Carrie and I can go to matinee with the baby and a bottle!  

Hope you cheer up and start feeling better, hon.  It's no good to have the blue funk.

Eileen,

I cracked a tooth a few years back eating an almond.  Now, every time I eat one, I think about that tooth.  

I know you are worried about what's going to happen. I really hope that if you are let go, you are able to get benefits until you can either go on disability or regular social security.  

I will sling a chicken or two for you, my friend. 

Eileen-  I just financed my latest root canal through Care Credit.  0% if paid off in twelve months.  So basically monthly payments for a year.  I applied online and was approved instantly.

Cindi

Unfortunately, I have bad credit and I wouldn't be able to get that credit card. I've tried before. Thanks for the suggestion. 

Good morning Vickie and everyone...

Vickie....I am sure you will do just fine with Caralee.  You have been with her since she was born. I give you a lot of credit for taking care of her on your own. Everything will go fine. 

I am glad your plants are doing well.

I am doing awful with my eating...I am tired and worn down trying to fight this all the time. It is what it is!! I am sure you have the willpower and will get back on your plan right away.

Eileen...so sorry about your tooth. I can't afford caps so I have had to have some teeth pulled. I hate it but I just don't have enough money to do anything else. I hope you get it worked out. 

Sorry too that work is so stressful for you right now. I can't imagine how hard that must be. Still praying for you.

As for me.... it is rainy and cold here today. 20 degree temp change from yesterday. 

My cleaning fairy is sick today and won't be here. I will have to do a bit of dusting and I will wiped down the bathroom. It is clean here but I want to freshen it up.

Prayers for our special OFF Family and their families. Special prayers for those in need.

I will try to stop back in later if I can.

Lots of love and many hugs to all.....connie d

Hi everyone,

Dropping in to say hi to all and I am thinking of you.

Had another dentist visit because of bone spur in gums. Life is kind of quiet here. One more month till my daughter's wedding and I fly up to Nashville. I haven't flown but once and thought I would freak out but I loved flying. That was twenty years ago.

Vicki, you will do fine with Caralee. Of course being a little nervous being alone with her is normal. Sorry about Maybelline acting out and having to leave. I would be very upset, but then she is an animal, so what can you do except do what you are doing.

I love, love your garden and fountain. It is coming along beautifully.

Eileen, take one day at a time, that is all we can do. Regarding finances there is never enough, is there? I want to work part time even though I am retired..because there is never enough. You will get through it somehow. And job stress sucks. Big time. Stressing about whether your job is stable, stressing about the job itself, it is all so sad.

Love you guys, all of you and wish you a wonderful day. Prayers for all who need them.

Take care.

Well, Carrie is gone, and not without a few tears on Mommy's part.  It's her first separation from her baby and it was hard on her.  But this is a good trial run for us.  It's only for two nights.  If things go as planned, Carrie will be gone three or four nights every week.  

But I have Caralee all wrapped up tight and sleeping in a little rocker cradle here beside me at the computer.  We're gonna be just fine, especially with Mom here to hold her every now and then when I need two hands to do something.

You know, I spent a lot of years as a married single mother.  LOL!  Yep, that's what I used to call it.  Butch would be gone for weeks at a time and I would be home alone with the babies.  It's not always easy.  Carrie is going to have to be strong.  I told her that.  She has to be the mom and the bread winner.  Not an easy task at all.

Got to show y'all my sweet little patio fountain I bought yesterday.  I put it together this morning and it's just the cutest thing!  I've always wanted a water feature in my yard, but this was way cheaper and easier to maintain.  

My great-grandmother always said there was something wrong with a person who didn't like children or flowers.  I guess I got her green thumb and her philosophy on life.  Not a bad legacy to inherit.

So I've put off cleaning my bedroom carpet as long as I can.  Damn dog.  Do you know she went in there and peed AGAIN this morning?  Try as I might to keep the bedroom door closed at all times, I'm not the only one living here, and sometimes we forget.  I swear that door was open for maybe five minutes earlier, but that's all it took.  #feduptomyeyeballs

Check back later!

It's very cute. One of my high school friends has ponds and a little waterfall in her backyard. And she has spotlights and everything. It's so cool. I loved having a vegetable garden when I rented this house in South Dakota, and planted spring flowers, but I had a stupid guy who mowed my lawn and he chopped up my daffodils around the trees. He thought they were weeds.  My only problem is I found I was allergic to the flowers, so I couldn't bring them in the house. Plus I was allergic to the lilac bushes, so when they were in bloom, I had to have the windows closed. Now I just keep all the windows closed and don't bother. I love the flowers but can't handle the pollen. Silk flowers for me, only.