Lot of catching up to do

Oh boy!!!! I hate the catching up part because I usually forget something. Ok...I did get the boxes mailed out Tuesday ( 10/14 ) to Shaun and Heather..And yes there was a lot of paperwork. One customs form each for the boxes...they want you to list everything in there and I had 2 boxes full of sample size stuff...oh brother. And I needed a customs form for an envelope I mailed Shaun with his gun magazine and mail in it..I forgot to put it in the box...though honestly, there wasn't any room for it. Wednesday....I know I did something but I really can't remember what it was. Thursday I went to my Mom's and hung out with her for the day. We went to this little place outside of Warsaw that advertises bulk foods...Mom was expecting bins of bulk food that you put in containers...they already had the stuff in the smaller containers and they have a little restaurant type thing. The ladies running the store are Amish or Mennonite or something...I didn't know there were any around Warsaw...hmmm I'll have to look into that a little closer...I don't know why but that stuff interests me...We drive around Lancaster County PA and I drool over the Amish farms. And Beverly Lewis..have you ever heard of Beverly Lewis? Her mom I think was from an old order Amish family and she writes stories about the Amish...I've devoured every one of her books...And I mean devoured...open the front cover and you have a hard time pulling me away from the book. Friday....spent most of the morning on the computer...then lunch with Nicole...we did Arby's. I love spending time with her. Something has changed in our relationship since she's gotten married. Changed for good. Maybe its because now she isn't living in my house and I don't feel responsible for her anymore. It just seems to me that we can enjoy each others company more now then we ever have. I don't know...maybe I'm completely off my rocker...feel free to jump in with thoughts on this Nicole. LOL. Friday afternoon I went and picked up my 6 boxes of regular mouth canning jars from Ace Hardware in Williamson...oh did I tell you about ordering canning jars? I found out I could have gotten them for the same price at Hegedorns...but I was on my way to pick up my grand babies so it wasn't really that far out of the way..And I really need to go back to that Ace Hardware store coz I need to go exploring...It looks like they have 4 stores that they've put doorways between so you can wander one to the other. Kinda reminds me of Old Forge Hardware...only they probably don't have the assortment of stuff. But that's another story. So I picked up the grand babies...oh man...I love those grandbabies. Saturday we went to Walmart and got a couple of games...I'm taking Connect 4 back to the store coz Kayla keeps whooping my butt..She's 6 for crying out loud..LOL..NO I'm not serious....well not serious about taking the game back..she is 6 and she doesn't whoop my butt. Then Nicole and James came over for a little while...they couldn't stay long though coz they were having their first people over.. Good job Nicole. Then we went to the Hobby Lobby...yeah...that's one of those leave your charge card at home places. I bought Kayla a 6 in 1 craft kit and the boys some kind of make animals thing that we didn't get to do coz we ran out of time and some foam Christmas ornaments that you put pictures in. I did take pictures but haven't gotten to Walmart to print them out or even downloaded them to the computer yet. So Sunday we went to church and then to McDonald's for lunch...I think that's the kids favorite place to eat...LOL...and then I took them home. I spent quite a while talking to Samantha this time. Not something we get a chance to do much anymore and I must say it was enjoyable. I don't know what to call her anymore...ex-daughter-in-law rubs me the wrong way...as does former daughter-in-law..I know she's not married to Shaun anymore but I still consider her part of my family...as I do her present husband Craig..and his daughter Tina...and their daughter Emma...speaking of which...Little Emma was 8 weeks old last Friday...she's is the most adorable little baby...she's sitting there in her car seat looking at me so I picked her up and she smiled...Yes...yes she smiled. I know it was a smile coz I patted her back and bounced her and not gas came out either end. I layed her against my chest and she fell asleep. I love babies...especially when you don't have to take them with you every where you go. While we were talking Colin kept running in the house saying, "Mommy, Kayla is......." whatever Kayla happened to be doing at the time...finally about the 4th time as he was running back out the door, Sam said," You're quite the little tattle tale today." He replied over his shoulder, " You're welcome" Yeah I lost it...those kids are just too funny. Ok..so Monday..ahhh Monday...the day of the dreaded Dr's visit. Though my doctor is on the young side and looks an awful lot like Kevin Williams ( weatherman on 10 NBC) I hate the man...no really I'm upset with myself...ok..so first of all I have to get on the scale...we and the scale have a hate hate relationship...it hates to make my weight low and I hate it for it. They have a digital scale now....Diane steps on....it goes to 1*2.6... the nurse says," Come on , come on...you're supposed to beep." The scale goes to 1*2.4 Beep...I said," Well thank you till it dropped a tenth of a pound. Ok...into the examining room...blood pressure 120/80, pulse 72...that's pretty consistent. Can I have my flu shot? Sure, no problem..I'll get it. Doctor comes in....He's had me on Metformin for my diabetes..one a day 500 mg. extended release...sugars still to high...ahem...I've gained 4 or 6 pounds... and my cholestrol levels are still high...so....2 regular Metformin...twice a day...AND a cholestol pill. Last visit he decided this visit would be my yearly female examination appointment...ok..I don't like it but its not terrible. Usually. I'm thinking geez he's taking alot of samples when the nurse says...what's wrong...ut oh....not good...He can't find the part of me he's looking for...oh great...finally he realizes he's not looking high enough..not that he doesn't know what he's doing and not like he hasn't done this on me before...I think he got distracted reliving the Bills victory from Sunday and forgot that mine is high. So that's done and over for another year...and not only did I get my flu shot...I got a pneumonia shot too. He looked at me at one point and grinned and said, " Wow...you're getting the medical works today." I grinned back and said, "Yeah..and I'll be glad when it's over." So all that fun and it only cost me $10.00. Then I came home and walked on the treadmill for an hour...AND mowed the lawn..which takes me about an hour and a half walking behind a self propelled lawn mower. After Ken got home we had to go get out digital TV converter boxes and pick up my prescriptions at the drug store...so my new best buddy...the doctor wrote me out 2 generic prescriptions and one name brand...I only had to pay for the name brand one...kinda strange but not only did that Doctor's office fun only cost me $10.00 he saved me $ 10 at the drugstore...so he kinda paid himself...LOL..I'm still waiting for CVS to call me and say I owe them $10. By Monday night my arm where I got the pneumonia shot was aching so everytime I rolled over onto it in the middle of the night it woke me up. I didn't get much sleep Monday night so I didn't get up at my usual 5:00 AM yesterday. I got up long enough to pack my hubby's lunch and then went back to bed...I got up around 8:30 and did my devotions, started the laundry and headed downstairs for my hour on the treadmill. Then I sat around the rest of the day. Around 6:30 hubby calls and wants to know if I've made supper...yeah its on the stove..why? OH...(he's been doing a side job) coz I got paid alot more then I thought I would and I wanted to know if you wanted to go out for supper...hey...what I got cooking can be put in the fridge...oh yeah...and I'll have to get dressed coz I'm STILL in my pj's. So I got dressed and we to Aja Noodle...again....I love that place...I had the Szechuan Stir Fry this time...not as good as my Thai Spicy Basil...which Ken had and enjoyed. Back home and into my pj's....total time dressed....less then 2 hours. So today...today I'm sitting here in my pj's...got beans cooking on the stove...black and light reds...I have to eat a more vegetarian lifestyle coz I really need to drop about 40 pounds...I'd like it to be 50 but I'll be satisfied with 30 or even 5 at this point. I think today is going to be library day...I haven't been to read the magazines in a long time. I was gonna walk but I really think I need a day off after walking 2 days in a row and burning 300+ calories in an hour both days...or maybe I'll walk to the library...its about a mile...I'll strap on my back pack and go like I used to when Nicole was using my car. I walked alot then and now that I have the car back I've gotten lazy. Tomorrow is gonna be a trip to my Mommy's and Friday is the dentist...my absolute worst place to go. So as you can see I've been very busy. Till next time....muah..muah...love you all