Going to be a busy week

Today is about the only down day we're going to have this week...Tomorrow is cadiac rehab and then we have to go pick up Nicole's birthday cake..I can't believe my baby girl is going to be 23. Seems like only yesterday I was laying in the hospital looking down into her sweet little face. Wednesday Shaun and the grand kids will be here. My poor big boy has picked up the puke bug going around and he has 24 hour guard duty today. He was going to try and sign out early and come tomorrow but I'm pretty sure he'll use the day to recoup. Thursday is cardiac rehab again followed by getting Mom's blood work done and then Thursday night the guys have to pick up their tuxedos. Friday is the rehearsal dinner. Saturday its get up early to be in Batavia by 8:30 to get our hair done and then be out to Varysburg by 11:00 to get dressed and get ready for the 1:00 ceremony uniting my son and future daughter in law into my daughter in law. I can't wait..I'm praying everything goes smoothly because they deserve it. I'll not only be gaining a daughter in law but a grandson...a most handsome 15 year old who thinks God is calling him to be a Pastor. So that's it for me for now I guess.....



Family Christmas Photo


Taylor

4/11/2011

It was so warm last night when we got out of church I decided to open the bedrooms windows. I thought maybe the flapping of the plastic on my grow bed outside the bedroom window but thanks to a Benydryl I took just before bed the only thing that momentarily woke me up was a hot flash. Unfortunately I'm still suffering from Benydryl hangover. Thats why I hate them. This morning after getting Ken off to work and catching up on my facebook and e-mail I got up and made myself an omelet..egg beaters,2 slices of canadian bacon and cut up peppers..top with sour cream and salsa and eat. Then I decided to plant one of my small grow beds...spinach,bibb lettuce, loose leaf lettuce mix and mesculan lettuce mix. Now to figure out what to plant in the rest of them. Now waiting for MOm to get dressed because she has an appointment with her Cardioligist this afternoon...I call him Dr Cutie Patootie..

4/11/2011

The Season has started

Thursday was a very busy day......9:30-11:00 was Cardiac Rehab for Mom..she said she could tell she missed Tuesday. Then it was off to lunch at Stoney's in Gates..after that it was the Pulmonary Doc..he told her she needs to build up her lung strength and that the problem she's having is from the Amiodarone she was on for her A-Fibs and that it would take a while to get it out of her system so things are looking up. When we got home I did 4 loads of laundry and....HUNG THEM OUT ON THE CLOTHESLINE. YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!! First hang out of the year. Because I got them out so late in the day I knew I'd have to leave them out over night. Friday Hubby was off work..woke up and found out that Mom had to sick bug. Ken and I did some running...post office,bank,someplace else that I can't remember and then off to DMV to renew Ken's drivers license. A little later in the day I took down the clothes off the line...ahhhh the smell of air dried laundry. We also went grocery shopping so that we could spend the week end doing what we wanted to do. Saturday morning Nicole had the sick bug and though Mom was feeling better she still wasn't feeling real good. Hubby and I took off and went to Beyond Hardware in Penfield looking for some stuff we needed..they not only didn't have it but they weren't really sure what we were looking for. Off to Home Depot where we found something that would work for what Ken wanted and I just decided to stay with my present solar cover system for my grow bed..we did however spend $157.00 there for parts to replace one of my growbeds which had rotted out and assorted other stuff. We spent most of the rest of the day building the grow bed..its a little larger then the one it replaced but hopefully I'll be able to fill it. I also turned over the dirt in my small grow bed which is also covered with plastic. I want to get some spinach and lettuce planted. Maybe tomorrow if its nice out. Or maybe later today if I feel like it. Last night Ken and Jen went to listen to the RPO. I'm not a fan of that kind of music so I hung out at home. I've been pretty busy. I took some pictures and a video of the new grow bed but I probably won't get them uploaded until later..off for now.

I'm alive

Was blessed by the stomach plague yesterday..Can I just say....AAARRRRGGGHHHH. It was horrid. I'm feeling somewhat better but still not 100%. I literally laid in bed all day yesterday except for bathroom and to check on Mom who had sucked some food into her wind pipe while she was eating. By this morning my body was aching for being in bed so long. This morning I stripped the bed of its sheets and pillow cases and washed them in hot water ( I usually use cold) and dried them in the dryer. Started looking for a new dryer lint trap..Mine was so clogged I don't think I'd ever get it clean. All the ones I found on the internet were 21.95 or higher with $5-$7 dollar shipping fees...called Netzman's Appliances and they had one...in stock for $ 21.95 tax included. Yippee for shopping locally. I could have walked down and gotten it but 1. I'm getting over being sick and 2. it was raining..yep I'm a wimp. Thinking I'm hanging at home tonight coz I sure don't want to spread this to anybody else.

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