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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March 4,2011

Well to start out...Mom's cardiac rehab is going well. Gets her out of the house twice a week and she's getting exercise. Got my dress for Shaun and Jen's wedding. Still need to get shoes. Read a couple of books on less car more alternative transportation. Other then Mom's doctors and now rehab I could do it. Slowly going to work myself into not driving the van as much. So far this week I've done pretty good...Rode around with Nicole Monday so I didn't drive the van..Tuesday was cardiac rehab so we did some running while we were out. Wednesday I only drove the van to church and back..yesterday was cardiac rehab and I had a list this time so did things in order on the way home..Aldi's, CVS, Library, Bank, Town hall, Wegmans ...home. Got a new Town of Webster map so I can figure out what is with in a reasonable walk and bike ride. I probably won't ever get rid of my van but I should be able to cut down on the amount of gas I burn. The sun was shining so bright this morning I almost broke out in spring fever..I'm itching to do something outside. Unfortunately when we get out spring thaw I'm going to have a lake in the back yard and the front yard so it will be another week or so before I'll be able to get out and do anything. Every spring I get the urge to go new bike shopping but I know I don't really need one...well that and Ken did our taxes the other night and we owe the federal government $1000.00..and we haven't even done the state yet. We're afraid to..one of my pension companies doesn't take state tax out of my check. And thanks to the new tax rate they're taking almost 3 times the taxes out of my check. One more charge card to pay off and then its work on the mortgage. I need to relieve this financial stress I'm feeling. Thought it was going to happen yesterday when I had a meeting with the mortgage guy at Chase but alas it was to good to be true. Refinancing would have cost me $2200-$2700 and would have only dropped my mortgage payment $60 a month. Oh well...we can make it the way things are as long as we don't have any major medical bills and my hubby can hold on to his job. Things are a little dicey there. But what ever...we've always made it before.

New nurse was just here...she told Mom...tada....lay off the salt...imagine..same thing all the rest of the nurses and the doctor's and the hospital staff have been telling her. So later its off to the store to buy Nu-Salt which apparently is the only acceptable salt substitute. I'm going through Hubby withdrawal...I want my hubby...less then 3 hours and he'll be on his way home.

Trying to Catch up

Shortly after my last post Mom had a very bad time in which the home health care nurse called mom's doctor, which resulted in the doctor calling here and saying she wanted to see Mom the next day. We were no sooner in the room then Mom got very nauseated and started throwing up...Doc walked in said I'll be right back, walked out and a few minutes later came back in saying the ambulance was on its way. Mom spent about a week in the hospital during which time they changed her heart medicine. She has been getting better day by day since then. This past Tuesday she started Cardiac Rehab. She was afraid they were going to try pushing her beyond what she felt comfortable doing but they didn't. I think she's going to like it. Monday she had another appointment with her primary care physician in which she admitted that it might not be in her best interest to return to her former living arrangement for health reasons. It makes me happy that she's at least considering that possibility. He doesn't care enough for his own health to stop smoking so he certainly doesn't care for hers. That and the fact he's had 5 months to try and quit smoking and hasn't. Got the ok from my cardiologist in January to start exercising so the treadmill and I have been getting acquainted. An hour a day 6 days a week most of the time.Getting the exercising part down..now have to get the not eating so much and eating more of the good foods down. Some days I do really really good and other times...well you know. We got our pistol permits in January...finally..took them 8 months to process them but we think they may have had to contact Ken's ex first...LOL Oh the hoops you have to jump through. Still haven't purchased pistols but Ken wants to shoot some first so I guess I'll have to be patient for a little while longer. Looking forward to my Shaun and Jen's wedding in April. Glad they've finally found happiness. Sun is shining brightly today..wishing it wasn't so cold out but it'll come in time.