A Very Quiet Day

Today has not been a good physical day for me. I've been in quite a bit of back pain. I took what pain medication I could take with being home with Jessie, rubbed in my back with Deep Blue and put hot rice packs on my back. I watched a sermon on Utube, listened to praise music, did a bit of paperwork and watched an episode of "When Calls the Heart". Jessie emptied the dishwasher and she emptied the dryer of yesterday's white clothes so I could put Jon's scrubs in. She even helped make lunch. She only yelled at me a couple times. Not much. Like I said, it was pretty quiet today.

Unfortunately, when I'm in pain, I become a bit melancholy. I think of my mom and what she went through with her back pain. She was in constant pain for years, yet kept going. She is my inspiration. Chronic pain. It's hard to deal with. The unseen illness.

What A Way To Start The Day

Jess and I had our afternoon planned ... bank, post office, Walgreen's, Michael's, McDonald's and Meijer's. However, Jon's jeep wouldn't start this morning, so he had to take the van to work. Thus, Jess and I were stuck at home. Which I really didn't mind. It was too cold to go out anyway. And, my back was really bad so being out and walking in boots would have been detrimental. I made Jess a special lunch: chicken and rice and she was happy.

Jessie did her usual and so did I ... washed many loads of clothes, swept floors, vacuumed, made breakfast, lunch, dinner, straightened up and did paperwork. That's about it.

Jessie Loves To Sing

For the past couple of hours Jessie has been watching 19 Kids And Counting on Utube. Now she's listening and singing to Jesus songs! She's singing at the top of her lungs, like she does outside in the summer in her hammock. Loud singing is alot better than yelling at me. I do like to hear her sing, even though she can't carry a tune and she can't sing the entire song, but she knows them.

Jon and I went to The Pantry for breakfast then he helped me grocery shop. My back wasn't so good today and by the time we were almost finished, my legs were weak from the back pain. I am so thankful he went along and did all the heavy lifting and bagging and carrying groceries in the house. I enjoyed his company, too!

Watching TV

Jon and I watched another 2 taped episodes of Scorpion this evening and Jessie joined us. It was the quietest she's ever been watching a movie. I'm not sure why but it was nice. Well, come to think of it, she may have been quiet because when I looked at her she wasn't moving - she was probably asleep. That would make more sense than her just being awake AND quiet during a movie.

Doreen came over for a couple hours this afternoon and we visited. It was a nice break from paperwork. Jon had the day off and just took it easy. We both have been tired these past couple of days.

This Blog Is "R" Rated For Language - You've Been Warned.

Tuesday ... Jessie had a good day. Despite the cold, Brenda took her to the Rec Center and they spent a couple hours in the pool. Subway for lunch then home. After Brenda left, Jessie got her iPad and started watching Utube. I was on the computer. We're in the same room. Soon I realized she was watching Super Nanny 911, which I don't let her watch because the children are really horrible, and she tends to mimic bad behavior. So, I took it away and put Arthur the Aardvark on for her. I went back to the computer. All of a sudden I'm hearing the "F" word NUMEROUS times and Jessie laughing. I race over to her, yelling at her for changing the "channel" and discovered she didn't. It was an Arthur episode that someone remade with awful language. I quickly changed it to Arthur's Lost Christmas Episode. Back to the computer only to discover that was the one she was watching. It was titled ... "Arthur's Fucked Up Christmas". Seriously? I changed it to Winnie the Pooh, praying that someone hadn't ruined Pooh Bear with a potty mouth! Just in case you are in Jessie's company sometime and that F word comes out, let this be my proof that she didn't hear it from me. (I HATE that word.)

Wednesday ... Talk about cold! I even wore shoes and socks and a sweat shirt in the house. Third day in a row of paperwork. I at least got my check book up to date and was able to go to the bank and post office. Jessie and Debbie went with me, then Jessie wanted to go inside somewhere and get pizza. The ideas she comes up with sometime are weird. I wanted to go through a drive thru and eat at home, but NO. She wanted to go and eat inside. We ate at Pizza Nostalgia. When she is able to get her desires known to me, I try to do what she'd like, because she basically goes and does what we tell her. Within reason, that is.

I had Stephen Ministry tonight and since we had 3 weeks off, Jon isn't home now on these nights. Debbie covered and even made dinner for Jess since I took a nap - for some reason I was so tired this afternoon. Maybe I'm getting ready to hibernate.

A sub-contractor for Comcast came this afternoon and not only fixed the TV in the living room, he fixed my computer! Finally someone who knew what he was doing. He is part of a group of 18 technicians from Illinois sent to Michigan for 3 months to work for Comcast. He had 4 days off at Christmas and was able to go home. I know living in a motel would not be my idea of fun, and I'm sure they don't put them up at the Hampton Inn, either.

Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Well, as you can see, my computer is still giving me problems. So I'll have to lump 3 days into 1 blog. Jon had off these days and it was nice having him home. We went to church yesterday then went to Chili's for lunch. Chris joined us. She came back and spent the afternoon. We watched Epic in 3D.

Speaking of DVD's. Since just before Christmas to today, I have watched more DVD's or tv shows than I have in the past 3 years. I happened to walk by Jon's room about a month ago while he was watching a tv program, it looked like something I might enjoy, so he taped all the episodes. It's called "Scorpion". I'm really enjoying the episodes and Jessie has even come to the living room to watch it with us. We finally hit on a series that both Jon and I like.

Unfortunately, Jessie has had a couple melt downs in the past two days. They haven't been pretty and we do not know what has set her off. I sure wish I did.

My goal this week is to get caught up on ALL paperwork and close out 2014 and begin 2015 with empty folders. I am determined. I finished Jessie's book work for December today so I'm doing good so far. Counting on tomorrow being just as successful, if not more so.

Happy New Year!

Jessie couldn't wait to get her tree down (it was only up for less than 2 weeks) so she could make "a mess again!" While Jon dismantled the tree and I vacuumed, Jessie was in her video closet getting videos to scatter all over the floor. I couldn't resist taking a picture of her butt and feet. Cute.

Jon worked New Year's Day so he was in bed early on New Year's Eve. Jessie was asleep for the event, too. That just left me to hear the fireworks outside. I thought of my mom, as we would always call one another at midnight and wish each other a "Happy New Year".

Rachel came today for Jessie's breakfast out day then they came home and did a lot of stuff around the house. I went back to Comcast. I was there BEFORE 10:00 when the doors opened and I was #12 in line. Fifty minutes later I walked out with the cable card I needed. I hope I never have to go back there again.

I usually read Sarah Young's "Jesus Calling" daily devotional but this year I'm reading one by Joyce Meyer: "Love Out Loud". It revolves around loving God, loving yourself and loving others. I hope that I can show the Love of Jesus to all that are around me. I hope that I will make a difference in other lives. I hope that someone would come to love Jesus because of my faithfulness to Him. Wouldn't that be the ultimate? Here's to a great 2015. I love you, Jesus!