A Good Day

It didn't start out great with the house phone ringing at 8:00 a.m.  I struggled to get out of bed on the opposite side to grab the phone and wrenched my back.  My doctor's appointment got cancelled because of a family emergency.  That was bad for him - good for me.  Although, we still had to get Jessie's blood work, I could go closer to home.  I took some pain medicine and laid back down for another hour. 

Jess, Deb and I went out for breakfast, Walgreen's for my prescriptions, the doctor's office for Jessie's blood work, church to fill out some papers for another Ladies Game night in March, Michael's to look around, McDonald's for pop and an ice cream (had a "picnic" in the van), post office then home.  We left around 9:30 and got home around 2:30.  It was a good day for all of us. 

I did some more tearing up of old paperwork and putting aside papers that need shredding.  Made dinner and now we're waiting for Jon to come home.  He has the next 3 days off!  Horrah!  We miss him when he's not here.  I told him that yesterday and he replied: "I miss myself, too!"

Just Another Day

Brenda and Jessie went to Meijer's then came home and made Jessie a special chicken roll up for lunch (instead of McDonald's).  As long as it included chicken, she didn't mind.  Before they went bowling I went and got my blood drawn for another INR.  Jess had a good time bowling - again.  She really seems to like it.  She's making friends at the bowling alley, too.  A group of special needs adults come in to bowl just before they leave and several have come over and introduced themselves to Jessie. 

My day:  rest, breakfast, paperwork, ironed Jessie's Perler beads (I was way behind), two loads of wash, got rid of paperwork from years back on the addition of the house, nap, read.  Chris brought pizza and salad for dinner and we talked for a couple hours.  That's about it.

An Outing and Shiloh's Birthday Pictures

Jess, Debbie and I went for an afternoon outing today.  I went to the Chrysler Dealers and had air put in my tires since they've registered low for over a couple weeks.  Then we ate at Wendy's.  They were not having a good day there, that's for sure.  It was crowded, they were backed up and my hamburger was cold.  Oh, well.  It's only food. 


From there we went to the Secretary of States Office and I renewed my handicapped sticker for another 6 months.  Post Office and Walgreen's finished our day out.  The sun was shining brightly and it was great to get out of the house, even if it was for only a couple hours.
 


I finally downloaded a couple pictures that I had wanted to share.  Last week Doreen brought Shiloh here in the morning and we celebrated her 3rd birthday with cupcakes that Doreen made that morning.  I bought her a balloon and we gave her a few presents.  It was fun celebrating with her.  She's a special little girl.  Jessie gets along well with Shiloh, which is a miracle.  They've played together a couple times really well. 

An Over Protective Mother

When we got up this morning it was minus 7 with a wind chill of minus 25.  Brenda and Jessie were scheduled to go to the gym and swim then play in the gym.  I was concerned whether or not to send Jess out in such cold, but both Jon and Brenda assured me that she'd be fine.  There wasn't much skin showing when Jess left as you can see from the picture.  I'm glad I let her go, as she had another great day.  Do Mom's ever stop worrying about their children?  I don't think so, as I remember my mom always being concerned for us kids, not matter how old we were.  She said she prayed every day for us.

Other than medical papers, I completed my 2013 filing.  Now I need to clean out those folders, throw away what can be discarded and keep what needs to be kept. 

I'm pushing myself as I made an Income Tax appointment for a couple weeks from now.  If I have an appointment, I'll get it done.  If not, who knows when it would get done - April?

Thanks to Doreen, while I filed, she cleaned my house.  It smells and looks clean.  Nice job, friend!

Jon went grocery shopping for himself, and also treated us to New York Strip steaks for dinner.  I don't think I have ever had a NY Strip steak before.  What a nice thing to do for us.  Even though it was expensive, we portion out our food and two pieces made 5 meals: $4.00 a person.  Not bad.  Thanks, Jon, it was a special dinner. 

Girls Day Out

Jon said that the roads were really bad when he went to work, and FB status' were saying about the same.  So, I cancelled my doctor's appointment and rescheduled it for Friday.  Jess, Deb and I did go to the post office and lunch for girl's day out, but came right back home.  The weather is just down right ugly.  It seems to snow each day and wind makes the roads slick.  I guess schools are already closed tomorrow because of the deadly wind chills tonight.  Kids are doing the happy dance, but they won't in June.  I think they've missed like 6 days already and it's only January!  Today Jess said:   "Snow all done?  Summer here?"   Don't we all wish.

The Walking Dead

I am so thankful that one-on-one, Jess is very good and can be trusted to stay put - most of the time.  She was excellent today as I have done nothing but sleep in between getting our meals. Thankfully, my mind does hear Jessie when she gets up and moves about and I know what she's doing.  She's also been laughing a lot today.  Crabby but laughing.

Friday night before I went to the Ladies Social at church, I didn't bring up my left foot high enough to clear the step, caught myself with my right foot hard and slammed into the wall and door.  Immediately, my legs and back were in pain.  When I went to bed that night I took half of a pain pill.  Two and a half hours later I had to take the other half because the pain was so severe.

Last night I was having a hard time walking so Jon encouraged me to take a whole pain pill before bed.  I sat in my chair, read a bit then woke 4 hours later to the lights still on.  I got up and went to bed and slept until 9:00.  I texted Jon: "I won't be taking a 10 anytime soon again.  I could try out for the Walking Dead and get a star role this morning!"  I was totally wiped out and moved extremely slow.  I made Jess and I breakfast, we ate in my bedroom, I closed my eyes and woke at 12:30 !!!!  Jess was in her room with my iPad looking at FB.  I got her ready for the day, we came downstairs, I sat on the couch and fell asleep again!  At 5:00 when I should have been making dinner I closed my eyes again and woke at 6:00.  This is nuts!  And, I'm ready to close my eyes again!  We will be going upstairs early tonight, that's for sure. 

Friday and Saturday

I would have blogged last night but Comcast wasn't working - no phones, no internet, no tv.  That doesn't happen very often, but with the winds we had last night, I an surprised we still had power.  There was even snow thunder last night around 8:15 p.m.

I began yesterday with a trip to the knee doctor.  For his part, all is going well.  Now I just need the rest of my body to cooperate and things will be much better.  Jon went with me and I treated him to an Applebee's lunch in thanks for taking me.  

We had a Ladies Social last night at church and I was very concerned about going out because the weather was so bad.  I knew that if Bill were here, he would not have been pleased that I went.  However, when you're half of the committee and leading devotions, your presence is required. There were almost 40 women who came out to play games and eat snacks.  Everyone seemed to have a great time!  It just proves to me that women are craving a time of fun and fellowship with other women, and cold, windy weather isn't going to stop them from a special evening. 

Today the Stephen Ministry Ladies (those that could) met at the Hamlin Pub for lunch.  There were 8 of us today.  They have a small side room right off the front door which is so nice for us.  It was a special outing for those of us who came.

When I got home I was super tired and frozen so I heated up my rice packs and put a couple on, put my eye covers on and slept for 2 1/2 hours!  I'm ready to call it a day, but Jess is still doing her beads.

Yesterday Jessie and Debbie went out to breakfast and made a few stops.  They stayed home the rest of the day.  Today Rachael came to be with Jessie so I could go to the luncheon.  They made brownies and were busy beavers.  They didn't go anywhere either because the weather wasn't great again.  The north and south roads were OK, but not the east and west.  They were pretty bad.