Good Wednesday Morning - The What's New Revue!!!

Ahhh,
Talking about hitting the road!!!!! I am road trippin today. Im going up to Lake City to see my friend. Ill be there overnight.
I secured a place to have the family reunion. One task down and a million to go!!!!!
It looks gloomy here and about to rain.
I know what you mean George about being called Mary's Father. Once my sister and I were in Marshall Fields in Chicago and someone said to me your grandma is overThere. She was so mad!!!! She is 8 years older than I am.
Well Im off.
Carla 

Your post wiped the smile right off my face.  I just want to hug that little 3yo girl.  One of my DIL was sexually abused by her GFather.  They placed her in foster homes which continued the abuse.  She was finally adopted by a loving couple who helped her but the years of damage was always there.  I can't tell you what I would like to do to the abusers....  Aaaarrgghhh.  OK, I will change this to a nice tone for the day.

Yesterday I bought a case of tomatoes and a case of pears.  I now have lots of canning to do.  I love canning.  It's always nice to see the rows of canned goods on the shelves.  I put together baskets of goodies at the holidays too.

Fall is sure in the air here.  I wish we could have a few more really nice hot days but, I live in the wrong area for that.  lol...  The best would be a nice Indian Summer.

Well, I'm off to start my day.  Make yours a good one.

Millie

Good morning to you, George and my OFFer's. I hope that today is good and besides it is Hump Day today!!!!

I have my little Kayden and I told DS Monday that he was getting a cold since he was coughing quite a bit. He told me that he fakes coughing and I said that these were not faked. This morning he told me that DIL was getting a doctor's appointment for him because he is sick. HMMM.....wonder where they got the idea? It sure wasn't from me since I know nothing. But I sure can watch him even though I am stupid. Oh well....I have to stop that now or I am going to get mad and then I might say something and then not have Kayden....she can be nasty and at times so can DS....since they are the only people on earth that ever had a baby and his mother's family is the only people that know anything either. OPPS! You never heard that since I shut my mouth! ha ha

Bill should find out when he can go back to work sometime today. We are hoping that he can go today but something tells me that they are going to make it another day....simply because the Operations Manager has his little peeps there doing his job. I heard that he is working on getting rid of the guys that work there so that he can get his peeps in there to work. I told Bill that he needs to call w.c. insurance people to see about getting the inhalers...so I guess he is going to call her today.

The day is sunny today and cool but it is suppose to be in the upper 70's today. I like it when it is about that temperature. It is cool enough to be comfortable and warm enough to be nice when you are in the sun. I feel the early winter coming and the bugs that are coming in from outdoors is telling me the same thing. We are getting a fair amount of spiders in here this year and that is unusual.

I have to go to the library today. My dang old books were due on Friday so I have fines now of 5 cents a day for each book. Not a lot but I shouldn't do that....it isn't right. If Bill has to go to work today I am going to have to take Kayden with me...but I am thinking they are open until 9 tonight....so maybe not.

I have a pcp appointment today. It is the follow up for the antidepressant being started and for the carotid artery ultrasound too. I have to let her know about the headaches that I am having pretty much constantly. They aren't getting any better either and sometimes they seem worse. I am wondering if they are sinus headaches but then sometimes I think they aren't. How am I suppose to know? Heck I feel stupid! It must be September 2nd Brenda's stupid day today. But then again some would tell you it must be September 2nd everyday! And I might agree with them at times too. ha ha

I better get going. I am getting hungry and so breakfast is calling me. I am sending love and hugs to all and prayers are being said for everyone too....and for Margo's Michael too. Have a super day and spread some happiness and joy around you.

Oh  How well I know the feeling....  being stupid, especially where the new parents are concerned.  I was backed off on a regular basis by my DIL.....  But, in the end it all works itself out.  The kids grew up and are healthy, wise and wonderful.  Perfect ?  No, but who is.  In the mean time just keep up the kisses and loving....  They are so precious.

Well, it's about time to wake up "princess" and I'm ready for my first nap of the day.  figures.

I get up early to come upstairs in the apt complex...  between 4:00 -5:00 a.m.  When I get here I like to lay on the couch for a couple of hours... but, noooo  I'm awake enough to stay up.  Then when its time for McKenzie to wake up I'm ready for my first nap of the day.  Aaarrghh.  Hopefully I will be able to get my body into some sort of routine or this will wear me down.

Ok, enough about me.....  what's going on in your corner of the world?

Have a fun day... 

Millie

morning george and OFF family...well i had a nice day yesterday!! rick got his back pay for unemployment and we went to buy tires for my car...got four new tires on and then went to store for a few things we didn't need but just had to have while we had a few extra bucks...lol heck we went without for so long we had to treat ourselves for a change!! rick bought me this hand held game called BOBIT and omg it is sooo much fun to play!!! he bought himself a pink floyd cd...yippeee lol then he took me out for a nice dinner at applebee's and then we came home and i played my new game and he listened to his new cd then it was time for bed. what a fun day!!!

forgot to pickup the mail yesterday so i got it this morning and man i am pissed!!! why?? because the apartment is raising our rent $30 a month and if i read it right it will be an extra $10 for bandit a month!!!! so it will be $40 a month raise now!!! well i am making a list of things to take to the manager of this place and put it on the line for her!!! they advertise that there is a park like setting and picnic area...right!!! there are 4 grills here which ALL are leaning big time and there is ONE picnic table near the pool area and that one is broken and can't be used at all!!!! i told the maintenance man that we had moths big time and he told me "well winter is coming so they will be gone soon!!!" we have been killing moths EVERY day/night since we moved in here!!!! we now have ants!!! there is a one pet rule here and ALOT of people break that rule and are getting away with it!!! we abide the rules and what do we get?? a raise in rent!!! its BS if you ask me!!!! ok i am done venting here because i am sure you all aren't interested anyway.

ok i am out of here need to pay my car insurance before i forget again...should have paid it yesterday but wasn't thinking it was september yet...thanks carla!!! LOL had to tease you again for the slip up on the date...LOL i work 1-5 today and then thursday 8-5 then friday 8-430 so i doubt i will be online those days. then i am off saturday and we are going to the fair. i work sunday and not sure how long but i know i start at 8am. will get schedule either today or tomorrow for next week. so if i am not here rest of the week i want to wish you all a happy and safe labor day!!!

congrats to all the good news posted and best wishes to the posts on surgeries and tests!!! oh!! speaking of tests...i got the results of my pap test...NORMAL!!!!! wooohooooo!!!!!! :-)

ok i am signing off...SMILE!!! makes people wonder what you've been up too!!!! ;-)

Greetings, It is so nice to catch up with everyone I have been missing from action. All is well, just have been very busy. Have a wonderful long weekend with my step-mom. We went to the Squirrel Cage jail in Council Bluffs ( Google it, it is amazing) and then to the Botanical gardens. After she would go to bed at night I would cook for the next day, so I was exhausted, but it was worth it. I had hoped to go with her to Ohio for a week, but that didn't work out.  Tomorrow Liz (DD) and her hubby are going to the state fair to see Randy Travis so I get to have  Hunter overnight. They are another couple who think they are the first parents ever and it is so hard to get any Hunter time out of them, I am taking Friday off and just going to eat that baby up. Life has been good lately, I can only complain about myself and my out of control eating..

Hi George and my OFF family:

Your tale of the ballpark was fascinating. I wish I could join you sometime, but my budget doesn't have a trip to Dallas in it this year, or I'd be down for Janet's birthday ... plus I have other people I could visit too (a former college teacher now lives down there, and I'd love to see her again ... haven't seen her for years ... she wouldn't recognize me ... I'm sure I wouldn't recognize her!). A coworker wanted to go with me to a Whitecaps game (that's our minor league team affiliated with the Tigers) but I can't even afford that. All I can say is four more months and I'll be done with bankruptcy hell.

I was at  work last night monitoring the White Sox-Twins game. One of my coworkers, whose name is Jerry Ford (yes, the same as the president who grew up in Grand Rapids ... his nickname, of course, is Prez), is a Twins fan. So we talk baseball all the time. As I was getting ready to leave, I said, "Well, I'll get home just in time to see (pitcher Scott) Linebrink blow this game." At the time, the Sox and Twins were tied 3-3. I got home and the Twins got a leadoff single in the ninth off Matt Thornton. The manager takes Thornton and brings in Tony Pena ... horrible reliever that we got from the Diamondbacks. Two outs later, the Twins put in a pinch-hitter who delivers the game-winning hit. Well, I just had the wrong pitcher blowing the game.

So baseball, which was fun for awhile for me, has ruined my summer now. The Sox can't hit, they can't field, the starting pitchers are OK, but the relief pitchers are suspect. Oh well, enough of baseball, I'm sure I'm boring you.

Woke up around 10 a.m. when the phone rang ... no one left a message. I have a headache, back ache and my knee hurts. Funny, because I went to the chiropractor yesterday after my psychologist appointment and felt better but now everything hurts. Not a cloud in the sky, so I don't think it's going to rain. Sure feels like it, though.

My boss got back to me about last Friday's fiasco ... he said he doesn't see me doing anything much for sports ever again. I'm happy about that. They don't want me there anyway, other than to proof. He didn't get a good answer as to why I didn't get any work.
My kitties are in here munching on food ... must be lunch time. I'm still on my first cup of coffee. I'm trying to figure out how I can survive on my budget this week. Anyone want to pitch in?

Well, enough of this ... I'm sure I'm boring you. Have a good day.

Yesterday was a long day for me. Drs. off and hospital for all the pre-op testing and stuff. I signed my names or initials on so many lines, I'm wondering just who all now has permission to stomp around in there and scramble my innards! But it ended up all good and everything is set to go on the 15th.

I officially started my 2 wk liquid diet this morning. The nurse yesterday gave me a list of simple shake recipes plus I've been saving them from folks here on OH for quite a while. Plus my order from Unjury came in yesterday so I'm set for all kinds of stuff.

I'm really glad my surgery is getting done before the end of the year. DH's company was sold! He,  and just about every one else, found out about it on the news as he was getting ready for work this morning! At the meeting at work this morning no one knows much more than what was on the news so we're just waiting to see what changes will be made.

Congrats on your surgery coming up! One of my favorite pre-op shake recipes (although we didn't use Unjury) was to take a sugar-free root beer pop, add it to vanilla protein powder, add some ice cubes, put it in a blender and voila! It tasted like a root beer float. I loved that! Another one was with SF orange flavoring and vanilla protein powder, ice cubes, water ... tasted like a creamsicle. Or vanilla protein powder, SF coconut, SF pineapple (or crushed pineapple in juice) and water, ice cubes ... like a pina colada ... I may make that this afternoon. Sounds good!

Sorry about hubby's company, though. My brother Gary works for AIG (the good part of that company, the life insurance arm); his office in Milwaukee is closing and he'll be out of a job in November. He's 57 ... good luck to him finding another job at his age. Well, he does have a degree in French education ... ha! That's done him a lot of good so far.

Thanks....I'm getting excited! Those recipes sound good! I need to add to me SF syrups. Right now I have coconut, hazelnut, amaretto and tai chi spice. And I need to start adding ice, just shaking isn't going to cut it for very long.

That's what scares me the most. DH is also 57. As a welder/fabricator he's never had problems finding jobs but at this age it would be hard to go back to working his rig. His fab skills will account for a lot, but large comp nies with benefits look at age first, not experience. We also worry about insurance coverage, especially for my followups and labs. But we refuse to worry about something that may never materialise!