Then There Was Sweetthing

IT WAS A GOOD MOTHER'S DAY

2008-05-11T11:26:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone had a good mother's day. I was able to complete my exercise program. That always brings a smile to my face because I always get such a feeling of success.

My roses from my garden are still beautiful.

Guyk and I hope to move another load of mulch to our little forest today. Our Caladium bulbs are beginning to come up in the little forest.

We are looking into planting some gardenias for the little forest.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

IT WAS A GOOD DAY

2008-05-10T13:34:00.000-07:00

I did some housework today and even completed my exercise program. I was a little afraid of the exercise program but all went well. The only problem was that 5 minutes after I quit, I was stiff and sore again. But I was very pleased with myself.

Thanks again for all your great comments. Thanks for coming by. See you later.

THANKS EVERYONE

2008-05-09T09:18:00.000-07:00

I wanted to thank everyone of you for your support during this time. I knew there must be something wrong when I went for the mammogram and I did not get a letter saying all was O.K.

I had a Stereotactic breast biopsy. Guyk has been worried sick. I have felt like my life was on hold. When they told me today that all was well, it was like I could breathe again. Ten thousand pounds lifted off my shoulders.

Guyk has read me his articles and all your responses but I have been unable to write. I found a good book to read and tried to climb into it and hide.

Thanks again. Thanks for coming by. See you later.

Good Morning All

2008-04-14T03:15:00.000-07:00

Guyk is doing well with his rotator cuff repair. He is able to use his right arm more and more. He is not wearing his sling at all now. He is still in pain at times.

I have to have a breast biopsy. The doctor states a 10% change of cancer but a 90% that it is not. I had a biopsy back in 1996. Then they took a scoop out from around the identified area. This doctor states now they take only as much as necessary.

It is suppose to be about 69 degrees today and cooler tomorrow. It has been like summer time weather around here.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

How I love that man of mine

2008-04-03T12:06:00.000-07:00

My man, Guyk was able to sleep in our bed last night for about 6 hours. Today he was able to mow the grass. Yesterday he set up a rope and pulley to do his exercises. And best of all we were
able to make love for the first time in over a month.

Needless to say he is getting so much better. He has decided he can drive now so I am going to let him.

I love that man of mine.

MISERY, MISERY

2008-03-31T03:52:00.000-07:00

Sometimes when I exercise on the treadmill, I think about how old I am. Sixty-six seems very old to be doing such things. Then yesterday on Fox news they show a little old lady of 78 years old that lifted 110 Pounds off the floor.

I have decided that when I think about my age from now on I am going to remember this 78 year old women as an example of what people can do today.

When I was growing up I was told that 65 was very old. It is very hard to overcome the attitudes of a life time. But people keep living longer and the reason they are living longer is diet and exercise.

My man is in the misery, misery stage of recovery. The recliner is uncomfortable and the bed is not much better. His last PT was this past Thursday and his next is not until Wed April 2. His shoulder and arm are giving him much grief.

I try to tell him that this too shall pass but it is not much help. Recovery seems to far away for him. I am hoping that when he starts the new month of PT he can put his depression aside.

It is very hard to see someone you love hurting so much. Especially when most of the time I feel good.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

We're still making progress

2008-03-25T10:46:00.000-07:00

Guyk fixed his own lunch today. He is able to use his arm a little more each day. But it just doesn't go fast enough for him. He gets frustrated easily.

Sleeping in our bed just didn't work out so he went back to his recliner. Everyone that has had this kind of surgery has told him it takes 5 to 6 weeks before they can leave the recliner for the bed.

We go back to rehab tomorrow. We are doing all of our errands while we are out because gas is so high. I know everyone is doing the same thing.

It is a beautiful day today. It was chilly this morning, but about 70 degrees now.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

Nap Time

2008-03-20T12:24:00.000-07:00

I caught all my babies asleep this afternoon. I was afraid Little Sister would jump down before I got her picture but she didn't. Guyk put the pictures on my blog for me.

We're making progress

2008-03-20T11:12:00.000-07:00

Guyk was able to sleep in our bed last night instead of the recliner. He got his stitches out yesterday. He is getting through the day without pain pills. His rehab is suppose to get more intensive now.

It is a beautiful day today. The sun is shinning. About 70 degrees.

I got our taxes done today.

I love my new treadmill.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

Guyk is stronger

2008-03-13T11:32:00.000-07:00

We were able to have fried catfish for lunch today. I figured we would have to wait until his arm was out of the sling before we could have catfish again because we have to use the cooker outside. It was very good.

We are going to give him a bath this afternoon and change his dressing. A bath always make him feel better.

He sees his doctor next Wednesday. We are hoping he can get the stitches out. Then he can take a shower and maybe go to bed again.

Thanks everyone for your encouragement. It means so much to Guyk. He enjoys hearing from everyone. I do too, but it is different when you are a patient.

Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

Guyk is much improved

2008-03-11T02:56:00.000-07:00

I was sleeping in my recliner so I could be close to Guyk in his recliner. The pups took the couch. Three nights we sleep this way. Then last night Guyk was better so I went to bed. I feel so much better. Guyk is much improved and the bed was wonderful.

After I had back surgery, the recliner is the worst place for me to sleep. Guyk is looking forward to when he can sleep in the bed. But for now he has to stay in a position where his shoulder is elevated.

We thought they only did microscopic surgery, but they cut open his shoulder too.
He is working very hard on his exercises they told him to do in rehab.

He is looking forward to shooting guns again with catfish and going fishing.

My treadmill works greats. I love it.

I wanted to thank everyone for encouraging him in his recovery. He loves his blog site. He loves talking to so many wonderful friends.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

Well--shit!

2008-03-05T13:01:00.000-08:00

Guyk goes in Friday to get his shoulder fixed but now he has another tooth ache. We just started back to eating decent and this happens. We are hoping he can get it pulled next week.

The idiot dentist in Georgia should have pulled all his teeth put what the hell. Guyk would not need a dentist if he had no teeth. I will be glad when he gets all the bottom ones pulled and gets a lower plate.

We have taken 2 steps forward and one step back.

But I love my new treadmill. Guess I should count my blessings. But then I couldn't bitch. I do love that man of mine and I am glad that I got him, bad shoulder and bad teeth,and bad knees.

Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

I love my new treadmill

2008-03-02T13:20:00.000-08:00

Guyk got me a Pro-form XP 620. I just love it. It is so nice. I was a little afraid of it to begin with, but I saw Guyk on it and he had no problems. It is so much bigger than my old one. It works just great. And the paper work said it was made in the USA.

I finally got all the end of the month chores done. Tomorrow we are doing flea meds. Guyk has a doctor appointment in the AM.

I know poor little Sassie poodle thinks I am trying to drown her when I give her a bath.

I used my treadmill today at the speed that I used on the old one. Next time I will increase the speed a little at a time as I get comfortable with the treadmill.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

One year old poodle

2008-02-27T02:53:00.000-08:00

Sassie's Little Sister turned 1 year old yesterday. The hard part is behind us on dog training. She is so smart. She is very vocal on what she wants, even to go potty.

We had a fierce storm roll through here yesterday. The wind blew and the shit flew. We got a good rain but now the wind is blowing taking our rain away. It will be cold for the next few days but then spring is on the way and then summer.

Guyk is not looking forward to getting his rotator cuff fixed. But he is looking forward to be able to go fishing.

It will be nice to have this behind us instead of in front. He is enjoying his new denture. He can eat now. His mouth is still a little sore but he gets better every day.

Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

Good news

2008-02-24T14:43:00.000-08:00

Guyk said we will go to Sports Authority or Sears and get the Nordictrack that I wanted. This is great. I feel so much better. He said to just ignore the customer comments. I can remember when we were shopping for a computer and several people stated the gateway computer was a piece of shit but we have had no problems with ours.

Thank you Guyk. I love you very much.

Shopping for a treadmill

2008-02-24T13:45:00.000-08:00

It has been so discouraging shopping for a treadmill. I have a limited budget and limited time because Guyk has his surgery on March 7. After that he will not be putting up a treadmill for me. My money is not available until the end of the month.

I have been looking on line. Sports Authority appears to ship only. They don't say they have merchandise in the store. They had what I wanted but no time to have it shipped. Sears had want I wanted but when I read the reviews on the treadmill I had picked out, the customers indicated they paid about 200 dollars less than the advertised price on line. I don't understand this!! They must not read their own reviews.

So I am back to walmart to pick one that is not exactly what I wanted. I wanted the treadmill belt to be 20 x 55 but walmart's is 18 x 53. But the price is good.

The other thing I didn't like was that they indicate there is a fan on the treadmill. One person stated when the fan quit the treadmill would not run. This does not sound good. The more stuff they put on them, the more stuff can go wrong.

What ever happened to just keep it simple?

We got home Friday afternoon. I finally got the trailer cleaned out again.

The camp site was nice. I got to go walking almost everyday. Guyk and catfish spent a lot of time together. Guyk got his upper plate but it is still a hassle for him to use it.

The worst part of the trip was that I forgot Guyk's nubulizer. I could not believe that I did that. He needed it too. He could have really used it Friday morning when we were trying to get home. He is just give out. But he got us safely home even if he did feel rotten.

No Blog roll

2008-02-14T03:37:00.000-08:00

I am so frustrated this morning. I have no blog roll. I can't even get to Guyk's blog. I gave up and just read the news papers.

We got a good rain yesterday but today it is cold.

Guyk has doctor appointment today with heart doctor. I am packing the jayco for our trip to Georgia in the morning.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

The mower gets easier

2008-02-11T12:06:00.000-08:00

I was very comfortable on the lawn mower today. I even started it by myself. Guyk didn't think I would be strong enough to handle it, but I think my upper body exercises have really helped me.

It is a beautiful day today. We carried off our trailer full of trash.

It was a good day.

Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

The continuing saga of sweething and the lawn mower

2008-02-10T11:48:00.000-08:00

I drove the riding lawn mower again today, but I started it myself or at least attempted to do so. Guyk came out and helped me start it. I made two swings around the yard.

Tomorrow we are going to the land fill with our trailer load of stuff we have collected. We will not be able to do this after he has surgery so we need to get it done now.

I will continue to drive the tractor until I am comfortable on it. Hopefully that day will come before the grass needs cutting again.

Guyk said I did good. I am pleased to learn how to handle the lawn mower. All knowledge is good.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

Riding Lawn Mower

2008-02-09T12:31:00.000-08:00

Today I learned how to use the riding lawn mower. I have always hesitated to get on it because it jerks your back. But I am so much better with my back that it did not bother me at all.

I drove the mower around the yard and even mowed a little grass. I need lots of practice but I have time to practice before Guyk has his surgery. The mower was noisy, dusty and smelled awful bad. Exhaust fumes, I guess.

It was fantastic to learn something new and it was a lot of fun. I have put off learning all the while knowing it would be stupid to have that big mower in the yard, Guyk not able to use it and I would not know how.

It was a beautiful day. The weather was perfect, not to hot or to cold. Guyk finished mowing the yard and I did the weed eating. It was a good day.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

Rotator Cuff

2008-02-08T14:40:00.000-08:00

We are going to experience everything you always wanted to know about the rotator cuff. Guyk is scheduled for surgery on his rotator cuff on his right shoulder on March 7, 2008. He is right handed and his arm will be immobilized for 6 to 8 weeks. This is also his mouse hand. And to add to all this he types with two fingers or he did. He will be stuck with typing with one finger.

I suppose that I can type for him as he dictates, but I don't know if I can type his red-neck speak. He types how a word sounds. I am anal. I type or try to type correct English.

We are going to rearrange the living room as he will be sleeping in the recliner. Impossible to lay in bed with his arm in that immovable structure.

He is looking forward to getting it fixed and so am I. Our friend, Kenny said his friend, Leroy had this surgery done. He said Leroy was very happy with the results and he was no longer in pain.

Guyk is hurting all the way down in his fingers on his right arm from this rotator cuff injury.

We leave next week to go to Georgia to get his new denture plate. Then at least he will be able to eat.

He and Catfish will have one last fling before Guyk's surgery and long rehab.

We are going to get my new treadmill when we get back from Georgia. Otherwise who knows when Guyk will be able to set one up for me. I intend to help all I can. I am really looking forward to this new treadmill.

I will need this new treadmill to rid myself of all excess stress. Guyk is not the most amenable patient in the world. In fact, he usually is a grouch. But I love this grouch of mine with all my heart.

Next year we hope to go back to Oklahoma and get another freezer full of that wonderful catfish.

Thanks for stopping by. See you later.

My birthday present

2008-02-03T11:07:00.000-08:00

There is nothing as precious as something that is hand made with lots of love. Guyk made this paper towel holder for me for my birthday. You can see the paper towel on it on his sitecharming. The fishing line with the weight attached keeps the wind from blowing the paper towels away on the picnic table.

Thank you Darling. I love you.

Happy Birthday to me

2008-02-01T13:48:00.000-08:00

I got most of my first of the month chores done today. Gave Little Sister the poodle her heart guard, cleaned the coffee pot, paid the bills, gave Miss Sassie poodle a bath. Tomorrow we are doing flea meds.

Guyk is getting him a new gun when we go back to Ga for his new dentures. So I get a new treadmill since we can't go on vacation to OK this year anyway. Guyk's shoulder is so bad he can't drive very far. Some times he can't even pick up his coffee cup. He has an orthopedic appointment on the 7th of this month.

My birthday is the 4th of this month. I have added 20 set-ups and 10 push ups to my exercise program as my birthday present to me.

Guyk can't drive very far but he figures he can drive to see Catfish every couple of months. That is fine with me now that we have found that nice campground and I now know the way to Walmart from the camp.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

Good to be home.

2008-01-25T15:03:00.000-08:00

We got home Wednesday afternoon. This is the first time I have had time to set down and open my laptop. It was good to get home.

We had a good trip except for locking the keys in the truck. The crysler dealer made us a door key for $33.00. They stated an ignition key would have been $200.00.

We went to visit Kelly and her family while we were in Georgia. Guyk had met them before when they were at Catfish's home. We enjoyed our visit. They are very busy trying to support family and educate 3 children.

It was cold and wet in Ga. The trailer uses gas heat which made the trailer sweat. I put the dehumidifier in the trailer when we got home and I am going to carry it with me on our next trip.

We are going to stay at the Lake Harmony RV Park when we go back. It has a very nice place to go walking.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

My afternoon with Ms Nancy

2008-01-16T15:39:00.000-08:00

Yesterday afternoon Ms Nancy, Catfish's wife and I spent the afternoon together. She showed me around the old town of Darian. The old jail was given to the community. Ms Nancy and her friends renovated it into an art center. Ms Nancy and her friends also make quilts and sell them at the center. I took a picture of Ms Nancy by a quilt hanging on the wall. Also got a picture of Catfish and Guyk. Both the guys look very tired. They have gone off to look for good gun sales this AM.

I hope to do my exercises this morning and go walking. I can't wait to go home. Guyk's stitches come out Tuesday. We plan to go home on Thursday.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

My Babies...All Three Of Them

2008-01-14T15:15:00.000-08:00

We are crowded but comfortable. I brought the large pillow to lay on the floor when I wanted to do my set ups. It ended up under the table to get it out of the middle of the floor. The pups loved it under the table. Now that is where they stay constantly, under their daddy's feet. I could not resist the picture.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

I was so blue!

2008-01-07T15:48:00.000-08:00

My laptop would not boot-up. My world was destroyed. I was so blue. But then Hammer told us how to fix the problem. It worked and I was so happy.

Now Hammer, I give you fair warning, the next time I see you I am going to hug your neck. Thank you so much.

See you later. Thanks again.

Happy New Year Everyone

2008-01-01T14:30:00.000-08:00

2007 was a very good year for me. We bought a travel trailer, went to blog meets, met some great people, had lots of fun and came home with a freezer full of catfish.

I got a wonderful poodle pup named Sassie's Little Sister. I learned how to write on a blog. I love my laptop.

I hope this year will be good for Guyk. He needs his teeth out so bad. Going to the dentist tomorrow because he has a tooth ache and can not wait for appointment in Ga. His shoulder is giving him fits. He has gained weight because of his inability to eat properly. This year will certainly be a challenge for him especially if he has to have his shoulder fixed. The dentures will also be a challenge.

We may not get to Oklahoma this year for the catfish but we have hopes for next year.

Merry Christmas

2007-12-24T03:27:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone. This has been a great year for me. I have so enjoyed the blogging world.

We are going to have a quiet Christmas. Just us, the pups, the birds and the squirrels.

We have about 3 weeks before we leave for Ga to get Guyk's teeth pulled. We are hoping he will feel better after that. He has to get his shoulder fixed too. Have not heard what the MRI showed.

I hope everyone has a great new year. Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

Guyk made a beautiful bird feeder for our neighbor. We are going to pick up the pipe today to put it up.

Headache gone

2007-12-21T11:17:00.000-08:00

My headache was gone this morning. I was able to do my exercise program. I even added 20 set-ups to my program. I would like to add 20 push-ups but they are harder. I managed about 10 half push-ups. I will just keep working on it everyday until I get it right.

It is difficult for me to exercise when I think about how old I am. I will be 66 years old in Feb 08. When I was growing up 50 was old. But I see people exercising at all ages now days. I just keep remembering that exercise builds muscles and new bones.

It even rained this morning. It is a beautiful day today. Sun is shinning and about 70 degrees.

Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

Re-Gifting?

2007-12-20T13:42:00.000-08:00

H2O awarded me this color of friendship that Erica had awarded her. Is this what they call re-gifting?

I thought it was very nice of H2O and Erica. I love writing on my blog and having others respond. We have made many friends through the internet. I believe I will award this color of friendship to JDP andHammer.

Sick headache again!

2007-12-20T11:51:00.000-08:00

I have had a sick headache all week. Last week my exercise program was going well. I did fine until Monday. Last Wednesday, Guyk blew off his heart doctor appointment. On Friday, he went and got a flu shot even though he did not want to. But he said I just insisted, so he went.

The problem as I see it is that I try to have some control over keeping my husband healthy. But I realize that I have no control over anything.

My heart went out to Chevy Rose because her husband needed heart stints but he told her he would do the stints but if they had to open him up, no way. For her to tell the doctors no. This was a lot to put on a spouse even if you are 80 years old. As it turned out, she reports the stints went fine and all is well.

I am hoping to begin my exercise program again tomorrow. When I get to do my exercise program, is when I feel my best. I sleep good and all my plumbing works well.

Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

Every home needs one of these

2007-12-16T12:57:00.000-08:00

I got this picture from JDP. I hope he doesn't mind that I stole it. I thought it was something that everyone would want. No? I don't blame you.

Anniversary approaching

2007-12-16T11:15:00.000-08:00

We will be married 44 years on the 30th of this month. Guyk continues to amaze me on his ability to tell a story. I hope we have many more years to come together. I love you, Guy.

Santa came early

2007-12-15T12:27:00.000-08:00

Guyk bought me 4 DVD's for Christmas. He got Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Shrek the third, Fantastic 4, Rise of the Silver Surfer, and Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End. I loved Harry Potter and the Fantastic 4. The Shrek was OK and the Pirates was like the never ending story.

I will watch Harry again and again because each time I watch it I see something different. I will watch the Fantastic 4 several times before I tire of it, but I like the original better.

We winterized the travel trailer today. It is suppose to rain and turn cold, with possible freeze in our area. Our weather has been just beautiful lately.

I hope everyone has a warm and safe holiday.

Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

Flirting Robots

2007-12-10T03:44:00.000-08:00

You go to a chat room and connect with some one really interesting, you think. Then it turns out to be a robot that is out to steal your personal information. And according to Instapundit it is hard to tell the difference.

It sure does put a damper on "how I met my mate on line."

One more romantic theory bits the dust.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

It looked simple enough!

2007-12-09T10:56:00.000-08:00

We have been working on the travel trailer for our trip in mid-Jan08 going to Ga to get all Guyk's teeth pulled.

The task was to remove the old weather stripping and replace it with new. It seemed fairly straight forward. The top of the old weather stripping fell off with the touch of a finger but the sticky base was there to stay.

I ended up with 409 spray, goff off spray, a putty knife, and wire brush. After expending a lot of elbow grease and soaking wet from the sun, I finally get it to come clean enough so that the new can be applied.

I did this task and then my exercises and now I am tired.

Guyk will put on the new stripping.

Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

HA HA HA

2007-12-03T14:38:00.001-08:00

It's a SNOWBALL FIGHT

Guyk's Sunday school lessons

2007-12-02T14:49:00.000-08:00

I love Guyk's Sunday school lessons. He has a way of making a simple story interesting and at the same time teaching you something of the origins of other people around the world.

Maybe that is why Islam is so violent. They are all mad because they are all bastards.

Well, get over it and get on with your life and let me get on with mine.

Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

How time flies

2007-12-01T12:31:00.000-08:00

My last post was on Tuesday and today is Saturday. Well Friday we went to walmart and vet. I can't remember what we did Wednesday or Thursday. Oh, well.

Today I did all the end of the month things and tomorrow I do flea meds and then I am done with my monthly chores again.

It sure is nice to be in Florida and look at the weather up North. Glad we live here.

Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

Pack Rats

2007-11-27T12:42:00.000-08:00

We cleaned out our storage shed again. Now we have the utility trailer full and the storage shed looks pretty good. It won't stay that way long. We seem to be constantly collecting things. We are like pack rats. We hate to throw anything away because we might need it.

One thing for sure. We both ran out of energy. We are both tired puppies this afternoon. It was a good day.

Thanks for coming by. See you soon.

Little Sister Poodle

2007-11-25T11:44:00.000-08:00

Little Sister poodle managed to get her toy, the braided rope, around her neck. She will be 9 months old tomorrow.

Poinsettias are beautiful

2007-11-25T10:52:00.000-08:00

Guyk brought me home a beautiful poinsettia plant today. My mom used to grow them in her front yard, but she lived in Tampa and it is much warmer there than here in Homosassa.

Guyk usually does a Sunday school lesson on Sunday's but he just couldn't get there today. I look forward to his Sunday school lessons. He is a good story teller.

Thanks for coming by. See you.

2007-11-23T03:30:00.000-08:00

We enjoyed a very pleasant thanksgiving yesterday. Good food and good company is hard to beat. It actually rained yesterday. It was a welcome sight. We have been so dry.

Thanks for coming by. See you later.

This is a brave soul.

2007-11-20T13:39:00.000-08:00

This guy, Kenny not only had one knee replaced, he had both knees replaced!

Yesterday he got in his truck and chased down his dogs that had accidentally gotten out of the house.

Guyk has this same problem. Both his knees are shot. But I don't see him having them both fixed at once, but you never know.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

2007-11-20T13:16:00.000-08:00

We are having game hens. We wanted fresh ones but we could not find them. The frozen ones were half-price so it was a good deal. Fresh green beans, frozen corn, sweet and white potatoes, dressing and pumpkin pie. I am going to bake the pumpkin pies tomorrow while Guyk is at the doctor.

Guyk has a tooth ache today. I sure hope we make it to Ga in mid Jan before he has to have any pulled. I know he does too.

We are staying home. If you are traveling, have a safe trip.

All is right with my world

2007-11-18T10:46:00.000-08:00

I was able to do my exercise program today, so my headache is better, thank god. The weather is beautiful. Guyk is working on his bird feeder.

Little Sister Poodle cooperated today so that I could brush her teeth. I generally have to chase her down. She'll be 9 months old on the 26th of this month.

I hate sick headaches

2007-11-17T12:08:00.000-08:00

My sick headache was in charge today. My exercise program went by the wayside because I had to take anti-seizure & tylonal pills with my breakfast. These pills and my treadmill do not go together. I was afraid of falling so the best thing to do is just let the exercise program be today.

Yesterday I exercised even though I had a headache but I waited until lunch time to take my pills. I was hoping I could work thru the headache but no dice. This is day three of my headache so I hope it is about done with me.

Guyk is building another bird feeder for our beautiful birds. We have a whole new selection to look at when it gets really cold up north and they are hungry.

We had frost on our truck this morning. It was very cold. It has been a nice sunny day today.

Bumper Sticker

2007-11-16T16:02:00.000-08:00

Finding a hairdresser

2007-11-16T14:30:00.000-08:00

We finally found a hairdresser we both like. She gave me a great haircut. She cut Guyk's hair like he wanted and trimmed his beard. She will get better at trimming his beard. One side of his beard goes one way and the other side goes the other way.

We had some of that great catfish for lunch today.

It was a good day.

Tough Love?

2007-11-12T12:40:00.000-08:00

It is hard for me to believe that you could have a knee replaced one day and go home the next like our new friend, Kenny.
They sent him home with a machine to manipulate his leg 6 hours out of the day. This must be medicine's answer for Tough Love. What happened to in-home physical therapy?
I mean even if physical therapy came with a whip, at least you would have a cheering section and some one to say "Good Job". How is your spouse suppose to know if you are extending your leg sufficiently, I mean, unless they are a physical therapist.

The major problem is that if you do not extend the leg and make it work normally, the knee will be stiff and then you will be limping and then your spine will be out of line and so on.

Another good friend, h2o must have this done this summer and after Kenny's story she is not looking forward to it.

In addition, Guyk is going to have to have this done eventually. One of his knees just goes out from under him when he is on his feet to long. I can just see me now telling him it is time to put his leg in the machine for some manipulation. He will throw the nearest object at me! He might obey a male physical therapist.

Me, I continue to worry about my hips. I have osteopenia so I continue on my tread mill and after that I do my ten deep knee bends as instructed by my physical therapist after my back surgery.

Exercise strengths the muscles and builds new bone or so I am told. I sure hope so, because it is a lot of work on my part.

Tasmanian Devil

2007-11-10T11:24:00.000-08:00

The Tasmanian Devil AKA Sassie's Little Sister, the poodle, is back. Her leg seems to be fine now. She runs through the house again at 90 miles an hour. And she is back to being a pain in the ass.

The weather has been beautiful. Cool in the morning and very pleasant all day. The best time in Florida is this time of year.

My sister has lived in the same apartment for about 4 years. When she calls me her name and number appear on my TV screen. A few days ago and again today a person called with the same area code as my sister but with another name showing on the screen. I did not recognize the name the other day so I did not answer the phone. When the phone rang today, I still didn't answer it because I didn't recognize the name. But Guyk answered the phone. I couldn't believe it was my sister. I thought maybe she was calling from a friend's house. My sister stated that person that came up on my TV screen used to have this same number. My sister stated bill collectors called for this person a great deal right after she moved into this new apartment. My sister is going to call and complain to the phone company next week. She is hoping she can find a live person at the phone company but I doubt she will.

Computers don't make errors right? Right!

Hammer

2007-11-07T09:24:00.000-08:00

This is a letter to Hammer. On Monday you wrote a wonderful blog about what all you do for your family on any given day. You got a lot of great comments about this blog. But what I found missing was what Hammer does for himself.

All the things you do for your family are great but you need to take care of yourself. If you don't look out for yourself no one else will.

I suggest you get a good treadmill. After the kids are in school and before you start anything else, get on the treadmill for at least 45 minutes and walk fast enough that you raise your heart rate for the entire 45 minutes. You should be breathing hard and sweating. Make a tape or a video of your favorite music, the kind you enjoy. I like Abba and Queen.

This sustained activity on the treadmill will lower your blood pressure, allow you to loose weight, and might even lower the ringing in your ears. At any rate, you will be so tired in the evening that you will sleep and not even notice the ringing in your ears.

This treadmill activity should take place everyday and eventually it will be a habit. You will be doing your children and your wife a favor because you will feel better and you will live longer.

You know you're idiot when......

2007-11-06T12:34:00.000-08:00

You know you are an idiot when you put the cold water in the coffee maker, put the filter in the basket, put the coffee in the basket, turn the coffee pot on perk and fail to put the glass coffee pitcher in place to catch the fresh brewed coffee. Therefore, when you return to the kitchen, the coffee is all over the counter.

My coffee pot has a no leak devise when you remove the pitcher to pore a cup of coffee, but it will not hold if the entire pot of coffee is in the basket. The basket just simply over flowed sending coffee and coffee grounds all over.

I would not recommend this as a way to start your day.

Glaucoma

2007-11-05T13:47:00.000-08:00

Well, shit. Guyk went to the eye doctor. Now the eye doctor thinks he may have glaucoma in that eye in which he is loosing his sight. Guyk allows he is falling apart. Let's hope not.

He is still having problems with that new drug, Plavix, that his primary doctor put him on. It is a blood thinner. He says he feels drug out and light headed. He is worried too.

He goes back to eye doctor in 2 weeks. The eye doctor started him on eye drops as if he had glaucoma even though the doctor is still guessing.

Such is life.

Time

2007-11-04T02:32:00.000-08:00

I got up at 4 AM but really it was 5 AM. This is not as bad as getting up at 4AM but it really is 3AM. Either way I feel like my body is in jet lag.

I get the same thing when we go to Oklahoma. They are on central time but my body is on eastern time.

The time bugs me! I am for leaving the time alone. Granted we must have time zones, but we don't have to have daylight saving time.

Time Flies

2007-11-02T04:31:00.000-07:00

Time flies when you are having fun! Right! I wrote my last post on Tues and here it is Friday morning and this is the first time I have had to even open my laptop let along wrote write on my blog.

The end of month/first of the month always wears me out. I keep running out of energy.
I think that is called getting old. I believe I have already arrived.

Guyk goes to doctor this AM for his last antibiotic IV.

We got heart worms done on pups and tomorrow we do advantage for fleas.

Monday Guyk returns to eye doctor.

I tried to order checks from Bank America using their automated system. It did not work. I finally got connected to real person, but they spent 5 minutes trying to sell me something before I could place my check order. I hate when they do that.

Green Green Grass of Home

2007-10-30T16:58:00.000-07:00

Porter Wagner died Sunday. He wrote and sang The Green Green Grass of Home. When we were stationed in Turkey in 1965-1968, that was my favorite song. It was my first time out of the US. I was young and stayed home sick.
When we went to the movies, they played the national anthem and showed pictures of the states. They always showed great pictures of Florida.

We were stationed in Adana, Turkey which is a very backward area. The base maintained a bus for transportation to and from the base. We lived in an apartment complex that housed all Americans.

But it was close to the Mediterranean Sea. The base maintained a fuel depot there on the Mediterranean. We were allowed to visit on the week-ends, sleep on the beach and go swimming.

We combed through old ruins of castles on the tops of mountains. These ruins were in their natural state. Occasionally a few gypsy's would be found in the ruins. We were a stone's throw from Cyprus and Israel.

I should not have been so lonesome. There was so much to see. But when you are young it is hard to appreciate these things.

But Guyk, loving history like he does, went to the library and did a lot of reading on the area.

But you can't go back. The Turkey that we knew no longer exits. And our bodies will not allow us to climb mountains any more.

All is well with my world

2007-10-28T14:02:00.000-07:00

Guyk wrote a good Sunday school lesson today. His whole blog was good today as usual.
His spirits have risen. I am glad he is no longer down and depressed.

Guyk needs to get all of his teeth pulled. We are making plans to go to Brunswick, Ga where a dentist is that takes our GI dental insurance. Our good friend Catfish has been instrumental in helping us find this dentist. We are going to take the trailer to Georgia in mid Jan. Guyk has an appointment on the 15 of Jan of 2008. Then comes the fun part of dentures.

There is a state park where we plan to park the trailer about 3 miles from the dentist's office. Guyk is hoping for some more good shrimp like Catfish brought us in Helen.

But all he can eat right now are soft foods. He has been needing to get this done for some time. It has now come to a must get this done.

But Guyk's spirits are high so all is right with my world.

The Tasmanian devil had an accident

2007-10-26T13:07:00.000-07:00

Little Sister, the poodle pup, AKA Tasmanian Devil, went out side this am. As we came back in, she got out of the lease and went 90 miles an hour under the bed, back through the living room. As she left the living room she ran out of carpet and hit the tile in the kitchen. All of a sudden, her legs were out from under her and she went sliding. When she got up she was limping and she hasn't been the same since.

I was just bitching yesterday about her wanting me to play with her all the time. Well today she has just been very quiet. I felt bad that she hurt herself. Guyk said that children and puppies do these things. That she will be fine. I sure hope so. I miss my Tasmanian Devil.

Little Sister the poodle pup

2007-10-25T15:27:00.000-07:00

I had such enjoyment reading down my blog roll yesterday. I didn't get very far because as soon as I set down here comes Little Sister the poodle pup wanting to play. We took a rope like Doyle told us to do, braided it and made a rope toy for Little Sister. She loves it. She wants to carry it everywhere. We put knots in it. She picks it up and shakes it and bangs the knots on the floor. She loves making an impact on her environment.

The same thing applies when I go to the bathroom. Here she comes with her rope toy to play. Play with me!

2007-10-24T03:02:00.000-07:00

Wonders never cease! It is raining this morning and it is suppose to cool down a bit. It is about time since it is almost November.

Guyk missed one of his tests yesterday at the diagnostic center so he has to go back on Thursday for the last test.

We are having for lunch today the fresh water fish(can't spell) that Guyk and Paul caught at Rex's place this past Spring.

It is Wednesday so it is trash day. Guess I'll go put it out.

See you later.

My man is blue

2007-10-22T04:17:00.000-07:00

Guyk is worried about his health. His MRI & MRA are tomorrow. When he knows how that came out, good or bad, he will have a little more information about the status of his eye. These tests are suppose to show if he has indeed had mini-strokes. If he has not had any stokes, then his eye loss could be low pressure glaucoma. They have ruled out everything else.

I missed his Sunday school lesson yesterday. He said he would work on it for next week. He is a little depressed so all you bloggers come by and say hi.

Thanks.

Getting back to regular routine

2007-10-20T10:48:00.000-07:00

I forgot to say that I met V-Man at Helen. After we got home I remembered that I had met Kim. Then I remembered that Kim was V-Man. We didn't have a conversation but that was O.K. I am just an old lady and he is a man of the world. He is on my blog role.

It has been almost 2 weeks since I have exercised. After exercising this morning, my body is yelling at me. It will take a few days to get back into it and then the yelling will stop.

It actually rained this morning. We have been so dry.

I love having my laptop back.

Thanks.

2007-10-19T14:48:00.000-07:00

It has been almost a week since I have sat down at my computer. Saturday morning my brother, Jim arrived at our campground. He spent the week-end with us. Before we left to go to the party in Helen, The Hermit and his wife Mariam stopped in to see us. It was great to meet them. They live close to my brother's home.

We took Jim with us to the party. Old friends at the party were Catfish,Erica,Jimbo,Denny,Leslie,

New friends that I met were
Dax Montana,
Elisson and his wife, (she who must be obeyed),Joan,Sam and Georgia, she did not write a blog, but she did drive a school bus. My brother also drives a school bus so they had a lot in common. Eric,and Zonker, who used to have a blog but got to busy with his job to keep up so he let the blog go, but he still comes to blog meets.

We left Monday morning and got home Tuesday afternoon. It took forever to unload the trailer and do the laundry. Then Thursday Guyk thought his computer was fried.

He took my laptop so I was without a computer. Guyk was in the dumps because he thought his computer was fried. Then help arrived in the name of Zonker. He helped Guyk get his computer back up and running.

So the moral of this story is go to blog meets because you never know when you will meet someone that will be able to help you. Just when you think your life has fallen apart help arrives and once more you are a blogger again.

Friday in Helen

2007-10-12T15:13:00.000-07:00

Guyk and I found the nearest walmart from Helen. He stayed with the pups and I went shopping.

This afternoon Catfish brought Guyk 30 lbs of fresh shrimp. Guyk was very happy to get them.

We put the shrimp in bags and in the freezer. Guyk and Catfish have gone back to the party in town. Me and the pups stayed at the trailer, my choice.

We almost froze last night. There was frost on the grass this AM. We bought 2 blankets at walmart.

My brother who lives in Georgia is coming in the morning and spending the week-end with us. Have not seen him for a while. Looking forward to the visit.

It was a good day.

On The Road

2007-10-11T13:35:00.000-07:00

We stayed here last night at Oconee Springs park. Pretty but a long way off the road. GuyK was tired and a little bit grumpy but after he ate supper he was better.

Guy took this picture of day breaking on the lake this morning.

What the hell is a meme?

2007-10-06T15:01:00.000-07:00

JDP decided that I didn't have enough to do so he decided to tag me for this project, MEME. I had to go to the dictionary and look up the word, if it was a word. The dictionary stated it was an idea, behavior, style.

Guyk was also tagged by JDP so I went to his site to see how to do this.

My blog is a brand new baby. We bought a laptop computer for our vacation this past Spring. Guyk wanted to keep up with his blog while on vacation and also write about our blog meet in Kerrville, Tx. Since we now had two computers, Guyk likes his set on the desk, I wanted to have my own blog.

The worst thing in the world to be is ignorant. And when it came to the blog world, I was ignorant. I did not even know enough to be able to tell his blog world if he was no longer on this earth.

Guyk and many blog friends have helped me. They not only helped me but helped me very willingly and often gave me hints without my asking. And they still do.

My blog took the name of sweetthing because that is what Guyk called me in his blog. I took the name of nickel because when I worked outside my home my bosses often upgraded me to a nickel.

I love being able to blog. I love reading the blogs. I know this is going to be very interesting this coming year with the elections.

Chevy Rose, Jan, Sue, Maeve, and Nancy have been tagged for this crazy thing. Thanks a bunch.

Better to be safe than sorry.

2007-10-05T14:56:00.000-07:00

Our local channel is showing how an employee at the landfill found $65,000 in a bag that an armored truck driver had dropped. What the armored driver was doing at the landfill was unknown. The employee is being eyed as a hero for turning the money in to her supervisor.

My theory is that there are so many people around and so many cameras around that it could be a set-up and loss of job and retirement, since it is a county job, would be the result if she did not turn it in and then got caught.

Better to be safe than sorry.

They had better be looking at the armored truck driver. Maybe he dropped it for a friend.

Getting ready for blog meet

2007-10-04T14:35:00.000-07:00

We cleaned out our storage cabin and hauled off our old bedding today. Now all we have to do is get the travel trailer ready for the road so we are there for the blog meet.

Guyk has told me how excited he is at meeting old friends and new friends. I am too but not like he is. I stay on the shy side content to stay with my pups and read my book. We will have a good time. Looking forward to seeing all of you.

New bed

2007-10-01T16:22:00.000-07:00

Guyk bought me a new bed for our bedroom this morning so we spend this afternoon in a christening session to break it in. We had a good time. We had to put Little Sister in her box since she likes to make it a three some when we are in the bed.

It actually rained this morning. We needed it badly. Guyk put down winter rye grass seed the other day and it has not rained until this AM.

It was a good day.

Tattoo's

2007-09-30T11:37:00.000-07:00

I saw on fox news this AM that a woman was very unhappy because she had gone to a lazar person to have her tattoo on her back removed. It was rather large in the middle of her back. Well now she has a large ugly scar instead of a tattoo.

My question is why the hell did she get the tattoo in the first place? She knew it was permanent when she got it. But now she wants to get married to this guy and her tattoo does not fit in with her wedding gown and all these high class people.

This should be a wake up call to all the young people who are currently getting tattoos left and right.

John Quincy Adams Knew About Islam

2007-09-29T15:07:00.000-07:00

I found this quote attributed to John Quincy Adams at pettifog

In the seventh century of the Christian era, a wandering Arab of the lineage of Hagar [i.e., Muhammad], the Egyptian, [. . . . . ] Adopting from the new Revelation of Jesus, the faith and hope of immortal life, and of future retribution, he humbled it to the dust by adapting all the rewards and sanctions of his religion to the gratification of the sexual passion. He poisoned the sources of human felicity at the fountain, by degrading the condition of the female sex, and the allowance of polygamy; and he declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind. THE ESSENCE OF HIS DOCTRINE WAS VIOLENCE AND LUST. - TO EXALT THE BRUTAL OVER THE SPIRITUAL PART OF HUMAN NATURE . . . Between these two religions, thus contrasted in their characters, a war of twelve hundred years has already raged. The war is yet flagrant . . . While the merciless and dissolute dogmas of the false prophet shall furnish motives to human action, there can never be peace upon earth, and good will towards men.

At one time we knew how to say what we meant without worrying about being politically correct. We also knew how to kick butt. We have fought Islam before and it is immortalized in the Marine Hymn..."...to the shores of Tripoli." And the fight is not over...yet.

This says it all!

2007-09-28T14:49:00.000-07:00

I believe this says it all!

End of the month again.

2007-09-28T14:19:00.000-07:00

Well, it is the end of the month again. Little Sister got groomed today. After we dropped her at the groomers, we spent the morning at walmart. I have not had time to even read a blog today. We are getting no rain. Guyk put down rye grass so I need to put out the water hoses again.

I got a tooth brush and tooth paste for Little Sister today. Tomorrow will be our first day to try this. Sassie poodle had to have half her teeth pulled because I did not brush them. I vowed not to do that with this pup. This tooth paste is chicken flavored and cost $6. What a rip off.

Dudleys Diary

2007-09-26T13:41:00.000-07:00

Please go by and say hello to JDP . He is in need of some TLC from us bloggers. He is a nice guy and he has MS. I read his blog. Guyk said he did too. But I don't always comment on it and neither does Guyk.

Thanks a bunch.

Osmosis

2007-09-25T12:18:00.000-07:00

Erica stated in her blog today that because she judged Guyk to be so smart that I must be the 2nd smartest due to osmosis. I sure wish it was that easy. Guyk started reading when he was very young. His family had a lot of school teachers and others that really valued an education. I started reading for pleasure when we were stationed in Turkey because we had no TV. And the only reason I started reading then was because Guyk encouraged me to do so. I started with Micky Spillane.

When I started college, it was like my brain was an empty sponge. I took in everything. But my understanding of world history and American history did not make since to me until Guyk showed me how to look at the whole world and what was going on in it at any one time, rather than an isolated event.

After college I started work for the state and never read another book that was not work related until after I retired. Since that time I have read a lot of books about the romans and other historical novels. Along the way I have tried to pick Guyk's brain. I take notes and often refer back to them.

Guyk has without a doubt impacted my life, but my smartness is all mine. I worked hard for all of it. And it is also something that no one can take away.

The osmosis part can't occur because everything I learn is learned through all my filters of my brain and believe me, I have many. I can parrot Guyk but to actually talk about a subject, I would have to write it down and think about it a while.

Guyk can speak or write on any subject in a manner of minutes. He loves his blog and it shows.

Thanks anyway, Erica.

Neuropathy

2007-09-25T05:31:00.000-07:00

I have arthritis in the toes of my feet. Have you seen that commercial where the guy sticks a pitch fork in the man's toes while he is playing cards? That is what my toes feel like sometimes.

As I exercise my feet hurt real bad, but as I continue they cease to hurt until I end my exercise program.

Must be a mind over matter thing. I guess this is better than a pain in the ass?

A good week

2007-09-23T12:37:00.001-07:00

This has been a good week. I was able to do upper body exercises and work on the treadmill 7 days in a row. That is a record for me.

It is raining this afternoon, a good rain too. Today is the first day of fall. The love bugs are out and covering everything everywhere.

Guyk goes to the eye doctor tomorrow. He is worried about losing his sight in that one eye.

As soon as I sit down to work on the computer, Little Sister poodle brings her rope toy for me to play with her. Ms Sassie poodle, she sleeps most of the time. Little Sister will be 7 months old this coming Wednesday. Glad we got her.

The Global Warming Scam

2007-09-21T11:45:00.000-07:00

Please go over to Guyk's blog and watch this video on the Global Warming Scam. It's just a way for global warming so called experts to get money for this project which is meaningless. And the people of the world are following their lead. Maybe if enough of us link this video and enough people watch the video maybe we can all wake up to how we are being used.

Rushing the season

2007-09-21T11:03:00.000-07:00

This is very good for your blood pressure. It is also very good to wake you up if you are sleepy. It is not even October yet. Halloween is still more than 30 days away and already they have Christmas lights on the shelf.

One fine campaign botton

2007-09-21T10:48:00.000-07:00

I knew I was going to enjoy the 2008 elections. There is so much material on the Clinton's to work with.

Actors

2007-09-20T10:52:00.000-07:00

Orin Wilson who stared in the movie Wedding Crashers is out of rehab and now has a caretaker to follow him around so that he does not indulge in alcohol or drugs. Someone to say, Don't touch that! 24 hours a day.

Well, that is about as helpful as birth control for rabbits. Every 5 minutes you run out to the rabbit hutch and yell, CUT THAT OUT! To late. The male rabbit has already positioned himself behind the female and after an EEK EEK EEK the rabbit falls over with a stupid grin on his face.

Orin can now contend it is not his fault if he gets into the drugs or alcohol. The caretaker was not watching carefully enough.

Maybe he'll come out of this a better actor. I hope so. We are running out of actors that really had character like John Wayne.

Global warming?

2007-09-18T14:52:00.000-07:00

NBC news last night showed Greenland melting. The result will be that Guyk and I will now own beach front property even though at the moment we are not even in a flood zone.

I thought it was interesting that they show Florida but not Louisiana & especially New Orleans.

If they were honest about the rise of the water, then they would have to stop talking about rebuilding New Orleans.

Guyk's Sunday School lesson

2007-09-16T16:10:00.000-07:00

Please read Guyk's lesson for Sunday School. You won't be disappointed. He does this so well. It seems so easy for him, but actually he puts a lot of time into it.

His Sunday School lesson is the best part of my day on Sundays.

We got a very good rain today. Didn't like the thunder and lightning but the rain was so welcome. We have been so dry.

Tired Puppy this afternoon

2007-09-15T14:07:00.000-07:00

This morning I did my treadmill and upper body exercises and this afternoon I did my weed eating. So I am a tired puppy.

Guyk's brother's wife had a heart attack. They put 3 stints in her heart. She is a very small women, very thin, but her blood pressure stays high. And she refuses to quit smoking. They are 9 years younger than us. She has a real hard time doing what the doctor says for her to do. We wish her the best.

Guyk is having a time with his diet. He lost so much weight. Then we went on vacation. His family insisted that he eat. All those old women cooked and were mad if you did not eat. So of course everything was great and tasted so good, so he ate.

Not me. I refused to eat all that stuff. I get started eating all those foods that I should not eat and then all I want to eat is all that sweet stuff. I love cakes and pies and cookies.

But if I am not careful, I will be diabetic too.

Now this is a SIGN.

2007-09-13T12:22:00.000-07:00

This is a gift from Guyk. We need these all over the USA.

Never a dull moment.

2007-09-13T11:03:00.000-07:00

My sick headache finally turned me loose. Thank goodness. I take an anti-seizure medication daily and that generally holds my headache at bay. I was able to get back on my treadmill today. It felt really good to get back to normal after having a headache for so long.

I'm much happier with our solution for Ms Sassie now. She can't last much longer. When she is asleep, I have to touch her to wake her up and she acts like she doesn't know where she is for a few minutes. She sleeps 90% of her day. She is a wonderful dog. I know everyone that loves dogs has had a dog like her. She is a one of a kind.

Now Little Sister she is an entirely different story. She is all dog and more like a male dog than a female dog. And a yip yip dog. To be so little, it is hard to believe she can make that much noise. She gives me much enjoyment and aggravation all rolled into one pup. Even as I am trying to write this blog, she is wanting me to play ball and will not take no for an answer. Then after throwing the ball for a while, we have to go potty. After we potty she wants to play ball again.

Ms Sassie

2007-09-11T13:03:00.000-07:00

Guyk took the cutest picture of Ms Sassie turning up her nose at her hotdog after she did her breathing and I brushed her teeth. We managed to get her toe nails cut this afternoon. They were getting so long.

Guyk went to eye doctor today. He has a hole in his eye. They are sending him to see a specialist in this type of thing. He knew he couldn't see well out of that eye, but they could not find the problem until now. I'm glad they finally found it.

Ms Sassie better

2007-09-10T09:14:00.000-07:00

We got a reprieve. Ms Sassie appears to be a bit better so we are going to just wait and see. We know she already has a heart murmur so we are hoping she can pass in her sleep. She mostly just sleeps but she is eating some. I am continuing to use Guyk's nubulizer on her and brushing her teeth. She hates to have her teeth brushed. She will not eat for me after I brush her teeth so Guyk feeds her a hot dog that has been sliced into small pieces.

Little Sister barks for both of them. She is a great yip yip. She loves to play ball.
I am so glad we got her.

I have a sick headache today after my world fell apart yesterday, but I will be better later in the week. I have some good headache pills.

Thanks for all your good thoughts. They were really appreciated.

Read the newspaper without sneezing

2007-09-07T14:43:00.000-07:00

I have found that if I read the newspaper on the internet, it will not make me sneeze.
I have even gotten books from the library that make me sneeze. It is very aggravating.

I was a good girl today. I did my treadmill and upper body exercises.

We had that wonderful fried catfish today for lunch. It doesn't get any better than that.

We saw fireflies this spring while we were camping in Okla. I haven't seen fireflies since I was a kid. I recalled this event while I was on the treadmill.

Back to the old grind, again.

2007-09-05T11:58:00.000-07:00

I got back to my treadmill today. I have been away from it and my back was starting to get stiff. It worried me because the exercise is a must after back surgery. It is so easy to stop exercising and go back to old habits that are so much more fun. I am hoping for a new treadmill for Christmas. Mine is a walmart special and the walking area is to narrow. I have to be so careful about where I step. I know Guyk will throw it out the door if I fall off of it. So easy does it.

I was just wondering

2007-09-03T15:26:00.000-07:00

I had the occasion to open a new tube of Preparation H jel. I expected it to come out of the tube when I squeezed it. Instead nothing happened. When I looked at the tube the end was sealed. It took the point of a pair of scissors to pierce the end.

Do people open this stuff in the store and use it? Or do people put something in the tub that you would not want in you ass hole?

I was just wondering why such a security measure on the stuff? I don't recall it being that way the last time I opened a new tube.

End of the month blues.

2007-08-31T14:31:00.000-07:00

I was just bitching the other day about flea meds, heartworms & end of the month bills.

Now it is time to do it again. Oh well, time flies when you are having fun, right?

Spent the morning at wally world and the afternoon putting it away.

Little Sister

2007-08-30T03:49:00.000-07:00

adopt your own virtual pet!

This is the cutest little pup and looks just like Little Sister and sounds like Little Sister too. When you click on more, the little dog barks and so does Little Sister.

It doesn't take much to entertain me!

Just another hot day

2007-08-29T11:54:00.000-07:00

We got tee shirts from VA Joe today. He send one to Guyk for doing the interview and he was kind enough to send one to me. They are very nice.

It still is a hot August day. Will August never end? This week-end is labor day, finally.

Guyk goes to see doctor again tomorrow.

We had fried catfish for lunch today. It was delicious as usual.

Weed-eating

2007-08-28T16:12:00.000-07:00

Today's exercise was weed-eater exercise. I spent about 4 hours in the yard. I feel like it too. Tired. But it was good work and the yard looks nice. Guyk mowed yesterday so I had to weed-eat or feel guilty all day about not doing it.

It was a good day.

A peaceful exercise

2007-08-27T11:09:00.000-07:00

I have so much peace while I am on the tread mill. I try to place myself on the lake in Waurika, Ok. The other day on the news they said at an exercise salon a man was making so much noise on his exercise bike that others in the salon could not exercise. They told him to shut up but he continued. The teacher would not do anything. They said he was making grunting sounds and saying,"you go girl". One of the exercisers picked up the man and his bike and threw them again the wall.

Well, so much for that exercise session. There would be no peace found there but lots to talk about. I have never been to a public gym but grunting and bike throwing were not in my thoughts when I thought about going to a gym.

I guess I have just led a sheltered life.

It rained, finally.

2007-08-25T04:22:00.000-07:00

It rained yesterday. It is suppose to rain again this week-end. We got about one-half inch.

If you haven't been over to Maeve's bedroom, go look. Boy is she going to be surprised when she gets home.

A Red Rose

2007-08-24T02:08:00.000-07:00

I was leisurely reading down my blog role when I clicked on Guyk's blog. I was so surprised to see this beautiful rose. What a wonderful gift and his words of love will last forever. We shared some very passionate love later that day. It was a good day. Thank you, darling. I love you.