Officially Wednesday - YAY!

 Trying to decide if I should help him get a tire so he can go to work Thursday or let him suffer because come Saturday it wont be my problem no more.Decisions Decisions.

 I am TIRED today.... I really need some down time...

Went out last night and bought a new refrigerator. Man those things are expensive. We should get the energy efficient tax credit thingy for the new one, and if we donate through our energy department we can get $40 for our old one.

We are embarking on a home improvement adventure. It may not end until spring. Most of this is outside, other than the refrigerator and water heater. We are getting a new front door, garage door and fence you can view from the street (curb appeal) My husband has ripped out all our landscaping in front to be replaced probably in the spring, and we want to redo our patio in the back yard, make it longer along the house so we can maybe get a table and chairs out there. We close on the loan on Friday.

Ann

Fun!  Home improvements.  Good luck.  We've been thinking about a new fridge as well as new washer/dryer units too.  Decided to just get the fridge repaired this week, instead.  There were a couple of parts that had worn out...about $100 worth.  Then the labor to install was $200.00.  Ugh.  For $600 or $700 more I could have gotten a new one.  Will have to wait.  I'd rather spend the money on the w/d unit I want, that Santa may bring me. 

I'm moving rather slow today.  Have a good day everyone, off to work.  Hi ho, hi ho....

have figured out why the shoulder won't stay where it belongs.....the muscles are going into some seriously painful spasms and pulling it right out.  Drugs help, but not enough.  Called the ortho and they'll fit me in tomorrow.

Today is dh's b'day and I'm worthless.  Darn it.  At least his lasagna is already made.

I'm hoping to hear from the ent specialist sometime today about getting an appt. I should get my bloodwork back today too. I really don't expect it to show anything but mono but who knows.

Digging out from a mountain of petty cash.  Going to see the orthopedist this afternoon.  I think it's time to get the last of my mallet toes fixed.

Deb W.

Julie, hope you get an app't soon with the specialist.

Glenda, sorry about your darn shoulder.  ouch!

Deb, coming back from vacation is tough.  Good luck on the ortho app't and your toe. 

I'm really not into working today and I'm finding it hard to stay on track this morning. 

We bought a new fridge a few years ago.  It was the first brand new one we ever bought.  Our previous ones were all bought used and most of them lasted us for years and years and years. 

I'm about ready to get tile installed in the living/dining room of our house.  Trying to decide on color and size will be tough.  I've been putting money aside for this for awhile.  I will be so happy to get rid of the carpet.  We'll probably put the same tile in the kitchen just so it all matches.  I dread any type of remodeling process and get very tense about it even before it happens.  I thought about doing it ourselves but I don't think our knees and backs will be up to the job. lol

Tina, I guess you're getting crowned today.  Hope it goes well.

Our office started shaking about half an hour ago.  I swore it was an earthquake and my boss swore it was the wind.  Looks like there was an earthquake in Oklahoma.  That's quite a ways away.  That is my first official earthquake to feel.  Hope no one north of us had any damage. 

Just three more days of taxes....couldn't be happier for them to be done for this year!

Oh goodie!!  I love getting surprises in the mail and it soooo rarely happens.  This one is sort of a surprise since I don't know what varieties I'm getting!!

I have figured out that before the woodlock is applied and massaged in, there is screaming, cursing and carrying on in the shoulder, along with spasms, then once it is applied and massaged in, I've got about another hour of agoney before things settle down.  As long as I don't make any sudden moves, I can stay at about an 8 pain wise.  Much more doable!

The lortab absolutely ravaged my gut.  Oye!!  So today I'm using a combo of anti-inflammatory, pain med that is not a narcotic along with advil.  So far so good.  Lortab, vicodin.....any drug like that makes me hyper as heck which isn't so great when you are hurting......  Sooooo, now that I don't feel like I'm having the final stages of labor contractions in my shoulder, I think I might live.  At some point, I know I'll have to have a shoulder replacement done, but I'd rather hold off as long as possible.  They are only good for 10-15 years, can only be done 3 times, and doing the math, I'd much rather be in pain now than when I'm old and might not be able to deal with it as well.  Although, gosh, this time I didn't deal very well.  The whimpering and whining really ticks me off at myself.

Good luck with those toes!  I think I'd rather deal with what I have the last day or so than have someone mess with my feet!  Ouch!

Sarah, so glad that there is a light at the end of the tunnel (that ISN'T the train)!

Ouch Glenda.

I should be getting some work done, but I'm not.

Remind me never to go to Walmart again. The last 3 times I have gone there, it was torturous. One time, I spent a half hour looking for benadryl because no two walmarts are laid out the same. The last time, several of the registers were broken for self check out and they didn't have enough people working. Today, I ended up leaving without the stuff I had picked out because the express line was long, so I went to another register where the guy was just finishing up with someone who had a ton of stuff. The light was on, so he was open. He told me to go to express. I left my stuff and walked out. Screw you Walmart!

boneyjean

Looks like there was an earthquake in Oklahoma.  That's quite a ways away. 

Jimminy!  If you felt the shaking, I hope those closest to it are ok and unharmed.

My friend seems to be holding up ok these days, thanks for asking.  Meanwhile, another friend's husband got bitten breaking up a dog fight  - which he fully admits he know better than to reach in, but one of the dogs is old and decrepid and he couldn't let it go on... 13 stitches, IV antibiotics 3x/day, and the hand specialist has to determine what will become of his hand.  Fun! 

Feel better, Glenda.  Sucks you have to wait another whole day to see the doctor again.  Thank goodness for health insurance(??  I hope!!)

 I just got the stupid email of the day which told me that the treatment plan date I have listed on my paperwork is wrong. Umm... I am aware it can't possibly be correct. How about telling the person whose job it is to change that to take care of it?