Hot

It's hot here!

And I mean the temperature is supposed to be around 108 today...just in the last thirty minutes it's gone up 3 degrees...and this isn't the hottest part of our day

The sun is shining, beautifully I might add...it's a shame that we cannot go out and enjoy it

I've rearranged a couple bookshelves and hubby hung a few more pictures...when I get the house where I want it...it'll be the time to move

I must get back to test knitting this sock pattern for a dear friend of mine...can't tell any secrets...just have to wait

I hate this fibromyalgia with a passion...didn't get to sleep until 4 this morning...but at least today I got a shower and dressed...yesterday was a jammies day...

back to knitting

Just trying to make it...

I'm in a state of chaos at the moment...

I raised three children and work full time...

Right now, I couldn't tell you how I did it...

Why? If you've ever felt like you've been hit by a Mack truck...maybe, just maybe you'll understand how I feel...I feel this way most of the time...never saw that truck coming

Don't ever expect me to jump out of bed...for me it's a roll out of bed slowly...when I need to set the alarm to get up by a certain time it gets set for an hour earlier...that way I can be up when I need to

Energy...I remember the days I did jump out of bed and didn't stop moving until very late...not now...there is not energy...

There have been times when I've been asked to go somewhere or participate in something...I've missed so many things due to lack of energy and pain.

I worked as a waitress for a short time...lately it was suggested that perhaps I could find another job waiting tables...I asked if they had stock in Aleve...when I waitressed it was usually a four hour shift...I'd take two to four aleve before the shift and another two to four a couple hours later and two or three at the end of the shift so I could drive home...I'd be in so much pain that that was the only way I could make it...

I still take aleve...I couldn't make it through a day without it

So please listen...if you want me to go somewhere with you or go visiting or shopping...please try to understand when I have to decline...it's not that I don't want to...it's just that I don't want to burden you with the way I have to make it through a day

When we go shopping I'm fortunate if I can make it to more than one store...fortunately my hubby does the grocery shopping...and if I'm having a good day I may go with him

I was very lucky that for three nights I was able to sleep...but then last night...I was so tired I couldn't keep my eyes open...but I couldn't get to sleep until 6 a.m. ~ so you see if you happen to come to my house and I'm still in my jammies...I probably hadn't been up very long or perhaps I haven't been to sleep yet

I have to plan things out...I go knitting on Tuesday evenings so Monday from noon on and Tuesday day...I have to rest...if I don't there won't be enough energy to make it through the two hours on Tuesday evening...the same is true for Monday and Thursday mornings when I go knit with friends

My husband likes to walk in the evening...he'll ask if I want to join and I do most of the time...I only wish I could join him all the time

I appreciate my family and friends who understand this horrible 'thing' that has taken over my body and my life...you are the best anyone could ask for

Now some of you may ask why the doctor doesn't give me prescriptions for the pain ... hmmm...good question

NO INSURANCE means no doctor visits unless I have the cash to pay for the doctor visit, any tests that he may feel the need to run, and the prescription(s)...so if you have an extra couple thousand dollars sitting around...I'll go to the doctor...if you have health insurance appreciate it as it would cost me over $600.00 a month for coverage and that if I could find a company to cover me

If you're talking to me and it seems that I've 'wandered off'...I'm sorry...just means that the fog has hit my brain...

Today I haven't the energy to even pick up my knitting to knit a stitch let alone a row...and I have to figure how I'm going to make it from the craft room to the shower

I'm wishing each and everyone of you a pain free healthy day

Invaded....

The other day we decided to enter the black hole...

Most of you have a black hole in your kitchen...

You know, it's the corner cabinet on the bottom...

It goes forever...and things get hidden on those black shelves...

Well, we decided to clean one out...mostly because I kept getting aggravated when I went to get a plastic container for leftovers to be put in the freezer...found a bottom but no top or a top with no bottom...

my aggravation paid off...every bottom and top were matched up...had just three bottoms with no tops left and two tops with no bottoms left...

Next, the black hole on the other side of the counter...the one that holds all the pans...not sure what I'm going to find in there..

In my knitting world...

I'm making hubby a hat...not just any hat...a Pittsburgh Steelers hat...when it's finished I'll post a photo.

Also, stopped off at the thrift shop (Discovery Shop)...not looking for anything in particular...but found a beautiful sweater...handknit in Estonia...if you're a knitter you know what I'm talking about...I'll post more about it later....

back to the Pittsburgh Steelers hat for hubby...

Happy Birthday

Today is our sons birthday...

and no I am not telling his age!

We are proud of you son...

We wish you happiness and love

We love you very much...

Enjoy the day...

Me, I'm going to go knit...perhaps on socks, or maybe a hat...whatever it is doesn't really matter at this moment...what matters most is that I'll be with friends...good friends...now I must get my knitting bag and be on my way...

Have a wonderful day!

Yard Sales

Hubby has decided that he is cleaning out the garage once and for all...

He wants to park our shiny red car in the garage...

So...hubby has decided he'll have a yard sale...

Now, I enjoy going to yard sales but having one is another story...

Years and years ago hubby was having a yard sale, the children were little and things were great...I stayed inside doing normal Saturday stuff...

then hubby comes in and says "I need to run down and get change...please watch the yard sale"...

hurriedly he goes over the prices of the stuff he had out...no problem

When he comes back he looks in the cash box and promptly says "Where's my $75.00?" well I say that I put the money in his box for whatever sold while he was gone and I surely do not owe you $75.00.

Seems that the one item that sold while he was gone...a brand new set of 4 tires....he was asking $25.00 for EACH and I sold all 4 for $25.00.

Since then whenever he gets the itch to have a yard sale I'll go through stuff for him BUT I do not go out and help whatsoever...except

The children have all moved away and there's no one to get up at the crack of dawn to help him set his tables up and put stuff out...but me

and if you know me...I do not like getting up at the crack of dawn to set up a yard sale!

I'm going through the kitchen cupboards with the attitude that if it doesn't fit in a motorhome it doesn't stay! Hopefully I'll be able to get rid of half the cupboards...yeah right!

A Birthday

S H I V E R S

We celebrated another birthday in our household...

...our little chi, Shivers, turned 2 on the eighth...

...he has brought so much joy to our lives

Football Season Is Upon Us...

I've been sitting here knitting little booties/socks for a charity...

While watching the Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony...

I remember watching the construction of the Hall of Fame...

I grew up in Canton, Ohio...

I remember sitting on a hill one day with some friends...

The hill overlooked the construction site...

I remember returning years later with my husband and touring the Hall...

Is it ironic that the Pittsburgh Steelers were in attendance today and...

My husband is from a small town south of Pittsburgh...

We've been fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers since...ever...

I printed out the directions just this morning...a Pittsburgh Steelers knitted hat...I have the yarn in my stash and will start it as soon as I am finished with the charity booties/socks

And all is well in our world today...oh...

Hubby decided to eat his dinner in the livingroom tonight so he wouldn't miss any of the Induction Ceremony...our little chi jumped up on his lap immediately as I set his plate down...sternly I told our little one "Down" ... he promptly jumped back to the floor... I told him to "Stay" ... our efforts and persistence paid off...he stayed down until he was told he could climb up on his daddys lap...our little one is so good!

Busy

I've been busy and this morning as I drank my tea I wondered if I was too busy to keep this blog going...we'll see

Since the last post a lot has happened...I won't bore you with the details...

...only son got married

...Shivers spent two nights at the Animal Inn in Las Vegas (clung to me like a cat...but he came out fine)

...visited youngest daughter and family in Missouri

...watched grandson's baseball team participate in the Missouri "Show Me Games" in Columbia, MO

This trip we were gone a month...took lots of photos...had a great time...enjoyed the ride through New Mexico, Arizona and California. It's always nice to come home.

A few days after arriving home we were notified that a dear friend had passed away. She put up a valiant fight for a bit over two years...lung cancer.

We packed our unpacked suitcase again and made the drive...there was a wonderful memorial service with family and friends.

This time we hesitated about returning home...afterall...we were back in the little village where we raised our children and lived for 30 years...we did stay an extra day and the 3 1/2 hour drive home was drawn out with a couple visits to friends we hadn't seen in quite a while.

This past Tuesday was a fun day...went to LA with a dear friend, lunched, visited two yarn shops and enhanced my stash...

Now, I think a bit of redecorating my home is in order...perhaps that will help...