And yet another storm....

I'm really getting anxious for spring...I hate January especially..a very depressing month for me. Usually a month of problems..this year it's my foot...but that's better than the accident I had a few years ago. My youngest son is living in the state of Washington...outside Seattle somewhere. Went there to get some good schooling...last I knew, he was working at MacDonalds!! He has written me off as a human...not to mention as his mother. Has listened to too many of his father's opinions, I'm afraid. I keep hoping that the day will come that he will realize how much I have always loved him...but I'm afraid that day will never come. He doesn't like to acknowledge the fact that he is autistic and it tends to give him a very one-track, unforgiving brain. So I guess I won't hear from him until he is totally derailed! LOL!! I do worry about him a lot and think of him daily. Just a bit of news now and again would be great. This not knowing is torture. It's so hard..the hardest thing in the world, to let your kids go and live their own life...make their own mistakes....and me being a control freak and all! LOL!! Foot is still sore...next week the stitches come out. I still don't see much improvement...noticed this morning while taking my shower that it is still over on it's side the majority of the time! Bummer!! Dr said the next thing to try is fusing it to the next toe....come on now!! Can't we just cut the damn thing off????!!!! I'm so sick of pain....arms are usually killing me and that's bad enough....let's cut it off!!

Will it never end???

The dr wouldn't take out my stitches yesterday! He wants to wait until a week from tomorrow to do it!! I think he's into torture and pain...really! But at least I can shower again...another one of those little niceties that we take for granted until we can't do it! Was planning on spending Thurs with my son...then Mike got cancelled up at New Balance and has to babysit a ship in Portland instead! BUMMER!!! Plans shot once again! It's nice to be able to print off more than a couple of things at a time tho...love my printer again!! Thanks Den!! Gotta run! Hope all is well in Virginia!!

It's surprising....

....how a little toe can turn your life upside down, huh??!! gotta go see the dr tomorrow and hopefully he will take the stitches out so I can shower...peeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuu!! LOL!! Love those new pix of the princess!! She's such a doll!! Grammies can be a bit prejudiced...but she REALLY is a doll!! Been snowing off and on all day..but no great amounts here..in Portland they got about 4-5 inches...lucky them!! But it was almost 20 below in Houlton this morning...rather have the snow, thanks! How's that new job going, Den? Is everyone well in Virginia?? Love you all!!

The best laid plans of mice and men......

My surgery didn't go so well. And that's an understatement! It was supposed to be very minor, in office...no prob. Well, had it done about 2:15 on Wed. The only thing the doc said was the skin and stuff he was removing beside my little toenail was deeper and bigger than he originally thought. Fine. I didn't feel a thing..it was frozen. Piece of cake. About 5:30 that afternoon..the novacaine wore off! It started throbbing! With every heartbeat I got sharp shooting pains in my toe! Hurt worse than when he did it in the hospital and actually removed bone!! I was at the point that I couldn't get my breath about 8:30pm and called to ask what was going on! I was desperate..I never call the doc!! He said the bandage was too tight..take it off and double up on my pain pills. I took it off, doubled the pain pills and it was like I was taking placeboes!! Nothing helped. Stayed up all night in my recliner with foot in air and ice packs. Still throbbed until I thought I was going mad (am already there)! I don't usually take more than one pain pill a day, so this was most unusual that they wouldn't work! Then about 5 in the morning..it just stopped!! I mean, it was sore, I've got stitches for cryin out loud, but the throbbing just stopped!! I even got a couple hours sleep!! Sooooooo....near as I can figure out (haven't got my medical degree yet) the wonderful doc left me with an exposed nerve or something! I must remind myself to thank him when I see him on Monday!! Needless to say, I slept most of Thursday instead of the nice visit I had planned with my son!! And we were gonna play Scene It!!! Darn!!! So like I said....never say "piece of cake" until you've actually eaten it!!!

More snow today!

But not much...and it's only 17 degrees out!! brrrrrrrr! I suppose snow is better than freezing rain tho! Gonna go up and spend the day with Den on Thursday! Will have a sore toe, but am determined to enjoy myself! How often do we get paid for making that trip??? Mike is doing security at New Balance...so I get a free trip!! Yippee!! Den got me some nice spruce half inch boards and I'm dying to get cutting!! Gonna make some triptychs out of them I think!! And some more sleds! I made a few sleds out of three/quarter inch stuff...but they are too heavy and harder to paint on..really! They came out ok...but not as nice as the half inch. Am really loving the different Christmas scenes I've found to paint on them tho....fun!! I just finished the little match girl and am working on tiny Tim Cratchet right now. So much fun!! These are pix by Juliet Martin...she's great...I've done a lot of her Christmas Elegance stuff...and plan to do more!! I love the victorian Christmas stuff!! Yup...gonna be all set for Christmas next year!! No grass growin under this big butt!!! LOL!!! Hope all is well in Virginia today!! And I still want to know why Den is reapplying at New Balance!!! How did Lou's welding test in Maryland go?? Love you all!!!

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww.....

...since I know he won't post it...I will!! Is that just too cute for words!!?? Hopefully, I will get up to visit him and the kitty soon. Now that he has more time off from work! Course, my toe will be sore...but it always is!! Love you all!!

I did that already....

....many, many times...then it will work ok for a few pages then start leaving blotches again. So what's up with that?? Love the new kittie!! Casper is a cute name for a cute cat!! Love you all! Hope everyone in VA is healthy today!!

Snowing again....

But turning to rain too...so I don't think we're gonna get much. My son really knows how to cheer me up!! Thanks, Den! I finally got the ink for my printer, but the black is still leaving blotches everywhere. Should I get someone to fix it? I know it's not the ink...but the printer itself. Very frustrating! I use my printer alot...and don't really want to have to get a new one. What do you think??

Yet another day....

...didn't sleep much last night either...my foot was "worked" on again yesterday and throbbed all night and the dr wants to REALLY operate on it again next week!!! It's just not behaving itself and doing what he wants it too...so he's gonna cut it open and remove more skin and stitch it up! This he tells me AFTER he made a big hole next to my little toenail!!! Like I could have waited til next week and the novacaine for that!!! UGH!! So I'm still down and cranky....and really sorry that my daughter is now sick! I hope they all get healed up soon there!! More snow tomorrow...I'm gonna go to bed for a month or two!

Sunny and cold...brrrrrrrrrrr.....

Only in the 20's today..but I'll take it over snow anyday!! Need that sunshine!! Had a pretty good time with my friend yesterday. However, we got to reminicsing about bringing up our children...and all the regrets we have. We both come from the same backgrounds and didn't make the best decisions along the way. How often do we wonder what our kids really think of us as "moms" and if they ever wished they had been born to someone else! 20-20 hindsight aside...would I have done things differently? I hope that I would have made wiser, earlier choices...but I always strived to do the "right" thing by my kids...however tainted my thinking might have been. I think they would have been better off if Sue or someone had been the mother instead of me. Yup...I'm depressed...was up all night thinking about it. I guess my only hope out of the whole thing is that they have learned from my mistakes. I know they are wonderful parents themselves, so I guess they have!! Gotta go to the foot doctor and chiropractor this morning...ugh! Sounds like a painful day!! Hope the grandkids are all well and NO MORE SICKNESS!!

LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!

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Snow..snow...go away....

Yup, we got 14 inches of the crap yesterday! and more of the same on Friday!! UGH! I really need to move south! Hope the new job for my son is going well! And I hope all my grandchildren are healthy!....and stay that way for awhile! My buddy Ruth is coming over today to do my hair...she is sooooooo good to me!! We have a lot of fun along with the hair thing! Gotta go!!

Twas really fun!!

We drew numbers and had to go in turns selecting gifts...and if you didn't like what you got...you could exchange with ones that had already been opened! Of course I was number four and there were 24 people to go after me!!! but I got a throw with a motorcycle on it and no one would take it away cause we're new members and they were being nice to me!! LOL!! Mike got some special wax for the motorcycle!! he loves it!! Was great food and great fun!! And we all can't wait for the first bike trip in the spring!! I'm so sorry that my daughter's precious children are still sick!!!! This is an awful month for them....always has been!! And I used to think it was because they lived in Maine.....guess I can't say that anymore , huh?!!

and yet another Christmas party....

Yup...Christmas is back again! Our motorcycle club is having their party tonight!! Gonna be fun!! We have our meetings and such at a church in Portland...so there won't be any booze or carrying on...of course! We are a very sober bunch of riders! It's the Yamaha Star club...and a great bunch of people. We will have eating, and a chinese gift exchange (whatever that is) and our January meeting. Now doesn't that sound like fun??! Nice weather too...but we won't be riding the bikes...waaaaaaaay to cold for that!! Only in the thirties today. I haven't heard from my son since posting his teenage pic yesterday....I think he's mad at me!

The stinky feet thing....

As my daughter pointed out...NO ONE would touch my son's dirty socks!! When he hit puberty...it came thru his feet! You've never smelled anything quite so awful!! No I ask ya...can anyone this handsome have such rotten feet??? Well, when Labyrinth came out...there was a collective "AHAH!!! That's what happened!!" And we determined that he had stuck both feet into the Bog of Eternal Stench...and would smell forever!!! But fortunately....he did outgrow that smell!! But he was handsome, wasn't he??!! Guess what....he still is!! And, yes, my daughter is still beautiful...check out her blog!!! btw...it's sleeting out...badly! but it's supposed to turn to rain by noon!!

Warm weather is holding....

...at least until next week..more snow predicted for Monday! I have been doing some tole painting and I like to have some "noise" going on while I paint. So I either put on the radio or a vhs tape or dvd in to listen to while painting. Yesterday I decided to view some of the old vhs tapes that have been hanging around since my kids were little...and happened upon Disney's Fantasia. I like classical music and love Disney's cartoons...so it seemed a win/win situation. However, they came to a portion of the movie that was introduced as a most popular waltz for some composer taking place as a ballet in a magnificent palace. I really wanted to get into the thing, in spite of the ballet dancers being hippos and elephants! Unfortunately, as the music began and in spite of trying to concentrate on the beautiful music...all I could hear in my brain was Allan Sherman singing "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah...here I am at Camp Granada"!! He's ruined me for life!! What a shame!!

Heat wave in Maine!!

We hit a whopping record breaking 61 degrees here in L/A yesterday....hoping for more today!! We lost a foot or more of all that snow, too!! Keep it coming Joe Cupo!! Well, I can dream, can't I?? My son is fine and wasn't hurt in the mill leak yesterday...I was worried!! And guess what??? I went to Walmart (with my list!) and got a new usb cable for the printer...plugged it in and it immediately started working!! Now I gotta go find some ink!! Best ten bucks I ever spent!! Now, I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer....but let's think about this a second (that's my thinking limit)! If the usb cable works...that means the parallel port AIN'T working...right Den??? It worked ok on my other puter! 'splain that to me, Lucy!! Short terms...I get overwhelmed! Gotta go get stretched and twisted by the chiropractor today...ugh!! I dread it every week!! But must be done...the old back (or any other part) just ain't what she used to be! Hope the grandkids in VA are all healing today!!

The sun is shining!!

It is in the 40's here today and I feel soooooo much better!! My son's new job seems to be going well...and I think he's happy! That makes me happy! My grandchildren are all getting better...that makes me happy! Painting is going well between breaks (can only do it for a short while) but it's worth the effort! Just haven't gotten my printer working yet! That does NOT make me happy! Was online with Epson all day yesterday reinstalling drivers and such...and my new puter still won't recognize the printer!! Oh well, I just have to walk away from it for the moment....either that or throw it out the window!! I have finally done it...resorted to the list on the fridge!! I went into Walmart three times this weekend to get some pumpkin pie spice...still don't have it!!!! Maybe it's just Walmart...I walk in and check my brain at the door!!! Too much confusion...old timer's disease?? Anyway, I'm making lists now...and hopefully I will remember to take the list with me when I go! Where was I going????

It's a Heat Wave!!!

and I love it!! It's really pushing 40's here today...the snow is melting!! Yippeee!! My son starts his new job today...send him good vibes! I know he must be a little nervous...but he always does a good job at what he does! I'm so proud of him! My poor grandson has pneumonia! He's on antibiotics so I know he will be feeling better fast...but I once had a doctor tell me that once you've had it...you are prone to get it again. I have to have a pneumonia shot every now and again to ward this off...maybe he should too?? Hope all the eye infections in Virginia are clearing up well. Are you as sick as I am of all these political commercials and shows??? Just WHOM can you trust anyway?? Are we really ready to put another Clinton in the White House? Haven't they already had their chance? I really don't like politics and I feel bad for our troops...but do THEY want to come home in this way? What will that do to them?? Oh well, enough for one morning...I'm giving myself a headache...stress...toooooo much stress....I think I'll go paint for a while...destress time!

I'm bummed out......

...got my new super puter all hooked up and running...now I can't get my printer to work. I think it has something to do with the drivers..but gives me a headache just to think about it. I need help! I really rely on my printer a lot!! For cards and everything! I can't really write letters by hand anymore..hurts too much...so I type them and print them off. Well, it's warmed up a bit today...might even hit the 40's!! Feels like a regular heat wave!! Used my new scroll saw and drill press yesterday...found it was a lot easier for me to cut out some wood than to sand it. I have a belt sander and it was really hard for me to use...arms ache alot today! Guess I'll have to get Mike to do my sanding for me! Back to painting today...yippeeee!!

Yup, it's January in Maine!!

Was well below zero this morning and yesterday didn't get any higher than 10 degrees all day...and Mike was out flagging in it!! Poor guy!! We're supposed to get a heat wave tomorrow..in the 30's!! At least it's not snowing! Got my new super duper computer all hooked up...thank you Den!!! And my new monitor came yesterday!! I love it!! Took all morning to get everything up and running...but it is a really, really nice puter!! And Den built it himself...he's so shmaht!!! Starts his new job on Monday...means I won't be able to email him at work anymore!! Bummer!! Lyn's kids are all sick again...got some major eye infections going too...she's really got her hands full right now! I got to talk to the Princess and littlest this morning...and heard the second oldest practicing piano...I've missed that alot! Gotta go...boy am I tired!!

I'm thinking of hibernating.........

We got about a foot of snow last night!! Everything is buried!! Mike is out there now trying to get us plowed out! Quite a big job with 5 vehicles in the way! I'm going to attempt to use my Christmas present today...my new scroll saw..and my new drill press! I love them!! Don't know how much I will get done..arms permitting...but I ran out of wood to paint..so I must cut some! Have I told you how much I LOVE Dunkin Donuts Vanilla Spice coffee??? mmmmmmmmm....having some now! Mike bought me a couple of bags of it for Christmas! He likes it too! I had a chiropractor appt this morning...don't think I'll make it! I'll prob need it after using the scroll saw! Still looking for some half inch pine boards...figured out last night that they have to be at least 8" wide...impossible? Gotta find some! Either that or sleep til spring!! That's sounding better all the time!

It's 2008..and a leap year!

I don't feel any older...that would be impossible! I really don't like politics and I'm already sick of the commercials on tv....it would be different if you could trust any of them. I really don't want Clinton in the White House again....she's been there, done that...let's not let her do it again! Gonna get another big storm today...got 9 inches yesterday and about the same or more today....I am also sick of winter already! January is a very hard month for me...I have seasonal disorder and there's just not enough sunlight in January to make a person feel human! I guess I need a sunlamp or something.?? I am trying very hard to find some 1/2" pine boards that are wider than 5"!!! Impossible! I wouldn't even care if they glued some together! Home Depot and Lowes only carry small 5" boards. Any suggestions? I'm trying to work on crafts for Christmas next year...keeps me busy....and need wider boards...drat those people in those "helpful" places!!! Why do they always make things so difficult for us crafters?? Well, guess I should get busy...been copying files so I can change to my new puter this week...waiting on my new monitor...wanna do the changeover all to once! Thanks Den!! Come help me!!