Last day of July 2005

 

Hope everyone has been having a great weekend.  Today we have had tons and tons of rain.  I am sure the creek behind my house must be out of its banks.  I am too lazy to walk back and look. LOL

Right now I have 2 cats trying to lay on my mouse pad.  Sadie is sitting on half of it and Sophie has her hind legs laying around the mouse.  So cute, yet annoying.  I can't move my mouse!

This is for Pamela:

Why the happy dance?  Because Pamela just had her first round of chemo and (in her words not mine) "i'm alive ~  i'm NOT deathly ill".  Yeah for Pamela!  I knew there were all kinds of new drugs to help with the effects of chemo but I was worried that she would be really sick.

My doctor has upped some of my meds (sorry Tom Cruise).  I hope they will kick in soon.  I have been really moody and crying a lot.

Tomorrow I will take my dad for an MRI on his right knee to see if they will need to operate.  I really hope they won't.  If they do then he won't be driving for probably 6 weeks or so (he isn't driving now because of the pain pills he is taking) and I will have to do all the running around for him and mom (she quit driving about a year or so ago).  I shouldn't complain I know.  I love my parents and will do anything for them, but lately I feel a bit stretched and stressed for all I am having to do for everyone.

I hate housework and you can tell it by the looks of my place.  I really have to get off my hiney and do some work around here.  I just can't seem to get motived to do anything.  I did manage to get my jeans washed yesterday.  WOO HOO

I really don't eat the way I should -- I have a thing against green veggies -- so when I saw at a GNC store that you could get something to help replace all the good stuff that is in them I thought I would try it.  It's called Maximum Greens.  It is a powder that you can mix with water or whatever.  It is sooooo nasty tasting in water!  I knew by just looking at it that it would taste terrible.  So today I tried mixing it in diet Dr Pepper.  Tasted some better but I didn't have it mixed real good so at the bottom of the glass was chunks that I just couldn't down.  The powder is easier than eating 6 servings of veggies, but I'm not so sure about the taste.

My Aunt Betty is out of the hospital.  I haven't talked to her yet but dad says she is doing fine.  Yeah.

The monkeys above are so cute that I had to share the graphic.  I don't remember where I got it from.

Take care.

Meow

 

Today has been such a long day.  Well, it seemed like it was.  I got up early to take my dad to the doctor.  I noticed that my air conditioner was making a noise.  I called the people that installed it and they said they would be out this afternoon to look at it.  Luckily I called them early.  By the time I got home (about 12 noon) the thing had quit working.  My house was hot.  It seemed cooler out side!

Something had happened to the fan motor (or something like that) so it had to be replaced.  Again I got lucky as it was still under warrenty!!!  I only have to pay for 1/2 hour labor!!!!  I am so happy.

Andrea over at Unhinged has had her cat to die.  She is really broken up about it and I can't blame her.  Losing a pet is really hard.  She has posted some great pictures of Buddy and a cute story about him and a baby bottle.  Click on the graphic here to go to that entry.
Because of her background color you will have to highlight the page to be able to read it.  And it is worth it.

 

I had to take Sophie back to the vet to get her nails trimmed again!  They are growing so fast.  This is the 3rd time they have been trimmed since I got her.  The vet says that her nails will grow pretty fast while she is still a kitten.  She doesn't like having them trimmed either!  However she purred while she was trying to fight off the doctor.  She is such a cutie.

I told you that I had to take Sophie back to the animal shelter so they could put her ID chip in?  The vet couldn't locate the one they were supposed to put in before she left the shelter so I took her back to get one.  They managed to locate the 1st chip once, but not again, so it is someplace they would never find it again so she got a 2nd one.  I need to get Sadie one but they cost $25.  Sophie got one because it was paid for in the price of her adoption fee.

My dad hurt his knee somehow so he goes Monday for a MRI.  The doctor thinks he may have to have surgery on it.  That means he won't be driving for a while as it is his right knee.

My Aunt Betty is in the hospital.  She has been running a fever and they can't figure out why.  I went to see her Sunday.  I really hate expressway driving but she is worth it.

Mom got my Aunt E's life insurance payment today.  It isn't much but it will help replace the money my parents had to pay for her funeral.

The house next door to me is still empty.  Has been for over a year now.  I am beginning to wonder if it will ever sale.  Maybe if they come down on the price it would help.  I am mainly bugged about it being empty because the grass rarely gets mowed.  I am surprised the city hasn't made the owners (whoever they are) mow it.

Guess that is about it for now.  Take care.  Stay out of the sun!  I know the rest of you are probably having the same 90 to 100 degree weather we are having here in North Carolina.

      

A J-lander son dies

I am behind on my journal reading so I just read about this over at artloner's place

Debbi4873's son --HM3 Travis L Youngblood--died from wounds he received during enemy fire in Bagdad.  From reading her entry I gather that his wife is pregant and they have little ones at home.

Please keep this family in your prayers and go give Debbie some love.  And as always:

    

Kathy

***to read more about travis youngblood click here for a newspaper story about him

 

just a saturday in july

                                      

The weather has been unbeliveably HOT lately.  Whew.  Can't wait for fall.

I finished reading the new Harry Potter book yesterday.  I won't spoil it for you if you haven't read it, but I will tell you that I HATE the way it ended.  I am so ticked.  What age group are these books supposed to written for?  It has some pretty big words in it.

Sadie hasn't been acting as if she felt well so I took her to the vet yesterday.  Dr B wasn't available so we had to go with another vet there.  Sadie is used to Dr B so switching vets on her didn't make her happy.  Then he tried  (note the word tried) to give her some fluids but she wasn't going to have any of that.  So on to a shot, oops, I see 3 needles.  Sadie starts freaking out when the first hits, and it was a job getting the other 2 in.  It was really horrible.  I have never seen her act that way.  She tried to bite and scratch Dr H and his assisant.  That is not like her at all.

This graphic doesn't really have much to do with anything.  Well 'cept the cat box is in the same room as my computer and Sophie hasn't learned to cover her poop.  Sorry folks, but some things just stink.

Here's a few links for you to check out:  Vince's poem for J-land's anniversary: check out Shelli's lastest entry telling about her clothes and totes you can order off her website:  send Pamela some love as she soon starts chemo:  read Patrick's farwell to "Mr Scott": and lastly check out Angela's thoughts on letting life pass you by.

If you have the time go to Pamela's AOL Journal Directory and click on a few journals that you haven't read yet.  Maybe you will find something you like.

Not much going on here although I seem to stay busy somehow.  Still taking my own good time going through my Aunt E's house and getting rid of things.

Take care.  Love you all.

   

AOL J-lander in the hospital

Just read this about Linny.  Thought I would pass it along:

"She is in the hosptial right now.  She has become very sick, she had a massive brain hemmorage a bit over 2 weeks ago." quote from her husband in her journal.

~~ Life with Linny ~~

 

***updates on Linny can be found at derasta's journal:  A Familiar Story Called Life, A Path We All Walk Only At Different Times...

Saturday, July 16th

Hello everyone.  I am so glad today is Saturday.  I spent every day this past week taking my mom to appointments for one thing and then other.  I love my mom, but I hate running around every single day just to sit in a waiting room somewhere.

It was a month yesterday that my Aunt E died.  It still doesn't seem real to me.  Even while going through her things in her house it just doesn't seem like she is gone.  It's weird.  I thought I would feel more of a loss by now.  I don't get  it.

Saw this Birthday Calculator thing in someone's journal so I thought I would try it.  Hey I am 23,703,387 minutes old!  WOO HOO.  And the most exciting thing is that on my next birthday it says: 
You can boil 5.26 US ounces of water with that many candles.  

I think I could have lived a little longer before I found out that there would be enough candles on my cake to boil water!

                 

I was in Wal-Mart today and saw a huge stack of the new Harry Potter book.  Usually I wait for the paperback to come out but seeing how they had it on sale for $15.98, well I just had to get it.  Haven't started reading it yet though.

I have been meaning to tell you that a few weeks ago I found a ladies purse in the middle of the road.  Pulled up to a stoplight and saw it laying there.  The light was red so I dashed out of my car and picked up the purse.  Got back into the car just as the light turned green.  As soon as I got home I checked it for ID and called the police. (I wan't chasing down this lady.)  We the police came to my house they had sent 2 police cars.  (Great, give the neighbors something to talk about.)  So they take the purse and write down all my info.  I got a call later from the police saying they had found the lady and given her purse back to herand they gave her my phone number because she wanted to call to thank me.  I wasn't so sure how I liked that, but nothing I could do about it.  So when my phone rang I just let the answering machine get it.  It was a hispanic male with very broken English thanking me so very much for turning in the purse.  That turned out to be really nice.  I am glad that I let the answering machine get it though because his English was so bad it would have been hard to carry on a conversation with him.

Took Sophie yesterday to checked out.  Her spay was the week before and it was time to check everything out.  She is healing nicely.  I did find out that the animal shelter was supposed to put an ID chip in her and they didn't.  They missed it somehow.  I have to take her back to the shelter sometime and they will put it in.  If it wasn't covered in the adoption cost I wouldn't go all the back over there, but since it is I will.  I need to get a chip for Sadie too.  I guess I will shell out the $25 to have Dr B do it for me.

Can you believe that AOL J-land is turning 2 years old?  Vivian did such a great job last year with the celebration.  I knew this year there wouldn't be such a big-to-do for the occassion, but it would be nice if everyone mentioned it.  This is the torch she has posted at her place:   (Sorry Viv, I just copy/pasted hope you don't mind!)

Vivian has dedicated her journal to Pamela.  Pamela is a terrific woman who has just recently been diagnosed with lung cancer.  I have learned so much from Pamela during this past year.  If not for her help my journal would not be all that it is today.  So I also salute you Pamela for the great woman and AOL J-lander that you truly are.  I know you will defeat the cancer and be with us for many more J-land anniversaries to come. 

Oh, this torch (that I stole) was created by Coy, click here to go there.  You can also click on the torch to go to Pamela's place.

Guess I have made this entry long enough. So I will shut up now and leave you with this:

                       

There is a cat on my back

My little kitty Sophie is climbing all over me at the moment.  She starts at my feet working her way up to my lap then to my shoulder then down my back, and she doing it all over again.

                                                         

I have to take Sophie to the vet this friday to get her spayed.  I am not looking forward to it because I think she is still too young.  But it has to be done per animal shelter rules when you adopt an animal from them.

                                    

Slowly getting stuff done about my Aunt E's will and everything.  There was a problem with the will because it did not say she was over the age of 18 when it was written.  Weird.  So we are having to use her death certificate to prove how old she was when she wrote the will, and mom had to sign an affidavit saying everything was the truth.  I will be so glad when it is all taken care of.  Of course we still have to clean out the house, decide on how much work (that is affordable) to do the house and put it up for sell.

It still hasn't really sunken in that my aunt has died.  I guess because I didn't see her everyday or something.  I feel strange about it.

Finally located a insurance policy that will almost pay off her funeral.  We were lucky in the fact that years ago Aunt E had already paid for a burial plot, the vault, and the grave marker.  But we still had to pay out over 6 thousand for the other things.  Can't believe how expensive it is to bury someone.

                              

 

For my birthday I did something crazy.  Well, not really crazy, just odd for a person of my age.  I went to the mall to the "Build-A-Bear Workshop"  They have different kinds of stuffed animals you can "build" and prices are from $10 up to about $25.  I picked out a cat.  I had a heart put in her (that you make a wish upon), and added the meow sound.  They gave me a birth certificate for her.  I intend to go back sometime and buy some clothes for her.  Oh yeah, getting older means getting younger from time to time.  LOL

Guess that's about it for this time.  I have 2 cats trying to sleep on my mouse pad!!!!

 

 

July 4th 2005

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776:


.......................We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--............................................


for the complete Declaration of Independence click here


Happy July 4th everyone!!!!!!