Regular readers know that my grandmother has been suffering with Stage 4 Small Cell Lymphoma for the last 5 1/2 years. Last evening she started having seizures. Now, Morphine is being given for the pain. If it isn't Hospice giving it, it is up to me. I've been trained by Hospice how to measure, give it, log it and lock it back up. I've also been given the full run on how to crush up Ativan and how to give that to Grandma if she is having a seizure.
My prayers for Grandma? That her passing be gentle and as painless as possible. I don't want her to hang on and be in misery. What she is right now is not the grandma that I know.
She did tell me that she loved me today.
She did ask, "Where is your little girl?" So, she remembered K-, even though she couldn't think of her name. For her, that is huge.
I stopped in this morning before work. That's when I got the morphine talk. I dropped in on lunch to give it to Grandma. I came back by at about 6:15 PM and she was a lot better than she was this morning. She's no longer able to drink on her own, but I gave her several medicine droppers full of Sprite.
Yes, that is what her liquid intake has come to. Droppers full of Sprite.
It's been a long day. I don't expect it to get any shorter any time soon.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
A handful of days that involve lots of bon bons.
Really, notsomuch.
I had many days filled to the brim with much to do. Let's see.
Tuesday:
Worked all day, then came home, did homework with K- and made chocolate/chocolate chip bar cookies with her for the PTA cookie drive. Our post office has an orphan Thanksgiving for all those living around here that have no family to spend the holiday with.
Wednesday:
Did that thing called work all day. Came home and started some prep for Thanksgiving. Got rolls on the rise and baked two pumpkin pies. They always take longer than I anticipate. They never take the 45 - 50 minutes that they say. Hubs and I watched the Biggest Loser update show while we smelled them baking. Well, it was only me smelling them as Hubs' cold had reached the point that tasting and smelling no longer occurred.
Thursday:
Got up at 7 AM to start the prep to get the turkey in the oven by 8 AM. Turkey got in the oven by 8:15 AM. As I prepped the turkey, I baked 3 1/2 dozen dinner rolls and a double pan of corn bread. As the turkey cooked, I steamed potatoes (a few carrots, too) to mash, prepped the cornbread stuffing to bake, steamed some fresh green beans and got glazed carrots rolling along. Hubs was feeling a bit under the weather, so he stayed home. He didn't want to share his cold. K- and I had lunch with my parents and dessert with Hubs' parents. I got home, got my ads together and took a two hour nap.
Thursday evening:
Left at 11:15 PM to go get my sister for shopping. Worth noting, it was 44 F when I left.
Friday:
We were at Walmart at 12:05 AM. Their sale started at 12:01 AM. All DS and Wii games were wiped out before I reached the cardboard carcass of a rack. We scored some $4.00 jammies and my sister got some $5.00 fleece coats. We stood in a long line to cash out, but everyone was kind. No gun involved this time! A highlight this year was that my sister's partner decided to call her 7 different times. I mean, he called to tell her that L- was crying. He called back to have L- scream in the phone. He called to ask when we were coming. He called to ask where we were at. He called to ask if we had left. He called to have L- scream in the phone, again. He called again and by that point I announced loudly, "IT'S THE 7TH CALL!" We were in the store for about an hour. My sister turned so that she could keep talking with him. When we left, I drove her back home, watched a couple of episodes of Cake Boss (boy that guy is obnoxious! I had never watched him and don't think that I could.) before going out on my own at 2:45 AM. I hit Kohl's and stood in line for an hour. I then drove to Target about a half hour away, fetched the items that my sister was going to buy but wasn't allowed to leave the house for. I went to Joann Fabrics after that and scored myself a steamer iron presser thingy to use on K-'s uniforms, as well as some odds and ends that I cannot remember right this second. I went from their to our local mall to hit Big Lots. They had nothing left of the Zhu Zhu pets that they had advertised on sale. After all, I was there 1/2 hour after they opened. Who could expect anything to be left? I decided to slide on over to that Target to use the $10.00 gift card that I earned at the previous Target for spending over $100.00. I figured that I bought things for two people, combined them to make the $100.00 and since I stood in line, it was a reward for me. I used that card to buy K- a robe that I'll use as gift wrap for her birthday gifts. I hopped on over to Toys R Us, found absolutely nothing and drove on to Lowe's in a completely different section of town so that I could get Hubs the light spikes that he was longing for. I, being a good wife, decided to give him a call to let him know I was there. He then needed another extension cord. Then he needed two additional sets of lights. Then he needed a drill. A new drill. A drill that was on sale for "Only $99.00, but it was originally $199.!" Reluctantly, I picked it up for him, knowing that we have a couple of other drills at home. I scored a poinsettia for me, a set of tools for me to gift to K- and I was out of there. Since I was so close and I was still riding high on an additional 15% discount from Kohl's, I went on an undergarment replacement mission. I caught sight of the fact that they were on sale when I was in the never ending line at the previous Kohl's, but without my sister, I couldn't abandon my post with my belongings and expect people to save my place. Besides, I didn't want to explain to a stranger that I had an undergarment let go earlier the previous week and I really needed to replace it, especially in light that they were 50% off and I had an additional discount. After scoring at Kohl's -- again-- I had to stop by Joann's to return the tool box that I now didn't need since the tool set I bought K- conveniently comes with a tool bag and apron. I called my sister, told her that she owed me $50.00 more for more presents that I scored for her and that I was dropping her things off. She was thrilled. She kept saying, "You saved me $55.00!" She also promised to have my nephew weaned before next year. I made my way home and none too soon. I was starting to fall asleep on the way there. It was 9:30 AM, I had been out since 11:15 PM and a cold front came in as I was out and about. By the time I reached home, it was light out and a crisp 27 degrees. Hubs and K- understood my collapsing in bed exhausted. I laid down at 10 AM with the intention of sleeping just an hour and woke up three hours later. Hubs and K- had put the tree up, so it was my task to start the decorating. I was still so tired and spent that I started it, but the task had to roll on over to Saturday.
Saturday:
Stayed home all day and decorated the tree with K-. Yes, it was an all day affair. My tree? Some branches have 3-4 ornaments per. It is a study in engineering. Can I really get that much stuff to go on that amount of fake greens? It takes a bit of work. I think that we watched Girl with a Pearl Earring, Year Without Santa Claus, Santa Claus is Coming To Town, The Toy that Saved Christmas,The Star of Christmas and one of the Home Alones that involved a kid that was not MC. Every now and then, I must walk away for a few to uncross my eyes. By 10 PM, I put the finishing touches on. Part of the time it takes rolls into a walk down memory lane. It always takes a while.
Sunday:
Went to Bass Pro Shops. We had a drive ahead of us, but we got there by 10:30 AM. Hubs took K- to enjoy their Winter Wonderland as I did some much needed shopping for him for Christmas. K- enjoyed the activities, she took an absolutely awesome picture with Santa, made a "Bobber Santer," had lunch and before we left, we got some ice cream. I had pumpkin with bits of graham crackers and pumpkin. Oh, it was lovely!
A funny thing to note: I noticed that they had gift wrapping tables set up with paper, scissors and tape. "Oh! You have gift wrapping!" The cashier apologized that their gift wrappers weren't there. "Would it be okay for me to wrap the gifts that I purchased here today?" "Oh, sure! It's not a problem. Just have your receipt with you." So K- and I went out, fetched my gifts and went back in. I hurried up and wrapped them, got ready to go and the blasted alarm went off. The guard lady stopped me and said, "Well, since your packages set the alarm off and we DON'T have gift wrappers on duty today, I'll just have to unwrap all your packages." "Are you serious?" "Well, I have to see what is going off." "I have receipts for all I purchased. I have four things. I have four things on the receipts. I swear I didn't steal anything." Someone else went through, set the alarm off with the motorized cart and she let us go. We dropped the things off in the car, then went to track something down for K- to buy for Hubs. She found her thing, we picked up pictures that we had developed, went to the counter, paid for all and quickly wrapped up her item. The guard lady came through and said, "Well, let me check and make sure that it doesn't set anything off. Make sure that you hide the scissors because we really aren't encouraging people to wrap their gifts." "I'm so sorry. The cashier told me it was fine!" For the love that is all good and right with the world.
When I reported being stopped by the guard at the door, I was teasing when I told Hubs that, "They were gentle, though." I was so kidding and he seriously thought I really had been patted down and searched!
Today we brought The Elf on the Shelf home with us. His name is Buddy. He has brown hair, blue eyes and he is currently resting with the Christmas books awaiting his child to find him in the morning. K- read the book to us tonight and totally got into the whole thing. Let's see how it works.
In the last few days, we've managed to get our whole house decorated and Hubs even gave me beautiful woodwork around both kitchen windows as a holiday bonus. Go Hubs!
I have some turkey that I need to freeze, so I'm going to scadoodle here. Besides, there is a half gallon of caramel cone ice cream calling my name.
Smiles in my week off:
- Listed above.
Have a great day!
I had many days filled to the brim with much to do. Let's see.
Tuesday:
Worked all day, then came home, did homework with K- and made chocolate/chocolate chip bar cookies with her for the PTA cookie drive. Our post office has an orphan Thanksgiving for all those living around here that have no family to spend the holiday with.
Wednesday:
Did that thing called work all day. Came home and started some prep for Thanksgiving. Got rolls on the rise and baked two pumpkin pies. They always take longer than I anticipate. They never take the 45 - 50 minutes that they say. Hubs and I watched the Biggest Loser update show while we smelled them baking. Well, it was only me smelling them as Hubs' cold had reached the point that tasting and smelling no longer occurred.
Thursday:
Got up at 7 AM to start the prep to get the turkey in the oven by 8 AM. Turkey got in the oven by 8:15 AM. As I prepped the turkey, I baked 3 1/2 dozen dinner rolls and a double pan of corn bread. As the turkey cooked, I steamed potatoes (a few carrots, too) to mash, prepped the cornbread stuffing to bake, steamed some fresh green beans and got glazed carrots rolling along. Hubs was feeling a bit under the weather, so he stayed home. He didn't want to share his cold. K- and I had lunch with my parents and dessert with Hubs' parents. I got home, got my ads together and took a two hour nap.
Thursday evening:
Left at 11:15 PM to go get my sister for shopping. Worth noting, it was 44 F when I left.
Friday:
We were at Walmart at 12:05 AM. Their sale started at 12:01 AM. All DS and Wii games were wiped out before I reached the cardboard carcass of a rack. We scored some $4.00 jammies and my sister got some $5.00 fleece coats. We stood in a long line to cash out, but everyone was kind. No gun involved this time! A highlight this year was that my sister's partner decided to call her 7 different times. I mean, he called to tell her that L- was crying. He called back to have L- scream in the phone. He called to ask when we were coming. He called to ask where we were at. He called to ask if we had left. He called to have L- scream in the phone, again. He called again and by that point I announced loudly, "IT'S THE 7TH CALL!" We were in the store for about an hour. My sister turned so that she could keep talking with him. When we left, I drove her back home, watched a couple of episodes of Cake Boss (boy that guy is obnoxious! I had never watched him and don't think that I could.) before going out on my own at 2:45 AM. I hit Kohl's and stood in line for an hour. I then drove to Target about a half hour away, fetched the items that my sister was going to buy but wasn't allowed to leave the house for. I went to Joann Fabrics after that and scored myself a steamer iron presser thingy to use on K-'s uniforms, as well as some odds and ends that I cannot remember right this second. I went from their to our local mall to hit Big Lots. They had nothing left of the Zhu Zhu pets that they had advertised on sale. After all, I was there 1/2 hour after they opened. Who could expect anything to be left? I decided to slide on over to that Target to use the $10.00 gift card that I earned at the previous Target for spending over $100.00. I figured that I bought things for two people, combined them to make the $100.00 and since I stood in line, it was a reward for me. I used that card to buy K- a robe that I'll use as gift wrap for her birthday gifts. I hopped on over to Toys R Us, found absolutely nothing and drove on to Lowe's in a completely different section of town so that I could get Hubs the light spikes that he was longing for. I, being a good wife, decided to give him a call to let him know I was there. He then needed another extension cord. Then he needed two additional sets of lights. Then he needed a drill. A new drill. A drill that was on sale for "Only $99.00, but it was originally $199.!" Reluctantly, I picked it up for him, knowing that we have a couple of other drills at home. I scored a poinsettia for me, a set of tools for me to gift to K- and I was out of there. Since I was so close and I was still riding high on an additional 15% discount from Kohl's, I went on an undergarment replacement mission. I caught sight of the fact that they were on sale when I was in the never ending line at the previous Kohl's, but without my sister, I couldn't abandon my post with my belongings and expect people to save my place. Besides, I didn't want to explain to a stranger that I had an undergarment let go earlier the previous week and I really needed to replace it, especially in light that they were 50% off and I had an additional discount. After scoring at Kohl's -- again-- I had to stop by Joann's to return the tool box that I now didn't need since the tool set I bought K- conveniently comes with a tool bag and apron. I called my sister, told her that she owed me $50.00 more for more presents that I scored for her and that I was dropping her things off. She was thrilled. She kept saying, "You saved me $55.00!" She also promised to have my nephew weaned before next year. I made my way home and none too soon. I was starting to fall asleep on the way there. It was 9:30 AM, I had been out since 11:15 PM and a cold front came in as I was out and about. By the time I reached home, it was light out and a crisp 27 degrees. Hubs and K- understood my collapsing in bed exhausted. I laid down at 10 AM with the intention of sleeping just an hour and woke up three hours later. Hubs and K- had put the tree up, so it was my task to start the decorating. I was still so tired and spent that I started it, but the task had to roll on over to Saturday.
Saturday:
Stayed home all day and decorated the tree with K-. Yes, it was an all day affair. My tree? Some branches have 3-4 ornaments per. It is a study in engineering. Can I really get that much stuff to go on that amount of fake greens? It takes a bit of work. I think that we watched Girl with a Pearl Earring, Year Without Santa Claus, Santa Claus is Coming To Town, The Toy that Saved Christmas,The Star of Christmas and one of the Home Alones that involved a kid that was not MC. Every now and then, I must walk away for a few to uncross my eyes. By 10 PM, I put the finishing touches on. Part of the time it takes rolls into a walk down memory lane. It always takes a while.
Sunday:
Went to Bass Pro Shops. We had a drive ahead of us, but we got there by 10:30 AM. Hubs took K- to enjoy their Winter Wonderland as I did some much needed shopping for him for Christmas. K- enjoyed the activities, she took an absolutely awesome picture with Santa, made a "Bobber Santer," had lunch and before we left, we got some ice cream. I had pumpkin with bits of graham crackers and pumpkin. Oh, it was lovely!
A funny thing to note: I noticed that they had gift wrapping tables set up with paper, scissors and tape. "Oh! You have gift wrapping!" The cashier apologized that their gift wrappers weren't there. "Would it be okay for me to wrap the gifts that I purchased here today?" "Oh, sure! It's not a problem. Just have your receipt with you." So K- and I went out, fetched my gifts and went back in. I hurried up and wrapped them, got ready to go and the blasted alarm went off. The guard lady stopped me and said, "Well, since your packages set the alarm off and we DON'T have gift wrappers on duty today, I'll just have to unwrap all your packages." "Are you serious?" "Well, I have to see what is going off." "I have receipts for all I purchased. I have four things. I have four things on the receipts. I swear I didn't steal anything." Someone else went through, set the alarm off with the motorized cart and she let us go. We dropped the things off in the car, then went to track something down for K- to buy for Hubs. She found her thing, we picked up pictures that we had developed, went to the counter, paid for all and quickly wrapped up her item. The guard lady came through and said, "Well, let me check and make sure that it doesn't set anything off. Make sure that you hide the scissors because we really aren't encouraging people to wrap their gifts." "I'm so sorry. The cashier told me it was fine!" For the love that is all good and right with the world.
When I reported being stopped by the guard at the door, I was teasing when I told Hubs that, "They were gentle, though." I was so kidding and he seriously thought I really had been patted down and searched!
Today we brought The Elf on the Shelf home with us. His name is Buddy. He has brown hair, blue eyes and he is currently resting with the Christmas books awaiting his child to find him in the morning. K- read the book to us tonight and totally got into the whole thing. Let's see how it works.
In the last few days, we've managed to get our whole house decorated and Hubs even gave me beautiful woodwork around both kitchen windows as a holiday bonus. Go Hubs!
I have some turkey that I need to freeze, so I'm going to scadoodle here. Besides, there is a half gallon of caramel cone ice cream calling my name.
Smiles in my week off:
- Listed above.
Have a great day!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Tales from the Trenches: Many and lots of things.
My friend, Rachael, did a lovely post that struck home with me. I'm with her and am thinking of a schedule to have for box time. Must work that out.
In the meantime, Hubs is on vacation this week because he's earned more time than he thought and if he doesn't use it, he'll lose it. Hold on, I needed to take a breath after that one. He's puttering around the house doing man things like rewiring the surround sound in the living room and re-shelving all of the movies . . .
As for me, I have baking and cooking to attend to. I also have a half gallon of ice cream calling my name and sadly, it is 10:10 PM.
With that, I'll bid you a farewell for the week. I've got family and things and stuff and Black Friday.
Have a wonderful holiday!
In the meantime, Hubs is on vacation this week because he's earned more time than he thought and if he doesn't use it, he'll lose it. Hold on, I needed to take a breath after that one. He's puttering around the house doing man things like rewiring the surround sound in the living room and re-shelving all of the movies . . .
As for me, I have baking and cooking to attend to. I also have a half gallon of ice cream calling my name and sadly, it is 10:10 PM.
With that, I'll bid you a farewell for the week. I've got family and things and stuff and Black Friday.
Have a wonderful holiday!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Because a great deal makes me feel as if I have battled the retail beast.
Y'all, I feel like I'm super-power Santa Mama. The one and only big thing that K- has been asking for is a Nintendo DS. Now, Hubs bought me one last year at the resale store. It was basically an open box thing, but being a kid, we wanted to get a new one so that the warranty went along with. I was depending upon Black Friday to make that happen for me, but the only place that had it listed for sale was Walmart.
I'm not a huge fan. Especially on Black Friday. Last year, there was a family trying to swindle the cashier. They were switching things out, having her ring things up, taking them off, wanting more, not having enough cash, no try this card, well take that off . . . It ended up being that she had 3 additional co-workers watching over the transaction AND! a guard in uniform WITH! her hand on her gun.
Isn't that a warm and fuzzy feeling?
Given that, my sister and I swore to never again deal with the monster that is Walmart during Black Friday. I'm more of a Target shopper all the way around anyhow.
Target? It was my ticket to present-purchasing happiness.
I was looking through my late-to-arrive-on-my-doorstep issue of the Sunday newspaper and like a vision, there it was in the Target ad. The Nintendo DSi was on sale for $119.00. (Savings of $30.00.) That made me extra excited since I had $60.00 in Target gift cards that I had earned from My Points to use for K-'s Christmas gifts anyhow. Let us review my deal, shall we?
The upside? I'm thrilled that I have this purchased. I wanted to purchase her a camera and this one has one (or two I think I read) included. We can purchase the games used (Hubs handles that) and the Leapster you can't. Have you checked what some games are going for on eBay lately? Eeek!
The downside? It's white. It is the only color choice available. I will be able to wipe it down and K- is a pretty careful kid with stuff.
A note to Target about a downside:
Please consider moving your customer service to THIS COUNTRY as opposed to India. The young woman talking to me didn't understand what I was trying to tell her when I was asking how to input my gift cards. In the end, I finally taught your customer service agent how to help anyone else who might encounter the problem. Also, when she started helping me, she was without a computer. It's kind of difficult to help someone with an internet order when you don't have access to the internet yourself. Just sayin'. This is not the first time that I have encountered issues with your overseas customer service. 2 1/2 years ago, I was trying to buy two Britax Regent car seats, because they were not available in store. The young man I talked to finally gave in and took care of the problem when I announced the massive sum I was spending on two car seats. Please, oh please, give Americans these jobs.
So there we go. K-'s necklace arrived just yesterday and it is beautiful. Of course, Mrs. Claus made that. All I need to do is to pick up a box of Fuzzoodles at the local craft store and I'm done with the three gift process that is K-'s Christmas. They are $6.00 at the craft store and she just loves them.
I feel shoppingly accomplished. Believe me, I know it's not about a stuff thing. We really wanted to get her something nice and she is now old enough to appreciate it.
Smiles in my weekend:
- My sister is feeling so much better. A friend came over and gave her a chiropractic adjustment. She also took her truck (High Ho Silver rides again!) for a ride down the driveway and to the bus stop. She made it, but got nervous when another car was coming towards her. I told her that will happen from time to time and that she has to get back in the saddle before the snow flies. She was able to go to the tow yard to retrieve her purse and she got a really good look of what she walked out of. Oh my.
- I've accomplished writing ye ole Christmas letter (hey Aunt Patti!) and I've made K-'s birthday invites this evening. We found some stupendously gold glittery paper at the craft store that makes her invites look like lovely golden tickets. Now grant you, it took three gluing options to finally get the printed portion to stick, but Zots to the rescue!
- As soon as I hit publish, I will be assembling and addressing Christmas card envelopes. The Christmas cards that also include a birthday invite (gotta save on postage!), I do believe will call for additional postage. I'll take a ride past the post office to purchase my stamps and to confirm my stamply thoughts. I took an Excedrin Migraine at about 3 PM and still feel myself going strong. It'll be a long night, so why not put all that energy to good use?
Have a great day!
I'm not a huge fan. Especially on Black Friday. Last year, there was a family trying to swindle the cashier. They were switching things out, having her ring things up, taking them off, wanting more, not having enough cash, no try this card, well take that off . . . It ended up being that she had 3 additional co-workers watching over the transaction AND! a guard in uniform WITH! her hand on her gun.
Isn't that a warm and fuzzy feeling?
Given that, my sister and I swore to never again deal with the monster that is Walmart during Black Friday. I'm more of a Target shopper all the way around anyhow.
Target? It was my ticket to present-purchasing happiness.
I was looking through my late-to-arrive-on-my-doorstep issue of the Sunday newspaper and like a vision, there it was in the Target ad. The Nintendo DSi was on sale for $119.00. (Savings of $30.00.) That made me extra excited since I had $60.00 in Target gift cards that I had earned from My Points to use for K-'s Christmas gifts anyhow. Let us review my deal, shall we?
Now, between tax and the very nominal shipping cost (sadly, this one didn't qualify for the $50.00 and up free shipping, but it was only $4.44), in the end it was $71.50. That, my friends, is cheaper than the $89.00 that Walmart had the DS Lite for and that isn't even figuring in the 6.5% tax on top of it.Nintendo DSi - $149.00Target sale - 30.00Target price - 119.00My Points - 60.00Balance due - $59.00
The upside? I'm thrilled that I have this purchased. I wanted to purchase her a camera and this one has one (or two I think I read) included. We can purchase the games used (Hubs handles that) and the Leapster you can't. Have you checked what some games are going for on eBay lately? Eeek!
The downside? It's white. It is the only color choice available. I will be able to wipe it down and K- is a pretty careful kid with stuff.
A note to Target about a downside:
Please consider moving your customer service to THIS COUNTRY as opposed to India. The young woman talking to me didn't understand what I was trying to tell her when I was asking how to input my gift cards. In the end, I finally taught your customer service agent how to help anyone else who might encounter the problem. Also, when she started helping me, she was without a computer. It's kind of difficult to help someone with an internet order when you don't have access to the internet yourself. Just sayin'. This is not the first time that I have encountered issues with your overseas customer service. 2 1/2 years ago, I was trying to buy two Britax Regent car seats, because they were not available in store. The young man I talked to finally gave in and took care of the problem when I announced the massive sum I was spending on two car seats. Please, oh please, give Americans these jobs.
So there we go. K-'s necklace arrived just yesterday and it is beautiful. Of course, Mrs. Claus made that. All I need to do is to pick up a box of Fuzzoodles at the local craft store and I'm done with the three gift process that is K-'s Christmas. They are $6.00 at the craft store and she just loves them.
I feel shoppingly accomplished. Believe me, I know it's not about a stuff thing. We really wanted to get her something nice and she is now old enough to appreciate it.
Smiles in my weekend:
- My sister is feeling so much better. A friend came over and gave her a chiropractic adjustment. She also took her truck (High Ho Silver rides again!) for a ride down the driveway and to the bus stop. She made it, but got nervous when another car was coming towards her. I told her that will happen from time to time and that she has to get back in the saddle before the snow flies. She was able to go to the tow yard to retrieve her purse and she got a really good look of what she walked out of. Oh my.
- I've accomplished writing ye ole Christmas letter (hey Aunt Patti!) and I've made K-'s birthday invites this evening. We found some stupendously gold glittery paper at the craft store that makes her invites look like lovely golden tickets. Now grant you, it took three gluing options to finally get the printed portion to stick, but Zots to the rescue!
- As soon as I hit publish, I will be assembling and addressing Christmas card envelopes. The Christmas cards that also include a birthday invite (gotta save on postage!), I do believe will call for additional postage. I'll take a ride past the post office to purchase my stamps and to confirm my stamply thoughts. I took an Excedrin Migraine at about 3 PM and still feel myself going strong. It'll be a long night, so why not put all that energy to good use?
Have a great day!
Friday, November 19, 2010
Praising God with hands high and with crocodiles rolling.
I've got to tell you as I sit here and cry, my sister and my nephew are fine.
She was busy running frantically from one place to another, pulled out in front of a vehicle and rolled her van.
She had her seatbelt on.
L- was strapped firmly into the car seat.
When they came to a rest, he started crying. She was able to release both of them, knock the back window out with her elbow and climb out.
Of course, she only had liability insurance.
It's just a van.
My people are okay. L- was checked out and released from Children's Hospital. LeAnne said that she thinks she is fine and just wants to go home.
Like a good Baptist, I'm preparing them dinner.
ETA: I took dinner out and was able to lay my eyes on my sister. Long story short, she had a migraine, the light was bright and the van that hit her was dark green. She didn't see it. It clipped the back passenger corner of her van as she had almost reached the road that she was trying to drive down. When she got hit, she went flying through the air, skidded and remained upside down on the roof. In a surprise turn, the van actually turned on its side. She was suspended, as well as L-, and so when his car seat let loose, she said he just kind of dropped into her arms. She is very sore. He is without any damage. She has a scraped up elbow. She also got a call from the insurance company. The other people who were involved have an attorney who has already contacted my sister's insurance. Oh, this should be fun. I did tell her that they call them accidents not an "on purpose."
In your prayers of thanksgiving tonight, can you belt another out for us?
She was busy running frantically from one place to another, pulled out in front of a vehicle and rolled her van.
She had her seatbelt on.
L- was strapped firmly into the car seat.
When they came to a rest, he started crying. She was able to release both of them, knock the back window out with her elbow and climb out.
Of course, she only had liability insurance.
It's just a van.
My people are okay. L- was checked out and released from Children's Hospital. LeAnne said that she thinks she is fine and just wants to go home.
Like a good Baptist, I'm preparing them dinner.
ETA: I took dinner out and was able to lay my eyes on my sister. Long story short, she had a migraine, the light was bright and the van that hit her was dark green. She didn't see it. It clipped the back passenger corner of her van as she had almost reached the road that she was trying to drive down. When she got hit, she went flying through the air, skidded and remained upside down on the roof. In a surprise turn, the van actually turned on its side. She was suspended, as well as L-, and so when his car seat let loose, she said he just kind of dropped into her arms. She is very sore. He is without any damage. She has a scraped up elbow. She also got a call from the insurance company. The other people who were involved have an attorney who has already contacted my sister's insurance. Oh, this should be fun. I did tell her that they call them accidents not an "on purpose."
In your prayers of thanksgiving tonight, can you belt another out for us?
Thursday, November 18, 2010
He will see you now.
Smiles in my day:
- I had a great meeting with Mrs. S- today. K- is on track. Everything is good.
- The PTA directory rough draft is in my hands. :)
- We had a great time with the kids this evening.
- My house is cleaned, my beds stripped and remade.
Have a great weekend!
Signing my life away at the customer service counter.
I've had a cold. Nothing serious. Really, I've suffered much, much worse. Since I've had this continual evening and early morning tickle in my throat, I've found that the Advil Cold and Sinus that I had in the cupboard has helped out a bit.
Today I took the last one in my cabinet.
Now, that may not seem like a big deal, but since people like to boil stuff like that down for met*h, I have to go beg pharmacists or customer service personnel for the OTC drug(s) that I may need. God forbid should you actually need Advil and cough syrup at the same time.
I visited the cold reliever aisle. No dice.
I visited the pharmacist. Nope. Go to customer service. (Seems weird, since every other store has OTC at the pharmacy.) Okay then.
I go to customer service. I hand over my ID to purchase my drugs o' relief and I kid you not, the girl had to check 10 pages of drug log-in's to make certain that my name was not listed. After a rather thorough check, She wrote down about every bit of information from my driver's license. I could be wrong, but my height and slightly inaccurate listed weight may have been written down, too. I had to sign the listing.
The customer service clerk apologized. I told her that really, I promised that I wasn't going to the street to make anything illegal. I really just wanted to take it for my own cold relief. She was saying that she thought it was slightly ridiculous and I agreed that in a way, I see that but there was just a me*th lab 1 block down from a school in our city that just blew up. She then told me that there are some people who will come in and ask (in a drug type drawl), "How many boxes can I get?" Considering that they just sold me a 40 ct. box and it will take me a year to go through all that, I can't imagine why they would want more other than for illicit activities. She said that at that point, she'll tell them none. She'll refuse them. She said that she can tell.
I hate that she is put in that position.
I know that I've talked about this before, but it still surprises me each and every time. Wow.
Smiles in my day:
- K- got a 100% on her math test! It was a 4 page (2 pages double sided) test that was addition and subtraction and she neatly wrote her answers. Didn't question herself. She didn't erase all over the place. She was sure of her answers. Quite amazing since doing subtraction flash cards has been quite painful. I'm going to meet with her teacher to see what ideas that she has to have me help K-. I want to make certain that the ways that I help her are in line with what Mrs. S- is teaching. I don't want to teach K- a way to figure out subtraction that she can't use at school. It appears as though she needs visual cues to pull subtraction around.
Have a great day!
Today I took the last one in my cabinet.
Now, that may not seem like a big deal, but since people like to boil stuff like that down for met*h, I have to go beg pharmacists or customer service personnel for the OTC drug(s) that I may need. God forbid should you actually need Advil and cough syrup at the same time.
I visited the cold reliever aisle. No dice.
I visited the pharmacist. Nope. Go to customer service. (Seems weird, since every other store has OTC at the pharmacy.) Okay then.
I go to customer service. I hand over my ID to purchase my drugs o' relief and I kid you not, the girl had to check 10 pages of drug log-in's to make certain that my name was not listed. After a rather thorough check, She wrote down about every bit of information from my driver's license. I could be wrong, but my height and slightly inaccurate listed weight may have been written down, too. I had to sign the listing.
The customer service clerk apologized. I told her that really, I promised that I wasn't going to the street to make anything illegal. I really just wanted to take it for my own cold relief. She was saying that she thought it was slightly ridiculous and I agreed that in a way, I see that but there was just a me*th lab 1 block down from a school in our city that just blew up. She then told me that there are some people who will come in and ask (in a drug type drawl), "How many boxes can I get?" Considering that they just sold me a 40 ct. box and it will take me a year to go through all that, I can't imagine why they would want more other than for illicit activities. She said that at that point, she'll tell them none. She'll refuse them. She said that she can tell.
I hate that she is put in that position.
I know that I've talked about this before, but it still surprises me each and every time. Wow.
Smiles in my day:
- K- got a 100% on her math test! It was a 4 page (2 pages double sided) test that was addition and subtraction and she neatly wrote her answers. Didn't question herself. She didn't erase all over the place. She was sure of her answers. Quite amazing since doing subtraction flash cards has been quite painful. I'm going to meet with her teacher to see what ideas that she has to have me help K-. I want to make certain that the ways that I help her are in line with what Mrs. S- is teaching. I don't want to teach K- a way to figure out subtraction that she can't use at school. It appears as though she needs visual cues to pull subtraction around.
Have a great day!
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