Beautiful Friday!

Today (Friday):
   The sun was shining today, and I was able to take two of my plants outside for the afternoon. Mike had to bring them back in for me though. I was on my feet quite a bit today, (maybe a bit too much) and by evening I had to get some ice on my very swelled foot. I put dishes away, cleaned off the island, cleaned out the sink, etc...then I walked up the street to see my friend Sue, again.  I am starting to be able to do a few more things each day. On the way back I stopped in my front yard, and picked some of my lilacs. They are my favorite flower, and I just love their scent. So it really smells good in here! I was afraid with our late Spring that I wasn't going to get any, but luckily I got quite a few.

Sue:
   Last Thursday my friend Sue, had to have some minor (she thought) facial surgery. She had a small spot on her nose that they thought might be skin cancer. Turns out it wasn't such a small spot, the Doc had to take quite a bit out, and then he didn't have enough skin left to cover the area. He had to cut a flap of skin from just below her eye, down her cheek to almost her mouth, and move it over her nose with the blood supply intact, he called it a trunk. It is very painful, and looks terrible right now. She got her stitches out yesterday from below her eye, and down to her cheek. Her doctor left the trunk alone, and he hopes it will have grown enough by next Thursday that he can finish fixing her nose.  She has quite a large hole the doctor is trying to cover up now. Good thing he is a plastic surgeon!
   I am not telling you this to gross you out, I am telling you about her experience so you don't make the same mistake she did. Sue is of Italian ancestry, and has beautiful olive skin. She never  wore sunscreen, and went tanning often. She is now convinced that is what caused her malignant skin cancer. She didn't think she needed to wear sunscreen because she never got sunburned. Even darker skinned people need to wear sun screen because they can get skin cancer too, the plastic surgeon told her. I, myself have always used sun screen because I burn very quickly if I don't, and sunburns are no fun. She is adamant about wearing it now, and not going tanning in a tanning bed ever again! I think she is very lucky to still have a lot of her nose left, and I hope her plastic surgeon can fix it to look normal again. So please, all you sun worshipers out there, wear sun screen, getting a tan isn't worth getting skin cancer! Okay, I will get off my soap box now, before I fall, and hurt my foot. Haha!  Please, all kidding aside, be safe and wear sunscreen while you are outside.

Dive Bomber:
   This morning I had a pesky fly dive bombing me from about daylight on!  Doesn't that just make ya so mad? It is so annoying, and irritating to be woke up that way repeatedly.  I never wanted a fly swatter so bad in my life! I wanted to commit fly- a- cide very badly! Haha! When I got up, I tried to kill every fly I could find very gleefully! Lol! I felt like I had to get back at the stupid pests, for waking me up so early. I did get quite a few of them, and I hope that I don't have the same problem in the morning!  You can bet if I do, that I will be on a little bombing mission of my own, only I will use a fly swatter! Kind of a revenge rampage on the insect world, so look out all of you dive bombing flies, I'm gonna get ya!

Night Night:
   I think I will post this so I can go to bed. I think I need to put ice on my foot again for a while. I hope ya have a great Saturday wherever ya are and that you are enjoying life to the fullest! Good night friends, family, and all our Rving Buddies. Until next time...

Playing Catch Up

Wednesday:
   Wednesday I managed to walk up to the corner to visit my friend, Sue. I only used one crutch, and I made it up and back by myself. I consider that an accomplishment! The foot hurt a little last night but not so much that I had to use ice. The rest of the beautiful day I just enjoyed the sunshine, and played on the laptop. I was bad and didn't do a post yesterday so as my title says, I am playing catch up!

Today:
   Mike had a doctor appointment with the pain specialist so I tagged along. After that we went to Michael's so I could get more silk flowers for another keepsake bouquet. I got a few at Walmart too. They have pretty much done away with most of their silk flowers, but I did find a few that looked good and were a lot cheaper than Michael's or Hobby Lobby. I still have to hit Hobby Lobby for a few gray flowers, and then I will be done getting everything, so I can do the bouquet. I am going to do the bouquet in the fiver, so I don't have a mess all over the island in here. That way I don't have to put anything away until I am done. So after that we hit Sam's for a few things like dog food, bottled water, and some food. Our cupboards were getting to be a little bare. Have ya ever tried Sam's rotisserie chickens? They are really moist and tender, and we can get at least 2 -3 meals out of it. At $4.88 they are a real good deal. So I bet ya can guess what we're havin' for supper. Haha! In the stores I used a scooter, or a wheel chair, because I didn't want to put extra stress on my on my foot, and walked to and from the truck.

Fiver:
   The slides are OUT! Yippee!  I haven't been back in the fiver since Tuesday, but Mike put the slides out yesterday. I checked everything out on Tuesday and there wasn't anything in the way of the slides. So when the battery was charged Mike went ahead and put the slides out, I hope I can get in there next week and clean and check out the systems, water, water heater, refrigerator  etc... Mike will need to  hook up the water to flush out the Rv antifreeze out of the water systems. Then I can try the hot water heater etc... so I can get everything clean and ready to go.  I'd like to try sleeping it the fiver with the dogs in a couple weeks to see how they do. It should be warm enough at night by then, I'm not sure how much propane we have left after last season. So that's another thing we will have to get filled, and ready. It will take us at least a couple of weeks to get everything ready to go, and I have yet to make a reservation. I wasn't sure how my foot would be doing so I was kinda waiting and trying to gauge when I would be able to walk better. I'm sure by this time next week my walking will have improved,but I will wait and see before I make a reservation.

Dark:
   It is now 8:43 p.m. and it is not dark yet, but it will be before long. I am glad it is staying light longer now. The temp is starting to drop though, and it is starting to feel cool with the door open.  I think I will end this post here for tonight.  Take care and I will be back with ya's soon...

Sunny Tuesday / Doctor Visit !

Sunny:
   Today is a beautiful day! It is 70 degrees, and sunny. The awning is out on the fiver! I opened it so it could dry out and it would not mildew. Did ya catch that, "I" opened it. That means I got  to use my crutches today. Actually all I did was push a button, but it sure felt good to be able to do that! I was able to go up the steps, and into the fiver without too much pain. I didn't open the slides, because Mike had to put the battery back in the fiver first. So he has it hooked up to the charger right now. Maybe tomorrow!

Doctor Appointment:
   My appointment with the Doc went great! He said I can start putting weight on my foot while using my crutches! I was really glad to hear that! He was pleased with my progress, and the way my foot is healing. He said the swelling would continue to go down, but it was much less than he expected already. So after trying my crutches out, there was a little pain, but what surprised me the most was how weak and shaky I am. I will have to find my balance again, but I am on the right track. It felt good to be standing, even for a little while, but the doctor cautioned me not to overdo the walking the first few days. I have walked a little bit today, and my foot is swelling some. I think ice is gonna be my new best friend for the next few days. It is hurting a little, so (according to the Doc pain will be my guide) I'm gonna take it easy the rest of the day until I walk to the bedroom tonight. I don't want it to start throbbing any worse than it is right now. If I can keep the pain to a minimum I'll be happy.

Avon:
   I got my Avon order sorted out and bagged already, so I want to get it delivered tomorrow. Remember if you want to order any Avon from me you can go to my site, pay with  your credit card, and it will be shipped directly to you. This link will take you to my Avon site. 

http://www.youravon.com/krisw32154  

So far I don't have many customers, but I am hopeful that I will get more soon.Thank you in advance if you place an order with me.

SAD or Spring Fever:   
   It is amazing the difference there is when the sun shines vs when it isn't. The birds are chirping, you can hear dogs out barking, lawn mowers running etc...It's a bright and beautiful day, and people just naturally seem to be in a better mood when the sun is shining. There is a disorder called SAD- Seasonal Affective Disorder. Maybe that is what we actually have when we have Spring Fever. SAD is characterized, by depression, sleeping more, and moodiness. You can have SAD in any of the seasons though not just the Spring, yes even in the Summer. Maybe Spring Fever is a mild form of this disorder. When I have Spring Fever I get antsy, and want to get outside and do stuff. Like clean up the yard, paint, plant flowers, and make improvements to the house and yard etc... I do get kinda down when the sun doesn't shine, but I wouldn't classify it as depression. As long as the weather is warm, I even like a good thunder storm once in a while. I like to smell the air after a rain, it just smells so fresh, and clean. I also love to take pictures of the sky, and cloud formations during a thunder storm, before it starts raining, of course! Lol! I have no doubt you'll see a few of those pictures here sometime this Summer. I would like to say that Spring is officially here, but I wonder.  Will we get any more low temps and frost before then? My parents and grand parents would never plant anything until after Mother's Day in May. I usually never take my house plants outside until then, cos I don't want to loose any of them. When I bring them in in the Fall, the front of the house always looks so bare. I am always glad to get them back outside in May, cos they do so much better out in the fresh air and sunshine, so do I as a matter of fact! Haha! So is it a disorder or a fever? I have no idea! I just know I want warm weather here to stay! How about you?

Time:
   Once again time has gotten away from me. I'm gonna go put ice on my foot, so I will see ya's later...

Two In One / Monday and Sunday !

Monday:
   Today is Monday, and it is kinda cloudy with  little teases of sun here and there, but not very many. It is 63 degrees here so far. I wish the Jet Stream would hurry up and go North up into Canada, so we would have some warm days. The birds are busy chirping though, regardless whether the sun is shining or not. There is not much going on today, it is just kind of a blah day here in Ohio. I imagine it will warm up a little more today as the afternoon goes on, at least that is what I am hoping. The sun being out sure makes a difference whether it is a warm 63 or a chilly 63, and right now there is no sun, so it is sorta of a chilly 63 degrees. My doctor appointment is finally tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.  We'll get ready and go and be there all of about 10 minutes and turn around and come back home. Talk about exciting, just can't wait lol!  I hope, I at least get some good news in that 10 minutes, like I don't know, maybe I can walk using my crutches, that would be good! It would certainly make me happy! I wouldn't feel so limited that way.


Sunday:
Yesterday, Sunday was kinda rainy, and a little chilly. The rain seems to have stopped, but I haven't seen any sun. One of Charli's,(our 2 1/2 year old Grand Daughter) favorite songs is "Oh Mr Sun, Sun, Mr Golden Sun, please shine down on me", from Barney,the famed purple dinosaur.  Come On Mr Sun, push those clouds outta the way! We could sure use some of that sunshine, I hope maybe we'll see it again soon.! Not quite a Pleasant Valley Sunday kind of day today. I hope those kind of Sunday's will be here again soon!

Words:
   Did you know words can be a weapon, just as surely as a knife? Words you say to others, and words others say to you, can cut just as deep as a knife. Many people say things they don't mean, and don't stop to think about the impact they can have on the person they were said to. Some people just don't care, and others simply didn't think before they opened their mouth. Even the inflection we use can make a difference in how words are taken by the recipient. I have often just sat while in a group and listened to conversation flowing around me. You can hear some things that can really make you angry, or things that can make you sad. I have even felt sorry for the person saying those words and wondered what their motivation for saying them was. Too many times I have been on the end of those words, either saying them, or having said them to someone. How about you? There are so many things I have said as an adult, that I wish I could take back, and that I am so sorry ever came out of my mouth! Then there are lots of things that have been said to me that I would rather had not been said. Does it make you stronger, when you hear stuff like that, or does it make you want to curl up in a ball and hide? With me it has done both. I have no idea why I am talking about this right now, other than it has been on my mind for a couple of days. One of my Grand Daughter's is having some trouble with a few bully's right now, most of them boys. She is at that age where it really bothers her. I wish I had some words of wisdom to give her to make her feel better. She is a strong girl, and is doing her best trying to deal with it, and not be rude back to them. I'm afraid if I saw  or heard them, my Grandma claws would come out! I wish I could protect her, and all of them from anything, and anyone who hurts them! I am so Proud of her for not bringing herself down to their level! My Grand Daughters are always teaching me new things about grace under pressure.

Writing:
   Today has been a hard day for me to find something to write about in my head. My brain seems to have shut down my thought process for some reason. That is odd, cos usually I have plenty that I can write about. I guess it feels lazy today. I think I will say Adios  now and hopefully it will be functioning better tomorrow. I'll see ya's then...

This Saturday the Diva got New Shoes / Quotes!

Diva:
   The Diva got new shoes! No, not me, the Beast (our truck) I am not a Diva! Mike and Jamie (son) got the new brake  shoes, (pads) on the truck today. Turns out she really did need them, one was metal on metal! That's not a good thing, and that was where the squealing noise was coming from! So we can check new brake pads, or shoes off the list of things for the Beast. Her list is getting longer, mine keeps getting shorter because of her!  I think I may be getting jealous of her. Haha! Let's hope she will be happy for a while now before she wants something else new! 

Another Good Quote:
   "You are never  too old to set another Goal, or Dream a new Dream" by C S Lewis.  That is another good quote that  reminds me that no matter how old we get it is not too late to set, and reach new goals. I like that! I like the fact that we can always have hope, if we want it.
   Do you know someone who is always down, and acts like they have lost their last friend, all  the time? Nothing good ever happens to them, and they never have a good day? Constantly being around people like that will pull you down, and steal your  joy. I found that out the hard way.
   I am a firm believer in karma. I believe what goes around, comes around, and that you reap what you sow. I also believe your mindset has a lot to do with your health and your life. You have to want something bad enough to attain it. If you give up on yourself first, then how are other people supposed to help, and be there for you? I think you have to be willing to help yourself, and find yourself worthy enough for respect before others will give it back to you. This is just my opinion, and I know, everyone has one, and we all know, they usually stink lol! I feel like if we project a positive outlook, we will attain a positive outlook, and get that same outlook back. So that is where all these quotes come in for me. I am trying to improve my attitude. The more you get to know me, the more you will see that is how I am. There are times, like yesterday that I have a minor meltdown,I wouldn't be human if I didn't. I guess that is why robots don't have emotions! Most of the time I try to do that privately though, so I am not responsible for bringing others down. Hope you're not getting tired of the quotes, cos when I see something that speaks to me I like to share it.

Fiver:
   Today Mike plugged the fiver in! He didn't open the slides, but that will come soon. I think it is supposed to rain tomorrow so we'll wait to open the slides, plus it is my job to make sure everything is out of the way for the slides to open, and I can't do that right now. So maybe I will be able to check things out Tuesday. If I can use my crutches to walk, then I will be able to get up the steps into the fiver. I was able to get in the fiver after my knee replacement, so I should be able to do now with no problem. I just need the doctor's okay before I can use my crutches, and put a little bit of weight on my foot. Just think, with all the new items the Diva has gotten, and the weather stays nice, we should be ready to roll! Well, I have to be able to walk too, lol! So just a few minor hang ups to get through, then we'll be on the move again! Yippee, I can't wait.

Time:
   Do you have a problem with time slipping through your fingers? I think I do, because it it time to get this posted, and it feels like I just started writing it. I will have to save the rest of my thoughts for the next post, if I can find them rattling around in my head.  So see ya's next time...

Today is the Last Friday in April !

Friday:
   Today is the last Friday in April, and it sure has been been a long month, at least to me! Probably because I haven't been able to do anything since March 27th. I also imagine the way the weather has been bouncin' all over the place in the temperature range hasn't helped. Warm one day and cold for the next 3, sorry but that just sucks big time to me! You  expect some lows in the 30's the beginning of April not near the end. It is just frustrating with the weather all over the place, and no wonder so many people are getting sick. The only good thing I can say for the weather being like this is that my allergies haven't been bothering me as much. I hope that Spring finally arrives to stay in May, but I bet Summer will arrive instead! Spring will have missed it's chance to make an appearance, and lose all it's usual glory!  What will happen is, we'll go from April's temps, to blazin' hot  temps in May! So from having the heat on, to having the air conditioning on, with no break in between! Won't that be fun!? Haha! I can't think of anything else weather wise to complain about right now, so I'll leave it at that. Haha!  At least the sun has been shining all day, it is just not very warm outside today. ;l  I hope it will be warmer tomorrow.

Whine:
   I think I am on a whine kick today, and I can't think of anything good to say today! Do you ever get that way? How do you get out of it? I think I have just been sidelined for too long! I hope when I go to my doctor appointment that I will at least be able to walk, and put a little bit of weight on my foot using crutches. I am just grumpy from being inactive for almost 5 weeks! I need something to do! I have read I don't know how many books, spent too many hours to count on this laptop, knitted,(boring & I'm not very good at it) and made a couple of corsages and, a keepsake bouquet. Of all of those things, I most enjoyed working with the silk flowers for the shower. I still have one keepsake bouquet to do, but I haven't had the chance to go get the flowers. Maybe I can sometime this weekend. I have an Avon order coming in this weekend,or on Monday, so I will have to get that sorted out, but I doubt that will take very long. So then what will I do? I'm lookin' for suggestions here, trying to keep my cool until Tuesday when I go see the Doc. I'll probably have a huge pity party if I still can't walk! I'd stomp my foot too, but that would probably hurt if I did the left one, and I can't stand on the left one so I could stomp my right one! Lol!  You can see my dilemma  here can't you? Haha! So there is your warning, if I don't get good news on Tuesday. Okay, that is enough of a rant, sorry I just had to blow off some steam! Haha!

Uplifting Note:
   On an uplifting note, (since I just had a little meltdown) I read a quote today on Facebook. I hope I wrote it down right. Here it is:

   " Keep Working, Keep Striving, Keep Believing !"
   "Things may look the same, but you are getting closer, 
   and closer to your Dreams, as long as you keep on going!"
The name on the quote was Doe Zartamata,
   I hope I spelled that right. I don't know if this is a real person or not, but I liked the sentiment of the quote. Life to me is all about the Dreams, cos if you don't have dreams to look forward to, and to work, or strive for it is pretty boring. Ya might as well be running on one of those little wheels that you buy for hamsters, cos you're never gonna get anywhere.  I know, I have to have goals, that I can work for and achieve so I know I'm getting somewhere, don't you? I don't always succeed the first time on a goal, but I eventually do get there. Sometimes I'm not as patient as I need to be, as seen by the above rant.  I will always be a work in progress, so I am always learning new things, and new ways to be. Live and learn is a good motto to have. There how'd ya like the way I turned my negative rant into something positive? Haha!  I hate being a wet blanket about things. I try to keep this blog for the most part positive,cos that's the kind of person I am, and the kind I want to be. I never miss the opportunity to complain just a little though, it keeps me normal, and not too goody goody. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it! Lol!

   Time for me to head to the bed. I hope where ever you are in your life, you have mostly sunny skies, with just enough rain to make you appreciate what ya have!  Safe travels to all our Rv friends, and everyone else too. Until next time...

Thursday Nonsense!

Thursday:
   Well another work week is almost over for those of you who work. You only have one more day after today, unless you work on the weekends. I hope all of you who are working can find some time to relax! It's good for you to unwind and just be. Me on the other hand, I have had too much time to relax the last few weeks! I am going to attempt  to sit on one of the bar stools from the island, and make spaghetti for dinner. We'll see how that works out. Ya never think you will get tired of take out, but believe me you really do. Also, it gets very expensive, and it isn't very healthy eating that stuff all the time! Unfortunately, Mike isn't very skilled at cooking, he doesn't even grill unless it is just hot dogs! It is also, very hard to instruct someone how to cook a meal when they have no knowledge of cooking terms and such. We found that out pretty quickly, and I will tell you that the only thing that got heated was our tempers! Lol! Enough said! Haha!  After that, Mike decided he would get take out while I was off my feet, but 6 weeks is a long time to eat takeout! Like I said the other day, I am getting very antsy to be able to do some things. So when I complain about having to do stuff, (and I'm sure I will) after I'm allowed to go back to doing my normal things, I will deny  I said anything about wanting to be able to do something! Haha! Anyway, I am going to see what I can do sitting on one of the bar stools from the island. I figured spaghetti with meat sauce wouldn't be that difficult to do, even if it isn't too healthy for us! At least, it won't have all the preservatives in it, that the take out stuff does. So, that is my plan for dinner tonight, wish me luck. ;) 

Necessary / Unnecessary Items for the Beast:
   The Beast (our truck) has decided she needs some new brake shoes! The trouble is, she isn't above squealing, and grinding to get her way either! Haha! All kidding aside, the brakes are making noise, so the brake pads will have to be replaced. You'd think though after getting 2 new batteries, and a new alternator, she could have been happy for a few months before she wanted something new! She is such a Diva! I guess the brakes would come under the necessary heading, since they have to stop a 13,000 pound  Rv trailer!  
   I'll tell ya about another necessary item Mike bought, (that I thought was totally unnecessary) that saved us a bundle of money on both the truck, and the trailer. When Mike had the hitch for the fiver installed, he bought a safety catch for the hitch, and then he installed it with the help our son. This saves the sides, and bed of the truck, should your fiver come unhitched, or for some stupid reason, you forget to put down the landing gear (holds the trailer up) on the trailer, and go ahead, and unhook it. This happened to us, I speak from experience! This is one of those incidences that wasn't funny at the time, but we can laugh about it now,  (only a little bit) it is still scary! The safety catch has saved us twice, so it was indeed worth the extra money Mike paid for it!  You heard it here first folks, I admit I was wrong, Mike was right! Haha! This was money that was well spent!  Sometimes, when ya go to set up everything, your mind isn't fully on what you are doing, as demonstrated by this incident! So this is why I mentioned the campground comedy shows, and why others like to watch. I'm sure some people had a good laugh over this! Not so funny to us though, when we could have lost thousands of dollars over it. This is why it's so important to have check lists, and for heaven sake put the landing gear (the foot pads that hold the front of the fiver up, when you unhitch) down first ! A lesson well learned by us! At least this incident I'm talking about happened  when we were in Iowa, so nobody around here would have known if I hadn't told you guys! LOL! The reason I mention this, (not to show you our stupidity, by the way, which is legendary,lol) is so that it might save some one out there the heartache that it could have caused us if Mike wasn't such a safety freak! Thank goodness he is, and is always trying to make things safer for us, and others we might come in contact with! Right now the only unnecessary thing, (I can think of) that we have bought for the Beast, was satellite radio. It wasn't as necessary for the Beast as it was for us. We got tired of trying to find a new radio station every time we went out of range of the radio station we were listening to. It can become quite tiresome, when you are traveling through other states, and don't know where the radio stations are, and you have to go through the whole dial to find one. I know, poor us, you are thinking, right? Lol!  So this item hasn't saved us any money, (in fact ya either pay by the month, or for the whole year at once, so it has cost us money) but it has saved us a lot of irritation, and frustration. I guess that counts for something! So we play nice, and share, one day I get to listen to my 60's and the next day Mike gets to listen to his 80's! Hey, it keeps us happy haha!

Done Deal:
   I consider this post a done deal, and I'm going to publish it. Lucky you, you don't have to read a foot blurb today, there is nothing new to report. Hehe!
   If you have been bitten by the Rv bug, I hope you can take our mistakes, that I talk about here, and keep from making them yourself, and maybe have a chuckle at our expense! Haha! Just say to yourself, gee, I would never do something like that! But, I bet ya will, just hope it it nothing too bad that will come back to bite ya on the butt, or haunt you! Haha! I hope to see ya's right here the next time I post! Until next time...

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