Birds Chirping At 3:35 In The Morning

Stormy Living Like A King CRAT aka Crazy Cat

Good Morning,
 It is a breezy 75 degrees this morning and this is going to be the start of another hot day. We will be working up to 91. A repeat of yesterday and this is only May. We usually have another month before we hit the 90 degree mark but so far we have had several of these days this spring.

 I took this photo of Stormy last week. He has been given a nickname by be. The Crat. Short for Crazy Cat. He loves my bed but he is grounded from it now. On this day I discovered that he had peed in my bed. (My New Bed) so he is grounded from spending the night with me.
 I told Cathy to just let him sleep with me but that was a mistake. So now before we go to bed he gets put outside!
 He is grounded too. He isn't coming home when he is supposed to. I wish the Vets would open back up so we can get him neutered. The animal hospitals are open but they want a fortune to sterilize our animals. Emily and I were talking about it the other day and she called to tell me that they are still closed and couldn't make Stormy his appointment. We are trying to get him in where she takes Maple because she feels that it is the best clinic she has dealt with and she has had 2 service animals before Maple.

 I woke up this morning and made a trip to the bathroom. I was feeling refreshed and made a cup of coffee and went out. It was nice and breezy and I enjoyed myself.
 The birds were chirping and it was just so peaceful. I came back in to work on my blog and I was looking at a notification on my phone and it was 3:35 in the morning!
 Whoa what happened to the night? What were the birds doing singing  at 3:00 in the morning?
 I broke my glasses the other day. They fell off my face and I stepped on them. I broke the nose piece and it hurts to wear them so I thought that the clock said 5:30 am not 3:30. I am going to have to get some dollar store glasses or see if I can find the nose pieces until they open back up. I have one of those chains I usually put them on but it was getting my hair tangled up into the chain so I took them off. I know, I know... I shouldn't have been wearing them with out the chain because these frames are heavy to begin with.

 So I bought a new laptop. It is a Dell Inspiron 2020 edition. It does not come with a DVD drive but it has everything else that I wanted.
 The keys are very touchy. I appreciate the fact that they are a little wider than my other laptop but wow is it touchy. I had this post almost done and I hit a button and wiped it completely out. So I will have to be careful until I get use to it but so far I love it.

 We have been busy here. I had to go to the doctor yesterday for a in house appointment that couldn't be rescheduled as it was for pain management. I don't want to run out of pain meds. I have been able to do them via telemedicine but they are opening up now so we had to step outside until another person left and then we could come in. Laurie went with me.
 Before I did that I had to go back to my PCP for a blood test. My potassium is high again and they want to make sure it is coming down. I didn't realize that high potassium can cause heart attacks. I was also surprised to know that it was high. It is usually really low. Anyway they have a very efficient set up under a tent. I don't have to go inside the building, they can just come to me!

 Karyn was getting out of bed the other day and did something to her neck. She has been in so much pain. She called her doctor and she had called her in some muscle relaxers and steroids and a cream and some pain pills. She came by yesterday afternoon after we got back home and she had color in her cheeks and said she was much better. She came to get Foxy to take home with her. She said she missed her little bad ass lol.

 So really that is all that I have been up to. I came home yesterday, ate dinner and went straight to bed. I get so tired when I go out, even for just a little while. 
 I didn't even play on my laptop. I laid down and fell into a deep sleep. I guess I needed it.

 I hear Jonathan stirring. I guess he is getting ready to go to work. I will close for now. We usually have a cup of coffee or a cup of tea together before work. So you all be good and I will talk to you soon... BB

A Nice Day

Asian Beauty By Rosie H

Hi,

 I hope everyone is doing well. I am fine here in rainy land. It has been raining all during the night on Tuesday and all that night and then off and on today. Drab, gray and wet but the critters are loving it. So am I to a degree.

 We had 2 tornados in a county not far from us. I haven't heard the damage report other than it could have been a F3. 

 F3's can toss your house around pretty darn good so I hope that is not an accurate report. 

 What do you think of my little great niece with her chubby cheeks? Isn't she a doll? Her name is Jewelz Nichole. She was a little over a month old in this photo. I will have to get some new pictures from my sister over Mother's Day on Sunday and make some new pages of our newest little girl. She is such a good baby from what I am told.

 I was able to stand out front 6 feet from my neighbors Julie and Emily last night and we had a blast talking. So we have decided that we are going to bring out some tables and chairs and each of us will make a main dish, some side dishes and a few desserts and have a nice little picnic in our front parking lot. We wanted to do this last month but we were all being good and staying home and only socializing on line and text messages except for Emily... She said that Maple doesn't understand Social Distancing lol.. Maple is her service dog. She is a yellow lab and she is so awesome.

 We want to make sure that we don't have any rain in the forecast tho. That would be a bummer!

m There hasn't been much going on around here. David and Nathan went grocery shopping this afternoon and the house smells really nice with a rump roast in the slow cooker and I am hoping that David will make some kind of dessert. I love his caramel apple cheesecake. I have never tasted anything like it before. No one can eat but just a slice if that because it is super rich. I have a portion of a 1x1 inch square. It is a perfect size. It is really just enough to satisfy and not overindulge. 

 I am waiting for my new laptop to arrive and I am impatient. The waiting is really tough lol. I want to play!

 I was getting out of Karyn's car earlier today and I dropped my glasses and by the time Nathan yelled stop I had stepped on them. I just broke the nose piece and they are not my new ones but it still made me sad.

 I have to call tomorrow and get my latest eye prescription. Karyn says she doesn't have it but she was the last one to have it.

 I was sitting in Karyn's car because she went out there because her doctor was calling her.

 She got up this morning and turned her neck wrong and she was in a lot of pain. So I went with her so we could hear the doctor in the quietness of her car. 

 Her doctor called her in some medication. Steroids, a muscle relaxer and an something for the inflammation. I really hope that it helps because she was in a lot of pain. Poor girl.  She said she was going by the pharmacy and then straight home and to bed. I didn't try calling her because I know that she was probably going to do just that.. get some sleep if possible.

 I am going to close and go to bed myself so until next time you all stay healthy... Hugs to all... BB

 

Surprise

This was done as a challenge. It was or is suppose to be a image coming out of a frame. I don't think that I did this right but it is still a favorite page that I did....

 Hello,

 I can't sleep. the house is quiet and it is almost 3 in the morning. I have had a lot of things on my mind.

 My friends, I have a confession to make. I have been in a very black hole for the past few months.

 I have lost interest in so much. If it wasn't for my kids and grandkids and dear friends I am not sure how I would be and still I am digging myself out of that black hole.

 Depression is something that I cannot define. I know that it is different with everyone and no two people experience it the same way.

 For me I withdraw. I am still withdrawing. But I can see a bit of light right now.

 I have always fought this battle and when I tried to reach out to my mom, my sisters or just anyone, they would say.... You have a great home, a beautiful family, money most of the time... what do you have to be depressed about?

I did have all of that and more but I also had a lot of things that was going on in my life that my home, children, and money couldn't fix.

 My husband was a truck driver who was home maybe 2 days a month. I was raising my children alone.

 My husband was a cheater and I couldn't fix it. I couldn't accept it and I couldn't leave, not while the kids were so young. 

 We didn't own our home in the original way most people acquire their homes.

 My husband's parents bought the house and had it fixed where if we divorced I would not be able to stay in the house. I wouldn't have wanted to anyway. That town and his mother made my life a hell that to this day I cringe when I think of it. UGH....

 So depression is not something new for me. Add my health issues to the mix and I have a gross soup that thickens in the pot as the saying goes.

Anyway I have not been doing as well to fight it off this time. I haven't had the energy either. I have just let things get out of control by not even attempting to try. 

 2019 and 2020 have not been good years for me. I have had a lot of health issues. My eyes, my diabetes, kidney issues and last week I was very sick. My doctor thinks that I had a touch of food poisoning but we don't know for sure.

 My daughter Karyn took off work to help me. I finally had to get a shot of Promethazine to help me stop throwing up. I had oral medication but it was not helping. 

 I had to get a second injection and finally it kicked in and I started to recover a little.

 I am still not where I need to be but I have been able to start eating a little. Applesauce has been a good friend the last few days lol.

 Anyway I feel bad when I don't blog but I cannot help it when I withdraw. It has nothing to do with anyone but it affects a lot of people. 

My grandson Dante came to me yesterday and whispered in my ear "I miss you Na-Na. We don't have me time anymore."

 I really think that was the kick in the ass that I needed. I got up I got a shower and dressed and spent the day playing with my grandkids. 

Another thing I am not doing is sleep. I am exhausted but I cannot sleep. I toss and turn and wake up about every our and nght before last was awful. I had these massive sweats and I had to change my night gown 3 times during the night.

 Karyn had spent the night because she had a migraine and couldn't drive home. I got up Sunday morning and she was gone. She told Nathan that I kept her up all night. Bless her heart. I knew I did but she knows I can't help it.

 After the sweats came the chills and I shivered until I fell back into the strange dreams only to wake up an hour later drenched in sweat once more. I must have had fever but I didn't feel like getting up to find the thermometer. 

Last night I went to sleep around 11 or so and woke up with my left leg shooting sharp pains all the way down to the ankle. So I had to take a pain pill and I tried to go back to sleep but I just couldn't so I decided to get online.

 I ordered myself a new laptop Saturday. It will be here Wednesday and I hope that I will like it. I have 30 days to return it if I don't. 

 It is a Dell 2020 Inspirion. I think I miss spelled that. I paid a little more for it than I should I believe. I was looking at a couple of other sites yesterday and I was sort of bummed. But it had been on my mind for days and I said to myself that if I didn't order it I never would.

 This laptop is great and Knock on wood it stays that way but it is getting old. I bought it in 2012 right after my vascular surgery so I was able to have something to do while I recovered. 

 The battery died on it a few years ago and I have looked at the batteries and they are very expensive and I didn't get a good feeling by the only company I saw. I finally ordered one and it wasn't the right size. I contacted customer service and they sent me a label to return it and send me another one. I never heard back from them and I finally quit calling. I didn't get my money back either.

 But I have this one set up in my bedroom and it isn't in a good spot. I need to rearrange my room I guess but since I have to have it plugged into the main I cant just pick it up and take it where I would be comfortable.

 Also I love this chair I have. It came from IKEA and I love it. But it is not made to sit at a desk or table or what ever to type. I found a office chair so I will get one soon. And I would like a desk that is about 4 feet instead of  6 foot. I found one at Walmart for about $40.00 so that will do just fine for me.

 I gave my desk to Jonathan when he started working from home. I had my laptop set up in the kitchen and used the table but little curious kids and little fingers I just put it away but I was sleeping in the living room on the sofa but the boys began to fuss about it and I really did need my room back and my space back but the table I am using now is really small and I guess what I am saying is It Is Uncomfortable!

I thought that this little corner would be perfect and maybe it will be when I get my desk and chair or the table. I think I would rather have the table instead of a desk.

 I need to rearrange my bedroom. I think that what I would like is a tall bistro table and stools and set this corner up as a coffee station for my Keurig coffee machine. 

 My long dresser can go at the end of my bed and I can put my computer desk where the dresser is now.

 Well my friends I am going to get off of here and go and make a cup of coffee... I will make decaf just in case I can sleep later. I am going to try and I am making myself a promise... right here... I am going to try harder to get up every morning and Greet The Day.... Even on the nights I cannot sleep.

 I will try to catch up on everyone's blog as soon as I can. Hugs to you all and I will talk to you all soon... Please check in and let me know how you are all doing... BB

It's A Dreary Sunday

Time is so important.

Hi,

 It has been so long since I have been online. We have had some rainy weather with lots of thunder and lightening storms. The last time I used my computer was when I posted last. I shut it down and unplugged it. 

 It is still dreary, drizzly and gloomy. This has been the gloomiest Spring I can recall in a long time.

 I have been too sick to even have the energy to turn it back on and so I just left it.

 So I have been sick again. I am so sure that you are all tired of hearing about my sickness. And I can assure you that I am tired of being sick. 

 This bug was really hard but not near as hard as the Covid-19. At one point I sneezed so hard and so many times I burst another vessel in the back of my eye.  This time in the right eye and thankfully not as bad as the other time. It is lower in my vision so it is easier to deal with.

 I have been self isolating and I am thankful that no one else has picked this up but 3 of my family members have a different type of bug. They are throwing up and I was so worried about Laurie that I was tempted to have her go to Urgent Care but she wouldn't have gone in fear of bringing home a different bug. 

 My doctors took care of me over telemedicine. At one point they were going to send me to be tested for Covid-19 but since I was only running a low grade fever I chose not to get out. I am feeling better but not a 100% just yet. I still don't have my voice back completely. 

 Nothing much has been going on in my neck of the woods. I keep my can of Lysol close by and I made some wipes from my little bottle of brown Lysol to wipe down the bathroom when I enter and exit. I was really lucky that when I ordered things online I was able to get both and a small quart of bleach. Most all cleaning supplies are depleted at this time. I have a half roll of paper towels and I don't know when we will be able to get anymore of that either. Kleenex and other tissues are also non-existent but we have been fairly lucky on food. 
 The first couple of weeks of Shelter In Place we were a bit worried because all shelfs were empty but our local supermarket is getting a truck every night. They just do not know what will be on them.
 The kids are trying to get things with a good shelf life in case things get scarce again. I don't complain much because I am just grateful but we have plenty of food for the moment and plenty of water on hand.

 I bow my head when ever I hear a siren going past our home. I pray for all those fighting this illness and all of those that are responding to those sick or hurt. 
 Last night a town over from us, three policemen were ambushed by a suspect who killed one of the officers and 2 others are in critical condition. This breaks my heart. Our Governor is supposed to have a conference later on today. I pray that the other two will recover from their injuries.

Karyn's roommate Tina made me a face mask. She is making everyone a mask so I want to give her some money so she can order more material.
 Cathy has roosters on her mask, Karyn has puppy paws and mine is colored flames.
 Karyn's roommate is such a nice lady. And she is good to Karyn as well.
 Right before Karyn moved in Tina went to our supermarket, HEB and found a stray dog. She named him Heb. Obviously on the last visit Foxy had she and Heb got along great. Karyn took her home with her so we shall see how she reacts this visit. 

 I will close for now. I am getting tired and I think I will have some lunch and rest. Take care everyone... BB

A Muggy Monday

One of my favorite scrap pages..... Lins Creations.

I did this page when I was on Lins Creative Team. She has some of the cutest kits and I really enjoyed working on her team but after that bout of flu that I had about 3 years ago I just couldn't keep up with all of the teams I was on. I think that with the flu and just plain burnout I stopped creating for a long while. But working with this kit was just super fun.

 Before I close I will try to find the name of it and the link to her stores in case anyone is interested in downloading this kit and take a look at all of the other kits she has.

 Today is hot and muggy. We have had a lot of rain and it looks like it is going to come down again. Every time I decide to go out and at least sweep the patio off and to clean it up a bit it starts raining.

 It is also smelling really bad out there too. I have looked and the only thing that I can find is a couple of bags of leaves that have gotten wet and we need to get them thrown away but our compost bin is not large enough and they charge us $10.00 a bag if we set them out on the street. So I think that we just need to wait it out at least until we can get it all cleaned up at once.

 I called our lawn guy to ask if he could come to mow our grass again and he said yes he would try to come today. I called him back to cancel because I just looked out and it is pouring. Of course I probably didn't need to call him but as a curtesy I did.

 I am working a bit more in my bedroom. I need help getting everything unpacked and put in place but I had a conversation with Nathan and Jonathan and they are wanting to move. They are not happy here and it is because of all the bugs. Roaches, spiders and ants. We have sprayed and bombed and fogged but they are seeming to just get worse and we will not live with the roaches. We have never lived in a place that will not call an exterminator to come spray. But when we mentioned it to our landlady she dropped off some Home Defense and said we had to pay for pest service ourselves. 

 They were not really bad until a few months ago and so that was really one of the reasons that the boys have issues about staying here and I have the same issues.

 This place has become to have more issues than we are happy with. Our dishwasher is horrible, the venti hood on the stove has stopped working and the landlord came to look at it and said he would be back and never came back. The bathroom tub had been resurfaced when we moved in but we cannot set bottles of shampoo or conditioner on the side of the tub because it will eat off the pain. So we are careful not to do that but I pulled up my shower mat a few months ago and it pulled up most of the paint in the bottom of the tub. I called to let them know but they didn't respond so that is another problem.

 But moving is not really ideal at the time because of the coronavirus. Also another thing is ... do I really want to unpack my things only to have to repack them again for a move?

 It is what it is. 

 I am going to have to get off of here and post this. It is now turning into a thunder and lightening storm... 

 Stay Safe and stay Home and stay Well... Love to all... BB

Are YOU OKAY?

Karyn gave us a coffee maker... This is one way we are staying busy...

Hi,
 I am hoping that each and everyone of you are doing alright. I worry about everyone right now and everyday I am a little more scared than the day before if possible.
 I don't know who to believe anymore. Trump says all news is Fake News... The media says Blah Blah Blah… So I am believing the people that I follow and praying for everyone. 
 Please stay safe!! Please just a small comment to say you are safe and well please.

 Edna you and Pogo are in my thoughts and prayers. I have not been able to call because I have been having problems with my phone freezing up. 
 Nathan and Jonathan said last night that I am probably going to have to wipe it clean and that I am going to have to write down all important numbers because it needs to be set back to factory settings. I have had so much trouble with this phone freezing.

 RoseMarie I have been thinking of you and I hope that you got my message but if not I will say it again.. You and Your Family is just awesome. 
 Don't worry about your son hunkering down. He is just fighting right now for all of those that can't. I have each of you in my thoughts and prayers...

 Steve How Are YOU??? I will try and catch up on your blog as soon as I can. I can only read a little at a time and right now I am going to have to take a break from the computer. 
 It's not much fun trying to focus:(

 So what are you all doing during this time to stay busy? We are working on some much needed cleaning and rearranging. 
 My granddaughter Cathy has been such a big help to me.
 I took the photo this morning of the coffee machine that Karyn gave to us.
 We put it in my bedroom so when I get up before the house awakes I have my coffee close to me!
 Also Cathy and I have tea every day. I have wanted one of these machines for years and am so happy to have it.
 I have the tea and coffee on another stand but when I woke up this morning and saw how she had laid out everything for me I had a lump in my throat the size of Texas!

 This is some photos of my boys!!!

Coffee time with NaNa...This was taken one early morning... I had to play with these photos because they were so sweet...

 Then there is Cathy the toad girl and the CAT... LOL

Sometimes I just marvel how Stormy cuddles with her. Sleeping, playing together and funny how she can find frogs all the time. She actually seeks them out!

 Edna I made this for you with the help of Cathy. I tried to send it to you but I just couldn't see my phone and so Cathy tried to help me but I am not sure you ever got it and I just forgot about it... But this one is for you.

I actually think that we all forgot about St. Patrick's day until it was over lol. I think that we were all focused on other things and I was going thru some major changes with my eyes during March.

 Well I need to get off of here. I want to catch up on some blogs even if I just have to read one at a time! 
 I also need to make some phone calls so I will wish you a very happy and healthy Sunday and also stay in, follow social distancing and stay safe!
 Love to you all during this hard time... BB 

I will Forever LOVE You!

My darling Cisco,

 It has been 2 years Monday that my little Cisco left this earth and went to the Rainbow Bridge. But in my heart he still resides and we talk about him a lot. Especially my granddaughter Cathy and I.

 My heart is still so heavy. I miss him at my side, I miss talking to him and I miss so much about him but I think that I miss his eyes the most because those deep brown eyes knew my soul inside and out and I believe that I knew his.

 I am still having eye problems but wanted to update as much as I could. It is hard to type while wearing sunshades lol.
 I am not having more surgery for a few more weeks so hopefully I will be able to stop in more often...

 Take care friends... Stay in and stay well.... BB