My Blog Post Was Eaten And Happy Birthday Laurie

My baby girl was born at 7:20 in the morning. She weighed in at 7lbs and 8 oz and 22 inches long. She was a very fast birth. Happy Birthday my beautiful girl... I hope your day was as special as you are....

 My water broke at 6:30 that morning and I had a doctor appointment. I was thinking of canceling it but at the last minute I told my husband that I needed the car. 

 He said... Hurry up I can't be late to work today. (He was a relief driver and when someone couldn't take their route then he had to. No ifs and or buts. He had to be there.)

 I was walking from our living room to get Jonathan and Karyn from there rooms and walking in the kitchen I had a contraction and grabbed the pantry door knob. My water broke and I looked at my husband and said... I have to go. I am in labor.

 Laurie was born less than an hour later.

 It is a great story but not so great at the time.

 My husband practically forgot me. No kidding. He said "Beth you cannot have this baby today. I have to work."

 I looked at him like... "Oh I will just tell the baby that Daddy has to work and you can't be born" I was having some great contractions so he had to get the kids in the car and seriously, he drove off leaving me standing in the damn kitchen.

 Then when he returned do you think he came to help me? Nope he honked the damn horn. I am not sure how I got to the car. But I had a new car and we had to protect my seats before I could get in. Minutes are ticking.

 Mama and daddy lived close by thankfully and I had already packed their suitcases and so Mama had everything she needed. We just had to drop the kids off. Finally we are on our way.

 I told him to just go to work since we had to pass his work but he drove to my sisters house instead to get her to take me to the hospital. He always did stupid stuff like that. He was in such a hurry to get to work but passed it right on by.

 I was really upset because I could drive myself. Go to work already and let me have this baby. We finally got my sister to the door and we were less than 5 minutes away from the hospital but instead of taking me he drove back to his work.

 Linda and I are both in our night clothes. We dropped him off and we headed back down hwy 31 and just our luck. We got stopped by a train. I was very worried by this time because I was having contraction after contraction.

 There was no alternate route. We had to wait for the train. I told Linda I thought I was going to have the baby in the car. The good Lord was looking out for us because I barely finished my sentence when the end of the train went by.

 We also missed the stopped lights. They were all green. YAY!

 When we got to the hospital she pulled up to the emergency entrance and said. "I will be back. I have to go and get the girls and take to mama and I need to get dressed. You will be ok until I get back. Right?"

 Well I guess so. I got out of the car and walked in all by myself. To make a long story short they inserted the IV in the elevator and took me up to Labor and Delivery and my friend Barbara met me with a big smile. She lived close to me.

 "So we are gonna have a young un... come on girl I got cha now.... " and getting onto the bed Laurie started to crown.

 My doctor barely made it. And they had put some kind of pain medication in my IV and when Dr. McHenry held her up I said... Twins... Twins???? and he laughed and said it is the pain medicine. You have a beautiful little girl."

 And she is beautiful....

This is Laurie with her daughter Cathy.

 This isn't the photo I wanted to use but it is handy as I can't find the one I used earlier.

 Anyway this is it for tonight. I still have dinner dishes to do and I will have to recap everything I wrote in my blog that was eaten tomorrow...

 Take care of yourself, have a great day or evening and as always be safe.... BB

A Belated Mother's Day and Short Post

 Indian Paintbrush and Blue Bonnets

Hello,

 Spring is so here... I love it. I love the spring in Texas when all of the bluebonnets and the indian paintbrush wild flowers are blooming. It is that time of year again for us and I am so happy at seeing them.
 These are pictures from the internet. Needless to say our trip was postponed until next weekend.

 So yesterday we were in Karyn's little car... Jonathan, Karyn and I. Poor Nathan has a very swollen and abscessed jaw. Lots of pain and no sleep and so he stayed home. All he asked for was for something for pain. I got him some otc  Ambesol, some Tylenol and a ice pack. 
 Anyway there we were in the car riding along with everything going well singing Zippity Dooooo Daaaa Dayyyy when along came a THUMP.... thump thump thump… Our trip up the hills and down the valleys came to a pretty near stop. Not a real flat tire but to a stop none the less.
 I say that literally because traffic was a bumper to bumper.  We decided to turn back and we thought that if we had an early dinner we would beat the Mother Day crowds.
 Haha the joke was on us. We went to 3 different restaurants, A bar and grill and the waits were an hour plus. 
 I think that as early as it was that these poor people must have been sitting and waiting since right after Church services.
 We did manage to find a place that we had never been and no waiting. It was busy but we were seated straight away and the food was really delicious except for the enchilada's. They were very salty. I thought that it was me because I have cut a huge portion of my salt out of my diet but the kids said that theirs were very salty as well. 
 I suppose that we were very lucky to have gotten anything to eat at all with how busy every place was. We really didn't want Mexican food but like I said we were lucky to get in at all.
 The chips and salsa were excellent as well as the flavor of the food. I just left the salty food aside and concentrated on my entrée. 

 Back home I was feeling so tired as we had been out and about for hours and I still had one more stop to make. Karyn and I went to see Matthew because he really wanted to see me yesterday. I wanted to see him too so we took another hour to go and see him.

 I hope to go to bed early tonight. Today has been busy as well. Nathan had a visit to the dentist and is now on Penicillin.  On Friday they are pulling 5 teeth. Poor kid. 
 His teeth are in terrible shape. They have all just started to crumble and break off. The dentist wants him to finance with them but seriously he cannot afford the finance charge. 
 So he is just going to have to pay as he goes. I don't understand why young men cannot get dental help or reasonable insurance. It really aggravates me to see him having to scrimp every cent to get dental help. 

 Well forgive me for this being a short post but I really am tired. Hopefully I will be able to rest tonight and I hope to have a good day tomorrow.

 My youngest daughter will be 33 at 7:20 in the morning. Happy Birthday Laurie. I need to make her a page so I will try and work on that in the morning.
 Have a great week and take care of yourself... BB

No Excuses

Hello,
 I don't have any excuses for being away as long as I have been. I have stayed away for so long and it is always harder for me to become motivated after I stop my regular routine and try to get back into it.
 I have missed blogging but at the same time I just didn't have anything to say that I thought was really worthwhile. Oh I have done some great things since the cold drab and gray days of February.
 So this is my story and I am sticking to it!!!

 Sometimes I get down and depressed but I think that we all have those kind of days. We are human and can't be upbeat and happy all the time. Anyway I haven't been depressed the last 3 months. I have been doing some other things.
 It is really strange how time flies when your having fun. And I did have some fun days. A lot of them actually.

 Also I do have to say this because it is important. I cannot be at the computer as much as I use to be. The reason is that if I am sitting my arms are outstretched and it makes my shoulders start to hurt, and then my neck starts to hurt. 
 I try to limit my time at the computer because I don't want to be in pain and that puts me behind so many ways.
 First of all when I do get on the computer I really need to check my email. I have a lot of emails that I enjoy. Articles that I like to read, a few blogs, opinion pieces and then of course there is the junk mail I have to delete. 
 All of that takes time. By the time that I check and clean out my in box and read some of my mail, blogs and articles it is like a couple of hours have already passed. I do get up and walk around and stretch but some of the time I still start to hurt.

 I am also taking an online course and I am really enjoying it so far. One good thing about this course is that I don't have a time limit. I can work at my own pace which is what attracted me to this course to begin with. And it is right in with my budget. It is the only thing that I have really done for myself in a long time.
 Right now I am working with herbs. Growing, drying, cooking with them, storing them and last of all medicinal properties.  

 I believe in a lot of home remedies and have given a lot of them a try over the years so expanding my knowledge is great. Never to old to learn something new.
 Right now I am working on a technique to grow herbs in water. It is called Hydroponics or Hydroculture. Not just herbs either but lots of flowers and even vegetable's. 
 Begonias, Chinese Evergreen, Coleus, Croton, Dracena, Impatiens, and any type of Ivy.
 The list is long, but this is a few in this category.
 Herbs include: Mint, Basil, Oregano, Lavender, Rosemary, and Sage. 
 If this is something that interests you Google has lots of video's, websites and blogs you can search out. 

 Some articles I have really enjoyed and even read a couple of blogs that go into a bit more detail of herbs, fruits and vegetables and just growing and cooking in general.
 If you do decide you would like to put some stems in some water and place on your window sill, do not use clear glass vases or jars. Sunlight causes algae and so colored glass is really better. If you don't have any colored glass don't despair because there is a fix for that. Take a colored piece of construction paper or stock and cut a strip and tape it around the glass. That will keep the sun from shining on the water and causing algae to grow at a faster rate. Plus it is fun to decorate your own little paper... :)
 Also keep an eye on your plants. Pinch off the leaves so they do not touch the water. You want the plant to root but you don't want their leaves to rot in the water. That can kill your plants fast as well as cause disease and of course more algae to grow.
 Last of all, the more that you pinch off the large leaves to use the more that your plant will grow. 

 I did see a few articles on Rosemary I found interesting. Rosemary is a woody plant and although you can grow it in water it gets really large so once it is big enough it really would do better in a large pot or even the ground. Rosemary is such an awesome plant that you can go out and cut what you need right off and have it fresh every time.
 I gave my sisters Rosemary plants for year before last. I was giving them some tips and I said... Take a rolled up newspaper or magazine and make sure that you slap it around. Don't be scared to hit it, the more you hit it the more natural oils it releases and the more it will respond.
 My sister right off the bat laughed and said that she was naming hers Roger... that is her husbands name... she said it would be the first time that when he made her mad she could slap him around haha...

 I had several Rosemary plants when I lived in Nevada. I use to wash the stems and strip some of them and put in ice cube trays and fill with water and freeze. Then I would put the little cubes into a ziplock bag and have them on hand when I needed them. 
 I also would cut them in large pieces and leave them whole and also freeze them so I could toss a stem of Rosemary into my simmering Spaghetti sauce or stews and I absolutely love lemon and Rosemary roasted chicken. Such an awesome flavor. 
 But most of the time I just went outside and took what I needed and saved the ones in the freezer for those days when it was pouring rain or I was running late. I love the smell of Rosemary and here in Austin we have it growing wild everywhere. I love to watch it blooming, with the little purple flowers and just run my hands thru it. 
 Rosemary is good for a lot of things too. I know that they say that Lavender is the go to for sleeping and calming but I find that Rosemary does the same for me. 
 I use to have some Rosemary body butter that my sister gave to me and I loved putting it on after I showered at night. 

 We have plans for this weekend since it is Mother's Day here in the U.S. but we had talked of going to some thrift stores and looking for some colored glass vases. Well we decided that we would just have to find a few around the towns where we are going to go and visit.
 We planned on taking a wine tour but it looks like Karyn and I will have to do that another time because the boys are not interested in doing that. 
 I didn't think that they would be but we wanted to do something fun for everyone so we will see when we get there. But I do want to check out some of the thrift stores and places. Maybe we will pass a few garage sales along the way! Now that would be fun too.
 I am actually going to be looking for colored glass vases and old jars that I can use to make my water garden with. The sites I have looked at show a lot of pretty colored Mason jar mugs. I haven't seen any colored ones around where I am but they are really pretty on some of the sites I have seen.

 Oh and I want to look for a large clear glass cookie jar if I can find one. I would rather find a used one that someone had rather than a brand new large jar from Hobby Lobby or Michaels. 
What I want to do with that is to make a terrarium for some succulents. Like in the photo I used at the beginning of my blog. I use to have one I made when I lived in Nevada out of an old fish tank I had. 
 It was really pretty. It was really big too, so I want something on a smaller scale this time around.

 Oh my I have to tell you about what I saw at my doctor's office yesterday.
 Have you ever seen a Living Wall?
 A Living Wall is like a huge picture hanging on your wall only it is filled with real plants. 
 Yesterday while I was at the doctor (Hindsight again, I meant to take some photos) I was looking at their walls and asked Ruth the receptionist if the plants were real and she said yes and no... The huge large one was real, but the others were not. They were just silk flowers.
 But OH MY how gorgeous.
 I borrowed these free images from Google so you can get an idea.

The one at my doctors office is filled with ferns and succulents. I asked her how often they had to be cared for and she said that once a month the company that built the wall comes in and mists the wall really good. 
 I seen this done as a patio type wall but not on these large scales such as the free standing wall shown here or the one in my doctors office.
 They had really pretty baskets with plants filled in them and some dangling out of the baskets. Sort of like the second photo above. 
 I think that this is a great idea. So pretty. What do you think?

 Anyway so that is some of what I have been doing. Believe it or not I have been finding things to keep me busy every day. 
 Yesterday and last night I went thru a large stack of papers to be recycled. Old medical insurance papers, junk mail, catalogs and this and that. Names had to be torn off the front of a lot of stuff for privacy reasons of course so that is time consuming but I got the job done!!!

 I really don't know how paper multiplies as fast as it does. Paper is like dust bunnies... they just multiply. It can get ahead of me really fast. Plus I am one of those people that when people send me cards and letters I don't want to throw them out even if they are several months old. I put them in a shoe box or tin can to save them, but I keep them out for a long time so I can look back on them. They bring me joy so I love having them around. But the rest of all the magazines and paper had to go into the recycling bin. And I started a new tin with this years cards and letters to keep.

I am having some kind of problem with my fonts... they keep changing on me. I have no idea why. I have them on the same setting I always set them on. 

 Has anyone noticed that since they dissolved Google+ that things on Blogger are different? At least they are for me. I have been having problems getting onto Blogger. I use to could just click my link and it would take me straight in but now I have to go to Google and search for my blog and then click it. When I try to save the link it only wants to save the last page that I worked on and not take me to the main page. 

 It's been aggravating to say the least. I noticed it the other day when I decided to get online.

 I have been wanting to blog for several days now but let me tell you we have had some hellish Electrical Storms and winds that are rather scary. Spring/Summer storms are always scary in Texas.

 Right now we are in the middle of a Flood watch/warning. Some places here have already seen so much rain. The lakes are full and they are talking about opening more flood gates at the dam and also a few places have water boil warnings out. We haven't gotten a notice yet but we have a particularly nasty storm brewing and I have had a few calls from family telling me that they heard we could really be under the gun here in Austin and surrounding areas.
 One reported that they heard we could get up to 8 inches of rain. It really worries me because we will probably flood at that stage. 

 Also it really worries me about us having to evacuate. This is the first time living here in Austin that we are on lower land. None of us actually thought about that at the time. I suppose that is why they call it hindsight. Things you think of later! 
 We had always lived on a hill that was on a hill but while we are still on higher ground than downtown, we have already flooded. I will have to blog about that in my up coming posts.

 I have been doing a bit of Christmas shopping and birthday shopping. I haven't decided what I am going to get for the boys. Nathan really likes Dragons and I found a really nice incense holder that is pretty awesome. It takes the cone type of incense  and not the long thin ones. Anyway you set the cone on top and then as it burns down the smoke travels down thru the dragon and back up and out of it's mouth. It is pretty cool.

 I am waiting to see if the price goes down and if it does I am going to get it for him.

 Well it is time for me to get off here and go and lay down. It's been a long day and I am tired. Karyn is sick with a very bad stomach problem. She and I both have had stomach issues since Easter. Nothing that I eat seems to agree with me. In fact it seems that everything upsets my stomach.

 I was going to go and see my Gastro doctor the other day because I have some tests coming up and he was going to check with my insurance on a couple of things to see if they would cover it and I was supposed to have gone back on Wednesday but the rain was awful and Karyn was stuck down town with the roads flooded. She called and told me that she couldn't get out where she was and get to me and then for us to get all the way back to down town because the roads were flooded. 

 I tried for an hour to call and let them know I wouldn't be coming but I guess they must have been having a lot of cancelations because I never could get thru.

 The last two days I have simply forgot to call the office so first thing Monday I need to get on the phone and get that appointment rescheduled.

 In the mean time I am going to go and take my night meds, maybe watch a movie or something and try to sleep. 

 Have a great weekend..... BB

A Nice Day

New Beginnings, kit from Rosie H

Hi,

 I hope that this Saturday afternoon finds you doing something fantastic and joyful.

 For me it is bittersweet. We have sunshine but it is going behind the clouds on and off and we have wind.

 I stood out on the patio today and closed my eyes as the sunshine fell onto my face and the wind flew thru my body and caressed my skin. It was wonderful and brief. The clouds started forming then the sky became a slate gray and I went inside.

 Not long after the sunshine peeked out again so I was in and out enjoying the day until lunch time and I decided to work on my blog so here I am.

 The bittersweet is that my son Matthew caught a plane at 6:10am to Reno Nevada. I know that he needs to be close to his children and I really hope that this is a good move for him. My heart breaks for this Man/Child of mine. I know he is a grown man, but he is still my child and I worry about him. 

 I worry about all of my children. That is what a mom does I suppose.

 I decided to make a page today. I want to get back into scrapbooking but I am going slow at the moment. It will be easier since I have the living room back. I didn't want to disturb Matthew while he was sleeping and folks let me tell you... my son went to bed at 8:00pm and was asleep by 8:01pm I kid you not. He could roll over and close his eyes and sleep like a baby. He was an early riser. He would get up early and start helping by making sure things were done before I got up. 

 I appreciated all that he did. I will miss him terribly as well. But I know that he misses his children as much as I miss mine when they are not close to me but that is a part of life. 

 My friend Patsy is at her church Bible Retreat. I can't think of the name of the town but it is slightly north of where she lives. I know that she is having a fun time. We were chatting a few minutes on messenger last night instead of our usual phone calls because her roommate was already sleeping but we still giggled over things like little girls. She is so funny that she makes me laugh so much. 

 She said the food was so delicious that she was stuffed and then sent me a sticker of a guy with a fork and knife over his plate and then another one of a stuffed person who ate too much... They were so funny. She has such a happy heart and sweet spirit. I am so lucky to have the people in my life that have filled a deep void in my own soul.

 Miss Edna is the best friend in the realm of Beth's world. I love her and I am amazed at all that she has accomplished in her life. She is this type of person that fills up my heart. 

 I rarely use the word "Best Friend" because how can you choose more than one to be a best friend. That was in my early days when I had friends in my life that numbered more than I can say. 

But Miss Edna is a Best Friend to me. Really she is more than a Best Friend to me. She is family in the real sense of the word.  I always call her just to listen to her speak. She is one in a million and I love her more than I can say.

 I can call Miss Edna and ask her a million questions or I can just ask her for advice or for her to tell me a story... something just clicked with Miss Edna and I.

 I am so blessed to have her in my life and I am so happy I stumbled across her blog. 

 Oh and Pogo... My little buddy.. I have missed those sweet cuddles and kisses. He forgets me but it doesn't take long for him to remember me when we see each other. I cannot wait for cuddles and kisses. They may be short and sweet but I love them.

 Patsy is also a Best Friend. She and I have been friends for a long time. She remembers our Friends Anniversary every year haha... Yeah I know. I never remember the date but she does!

 I love Patsy like a sister because in some ways she and I both have experienced lack of sisters. Sometimes she needs the support of her sisters and they are not there for her, (Like Me I Guess) and she will call me or vice versa. I call her too when my family isn't available to share things that we can share as sisters.

 Patsy and I both have chronic illness's. She has a disease that is very horrible and how she does what she does takes such strength.

 We both have this sleep thing. For both of us, if we are having a busy day or a busy couple of days then we just crash the next day. 

 Mine is due to the exertion that I get when I am having a really good day I get super busy. I clean, cook, work in the yard and a ton of other things because I never know from one day to the next if I will be hit with a Fibromyalgia flare up.

 Since I have started this medication about 4 years ago I haven't had a really bad attack in almost 2 years now and about 4 months ago I was feeling like my medication needed to be adjusted because I was having problems with pain in my elbows and really all of my joints and skin feeling like needles poking me or a feeling like I had a run in with a cactus. She left me on my medication and added Lyrica. It has really helped me a lot.

 I found this on the web one day and it really fits all of us who has this chronic illness.

Yep this is just how I feel. About 7 or 8 years ago I woke up during the night crying. My skin was on fire with stabbing hot pricks that felt like needles. I had a red rash and every joint felt on fire.

 My boyfriend drew me a warm bath and that didn't help so around dawn he carried me to the emergency room. They just said it was probably a reaction and gave me a shot and something for pain and sent me home. 

 Looking back I now know that this was my introduction to Fibromyalgia. I lived with this horrible pain until about 4 years ago. Maybe 5 now. 

 I went to see my internal medicine doctor and she said... "Have you ever been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia." 

 Oh the head disease I thought. I had always heard that it was always in your head. 

 She said that I should see a pain management doctor. I left her office thinking that I needed a second opinion.

 As luck would have it or fate, what ever before my next appointment the insurance company that I had at the time informed me that they were dropping my clinic and the hospital. So I had to find a new doctor. 

 Anyway I ended up changing my insurance because it was just better coverage and just a better choice. 

 At my first appointment I did not mention what the other doctor had said about Fibromyalgia. Truthfully I had just forgot about it. At my first appointment they do what they call a new patient annual physical. He told me that he was sending me to a Rheumatologist.

 When I went to see him I asked him if he had my records and he said not yet actually. I sent for them again this morning and I should have them by the end of the day. 

 Oh wow I really loved this guy. He was so awesome to me. I sure missed him when he left the clinic but he really had a job offer to good to refuse... 

 But he said... I am going to order a series of blood work and some x-rays. I have a feeling that you have Fibromyalgia. 

 So okay... And when my blood work came back he confirmed it. He also had me choose a pain management program. 

 My pain management team is really awesome. I cannot say enough good things about them. They are on top of their game and they don't have a time period for an office visit. Most give you 15 minutes and they are done. But not my doctors at the pain clinic.

 The head doctor of the clinic and I shared the same birthday. I saw him just after our birthday. He told me not to leave without getting a piece of birthday cake. Well I walked right out and forgot about it because I had to see him first and Cathy after I saw him.

 A week later I received a text message saying he had passed away and time and date for his memorial service.

 Oh I was so heartbroken. 

 Anyway I don't know how this got so long but I better get off and figure out what we are doing for dinner tonight and a few other small things I need to do, but nothing big. Nope this is a lazy day.  

 I have a couple of funnies to share with you. I hope that they will bring a smile to your face!!! Have a great weekend and take special care of yourself..... BB

Found on the internet...

Found on Pintrest... this is so adorable...

All from the internet... have a great day... BB

Do You Believe In Fairies?

Good Morning,
 I believe in Fairies and I have been reading about them. A part of my studies is researching topics that interest me and I am always looking for answers to questions that pop into my brain at any given time.

 So many Fairies and so little time. There are as many Fairies as there are days of the week and months of the year and more.
 Not all Fairies are nice ones tho. In our minds we picture tiny little Fairies like Tinker Bell and that simply is not the case. 
 They have as many different shapes and body sizes as we do other than they are a lot smaller than we are.
 We have Garden Fairies and they are actually akin to Gnomes. Although it wouldn't be wise to call a Gnome a Fairy just as calling a Garden Fairy a Gnome.
 But they do the same job. They help tend to your garden. Gnomes are more likely to tend to your vegetable garden while Garden Fairies tend to your herbs and flowers.

 The House Fairy keeps your home safe and comfortable by keeping the peace in your home.  These Fairies are known as Brownies. There are also other names they go by.
 Contrary to popular belief they do not like bells or chimes, mirrors or any thing made with iron. They will not come in no matter how many times you invite them in if you have a horseshoe above your door. 
 There are a lot of  things about all of these Fairies that are interesting.

 Take the Garden Fairies. A nice circle of stones in the garden is really nice. They enjoy these circles and if you want them to stay make sure they have a home. A small birdhouse settled in the middle of the circle is great shelter. Pets and small children should never go near as to disturb their home. That makes sense as we would not want our homes disturbed either.
 A nice tree stump or a wood pile that is not used is great shelters for the Gnomes and close to vegetable garden is a perfect place that they can monitor your garden patch.

 Never thank a Fairy. They do not like or want to be thanked for their work. Instead they would appreciate a meal or a food offering.
 For a Brownie for instance, you can leave a small portion of your evening meal on the table. They enjoy wine among honey, baked offerings, milk, butter and mead or ale. 
 It is best to leave your offerings in the same place each evening. A step near the front door or the back door is good. They also like variety. You would get tired of the same food offering daily and they do as well.
 If you are lucky enough to have a Brownie, make sure that it is a place as high up as you can find. The cupboard above your refrigerator is a good place. Just make sure that you put in a small blanket like a baby blanket and a small pillow. You could put other things in their as well such as a battery operated candle for light, they can turn it on if they wish so leave it in the off position so as not to run down the battery.

 Anyway I hope that you enjoyed these little tidbits. You can search the internet for Fairies if you wish. Like me you might just find conflicting information so I stick with the articles that I find that say close to the same thing. Sometimes researching certain things I find that too much information can be confusing.

 Also we will soon be saying goodbye to Google+ as it is taking down the site due to low usage.
 Our photos that are backed up on Google+ will still be available but it is advised to do this before April. 
 Already Google has made a huge change to Blogger. I am rather glad they took away the Google comments. I don't have very many people coming in now as most of all of my people came from Google+ so I am going to try to get my blog in tip top shape and that means blogging more.
 It has just been chaotic here at my house for the last month or longer. With the move, then the sickness of all of us and just every day things. Nathan is off Tuesdays and Wednesdays and so I have been busy on those days. 
My son Matthew is here and has been sleeping in the living room and it has been really cutting down my computer time as my computer is in the living room and that boy is out for the count by 8:00 pm most nights. 
 Tonight I am sitting here listening to him snore with the hall light on so I can see lol. I realized this tonight as I went into the kitchen to make a glass of water and turned the hall light on and he never moved a muscle ha. So unless I am going to bed super early or sick I should be able to use the hall light for a few more days. He is moving back to Nevada to be closer to his kids. He also has a job interview as well. And the trucking company that he use to work for has called him back wanting him to come back to work so that is good too.

 Speaking of Matthew we had to have a trip to the Emergency Room yesterday. He has Gout. 
 I knew exactly what it was when it hit him really hard and all of a sudden and his big toe.
 The medicine was really expensive but they also gave him a shot to get the medication in his system as soon as possible. They also gave him a really nifty looking shoe to wear. He can drive and walk with it so it doesn't cause as much pain as trying to wear a regular shoe.

 I didn't realize it was so late so I better say goodnight now and try and get a few hours of sleep. Take care and enjoy your Thursday. BB

Ohhh Whiplash Sore

Hello,
 I hope this Sunday finds you doing well. I am doing alright I suppose. Just tired. I haven't slept much since my accident. I am so very sore all over my entire body. My neck and shoulders especially. I am suppose to see my doctor in a few days. Presidents Day is tomorrow and my doctor office is closed. 

 I don't have any plans for today except Karyn is going away for the night so guess who is coming to spend the night with me? You guessed right if you said Foxy! I will have my little cuddle bug for the night and possibly tomorrow night too. I am going to try and get some pictures of her. 

 Everyone has asked me if they thought that it was my sugar that was low that caused me to pass out but actually no one really knows. We went back thru my monitor and my sugar was alright. So it wasn't low blood sugar. I would say that it could have been my blood pressure but it has been running a little high. It was wicked high at the hospital. They wouldn't let me go home until it was down a lot before I went home. At least that is what Karyn told me. 
 I really don't have much recollection of very much. Glimpses of light and voices mainly. I really hit my head really hard. Karyn said that they kept trying to keep me awake and saying that I wasn't going to get to go home unless I stayed awake but I don't remember that either. 
 I just hope that it was an isolated event and doesn't happen to me again. It was scary especially when I think back to how little I remember.

 Nathan brought home some green beans from work last night and some brisket. Oh my it was delicious. I only had a tiny bit of brisket as I was really happy to have the green beans. They are fresh green beans that they get from some one that has a booth at the farmers market. I am never lucky enough to get those in my box from the farmers market. But I do get a lot of other goodies that I won't complain.
 I can't wait until ours start back. I know that those ripe tomatoes are calling my name! We got lucky this past year on produce and winter squash as well as some other goodies. I am not really sure when we they will start delivering again. 

 We are getting new neighbors. Our land lady text me the other day and let me know so if we see people over there it is alright. I am glad that she got her property rented out. 
 It would be nice if some nice lady my age would move in next door but I don't know. I haven't seen anyone over there as of yet. Maybe they are planning on moving in on the first of March.

 So I downloaded this app on my phone called Cool Fun Facts and it said that if you started with a penny and doubled it every day for 30 days at the end of the 30 days you would have 5 million dollars... so I told Jonathan.... we should do that and he said... "Impossible for us mom. You realize that your not just doubling the penny. When you get up to about a 100 dollars then the next day you have to put in 200 dollars and the next day 400 dollars etc... what are you going to do when you hit 250 thousand dollars and the next day you have to double that?"
 I laughed and said...  "I would have to stop before I even reached the 100 dollar amount."  Haha... But wow wouldn't it be fun to have that kind of money just to play with and see how far we could get?
 Ahhh but to dream.

 It is supposed to reach into the 60's today. The nights are going to start getting cold again too. It is supposed to start raining again tomorrow. Just when the ground was drying out. 
 Matthew swept off the patio for me this morning. I am glad he did. My shoulders will not tolerate the sweeping motion. As a matter of fact sitting here is really starting to hurt so I am going to get off and try and call Miss Edna. 

 You know yesterday I was feeling pretty rough and I turned the ringer off of my phone. I missed 3 calls. I wish now I hadn't turned off my phone but I knew that if I didn't I wouldn't rest. So today I will try and return the calls. One I can't because the person doesn't own a phone and was using a friends phone to call me. 
 How is it possible in this day and age a person doesn't have a phone? But some people just don't like them. I cannot imagine not having my phone. I use my phone for so many things. 
 I have my lunar phases on my phone. I have my appointments and herbal plants and medical uses on it and I have my little programs and Facebook and a ton of other things. 
 I would never have believed that one day I would have a phone glued to me like a second limb but I really do like my phone. I am as addicted to it as my computer lol.

 Well I am off here. It is time for my medication and my pain meds so I am going to get off here and have some lunch so I can take them. 

 Have a fantastic Sunday to all.... Take care. BB

The Weekend

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Hello,

 It is early Saturday morning and I am up only because I wanted to write my blog but kept getting distracted and every time I sat down to do my blog I ended up doing several other things first... such as....

 My mail. If my kids check the mail they put it all on my desk. They don't even sort it to see IF they have any mail.

 So that little chore took about 15 minutes, then I had to open my mail, shred the letters I didn't need and then file what I did need away.

 After that I decided that I would refill my water glass and so I did that. Then I thought that I had better use the restroom before I sat back down and that done I plopped my butt down in my chair but Nathan asked me a question so I turned my attention to him and we looked up the question on Google. That done I remembered I had to look into my notebook for some information on a password for a site that I needed and kept forgetting to do it so I had to get up yet again.

 But finally here I am and hopefully I can get this blog done now. Not that I have that much going on. It is rather mundane around here for most part. But today was out of the norm.

 Karyn worked from here Thursday and Friday. I happened to be up going to the bathroom when I heard her car alarm go off. I was just coming out of the bathroom so I opened the door and let her in.

 We talked for a little while as she had my little girl with her. Of course we were both delighted. 

 What better way to start the day than with Foxy kisses? So she and I had a nice little visit before she went looking for the boys. Matt won. She woke him up with Foxy kisses too. 

 Karyn said she heard me in the bathroom testing my sugar. I went to start coffee and apparently I passed out. I am not one to just pass out. According to Karyn I just fell backwards and landed hard. I hit my head on the kitchen floor. She said that I was out for about a minute or minute and a half. She tried testing my sugar but after 6 sticks she finally got a reading. She couldn't get me to bleed.I don't remember any of this and I spent most of the day in the emergency room.

 They kept me because I hit my head and being on blood thinners is serious with a head injury. 

 A mild concussion and several hours later I was back home. I don't remember much of the experience other than drinking some orange juice and the interns  taking me in for a cat scan and the ride home. 

 I had Karyn stop and get me something to eat and I came home and laid down.

 I had several phone calls so I had Matt to turn my phone off.  I don't know if I ever turned it back on or not. I will check it when I go to bed in the not so distant future. I am really tired and they warned me tomorrow I will feel like I have whip lash all over my body so that pesky phone may just stay shut off until I feel better.

 My vision is really blurry but that is from the concussion. It should clear up in a day or two. As a result it is taking me a bit longer to type so if you see any mistakes I hope that you just overlook them.

 One of the things that my son Nathan and I share is our love of the night skies. When he was around 11 or 12 I bought him a small telescope for Christmas one year. Wow did we and especially he have a wonderful time with that instrument. 

 He wore it out actually and I was thinking of replacing it when he decided he wanted to go to Reno to school. By the time he graduated he decided to come to Texas instead of back to Vegas with me so I never got him another telescope. Tonight we had to go out and take a look at the sky. 

 March 3rd, the day that we all get to Florida, that night we should be able to see the International Space Station as it fly's over head of us. 

 I hope that we don't forget about it or that we are not to tired to go out and look up. 

 If all goes as planned I should get an email telling us what time it is to fly over us. As long as it isn't too late or in the wee hours of morning we might get a chance to see it.

 One year Nathan and I got a chance to see it really close to earth. We could make out various parts of it although we didn't know the technical names of the parts but we really enjoyed it. It was stationary at the time so we were really lucky to have been able to see it. We bemoaned the fact that we didn't have a telescope lol.

 Well Matt just got on to me for being up so late. It has taken me over an hour just to type this little bit because of my vision so I guess that I should go to bed now.

 You all take care, have a fantastic Saturday and be safe... BB