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A little piece of heaven in NY

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     I do love these girls.  I have great hopes of going to visit them next summer if all goes well here.  This is one my favorite places in all the world. 

I often think of how nice it would be to have a little cottage not far from Newfane or another nearby town.   Maybe even on the lake in Olcott.

     The only thing that holds me back is that The Curmudgeon’s doctors are all here and he doesn’t adapt to change well anymore. 

It sure would be nice to live near all my cousins and their families.

     You all have a good one!

 

If my words offend thee–look elsewhere.

     Okay, I will probably offend anyone in the nursing profession.  So if you like me, and you are or were in the nursing profession, don’t read today’s post.

     We were forced to have a ‘nurse’ visit us yesterday.  The Curmudgeon’s insurance company sent her.  First, she was to arrive between 2 and 3 that was fine with me that’s when I am at my best.  Then, she called asking if she could come earlier (between 12:30 and 1) because she had a couple of cancellations and we were her last appointment.  Translation: She wanted to get this done early so she could go goof off the rest of the day.

     Upon her early arrival before noon, she came in asking for his medication list, blasted questions at him so fast he missed them and I made her repeat the questions.  She didn’t like that.  Tough.

     I then at one point asked her exactly how many MS patients she’d  seen in her short life.  (Yes, she was very young…and dumb.)  She hadn’t seen more than one or two.  Did she know that MS was different in almost every patient?  What did she know about the medications he is on for his MS? 

     She wasn’t very bright and she didn’t think well on her feet at all.  Sort of reminded me of another nurse…. I hope they don’t send her back for any reason or for that matter I hope they don’t ever send any other nurses who have no idea what MS is like.

     You all have a good one.

Another day another loopy tangent

     I had one of those days.  A day where nothing went right.  I got side-tracked at every turn of the path and all plans were immediately shot to hell upon waking.

     Did I manage to call the vet to make an appointment for Gavin, no.  Why was this?

     The Curmudgeon was having a bad day.  This means that as soon as I got downstairs, even before my coffee, I was listening to a litany of complaints.  Uppermost in my mind, next to having a cup of coffee, was were the dogs taken care of?

     Turns out they were ‘mostly’ taken care of and I only needed to take them out immediately.  That done, I headed for my coffee.  I actually had a cup poured when another hoop landed in front of me.   Oh!  Need to follow that tangent.

     Ten minutes later, I sipped my coffee  ick, icy cold,  I had to reheat it.  Seems I reheated that cup of coffee about ten times before I finally got to drink it.

     You all have a good one.

Yeah, I’m a Bah Humbug…so what?

     I’m already sick of the Christmas commercials and programs and it’s not even December yet!  Jeez!  It seems to me that they run more and more of both every year and begin running them earlier.

     Christmas carols began playing in stores and on the radio in October right along with the jarring appearance of Christmas decorations.

     Most of my family is gone now and many of them left us at this time of year.  I find no joy in this season.  I wish those of you who celebrate it would leave me out of it.

     You all have a good one anyway.

O’Henry still holds up today

     I couldn’t tell you how or why the subject came up but at one point last night I looked up and read O’Henry’s The Ransom of Red Chief to The Curmudgeon.

     It is one of my favorite short stories of all times.  If you’ve never read it, or want to read it again go to the following link.

      http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/14988/

     You all have a good one!

He says he’ll program all the numbers in…

     Just when you think your bank account can have a bit of break, things start to fall apart.  I knew we needed to replace our house phones, but yesterday was the kicker when the downstairs one died during a five-minute conversation.

     I ordered a new phone.  A cordless with three handsets, two charging units, and one base unit.  This time, with the third handset, The Curmudgeon will have one in his man cave.

     You all have a good one!

My helpers

 

If we let you near the stove do we get some of that food?

 

Our non traditional traditional dinner

Our Thanksgiving dinner is a simple fare with only the two of us here.  I’ll take turkey breast cutlets, pound them flat, lightly bread  and quickly sear them.  I have some frozen chicken gravy that I’ll heat to serve over the cranberry Stove Top Stuffing.  We’ll have sautéed kale and whole berry cranberry sauce will top things off.  Then I’ll thaw some slices of cheesecake for dessert.

I’m not sure if I’ll post on Thursday or not.  We’ll see what happens.

You all have a good one!

My dentist is a pain. (Not really)

     “Just a couple of stings.”  He said as he injected the Novocaine into my mouth.

     “Ow ow ow ow ow.”  I said without much enthusiasm.  I know that good dental hygiene is important for heart health.

     An hour and half later, my roots were planed and teeth were scaled on one side.  I felt nothing.  I have to go back next week to be tortured again and get the other side done.

     I hate when the Novocaine reaches the ‘I’m going to make you itch but you can’t feel anything to make it stop’ cycle begins.  That happened around six last night.  Thankfully, it is soon followed by no itch and normal feeling again. 

     However, there is that pain in the injection sites that is always a drag.  Thank goodness this is only the second time in 7 years I’ve had this done.

   You all have a good one.

Those MS organizations? No, they don’t help him.

     In all the years since The Curmudgeon was first diagnosed with MS to now,   I don’t think there’s been but one time the MS society was ever any help at all.  I’m not real sure how much or if they had something to do with the single time we got a useful item for free that actually aided The Curmudgeon.  His ice vest was/is a wonderful thing for him.

I do wish the MS society was of help.  They aren’t.  All they do is send us magazines with articles about relapsing remitting MS and nothing about his secondary progressive MS.  The other thing they do, is ask for money that we don’t have.

     He has a mobility scooter that is out of commission and no one will even look at it or attempt to fix it for him.  Therefore, taking the dogs out more than twice in the morning is impossible for him since he no longer has a scooter to use.  He misses being able to go beyond the confines of the house.

Getting him over to a place in another city  to pick up a much-needed walker is turning into a logistical nightmare.  There are days where disappearing somewhere to have a good cry is a necessity.

     You all have a good one.

 

New monitor

     I finally got off my butt and went to buy the new monitor I needed.  The curmudgeon grumped at me as soon as I got downstairs yesterday.

     “Took me 40 tries to get that damned thing going today.”  (Speaking about how we have to turn the old monitor on and off many times before it works.)

     “Let me have some coffee and then we’ll go get the new one.”  I wandered into the kitchen in search of sustenance. 

     After an infusion of caffeine, I got him and his walker loaded into the car and off we went in search of a new monitor.

     We went to Staples where a sweet young man practically pounced on us as soon as we entered the door.  “May I help you find anything?”

     “Monitors.”  I replied.

     He led us to an area where they had several set up, none of which were any that I’d seen in their online store.

     “Um, you had a Viewsonic and a Gateway online that I was looking at.  I don’t see any Viewsonics here at all.”

     “Sorry, but the online store often has things we don’t have.”

     Now I was fixing to whine.  ‘But I want to see the product in person before I buy it.’  That is until I spotted a couple of real nice ones that were cheaper and bigger.

     “Show me these, and do you have a measuring tape?”

     “Um, what do you need a measuring tape for?”

     “I forgot mine and I want to see if these will fit in the desk opening.”

     Meanwhile the Curmudgeon was looking at some I knew were too large for the space.  After I found one that I liked both the size and price, The Curmudgeon pointed out a larger, cheaper one that had a lovely picture.

     “I think you should get this one.”

     “You serious?”

     He nodded.

     “Hey, kid.  Go get me one of these.”

     You all have a good one!

A Picture of an Staples, Inc. easy button

Bring back Firefly

     I enjoyed watching a marathon of Firefly on the Science channel yesterday.  I do wish they were still making the show.  I found it ‘after’ they cancelled it.  I discovered the show on reruns.  I became a fast fan.

     It’s unbelievable  that I became a fan,  it is a melding of space and western, and I was never a western fan.

     I do wish they would bring Firefly back.  It is so much better than many of the horrible shows on TV today.

     You all have a good one!

(From left to right, top to bottom) Adam Baldw...

(From left to right, top to bottom) Adam Baldwin, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Alan Tudyk, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, and Nathan Fillion at the 2005 Serenity “flanvention”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)