tuesday

Woody was outside today for about 10 minutes.
When he came back in the house he reminded me a little of Swamp Thing.
All of these leaves were in his fur mostly to his hind legs and butt. lol
He almost always comes back inside carrying mulch and leaves in his fur. But man oh man this time he was loaded down!

friday

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I hope you had a great day..

My adult children, my dad, and one of my sisters joined me for a feast!

My cheesecake turned out pretty good. I don't usually make one for Thanksgiving but boyfriend requested it. Of course I made pumpkin pie too. It's my favorite.

I invited everyone to come over today for left overs, and I sent a turkey sandwich and a piece of pie home with dad.

I have a lot to be thankful for. Mostly though I'm thankful for all of my family including my children, boyfriend, my sisters, my dad, and my kitties!

monday

So son moved in over a year ago when he sold his condo so that he could buy a house. We thought it would only be a few months but the housing market is such that not many houses here are on the market and the houses for sale sell very quickly, sometimes in only hours. Plus I think son is struggling with whether or not he is going to move to Colorado. I think he really wants to but is torn. So maybe he is dragging his feet when it comes to finding a house. I'm not sure.  His stuff is in my garage and basement. He has a lot of stuff!  It wasn't stored in a organized and neat manner and it was getting on my nerves! It  was stressing me out.
 He cleaned and organized both rooms this weekend at my request. It looks and feels so much better! I'm glad to have it done before the holidays!

Son also hung a new light fixture in my bedroom. It's really nice looking and it allows for so much more light. It changes the whole look of the room for the better. So yay!

Today we go back to the doctor to have boyfriends eye checked. It being sewn shut is causing a lot of anxiety for boyfriend. He feels claustrophobic not being able to open it and then he panics. He's not the nervous type. So I know he must really feel miserable.

Friday

I bought our Thanksgiving Day turkey the other day.
It's a big ole 18 pound bird!
I also bought a store brand bird for 37 cents a pound to use for turkey sandwiches later in the year. I think it was  7 or 8 pounds...
I love cooking Thanksgiving Day dinner. It's fun to put together a special meal for my family.
 My mom always made the best turkey.............and her table was always set so beautifully. I hope I told her how nice she always made the holidays.

I think this year I will ask daughter if she wants to help me prepare the meal. Maybe not, I don't know.....I think it would be fun. She might not though..... :O)~
She bought tickets for us to see The Nutcracker again this year. She surprised me with them when we worked on holiday crafts. I thought it was the sweetest thing in the world! I took her last year. She had a bad cold when we went though
. Hopefully this year she will enjoy it even more!

wed

We went to the urgent care the other day.
Boyfriend had an abscess that needed to be incised and drained.
We had visited his doctor a couple of days prior who had started him
on oral antibiotics. He needed them but the abscess still got worse.
So while at the urgent care the nurse checked boyfriends vital signs.
His oxygen saturation was 78% while on his oxygen. It should be at least 91%. The nurse reported the doctor would kill her if she charted that result and that she would recheck it in a few minutes.
I told her she should chart all of the results, even if the doctor didn't like it, and that if everyone only charted the normal results then boyfriends chart would not reflect an accurate picture.  I was irritated.
I'm almost always irritated when we have a medical visit anymore and I have a hard time biting my tongue...though I seldom try to anymore. ........which brings me to our eye appointment day before yesterday where they sewed shut 75% of boyfriends left eye. The surgeon was a great guy. I liked his bedside manner, and his competence. The young girl who checked us in, probably a medical assistant, was very professional. But the guy who did the second set of numbing injections (the surgeon did the first set) was a twit. He had his fingers in boyfriends eye while injecting him but he wasn't wearing gloves. My thoughts went to last summer when we had to go everyday for 6 weeks Mon thru Sun for antibiotics to treat an infection. Now this twit has his fingers in boyfriends eye. I may or may not have over reacted. I just don't know anymore but I ask the guy to put gloves on and he says to me "WHY?" I could feel anger rushing through my body. When I'm angry
or when I confront someone I stammer, trip over words,  say stupid stuff and just find it difficult to express myself. So I'm not sure what I said in response to his why. He treated me like a dummy......and I probably felt like one because of my inability to say exactly what it was I wanted to say in response to his "WHY? "  Eventually though I found my voice and shouted "BECAUSE IT'S THE STANDARD OF CARE, AND YOU KNOW IT IS! I'M A NURSE AND I KNOW IT IS!. SO WHY ARE YOU ARGUING WITH ME ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD BE WEARING GLOVES? Dude eventually did put on gloves and apologized but only after he tried to debate with me whether or not gloves are worn to A.  protect him or 3. to protect the patient......WTF!....... ......freaking idiot........
 When he left the room boyfriend began to cry. He'd already been stressed, and now my raising my voice and arguing with TWIT put him over the edge. I felt so horrible. I felt like the twit. I felt sorry for, and my heart ached for boyfriend.
I promised him I'd quit being confrontational at doctor appointments.........unless it was needed to protect him........................
After the procedure was over I apologized to Dr.  TWIT because at that moment I wasn't sure  how it ended up that I was yelling at him.....and I wasn't sure if I had over reacted. I felt like a jerk..........and I guess I was hoping apologizing to Twit would make boyfriend feel better...................
The procedure went fine..........boyfriend is bruised and a little swollen............hopefully the scratch, or ulcer (depending who is talking) will now heal and we can have his eye reopened (one says it's permanent, the other doctor says it can be reversed in 2-3 months)
I'm so sick of the medical profession.

sunday

I stayed the night with daughter Friday night.

We tried to make some Christmas ornaments for our trees.

Unfortunately we ended up throwing away all but one of them.

We just aren't very artistic. 

Daughter did keep the least crappy one for "sentimental" reasons! lol

I think I will clean out my bedroom and hall closets today. They're a mess! If ever I build a new house (highly unlikely) I will build a  house that has very large closets, a pantry, and large bathrooms. My house was built in the 50's. The closets are so small. Actually my whole house is small! I love it because it's where I've raised my kids but man I sure do wish I had more space!

friday

We are going to the eye doctor today for continued treatment for an eye ulcer boyfriend has as a result of shingles in the eye. Our visit Monday didn't go well. The ulcer has gotten bigger despite the placenta tissue (not sure of the medical name) placed in the eye and covered with a lens. So today we go to see the eye surgeon for a pre-op visit. They will be sewing closed boyfriends eyelid from the outer corner to about halfway for a minimum of 3 months. The eye has to be kept moist in order for the ulcer to heal. Sewing it shut is the answer to keeping it moist.
My heart aches for boyfriend. He's been through enough! This really does suck.

This evening I'm going to daughters apartment to do some holiday crafting, and to have dinner. I'm looking forward to it. We will listen to good music, and we will chit-chat while we work. :O)

Yesterday was one year since I quit smoking, again! Yay!

I have a roast in the crock pot for boyfriend for supper tonight while I'm gone.

I'm bruised and sore from falling the other day. I was bringing in the trash can when the lid fell off, I stepped on it and went sliding down the incline of my driveway and then fell. My biggest concern at the time was whether or not anyone was watching. I didn't see any of my neighbors outside so that made me feel a little better!