friday

Surgery went well yesterday. Boyfriend is home and dealing......says he will never "thumb a ride" again. LOL

My little loft for the kitties. Woody goes up there to sit. Mr. Bojangles hasn't been up there yet as far as I know.

 Son made me the ladder. I like it! I put GI Joe up there to keep an eye on things! :O)

Dad bought me a book from the library called "The Art of Nursing." It has pictures of paintings of nurses. I cut out a few of my favorites and framed them. I like the way they look! I love the middle picture.

Sons old toy car.. and daughters old Jurassic Park dinosaur. I keep them in the office because they make me smile.

Of all the house hold chores, dusting is what I hate to do. Found this little sign that made me laugh. It too is in my office.

thursday

I was at the old house yesterday cleaning carpets and windows. WHile I was in the boys old bedroom, vacuuming the closet I found some  writing on the wall done in crayon and obviously by a child. I don't know. It pulled at my heart strings. Some of the time I can't believe they are all grown and gone.....and that their childhood home will be gone too :O) And some of the time I miss that part of my life. Some of the time I wish I could do it all over again....and I'd try to be an even better mom. I hope I was good enough...really I do.
 I hope they  know how much I love and hope for them.

We have a time capsule under the driveway at the old house. I think I put everything in a Stanley or Coleman thermos. I guess that if or when the new owners to be ever replace the driveway they will set the capsule aside for us! I'm not even sure if daughter was born yet when we buried the time capsule.

Today we go to the surgical center where boyfriend will have part of his thumb amputated. The bone in the thumb is infected.
It sucks..
I can't imagine.

monday

We had a birthday lunch get together  with family for daughter yesterday at Buffalo Wings.  It was a fun time.Then boyfriend and I went to the casino/horse race track. We left one hundred dollars ahead! lol  We had a fun time.
On the way home we stopped for carry out for supper and  later had a quiet meal at home.
It was a good day.


I've allowed both the kitties to go outside. They came home without incident. I was so happy. They've been outside two more times since the first time and have done well.
Hopefully the bad behaviors stop!


I took boyfriend to dialysis this morning. I came home and rearranged his bedroom, and hung curtains. I also called a couple of doctors and rescheduled appointments, ordered medications, and ordered a new kitchen floor.
Now I'm going to get a long, hot shower and then pick up boyfriend from dialysis, go to the old house to collect mail then maybe go to update our driver licenses, do a change of address at post office then go to a doctors appointment.

Thursday

HIS BUTT IS ON FIRE! Is what I sang to boyfriend yesterday to the tune of Alicia Keys' This girl is on fire.
He was complaining that his butt was burning from the upset stomach from the antibiotic.
He laughed.
 He's a good sport!

The kitties are having some behaviors since the move.
We haven't allowed them outside yet so they have a bunch of pent up energy. They run through the house at night, and  sound like a herd of buffalo. I guess that's normal behavior. I'm just not used to it.
Woody urinated in my purse yesterday. That's not normal!
I gave him a stern talking to and I'm doing most of the things all the articles say to do after a move. We will see!

Tuesday

We had OT, PT, and a nurse visit today and a doctor appointment this morning with the doctor taking care of boyfriends hand .
I scheduled an appointment with the infectious disease doctor for his hand. I don't think the guy presently taking care of it is very competent.
 The ID doctor will know what she's looking at when she sees it.

I have a realtor coming over to the old house tomorrow. I don't know for sure yet if I will try to sell it first without her. I just haven't figured it all out yet. I guess I better figure it out!

I love my new little house.
I have tons of storage and so many electrical outlets. My old house was lacking for both of those things.

It's storming here. Lots of rain, thunder, and lightening. Mr. Bojangles is hiding under the bed. Woody is stretched out in boyfriends recliner.

I wish my mom was here to see my new house.
She would like it.

friday

Boyfriend came home from the rehab hosp last Saturday.
It's been one appointment after another since then...
We are both exhausted.
I feel a little overwhelmed.
I work at the old house while boyfriend is at dialysis. My goal is to have it listed
very soon.

The cats are adjusting to the new house.
Mr. Bojangles stay in hiding most of the day but comes out early evening now. Woody stays at
my side most of the time.

Boyfriend loves the new house.

saturday

Boyfriend will be discharged from the rehab hospital today. He's been gone for 6 weeks, 4 in the hosp and 2 in rehab for PT and OT. Since he's been gone I've bought a new house.
There's only 3 stairs to get in to the new house.
Boyfriend hasn't seen the new place. I think he will like it!

My plan is to have my other house ready to be listed for sale by September 1. I tried really hard to have it ready before school started back but just wasn't able to do it!

Today though I'm  going to take the day off from working at either house and just enjoy time at home with boyfriend.

Friday

Tonight will be my last night in my present home.

I've lived here 28 years and 10 months.

It's been a good home.

I brought my daughter here from the hospital after

she was born. I remember my sons gathering around her after we

arrived home. They watched after her, and still do.

We've celebrated birthdays. holidays, and high school graduations here just to mention a few....

We've played, laughed , cried, nursed broken hearts, dreamed, lost, won and loved here. 

It's been a good, warm, and comfy home.

I would hug it good bye if I could!

 Thank you home. 

thursday

So we went to the eye doctor and to the hand specialist.
The ulcer in boyfriends eye is healed and the eye has had some
sensation return though just a little. Hopefully that will improve in the next several weeks
and then they will discuss opening that eye. So that was good news!
The ortho hand specialist says he's not convinced that boyfriend has osteomyelitis in the thumb even though it's what the MRI shows. So for now he is treating him with an antibiotic and ordered a new treatment for the wound. He also wants him to see the Infectious Disease doctor and then return in a week. So at least there's hope even though I believe the MRI results.
. I'm anxious to see the ID doctor. We love and trust her.

I have lots of work to do today.
I need to finish emptying this house. There's not much here but enough to keep me busy. I have neighbors coming over today to take
2 dressers that I no longer want. This helps me a great deal!

The roofer came yesterday.
The rubber roof on the dormer needs to be replaced. He will email me an estimate, and I have another guy coming in the next couple of days to give me an estimate.

I have to block off a crawl space at the new house so that the cats don't use it as a litter box, and I need to hang a couple more curtains. Then for the most part the new house is ready for us to move into.
Boyfriend will be coming home Saturday so long as nothing comes up between now and then!

monday

I got so much done yesterday.
All the furniture from upstairs I brought down to the garbage. A neighbor came over and helped me to get the stuff set up at the curb. I didn't ask for his help but was sure happy to have it!
I was happy to see neighbors took 3 of the tables. I love when stuff is reused.
And I finally got  the stuff from the garage, all the tools etc and took it to the new house. It  took 3 car loads full to get it there.
I have a nice unattached over sized 2 car garage at the new place. I have a lot of stuff in it from my basement and garage that I will go through soon.
At the new house I went through a few piles of paper stuff and either threw it away or put it away. I also hung some more pictures.
In my extra living room there is a nice size ledge/loft type area. I asked son to make me a ladder so that the cats can get to the ledge/loft.
 He made me a really nice one that I think the cats will love. I'll take a picture when I have it set up.

We will see the hand surgeon this Wed and we will see the eye doctor this Tuesday. The eye med boyfriend took 6 times a day for 8 weeks may have done its job. We pray that it did so that the eye can be opened. Right now it's fused part of the way shut.
We are hoping the hand surgery will be scheduled for this Thursday or Friday.

We had a nice birthday lunch for middle son this past Saturday. I met his girlfriend for the first time. She was a very nice and pretty girl.

I love the doorbell at the new house. It goes on and on.... lol......and it's loud but it makes me smile when it rings.

Saturday

Much of the same going on here
I got all the garbage bags from the upstairs and have them in the garage ready for garbage day.
And I took my last bit of stuff from upstairs to the new house.

I met boyfriend at the wound clinic yesterday. The day before he had an MRI of his thumb.He burned it maybe 6 weeks ago and its not healing. He does have infection in the bone. The doctor at the wound clinic said he would definitely need to have a little over half of the thumb removed. We'll see the hand doctor next week.
The news is devastating.
I tell boyfriend to lets just get it taken care of and lets move on to getting him home and to getting on with making good memories.
Easy for me to say I guess. I don't mean to sound callous or to minimize what he must be feeling. And I know he is tired. He's been through so much the last several years.
I just want the hand taken care of so that he might then start to feel better physically and get stronger......and have some joy again. I really do believe he still has many happy and good moments to come. Hopefully those moments will be sooner than later.

Today we will be celebrating middle sons birthday.
I'm meeting him, his girlfriend, brother , brothers girlfriend, sister and grandpa for lunch.
I wish I would have had more time to plan a family grill out.........the time just isn't there right now.......neither is the energy ..........a luncheon should be fine.
I'll be meeting his girlfriend for the 1st time today. I hear a lot of nice things about her. I'm looking forward to meeting her.