Mr. Bojangles

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bought a new bed.Mr. Bojangles is loving it!

 

Billy, The new season of Dexter starts tonight. Even though you don't really like the show, I'll keep you up to date on the good stuff. :O)

The realtor called me at work yesterday to schedule a showing for today.
 8 days of a miserable stomach virus .........boyfriend in Colorado with his sick brother....... 2 double shifts for me to work this weekend.........a clogged kitchen drain, under clothes on the floor in my bathroom closet, construction of a cabinet underway on my living room floor....................i think not....... told her that we can't show the house until Wednesday.
but in all honesty my real fear is that the house will sell. otherwise i would have pulled it all together for a showing. i have a love hate relationship with my house. right now i love it. i can't seem to make up my freaking mind.

Billy my son has a  CVA 50 caliber muzzle loader(I think that's what he said) with a walnut stock that has a clogged nipple and a stripped bolt on the side of it............said he doesn't have the ambition, time, or desire to fix it...........is it legal for me to mail a gun to you? You can have it if you want it..........if it's not breaking the law.......unless u think it's not worth mailing......

friday

it's not often i get the house to myself.
today it was all mine.
it was quiet. i loved it.
i watched a love movie, and ate sushi. it was fun. :O)

after the love movie i did a few loads of laundry,  cleaned mirrors and TV screens.

son came over this morning and helped me bring an old dresser from his and his brothers old bedroom down the stairs and to my bedroom.I've shopped for months for a new dresser. they're either too expensive and small, or inexpensive and small. either way they're too small.........and not made very well. the dresser that son helped me to bring downstairs is an antique. it was my mother-in-laws, mothers......... has wooden wheels..............and huge, deep drawers. it's well made..........heavy and sturdy .it's not beautiful.........but neither is any of my other furniture...........i like it.

a work friend of mine passed away. she had a stroke a few days ago.........she died yesterday. it's just weird, you know? she's here, and then she's gone. she had a smile on her face most of the time..........a really nice person..............................and i know we're not guaranteed any amount of time on this earth.............she was only in her mid fifties............was in her prime........it's sad.

mom is doing well. daughter and i spent the late afternoon/early evening with her and dad yesterday. her left chest is bruised from the surgery........otherwise she is fine............she has stopped bleeding...........took 5 visits to the hospital, 10 units of blood, and 3 or 4 weeks time...........but finally it stopped.......she's feeling normal again.......

yesterday oldest son, daughter, and i went out for lunch and did a little shopping. oldest son is one of the nicest young guys in the world.............it's a good thing spending time with him...........

boyfriend is in Colorado visiting his family.
i miss him, but time away from each other is good. :O)

my boss called me yesterday to tell me "your baby died."my first thought was why would my boss call to tell me Mr bojangles died...............and how would she know he died.............................but she was referring to my favorite patient. most of the workers didn't find him to be very endearing..........i felt for him.........didn't want him to feel like he didn't have anyone to count on.........not that he couldn't depend on other staff.....he could........................................the day before he died, which was unexpected,  he said to me "you love me, don't you, Sandy."
I'm glad he felt loved.

1. mom has surgery tomorrow..........should be a simple procedure to change the battery in her defibrillator.
2. daughter was fired from her job for texting while working....she was warned prior.... she has another job  at the library.
3. oldest son has been off work for 6 weeks because of a back injury.... .it is a work comp. claim.The day he returned to work he was fired. he worked for them for 8 years.
4. i haven't heard from the realtor since the day she called to say we have a buyer. i don't care enough to call her to find out what happened.
5. i've had stomach virus like symptoms for 4 days. it's been miserable. i steamed crab legs for me and daughter a week ago. she ended up in the er with stomach pain the day after the crab legs.they didn't smell bad. they tasted delicious. i'm thinking they may have made us sick...........maybe.....not sure.
6. hi, billy! i used to read the professors blog because he's a train wreck, and i wanted to be there when he figured it all out. that's not going to happen.
 now i read it to see the comments you leave for him.

thursday

mom spent the night in the icu being transfused. she's still there but is feeling better.
some of the time after being with my family( my sisters and parents) i feel like my head will explode and i'm relieved to get away from them.

our realtor called yesterday to tell me we have a buyer, that our last showing went really well, they loved the house and asking price................i expected her to call later in the day with an offer. i haven't heard from her, and i've been too busy to call her. so who knows........

thursday

The Drew Peterson jury got it right. Good for them!
And to Jeff Ruby, thank you for telling Drew "fuck you!" You crack me up.

Someones coming to look at the house tomorrow. I just finished cleaning. Keeping my fingers crossed........

Mom was transfused again today.
She's tired.
Dad kept her spirits up by telling jokes. Mom wasn't really laughing at dad.  My oldest son's cheeks were sore though from laughing at grandpas jokes.................... oldest son laughing made mom laugh...........

I have to work tomorrow.
I'd rather spend the day with my mom.

monday

The town house was very pretty but I hated the lay out. The more I look at other homes, the better mine looks to me.
I've found lots of land to look at........know little about buying it........what to consider.......hidden costs and such....................
It raining sheets.......has been for a day and a half..............i love the sound of rain fall..........thinking about sitting in my car and reading my latest Koontz book............I'd be close to the sound of the rain, the phone won't interrupt me, I can sneak a smoke if i want, and the surrounding darkness will set the mood for my scary book.

thursday

I like this little townhouse. it's in a nice neighborhood with beautiful mature trees.......except the tree in this front yard looks kinda dead. I'm going to look at it tomorrow..........of course i still need to sell this house.............
cut the grass &
went to see dad today........did a few drive bys in my search for a new home..........

mom was transfused today. she doesn't feel so great. she sounds down and tired. I'm taking her to a doctor appointment tomorrow......................dad has an appointment at his dentist, so I'll take mom...............

I'm sick of Romney........i don't like his Stepford wife either..........I'm sick of all politicians.......self serving hillbilly bastards. they make me sick.

wed

mom was discharged from the hosp. Friday afternoon........she went back to hosp. Sat. and stayed till morning...........she had blood work today, needs to go back to hosp. tomorrow to be transfused.........after she gets blood she will feel a lot better.................me, boyfriend, and daughter went to see her today. she's in good spirit......joking, laughing. ......said she's not letting the GI doctor do any tests.......said she will live to be 80 and they (the doctors) will just have to tolerate her through 1 more GI bleed approximately every 18 months for the next 5 years.she's a trip..&...i love her.

i also went grocery shopping today.
it's pathetic that my off day was spent in a grocery store, and balancing a check book/paying bills............oh, and i painted my toenails........Cotton Candy, that's the name of the nail polish color...........I watched "Somethings Gotta Give"      with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton. It's a good movie.......funny.

sunday

I wanted to not do anything today except chill, read a book, and watch TV.But I wanted to doitwithout guilt. So I cleaned the inside of my car, hung the new curtains I bought for daughters bedroom,andwashedmy scrubs. Now I'm on the couch with a bowlofpopcorn,  soft drink, book(The Pelican Brief),and the remote control.
I'm content.

thursday

Mom's back in the hospital for GI bleed and shortness of breath. So far she doesn't need to be transfused. They'll watch her counts for 24 hours and transfuse her if she needs it.
They started an IV on her in the ER. Her blood pressure was low. It's always low. It wasn't low from blood loss. It was low per her usual.
The IV fluid would cause her to go into heart failure............and I so that's what I told them. Because I know from past experience with her...... I just wanted to give them a heads up......and prevent more problems..........I asked them to check with moms cardiologist before giving her a bunch of fluids.
The nurse acted a little pissed off......
I was just trying to help my mom, and the nurse.......it wasn't about being right or wrong...........it was about my moms heart.......and making sure she was okay...........
The nurse was good enough to check with moms cardiologist then returned to the room and discontinued the IV.
So anyway, I'm worried about her...........she was in good spirits though, considering.
The nurse who admitted mom asked her if she was married. Dad said "I'm her husband. Actually I'm her 3rd husband." Then he pointed to my boyfriend and said "he's her second husband. when the black guy comes in, well he's her first husband."
Mom's been married once. Dad cracks me up.
So now it's been 3 days since mom was admitted to the hospital.
They did a colonoscopy today and an echo cardiogram.............she's still bleeding but hasn't required a transfusion.......................the colonoscopy didn't show anything abnormal..................i guess it's just a wait and see ...............hopefully the bleeding will stop and she'll come home tomorrow.

.................today i wasn't able to get off the couch. i was so emotionally and physically drained. everything felt over whelming . i shut down......stayed on the couch........i have to work tomorrow. that will force me to get up and get going again...............pathetic, huh?

i need something more.........i don't know what though....

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, sweet daughter of mine. I love you!

monday

We all gathered at mom and dads house yesterday to celebrate mom's 75th birthday. It was great and I love them all........but I felt relieved to get out of there.....

Daughters 1st day of her 2nd year of school was today.
Stick with it, Girl!

I worked today.
I wish I could retire tomorrow.

searching

we went looking for our commune this afternoon. it was a beautiful day. you couldn't ask for better weather.

we got to see the beautiful horses, and the cows. i love cows. always have......i think because they're so laid back, and don't seem to have a care in the world. i immediately feel calm around them..and to me they're pretty.

we got to see a lot of shacks. i wanted to go inside them and explore. if i  had been a child with my dad, we would have gone in and explored.

the eagle on the barn is cool though i really don't like barn art. i think barns in and of themselves are art. i love them............took a picture of a chicken with her baby chicks. they were cute.

took a picture of a tractor . the weeds are growing around it and up through it. i suppose the owner left it in the spot where it broke down. reminded me ofmyneighbors driveway..............the other piece of equipment is used for sifting gold? i don't know for sure.

it was a beautiful day.

The Commune

Today I cut back maybe 20 Honeysuckle weeds.I stopped though because I cut the electrical cord in half.   Boyfriend edged the yard. I laid some grass seed and covered it with straw.
Now it's raining, so we came inside.
I have cod in the oven baking. It smells good. Kitties will be happy!

SO the new plan is to still try to sell this place and buy the condo, if it's still for sale after I sell this house...............but now I've been thinking about wanting some land. Just 10 or 20 acres.........with a big pond or a little lake with fish. When we dream aloud about the place we refer to it as the commune. A place for me, boyfriend,sons, daughter......and the families they may have some day, to get together away from it all..........................or for them to spend time there alone with their families/girlfriends/boyfriend.....................or for me and boyfriend to get away.......................................and we talk about target shooting, deer and duck hunting, horse shoes, frog gigging and fishing...........camp fires.............................dark skies and stars.

I could put 3 or 4 of these
there as camps...................one for each family........throw a table and a couple cots in each one........maybe add a window or two. You know it sounds fun.

Heartland Rainier 10-ft x 10-ft Wood Storage Shed

• Info & Guides

Description

• 100 sq. ft. gambrel style
• 6'H side walls
• Extra-wide 64" double barn doors
• Includes standard wood floor
• Treated floor joists
• Includes 4' x 8' loft for extra storage
• Patented EZ Frame construction
• 2 x 3 framing is strong and economical
• 6' continuous full-length

or something along that line............................................
Huntsville, Butler County, Kentucky land for sale - 8.63 acres at LandWatch.com   this comes close to what I want.