Socks/House Cleaning/Flowers

No-one and I mean no one has as many socks as I found in my 3 sock drawers. It was almost like a invasion of socks and half of them had either holes, weren't my size or didn't have matches. I think I threw out about 100 pair and the whole time I was thinking I could find someone who could could wear them so maybe I should hole on to them. Then I remembered I hoared things and need to learn to part from them. That is probably why I had so many I as afraid to let them go.

So I am on the cleaning mood I set out to organize my shoes and found shoes I have not worn in 4 years or more. Tell ya what I just could not part from the shoes. I was tempted to go put them up on the levy for the homeless but then again I remember I recently put some cans up their and the old people walking picked them up. Not the homeless people I see all day walking by.

SO then I started cleaning the place I mean really cleaning. I would swear very corner of this place had cob webs. Top to bottom they were everywhere. Top to bottom they were there. I THEN SHAMPOOED THE carpets and mopped all the hard wood floors and then I found myself washing the walls on the outside. i think the neighbors thought I was nuts o.

Now to my flowers. In front of my place is a nice rock garden with 2 rose bushes. I don't care much for roses never have. I decided to buy some flowers to plant on the edge to make it more homely. OH NO YOU DON'T THE LANDLORD SAYS. They just don't like the idea of that and I am more then welcome to plant them in pots. So I did 4 different ones. I like this better almost because then I can better tend to them. Plants and flowers are like pets to me. They just never make noise. What gets me is would you not think it could better the way the place looks?

Weekend on Little House

This was a picture of it snowing hard over the weekend. It hasn't stop snowing for Mick sense he went back to the cabin.

We finally made it back to the cabin after 5 months of being gone. As you can see it is boarded up still for I can not lift a thing and he is not strong enough to do it so we just waited for someone to show to help get the boards off.

We Have Power! This is the Generator!

These are all pictures of the inside of the cabin. Turn the one sideways and you will see me looking into the kitchen area.

This is silly Mick headed out to get firewood for the wood stove! I just get a kick out of the hat.

Promise Ring From Mick

I just wanted to share a picture of my ring Mick bought me for my Birthday. It's a promise ring he said. It's a Garnet! We have been waiting for it because it had to be re sized.

Pendleton 100 Yr Round-Up

This morning I got up early to be the first one on line to buy Rodeo Tickets for the Friday or Saturday Show. The reason behind going to buy the tickets is they have all been sold out for years on those days and these are the tickets people did not pay by the deadline, so they put them up for the public to buy. This is their 100 yr anniversary. So out the door I go at 7am with a friend who is buying them for her daughter. We drove up to the round-up grounds and not a person there. So we think well we have time and this is no big deal. We go and get something to drink and go to work for a while. That's when we get word we are at the wrong place for tickets. We rush down to the place to find a line around the building down the street. Over a hour later I get to buy tickets for the Saturday Show. 2 Of them. It was like owning the 2 hottest tickets in town. There was not much choice left but I was just happy to get them. My friend ended up buying 10 tickets for both days.

Good Dr Visit

Today I went to see the Dr it has been 2 weeks after my wonderful surgery. She said everything looks good and I am on the road to recovery. I have 6 more weeks of full recovery but it all looks great.

I told her about my cramps and she said it's my laxative I take. She switched me to something different. She then put me on a hormone cream 3 days a week.

I am back to work full time. I get worn out easy but I enjoy my job so much that I just can't stay away. More on my job later!

Making Life Changes

I am returning to work 2moro and I am so excited. It's not that I haven't hung out there a lot of last week. My first day back I have a all day training, That is less stressful I think then dealing with the day to day business.

I am feeling so good today! It doesn't seem like I had surgery 10 days ago. I can feel all the stitches but that is about it. I have about 5 more weeks of recovery of no lifting anything over 5lbs. I am not taking but about 1-2 Ibuprofen a day. I go see both Dr's this week. The only big issue is I wake up in the night fully drenched in sweat from head to toe. My bed is soaked I am soaked. My room is not warm I have a fan running all the time. Does this happen to any of you? Oh one other thing as I sit here the cramps come on. I never had cramps in my life. Now I get horrible cramps. I never understood when people who work for me called in saying they had bad cramps. Now I know and will understand what there feeling.

I think my hardest thing is "Making Life Long Changes" I will never be able to lift HEAVY things again. I use to think I was like the hulk and look at me I can lift this or that no problem. Not any more! I will never be able to lift over 40lbs. This will keep me from having this prolapse return and the end to hernias. I have 2 more hernias that need operated on but that's is down the road.

Slow Recovery

I hate staying home and not being able to go do what I want! Yesterday I decided to get out of the house and go for a drive. 20 miles later I was worn out. By the time we got home I was in to much pain to sit up or do anything. I refuse to take the Oxycontin or vicidan pills. They make me sick as a dog and high as a kite, which I can not do either of. So I take the Ibuprofen 600mg every 4 hours. My question of the year would be you see these shows where people eat 2-4 pills or more of these all day. How do they do this? I can barley do 1 pill. Not that is something I would do I just wonder how it does not eat their stomach alive.

Today I have relaxed a lot. I wondered over to my work to eat lunch with the clients. They were all so excited to see me. One client said Carol your late. I just had to laugh. It was a nice change in my day when I got to eat lunch with them. Mick has been a great help for me here. Always helping me.

Darlene can you please send me your email. I Don't have it. Thanks