Wednesday, August 27, 2008

It must be time for a shot

Well, now that the Olympics are over, I have switched my attention the last 2 nights to the Democratic Convention. I know you all you guys are Republicans, but please give me a break....Can we seriously take another 4 years of what we have now? The economy is in the tubes, we are in a war, no one has health care that needs it.....anyhow enough of politics, but I was very impressed with Michelle Obama, you gotta give Teddy Kennedy his props for flying to Denver in the middle of Chemo and radiation and a brain tumor, and even though I am not a fan of Hillary, I thought she did a great job last night.

To be fair I will watch the Republican convention nest week...in Chicago no less...that town will be more of a madhouse than it usually is.

Onto other subjects....It must be time for another shot, I go to my dreaded weekly doctor appt. tomorrow, but it also means that I give myself my weekly shot. I remember Renee saying she could always tell when it was time for another shot, now I know what she means.....what it means for me is that Wednesdays are pretty painful. It has not been a good summer for me. I have not been able to get this insurance business off the ground due to how I feel....

Val and I do want to do a garage sale next weekend, ( the first weekend in Sept), even though it is so much work, I have tons of stuff to get rid of and I want some money to spend when I come to town. They have a van now so Val will come to the house next week and pack it up for me so I have most of the "heavy work" done for me. Val is a great friend, always there in a pinch.

I have made arrangements for both Cumber and Sheba when I am gone and hope that Cumber gets adopted during that time. I am not going to foster again for some time. I need a break and so does Sheba. She is ready to have her Mom to herself.

The weather here changes dramatically. One day it is 104 degrees, the next it is 70. 70 is more to my liking. I have been busy getting together supplies for our craft days when I come to town. We will have great fun. I also have a doctor appt tomorrow with the hearing aid guy...I have to have them in proper working order when I come to town. They are so hard to keep clean and go wacko with no warning. I can see why Dad has such problems with his...I can't stay on top of it...you would think it would not have to be so difficult.

I am always thrilled to read the updated blogs and get the pictures, things seem to going right along in Colon!!!YEA....
I am glad that Dave and Rachel's marriage is official since Jean is putting an article in the paper. I think of how the boys are doing getting back adjusted to school...
"as per normal"....keep me posted...Love you

Monday, August 18, 2008

Monday....Monday

I was glad to read Jen's new blog about thier move to Colon and how nice everyone has been so far. I am having trouble again posting comments on blogs....what is wrong with me or this computer or both???? It mystifies me.
I have not been feeling too great over the past 4 days where it has been over 100 degrees in Portland. Thankfully, it finally rained last night and it is overcast today. It has not rained in PDX for over 3 months.....all that sun, I like it about 76 so the weekend was terrible...way to hot.
Not much news to report. Glad that Brenda and Keith had a nice weekend at Bear Lake and hope J/S did well at the craft fair in Chicago!!!

Monday, August 11, 2008

Doctors, hospitals.....

Well, I have not posted recently, although I must say I keep looking at the plate of blueberry pancakes on Jean's bog for quite some time also!!! I sure do enjoy reading everyone's blogs though, Brenda and Jenny get super star awards in that regard. I was glad to get Jen's last one detailing what thier life will look like over the next 4-6 weeks.
Wondering how Brenda and Keith did yesterday on thier outing with the boat....
I have done little to nothing in the last month expect for go to Doctor appointments and the hospital. I saw a thyroid specialist today at Providence hospital, I really liked her, she is changing my thyroid meds to a more natural approach instead of the synthyroid and cytomel....we will see how that works, also had a blood draw at the hospital for my Thursday appt with the Rheumatoligist. I can tell how I feel that my sed rate is way up there again, so I am praying I don't have to go to the hospital all day Friday for IV meds. The Thyroid specialist, named GiGi...is originally from Elkhart, Ill....I think Dave S lived there for some time with his family growing up. She is young, early 30's and pretty open to alternative approaches to long term problems such as thyroid dis-function. Her name is GiGi Dawood, told me to call her GiGi....

I met Rachel's friend yesterday to bring her the condo keys, she, along with her son, his girlfriend and grandson left already for the condo last night even though they got into PDX, 3 hours late and did not meet me until 3 in the afternoon. Lana is one of those free-loving souls, where the cup is always 1/2 full.....Very fun to be around, I hope to see her again, she was raised in PDX so she knows the area. She brought along a card for me from Rachel, and a very pleasant surprise of some much needed cash. Bless her heart and thanks again Sis!!!
I snagged a very cheap flight from PDX to Chicago on Sept 13th....will meet Jean there and go to a craft fair with Katie and hopefully Brenda and drive to Holland on that following Monday. My fare was only 198.00 which is dirt cheap for a ticket these days. I will be in Holland until October 11 and so looking forward to the month stay....hoping my health settles down by then. Also so looking forward to the long weekend up north for Dad's 90 b-day celebration. He is slowing down so I never know if this will be the last time I will see him...I hate to think that way, but that is the reality.
The annual greyhound picnic is this coming Sunday. I am setting up a booth selling greyhound cards and wine charms that I made. The wine charms have little greyhound heads on them and I think will be a big hit.
Val and I are planning to have a garage sale the last weekend in August, I hate the thought of it, but I have stuff to get rid of and I want spending money for the trip home....
I love reading everyone's blogs and am happy that others are more punctual at it than I am. It helps me feel more connected!!! Keep up the good work. Love to all.
C.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

SOME GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD

I am glad to say that there are some very good people in this world. Tilly's owner and his 2 sons just stopped by to give me some gifts they picked up for me while they were on vacation. I hardly did not know what to do...after everything that happened with Tilly, and a 2 thousand dollar vet bill, ( which Janice paid for thank goodness), they still wanted to thank me for taking care of Tilly. They say she is getting better every day and that thier 9 year old son is sleeping with Tilly every night in the family room.
They brought me a great box of candy made in Oregon from the "Cranberry Sweets" store...it is fabulous...I already had 2 pieces...they also gave me a beautiful candle made on the coast. What great people!!!
On another note....why in the world did the White Sox have to get Ken Griffey....now Detroit really has a battle.....
Hope that "Art in the park" was a good day for Jean and Scott and that Rachel gets to do something fun on her last day of vacation instead of picking up after all those boys!!!