Had a nice week in PA and now we are on our way home! Good to see dear ones...our relatives and friends.
Our daughter is presently trying to "land" in FL to be picked-up by her sister in Tampa. Bad weather has been the problem and they diverted to West Palm...no news about her "landing in Tampa"...yet. Both daughters are under much stress at this time. This trip may result in a baby for our baby! It may end in disappointment, but we know God has a PLAN and we pray it's for this time and for this little "star".
On our way to our motel tonight I "stroked" a star on a chain around my neck and thought that it was not only a representation of our next grandchild ("how we wonder" what he or she is...or where...or when we'll all get to meet...)
There are 5 people in our family...two parents and three daughters and we THANK GOD FOR ALL THREE daughters! This wasn't the "story" last September and you know that if you've read my blog in September when this was not "so".
Now that we are reunited there are 5 of us once again! This is reminding me of the 5 points on the star and makes our next grandchild even more significant. Things like this make me cry for the JOY I feel!
Just received the call...The plane has landed and our two daughters are having a much anticipated meal at WENDY'S!
Joy and frustration go hand in hand, so we ALL need to remember to "hang in there" and remember that this is just the WORLD! We have another world ahead as Christians!
AMEN!
Thank you for "listening" again! It means a lot to ME!!!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Another week in NC
Well...It's another week behind us and still lots to do...OR leave to do later!
Going to PA to do some "work" and see some doctors and our Moms. We may be able to fit in a few other friends and relatives and look forward to seeing church family there. We feel (already) a bit distanced with friends there, but that's to be expected. We are "away", but do look forward to seeing a few familiar faces. It's taking more time here to find that in our new church. They are friendly, yes, but not being "yet involved" we have not found anyone to really be "interested" in us. We will have to be patient. Some neighbors were out a few nights ago and we talked a bit. There are many similarities between our next door neighbors and ourselves. They came "down" from Ohio! The next house down is another retired couple. (Actually the ones next door are not really retired...but have health insurance issues. Jeannie works somewhere at Birkdale Village and Bob is in produce at Walmart. Walmart is their insurance source...I LOVE Walmart.
Going to our grandaughter's play today and then home to pack. We will do a bit of "socializing" with Rachel and her "FAM"...before the work begins, though. I hate packing because I leave the things I NEED (and want) and take the things I should have left behind! UCK! Returning home it's all just dirty laundry for the most part.
Have a great weekend everyone. Can you believe I've not posted in just over a week!
Going to PA to do some "work" and see some doctors and our Moms. We may be able to fit in a few other friends and relatives and look forward to seeing church family there. We feel (already) a bit distanced with friends there, but that's to be expected. We are "away", but do look forward to seeing a few familiar faces. It's taking more time here to find that in our new church. They are friendly, yes, but not being "yet involved" we have not found anyone to really be "interested" in us. We will have to be patient. Some neighbors were out a few nights ago and we talked a bit. There are many similarities between our next door neighbors and ourselves. They came "down" from Ohio! The next house down is another retired couple. (Actually the ones next door are not really retired...but have health insurance issues. Jeannie works somewhere at Birkdale Village and Bob is in produce at Walmart. Walmart is their insurance source...I LOVE Walmart.
Going to our grandaughter's play today and then home to pack. We will do a bit of "socializing" with Rachel and her "FAM"...before the work begins, though. I hate packing because I leave the things I NEED (and want) and take the things I should have left behind! UCK! Returning home it's all just dirty laundry for the most part.
Have a great weekend everyone. Can you believe I've not posted in just over a week!
Friday, April 9, 2010
IT's FRIDAY!!!
Even retired people like Fridays! We seem to get more done on weekends because (with the increase of weekend traffic)We are "called away from our work at home, but are"less" tempted to go out and STAY out exploring our area OR buying stuff! We have hardware and storage needs and just "stuff" on our running list of things. I guess that is part of the move thingie. We also need lots of breaks since we get really worn out! We try to use those times for breaks. I've been told by my counselor to TAKE BREAKS when we saw here last time. She's a smart woman! (Thanks Becky! Looking forward to seeing you soon to "report" how things have been going.)
We discovered the cheapest movie theater! (We are on this quest to support our at least weekly "habit" of going on Fridays to the Erie Dollar theater.) Anyway...we can pay $5 on Wednesdays here instead of $7 or more at other theaters in the area. That's for any time of day and I don't think you have to be Seniors...and I think they offer a few other days, too. We are going to plan on most Wednesdays instead of Friays now!
ALMOST got to rent the movie PRECIOUS at our closest grocery store, but all copies were out. We may try again today? Going to be out to recycle stuff and have our Brusters ice cream in Kannapolis. The recycle place wasn't open yesterday and we were glad we checked our pamplhet before driving all the way there! We are learning what doesn't recycle here...a process...another one we are learning slowly. No curbside pick-up for those here. We are just over the county line where our daughter lives and "enjoys" recycling. Here they say it's been tried, but too expensive.
Going to make our chicken and biscuits for lunch today! We ended up OUT again last night...beer and wings...just up the road at a Pizza shop. Not Steak and Lube, but good enough. We just had too much other stuff waiting at home and NO ENERGY to face any of it. It was 7 o'clock, too...TOO late for me to cook even though I had cooked the chichen earlier. We just "folded" and watched TV and did Sudoku...another of our habits! We both were able to take lazy baths, too.
Our "outing" was precipitated by a prescription from my Erie arthritis doctor for Naproxin instead of the Sulfasalazine I've been taking. I've been weaning from that because I was at the point of three twice a day and the doctor wanted to increase that to three times a day. WE are just both tired of SO many meds. I was going to go with over the counter "stuff", but the doctor says I need the "script". We had a fax # for our CVS two minutes away, so he sent it there! I see that doctor in Erie in about 10 days. We both want to limit our "specialists" and hope to be able to do that with the new PCP here. We have yet to get lined up with one, but found out the women's center (also just 2 minutes away) has many doctors practicing there besides just "womoen" doctors! We are going to check that out. It's a branch of the CMC (Carolina Medical Center) and that's likely going to be our choice "location".
Getting ready for our trip to PA and are also preparing to have things ready for more painting next week. Today we get an estimate on closing the third wall of our covered porch. We have nice porch furniture that we do not want exposed to moisture...so we don't want it just screened. We are able to "afford" this on top of everything else due to a successful sale of our home and the "rebate" for home buyers with contracts before April 30th. THAT will help and we THANK Obama for that...not our choice for president, but we'll "take" the money and "run"! Income tax money is always helpful, as well.
Anxious to get something done here RIGHT NOW...so THIS is the end of yet another long post! Thanks for "visiting". Email me IF you'd like! I'd love hearing for any or ALL of you! I have enjoyed responses there since lots of people seem unable to comment on the blog here.
Have a great weekend EVERYone!
We discovered the cheapest movie theater! (We are on this quest to support our at least weekly "habit" of going on Fridays to the Erie Dollar theater.) Anyway...we can pay $5 on Wednesdays here instead of $7 or more at other theaters in the area. That's for any time of day and I don't think you have to be Seniors...and I think they offer a few other days, too. We are going to plan on most Wednesdays instead of Friays now!
ALMOST got to rent the movie PRECIOUS at our closest grocery store, but all copies were out. We may try again today? Going to be out to recycle stuff and have our Brusters ice cream in Kannapolis. The recycle place wasn't open yesterday and we were glad we checked our pamplhet before driving all the way there! We are learning what doesn't recycle here...a process...another one we are learning slowly. No curbside pick-up for those here. We are just over the county line where our daughter lives and "enjoys" recycling. Here they say it's been tried, but too expensive.
Going to make our chicken and biscuits for lunch today! We ended up OUT again last night...beer and wings...just up the road at a Pizza shop. Not Steak and Lube, but good enough. We just had too much other stuff waiting at home and NO ENERGY to face any of it. It was 7 o'clock, too...TOO late for me to cook even though I had cooked the chichen earlier. We just "folded" and watched TV and did Sudoku...another of our habits! We both were able to take lazy baths, too.
Our "outing" was precipitated by a prescription from my Erie arthritis doctor for Naproxin instead of the Sulfasalazine I've been taking. I've been weaning from that because I was at the point of three twice a day and the doctor wanted to increase that to three times a day. WE are just both tired of SO many meds. I was going to go with over the counter "stuff", but the doctor says I need the "script". We had a fax # for our CVS two minutes away, so he sent it there! I see that doctor in Erie in about 10 days. We both want to limit our "specialists" and hope to be able to do that with the new PCP here. We have yet to get lined up with one, but found out the women's center (also just 2 minutes away) has many doctors practicing there besides just "womoen" doctors! We are going to check that out. It's a branch of the CMC (Carolina Medical Center) and that's likely going to be our choice "location".
Getting ready for our trip to PA and are also preparing to have things ready for more painting next week. Today we get an estimate on closing the third wall of our covered porch. We have nice porch furniture that we do not want exposed to moisture...so we don't want it just screened. We are able to "afford" this on top of everything else due to a successful sale of our home and the "rebate" for home buyers with contracts before April 30th. THAT will help and we THANK Obama for that...not our choice for president, but we'll "take" the money and "run"! Income tax money is always helpful, as well.
Anxious to get something done here RIGHT NOW...so THIS is the end of yet another long post! Thanks for "visiting". Email me IF you'd like! I'd love hearing for any or ALL of you! I have enjoyed responses there since lots of people seem unable to comment on the blog here.
Have a great weekend EVERYone!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Easter is over, but...
Yeah...the message lives on, but I'm not going to PREACH today.
Reading THE UNQUIET MIND now...the author (Kay Redfield Jamison)...was a psychiatric "student" and has lots of KNOWLEDGE about bipolar. (She suffers from this ILLNESS, as well.) I no longer am suicidal (as in many years past), but in my HEAD I feel "at times" the desire to LEAVE everyone and be introverted in order to "spare" people and feel comfort myself with NO need to feel bad for being hard to "be around". However...
The good thing is that I'm seeing my MANIC side as "illness" instead of my "personality". Most people see my actions as the latter. This is true for many "mentally ill" people...WE ARE PEOPLE, though and ONE point of my blog is to SHOW the "people side" of us. We really can offer a loyal and true friendship IF given the chance. I know I am sometimes overwhelmed with how many "wonderful and true friends" (and even relatives, the hardest people to "get along with" sometimes) who DO stand by me and two of three sisters, as well as a brother. I feel loved and for this I am TRULY greatful! THANK YOU GOD!
We all deserve to feel like PEOPLE and to feel that we are LOVED. I want to make bipolar or any other mentally ILL people feel THIS acceptance and love, too!
SO...That's it for this time! I am surprised that NO ONE responded (NOT HERE, but through EMAIL) to my April Fools post. However my DEAR husband didn't notice that either because in scanning quickly at the top of the page it looks like just another "title" for the former POST. If you want to go check it out...it will be there forever and later in the archives! (Does anyone read those? I must admitt that I don't read the OLDIES very often and I only follow a FEW blogs...mostly my three daughter's blogs and a friend of my youngest daughter's...BUT still don't have much time for that! Even a HOMEMAKER and never "really employed" woman with grown "children" is a busy person...
Have a great week...I'll post again...You can count on that whether anyone reads or NOT!
Reading THE UNQUIET MIND now...the author (Kay Redfield Jamison)...was a psychiatric "student" and has lots of KNOWLEDGE about bipolar. (She suffers from this ILLNESS, as well.) I no longer am suicidal (as in many years past), but in my HEAD I feel "at times" the desire to LEAVE everyone and be introverted in order to "spare" people and feel comfort myself with NO need to feel bad for being hard to "be around". However...
The good thing is that I'm seeing my MANIC side as "illness" instead of my "personality". Most people see my actions as the latter. This is true for many "mentally ill" people...WE ARE PEOPLE, though and ONE point of my blog is to SHOW the "people side" of us. We really can offer a loyal and true friendship IF given the chance. I know I am sometimes overwhelmed with how many "wonderful and true friends" (and even relatives, the hardest people to "get along with" sometimes) who DO stand by me and two of three sisters, as well as a brother. I feel loved and for this I am TRULY greatful! THANK YOU GOD!
We all deserve to feel like PEOPLE and to feel that we are LOVED. I want to make bipolar or any other mentally ILL people feel THIS acceptance and love, too!
SO...That's it for this time! I am surprised that NO ONE responded (NOT HERE, but through EMAIL) to my April Fools post. However my DEAR husband didn't notice that either because in scanning quickly at the top of the page it looks like just another "title" for the former POST. If you want to go check it out...it will be there forever and later in the archives! (Does anyone read those? I must admitt that I don't read the OLDIES very often and I only follow a FEW blogs...mostly my three daughter's blogs and a friend of my youngest daughter's...BUT still don't have much time for that! Even a HOMEMAKER and never "really employed" woman with grown "children" is a busy person...
Have a great week...I'll post again...You can count on that whether anyone reads or NOT!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
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