D D Lunch with Barb, my yesterday, water heater

  Friday 4/23  a.m. Burchie left and came back 3 xs  each time saying DONE!   3rd time must have been the charm because they left together in his truck.
Don't even feel comfortable going for a coffee refill when the arguing is down that end of the house near the coffee pot.    sigh!  Heard from her in between his going and coming back that to hurt her he is going to blackball her friend (alcoholic) at the fire station he works at because he lied to him as to not seeing her last night. Position is for a night dispatcher and Tom is in the top 8 of the 30 that applied for the position.
      After they left the Polish in me began making stuffed cabbage for supper and  the cook-out tomorrow.
Hubby wanted oatmeal..put another pot on the stove... As he is sitting there at the table facing the front window, he asks me if Randy is here. In the kitchen the only window faces the neighbors back yard. Off I trot to check out front and see his red truck thru the window. After trips here there and everywhere Randy finally found and is replacing the brackets that hold the railings of the wheelchair ramp up. Ones put on originally were not a good quality and broke off.

    4/24  Had a wonderful lunch and visit with my friend Barb.... God Bless her...she's a listener. Barb if you are reading this, thanks for the 2 hours spent together every so often. Better than any couch therapy. I shit you not!
After that wonderful lunch , moi is ashamed to say that she put on a small pan of potatoes....ate whipped potatoes and 2 stuffed cabbages for supper at 6:30...YUM!  If hubby isn't up to going to the cookout today, I'll  give him some before I leave. Have them in a crock pot warming up & the aroma is wafting in the air...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Did a little shopping inn WalMart. Some on sale items with the sale price on the tag were not ringing up as being on sale. After watching the clerk get rejections on these items , moi said " forget it". My bag was lighter , wallet was heavier.
The two lovers came in close to 4 which is when she had to get ready for work. Working all day prepping food today and a function tomorrow. Work 3 days in a row. Yes!!   Less time for socializing.
Some mention was made about her black work pants getting tight. The newest pair fit and other 2 or 3 are snug.    MOI: Remember me telling you that if a person drinks 2 tonics/soda's a day that equals 72 cups of sugar a year???  The rum is loaded with sugar too.
The remark she made to moi..         ..ready...........................".Guess I'll have to find another drink I like !"
I shit you not!
   Always something.... Randy noticed the pressure escape valve on the water heater is all rusted out & is leaking like a sieve. Water everywhere under it. Took the piece off after I found him the plumbing tools to match up at the local hardware store. My shower is on hold now.. that's what I get for procrastinating. Push comes to shove moi will use those hospital large soap fill wet cloths sent home with hubby on his discharge and run cold water over my hair. Looking like a wild woman presently, no exaggeration.  I shit you not!
Just asked hubby if he was going with me to the cook out.. Legs are bothering him too bad. Without a question his legs are bad. Has hardly any muscle left in one of them... One is hper sensitive & one he feels no sensation below the knee. Always in  pain, just different levels.
   Moi proposes a question to you readers.  Those hand dryers in public restrooms.... moi thinks they should be lowered. The reason why???  Was at a chiropractic seminar some years back , co-workers and moi were cracking up over something pretty silly and I pissed my pants laughing. I shit you not!. Headed for the nearest restroom in that hotel.  Do you have any idea how hard it is to get your ass up high enough to dry your pants????  Knew I couldn't ... but also couldn't just go to our room & change without first trying to make less wet and making fun of myself. Wonder what strangers coming in thought seeing me with my ass in the air... The 2 co-workers still working there at the chiropractic office still have a good laugh when they remember that scene.  lmfao still too!
Or the time we were at another seminar and moi......... and another time.........for another time.
$37. and some odd cents for that water heater piece... This is a hot water on demand water heater. Small bread box type. Only $13 and some odd cents for a pressure valve for one for those tall upright water heaters. Water heater is repaired ..no more hearing a high pitched whine .no more procrastinating. ..oops, lost water pressure....Sombay called..they are on their way to get me. Wet naps here I come.
That's All Folks!

D D Main players in todays Soap Opera Moi,Jill,Butchie

That long pause ( blank space ) between the intro and what my day was like....... may not have been in error.  Someone or some thing must know moi VERY WELL.  I shit you not!
Until I find a fix for both the long blank space and my diarreah of the fingers, plz bear with me.....
   Moi got out yesterday!! Once showered, dressed and in my car it felt gooooooooooooooooooooood!
Been alot of days ( too many ) that moi showers sometime during the day ( not always in the morning ) but none the less does and dons a clean set of pj's . None of that all dressed up and no place to go. Just don't feel like going or getting dressed most days. Two miles to the center of town where a dying mall is... Choices to shop in are KMart, Dollar Store (new), Burlington Coat Factory and a grocery store chain of which there are 3 along the length of one main road in town. Buckets under leaks in the roof are all over Burlington Coat Factory. Owner never made improvements so all other stores moved out. Moi likes BCF ...found 2 of the cutest sun dresses for the great grand b day cookout tomorrow. Got a kiddies sand pail, tissue paper, bubbles, kids jewelry all for a buck a piece & filled the sand pail. Was undecided on a gift bag or the sand pail. Think I made the right choice. Then hit the grocery store for cabbage, hamburger & other essentials  to the tune of $80. Seeing what I had on the counter, again reminded me of how people are feeding their families. Moi shakes her head and sighs.
   Before I left moi took the bull by the horns ...emailed a friend I met in bingo years back.... moi loves her company ....end result, we meet for lunch at Applebee's today. YAY!  There is a WalMart in that same plaza ...know where I will be before or after lunch.   I shit you not!  Bird seed, cat litter, all those other things that find their way into my cart that moi can't live without.. LOL
   Kid#7 Jill left at 1 p.m. .....have not heard from here since... Butchie came looking for her around 7..In reality he came to use the house phone to trick her into answering her cell phone. Didn't work...most times doesn't answer moi's calls at night. Stated he was getting fed up with this shit.
Dejavu...just came for his phone charger and I might add, he was quite upset. Talked to her on the phone this morning and she wouldn't say where she was...love her so much.... don't know what to do... i've done nothing...3 weeks she is crying on my shoulder and now this, I did nothing yesterday... cut down a tree for some extra money... I get this.  Finally interrupted him... " How do you think I feel Butchie?... I don't have the daughter that I had... We never had a cross word between us... Now when I look for birthday card for her, I can't buy her the ones with the beautiful , meaningful verses that I use to... I love her too."  Have always liked to buy clothes ( especially for girls/women... Always have picked up stuff that moi thought the grands ( boys/girls ) would like ... yesterday was no different.. bought Jill clothes.  Door just opened and she came in. The worry that she is dead somewhere is over. This time!!! There were others and as sure as the sun will shine again there will be others.
Right before Jill came in moi was going to say that Ryan's wife Sarah has a birthday June 3rd. Can't wait for her to open her gift. Moi knows she loves clothes .... my fingers shopped online sales  since Christmas all winter long... Ryan calls her " My Barbie Doll ".... LMAO... I shit you not!
   Butchie just came back..... my anxiety level rises when I hear discord  which is what I'm hearing now.
That's All Folks!
  



  

D D ..... Need to take a page from YDG

   Need to take a page from YellowDogGranny. It was her blog that inspired me to write one myself.
Jackiesue doen't suffer from the same disease ......diarrhea of the mouth,  as I do..........In this particular case it's of the fingers. I shit you not!
   Yesterday Butchie came to pick up Logan and take him to the Shriners where his mom was working catering. Circus was being set up in the main area... people were practicing their performances. Mom fed them lunch. Circus' are so lame compared to when I was a kid orrrrrrrrrr is it because when I was a kid, thru a childs eyes... they were spectacular ?  Back home , friends converged and tested the pool water ... Yup warmer was the consensus.....dip insued ...no warmer............. OUT, wrapped in towels, shivering. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..This is April folks! Not until June is it swimming weather and even then, NOT for moi !
   Did get out there to putter..that word describes it best. No difference in appearance because so much needs doing. What little I do, can't be noticed,  least not by me. The work needing done looks insurmountable.  I shit you  not!
   Cheryl, kid #5 just called to tell me about her bad dream last night.  Dreamt her daughters shihtzu Oreo ran out the door. She started calling her name and every black and white dog around was running in and out the door. Even a skinny chihuahua... Was so much chaos she couldn't see if Oreo was amongst them and woke up crying.
Oreo was beside her on the bed.  Wished me a Happy Earth Day... she and Trevor will go across the street to pick up some roadside trash ... their part of improving this earth.   Happy Earth Day everyone.
   Moi thinks she will do her part to help the economy and go shopping for a b day gift for a great grand daughter turning 4.    Cook out ..b day party in NH on Saturday. Got the card, lol.. Me and cards have a thing going. Most I remember to buy long before the important date.. andddddddddddddddd a special internet friend sent me a beautiful selection of cards from QVC for my birthday. Can NEVER have enough cards orrrrrrrrrrrrr yarn. I shit you not!
Asked hubby if he wants to go this year...replied the way he is feeling as of late, may not be alive. When questioned...replied " just don't feel right." Chirorpractor suggested Pedialite to replace electrolites lost during colonostopy.  One quart...$5.19  I shit you not!
Yesterday he told me to cancel his dermaology appointment for 9 a.m. in West Roxbury today and today he said he did it because he didn't think he had a ride there. Not so! Was told that Jill would drive him there....she had no work. Does Fri., Sat. and possibly Sunday. His reason to cancel that appt. was because he has a prescheduled appt. in June as told to moi by him yesterday. Saw no sense in keeping the one made before he left the hospital earlier this month.  Are you sure was my reply... many times, before the yes turned ugly.   Moi can't win.
  Another Hallmark moment last night. Moi ( dragging her ass after toiling in the soil ) made Italian sweet sausages with peppers and onions, Jill, Kid #7 made hotdogs, burgers, french fries, corn on the cob
Now as I type I smell bacon cooking...this sleepover friend will want to move in..LOL
   A new day..... one day at a time.
That's All Folks!

Dear Diary Up : ) and down : (

Being long winded I hear isn't the way to go when you write a  blog. Not an  interesting  read, I've read..  Been running at the fingers trying to fill you in on a lifetime of mine.   Moi will try to lessen the gab and if you are getting tired eyes, give moi a hollar!!!
Another thing...anyone know how to get rid of that long BLANK  pause before you see my running at the mouth ???  Give me a hollar, if you do.
If I need to make another template or chose another, moi will find her way in the pitch darkness.  Know nothing about this stuff. Never thought I'd ever want a computer. Boy ! Was I ever wrong. I shit you not!
Grandkid!7 moved in with his 10 years back. Except for using one at work with a chiropractors program in it for billing, etc., I knew not of the cyber space world.
Began with using a WalMart bought poker game.........it was Thanksgiving Day.  Turkey was in the oven and at some point grandkid#13, his brother began to say every so often.... mom, we better order pizza cause nana won't get off the computer.  That must tell you something. LOL Damnit, moi did not want to even eat pizza. I shit you not!
After a few more WalMart bought games ,moi got brazen... Had grandson #
7 show me how to get online and I haven't been off since. I shit you not! Still learning as I go and asking when I need to.   : ) 
Am a tokenaire in some Texas Holdem sites.. Millions of useless tokens..I want em!  I want em!. LOL  :  ) Anything you want to know about the game....ask away... if you want a long story. ha,ha
In 9 or less years, moi has gone through her first which was a laptop and am on my 2nd PC or whatever it' s called.. Am not savy with the jargon and God help any person I have to talk to when there is a problem and my ISP needs to get involved. . Patience is their strong virtue.   I shit you not!
  Kid#7 Jill disappeared some time between 4 and 5 yesterday... long before the sleep overs and Logan's other friends left here at 6. . Called me around 7 p.m. ( thick tongued ) to tell me she was going over to a friends house for a drink. ( friend= 2  married alcoholics ) So going from a bar where she was drinking to a house for a drink, didn't seem the wise thing to do to me.
"Is it necessary", I asked. Her reply was " no, but I didn't have to call and tell you."   True, I'm thinking.
Told her she knew how I worried about her driving.  Are you ready for this one???
" I wouldn't drive if I didn't think I could. "     She said that, I shit you not!
Came in at 10:30 p.m. with wobbly legs under her.... am I supposed to be assured that wheels under her are any better???
Has work today .. Shriner's widows and widowers get together every so often and enjoy a meal. .Just left..no mention of last night....looks none the worse for it. Damn,damn. 
Going to be a beautiful day...think weatherman said 70 degrees. Great swimming weather...lmao at what I just wrote. There was no sleep over last night. Nana and papa slept soundly..
Moi needs to be retrained. Forgot to add chlorine to the pool last night. Oh well, tonight is another night. Adding it at night it doesn't get eaten up by the sun during the day.... crystal clear pool all summer, every summer for the past 34 years. We ( ourselves ) just put our 3rd new liner in last year. Very easy to do if you know a few secrets to it. Ordered it factory direct... big price increase since the last one we put in 17 years before, but still much,much cheaper than going thru a pool company. Big time savings! I shit you not!

Okay, I see I'm running at my fingers again.  Trying.... cross my heart....

That's All folks!

Dear Diary More of yesterday, all my days

Getting off to a late start ended up with more done than  moi anticipated.
Minutes after signing off Kid 4 Randy came from N.H. to finish off the cement work around the bulkhead. . Not only did he do that, but he hung lights all around down there.  Next project he has in mind to do is to improve ( replace our dryer venting system) where it won't come apart and will be easy to clean every few years. Sounds good to me.
Since hubby hasn't been able to get things done in a long time, moi has been buying the tools she wants to use in the yard , including a super duper wet/dry vac,  leaf blower, even my own little tool box for quick fixes so that I don't have to ask  hubby where each of those are as I need them. Moi gets peppered with questions on what I am up to and WHY.  Times a wasting ....explaining myself ,so to speak. He even had one of the kids pick me up a small battery charged saw from him as his gift to me one Christmas..... Much easier to trim dead branches off the azeleas and rhododendruns and the like. Much appreciated ,especially if it makes my life easier.
Jill cut the front and back lawns, spread lime.... as if that wasn't enough she, Logan and 2 of his friends OPENED the pool. She put Shock in it and vacuumed it, once yesterday and again this morning. This is April! The water is freezing... Our night temperature is still dipping into the 30's.
\Usually she opens it right before Memorial Day... Would say WE, but even then it's too early. All the stuff is falling from trees still and the water is really not a swimming temp. either. Not to mention the chlorine it takes to maintain the pool. Was getting 100 lbs for $100 on sale up until this economy went crazy.. Now it's $150.
Been using 75 lbs of the granulated stuff a season. Opened in April it will take the whole hundred pounds.
Moi cleaned the fridge out and was gopher. Hubby put batteries in the solar lights and left them for me to put where I wanted them. All in all a very good day.
   Logan had not one, but 2 friends sleep over last night. Never thought they would fall asleep. They were still going at 1 a.m. Logan always has been the 1st one in the pool once it's open..Today was no different. I shit you not! The L Street Brownies are well known for walking into the freezing ocean in Boston when the snow is still flying... he might, he just might join them in a dip someday.
He and his friends jumped in...were out as soon as they could catch their breath..  Twice!!!!!
Daughter says she took a picture.... maybe I'll remember to post it before the summer is over. LOL
What time do sleep over friends usually go home? It's 3 minutes after 3. They are outdoors today in this beautiful 65 degree weather. lmao , he just ran in to tell his mom that the pool is already starting to warm up and is jumping in again. This time moi took a picture. Logan swam the length of the pool... all 4 have decided that the water wasn't as warm as they thought it was.. Yep, I said 4.... kid his age 3 houses away came over and went back home for a bathingsuit. 11 year old boys are crazy like that. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
If nothing else, moi has to say...the pool looks much better opened than covered.  Butchie came here this morning after 8, just in time to finish the second vacuuming for her.  Jill stayed home all day and all night. Thank you Lord.  She also did the grocery shopping this afternoon for me... usually does this on Tuesdays and I venture out maybe one more time.  Is it me???  Moi thinks we should have direct deposit to the local grocery store we shop at. YOU????  Can't imagine how I could feed a large family now. No meal is CHEAP.
There was a small store ( not a variety store ) where once I could purchase 3 lbs of hamburger or chicken for a DOLLAR. Those were the days!!!  I shit you not!
Been doing a little this and that in the yard...going back out to do more of the same.
That's All Folks!

Dear Diary My morning is on hold.

Good morning. 8:48 a.m.  Not a creature is stirring, nor a human either for that matter, except moi. Ferrets had play time while moi cleaned their cage...fast aleep now. Charlie was fed.. Dogs apparently didn't get enough sleep ...woke for awhile to relieve themselves..snoring away again. Logan woke up at 6 p.m. yesterday. FINALLY!
 Jill stayed home til we came back at 3 after a delicious meal at  the OutBack.  Dang! Glad our waitress remembers the way we like our steaks cooked.. Medium, not medium well  as I said yesterday.
Lydia our waitress/waitperson knows what we order by heart. " The usual ", is what she asks.
Creatures of habit, we are. Once in a great while we surprise ourselves and look at the menu. Sometimes we surprise ourselves even more and order something different.
   Jill took off at 3 when we got back, delivered Logan the Wendy's meal he called her and asked for ( met her outside at 6:30 ) and she drove off. Called me somewhere between 8 and 9 to tell me that she was going to Butchie's for awhile. Lit, of course. Came in after 11. Logan was still awake & was at 1:30 a.m . She was sound asleep. The phone call was a nice surprise, cause usually that don't happen.
Logan's poor friend went home at 5p.m. His mom picked him up. Asked him at 3 if he was bored. Kinda, he said. During the summer school vacation Logan's friends will come to the door several times over the course of the morning, asking if he is up.  How can he sleep that long, they ask.  Every door bell ring or knock the lap dogs BARK until scolded. Complete chaos with aplliances running, tv's going and dogs barking. Moi would love to get her hands around the throat of the person/persons that made those commercial with a door bell ringing.  I shit you not!  Even hubby will tell me someone is at the door.. no one in sight when I get to the door. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
   House is waking up... 9:32.... Sun is shining...do I really want to get down on the ground.. Just remembered, ground is still soggy wet. Yessssssssssssssssss..Saved! lol
Moi surprised herself last night. Logan was saying he can't touch his toes.... Moi did it 4x's. Hubby was worried I wouldn't be able to stand straight up again and convinced me to stop. Can you picture me jack knived in my coffin ??? Not a pretty sight, comical yes.
   Hubby is the only person still asleep. Usually my keyboard clicking away annoys him if he wakes up to it. Moi must want to get growled at this morning. . What the hell, I'm going for it. LOL
For too many years I awoke after only a few hours of sleep 1,2,3,4 a.m.  Called it my quiet time. Would knit, crochet, read, play games, etc. in the computer. No disturbances..... just me and my thoughts.
After 10 years or more, moi realized it wasn't healthy for the body....mind ,maybe yes.  Take 2 over the counter sleeping pills around 9 p.m. and sleep from 10 or 11ish to 5, 5:30 or 6 a.m.
I'm a morning person. Always have been. Begin to fizzle out around 3 p.m.  Problem now is getting things done, so not to wake hubby.  That leaves housework out until he wakes.  Clock is ticking away today. Plenty of time to spend in here today and in days past....... if you haven't noticed.  LMAO   Jill will drive him into Boston to V.A. for a dermatology appointment the 22nd and moi will fly around our bedroom changing bedding , vacuuming, straightening . It's a 9 a.m. appt. and at that time of morning you have to get on the road/highway an hour and a half before appt. time.  Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss  !!! I'll work up a good sweat.

Only a moher could love this face.  awwwwwwwwwwwww poor baby. LOL

Patriot's Day here today... Runners must have started running the marathon. Think it's 26 miles they run...maybe 28..
Time to make some serious noise....... My ass is getting sore sitting here.  I shit you not!
That's All Folks!

Dear Diary A sad time for daughter in law Deb

Got a call this morning from kid#6... Louis ( I always called him Sonny ) called to tell me his wife Deb's father passed away Friday. Shocker!!!! Jim is a good 6 years or better younger than moi and when I last saw him he looked great. Lost weight, which was needed for better health.  Was found dead in bed ... Spent his winters in St.Pete, FL and from May to early November he lived in my neighborhood.  Before I gave up on going to bingo, Jim would call and offer to drive me.. Knew I didn't drive at night, so it was much aprreciated.
Spent a month in FL at Deb and Sonny's March of 2009  and we all celebrated his birthday at an OutBack.
Plans are being made to have his body brought back here. Wake and funeral will follow.
Been making calls to my kids and a good friend whom he always sat with at bingo. Barb also spent a week one winter at his place with him. She too was shocked to hear the news. Someone had just asked her when Jim would be back up from Florida.
  Watched Florida wildlife  on USTREAM last nite and early this morning. Check it out!  A bear this morning eating corn....crunch,crunch,crunch. A flock of turkeys came after the bear left.... squirrels.. Last night the infra red camera was on.  Lots of raccoons eating peanut butter and other goodies. One lone possum trying to get some food, 3 deer way in the background... The night time sounds were something to hear. Calling all nature lovers to that site..This guy spends alot on food for the critters. If you have a buck or two to spare, it would be much appreciated.   . A must view.  I shit you not!
    Nearing noon... Grandson Logan's sleep over friend got up after 10 and Logan made an appearance sometime close to 11 and is sound asleep with his throw wrapped around in in the parlor chair.  Don't know what time they hit the hay.. Moi did after 11 and woke a few times when I heard the fridge open or some other noise. The two of them did the same thing the night before..up half the night.
We have to guarantee the friends mother 2 nights over or he can't stay.... have you ever heard of this?
Parents sure are different than when I was young.  Moi thinks it's just this one mother. Other kids in the neighborhood have slept over 1 night.
   Talked to my grandson Trevor when I called to tell kid#5 about Jim passing. Trevor has autism. He is a love.  Many of us in the family knew that Trevor had some problem early on, but mom gets ugly if anything is said about her kids to her. Would listen to his dad say how cute it was the way he amused himself opening and shutting the fridge door. Here he would turn the tv on and off repeatedly.. Fill in the Etch a Sketch and scream if it was erased and go right back to filling it in again.  As luck would have it, somewhere around when he was 2 they took him to a Chuckycheese place. There he proceeded to constantly lock and unlock the high chairs provided there. As told by them, when they looked around at what the other kids were doing ..it hit them that something was wrong with his actions. Made an appointment with his pediatrician...seen by others in the medical field ...Early Intervention was begun.  Moi can't say enough about that program. They deserve so much praise for recognizing the early years are most important if caught then..
Trevor is  high functioning , but will never be able to live on his own. Moi shouldn't say that..maybe there will be more break throughs in years to come. He is so smart in some things..like reading. Was ahead of his cousin that is a year and 3 months older than him in reading.  He speaks like a small adult and has for some time. July 17th he will be 10. He thrives on attention and because of his autism he is so innocent in the ways of the world. Told me all about his school trip to the Museum of  Science and him and dad are going to the movies tomorrow.  It's school vacation week in MA. beginning tomorrow.
   Hubby is in the shower. The rain ended this morning.  If feeling up to it he likes to go to the OutBack for the 6 oz. Speicial, medium well.  Moi likes the same. Occasionaly we get medium rare. Him, salad with no tomatoes, cukecumbers or cheese ( honey mustard dressing ), sweet potato with nothing on it.
Moi, a salad with nothing omitted ( thousand island dressing ), a baked potato with everything on it.  Been good the past few months..was getting a 2nd evertything on it.. I shit you not!
   Kid #7 Jill is on her way out the door to the Moose installation.. Sleepover friend is eating a tuna sandwich, doritos and has a coke in his hand. Logan is still curled up on the parlor chair asleep.  Mentioned to her we would probably be going out to eat. Go ahead, she said.  My reply back was I didn't think the kids mother would like the fact that they are left alone.  Couldn't hear her comment as I was walking back in my room.
Silly me, like what could possibly happen with 2 eleven year olds home alone ???????  My grandson Logan babysits his 7 year old step brother on Fridays when he is at his dad's house for an hour or so until his step mother gets home from work.  Maybe I'm just being a worrying nana. He's a good kid, but still a kid.
That's All Folks!