This was Not suppose to happen! This was suppose to be my weekend to get every thing organized before my opporation on Tues. But Nooo I've come down with a slight cold AARRRGGG! I'm not feeling good I've missed church because of my head being stuffed up, and my left shoulder hasn't help the situation much. It started out on Thurs. when Ch ended up in the e.r. while I was at work I felt a sharp pain, from under my shoulder blade and having a hard time moving. So after J gets home from school, and after changing and fighting with C to get his shoes back on, we headed to my Chiroprators office. Thank goodness he wasn't busy, he found one of my ribs pushed back out of place and he adjusted it back into place. By the time friday evening came I was in a little more pain, and asked to go home early. Which didn't happen we were actually busy after two weeks of being called to remain at home. I was not very pleased in how my night went. I did make money that's was good, on the other hand having a shoulder in pain doesn't help. One of my co-workers, asked if I was okay I said no not really I'm in a lot of pain, I have no choice but to work. Wow that's dedication to your work. And to your clients that need you there more than at home.
You know that's why I'm really not liking were I work, they rather be in business for themselves rather than looking out for the therapist if I known this I would have happen I would, not have agreed to work for them. Right now there is nothing I can do, until after the surgery and at least three weeks of full recovery. I'm going to go ahead and look for a new job. One that is more reliable than what I'm doing right now. I love what I do but I'm in a do or die situation. There is a trip that is coming up next year and one way or another I'm taking my family on this vacation! Even though I'm not all that well today, I'm trying my best in not let the little things get in the way. Ch is feeling better today, which I'm glad that he is. His back is a little sore, and it bad enough that I'm down today.
The only good part of working at this place, is I'm learning hot stone massage. There is a down side to it. This is one expense I'm not sure I can handle at the moment. I can go and get them from a river bank, or I can order the complete set on line at my favorite massage warehouse. Either way it costs money, I'm not sure if I will be able to complete the training. I have one other option I have to talk to her and see what she says I should do. She's a very speical massage therapist, and has helped me with my back many times even though she's okay with me not paying her I feel it's not fair. So when I get some extra money I will repay and then recieve a massage from her. Her work is really good, she's been doing massage longer than I have. Yet she understands how hard, and frusterating this work can get, I'm very blessed to have her work on me.
I've had few bumps this week and each, one has brought a friend along the way. I called K and told her about my situation the kids were with me, I had no other choice but to take them to the Chiroprators office. I asked for prayers, she gladly said she would and if I needed anything, just to let her know. After walking out of the store I realized that I forgot the pedia pops and not wanting to go back in and just getting home. My mom in law was out of town and wouldn't be home until later than expected so, having to take K's offer she gladly accepted. I also called our bible study teacher and mentor left a message on her answering machine. She called me and asked what was going on? I explained to her everything that I've been through she said wow your in pretty good spirits! Yes I am some one has to. No time to worry it will work itself out. Which it did! In the meantime I'm resting which is no fun. Many of you have come and read me, and know how much I dispise being in bed. That's where I'm going to be, for the rest of the day.
Oh by the way I have a gmail addy, so here it is feel free to leave an email or chat with me since I'm here. So here it is: summerrose06@gmail.com; Better yet since I'll be home most of the time in Feb go ahead and stop by and say hello. I'm going now, and hopefully get better by tomorrow, I still have to work. Have a good week everyone!
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
HNT
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As promised here is my before picture of my not so pretty breast that have caused me to gain weight and lots of pain in the neck surgeries. Have a Happy Half Nekkid Thursday.
The following image is not suitable for work.
As promised here is my before picture of my not so pretty breast that have caused me to gain weight and lots of pain in the neck surgeries. Have a Happy Half Nekkid Thursday.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Mmmooommmy It's Cold!!
Yes C mommy knows it's cold, and that is why you were suppose to wear your warm p.j.'s. It's been in the low 20's most of Cali, has been under a freeze warning since the temps have dropped, there is no rain in sight, light snow pack for Lake Tahoe and it doesn't look like it's going to get any better. Yesterday morning I wanted to see if was any warmer and I found ice on the inside of the sliding glass door. The same day as the mold inspector was coming to our house. Ch showed his dad where the ice had been, after it had warmed up by the sun it had melted away. Of course I wanted to do a little science experiment to see how cold it's gotten.....let's just say it's much warmer in the house than dealing with water. Actually our water hose has been frozen solid and that's been a real pain in the ass. I and Ch has had to take water from the house to our running auto's to get the ice off the windshields, and having them freeze right back up again.
As for the day time temps depends on where you live, for us it's barley in the low 40's if we're lucky in the high 50's. Barely an end in sight, as of right now we're still having two more nights of low 20's and close to 60 during the day starting tomorrow night back in the 30's, a slight change not by much. I've just about had enough of this cold freeze I would rather have some freaken rain! And were not getting any of that, not this month I've looked into the forecast for next month for us, not much better, no rain higher temps, we'll see. I'm not too thrilled with this weather outlook, I've seen it this dry before. Reminds me of the droughts that I grew up with as a child no rain, and the rain that we would have it would fall side ways where it wouldn't touch the ground because of the high winds that would come with it. We would wake up the next morning with not a drop on the ground. The mountains would get the same treatment barely any snow and the ski resorts have had their fair share of hardly any snow on the ground. I've seen pics on the news on how the skiing is in Lake Tahoe, it's there but not like it's been in the past two years. Reminds me of what it was like when I and Ch, had gotten married with little snow on the ground. The driving conditions haven't been that bad for us, we're not living in tough parts of Cali, I've seen the pics heard the traffic reports. It could be a lot worse, and thankfully it's not.
I'm making sure that both boys are wearing head gear to school, and both of them are dressed warmly enough. J doesn't have a long walk he picks the bus up at the school near our home and they take him across the highway to the middle school there. C gets picked up in front of our house and they drive him to and from school. Each night after work I have been changing into warm sweats and a pair of warm hunting socks that Ch bought me, they keep my feet nice and toasty. It's too darn cold to go with out something warm on the feet. By the time the sun starts to set the temp starts to drop. Even though it's been cold in the mornings J has refused to let me drive him to school no matter how cold it's been, he would rather walk in the cold. He's got a warm coat he's been wearing, and warm shirts underneath, it still doesn't set too well, with me. The only thing I can do is pray he doesn't get sick from the cold, that would mean that I will not be able to have my operation done at the end of the month. Which by the way is in two weeks and counting. And yes I will be posting a pic of a before and after, I'm a little nervous over this operation I know this one will be more intense than the last four I've had done. This one has a little more recovery time than my previous surgeries. I' ll be glad when it's all over and after a months rest or so I'll be back to doing my normal activitesAnother long drawn out post sheesh! You think by now I would be able to post and maybe start on another. With the kids back in school and with my work it's been a little difficult to get any posting done. May your weekend be a good one and if it's cold your way I'm thinking of you.
As for the day time temps depends on where you live, for us it's barley in the low 40's if we're lucky in the high 50's. Barely an end in sight, as of right now we're still having two more nights of low 20's and close to 60 during the day starting tomorrow night back in the 30's, a slight change not by much. I've just about had enough of this cold freeze I would rather have some freaken rain! And were not getting any of that, not this month I've looked into the forecast for next month for us, not much better, no rain higher temps, we'll see. I'm not too thrilled with this weather outlook, I've seen it this dry before. Reminds me of the droughts that I grew up with as a child no rain, and the rain that we would have it would fall side ways where it wouldn't touch the ground because of the high winds that would come with it. We would wake up the next morning with not a drop on the ground. The mountains would get the same treatment barely any snow and the ski resorts have had their fair share of hardly any snow on the ground. I've seen pics on the news on how the skiing is in Lake Tahoe, it's there but not like it's been in the past two years. Reminds me of what it was like when I and Ch, had gotten married with little snow on the ground. The driving conditions haven't been that bad for us, we're not living in tough parts of Cali, I've seen the pics heard the traffic reports. It could be a lot worse, and thankfully it's not.
I'm making sure that both boys are wearing head gear to school, and both of them are dressed warmly enough. J doesn't have a long walk he picks the bus up at the school near our home and they take him across the highway to the middle school there. C gets picked up in front of our house and they drive him to and from school. Each night after work I have been changing into warm sweats and a pair of warm hunting socks that Ch bought me, they keep my feet nice and toasty. It's too darn cold to go with out something warm on the feet. By the time the sun starts to set the temp starts to drop. Even though it's been cold in the mornings J has refused to let me drive him to school no matter how cold it's been, he would rather walk in the cold. He's got a warm coat he's been wearing, and warm shirts underneath, it still doesn't set too well, with me. The only thing I can do is pray he doesn't get sick from the cold, that would mean that I will not be able to have my operation done at the end of the month. Which by the way is in two weeks and counting. And yes I will be posting a pic of a before and after, I'm a little nervous over this operation I know this one will be more intense than the last four I've had done. This one has a little more recovery time than my previous surgeries. I' ll be glad when it's all over and after a months rest or so I'll be back to doing my normal activitesAnother long drawn out post sheesh! You think by now I would be able to post and maybe start on another. With the kids back in school and with my work it's been a little difficult to get any posting done. May your weekend be a good one and if it's cold your way I'm thinking of you.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Back To Normal
As most of you have read it's back to normal, I did take my loving sister back home over the weekend. Which was a good thing, even if two boys who decided to fuss and fight over not wanting to get ready to leave. One was overly tired fought with me on getting ready to leave, one didn't want to go, he wanted to stay home, which was impossible because CH wasn't here to watch them he was out hunting. With my sister's help she got J up because he was overly tired and complaining of not getting enough sleep, the night before. I explained to him we are running a little late I wanted to be out of here by 9:30 because of the traffic. I also had a little bit of a surprise along the way. Between getting ready to leave and a phone call that I didn't want, which was my work wondering if I could cover for a no show therapist, I declined work. Because I wouldn't be able to get on the road until Sunday. And since school started on Monday I wasn't about to attempt to take her home the following day.
So what was this surprise that I briefly mentioned? I stopped off at my Aunts and Uncles house on our way to my god mothers. They live out in the country, my uncle is a foremen for a dairy that is across from where they live, we don't see them very much and I know that family is very important. I and my siblings have always had a wonderful relationship with them, we always went to their house for the weekends or they would come to our house. They are the only ones who would actually give us kids the time of day, where my mom's brother wouldn't bother with us kids. They would see us every other summer or send us some crazy Christmas gifts, or their daughters would tease the three of us about living on a farm. We didn't care and to this day I still don't talk with my late mom's brother or his wife lost contact with them after my mom had passed away no calls, no letters, which is fine with me. I could careless about them.
As for the one's that visited with on Saturday, they have always been there for us kids. We use to go up and stay almost every weekend with them. I remember my uncle calling my mom and telling her that his wife was expecting any day and if she wouldn't mind being there if she needed anything, my mom called the schools, and she had neighbors watching us while my mom took my aunt to the hospital. We pretty much grew up living on a dairy with my cousins every other weekend. The stuff we use to do would drive my aunt crazy with worry, she would get after us kids for jumping off of hay bails, she was pretty concerned that one of us would break something. His boss that he use to have before he moved, had an apple orchard, every fall he would bring us buckets of apples, my mom would have at least four pies made by the time us kids got home from school. Or she would can them to have for the winter, I remember having them down for Thanksgiving, my mom had her best baked apple pie for desert my uncle loved those pies. He even enjoyed her pumpkin pie as well. Any way back to the visit.
It was a bit of a surprise for my sister, she looked at me and said where are you going? You will see if I don't get lost, I didn't say that out loud though. So we get off the free way and my sister is still looking at me and she says to me, are you sure you know where you are going? Yes I do know where I'm going? We pass one of my uncles house he recently bought which is now up for sale, and we keep going on this country road that seems to go for miles. We get up to the house, and there are a few cars we don't recognize my sister said stay here and I'll go and see if anyone knows our uncle. She goes to the door knocks and a older woman answers the door a second later our cousin comes out to see who is there, she's in total shock that we actually stopped by. She tells us her mom is due home any minute. The woman that had answered the door who knows no English only Spanish. Who is totally not sure who we were, and my cousin thank goodness knew us, was very happy to see us. I forgot to mention my uncle and aunt are Spanish and they are my late moms, brother and sister in law from second marriage.
Our cousin couldn't believe we were there, our cousin explained to us that her mom would be home from work any minute, she said that could at least stay for a while we said sure, we weren't in a hurry. We got filled in on all the details of what was happening with her brothers, one is married living not far from his parents, his sister isn't too crazy over his wife. What can you do but to love them both. One just got off of work, two took off, the other wanted to be included on the conversations we where having. He was a bit surprised, on how well we knew his older brother and sister. My aunt walks into the kitchen gives us both hugs and couldn't believe that we were there, she was very happy to have us there. She gave my cousin some money, so she could go to the store and buy stuff for lunch, she asked if she would call her dad and asked if he would be home for lunch? He asked her why? She said you will see when you get here. To my uncles surprise his favorite niece's were there.
The food that was cooked was amazing, Carne asada, beans, a Mexican salad which included cooked cactus cabbage, lemon, and a little bit of homemade salsa, Oh I almost forgot the tortillas. My aunt had made another Mexican dish. Talk about good, it was every thing that I remembered from my childhood. The other women that we didn't know at first was pretty surprised that our cousins knew us, and after the rounds of greetings and exchange of names. There were more hugs, and welcomes in Spanish. I and my sister we get by on little Spanish that we have. My family asked us all kinds of questions, and wanting to know where my hubby was at? I explained to them he does a lot of hunting, fishing, and working. My other cousin asked if he could come up for a weekend to go fishing on the delta, I said sure call ahead of time so we know not to make any sudden plans. My uncle said he tried to find my house, he couldn't find it so I got on their Internet, got the directions for my uncle so the next time he knows where to go. After we had our lunch, my aunt got to thinking and said you know what today is? We said no? Please tell us. She said in Mexico it's Little Christmas, I can't remember what it means in the Mexican culture. She said that on this day, some one in the family cooks a big meal. My sister and I stopped to think about what she was explaining, we said that something kept telling me to stop off at my uncles house. I didn't dare tell them that it started, before I left the house.
We had a wonderful time at my uncles and aunts house, they said we need to stay in touch a little more often we said we would do so. It's moments like this I'm so blessed to have a wonderful understanding uncle and aunt. We did make it to my god mothers house, stayed there for a short time, turned around and came home. Both boys were pretty tired after playing all day. Actually J was more of the I'll hid from everyone else and C was worn out from jumping on the trampoline that was set up in the yard. I'm just happy to have a peaceful house again, I don't mind having my sister here with me. Sometimes you just need your own space.
This is all for now, I'm thinking of posting a HNT pic, I know it's been a while since I've done one of those. If any one has any thoughts on what to take a pic let me know.
So what was this surprise that I briefly mentioned? I stopped off at my Aunts and Uncles house on our way to my god mothers. They live out in the country, my uncle is a foremen for a dairy that is across from where they live, we don't see them very much and I know that family is very important. I and my siblings have always had a wonderful relationship with them, we always went to their house for the weekends or they would come to our house. They are the only ones who would actually give us kids the time of day, where my mom's brother wouldn't bother with us kids. They would see us every other summer or send us some crazy Christmas gifts, or their daughters would tease the three of us about living on a farm. We didn't care and to this day I still don't talk with my late mom's brother or his wife lost contact with them after my mom had passed away no calls, no letters, which is fine with me. I could careless about them.
As for the one's that visited with on Saturday, they have always been there for us kids. We use to go up and stay almost every weekend with them. I remember my uncle calling my mom and telling her that his wife was expecting any day and if she wouldn't mind being there if she needed anything, my mom called the schools, and she had neighbors watching us while my mom took my aunt to the hospital. We pretty much grew up living on a dairy with my cousins every other weekend. The stuff we use to do would drive my aunt crazy with worry, she would get after us kids for jumping off of hay bails, she was pretty concerned that one of us would break something. His boss that he use to have before he moved, had an apple orchard, every fall he would bring us buckets of apples, my mom would have at least four pies made by the time us kids got home from school. Or she would can them to have for the winter, I remember having them down for Thanksgiving, my mom had her best baked apple pie for desert my uncle loved those pies. He even enjoyed her pumpkin pie as well. Any way back to the visit.
It was a bit of a surprise for my sister, she looked at me and said where are you going? You will see if I don't get lost, I didn't say that out loud though. So we get off the free way and my sister is still looking at me and she says to me, are you sure you know where you are going? Yes I do know where I'm going? We pass one of my uncles house he recently bought which is now up for sale, and we keep going on this country road that seems to go for miles. We get up to the house, and there are a few cars we don't recognize my sister said stay here and I'll go and see if anyone knows our uncle. She goes to the door knocks and a older woman answers the door a second later our cousin comes out to see who is there, she's in total shock that we actually stopped by. She tells us her mom is due home any minute. The woman that had answered the door who knows no English only Spanish. Who is totally not sure who we were, and my cousin thank goodness knew us, was very happy to see us. I forgot to mention my uncle and aunt are Spanish and they are my late moms, brother and sister in law from second marriage.
Our cousin couldn't believe we were there, our cousin explained to us that her mom would be home from work any minute, she said that could at least stay for a while we said sure, we weren't in a hurry. We got filled in on all the details of what was happening with her brothers, one is married living not far from his parents, his sister isn't too crazy over his wife. What can you do but to love them both. One just got off of work, two took off, the other wanted to be included on the conversations we where having. He was a bit surprised, on how well we knew his older brother and sister. My aunt walks into the kitchen gives us both hugs and couldn't believe that we were there, she was very happy to have us there. She gave my cousin some money, so she could go to the store and buy stuff for lunch, she asked if she would call her dad and asked if he would be home for lunch? He asked her why? She said you will see when you get here. To my uncles surprise his favorite niece's were there.
The food that was cooked was amazing, Carne asada, beans, a Mexican salad which included cooked cactus cabbage, lemon, and a little bit of homemade salsa, Oh I almost forgot the tortillas. My aunt had made another Mexican dish. Talk about good, it was every thing that I remembered from my childhood. The other women that we didn't know at first was pretty surprised that our cousins knew us, and after the rounds of greetings and exchange of names. There were more hugs, and welcomes in Spanish. I and my sister we get by on little Spanish that we have. My family asked us all kinds of questions, and wanting to know where my hubby was at? I explained to them he does a lot of hunting, fishing, and working. My other cousin asked if he could come up for a weekend to go fishing on the delta, I said sure call ahead of time so we know not to make any sudden plans. My uncle said he tried to find my house, he couldn't find it so I got on their Internet, got the directions for my uncle so the next time he knows where to go. After we had our lunch, my aunt got to thinking and said you know what today is? We said no? Please tell us. She said in Mexico it's Little Christmas, I can't remember what it means in the Mexican culture. She said that on this day, some one in the family cooks a big meal. My sister and I stopped to think about what she was explaining, we said that something kept telling me to stop off at my uncles house. I didn't dare tell them that it started, before I left the house.
We had a wonderful time at my uncles and aunts house, they said we need to stay in touch a little more often we said we would do so. It's moments like this I'm so blessed to have a wonderful understanding uncle and aunt. We did make it to my god mothers house, stayed there for a short time, turned around and came home. Both boys were pretty tired after playing all day. Actually J was more of the I'll hid from everyone else and C was worn out from jumping on the trampoline that was set up in the yard. I'm just happy to have a peaceful house again, I don't mind having my sister here with me. Sometimes you just need your own space.
This is all for now, I'm thinking of posting a HNT pic, I know it's been a while since I've done one of those. If any one has any thoughts on what to take a pic let me know.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Happy New Year...And A New Look!!
It's been a long while since my last post, so much has been going on that I haven't really had time to put everything in words. For those who have read CH's posts, and wondering why CH hates Kaiser so much, I had finally gotten a hold of them lost my temper, since November they never called me, after I left a message asking them to return my call, to have my surgery done on my breasts. They finally returned my call about the second time I made my complaint known. The receptionist finally called me back and asked what I needed? So this is where the fun begins none of them knew that I had called back in Nov. none of them realized that I had my consultation back in August three 1/2 months ago. She finally comes back and says, you did this two years ago. I shot back and said it was in August that I had another consultation with one of the best known surgeon's at Kaiser in W.C. she starts checking again and said yes you did. Another fun fact to deal with. Your surgeon had openings for your surgery all of December, so why wasn't I notified about it? I've been waiting for two months, for this surgery and your telling me he's had openings way before Christmas? How could you do this to me? I'm the one who has been in pain for the two months it gets worst with each menstrual cycle (sorry to gross you guys out). She said we usually don't take people who have been seen recently only those who have been in six months ago. Oh really, new times gal you either get me an appointment or else! I'm tired of playing games with you people, I even went as far as letting her know that I've had trouble with this surgery department since my very first surgery I've ever had.
After our little ti ft on the phone, I got my appointment. Which was made for Jan 5 Th changed to Jan. 31st no set time just yet. I understand when a young woman has been told she has cancer she goes before me, so they gave her my appointment instead of switching with someone else when I'm sure I'm not the only one who has surges set for the same week. What can you do? Even though I've requested the time off, I needed to get this done. Now I have to talk to my boss who is such a brat! and try to ask for my hours back, she told me once she wouldn't do it, I don't know if she will change her mind. She's the type that doesn't like to make changes when we request them, she's already hired five new massage therapist and has already given me the time off that I needed. It's any one's guess what she will do to me. I could careless what she does to me I can and will find a new job. I've already have a new resume set up, to find a new job with.
J and C have been out of school for three weeks, and are due to return back to school on the Jan 8Th. I really do feel for C, he's had one week of playing at his after school program before Christmas and now he's really, really board. There are few things that interest him, and yet he thinks that no one pays attention to him and he starts acting out. The last two weeks have been full of rotting, bad behavior, and there is no one that I can turn to but to keep letting C know that we love him. J being the oldest has stated he's ready to go back to school, being out for three weeks has been very board. So having two kids being board has brought the worst out in both of them. It's either Mom! he's picking on me or Mom! I can't find this or that or whatever they both find something to fight about. Talk about wanting to lose my patince, and wanting to pull my hair out with both of them, they both need to find something they both can agree on.
Before I close for the night, May every one's New Year be better than the last. As for my new look it was time for a change. I needed it badly, even though I didn't mind the pink, just needed a new look for a New Year.
After our little ti ft on the phone, I got my appointment. Which was made for Jan 5 Th changed to Jan. 31st no set time just yet. I understand when a young woman has been told she has cancer she goes before me, so they gave her my appointment instead of switching with someone else when I'm sure I'm not the only one who has surges set for the same week. What can you do? Even though I've requested the time off, I needed to get this done. Now I have to talk to my boss who is such a brat! and try to ask for my hours back, she told me once she wouldn't do it, I don't know if she will change her mind. She's the type that doesn't like to make changes when we request them, she's already hired five new massage therapist and has already given me the time off that I needed. It's any one's guess what she will do to me. I could careless what she does to me I can and will find a new job. I've already have a new resume set up, to find a new job with.
J and C have been out of school for three weeks, and are due to return back to school on the Jan 8Th. I really do feel for C, he's had one week of playing at his after school program before Christmas and now he's really, really board. There are few things that interest him, and yet he thinks that no one pays attention to him and he starts acting out. The last two weeks have been full of rotting, bad behavior, and there is no one that I can turn to but to keep letting C know that we love him. J being the oldest has stated he's ready to go back to school, being out for three weeks has been very board. So having two kids being board has brought the worst out in both of them. It's either Mom! he's picking on me or Mom! I can't find this or that or whatever they both find something to fight about. Talk about wanting to lose my patince, and wanting to pull my hair out with both of them, they both need to find something they both can agree on.
Before I close for the night, May every one's New Year be better than the last. As for my new look it was time for a change. I needed it badly, even though I didn't mind the pink, just needed a new look for a New Year.
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