Well, knock on wood, but I feel better this morning. I am hoping that all the rest that I got all weekend, combined with the meds and all that nasty gargling, has paid off. Not to mention the air filter. I think that’s a big part of it. I’m going to do some serious cleaning this week, and see if I can get more of the dust out of this house. It’s sooo dusty in here, always has been. I need to find a way to get it out of here and not just stir it up and watch it settle again! 🙂
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Well, I’m still not feeling very well. I feel absolutely horrible in the mornings and at night, and get to feeling a little bit better across the middle part of the day. What’s up with that? If I’m drinking something hot or cold, or have a Chloraseptic in my mouth, my throat is bearable. If not (read: the other 23 hours of the day), then my throat is killing me. I hope that two things speed my recovery – 1) all the over-the-counter medicine I’m taking (tylenol, chloraseptic, sinus medicine and that nasty gargling with warm salty water thing my mother always made me do), and 2) changing the air filter. I know that sounds funny, but I have noticed a pattern the last several months. I start getting stopped up and then get a sore throat or sinus thing going when our allergen air filter gets clogged up and needs changing. So, I got Tim to change it out today and I predict in about 36-48 hours I will start feeling better. I swear, as weird as it sounds, I get sick every time it gets dirty and clogged.
Poor Tim is really suffering today. I don’t feel like going anywhere, so I’m resting and staying here. He doesn’t do well with “sitting around the house” as he calls it. I told him he could go somewhere, anywhere he wanted, but he hasn’t taken me up on that offer. As a consequence, I think he’s fairly miserable. 🙁
He went back on-call Friday night and it didn’t take long – they called twice last night after midnight with problems. I have no idea how long he was up working, I went back to sleep. Bad, unsupportive spouse.
Oh, and in addition to everything else Tim did for us yesterday around here (including cleaning out the garage and getting rid of all the wood shavings– yeah!), he built me a small trellis for our climbing rose. We were looking for one a couple of weekends ago and most of the ones we liked were wood, but they were 25-30 bucks. Tim said, I have some scraps at the house, I can make one for nothing. After all, we hope in a couple of years that the rose grows and fills up the trellis anyway, so it won’t matter that much how it looks. I think it looks good though! It’s a custom design – he built it to go on top of the one that came with the rose, that we planted with it, because it already had several tendrils wrapped around the existing one. Click the -More- link to check it out.
Tim is in super-duper worker mode today. He’s getting a lot done outside, in the garage and in the yard. And playing with his new toolbox on his truck too. 🙂
He planted the pass-along plant we got from our neighbor, the Confederate Rose. Click the -More- link to see a picture. We planted it right outside our bedroom window, so I will be able to see it from inside, which will be nice. I hope it takes off and blooms later in the summer.
I also took a picture of our clematis that is blooming in the backyard. Most of the blooms are open now and it looks really good. They have such big blooms.
I haven’t gotten much rest this afternoon. I fixed Tim some lunch, and then went outside and watched while he planted the plant, and then I watered it with root stimulator, then watered all of the other flowers. That nearly wore me out. So, now I’ve retreated back indoors (read: into the air conditioning) and I’m going to try to take some more medicine and rest a bit. My throat is still hurting really bad. 🙁
Well, I’m feeling quite a bit under the weather today. I woke up yesterday (Friday) morning with a sore throat, which is not all that unusual for me. I get a lot of sore throats. But this one escalated quickly into a full blown sinus thing. I got a lot worse last night and today, I have a pretty decent sinus/migraine headache and my throat hurts so bad, it hurts to talk and swallow. I’ve spent all morning either on the couch or bed, just resting, and will probably spend most of the rest of the day there. Ick. No way to spend a weekend. Tim, thankfully, has lots of things he wants to do outside, in the garage, with his woodworking stuff (mostly cleaning up) and in the yard.
OK, if anyone wants to know, I’ve run some of my errands today. Went to the library this morning and checked out two more books (they are on the sidebar now). I also put a hold on the next Stephanie Plum book (High Five), but it won’t be in for a couple more weeks. I think myself and another person are reading them in order, because he/she has them checked out before me, every time!
I also ran to Kroger and picked up a few things, and am headed out to Sam’s in a few minutes to get a couple more things. Check out the -More- link if you want to see the shopping lists!
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Well, I’m doing my morning surfing and checking on the trivia on Hambones. Also, I just typed up a list of “season finales” and entered it on the TV forum on Hambones. Lots of good shows that we watch either ending forever or for the summer. It’s going to be a long, hot summer with nothing interesting to watch on TV. Will be time to hit the theatre for some summer blockbusters, rent more movies, and (hopefully) watch more from our ever-growing DVD collection. 😀
Some random thoughts I’m having this morning…
The poll of the day on Hambones is about a root canal – in honor of poor Tim having to go to the dentist this morning. 🙂 No root canal today, but he has had two before. I have, thankfully, never had to have one.
Today is Friday the 13th. I don’t really have triskaidekaphobia, although I do have a serious interest in Friday the 13th and superstitions in particular. My favorite EVER term paper I did in high school (or was it college). Learned lots about superstitions, loved it.
We didn’t go walking today because Tim had to work last night and I thought he needed to sleep late.
On the news: The Naval Station in Pascagoula is on the base closure list, out this morning. I hope it dodges the bullet. There’s about 1400 military folks there, the news just reported.
On TV tonight – the last two episodes EVER of Star Trek: Enterprise. Sniff Sniff. I’ve been a Trekkie all my life, and although Enterprise is nowhere near as good as Next Generation was, I still like it and will miss having a Trek show to watch.
Also on TV tonight – the season finale of Numbers, new show that came out mid-season. It appeals to me because of all the math and crime solving. Right up my alley!
I just finished my cappuccino – my splurge that I save for Friday mornings. 😀
I’m headed out in a bit to one of my favorite places on earth – the library! Time to get more books. Like a bookstore, which I love more, but better because it’s FREE!
Elizabeth is supposed to stop by this afternoon and do some laundry. Her apt for the summer doesn’t have a washer and dryer, so hopefully we’ll get to see her more this summer!
I can’t wait for 5 o’clock and Tim getting off work, so we can start our weekend! 😛
OK, I know I should not be admitting this, but I just saw the mouse/rat that is living up under our deck. EWWWW!
Tim said he saw one this past Saturday afternoon late and put some rat poison under the deck. Apparently, it is not working, or hasn’t worked yet. I called him at work and he said the box said it may take up to a week to work. I saw one, THEN TWO, rats come out from up under my deck and start eating my verbena. I thought they were coming to up under my bird feeder to eat the leftovers and hulls, much like my squirrel does every day or so. But, NO, I saw them eating my flowers.
I think Tim will be asked very nicely to put out a double dose of more rat poison tonight when he gets home from work.
If, for some odd reason, you want to see what one of them looked like, click the -More- Link for the one decent picture I got. Those buggers were faster than greased lightening! And yes, I know, I’m sick. I’m here in my house, listening to my AC run because it’s 89º outside, then I look out and see a rat, so that means I must run immediately and get my camera to take a picture. I’m sick in the head. I know it. I need a dog. Or a cat. Or a goldfish. I miss Sally.
Well, so far today has been a really good day.
We got up early and went walking. That really seems to make a big difference in how our days go. Tim and I have commented several times that when we make the effort and get up and go, it really starts our day off right and we feel like we’ve gotten something good accomplished.
I have had a really productive morning, as well. Nothing huge or noteworthy really, just a lot of little things that needed to be done around here, that I have been putting off. I’m the world’s greatest procrastinator, especially when it comes to the little things. The big things seem to find a way to get completed as needed, and my “normal routine” things seem to stick to their routine, but it’s the “little things” that often slip through the cracks. So, when I get a bunch of those knocked out, I always feel better!
More later… maybe! 🙂
Today appears to be one of those days when I might have been better off staying in bed with the sheets over my head! 🙂 Just kidding. I went and got my hair cut this morning, then ran a bunch of errands. I came out of Walmart right before lunch and found a flat bed cart rammed into my car and some paint missing where it had scraped the car. 👿 Then, about 20 minutes after I got home, the cable tv and internet service went out. We were down about 2 hours, Hambones and everything. One of those days!
Well, Tim called about 3:30 and said they were just pulling out of the parking lot. So he will be pretty late getting in. They needed to stay to cover one of the last items on the agenda, and then their new boss wanted them to stay behind for a few minutes and talk. 🙁
So, since he will be 10 or after, I have another quiet night planned. Got quite a few things left to do before supper time, but then, it’s going to be another quick and easy one. I have some fried rice leftover from our Chinese take-out on Sunday night. I have two Tai Pei brand frozen chinese entrees in the freezer – anyone want to vote on which one to eat? The choices are Bourbon Chicken (170 calories, 2.5 grams of fat) and Teriyaki Chicken (470 calories and 5 grams of fat). Maybe I’ll just toss a coin 
Then, it’s TV Time!!!! I am SO looking forward to the 2 hour finale of Amazing Race. Can’t wait! I want Joyce & Uchenna to win, but I’ll be ok with Rob/Amber… still debating on Ron & Kelley. He’s ok, but she’s got a really nasty little streak in her! 🙂 I will watch American Idol too, since they are down to 4. I feel like Anthony will probably leave next, but you never know. I see a Bo/Carrie final 2. Anyway, I’ll have to tape other shows, Tuesdays are our busiest TV night. Will tape the ones I watch, for Tim, and also tape NCIS and House. House is a great show, he’s so acerbic! Anyway, if Tim is not home by then, then I’ll read my book till he gets home. 🙂
OK, catching back up on my blogging, had to do the recap of the weekend, and load a bunch of pictures onto the Photo Gallery on Hambones. Now that I’m sort of caught up on that, time for the “exceedingly mundane” parts of my day.
1. I had zero caffeine yesterday, no coffee, no tea, no colas. I’m sorry to report that as a result, I had a vicious headache all afternoon, all evening and even woke up with one this morning. So, after Tim left for Dallas this morning, I decided to splurge and make myself a small pot of coffee – using this:
Let me just say right now – this stuff is GOOO-WOOOD! Ghiradelli Double Chocolate Coffee, with splenda and low-fat French Vanilla creamer, thank you
2. Since Tim is gone to Dallas till tomorrow night late, I decided to not be so meticulous in my normal Monday routine. I did, however, do 3 loads of laundry, catch up on reading the last 4 days of newspapers, watch Oprah (she has no deep dark secret about a daughter, it’s her dog for goodness sake, and a shameless plug for ratings during Sweeps month!), do some surfing on the PC, some talking on the phone, and lots of IM’ing on the computer. I did not, however, do any cleaning, housework or ironing. (GASP) Maybe tonight or tomorrow. Yes, tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is another day (must be channeling Scarlett O’Hara) 🙂
Two really busy weekends in a row. So busy, I didn’t have time on either weekend to blog about the day or what had happened. So, I’m having to come back a day or so later and blog about what we did… since my blog is ‘exceedingly mundane’, read ahead at your own risk (Long, but with pics)!
We are headed out to see Tim’s mom (Linda) in a few minutes. Yesterday was really busy, but fun, and so great to see everyone. We ran some errands and did things around here when we got back and I didn’t take the time to stop and blog about it. Today will probably be more of the same. Maybe tomorrow I can catch up!
I went shopping and running errands all afternoon, and stopped back by the house around 4:30 to check and see if Daddy was here, which he was. I was going to run to Kroger or Walmart to get some stuff to make pizza dip, but Gail, Don, Kathryn and Jeremy were about to get here, so I decided to stay put. 🙂 We were so happy to see everyone! Kathryn and Jeremy went and picked up Margaret and Wilson, and then Liz, Chris and David came, so we had a pretty decent crowd.
Don and Tim grilled burgers, hot dogs and bratwurst. I think that Don needs to share the title of “Grillmaster” with Tim, so I have now deemed them each a co-Grillmaster. It was all really good, and we got to sing “Happy Birthday” to Jeremy and wish him a belated Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday Jeremy!
We went to meet Trent, Shanna, Grayson and Ava Clair at the airport. Grayson had a big time with Don, running around in the parking garage, and playing. Ava Clair was fine, happy as a little clam, till Mean Uncle Tim stuck his face near hers and made her cry! I wish we could have gone to the hotel to visit with everyone, but Papa Fred was getting tired, and I’m sure all the fliers were too, so we came home and cleaned up. Looking forward to graduation tomorrow. Liz and Chris’s big day graduating from MC! 🙂
I’ll wait till tomorrow, Sunday or Monday to post pictures. Took some tonight, and Gail did too, so maybe between the two of us, we got some good ones!
Another busy weekend looming, got lots of family coming in on planes and automobiles, but alas, no trains. Oh well, I used the phrase anyway!
Gail called this morning to let us know that Kathryn and Jeremy missed their flight in Charlotte, and are on the next flight, so they’ll be getting in later than we thought. Trent, Shanna and the kids fly in tonight. Gail and Don are driving down, as well as Papa Fred who is coming up from Hattiesburg and will be staying with us tonight. Everyone should be here later, at our house. We’re going to grill out burgers and stuff and hang out. Not sure if I will have a chance to blog again until tomorrow after graduation is over. Maybe I’ll have some pictures to post then! 🙂