I've done it AGAIN!

Will someone please make a trip to Georgia with their magic wand? I've had my cast off for two weeks now and I've screwed up my foot AGAIN. Not sure what's happened, but it sure does feel like it's broken again. Going to try to get in to my doctor's office tomorrow and see what I've done. I am so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o sick of my darn foot! I'm trying so hard to put off the actual surgery that must be done until at least Thanksgiving or Christmas or it would be wonderful to be able to wait till summer so I won't have to use so much sick time from work. But, if it's got to go in another cast, I might as well go on and have the surgery now. UGH! I can't stand the thought!

Last Saturday I got a package from Korea. D, D, and the boyz sent me some Korean crafts for my birthday. Pretty cool. I have a place in my hall with momentos from places they have lived -- Korea, Georgia, Kentucky, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Kansas, and Korea again. Pretty cool. After all, in military lingo -- Home Is Where the Army Sends You. In addition to the fun Korean stuff, they included two squeeze toys for the dogs. Denise said that they had been playing with the toys and sleeping with them and just plain rubbing on them to get their scents on them before sending them. Well, it worked. The dogs have definitely not forgotten their mommy, daddy, and brothers. Lex carried his fluffy bone around for a solid 24 hours and slept with it between his legs. Ranger guarded his stuffed hot dog from Bella and was ready to fight for the death if Bella got too close to it. Quite a site!

Gonna head off for the tub to soak for a while just in case I end up in another cast tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Too Cute!

I'm sure many mothers with young children can relate to this. We should all be careful of what we say.

So, how fast can YOU stack?

I was watching Fox & Friends this morning and they had a segment on Speed Stacking which made me think of my World Champion Speed Stacker, Ryan. Ryan was only 4 when he went to Denver, Colorado to compete and HE WON! I finally found some digital pages I had done on his accomplishment and thought I'd share with you. If you haven't ever heard of Speed Stacking, don't feel badly. When Darrell called me to say that they were going to Denver, I had NO CLUE what stacking was. It didn't take me long to find out, though. Many of the DOD schools around the world include stacking in their PE programs because of the fact that it helps children learn the art of concentration. I kidded Darrell about the fact that Ryan had evidently picked up his skill from his dad who had practiced stacking "cans of some sort" while in college. Darrell denied it, of course, but moms always know best, right?

I give up!

Well, yesterday was a good day, kinda, sorta. It was my birthday yesterday, so that was good. But then, Ashley and I had to get ready to take the dogs to the groomer and to the vet. Lex, 90 pound bull dog; Ranger 12 pound Maltese; Bella 3 pound crazy Chihuahua. Lex and Ranger were good. They understand the concept of leashes and following commands. Bella is like a fighting marlin on a leash. Finally give up on her and just carry her. Of couse, Ashley had said that we ought to put her in the carrier and I said there was no need. HaHa. We get in the truck and start out. Lex is trying to get comfortable in the back seat of the truck and keeps getting up and laying back down. Each time he does that Bella goes crazy. Ranger just wants to be held. Bella then decides that she must ride behind my neck. But, remember, each time Lex moves, Bella goes crazy. We finally get to the groomers which is attached to the vets and there are 400 people with their dogs walking around in the parking lot. Well, maybe not 400 people -- maybe it was 30. But, it was a LOT of people and a LOT of animals. I try to hold Lex back and Ranger just wants to bark and Bella wants DOWN NOW. We finally make it INSIDE the groomers. Thank goodness we are behind closed doors. After the groomer takes the dogs, we go next door to the vet to let them know what to do with the dogs. Another hour to sit and wait and to top it off, I had made a huge boo-boo. That was the first time at that vet and I, evidently, didn't know the rules. I had walked to the door and opened it and walked in. Well, it was before 9 and they don't open till 9 and you are not allowed inside until 9. (Well, why'd they have the darn door unlocked before 9?) Anyway, when I walked in, so did 20 other people. FINALLY, someone came out to the counter and asked how I had gotten in. I said, "I walked in." And, then I got the lecture about not being allowed in until 9 and all that other stuff. And, to make matters worse, I had not signed the sheet OUTSIDE. See, this vet works on a first-come, first-served basis. I found out that they put the sign-in sheet outside at NIGHT and people come all during the night to sign-in. Well, even though I'd been there for an hour or more, I HAD NOT SIGNED IN so I had to wait for all those other people to be seen before he would even talk to me about what I wanted done. FINALLY, I got to tell them what to do when the dogs were finished at the groomers and Ashley and I left to go back to Milledgeville (did I mention that the vet was in another town?) to get some groceries and take them home before it was time for my doctor's appointment. But, that was good. Food in the house and then I GOT MY CAST OFF! WOO-HOO-YIPPEE-YAY. I now have to just let him know when I want the surgery done to my foot. (Not yet, that's for sure!) Then, after the doctor's appointment, we headed BACK to Gordon to pick up the dogs. They were beautiful -- Ranger had a short, short, short haircut and is so cute. They all had on their halloween scarves. Now, it's time to go back and sit and wait to talk to the doctor. Lex had to have two shots -- allergy and an anitbiotic. Time to pay -- dang! And this doctor is known to be VERY reasonable! After I removed my right arm to pay him, we loaded the dogs back up and headed BACK to Milledgeville. I had to take Ashley into her mom's work so they could attend a wedding shower immediately after work. Then, I took the dogs home. Got them inside and did a couple of household chores and then I got in the tub at 5 and at 7:30 when Gina called, I was still in the tub. It was wonderful! I have not been able to get in the tub for a month and I'm known for living in the tub. So, you can imagine how happy I was. Lex, Ranger, and Bella made themselves at home in the bathroom while I soaked, let the water out, filled the tub back up, soaked some more, let the water out, filled the tub back up and soaked some more.

THEN....................................

Have you ever had one of those days when you know you should have just gone back to bed? Well, the last 6 months have been like that for me and today was no different. I woke up this morning and found out I have a stopped up sewage line. (Wonder if all the baths last night had anything to do with it?) The plumber is on the way. What else can happen? I am so-o-o-o-o sick of this house. Where the heck is that old, sick, rich man that was supposed to be here to take me away from all of this junk? Did HIS truck break down, too?

So, I have a zillion clothes to wash before going back to school on Monday, my cast is off and I SHOULD be able to soak in the tub today, and MY DARN PLUMBING IS BACKING UP ON ME. I GIVE UP! DO YOU HEAR ME? I FLAT GIVE UP!

Have a good day. (Ooh, I feel like Melinda from American Idol saying that!)

It's Nic's Birthday!

Nic, my first born grandchild, will be 10 tomorrow, October 10th. OMgosh, I can't believe it's been 10 years since Denise, Darrell, and I were out walking around the hospital at Ft. Stewart. Darrell had called me the night before about 10:30 saying Denise was having contractions and they were on the way to the hospital and that he'd call me and let me know what the doctor said. Well, gosh, I was almost 4 hours away and he thought I was going to sit here and WAIT for him to call? No way! That was my first grandchild who was about to be born and he actually thought I wasn't going to come on down? Get real, son. You couldn't keep me here if you had tied me down. So, I called Gina and said I was leaving and I took off. Now, keep in mind that I HATE driving at night -- almost as much as I HATE driving in the rain -- but what do you do when it's going on midnight and you have a chance of being there to see your first grandchild be born? Silly, you get in the car and you leave. Well, a few hours later I drove up at Darrell's house and his car was there. What in the world? I walked in the front door and there sat Darrell and Denise. She had been sent back home, but was told to be there the next morning. So, I got to sit up and talk with Denise and Darrell about everything they were about to do (and not do any longer), and all the wonderful things they could look forward to. The next morning, we got everything ready and took off for the hospital. Denise was checked and they told her to go walk around the hospital for an hour or so. So, here we go! Finally they admitted her and then the crowd started showing up -- Denise's Dad and step-mom, her mom, her brothers and sisters, Darrell's two sisters, and me. We had the room full! And an Atlanta Braves' game was on tv the whole time Denise was in labor. I won't go into all the shananigans we got into, but rest assured, we had a blast waiting for Nic to be born. When he finally arrived, I was so excited. I was finally a Grams. That's what it's all about! And now, that little boy is 10. Wow! How time flies when you're having fun!

Happy Birthday, Nic. Grams loves you! I wish I were in Korea with you so I could give you a big hug!

Oh, I forgot something.......

I forgot to say that I've moved all my Stampin' Up! stuff to a new blog. This one will be devoted to my crazy life. So, scoot over there to see what happens in the normal part of my life.

So, Did you think I'd died?

Wow! What a time my computer has had! And me, too, for that matter. Things have been really crazy around here and I've been MIA from the Blog world for a while. I've finally gotten my computer worked on and I THINK I may be back in business. (Can you see me crossing my fingers and saying, "I hope."?) Anyway, I'm going to try to get back into the blogging mood. And, I've got some catching up to do with some stamping friends who, I am sure, think I kicked the bucket. My computer died, my house got hit by lightening AGAIN and I lost telephones, answering machine, a tv (dang, it's the one in my den and now if I watch tv out there, about 3/4 of the show shows up in a 19 x 2 inch line. You ever tried to watch Dr. Phil like that? It's a pain.) And, of course, let's not forget about my bum leg. Got it BACK in a cast trying to get the tendons to reattach and to mend some bones that were broken.

I'm out of school for the week, but have some plans. My sister has been having some real medical problems and I'll be spending some time with her while she's in the hospital. Her heart has been going crazy and they ended up having to do surgery last week. They found an aneurysm in her neck (caused by a previous surgery she had last month) and when they opened her up, the aneurysm burst. It was touch and go, but she made it and is slowly recovering. So, I'm off to Macon in a bit to sit with her for the afternoon. Then, on Thursday, I'll be heading back to the doctor myself to "GET MY CAST OFF"! Yeah! I can't wait. So, Thursday night, I'll be soaking in the tub All Night Long! I can't wait! I've missed my tub for so long! One of my favorite things to do is to soak in the tub while I'm watching TV and of course have not been able to do that since this cast has been on. We'll decide on Thursday what the next option is for my foot/leg. My doctor seems to think that I'm hard-headed and am just putting off letting him fix my foot and you know, he's right. It's been a real true-to-life extemely hard/aggravating/painful/clumsy/pain-in-the-butt to try to crawl around on the floor at school hooking up computers with this thing on my leg. But, it is pretty. I tried to get a camouflage cast in honor of Darrell, but they were out of it, so I opted for a pretty light pink. Problem is that our school colors are red and black, so my cast has really not gone with anything I have worn lately. Oh well, a model I am not! So, I'm putting off another foot surgery as long as I can. Maybe next summer will be good so I won't have to worry about work. But, then I'll have to worry about being hot, so maybe it's not such a great idea, after all.
Anyway, I'm back. See y'all soon!