Daily Ooo's: March 14-15: Weekend Edition

[faerywings]

It looks like I scared everyone away again with my :rant: I should learn how to :tape: better.

I am better today so you can come out now!!! :behindsofa:

It was a rough one yesterday but I made it through. It is what it is. If I ever get another tattoo, that is what I should get. I wish Gary still tattooed. I wish Gary's hands didn't shake if he still tattooed (one of the main reasons he stopped, smart move!)

Bus stop runs went fine. Car got dropped off, and then off to Pharmacy. This is where I almost lost it. :boom:
Gary's co-pay for the malerone was $88. He has Medicare and the prescription plan that he has kind of sucks. So we decided to not take that one, since he has some of mine leftover. Maybe we can see if our LLMD will write a script for me and I will be able to get it cheaper. who knows? But man,it makes me angry that we live in a country where you have to do that in order to get "better." Which led to another frustration about how these diseases never go away, there is not cure for Lymies like us. Gary talked me down, which was good. I love him so much and I am so glad we get each other so well.

When we got home, I started cleaning. I couldn't help it, it is what I do when I am stressed. It is compulsive. But I pushed to hard and shook all afternoon and evening.

My mom comes up and sees that I am a mess and totally sees right through my "fake smile/brave face." I ask her if we can grab a slice of pizza for lunch. I haven't left the house except for medical stuff very often in the past 2 months. We pull into a parking space and There's My CAR in the space across from us!!!! I call Gary who talks me down again, because I am mad! The pizzeria is 1/2 mile from the shop, so they were probably taking it out to hear the noise and grabbed lunch on the way.
When we walked in, sure enough, there they were. I went up very nicely and asked are you from the shop? When they said yes, I pointed out the window and said That's my car.
I wanted them to know that I saw it, knew that they were having lunch and they had better not mess with me, I was in no mood. Yannow??
Sometimes, having a Jersey Attitude can be a good thing.
"Good" news on that area- is that its probably the steering wheel belt, but it is not affecting the steering in any way. So no charge except for the oil change.

Slow-ish day today. Leah and Brendan are coming over, and maybe my FIL. He has "pieces and parts" for Gary, and now Scott, to rip apart and put back together. As much as I hate having crap all over the basement, it gives Gary something creative to do, and Scott is getting really good at it as well. He is expressing an interest in maybe doing something with electronics for the future.

I really want to relax and scrap today.
If I start shaking again, I will have to do the electrolyte IV which means I am sort of stuck between the LR and my office area.

I hope that all of you have a wonderful weekend!

xoxo!

 

[faerywings]

Trudy you get :first: for being brave enough to stop in here after my yelling!
I feel like I am pissed off and frustrated and down all of the time lately. The one thing that really makes me so happy and makes my heart smile nonstop is my family. In case no one could tell *winks*
But man, i get so overwhelmed and I appreciate you listening! It helps, it really, really does.
I don't get it, are people in general really all that stupid? Lazy? Look at what Phyllis is going through with her package? None of it makes sense.
Yeah-- I know, now is not the time for a puppy. I have told the fam that we cannot even consider it until I am back to work. (but wouldn't a cute cuddly little puppy be so sweet? LOL)

Hope that YMG got to Skype with Mason too.
How was the pool yesterday, have all of the New Years people left?
The cars moving reminded me immediately of Poltergeist!

Ummm... Phyllis-- goofy in a good way????
Cannot wait to hear about it!

Hugs!

 

[nancyr]

good morning - Chris you did not frighten me off LOL. I just got up late and then had to get ready as my girlfriend and I went up to visit the new baby and our bff the new grandmother. OMgosh that baby is adorable. And OMgosh what new stuff do they have for new moms. She uses an app on her iPad to keep track of how often he feeds, pees and poops. But we had a great time. Always fun to hear others labor stories. And she is so in bliss that she is ready to have two more LOL. An then we had pizza and came home and walked. It was so fun. But I really forget just how tired you are. She is lucky the baby really is good. Only cried when he was hungry! But I must say that seeing the baby did not in anyway make me yearn to have one. But it was fun to hold a baby. I totally forget just how wiggly they are.

Chris you have every right to be frustrated! Our health care system is the pits. And to be still recovering from surgery is not easy. But I know for me I am loving the light later in the evenings.

Phylis I cannot believe the post office turned down you claim. Yet of course I do believe it because not many people these day are doing what they are supposed to do nor any going above what they should do. Several of the sidewalks I use have gaps between the homeowner property and of course not one of the home owners would even shovel. HOpe your goofy day was goofy is a good way!

Trudy how was the Skype? I bet both your DD and MG had fun talking to each other. I still remember growing up and how we thought it would be magical to actually be able to see someone while talking on the phone. Look where we are today!

Have a great day all!

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... I am a bit late in here again today, its :rain: for us today and not much to do so hopefully MG will not mind if I spend some extra time on the computer and maybe actually get a page done and leave some love in the gallery! I have been a bad CheeryO for that lately. But really I have a good excuse, lots happening behind the scenes and lots of ads and stuff to get ready for an upcoming big event! MG managed to get in a short visit while skyping with Mason and DD, Mason always has this huge smile on his face when he sees his Grandpa Gary!! Its funny because he cries every time he sees his other Grandpa?? Not sure what is going on there, his other Grandpa is a very nice man.

Chris - Not to worry my friend about complaining or yelling here! We are here for ya! Our only wish is that you feel better and that there will be a cure for this dam Lyme crap that you all have to put up with! Hope you did not let the car thing keep you from having a good lunch with your Mom! My swim at the pool yesterday was good, not many there I find that if I go a bit later in the morning then the regulars are gone and I pretty much have the lanes to myself for a while. I think next week the swim team has the lanes all booked for a swim meet competition so I might not get to swim at all :sad:

Nancy - How fun to spend some time with a new baby! I feel the same way when I hold someone else's baby, they are cute and cuddly but it does not make me want to have any more :becky: It is a totally different feeling when you hold your own grandchildren though, you want to care for them and spoil them, but it is nice that they can go back to their mom and dad!! Yes isn't it amazing how far we have come with technology!! I can also remember watching shows like Star Trek and thinking that it would be so cool to be able to talk to your computer and look at us we have Siri to talk to LOL

Ok off to get MG and myself some breakfast and then a couple of little errands to do and hopefully back here for some scrapping! Have a wonderful day everyone and don't forget to check out Amanda Taylor's Designer challenge, she is totally amazing and her challenges are always so much fun! !https://ozone.oscraps.com/forum/showthread.php?p=476964#post476964 :wave:

 

[scrap-genie]

Chris, you didn't scare me off either, I just don't feel very chatty these days. I'm still not getting things done and would rather take a nap (not that I actually do.)

Hope everyone is having a better weekend!

 

[faerywings]

Good morning my O-Fam!!

I see that it is Mother's Day in some places, so a big hug to all of you who celebrate that today.

Did everyone have a nice day yesterday? I never did get around to scrapping. I never know what happens to Time -- slips the the sands of an hourglass, and these are the Days of Our Lives.
I can never think of that w/o remembering my grandmother and her programs.

I am going to try to get some stuff done scrapping today.

The good news here is that I am seeing some grass out back. It started over the septic tank, and now it is spreading. Of course much of it is is the basement, Gary is down there now with the surface pump and an industrial fan.

I slept ok last night with the exception of texts coming in. Cait had texted me some puppy pics starting around noon- and they took 12 hours to get through. I have to figure out why that happens. I once got a photo text from my SIL at 4.30 am. I know *for sure* that she was not up taking pics of my godson at that hour. It is not even all photo texts. My BFF texted me 3 pics the other day, I got 2 of them immediately, the third... an hour or so later. I am again being the Cranky Old Lady who is saying that life makes no sense any more!

I didn't do a QOTD yesterday so how about one today?
Do/did you watch soap operas? I did watch Days if our Lives back in HS, then I stopped watching when I was away at college. Then when I started commuting to college after I transferred back home, I started watching it again in the Commuter lounge while I was in between classes.
Now-- who needs to *watch* a soap opera, I *live* one!! :rofl:

Follow up question: If you life was a soap opera, which one would it be? I would have to say General Hospital hahahah!!!

 

[faerywings]

Saturday:

Nancy- I should have known that I didn't scare you off. We NJ-ians (NJ-ites??) are made of stronger stuff than that!! LOL
Sounds like you had a wonderful visit with that little baby! Even just a few years ago, with my godson I was amazed at all of if new cool stuff- some practical, some not so much- they had for babies. That app must be so cool, I remember writing all of that info down in a notebook. Old school!
Caitlyn gets her electronic baby on Friday. I am sure she will be very happy to hand it back on Monday.

Trudy- you are so NOT a bad CO. I have been seeing what you have been doing behind the scenes. I am the one who is the bad CO-- bad in front and in back
Isn't Amanda's challenge amazing? I love all of those designs to go with it. I would love to do that challenge today too.

Jean- I 100% hear you on not feeling chatty. I was thinking to myself, that I am so anti-social lately, I don't even talk to myself!

I hope that today brings rest, relaxation, sunshine and joy to you all!!

 

[nancyr]

Good morning - it is still grey and cloudy and windy but I am going to walk as I just can't be inside longer than one day. I got a lot of scrapping done yesterday while watching hockey all day. My team is out west so the game did not start until 9 pm. But it was awesome as they defeated the Coyotes 4-1. I am also having fun doing project life on my iPad. I do a photo a day that I post on instagram and then use those for PL. Just fun. I still do my aA PL pages too. My youngest son is annoying and funny at the same time. He and his friend were going to look for a new car for my son's friend but it was raining so they did not go LOL. So that meant my son was also not going to get wet and change his flat tire. Wimp! He thinks he is so grown up.

Chris glad you had a calm day yesterday. Enjoy scrapping today!

Trudy guess you had better get your swimming in while you can.

Jean some time chatting is just not on the agenda!

Have a great day all!

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... Darn its :rain: all day for us again today!! But its not windy at least, yesterday we had a big wind storm come up and I thought for sure that the power would go out and the blossoms would all be gone from the trees! Happily they are all still there and looking so pretty! However our backyard is a mess again with dead branches and pinecones all over the place!! I hate the pinecones they are such a PITA to pick up!

Chris - How wonderful that the snow is melting and the grass is showing!! But darn the flooding in the basement!! DD is having the same issues with their basement and now the beautiful washing machine that they got a few years back is on the fritz and not spinning the clothes properly! Its always something isn't it!! Hope your basement doesn't get too bad!! That is strange about your txt messages taking so long!! I used to have that problem with my first iPhone and never figured it out, but when I got my 2nd one it was just fine and all messages come through right away, who knows WTH goes on with these things?? :noidea:

Nancy - I have got to go and check out your pages sometime today, but first I have to have a meeting with the In-Laws who are arriving shortly. It is going to be their daughter Linda's 60th birthday and no one has started planning anything for her. She lost her hubby a few years back and lately she has been quite depressed and keeping to herself. Their whole family is so bad for not communicating with each other

her other sister has not talked to her since Christmas!! Once my DH was very stubborn and a bit mad at his parents for never picking up the phone, he refused to call them and it was almost 4 months before we heard anything from them. But anyway, hopefully we can get something planned for poor SIL's birthday.

Well now that I have dumped all my furstrations onto poor Nancy I will go and have some breakfast and get ready for the In-Laws visit. I hope that everyone else has a happier day and that the sun eventually comes out for you today!! :wave:

QOTD - I used to watch Days of our Lives for years. Now I don't watch any TV during the day, except maybe Ellen while I have lunch sometimes. If my life were a soap opera? I guess it would be have to be Days of Our Lives, lots of family drama!! :becky:

 

[scrap-genie]

Today took my sister to a bridal shower for one of the youngest of our brother's grandchildren. She is a real sweetie who lives in Texas. Really good to see our nieces and their kids. Trudy, you would not believe the lack of communication in our family. The time spans you mention sound perfectly normal to me.

QOTD: I've never watched daytime TV, but I remember my mother listening to soap operas on the radio when I was snall. I remember they advertised Oxydol.