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Daily Ooo's: Monday, October 26

faerywings

The Loopy-O
CHEERY O
*sighs*
I went upstairs to bring Cait her coffee as always, and she was still in bed. She had been throwing up and nauseous all night. Again. And my darlin' ding-dong-- her anti-nausea meds were downstairs and she didn't want to get out of bed to get them. She is supposed to take them as soon as she gets nauseous, so she *doesn't* throw up.:ohwell:
I am going to check in on her in another hour, I really would like to see her get into school for even a half of a day.

As of *rightnowthisverymoment* I am holding my own. Trying to keep on breathing, stay positive. I had an amazing conversation with my kids yesterday. Talked about so many things, with the family, finances, stress. Brendan was at work so we were able to discuss and express how each of us felt about the pumpkin-invite situation. Caitlyn is very grounded and reality based and felt the same as us. She doesn't protect him when she feels he has made an "off" decision. I am so glad that we all can say exactly how we feel and get it out there. Keeping it in is no good.

I told them that my mom had called, was very worried about me, and thought that maybe I needed to talk to a therapist. I had actually been thinking about that too, but viscerally felt that it would be more detrimental to have one more appt to keep than the benefit of talking to someone. And I kind of know the deal- been in and out of therapy for a long time (oh, the joys of having an eating disorder! :pound: )
But I did tell them that I didn't want to be like Grandma and ignore advice *wink* and that I was going to try hard to ask for help when i need it. (This came after a event involving me hanging over the side of my desk trying to plug my keybd back into the USB port, not being able to reach it and getting stuck. Gary came in, said, Why didn't you ask me to help? So I said, You know that I can't ask for help, but if you could pull on my legs so I can get unstuck, I would love that LOL). They said that they would try to help more too, Scott even saying that now he is not working, he can use some of that extra time to help me here. Then Scott (God I love him!!!) reminds me that I can always talk to him. He knows that Cait and I talk, a lot, but he wanted me to know that all I have to do is knock on his door and say "Gotta minute?" He said that I always tell him that I am there for him to talk, and that it goes both ways.

I know, I am a broken record, but dang, I got GOOD kids!

Today is kind of an open day so I think that I am going to get my list of recipes that I want to make for Faery-Wings, and check all of my supplies and packaging. I can't wait for my house to smell good! I hope that my family doesn't mind getting a lot of the leftovers for Christmas hahahaha!!!
Halloween decorating is just about done, too. The black floating candles for inside came out fantastic!!! I am so thrilled. Gary hung them in the staircase by the front door and all lit up, they just make me smile! I have to get some pics taken to share. It is amazing what some toilet paper tubes, empty pill bottles and some spray paint can do :D

I am going to get another much-needed cup of :tea: would anyone like some?
Then I will be back to catch up with everyone from the weekend!
 
Saturday:

Nancy-That is 100% true about dogs taking up a lot of time. When we first got Jaida, it was like having a newborn- all of our time was consumed with feeding/peeing /pooping/cleaning up messes. Now it is consumed with training her. And loving on her too. She knew somehow that I was having a tough day and she kept coming over to me to give kisses.
Did your son say how meeting the family went? Hope he wasn't too nervous once he got there. Isn't it amazing how a cut and color can make you feel so much better? It is like all of life's negativity gets stuck in the dead ends and once you cut them off, you are free! (Hmmm.... i wonder if it would help if I shave my head?? *ponders* )
It seems insane to me that it is the end of Oct, and the Word series is just getting underway. I was a huge Yankees fan in the 70-80's (who in NJ wasn't?) and it was all about Mr. October/Reggie Jackson.

Trdy- I adore Maxine! She tells it like it is!! LOL Hope that your Gary made something more than toast for you:)

Jean- I am guessing there must be nice migrations going on? Good for you for getting a lot of walking in, did your knees hold up ok?

Claire- I saw an optician, thought I was just going in for a contact lens exam. But she could not get either eye to 20/20. When she did the retina/blinding light exam, she noticed these irregularities. Then I had the digital pics taken, and she set me up for the additional tests in Nov. One of them is field of vision and another is HRT. I remembered that becasue HRT is also hormone replacement therapy LOL I googled that, and it is a 3D imagining of the retina/optic nerve.
I am not concerned about this, I am more aggravated that it is just *one more test!* And if she sees something more, then I have to see an ophthalmologist. I am DONE with the -Ists!!!! :rofl:
How scary to have issues with your eyes like that, and thank you for talking me down!

Sunday:

Nancy- omg-- did you get a photo of Rex snoozing on the couch? Adorable!!! Its always fun to see the fur-babies all smooshed into the sunny spots, esp when it gets colder.
So sweet that you think of Rex as a G-baby!! :love:

Trudy- that is just mind- boggling how many lengths/laps you do. I would drown after maybe 3 or 4. How was your hike, did you get some good scenery photos?

heather- Cranks R Us! :rofl: That should be my motto! How was the recital? Hope that the rain slowed down while you had to be out and about.

Jean- it sounds like you had a very productive weekend! I can't draw a stick figure but I imagine that it must be very relaxing to be able to sketch. I miss the days when I could go to a craft store and buy up goodies and play. Even recycling stuff for Halloween was fun, getting messy and painting and all that. Hope that you can scan your sketches at some point to share.

I guess that is everyone form the weekend.

Hugs and love and warm sunshine to all. And coffee. Cannot forget coffee!!!!
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good am! Well I do not have jury duty for the next 3 days and then I have to call again. But yea that is such a relief as I still have Rex and I would feel so bad if he was left alone. Too funny considering he is left when Ashley goes to work. Yesterday was nice my DH and I took Rex for walk and it was fun. The rain had stopped and that was good and then the day turned really nice. Watched lots of hockey and football. Giants won that was awesome. Got scrapping done so that is fun! Today is laundry and of course a good walk with Rex.

Chris I am glad to know that I am not crazy in thinking that Rex takes up time. I totally understand how having Brendan can change family dynamics and how it is necessary to discuss this with the family. Twice I have had friends of the boys stay with us for extended periods of time. It was hard and I hate confrontations so I always went through my sons to correct problems. I am glad I did it but it was hard! I also hate to ask for help but you have to.

Trudy hope you had a wonderful hike. Such a beautiful time of the year.

Jean wow that sounds like such fun to find new pencils and markers. My sister has found a new hobby adult coloring books. I am always in awe of those that can draw. Glad you had such a productive weekend!

Have a great day all!
 
hi everyone
Robbies bus broke down so we ended up taking him to centre, so we went into town and got my last four weeks pictures printed for my project life album.
We then went to Thorp Perrow to pick up our season tickets, we had forgotten it was half term and were amazed to see the crowds there. When we got in we realised why! Chris would have loved it, there was a halloween trail, with all kinds of things hanging in the trees etc. We did a going in an opposite direction to the noise walk and as it was such a big place we were able to have a quiet walk and birdwatch without too much disturbance.
Lots of noise outside at the moment our pavements are getting tarmac, the road will be next. Living on a building site means you have dirt tracks for several months until quite a number of houses are finished then you get tarmac.

Chris, hope the eye thing isnt too bad and you do not have to go to an ist! Looks like you had good family talks, hope everything straightens out a little for you.
Trudy- very impressed with the amount you swim each day. How was your walk
Nancy, Heather, Jean waving hi
Hope you all have a great week.
 
Morning O gals!! Very wet and rainy night here last night ! The sound of the pouring rain lulled me to sleep in bed last night and I slept like the dead! Feels great, but I sure hate getting up when it is still so dark outside!! Our hike yesterday was very nice, a trail that we have not done before, very well maintained and just filled with huge old trees and tons of ferns on the ground. But the sun was covered by clouds and it was pretty dark on the hike so no photos were taken. :sad: Hopefully we will get out on that trail again on a sunnier day! The crows/ravens were abundant on this hike and oh so noisy!! But the further in we went the quieter it got :becky:

Chris - So sad that Cait is still struggling with nausea!! So sorry to hear that you are feeling so down in dumps too!! I hope that your talk with your wonderful kids did your heart and soul good!! Yes, you really have to start asking for more help and need to express your true feeling to your family!! ( they are not mind readers!!) I keep saying this to my MIL as she and FIL never ask for help with anything or share what is going on with them. For goodness sake how are we supposed to know?? Just guess???
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Hope you are enjoying your next cup of coffee, I am headed to the kitchen to get one myself!!

Nancy - Nice to know that jury duty is postponed for a bit! How much longer are you babysitting Rex? You will miss him when he is back with his mommy LOL Sounds like you had a lovely day yesterday, filled with all the things you like to do! Those colouring books for adults are all the rage out here too, I see them in the stores all the time and wonder if I should try them out. They are supposed to be very good for stress, but right now it would stress me out trying to get one more thing done before Christmas :becky: Perhaps it would be a great gift for a few of the people I know hmmm I better write that down as a possible gift idea!!

Heather - Hope you didn't get drenched attending your son's piano recital! I loved going to my daughter's recitals so nice to see someone in the family with some kind of musical skill!! (her name is Heather too)

Jean - how fun to have new art supplies!! You will have to share your new creation with us!

Claire - Sounds like a very busy, but productive day for you, yes Chris would have loved the Halloween trail I am sure LOL. Having photos printed out is something that I really need to get done also, I haven't done that for so long!! Thanks for the compliment on my swimming , I have always loved to be in the water, so this seemed like the perfect type of exercise for me! If I did not do this and some walking I know that I would just turn into a big lump sitting in front of my computer all day long :becky:

Ok waiting for a FaceTime with DD and Mason and looking forward to hearing who their weekend went! Have a glorious day everyone!! Do something you love!! :wave:
 
Hi, girls! Oh, Chris, so sorry that your girl still struggles this sickness, hope that she will feel better very soon...
It seems like you all had a wonderful weekend)

Mine was a total fun- we had a great board games Saturday evening with my best friend and her hubby and daughter. My family won almost all of them) On Sunday my nephew had his 11th Birthday and it was a very crowdy one)


It's Tuesday for me already and Monday was COLD! We have snow already and yesterday it was -8 degrees C. Brrrrr. The looong 6 months of winter started! I am still waiting for a very important letter and meanwhile trying to organize all my designer folders, decide which one will be retired.

Have a nice day, everybody!
 
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