Daily Ooo's: September 7-8: Weekend Edition

[faerywings]

I am sooooo:sleep: still.
I crashed last night. Then Gary came to bed and his restless legs were so bad and all of his joints were cracking and popping. He went back to sleep on the sofa but I couldn't get back to sleep for almost 3 hours. Meditations and podcasts- nothing seemed to help.


I called my mom before I went out yesterday morning and she sounded pretty good, slept well except when the diuretics kicked in haha! I told her I wasn't going to become my brother and call her many times, but if she was up to it, to call me when she had time/energy to update me on how the Life Vest appt went. Gary and I had kicked back to watch some TV and was chilling with a glass of wine when the phone rang. It wasn't my mom, it was my dad. Who almost never calls me. Thank goodness that the first words out of his mouth were that everyone was fine.

The cardiologist called in the afternoon, said that he didn't like something with her bloodwork (thank goodness that I drove her all over to make sure that she had it done on Thursday!), pack a bag and go to the ER. When my dad had left her, he hadn't been in to see her yet but she had an EKG, blood tests, heart monitor all placed, plus IV fluids b/c she is dehydrated. There was something up with her kidney function again in the labs and the catheterization uses a dye that can be bad for the kidneys.

My brother texted me last night at 9.30 (slept through that notification, of course) to tell me he had went to see her and that she seemed like she was doing good. My SIL knows just about everybody and if she doesn't, she knows someone who does. One of her good friend's DDs works at that hospital and was my mom's nurse. A few calls here and there and we know that my mom is in good hands.

Cait and I plan to go down to visit her this afternoon. We have no idea ATM how long she will be in the hospital or when/if the cath will be able to be done. the Cardiac Center is supposedly one of the top-rated in the country so that is great to know too.

If I am not able to thank all of you individually for your support/good thoughts-- please know how much I truly appreciate it!!! Love you all!

 

[faerywings]

Oh my, such drama I write. :drama:
I have to share one silly story to remind me that my mom is still being my mom. When I was talking to my brother earlier in the day, he said that right now, her biggest worry is that she won't be able to cook anything for the September B-day Bash. :doh: We used to joke that with her mom, if she didn't put her lipstick on (bright red Estee Lauder), we knew it was not good. If my mom stops worrying about cooking, then *we* will have to worry ound:

Felis- Good luck getting all of your cleaning and organizing done. Not the most fun way to spend a long weekend. I am jealous of your hot weather. It has been really chilly by me. The travel would be the hardest part of the trip to the Museum. Washington DC is about 4-5 hours from me and is very expensive to stay in. Makes more sense to find somewhere closer. :sad:

Gotta let the pups out, BRB!

Nancy- good advice for me to stay calm. I had a mini-meltdown yesterday morning but once that was out, I was fine. I don't know who is more disappointed by losing the vacation, me or my mom. Instead of being responsible for the two-night fee, the hotel only charged her the Deposit witch was about 25% of the fee. Whew! Not great but better than over $400.
I missed the lawnmower story I think, but as you said, marriage is hard, can be a PITA, but you move on. I had seen a few other people rec Derry Girls, I will have to keep that in mind. We are watching Carnival Row on Amazon and the accents can be hard to hear on occasion. It is really good.

Trudy- Oh no, that isn't good to hear that your MIL is not being upfront with you. TY for the good thoughts. Good luck with the paintings!

Kay- you must be in scrap heaven again. I finally got a page done with the new collab. None of the challenges here yet, I have to look them over and see where my brain will take me.

Rae- thank you sooooo much for sharing your stories. I have a feeling that if/when the stents get in, she will feel much better with decent blood flow. I am assuming that she will need them, just based on her diet and lack of exercise over the many decades. It really helps a lot to know that people get that and so much more else done all of the time.

Wishing all of you a fantastic day!! Muah!

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... another busy weekend of course, grocery shopping, cleaning and working outside in the yards. It is supposed to rain tomorrow so we will focus mostly on the yard work. Last night DH and I went to the Exhibition to see the Eagle Eyes (tribute band) play. It was a lot of fun!! We have seen them before at the New Year's Eve Dance that we went to this year, they are very, very good!! It was fun to wander around the Exhibition too and see all the different stalls and rides. We haven't been to the Ex in years!!

Chris - Sorry to hear that your Mom is in Hospital, but of course it is the best place for her to be right now! Thank goodness you got her blood work done!! I believe also that once she has her stents put in she will feel so much better!! So will you!! Hope you get to see your Mom this afternoon! :hug:

Felis - I hope you had good luck with the closet rearrangement! Good to get things like that done when you can! You are so welcome for the ice cream recipe and I am happy that your family liked it so much! Everyone I serve it too can't believe how good it is, I think it is better than store bought for sure and so easy to make! No I did not manage to get a nap that day that I got up so early, but sure slept well the next night!! Thank you for the nice comments on my page, the photo turned out so well and it fills my heart with love!!

Nancy - I don't blame you one bit for being so angry with your DH!!! I would have been too!! How could it possibly be your fault that he forgot to take the lawnmower out of the car??? MEN!!!! I will have to check out that Derry Girls for sure! Always love a show that makes you laugh!! Glad to hear that your son got his concert tickets!! Hope he has a great time! Thank you for the lovely comments on my paintings and layout too! I hope that you are doing well! When will you get your other knee replacement?? Guess you and Luther don't take as many long walks now, hopefully soon both knees will be good as new and you can get back out there!

Kay - Good luck with the shoe shopping, something I need to do this year also! I am not looking forward to wearing boots etc. I have either been barefoot or in flip flops for months now and hate the thought of having to even wear socks LOL. Sounds like you are going to be one busy scrapper, how nice to be asked to be on the CT again!! Enjoy!!

Ok I will another pot of coffee on the go and head out to the deck to have coffee with my DH. We will enjoy it for one last time this weekend as the rest of the weekend looks pretty rainy!! Keep your fingers crossed that we get lots of moisture, we sure do need it! Have a wonderful day ladies!! :wave:

 

[BrightEyes]

Yikes... it is Saturday all ready! This week has flown by. Woke up at 5 AM but managed to drift off until 6:30. Think my back was bothering me as I kept dreaming I was seeing a doctor who had put magnets in my back to make it feel better!!! Wow what a nightmare. Will just say that I took some over the counter pain meds and hope that relieves the aching in the back, knees, hands, etc. There must be a front heading our way as that is when those ache. Hope it brings some cooler weather.. 99 is just too hot!

Chris, glad you got your mom in for the blood work and the doctor is right on top of the results. Your Mom is better in the hospital right now. Hope they can get the other testing done and maybe put the stents in. Keeping her in my prayers.

Trudy, sounds like had a fun time with your DH on your night out! I gather the band was at an Expo... is that like a State Fair? Our State Fair started this week. I haven't been to it for several years...but have fond memories the last time I went.

Nancy, you are a great mom to try to get your son tickets... so glad his friend came through with them so you didn't have to wait to get them. Do you have a date for the other knee replacement yet??

Gotta run some errands... somehow the days have slipped away before I got them done. Must get some food so I will have something to feed Son#1 when he arrives on Monday. Think I will have several of the family here for dinner on Tuesday so need to put the thinking cap on for what to fix. CYL

 

[felis]

Good morning girls,

oh, Chris, sorry to hear that your mom is in hospital! I think I was underestimate the situation, as like Rae said in now days medicine make so much for heart cases (especially in your country), so I think it's a good thing they are catch it on time. Didn't expected complication and hope all be resolved faster! Stay strong girl, as you are needed as support! Hugs and healthy vibes!
Love the story about the red Estee Lauder lipstick, this is something I said all the time, you can't show confidence better than with bright lipstick! I know what you mean about the Museum at Washington DC., too! I miss the time when we just going somewhere watch the concert, visit exhibition or so, and then have a fun at some McDonald's or gas station restaurant whole night, before to catch the morning train (Never get the night train without at big friends company with you, personal experience advice!!!). Now I just can't plan trip without to need hotel, and even found that now McDonald's closed after midnight, what a world!!

Trudy, the Exhibition experience sounds lovely! I love such kind of things! Disappointing but I can expect today to be similar day, but only to the first part of your description: grocery shopping, cleaning and working outside in the yards. It's not bad, but I want to listening band too!

Kay, sorry to hear that your back is hurt, hope to feel better soon! I bet sitting in scraping don't help much. Hope you have nice chair! I was very surprised to found that use of wrong model chair is very stressful for my poor knees, as I have old trauma in them.
Have a fun family time!
About your Master closet story, I totally knows what you mean! But our apartment is small, and we have to keep everything out of season properly packaging in boxes at one not much functional closets. And all current stuffs in cabinets with easier access. This movement isn't so bad, actually, as I'm impulsive buyer and got many things just because they are been on sale, which here means out of season, so till the time to wear them comes I'm forgot what I own :roll: .


Now I have to prepare for grocery shopping. I have to admit that this morning during I stop the shower at the middle of my batting, so to shave my legs, I started to freeze, and you are partly right, that is sign for that the autumn is here, but we still don't have to fully close the windows at night and I'll enjoy on that as long as it's possible! And then with pleasure will switch to autumn mode, my favorite! L O L
Here the coffee batting smiley would be very appropriate as it was my favorite for weekend stuffs! By the way Trudy, I made research about him, and the lady that is copyrighted it, wants all sites that use it to pays monthly fees. I guess that's the reason why site that you were thought that hosted them, is been banned and I don't think that missed smileys will come back. You can remove them. :smash:

Anyway! I wish you lovely day to you all!

 

[faerywings]

It is a lazy Sunday for me right now. I woke up a bit before 6 and didn't roll out of bed for almost an hour. Been puttering around reading some news and all and now it is 8.30 and all I have done is drink coffee.
I guess I deserve that ATM, right?

I was utterly loopy yesterday. Caitlyn kept looking and me, sighing and saying... "Oh, mama...." Hahahaha!! My day started with everyone calling, texting, leaving voicemails all within an hour or so. I was one the house phone and my cell would ring or the Call Waiting would beep. I would text someone back, and my phone would ring in the middle of it. I *aodre* my brother he is such a good person. But he makes things very complicated. I thought that we had everything all set that I was meeting him at his house at 1 pm and we would drive over to the hospital to visit my mom. This had gone back and forth for a while He asked if we wanted to go to lunch first. I said no, we would eat before we left here. He asked if it were better to meet at my mom's. I said, no, meeting him at his house was fine, both are on the way to the hospital. Around and around, over and over. So when I left my house for the FP at 10, I thought we were all settled.

No sooner do I get to the FP and Gary is texting me that my brother called again and said that we should meet at our parents'' house, to call him. OMG! Fine! I somehow managed to rip my pants on something at the FP and stepped in goose poop in the parking lot. This was all before 11 am. *insert image of me laughing manically while pulling my hair out*

It was all worth it, Caitlyn and I met with my brother, drove to the hospital and spent some time with my mom who seemed to be getting spoiled by the nurses over there. I think that she is happy that people are *listening* to her. She always says that I am the only one that does and honestly, I feel like I don't listen to her enough.
The kidney specialist stopped in while my SIL was there which was fab timing and the cardiologist came by while we were there in the afternoon.
They seem to be taking everything in precise order. Kidneys first, heart/BP/diuretics next. Cath after that. I am glad that she is exactly where she needs to be and is happy there. Now if I could just get my brother and dad to lay off her a bit, stop being so bossy. pfft.

Today I am going to putter around here. I have no idea what the week ahead will look like. I hope to go see her tomorrow but other than that, I am not sure what is happening or when/where she will need me.

HAGD!! And thank you again for listening to me!!!

 

[faerywings]

Trudy- yuck about having to do grocery shopping. You all know how I feel about that! Were you able to get any yard work done? I have some bulbs I want to plant soon. The box didn't say how deep they need to be so I have to either Google that or ask Scott. He doesn't know too much about bulbs so Google probably a safer bet. The air is so chilly here so I don't really want to be outside.
The Ex sounds like it was loads of fun-- is it like a County Fair? Awesome that you got to see the Eagle Eyes again.

Kay- Oh no!! LOL at the dream with the magnets in your back but in all seriousness, I do hope it feels better today. I would gladly take you 90* weather. It feels so much like fall. Now that I am not going to the shore, I packed away all of my beachy decorations so my house matches the weather and (sadly) my brain.

Felis- thank you for the good thoughts about my mom. When I lost it on Friday morning, I was terrified -- you all know how close we are and was wondering what I would do without her. I know that many of you know that and I am blessed that I have her.
My grandma was a piece of work. The last few years of her life, she experienced several heart attacks and strokes. My mom would tell her to rest and she would retort--"I will rest well enough when I am dead." That was my grandma.*smiles*
Good luck catching up with everything you need to do with your house and yard.

xoxo

 

[nancyr]

good late morning - today is my DH's birthday. We had a great walk with Luther so that was a fun way to start the day. Now he is mowing the lawn with his newly fixed lawnmower. We were going to take him out but he was not that excited so not sure what we will do LOL. Made a great dinner last night and seems so easy now. It was to coat chicken breast with dried Italian seasonings and bake or fry. Then zucchini and cherry tomatoes are fried and finished with balsamic vinegar. Finally mashed potatoes. Mixed mayo, dijon mustard, more Italian seasonings to put on top of the chicken. Gosh it was good especially the veggies. Got more scrapping done. Finished 13 Reasons. It had a surprise ending and looks like the set up for a season 4. They are in their senior year so there cannot be too many seasons left. Watched my NJ Devils rookies. They have lost both games to the rookies of Buffalo and Pittsburgh and on Monday morning. Then next week the veterans report with physicals and practices so that means games soon. First preseason game is Monday Sept 16. Seems to come so fast now. Today is also the real start of NFL so I will be watching that.

Chris so glad to see your mom is getting all the attention she needs to really get herself well. So happy that you were there to hear the reports! I am sure you were crazy with this was going to work out but it seems to be really the correct way to proceed as she is being taken care of and perhaps a break from your dad with them not bickering. I too feel it is too chilly for the start of Sept though my weatherman said the middle of Sept is to be above average.

Kay that is a strange dream about your back. I dreamt about my knee surgery and there was no pain and I was walking up stairs and they could not believe it LOL. I totally understand these kind of dreams. Hope it feels better soon! My surgery is scheduled Oct. 8. So I am working to keep my muscles strong to help with the recovery! Hope your temps decrease!

Trudy what a fun night out with your main guy! I am sure he is glad to have it just be you and him after a hectic summer! Hope the weather cooperated with your yard work and Costco was not too busy!

Felis I am glad I have enough space to not have to worry about changing clothes in my closet for each season. We also as kids spent nights out driving and not coming home until the wee hours of the morning. Oh to be young but I don't want to go through all the angst again.

Have a great day all!

 

[felis]

Good morning NJ girls,
I'm here a little bit late, but I use my morning time to scrap. And then electricity gone just when I rearranged my post. Good that I write the text on Wordpad, so I had to add only smiley again :roll: .
I had to skip one of my weekly pages and will come on it later. I have ideas for some of the challenges too, but it's just one of these periods when I can't feel wish to scrap :cry: . The weather is lovely and it's more to stay out now, when finally it isn't too hot.

Nancy, happy birthday to your husband and best wishes! Have a wonderful year! arty::champagne:champagne:choclove
I also prefer to stay at home on birthdays, family around and no bustling from strangers as at restaurant. If you can order special diner even better, but I doubt that someone will choose this option, when have chef as you.
I'm still not even start 13 Reasons, it's on my list but this season start few local production I like and their seasons are long around 50 episodes so I don't think I'll have time for it again. Also we watch reality show similar to Big Brother, but they live and care for farm. So the autumn tv program started already. Now I feels it is too occupied, but when the night comes early and it's cold outside will match better!

Chris, the family dynamic is difficult in dramatic situation. I see you have to be buffer and you do it excellent, girl! Hope in future your brother and dad to become more careful or at least more calm in relationships with your mom! I don't know them personally, but from one I have here, I feels as controlling is way of men to handle with the fear. Nice to hear that your mom likes the hospital and the nurses, but hope soon to be at home! ::grouphug Hugs to the whole your family!