What!? It has been a week????

A few shots of Ian's birthday party last Saturday. I have more, but these seemed good for today. They brought the dog, Tango. She is partially blind, but seems to be a good dog. She was just a tiny thing when they got her a couple of weeks ago, but she has really grown. She is a boxer.

As you can see, Ian likes having presents at the party.

I worked a day and half this week. It was not a bad time. Same place, same grade, but some different kids. Some were the same kids, but not all problems in the same classes. These kids mostly "got it" If you don't bother or annoy anyone, I don't bother you.

I got a total of 5 and a half days of subbing from being around those days. 3.5 for September, and 2 for October. September's will probably fill up before too long. I have to limit the days anyway.

We are still searching for the answer to the head pain. I have concluded I do not have headaches, but head pain. I see the neurologist on Sept. 9.

It rained, the toilet overflowed a couple of times, the plumber came and roto-rootered out the pipes, a giant limb fell in my drive way-- almost, but not quite--blocking it, the limb was moved by a Good Samaritan that I didn't see, the tornado missed Six Mile, Dad was doing good this week, and I went to the laundromat.....life is good.

Have a good weekend.

Friday again.

Someone sent me this picture with a bunch of others. Don't be surprised to see them for the next few entries.

A short blog today.

I worked for a math teacher.

Things went very well until

the last class of the day.

After I sent about 5 show-offs, or whatever you want to call them out

of class. Things returned to

smooth sailing.

The students were taking the

beginning of year pretest to help the teacher determine what to teach this year. Will they ever learn? No. Maybe when they are spending some time incarcerated.

I am tired, but not totally wiped out. As I said, although I was on my feet most of the day, the other classes were all good and so was this one after I got rid of the troublemakers.

This is another birthday party weekend. Ian will be 9 on Monday, so his party will be a swimming party tomorrow afternoon. I am giving him a CD stand to keep his CD's in. I think he will like it.

I had a leak in my commode this afternoon after I flushed it. I don't know why. I guess I will have to watch it and see if it was a one time thing, or a problem developing. Hope not.

That is all I know.

Take care.

Another Wednesday speeds on by.....

Come one, Come all to see.....Panda Dog. He walks, he barks, he rolls all around like the dog he is....only 10 cents, one tenth of a dollar....or a tank of gas..ha!

Not much doing today. I had guests for dinner. That was good. Especially since they brought the dinner.

I did quite a bit today to have gotten so little done in the grand scheme of things.

Still moving a few boxes most days. Unpacking them. The washer and dryer are still not hooked up. A few issues, but not much else.

I am working Friday. I guess I can do that. I was asked today to sub for long term....51 days. I will be turning it down. It will be too hard to do for so long.

That's all for today folks.

And so it goes...another school year begins.

This blog is acting like it did a few days ago. There should be a picture, but maybe not.

Guess who came to my house to play yesterday. Yes!

It had been quite awhile since I had played "Hide and Seek,"" Red Light," and "Mother, May I." The rules are still about the same....unless it is Isabella's turn to be "it." She makes up her own rules.

I visited Dad today. He told me I look like one of his sisters, I asked which one and he said, "Well, all of them really." I had to laugh.

He was in good spirits and chatted awhile about nothing in particular. We talked about school and such. It is just best to talk about something in general most of the time and school qualifies as a common topic.

My phone at home is installed. Finally. I hope it works better than at the other place, but just in case, call me on the cell if you can't get through.

There is only one phone jack in this house, so if I am in another part of the house, it is hard to get into the office sometimes. There also is only one electrical outlet in this office...so strange--and old fashioned for today's electrical society.

I am hoping to figure out how to get the little tv to work here where I have my computer.

Still unpacking and bringing some things from the old place. I hope to be moved in entirely by,............um, Next April???

Today I have washed a few more windows, unpacked and placed things from two boxes and done some other things, nothing great since I spent nearly 3 hours on the road and visiting.

Got a dinner date, so gotta go get ready. Stay out of trouble.

BAck to back....

I didn't make this shot, but I really like it. That dog probably outweighs the baby by quite a few pounds.

Louise's 90th birthday party was a delight. There were about 11 or 12 of us to celebrate at one of our favorite restaurants tonight. I needed that bit of fun.

She is surely in good spirits and plans to celebrate her 100th with us.

This was the weekend I didn't have to go to visit Dad. Candace went and
said he was about the same as usual.

Isaac spent Friday night with me and we mostly just hung around and that boy loves to play Word Challenge on Facebook. We met his family about lunch time. I went by the old place and got a small load of things.

Today I went by and got a larger load of things. Mostly clothes and such. I couldn't get into the garage with the way J. had parked, so I had to walk a longer distance to the car. I just couldn't go back later for another load. I really wanted to just bring that load in and go right back for more 'stuff.' Oh, well, I will be getting more all week long.

I unloaded some things, hung some things, and then started with the spasms and just had to lie down awhile. I am hoping soon to have some relief from the spasms. This wasn't the worst of them, but they weren't any fun for sure.

I learned today that a friend of ours had passed away about a month ago. Although we weren't all that close, she was a definite part of our memories. She was only in her early 50's.

Guess that is all I know today. Stay out of trouble..ha!

Ooops!

The next post is really today's post, but I forgot to put the explanation for the photo.
This is the island in the kitchen of Brooke and Jonathan's place. I think the roof of the porch is this color also. It seems in the low country they paint the roof of the porch blue to keep the ghosts out of the house....I say they need a big ol' six shooter....

Fini, Fini, Fini!

The Medicaid thing is out of our hands. I do not know how I could have done it without Linda's help. But it is finished! Many hours of phone calls, going through things, explanations, and other 'stuff.' She and I have worked hard to put it all together and find whatever the heck the lady wanted. I think we got a lady who was just so particular and well, you know the term....AR. But she has tried to understand it all.

So this has been a difficult physical day, but I had to push past the dehydration and go about my things that were waiting on me. I just kept trying to take in fluids--as in good fluids--to replace the ones I have lost for the last two days. That is a common problem with the ulcerative colitis.

Dad was in fairly good spirits today. He talked about all sorts of things, and was mixing the past with the present. It is not that unusual for him to do that. I think it is the long hours of not being able to watch tv, interact with others, etc. He said he had already had a shower today, and I think he had since his hair seemed a bit dampish.

I am hoping to feel well enough for Isaac to spend the night tomorrow night. It is his last turn before school starts.

Maybe I can get a couple of boxes emptied tonight. I do know I will have to go to the laundromat and do laundry. I can't get to the outlet to make a drawing of the prongs, so I can get an adapter for the dryer. I also have to check about the hoses for the washer. Maybe this weekend I can get that all sorted out.

I also have to get the paperwork done for the neurologist appointment. Things just never seem to want to slow down. But that is not always a bad thing.

Just a note today.

Technology R US

This has been a day of mostly pain and getting information together for Dad's Medicaid.

I have put away a few things, gone to get a small load of things at the old place, and tried to work through the pain....

Have a good Thursday. It rained a bit last night, but hardly enough to settle the rain. It happens like that sometimes.

Keep on keeping on

I am still moving and cleaning, and wiping things down. I wasn't able to get much done yesterday. Unfortunately, at the last minute I was called upon to visit Dad although I wasn't planning to go over the weekend.

Dianne rode up with me and we stopped for a burger, but didn't dawdle. She is a good friend to do that. Dad wanted to walk down to the lobby, so we went down and talked to her for just a little bit. When we left, he patted her on the shoulder, called her "Sugar" and thanked her for coming to see him. She mentioned that she thought he was not in as good a shape as last time she saw him (earlier this summer).--Last time she went, he was in bed and didn't come down to the lobby.

Dad had an escape episode on Saturday and they called me from Harvey's. (We were right in the middle of moving things.) He was not as upset as he is sometimes. He was okay with me promising to come see him on Sunday.

Sunday morning, the nurse told me that he had given them a good scare earlier. He had gone down the hall and gotten into another man's bed. The assistants said they were already heading toward their cars to get out and look for him.

As usual, he was glad to see me. some of the more lucid residents wanted to know where I had been, they had missed me this week. I guess they had just missed seeing me when I went in mid-week.

I guess that is all I know. Except I entered these shots in one of our photo challenges in another group. It isn't a contest, just a sharing of a photo or photos.

The title was: "What's in your bag?"

More "Undone" shots and an update...

I took every shelf, drawer, and piece out of the 'fridge and cleaned it until it squeaked.

I took the prisms and handwashed all but the top four.
I measured and examined the wall to be sure the entertainment center would fit.
I made sure the computer would work in the space in the paneled office.


Next time, maybe I can show you how hard we worked. Most of the big furniture is moved, things are cleared, cleaned, and positioned. There are still many things to be done and smaller things to be brought from the old place....but I am more or less situated in the new place. Everyone who helped was tired and pooped, but it was worth it.

New Place

Saturday is the big move. I will post more pictures later. Try to stay cool.