It was a ....

WARM day... boy could I use some more of those. Finally bought the stuff I've had on my list for weeks. Odds and ends of little things.

Finished my ornament so I have done two now. Well the birds were five in number but it was one project... so I did those and the new ornament. Bought some remnants I think will be good for more of the quilted type ornaments. Posted a few pictures on the craft blog.

Going to bed now.. sinus headache is awful. I've had this stuff for a whole week now. Enuff.

J

day is done

Coughed all night and it looks like tonight is gonna be a repeat... hate coughing. Hate coughdrops too. I'm always afraid if I take one in the night I'll go to sleep with it in my mouth and it'll slip down my thoat and choke me.

I hear a frog croaking out there.. it rained so much today I have puddles in my yard. Was windy too but it's clear now. Tomorrow it should be sunny. Hoping for NO wind. I need to go to walmart and payless. Didn't get the things I needed the other day cause there just wasn't enough room for everything.

I started a new Christmas ornament... need flat headed straight pins. I only had a few so couldn't do much. It's gonna be cute.

Almost my bedtime. Hopefully I will get up earlier tomorrow. I've been going to bed late and getting up late.

J

So tired

Did too much and still don't feel as well as I should. Tomorrow I'm going to have a do nothing, go nowhere day. Might start a new ornament. J

And so now it's something else...

Gee whiz. Now I have something like strep throat, earraches, fever, and stuffed nose. Fun fun. I need some sunshine. I need some peace and some order in my life.. and tonight my blood pressure is high. I definitely need a vacation.


J

Birds are done

For pics check the craft blog.. J

Something is better than

NOTHING.

Bought a new step stool today... it's bigger, more sturdy, non-slip and has handles sort of to hold onto. Now I can see on the second shelf.

Finished the other side of my yellow bird.. need to put the gloss sealer on it. Need to put a hanger of some sort.. I'll take a picture tomorrow and put it on my craft blog.

Bought a few stems of artificial flowers... mac painted the basket we brought home from the cemetery. Need to start making some new arrangements. Want to do some spring type flowers.

My knee hurt a lot today. This was a three pain pill day.. might have one more when I go to bed, maybe not. J

Very productive day

I used a big lint roller and cleaned dog hair off the furniture.. I'm so glad to have that done. I used to do it weekly but since getting my new knee etc I just haven't done it regularly... now that I have the living room all cleaned I'm hoping I can keep it up. Still need to work on my bedroom but that will have to wait till next week.

I started painting the little birds today.. my brushes are too big. My eyesight is not so good, maybe I need new glasses now. I've had these for about 5 years now. And my hand isn't so steady. Seems hard to use my right hand for some reason. Well I know the thumb is shot but still I should be able to do something with it and not have it so unsteady... I hate getting old. Hate it.

Time for bed.

J

Tired day

I didn't sleep well.. maybe tonight. We went and ordered Josh's cake, cleaned a bit of the back yard. Didn't do anything in the house. I did get the prices off the little wooden birds and also sanded them down a bit.. looked online for pictures of birds. Not sure how I want to paint these. Should I make them glittery like Christmas decorations or shall I make them along the line of Mexican folk art.? Shall I make some of each? I have five of them so could do more than one type. I did print off a few pics that I might like to try.

Need to go t bed now .. got up too early.

J

OK...

The albums are finished. All 2009 pictures have been stored.. Now I can start something else.

I cut my hair today... right arm and hand is pretty bad. Could not reach to do the back with it so had to pretty much cut all of it with the left hand.. I am so not left handed. This may be the last time I cut my own hair unless I can get that arm a bit more flexible.

Rode the exercise bike and did some other non interesting stuff.. pulled my back which is not funny. Hopefully it's gone tomorrow when i get up.

Tired.

J

Worked and worked...

But didn't finish.. I almost did though. I was putting in the 2009 pictures in albums.. only had a few left and just couldn't do anymore. I was so hungry and my back hurt so bad. I thought I'd eat and then finish after dinner but David came over and I never did get back to it.. that's ok cause I really didn't feel like doing anymore on it tonight anyway.. Won't take more than half an hour to finish the album tomorrow.. I'll be so glad to get that done. I want to start a new craft and needed to get these pictures done first.. I have some little wooden birds I want to paint and decorate for the Christmas tree.. they are actually January's project, but I'll get them done and another one before Feb is over. Need to get back to doing something.. hate just sitting and it's not good either.. not good for ones health.

Did my chair exercises this morning and did a few with light weights.. I am so amazed by the loss of strength in my right arm and hand.. also how hard it is to make my right leg and foot do what I tell it to do.. Worrisome.

J

update except

There's nothing new...

Got the window washed in the bedroom, took down the curtains and washed them.. spray and wash took out the stains, yea for me. I still want to buy drapes for in there but at least for the time being these are clean. Will rehang them tomorrow. The carpet seems to smell ok now. Guess several pounds of baking soda did the trick.

I've been riding my exercise bike daily and walking when the weather is good. Also been trying to walk faster when we shop etc but nothing is really helping. The knee feels stiff and one whole side of it feels asleep. The whole knee feels heavy and swollen. I don't think it was done right.

I'm tired tonight.. not much sleep last night.. hungry too. need a snack. J

A few things done

Finished cleaning and reorganizing my bathroom.. need a clock and a vase of flowers in there to complete it. Need to do a little work on my bedroom too. Started to put things back in the other bedroom but when I bent down to put some books on the bottom shelf of the bookcase I could smell the carpet.. smelled like cat. Tomorrow I'll get some baking soda and sprinkle that all over to see if it will absorb the odors.. then in a few days we'll probably rent a carpet shampooer and clean it. Don't want mac to do much right now as his back/leg is getting so much worse. The pain pills don't give him much relief and they make his head feel weird. The pain patches did nothing and the physical therapy didn't help. Next step is a spine doctor for a cortizone shot in the spine.. I probably need it too but I won't. The pain pills do help me.

I walked around the block. the last quarter of the way I had to use my cane. Did five minutes on the exercise bike.. also walked all around food maax and then did quite a bit of standing after we got home.

Bought some asparagus so we can have bacon wrapped asparagus for dinner tomorrow.. love that stuff.

J

I cleaned closets today... that darn closet pole in my bathroom is about 10 inches too high. I really need that lowered. Sorted out some clothes that I never wear and some that I just don't like and some that don't fit right. Have a whole box to take to a shelter if I can find a shelter around here...

Rain rain rain and more rain. I'm getting tired of it. I walk so slow now that it's difficult to go anywhere when its raining.

Got all ready to go to drs appt this morning,,,,, up early, showered and went out in the cold just to find out he doesn't practice in Red Bluff anymore. Wonder when someone was gonna tell my. Irks the hell out of me to think they did that.. I really wanted this follow up on my knee cause it is swelling some still and it gets stiff too. Anyway now I don't have a knee doc. Whatever.

J

Another day

Another very tired day.. Can't fix the problems, can't do anything. Have to go to bed. Maybe I'll sleep. J