Winter woes

Okay, I'm going to whine. Besides all the snow we've had and freezing weather, now we've got a problem in the house. The other day I was in the half-bathroom and noticed a streak of something coming down from the medicine cabinet. I opened it up and the bottom shelf was a little wet. I took everything out and wiped it dry. I meant to mention it to Ron and forgot. The next day, Ron noticed it and there was more leaking. He started putting little towels in there. Yesterday, he decided to take out the medicine cabinet (it's inside the wall) because more and more water was coming in it. The water is coming in from the top. They are only drops but they are filling up the containers pretty quick. We think because there is so much ice in the gutters that's why it's coming in. Everyone around here's gutters are frozen. I guess we just have to wait it out until the gutters all unfreeze. Eventually, I think we will have to call the guy that did the roof and gutters. I don't think this should have happened since we just had it done not even 1 1/2 years ago.

Winter

Oh joy, more snow. Yuck!

I'm still here

Sorry, it's been so long.

Not much has been happening around here. Just trying to survive the weather. Between the cold and snow, it has been an awful winter. I can't wait for Spring.

Mom's doing pretty good. She had her blood test this week and finally we get to go a whole month without having to get another one.

We had the in-law Christmas on Jan 11th. My brother came and stayed with Mom because we didn't think she could get down the steps at my sister-in-laws house. I had such a good time. It was good to get away a little bit. I barely finished knitting the dishcloths for the family but I got them all done. This is the first year I waited so long to do them.

Hope everyone is doing well.

New Year

What can I say about 2008? other than - IT SUCKED ;-) I can't wait for it to be over.

I hope 2009 is a better year for me and a lot of people I know.

Here's wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year!!!

Viki

Random thoughts

I hope everyone had a good Christmas.

On Monday, I decided to make the stuffed cabbage for Christmas Eve. I was so proud until I was ready to take it out of the oven and realized I forgot to put the rice in LOL. It tasted okay but I could tell something was missing. Ron went to the grocery store Tuesday morning to buy the ingredients so I could make it again. As he was going back to the van after shopping, he noticed the cart guy laying on the ground. He yelled to him but the guy was passed out. He went into the store and told customer service. The lady came out right away. By the time she came out and called the guy, he was awake. Apparently, the guy was getting the carts and slipped on the ice and hit his head. They called the ambulance. I think that's probably why I forgot to put the rice in the stuffed cabbage so Ron could find the guy laying on the ground ;-)

We had a very nice Christmas Eve. My brother and sister-in-law came. She made some really good kielbasa and sauerkraut.

We had a quiet Christmas. I made roast beef. Ron and I weren't going to buy anything for each other but then the day before Christmas we decided to get a GPS for the family. A will probably use it mostly but who knows, sometime Ron and I might be able to take a trip and it could come in pretty handy.

Mom's been doing pretty well. Her sugar seems to be under control now. We are still having problems with the blood thinner.

We started taking down our decorations today. Usually, we wait until New Years but I'm ready.

Talk to you all later.

Christmas

I wish I could say that this picture is from my home but it's not. It's my brother-in-law and sister-in-laws home. Don't they have a lovely fireplace. All my Christmas pictures vanished when my hard drive crashed and I had to get Windows re-installed. But anyway,

Have a Merry Christmas.

Viki

Random things

We had a pretty nice Thanksgiving. I hope everyone did as well.

The weather around here has been nasty lately. Today, we've had rain, snow and hail. Sign of things to come ???

We've got our Christmas tree up and decorations. I've got all my cards done. They are just waiting to be mailed. Probably tomorrow. We decided to cut way down on our Christmas giving this year. It seems like most people I've talked to have decided the same.

Mom's doing okay. We've had trouble getting her blood thinner regulated for some reason. Today, she had to get another blood test. She's had about 4 in 2 1/2 weeks. Also, I think her blood glucose machine was messing up. She should be getting a new one in a day or so.

Have a good night :-)