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 :-)

Holiday

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Hope you have a good one.

I'll try to blog soon.

I'm still here

Sorry, I haven't posted in a while. We finally have our walk in shower installed. It was finished on Tuesday. We had to wait until Wednesday to use it. Mom and I both took showers in the morning. When I went to sort some laundry, I noticed there was water down the basement. Ron took a shower but we didn't notice it leaking. We called the people that installed it and the plumber came and looked. It seems it wasn't a plumbing problem it was a wall problem. Thursday the guy that installed the drywall and fiberglass walls came. It looked like some of the caulking shrunk up. He re-caulked it and said to try it today and see if it still leaked. Thank goodness, it seems fine now. It's great to have a shower again.

Things are still crazy around here. We had a couple of unexpected appointments for Mom. Hopefully, things will settle down now for a while.

The leaves on the trees are really beautiful here. A lot are falling off already. Before you know it, it will be Halloween. Where has the time gone? Ron's got the garden all taken out and the marigolds. I never did get more mums to replace the ones I lost from last year. I did have one that came up though.

I'm starting to do some Christmas shopping online already. At least I have all my address labels for my cards done.

I hope to write again soon.

P.S. If you haven't had a mammogram this year, please go. It could save your life.

Register

If you are not registered to vote, you have until October 6th to register to vote in the Presidential election in our State. This could be the most important vote of your life. No matter who you vote for, please vote. These women fought for our right.

http://vodpod.com/watch/463965-history-women-activists-suffrage