Soggy Saturday

Yes today is soggy!  It was icy this morning too. We couldn't even get the truck doors to open without really pulling because they were iced over some.  We got to dads okay though I told him last night we'd be there an hour later than usual because of the winter advisory which actually got extended to 2 o'clock this afternoon,

There were over 70 accidents between midnight and sometime this morning in our county alone. That is how bad it was.  Hubby asked me if I woke up several times last night because of ambulance sirens.  I honestly had not.  Guess I was just pretty tired. Also glad I didn't wake up several times as I would have been really dragging today.

So I just made one of my yummy Mexican coffees and thought I'd share a picture of what they look like. :-)

             
  Tomorrow rings in the new month.  It will be March. Time for SPRING!!! Hear that Mother Nature!!

Freezing Friday

Well here it is Friday night. It is 28 degrees out and the weather radar shows pink (for ice).  Fun. NOT!  Hubby offered to take me over to help my dad later. Thankfully, yes.  But I hope the roads aren't just a sheet of ice either.  This is so nuts that March will be here in 2 days and we're dealing with this here in Central Texas!

As it is I'm sitting here with a blanket on my lap, oh and Ditzy on my lap too.  I'm fixing to make myself a mexican coffee.

So here's to not stressing about the weather outside and enjoying time with hubby and the fur kids inside with hot mexican coffee!

Thursday's topics...

Today the topic in our house was the weather.  It is cold again and we may get some sleet/ice tomorrow and even Saturday, just sporadic though and not suppose to stick.  Ugh.. Hope this is the last cold snap of the winter!

My dad is still not going #1 on his own but hopefully he will.  He is getting around without need of a walker or a cane and about the same.  I'm hoping in the next few weeks he can gain some more strength and maybe do some slight exercise like walking around the block.  We'll see.  I don't want to push him but sitting around the house isn't really building up strength either. He needs to gain about 20 pounds too, but hopefully that will happen too. 

He does get tired and doesn't like to get phone calls in the evening.  His own sister called him a few nights ago but he wasn't in the mood  to talk.  Both my folks can be very finicky.  They are definitely set in their ways!  Lord help us all! :-)

Well tomorrow is finally Friday.  Yippee!!

One of those strange days..

It started out with snow flurries (rare around here) and ended up being a sunny day hitting the high 50's. But that is fine with me as that was just nice enough for my walk before dinner.  I hadn't walked in 4 days and I really like to keep up with it, plus the dogs like it too since I pick a different one each time.  Today I took Molly the bark-aholic.   She even barks at nothing, just sort of announcing to all that she is coming down the street I guess.

Keeping this short tonight. Headed to bed.

Hump day yet?

This is turning out to be one of those weeks that seems like it should be at least Thursday by now. Oye!  This morning the road was pretty dry at least.  There is a chance of some light snow tomorrow again.  And in Dallas they may get 1-3 inches so it may be a repeat of yesterday with a skeleton crew to work on things.  Oh well that is why I love my job working at home. :-)))

Watching TV with one of the furkids in my lap. Typing with one finger again. Had some fried cabbage (fried in leftover bacon grease) with dinner tonight. It was yummy! 

Not much else to blog about right now.  Until tomorrow...

Never far enough South!

Just can't get far enough south to avoid the arctic front.  Right now it is 26 degrees out according to the Internet. This morning there was some drizzling rain turning to ice coming down. Hubby had to scrape the windshield of his truck so that I could get to my dad's to help with his morning catheter.  Hubby was sweet and offered to drive. They really don't treat the roads around here and I wasn't sure how they would be.

Turns out it was much worse in Dallas area and my employer's main office there was shut down for the day.  I was given some different things to cover for those who were out and it made for an interesting day.

I thought for sure when we moved out to Texas nearly 10 years ago now, that I would never have to worry about ice and weather in the 20's!  Ugh!  I can't complain too much since I don't have to drive to work every day.  We've been lucky too that the back porch has not frozen so we haven't had to put salt down for the dogs.

Next week is March right?   This is Central Texas right?....Bring on the 70's March and no teasers...STAY warm !

Kitchen time..

Today I quit work eariler than I had planned but it was a good thing.  I finally got the Heavenly Chocolate Pie made that I meant to make a week ago.  The meringue is optional but I like a little sweetness on top of the chocolate.  Here was the finished pie:

I am eating a piece right now. Yum!

I also ate stir fry again that I did in what else, my cast iron! :)   I added some peanuts to add a little protein.

It was good!

I asked hubby if he minded watching the Oscar's tonight.  He reluctantly agreed. There really isn't a whole lot on other than the same American Pickers shows that are okay...but I'd rather critique what everyone's wearing or saying...I mean.. I want to see who wins! :)

Word

I got nothing.  Don't really feel like blogging today but have to post at least something right? So Word.  :0)

Probably will be more in the mood tomorrow. Nite

Oh well

As much as I say I never will work late on Friday, I did. Well I have a hair appointment tomorrow, and am getting it colored so I won't get as much time to work as I normally would on a Saturday.  I feel good about getting more done tonight so that I don't feel pressured over the weekend. Nobody puts the pressure on but me on the weekends.  :-)

And this hair appointment is long overdue since I missed my previously scheduled at least 3 weeks ago. Good thing I am growing it out because I can just stick it in a pony tail when it looks horrid some days.

I enjoyed some Hummus dip & chips and some 3 bean salad today for lunch.  I know I'll probably be farting all night long now.  But it was really good!  Sometimes it is nice changing it up from my yogurt and nuts. Sometime I should go out for lunch with hubby too. I just only take 30 minute lunches so I don't think about taking a nice leisurely one. Besides that would mean I'd have to work longer too to make up the time. Oh who am I kidding I always work the extra anyway. :)

Some may call me a work-a-holic but I do enjoy my time when I don't work!! Honest!  It is just that I have goals.  Sometimes in my line of work it is feast or famine and I also realize that I am not getting any younger and if I want to retire in say 12 years or so I will need to have some retirement funds to fall back on. It is too scary thinking that I'll have to rely totally on social security and who know how stable that will be by then.  Plus there is still more 'home improvement' in the plans.  So think what you may, I am just driven by my goals to get some things done in this 33 year old house and be able to have an option to retire with confidence. Enough about that, going to go sit with hubby for a bit.

Friday Eve'

Yes it is Friday eve'! I can get away with that can't I?  Makes it feel that much closer!

Ever have one of those days when work seems to be flowing along and you feel like you are getting a lot accomplished, then suddenly a difficult challenge happens, takes up a few hours plus and all of a sudden the day goes to h**l.  That was the kind of day I had today. Oh well. Yesterday was very productive so it was predictable that today would not be.  I cut my losses and quit working a bit earlier than I originally planned this morning.

My hubby took my dad to the urologist today.  He got some meds that hopefully will get his restroom functions going normally again. 

I did a little singing while working today.  I really need to sing every day so that one day I don't wake up and realize that my voice is gone.  I still hope to do something with it someday.  Ho hum...someday...

Made a great stir fry dinner this evening from my Greenling order: broccoli rabe, onion, spinach, minced garlic, potato, peanuts and topped with watercress.  Yummy!

Just about...

shut down my computer for the night but I remembered that I didn't blog today.  I am going to be headed over to my folks here in a few to help me dad (he needs to use a catheter to go to the bathroom). Hopefully that will be short lived. He is going to see a urologist tomorrow (finally) to see about his problem.  Hopeful for him to get full function again of his bladder, etc.

I worked a long day today but felt okay doing it for once.  I think my tiredness is finally over now that I am on an easier schedule helping my dad out.  The weather keeps bouncing up and down though. In the morning it is at or near freezing and then by the afternoon it gets in the low/mid 60's.

I'm going to keep this short as there really isn't much new to blog about today. Oh I did get my Greenling order today so I am going to have some local veggies tomorrow with dinner!  Yum!

Today...

I am done work already!  Woo hoo!  I stopped at regular time today since I worked all weekend and the holiday. I felt I deserved to not work late tonight for once.

This afternoon I went over to help my dad and my mom asked me to look at the washer. I opened the lid and saw clothes and something that looked like a thin towel but also a bunch of white lint sort of stuff. I pulled out the strange looking towel and realized it was paper and it was heavy (with water weight)!  You know those hospital bed pads that they put down to catch 'accidents'?  Those blue and white square ones?  Well my dad had accidentally put it in the wash!  I saw that he had taken it off the bed as he hasn't had any issues there since getting home from the hospital.  But I never thought it would end up in the washer.

Oye!  I took out the load and walked outside with it, leaving a small trail of white paper lint behind me. I tried to fluff out as much of the white stuff that I could.  It was like snowing paper!  I got some in my clothes and hair, and I hope I didn't inhale any of the little white pieces of shredded pad. 

The load then went into the dryer.  I hope it all came out.  I didn't stick around to find out.  I had to wipe out the washer with damp paper towels three times to get the white stuff from there too. Hopefully nothing got clogged up in the inside of the washer. 

The things old people do!  LOL!  I know I'll be there someday but it always seems to be something.

Frigid February?!

To all my family and friends back east, especially in the New England area, stay inside and stay warm and safe!  Just so you won't feel totally jealous of my weather here in Texas it didn't get above the 30's today so it wasn't warm and sunny and in the 70's or anything like that.

I keep forgetting to post a spinach salad that I had last week that was really good. I added some potato salad (okay, store bought)..to the side and added some cheese and croutons. It was very good!  I'm going to get some more vegetables tomorrow as I have not been eating as many as I'd like.  I'm ordering again through Greenling. They have a tofu noodle salad that looks interesting too. I hope the tofu isn't mushy!

My dad is getting a bit stronger every day. He still cannot go to the bathroom on his own though (#1) but hopefully his body will remember how. In the meantime my sister and I keep helping out and we're also getting some home care to help out with chores and some meals.  Although when I went over there at 6:00PM to help my dad, he was making dinner!  That is a great sign!  Hope he'll be all better within a few weeks!

Off to go see what is on the TV and spend some time with hubby.

Something I rarely do

What did I do today that I don't think I have done the entire time we moved here? Took a nap!!  Yes except for sleeping at night I am not a napper, never have been.  But helping my folks on top of working a lot and I have been getting very tired the last several days. So today I was trying to get some work done and felt suddenly sleepy. So I told hubby I was going to take a nap.  He thought it was a great idea!  He's knows how much I've been running.  So I went upstairs to bed and got a nice 2 hour nap in!  I wasn't sure if I'd feel even more tired when I got up but I wasn't. I was refreshed. 

We have had some really nice days this past week. Some days were even up in the 70's.  So it just seems really weird to hear how back on the east coast there are some areas getting so much snow that they are running out of places to put it all.  Yikes!  Sure glad I moved to somewhere warmer.

I have been watching the 40^th anniversary show of SNL (Saturday night live) while writing this. 40 years is a long time!  First year was 1975 so I feel like it was my our era since I graduated high school in ’75 and remember watching all the time in college and a lot of the time since then.  I don’t think it is nearly as good as it was back in those days '75-'80 or so, but it is the only thing on Saturday nights and it is tradition at this point.

 

This morning after helping my dad I exercised finally. It had been a few days since I have done that.  So that felt good. Then I started to get to work.  I noticed it was feeling rather cold in the house.  Something my hubby does is open a door a little when it is suppose to get warm out.  Okay may be the high is in the low 70's by mid-afternoon but it is still in the 50's in the morning!!  So I end up shutting the door because sit isn't warm YET!  :-)
Here I was getting ready to turn the heat on and he's got a door open. Oye!!

Since we need to be around for my dad we decided not to go out at all for Valentine's Day. So I made a steak and lobster tail dinner which was very good!  Nothing like steak made on cast iron! I made enough to take dinner to my folks. They enjoyed it!

Happy Valentine's Day!

TGIF

It is Friday. Pizza was good, beer hit the spot and I stopped work at a good time.   Then it was over to help my dad and then make dinner. I am back home now for a bit.

I am wondering about the movie Fifty Shades of Grey.  I never read the book and wonder if it is really that good, or mostly hype. Maybe we'll catch a movie next weekend but probably not that one.  I'm working this weekend trying to play catch up.  Tomorrow night we are having steak and lobster tail for Valentine's dinner,cooking a home on my cast iron.  Yum!

I can really start seeing the daylight earlier and it being later when the sun goes down. Yes!!!

Getting there...

Tomorrow is Friday. Yah!  I did get up early today at 5:30AM to get a jump on work. Thank goodness I did as I had a lot of work to do and got a good bit done even though I went over and made my folks dinner tonight.  My dad seems to be getting his appetite back which is great!

I have definitely found out over the last few days that I am not the caregiver type.  I just am not. I will do what is needed for my folks but I think looking into a full time or even night time nurse is going to be the best thing for all.  When I need to drop everything and go over it makes it a little tough, and my sister has been running around getting herself exhausted too.

Hopefully we will be able to get some nursing care for him soon.  Until then, will do what is needed.  I've been so busy between work and my dad that I hardly had a moment to appreciate how beautiful it was the last few days!  Spring is definitely coming!

Whipped Wednesday

It is 10:00PM and I'm whipped!  Started work early, went to help my folks out on my dad's first evening out of the hospital. Dinner, dishes, etc...and now I'm beat. I was going to come back home and work. Not gonna happen now. 

Going to try to get an early start tomorrow.

Nite

Was it Tuesday?

Didn't seem like a Tuesday to me because I usually take a late lunch and visit my mom while my dad directs bridge but since he is still in the hospital I didn't go over until dinner time to make my mom her meal.  Hopefully dad will be home by the weekend. It would be nice!  I can really tell mom misses him.

It was another beautiful day out today in the upper 70's! Ah!  It lifts my spirits so much when it is nice out! :)

Going to go relax and watch some TV with hubby.

Beautiful Day!

It is sunny, and 79 degrees out right now.  (writing this at lunch time) Woo hoo!

For those of you concerned about my dad, he is better although still in the hospital. My theory is that he got some sort of bug  (stomach bug ?) which made him get sick for a few days, but then he wasn't hungry and eating less and less weakening him and causing him to not be able nor want to do very much. He was sleeping a lot too. I think he got extremely dehydrated which resulted in the kidneys starting to shut down (renal failure).  Sure glad got him in the hospital on Saturday. His creatinine level went from 12 Saturday to 6 yesterday to 3 something today so that is a huge improvement. Hopefully he'll be able to go home in a few days. 

I know from my own experience with one of my daughters how deadly dehydration can be (she got ill as a child and became severely dehydrated).  Elderly folks are bound to be compromised just as little children are when they get sick.  I am going to be more watchful of this with him. I kept asking him if he was okay and he kept saying "Yes".  Note to self, do not believe father who is always in denial if he isn't feeling well.

One of my sisters is there visiting him today so I am trying to get a full day of work in while helping mom out too. She is elderly and can't get around very well so I am making a few meals and such.  Luckily they live very close to me. :-)

Yes..I Know

I just realized I didn't blog yesterday.  Oh well rules must be bent when family is involved. 

My father is ill and between my sister and I we were running over to their house, she took him to the hospital, I helped take care of my mom and also tried to get some work done..so blogging was just not on my mind.

I'm keeping this short for now.

Finally Friday!!

Yippee!  Another long work week is done!  Well sort of..I'm working the weekend too but today I stopped at the end of 8 hours. I took Molly with me on my walk, then went over to my folks as my dad has not been feeling very well.

I was going to buy them some spring water they wanted, but that turned into doing a bit of shopping for them.  That was okay but then I also picked up a prescription that was ready at the drug store. Then I ordered a pizza for them when I ordered ours and took theirs over to them for dinner.  Before I got out the door my mom asked me to take out their trash too. Not a big deal considering all my folks have done for me my whole life.  Tomorrow although I am working I also am taking my mom to her hair appointment.  Sure hope my dad feels better soon.  What?  Well I'm concerned for him!  That really is my number one reason.  It was just interesting how getting a jug of Spring Water turned in to much more than that.  LOL!

Howling

Hubby caught the fur kids howling because I wasn't walking them last evening.

Hopefully you'll be able to view this okay.


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Too funny!

Changing it up..

Okay I thought I'd try to blog before I start work today since sometimes it is so late when I am done, I just need to hit the sack.

.....hm.....this is my brain...not awake yet....not sure how this is going to work....

only 5 minutes left now because I got off on an tangent deleting old email from my old laptop...some of it from 2012.  Ever notice how you tend to save emails?  Like they are going to be important some day, or you'll want to re-read them?  Let's face it, if they are that important, to me anyway, I'll just print them out. I haven't printed any out in I do not remember how long.  LOL. Oh well. Another thing that clutters up life. But I did delete a bunch in my one 'mailbox', so it is ready for more clutter.

I really need to get a wall calendar for this office. I keep looking up and although gratefully the calendar I had from last year contained January 2015 for me, it has lost it usefulness at this point.  I do have a calendar desk blotter but I always have stuff on it like papers, pen, calculator, my coffee mug which is on a coaster, not that it helps prevent spilling all that much.  It helps it look more orderly though. :-)

Missed catching the news last night for the weather.  Looks like another cold grey day. Wonderful...

well got to get to work!

Terrible Tuesday

Got you all wondering huh?
No it wasn't terrible but it was cold, and rainy and yucky and gray...

Otherwise, it was perfect! :)

Crossing another Monday

..off of the Calendar. That reminds me I need to get a wall calendar for my office. I have one in the kitchen but really need one where I write things down like hair appointments so that I don't forget them! LOL

Maybe they have some on sale somewhere. After all it is already February! :)

I actually stopped work at a decent time this evening to spend some time with hubby who is watching a car racing show on TV called Fast N Furious Rolling Thunder.. Hmm...I could always go back to work. LOL.  I'll live through it. 

Making this short so I can spend some quality time with him. 

Warm...cold..warm..Cold

I shouldn't complain about the weather, but it is rough dealing with it ping ponging. One day it is fairly warm, then gets cold the next. Today it did get up to the mid 60's but right now it is down to 43 degrees again.  This is the type of weather that gets people sick!  Please not me! :))

Today I made myself a pre-Super Bowl snack.  No we didn't have company or anything, in fact I worked through the game but I thought hey it doesn't mean I can't have some good eats!  LOL This is some of the Hickory Farms that I got us to enjoy for the holidays.  Yum!

Well I did it!  I managed to go the entire month of January and not buy anything for myself! :)  Honestly? It was not very easy. Especially when some places I like to shop were having sales. I am not going to make the same pledge this month.  I am going to treat myself to a few goodies, but I won't go overboard. No,  really!!