What’s Going On Around Here….?

Well, let me tell, ya!!  Sit down, take the load off, would ya?  It’s been a while.  First, what’s up with blogger?  Have they gone mad??  I can’t find anything around here….I lost my fave pair of of light blue undies, if anyone see’s them, mail them to this blogspot, k? 

 

Alrighty then….and what’s up with them throwing James off of Idol last night???? My jaw just about hit the floor when they announces Haley was safe!!!  I mean, c’mon…..that growling, arm swinging lil attitude wearin’ mug??? Over James???  Where are all the people???  This has got to be rigged.  All I can say is he is better off.  If he was to stay on Idol, he would be locked into a contract and would have to do whatever the heck they say.  Now he is free to do and work for whoever he wants.  More power to him!!! 

 

My daughter called and told me yesterday that she met with her specialist.  She is seeing a neonatologist for her baby because they heard an arrhythmia.  He didn’t hear it yesterday, BUT she isn’t growing as fast as he would like.  He said that it could be many different things causing it, environment….etc.  so they may end up delivering her early!!!  She is due on June 13th.  My flight was to be the 7th, but I changed it to the 29th of May.  I wouldn’t want to miss my lil Delilah loo’s entrance!!!  She meets with the Dr. again on the 2nd of June and they will decide then if they will induce or not depending on how much she has grown at that time.  I will keep you updated. 

 

Also yesterday, I had my hearing for disability.  It was such a nerve-wracking day.  It flew by so fast, It was all a blur.  Everything went fine.  I said everything that I was supposed to say, as did my husband.  It all went according to plan.  The judge does not make a decision the same day.  So….again we wait.  He will mail his verdict in 2-3 weeks.  I don’t think I can take all this waiting!!!  I am not a patient person!!!  Again, I will keep everyone abreast!!  I have two, ya know? 

 

So, please…..feel free to let me know what is happening in your lil part of the universe, if you dare.  Who knows, blogger might just eat it up, and we will never know???

My Life As I Ponder The Week Ahead

Ok, so this week is going to be a very long and stressed out week for me.  I have a court hearing on Thursday for a disability case.  I applied over 2 years ago and it is finally come around.  The state of NC is so back logged in the court system that is has taken this long for my turn to get heard.  Can you believe it?  Well, the first two times I was denied, which my lawyer says is pretty much a standard for Social Security.  I don’t know.  I’ve known others that have not had any problems, and those that had more wait than I did. 

 

Anyway, I went to a meeting yesterday and my lawyer thinks that our case is very good.  I on the hand, am very pessimistic.  I am nervous, anxious and seem to forget details, which when I have to give testimony, may not look good.  Which is one of my disabilities.  Part of my fibromyalgia….I have fibrofog quite a bit, where I can’t concentrate, lose details to events that happened..and I forget.  Even when I was younger.  So, I write everything down.  LOL  Of course, there are the migraines, at least 5~6 a month.  Arthritis all up and down the spine…..carpal tunnel in both wrists, and arthritis in hips and hands, two discs are bad in the lumbar area of the back.  I have loss of range of motion and use in my right arm due from numerous surgeries.  My ability to concentrate and stay focused is very limited due to my complex medical condition.  I do have some cardiac problems.  Not so severe as my sister C, but enough to be bothersome.  I also have chronic kidney disease, stage 3.  Now, I didn’t mean to go on and on about how sick I am….I just wanted some that asked what was going on in Face Book that were concerned and were praying about it, to know the whole ordeal.  I appreciate all your prayers and good thoughts for me on Thursday.   I will keep you updated.  I won’t know a verdict for 2 weeks after.  I will be a mess until then.  Like I am not a mess now, right??   I appreciate any hints, helpful insights, or just feedback if you have it.  And thanks again for all your kind words and prayers already. 

To Will and Katherine, Cheers!

I was one of many millions watching this wondrous event and was amazed and awed at the glorious event.  I am still reeling and of course there are others who could care less.  It does not bother me.  It is my day to share with them.  It is a day I can say in 20 or 30 years and say I was there and remember it.   (hopefully, lol!)  Have you all a story to share of today’s events?  If you do, please share them.

Goodbye Sweet Man, WE LOOOVE YOU!

My father~in~law passed away today at 3pm.  We were all there with him, surrounding him with love and kisses and hugs.  He went peacefully. 

 

 

They have been married for 55 years.  They had 2 children.  Janet and Jim. Jim is my husband of almost 30 years.  Janet almost didn’t make it here in time to see her daddy alive.  She got here this morning at 6am.  The Lord saw fit for her to make it in time.  He passed at 3pm. Now many family members will be traveling to see us from near and far.  It will be a time for remembering and sharing.  A time for mourning a great person, a time for putting a wonderful and precious person to rest. 

 

 

Good bye daddy, we will miss you and know that you are in a better place.  You will always be in our hearts and lives. You were a BIG part and always will be. 

Time to Say Good~Bye…

Today my husband called as I was walking out the door to go to physical therapy and he was crying.  He said, “You need to come up to the nursing home with mom now, the hospice nurse and social worker are going to talk to us.” I didn’t know what to say.  I was shocked.  I hung up and told my mother~in~law.  She was confused, as I was, but proceeded to get ready and we were off.  

 

That was yesterday.  Today he has declined even further.  If you know someone or have lost someone, you may know the stages of dying.  It isn’t pretty, and it doesn’t come instantly.  So here we sit, waiting.  we have called the family.  My sister~in~law and husband are on their way as is her son.  They live in Delaware and SC. 

 

His vitals keep dropping, and they are keeping him comfortable.  That is all that we can do right now.  I ask for prayers that this will go quickly and peaceably.  He has suffered so much.  The poor man has dwindled down to almost nothing.  He has had a good long life, and I feel blessed to have been a part of it.  Yes, my life is fuller knowing this God fearing man.  He has made my life richer and fuller just to know him.  Not to mention he fathered the husband I have loved for over half my life!!!  lol  Gotta love that!

 

Thank you all for your love and support before hand, and I will keep you posted as to what is going on.  Your the best bloggy buds out there!  xoxoxoxo

THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!

My daughter went to her neonatologist appointment today.  They examined all the chambers of the heart and told her that Delilah was fine!  THANK YOU GOD!  That was great news to my lil ears.  They took lots of pics too. (I will post those when I get them) She is only 3.5 lbs at the moment. She is in the 37%ile of her peers. So, she is pretty tiny.  I call her petite.  Jin and I are both small ladies.  And her daddy is not a big man either.  So….lil tiny thing, she comes by it naturally on all sides.

 

Thank you for all your kind words and prayers. Please continue to keep them lifted up in prayer for her to gain weight and be healthy.  She may have to deliver at Sacred Heart just to be safe.  She has to go back and see him again in 4 weeks for a follow up.  Just to be safe. Thanks again me bloggy buds! have a great week~end!

 

ok, lil face, on its side, look closely, it is just her head, her fat lil cheeks, eyes, nose and chin.  The line on the right is the top of her head.  It is not a very clear ultrasound, but hey, when your looking inside someone’s tummy?  I will take it!!  See you soon Lilah Loo!! 

A Bleep on The Radar

My daughter found out today that her (in utero) baby Delilah has an arrhythmia.  It is not known as of yet what type.  The doctor seems to think that it is the valve that closes at birth.  Her other daughter Molly had this same thing when she was born.  He also told her it was common. I don’t know about you, but I don’t ever remember this being a common thing when my kids were born, do you?  Are they having new diseases nowadays?  GEESH! 

 

Her hubby is still deployed, well here in the states.  He will be home in this month.  He is the type to worry when it is unwarranted.  Bless him.  He can’t help it.   Jin is doing Ok, but Nonna and Papa are a little worried.  It comes with the territory of being parents.  Ya know?  Then grandparents.  She goes next Thursday to see a neonatologist at a special hospital in Pensacola.  So, please keep her in your prayers as well as her little family. 

 

Also, just to let you know, my FIL is not doing well at all.  He had a very bad urinary tract infection last week.  He is at the end stages of his disease, and since he is requesting no heroic efforts to sustain life, he is on HOSPICE care now.  The antibiotics are not doing anything for him.  He is refusing food.  He will drink some, but that will not sustain him very long.  It is just a matter of time.  They will keep him comfortable.  God bless him, he has fought this battle for several years.  Our family has been through a time.  I think it is a blessing for him.  My husband and MIL are not doing so good.  Please pray things go peaceably and quickly for them.  Thanks so much.  You all are so great.  Updates to come.

Fool Me Once…Yup You Did!

So how many of you got snaggled? How many got taken? How many of you really fell for your friends pranks and antics today? (Me is raising me hand very high and hard!)

 

Yup I did!  My middle sister who is not the funny one or the jokester in the family, except for this one day a year…texted me.  She lives in Nebraska. I am in North Carolina.  She says, “Go look out your front door.”  So I text her back as I walk to the door and open it, all the while thinking, WTH?? (I don’t say the F word, folks. That’s my sister, C!)  Anyhoo, another text….”did you do it?”  I said yup.  She said, “There should be someone pulling in shortly!”  Well our cleaning people just got there I told her.  She said NO! not them! Then my MIL came in and said what’s going on? I told her, and she said is she playing a joke on you?  Then I realized it….DUH!!! (I should of slapped myself, but didn’t!)  So…I texted her, APRIL FOOLS!!  At the same time, she sent me APRIL FRIGGEN FOOLS DAY!!   So, it was like a tie….I think. 

 

Anyway, some of the pranks she pulled at work:  she put a sign on the ladies restroom door:     PLEASE USE OTHER DOOR! 

Then she put a post it note under everyone’s mouse, and wrote April Fool!!

As if that was not enough, she took a brown paper bag and stuck it in the fridge with the words written on it: Squirrel

This is my sister that usually has no sense of humor and gets me and C pretty upset sometimes.  But today…well she got us good.  OH!  She called C’s house and said put the coffee on, I’m on my way.  And.never.showed.up!  LOL

Let me know what happened to you today or what you heard went on.  I love a good laugh, usually at someone else’s expense!  I’m taking notes, so next year I can get my sister back!!  So please leave me lot’s of comments! 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday Tidbits

Just a short note to say that my babies are leaving in the morning.  They have been here 2 whole weeks and it has been so wonderful.  I will be going in June for 5 weeks when Delilah is born.  Then when I return it will be time for my big road trip.  I am driving to Nebraska, then to Texas, then through Florida again (it will be time to see the grandbabies again!) on back to North Carolina.  All this driving in my new lil VW bug!  I can’t wait!  This will be the year for traveling for sure!

 

My arm is healing nicely.  I started physical therapy yesterday.  It is a bit sore.  Lots of stretching and poking.  I don’t really care for it but I know it is necessary.  Ho hum.

 

I just started watching the show “Lie to Me” and I am sooo addicted. I have watched almost 2 seasons while my daughter was here.  She watches it too.  It is about a company that are deception experts, they read peoples facial expressions for government and other agencies.  It is sooo cool.  And of course, now I am an expert at it.  I think the guy is sooo darn attractive in his own special way.  He is British….and well, he sounds more Irish to me, but what do I know?  Must be my crazy mid-life fantasy….lol!

 

So, I have been Disney movied out for the last two weeks, and the last one is tonight, TANGLED! I don’t mind really, I love all of them, most of the movies are ones my daughter and son watched VHS when they were Molly’s age!  So naturally, Molly had to watch Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pocahontas, Rescuers Down Under, Sword and the Stone, Dumbo, well there is just too many.  I bought Tangled today since it came out.  Her last prezzie from here for now.  She is too spoiled.  From all the Grammies!  Both girls got one today….

 

Watching movies in her favorite position on the couch.

The two girls getting ready to leave me, but I still have Jordy and Sammy here!!

Is There Anything Sweeter?

My daughter fell asleep with her daughter Molly, and then she “texted” me, quick come take a picture, Molly had fallen asleep with her hand on her belly.  She is 7 months now, she loves her sissy “liya” her name is Delilah.  LOL

Sammy’s pants were so weighted down with candy from the pinata, ooops, we got a free peek! Too cute!!

My son Jonathan with his niece Molly….pretty much the first time together.

Our whole family together, my two babies…..haha, they will hate me!!

The kids, with their kids, minus Jennifer’s Matt, he was deployed. We love you and miss you!!

My two girls…they love each other!

I love my kiddies and my family, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Lil Pieces of My Everyday Life….

First, let me say thanks to all who have prayed and sent good thoughts my way for my surgery.  I really appreciate all the bloggy love and affection.  I am doing somewhat better, still having a bit of pain recuperating, but it will take time.  One of the best medicines is my daughter and her daughter Molly are here.  So…I have all my babies here.  What more can a Nonna ask for? 

My lil angels, Sammy, Molly and Jordan.

My girls hamming it up!

The lil monkey Molly!

Company will be here tomorrow!! Yeah!!

Molly’s 3rd birthday party, Jin made all the goodies!!

The big birthday girl, Molly! Turning 3!

Look, momma, daddy, this is how we eat the cupcake, see?

Daddy loves reading to me, but has trouble with the big words, I have to help him!

Before the party, all neat and tidy, before I made a big mess!!

Ok, blow out the candles, Moo….1,2, 3!!!!

 

27 weeks and still growing….Delilah Rose is getting so BIG!!

My Babies are Coming!!!

Haha, made you look! Bet you thought I was having a baby, didn’t you?  Well, I am….just not this week.  Next week I will be.  Two of them to be exact.  My original….my daughter.  My youngest…my baby…my original baby.  And her baby, Molly, plus her unborn baby, Delilah Rose.  Well, if she changes the name, I’m in big trouble because I’ve written that name many places now.  lol

 

Someone forgot her pants, but then who needs pants??  i dont wear mine in the kitchen, do you?

My Nonna got me this new apron for my birthday….cuz I love to cook with my mommy!

Pretending to be a baby, before my new sister comes along.

My beautiful mommy, she takes good care of me….and when my sister is born, i will help her too.

Bits n Pieces of Yummy Crumbs

We had a wonderful party for my oldest grand daughter Jordan….she just turned 5.  Her little brother, Samuel is 2.  They are my pride and joy here in NC.  In 2 weeks, I will have my daughter and her daughter, Molly here for 2 weeks.  I will be in Nonna heaven!!  I will have both my kids here, and all my grandkids together.  Even the unborn one!  She will have her in June.  I will there in FL for that one too. 

Jordy, the birthday girl

Sammy and Jordy

 

So then on the horizon, the same day my daughter flys in, I have to have surgery on my elbow.  Yeah, bummer, it hasn’t even been a year since the surgery on my shoulder.  All on the same side too.  I told my ortho doc he was just going to work his way down my arm to my fingers!!  (I have carpal tunnel also that needs repairing on both wrists and have put that off.)  So, if I don’t have the surgery on the day she flys in, I will have to wait another month.  I am having so much pain, I didn’t think I could.  She said she didn’t mind and would help.  So…the same time, I found out I had glaucoma and was put on drops.  Then just a few days later….another bomb:  I have chronic kidney disease, stage 3, which is moderate kidney damage, which is permanent.  There are 5 levels of kidney damage, 5 being the worse.  That being where you would get a transplant.  I am having tests run, blood, MRI, urine, etc. to see the extent of the damage.  As of now, they don’t know what has caused it.  I think it is some of my medications.  I have taken so much for my migraines over the years.  Very strong ones, some long term.  They have to have taken a toll on my organs.  Anyway, I will keep you all updated.  Sorry to have rambled. 

 

Hope you all have a good rest of the week….and week~end!! 

Something to Make You Smile…

when life is a lil stressfull, just…..let.it. go!!!

FIL update

I really gotta post more.  lol  Thot I would update the world on my  FIL.  It was pretty bad the last couple of days.  Yesterday, the doctor came in and basically told us we had to make a decision.  For those who don’t know, my father in law is in the hospital for what started out as a very bad urinary tract infection.  Then this became septic.  There were two strains of infection.  One was E. coli, the other, unidentifiable. They treated him with all the known antibiotics they normally do.  He responded at first.  Then around the fourth or so day, he went backward.  So that is when they told my husband and his mom to decide if they wanted to proceed with treatment.  He is a 77 year old man, who does not want heroic measures taken if his heart should stop or he gets a terminal illness.  They asked my FIL if he wanted to go “home” (he lives at the nursing home) or stay at the hospital to receive treatment.  If he went home, he would be made comfortable with hospice.  That would be all.  He chose the treatment.  We will hope and pray he continues to heal.  So far, his white cell count is good, tomorrow they will check his kidney function.  If he continues this course, he may just have this beat.  If the infection does not respond to this antibiotic, then they will have to send him back to the home on hospice.  Please pray for whatever God’s plan is for our lil family.  It has been quite a rough couple of years.  Thanks guys.

Update On My Family

Chris is a bit weak today.  That is due to low red blood hemoglobin.  She is receiving blood today and should go home tonight.  She is in shock that she has had a heart attack.  As we are.  My brother has too, Several years ago, only he was only 48.  And he quadruple bypass surgery.  Thankfully, my sister didn’t need that. 

 

this was taken just before dennis’ bypass surgery.

 

My dad in law is about the same.  He looked a bit better today.  I guess all the extra fluids made him look better, I hope he is feeling better where he can go back to his “home” at the nursing facility.  He does better when he is a routine.   Anyway, I appreciate all your prayers and support for our family.  On another note….I found out this morning my other sister’s son is also having some medical issues.  When it rain’s it pours!!  He went to the ER this morning.  He will be having an endoscopy and colonoscopy this week.  He is only 22.  Very young to have all that happening.  Bless him.  Thanks again for all your bloggy love!!

On Me Sister Midwestern Mama

Well, some of you know my sister C, Midwestern Mama With a New York Heart, she suffered a mild heart heart attack last night.  She is doing much better now that she had surgery and had a stent put in.  Of course she will write and give all the good and gory details as she lovingly does.  I just wanted to let everyone that reads me that mostly reads her know.  I know you will be praying and sending good thoughts her way.  She had been having chest pain all week and taking her nitroglycerine.  Well, on Friday night it didn’t seem to go away.  They went to the ER.  After doing the preliminary tests, Diane went home.  The enzymes came back positive and C called her.  The did the heart catherization in the morning.  Her blockage was 90%.  It was the same blockage she had last time that they could not reach that was 40% blocked.  The got it this time, the lil booger. She will have to change diet and excercise per doctors orders.  On another note, the same day, my father in law went into the ER this morning with an acute bladder and kidney infection.  He is in the nursing home here and has to wear a catheter.  He is prone to urinary tract infections a lot.  When my husband got to the nursing home this morning, his foley bag was full of blood!!  Well they transported him by ambulance and have been in the ER all day.  They decided to keep him and treat him aggressively for dehydration and bladder and kidney infections.  Today was a very stressful day….hope you all had a better weekend!!  Ours should go better from this point on I think.  Happy Valentines peoples!!!

So I Need Your Opinion….please

I am getting rid of the ole ball and chain….I’ve had her for 5 years now.  She was a good old bird.  But she is just too darn much for me anymore.  She is big, expensive, hard to maneuver…and just well, BIG!  I’m talking about my truck.  Not my MIL, sorry.  She may need to go soon too, but my husband may be attached to her a bit.  lol

 

Well this is what I am thinking of getting…

This isn’t the actual car or anything….they are just ones that I like.  Cute, huh?  I have always wanted a bug.  We owned one when I was growing up, back in the day…well they looked alot different then.  I have wanted one since then.  Then my middle sister got one last year.  No doubt she will think that I am copying her.  lol  Imitation is the best form of compliment, only I was with her when she bought it and I told her that I had planned on getting one.  Hers was a spur of the moment impulse buy. 

 

Anyway, this is a cheaper form of travel…easier to park….and not to mention, SO DARN CUTE!!!  And I want your opinion, what do you think?  Don’t be afraid….I wanna know….