Yep, had a pretty good day yesterday. The headache went away, but I have a little heartburn.
People are telling me to get a new doctor (well they are in a herbal medicine group). They couldn’t believe she wanted me to take two antibiotics without a proper diagnosis. Believe me, I’m thinking about it. I ate normally today and was fine. I feel bad because Sean and the doc’s son are pals.
I clipped some magazines and found some good recipes and crafting ideas. I’ll have to share a few here.
Ok-one is to get a large vase (they showed a clear glass cylinder shaped one). You add a little water in the bottom, but the thing is to have the flower inside the vase. I’ll definitely try it and show you. Sandy, this would be make some cool shots.
The other thing I liked were the layers of jelly beans in jars-similar to sand art! It looked pretty-a layer of green, then a layer of pink, green-well you get the idea. Easter is coming up.
Let’s see-the other was using beach glass in shallow dishes instead of gravel. I also clipped the page with the ‘crop circle’ made of moss with pebbles for the swirls in a dish garden.
I’m like Zoey, I am wanting to do creative inside things before gardening outside takes over.

Since I’m stuck inside (I didn’t get to go to the Home Show which is about 1.5 hours from here), I am looking at blogs. My head bothered me most of the afternoon and evening yesterday. I get headaches, but not ones that feel like borderline migraines. I did finally take a Tylenol which helped and I slept well. I do feel better because I am eating light, but filling foods.
I saw this on Nicki’s blog and thought it would be fun to do.
I goofed up, so there are two versions for your entertainment.
A is for Age: 46
B is for Booze: I drink about once a year and it’s usually an Apricot sour.
C is for Career: Domestic goddess-have an associate teacher degree in Early Childhood Education.
D is for Dad’s Name: Carl
E is for Essential Item to Bring to a Party: a partying mood!
F is for Favourite Songs at the Moment: Unchained Melody
G is for Goof-off Thing to Do: Blogging and surfing.
H is for Hometown: Media, PA.
I is for Instrument You Play: we had an electric organ growing up and I could play simple songs on it.
J is for Jam or Jelly you Like: strawberry
K is for Kids: Sean, my sweetheart.
L is for Living Arrangement: ranch house on 1.4 acres.
M is for Mom’s Name: Jeanne.
N is for Names of Good Friends: Angela and Barbara.
O is for Overnight Hospital Stays: Gallbladder removal; c-section; D&C
P is for Phobias: I don’t like spiders and snakes. Also claustrophobia at times.
Q is for Quotes you Like: “And this too shall pass”
R is for Relationship: Brian and me-almost 22 yrs of married ‘bliss’. ; )
S is for Siblings: 3 brothers.
T is for Texas: never been to but flew over on the way to Mexico
U is for Unique Trait: Kindness to strangers.
V is for Vegetables You Love: asparagus and spring salad mix.
W is for Worst Traits: Patience gets worn thin; likes to shop too much.
X is for X-rays You’ve Had: all over my body for various things like a bum ankle to a bum gallbladder.
Y is for Yummy Food You Make: Eggplant Parmigiana and homemade chicken salad with apples and walnuts.
Z is for Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

A is for age, I am 46.
B is for brothers, I have 3 of them-one older and two younger. Brian said not to forget him!
C is for cat, I have had cats since I’ve been a teen, my latest being Cosmo.
D is for D, my siblings and me-David, Dianne, and Donald
E is for emeralds-my engagement ring has 4 small ones in it next to the main stone-a diamond.
F is for food-I love to eat and read cookbooks.
G is for gardening-I don’t know what I would do without this hobby.
H is for home–my heart is in my home.
I is for island– I wish I was on one sometimes.
J is for Jeanne- my mom.
K is for Kenny- the two of them in my life-my brother and his son.
L is for Love-self explanatory.
M is for Me-it’s better than saying money and I put down mom already. ; )
N is for nocturnal-Sean suggested this!
O is for October- when Mr Sean arrived and a nice month.
P is for pink- a color I look good in.
Q is for quest–I’m always looking for something!
R is for Ruth–my dearly departed maternal grandmom.
S is for son and sun-I appreciate both.
T is for time–where does it go?
U is for universe–we’re all sharing it. ; )
V is for Victoria–my dear only niece.
W is for weather–with a resident weather expert, what else could it be?
X is for X-stitch–again, what else could it be?
Y is for yellow–a sunny color.
Z is for zinnia–my grandmom’s favorite flower.

I had to go to the doctor this morning because of muscle spasms in my stomach and discomfort in my left side and lower left side. The thing that was keeping me awake the most was the ‘baby kick’ like spasm. I think I had 2 hours sleep last night. I tried all my basic trying to get comfy techniques-heat rub, Tylenol and the heating pad until I got a little panicky around 6 am. So the doctor mentioned diverticulosis and put me on two kinds of antibiotics! Antibiotics and me do not mix well and I’ve only taken one and already had issues. And I’m on a liquid diet with a few crackers thrown in if I’m starving. I still think I have irritable bowel syndrome (only time will tell). Brian was nice enough to stay home and drive me (I am cross-eyed from sleep deprivation but I can’t seem to relax all the way to get in a decent nap, plus it’s too noisy around here). The jello and chicken broth were ‘just yummy’. I’ve had discomfort in the LLQ before and I got over it. I told Dr. H (whose son is one of Sean’s best friends) that I tried pilates and that maybe one of my problems. I did have a wee fever-99.4. She said if I felt worst to go to the ER over the weekend. I didn’t care for that remark. I have to go back to the doctor Monday or Tuesday.
So wish me luck. My weekend is basically ruined-no home show that I really wanted to attend. I feel crummy anyway.

Ever see that movie ‘Starman’ and Jeff Bridges goes faster when he sees the yellow traffic light? A flash of a second after they go through the red light and avoid a collusion (I believe it’s with a train?) Karen Allen asks the hybrid alien that looks like her husband, “why did you do that, you could have gotten us killed!” With that Jeff replies, “Yellow means to go faster, like you did.”
I believe that’s the way most people drive nowadays. I was heading to my mom’s and on a long stretch of the main route I take. A car behind me was edging up on me and I was hoping they would go around me, but no! About 100 feet from the light that was turning yellow, I started to slow down, but not my ‘friend’ behind me. No, they thought I was going to race through this wide intersection. I heard her hit her brakes and I veered to the right and saved being rear-ended! I swear I have a guardian angel watching me! So I had my heart in my throat for a few minutes, believe me. A little further down, a small truck was behind me, almost tailgating. I do drive the speed limit and maybe over about 5 mph sometimes. I hit my brake lights several times and put my signal on and the jackass got off my back. I mean, are you really going to get where you are going any faster?
Good things about my afternoon-seeing mom; getting her Webtv to work again (found a keyboard for her to use); going to Joann’s and getting a 1/2 price xs kit (three old-fashioned purses); having a Shrimp Lejon brick oven pizza; bringing Brian home some brew; seeing Kenny and Tori (my nephew and niece); seeing the progress my brother is making on his kitchen/family room (he’s amazing) and having a good ride home! Whew!
Sad about Sasha falling on her butt. She’s so talented, I like her skating so much better than the Japanese girl who won. But giving Japan it’s first medal of the game and first ever gold medal in figure skating is awesome!

I’ve been totally blown away by the generosity of ‘our girlfriend’ the last few days. She wants to keep the survivors of Katrina in our minds and she’s touched me to the core. My dinner sure didn’t taste that great after I saw what those poor souls were STILL going through 6 months later. Horrible-living in tents when there were dozens of vacant trailers just sitting on lots. FEMA, man, get your act together.
The show yesterday was when the homes of ‘Angel Lane’ in Houston, Texas were presented to some of the survivors. The people who got them helped to build them. Nate Berkus decorated them. They were so nice. What a dream come true.
I was telling Sean that when your home is taken away, you must feel so lost. All the things you hold dear are ruined. They showed many of the families go back to their old homes to try to salvage a little something (they had to wear masks and special clothing because of the mold). Few could find anything.

So aren’t you glad 8 people won the lottery and that they all were not rich to begin with? I hope they are charitable and give some of it away. Some people can’t handle money. Brian heard that instant millionaires spend about $5 million of it the first year. Can you imagine?

I know, you can’t even read them all. I surely didn’t want Walters or Travis on here. ; )

I broke down and took Sudafed around 3. Sean had taken me out to run some errands (one was getting a new battery for the portable phone that has been dying for months). I made a chicken tenders recipes from the Martha Stewart Everyday Food magazine which the guys liked.

Sean has been watching American Idol and I listen and look. I really looked when Ace came on tonight! What a hunk with his rosy cheeks. And he can sing and the camera loves him. Not one of you should say I am old enough to be his mom-so what? I can admire fine machinery when it is presented to me.

Gotta get to mom’s in about 12 hours! ; )

His name is Billy Currington and his birthday-Nov. 19th! (I looked him up).

He’s a pretty decent singer.

And he has eyes like my friend Chris. So Chris, you look like Billy, Steve Carell and Jeff Foxworthy. ; )

See what I mean? This is Chris and me taken in Dec. ’02 at his sister’s house.

We hadn’t seen each other since Sean was a baby.

Here is a ‘flexible’ person.

Here’s ‘Dr McHunky’ so I can look at him for a few days. ; )