Renee, ugh. Sorry to hear about the UTI :hug:

Sarah, enjoy your day off from work

Vonn, Thanks for the car :D

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Running a fever, yipee. Caught something going around. :rolleyes: Not being as stubborn as yesterday and staying home. I'll be a good girl and take it easy today.

Honey I am home! Jim and I are sad to leave mom but we are glad to be home. Nik is home with us but Chris stayed in Dekalb. He is wanting to be near school right now and is over needing mom and dad. Jim has PTS from the shootings but is coming around. What a week this family has had!

Renee, I forgot to call you when I got home. I fell asleep as soon as I hit the couch! LOL I also have a sore throat today. Yippie!

Hey everyone! It's soooo good to be back! My computer's harddrive got zapped two weeks ago during a thunderstorm. I've been going stir crazy! Got it up and running a few days ago, then I came down with a stomach virus....ugh! Anyway, just wanted to pop in and say "Hi" before I cruise around to get caught up. I've missed you guys!!:grouphug:

Hiya Tara!!!!

Hey Tara glad to have you back!!!!

Hi Sandy :p I posted on your thread.

I saw that and I am sorry for not calling you Renee. I am also glad I came home Tuesday because the roads were ice last night.

Funny story. I was driving and right after Paducah Kentucky the lines in the road were rising up into the air. That's a good sign that your tired right? I pulled over at a rest stop and Jim and I slept for two hours! I only wanted to shut my eyes...lol I woke up so disorientated that I almost went back to sleep.

Today I rested and took Bergie for a urine culture. Why is everyone having UTI's? I still have a sore throat too. UGH I called mom today and Aunt Mable was changing her bandage. I reminded mom that it wasn't supposed to be changed unless it gets wet. She told me it keeps falling off. I said "Well, yeah, if you keep throwing a winter hat on it that will happen." She told me Aunt Mable wrapped the tape all around her head. OMG, I can only imagine what is going on in that house!

Don't forget the eclipse tonight everyone!

Hey Everyone!

I have been so busy in my own little world and I haven't posted much. However, I have not forgotten you guys and think of you often.

I had a great MRI last week which showed no disease progression over the past YEAR!!!! So thrilled am I. No wonder I have been feeling pretty good lately (with the exception of losing my grip strength and vision trouble - neuro attributes it to a viral syndrome). No 'roids for me. YIPEEE!

I have been busier that usual with work as well. Although sitting still for long periods kills me, my bank account will really enjoy being fed some more. LOL.

I promise I will try to post more often. Like in the a.m. while I'm having my coffee and DD16 is getting ready for school. And Fin always plumps the pillows up so nice it makes it so cozy. LOL.

Sarah, and NaeNae, you guys motivated me to dig out the pix of my kids (from way back in the dark ages :D ) when they were learning to crawl and walk.

ah, sweet memories! :hug:

when the ol' MS starts foggin' da brain :winky: , it's nice to have photos to pore over, and see the kids doing things, and that brings the memories flooding back in!

so, I hope you're taking lots of pix... :cool:

TK, great news on the MRI there!

Sandy, lol, I'm picturing your mom with a giant cartoon TURBAN of white bandages around her head... thank heaven for small favors, at least Auntie Mabel isn't using duct tape!

Tara, I know how ya feel!

got zapped by a zinger last year, that fried everything, even my surge protector! luckily, my husband is a computer geek, and we were able to put things back together.

Finny, rest dear! and fluids! and molly-coddling galore! hope you're feeling better soon...

NaeNae (again, lol), I finally managed to stop getting UTIs with a combo-attack-prevention program... involving drinking copious amounts of water (before, during, and after... certain activities) taking cranberry pills, and juice, and using baby wipes to carefully clean after going to the lavatory, and doing you-know-what.

at this point, it's been almost TWO years since my last UTI, which makes Kay a very happy girl.

my update: long day today, trip to the Capitol of Belize (Belmopan) for shopping... they have all the embassies there, so the stores have LOTS of interesting and useful things, like high thread-count sheets, good towels, excellent kitchen supplies, etc.

very happy to have found the TILES to match our pattern, so we can finish off the last few feet of the screened porch, and the back steps... and a broom with dust-pan attached, so I can sweep without all that bending and squatting down...

and at a school supplies store, I found a CORK BOARD for my postcards from y'all !! yeah, just TRY pinning up cards on cement block walls! I didn't want to use tape, as that might peel the paint...

also, found some hard-to-get animal supplies (salt licks, feeders) and secure feed storage containers (we get possums, jaguarundi, coatimundi, and other night-thieves making raids, not to mention the BUGS! :eek: )

got home, and was sooooooo tired, I just sat there stunned in a daze... even had to have my hubby remove my AFOs, and bring me water...

we were BOTH glad that our sweet neighbor brought over a pot of Escabeche con Pollo, and Arroz Blanco... (chicken soup with rice, lol!) as she somehow knew we were going to come back late and exhausted.

now, my only problem is... without a nappy yesterday, I fell fast asleep last night at 7 pm, and am now WIDE AWAKE at 1 am! and darnitall, I missed the eclipse! (wah!)

Kay I too missed the eclipse don't feel bad and I did the same thing...well kinda...I fell asleep at 11 and woke up at 2! Been up all night arghhhh why did I forget to take a sleeping pill?

We think my UTI's may be a tad more than UTI's I have to have an ultrasound and a bunch of labs done next week......

Sandy....thanks for the mental pic I almost covered the screen in coffee!