Good morning all Hope everyone's doing ok this morning. I'll share my coffee if anyone needs it.

I can't wait until hubby gets home. I have not been sleeping well this week at all. Not sure if it's because he's away or because of something else. Ah well. I keep on a trucking.

Off to do some running around here soon. Take care everyone.

Hey Jenn .. having my coffee with you ...

waiting to hear about moving in today ... and getting my internet set up at the new place ...

that's about it ... and get the sewing machine roaring and paintbrush swishing ... and still downsizing ...

hope everyone has a great day ... going to be a scorcher here - so I have to take it a bit easy with the moving!!

Good Morning everyone! I am off to a doctor's appointment in a little while (think I may have a sinus infection) and then I have a Weight Watcher's meeting. I did not do too well this week. All of my MS symptoms seems to have intensified. I feel like I am being stabeed in my upper leg everytine I walk.

Vonn, Hope the move is going ok. A view of the lake sound wonderful. I love to just sit and stare at water ( lakes, ocean), but for some reason staring at my bathtub does not work

Jenn, Keep that running to a minimun.

Hope everyone has a good day!

good morning everyone

i am up and about ... frank is still asleep
hes been working so hard on the kitchen ... it looks great but i worry about him cause i know he is overextending himself ... he wont listen to me when i tell him to give the kitchen work a break for a day ... so much to do and he wants it done now ... lol

barb ... i hope your doctors appointment goes well

vonn ... i am glad you got to choose the place ... and with a lake view too ... sounds soooo calming ...

beth ... frank and i are just starting on the diet changes needed for eating healthy ... so far the changes havent been too hard as we did eat kinda helthy ... biggest change for frank was the butter issue and fried foods ... i will tackle the fried food issues in the fall/winter as we are grilling most nights here ...

sandy ... how are you and jim doing ... every day i tell frank i wanna go fishing ... hint hint ... who knows maybe someday he will bring me down there to fish and we could visit ...

to everyone ... again good morning and heres to good friends and good coffee .... hope everyones day is good

It's been awhile checking in for me. I've just been reading lately. So much is going on for all of you.

I'm so happy Vonn got her lake front place (that's the one I was rooting for!).

Kay - I'm so glad they caught the bad guys in Belize, but so sorry you had to deal with that.

Renee - I'm so sorry about the pain and the crappy health care choices you have now. Is it possible for you to get some steroids to get you through? I don't like taking the roids, but they are cheap, easily available and have always helped me a great deal. Even if you can't get an infusion, you could always do the oral in high dose or even get the liquid solumedrol and do a smoothie like some people do.

OK that was all my brain could retain of the pages I just read. Those were the things that stuck out in my mind. Everyone else seemed to be doing OK from what I could remember.

Speaking of remembering things, that isn't going so well for me. I'm actually getting a little bid scared about how bad my cognitive function has become. I just cannot keep track of anything and I don't have time to figure out how to revamp things to make it easier.

You know the old saying that goes something like "if everything is coming at you, you are in the wrong lane"? Well, that is my life right now and I'm getting kind of bitter. I sit here and try to figure out what I am doing wrong because things just keep going bad. I figured that I have ticked off the universe in some way or another.

I am having serious financial issues right now that stem from a couple of years worth of bad life events. Every time I think I am starting to make headway toward digging myself out, something else happens.

Yesterday, my husband's car died. It is repairable, but the cost is something mind blowing to me. It's his transmission and the estimate is somewhere between $1,600 and $2,600.

This stupid car isn't even that old - it's a 2002 and only has ~ 90,000 miles on it. I have had cars with 150,000 miles on them without having to have a transmission rebuilt. Maybe I have just been lucky up until now, maybe this is normal for this age / mileage, but I'm kind of really ticked off at Chevrolet right now, though.

The part that really sucks is that the car isn't even paid off yet. We bought it off of my brother when he was stationed in Korea and then Japan, so we have only owned it for a couple of years. I don't see any option except to bite the bullet and get it fixed, but that just makes me want to cry more than normal.

I love having my Grandma living with us, but I won't lie and say that it is all easy. There are days when I feel like I'm walking on egg shells and there is a lot of stress with trying to get everyone adjusted to this. I'm having some behavior issues with my boys between lack of routine due to summer and adjusting to sharing a room again and just plain old jealousy of my attention being so divided.

This would be hard for someone who is healthy and not dealing with mind blowing fatigue and spasticity. I just wanted to run away the other day. I'm sad, tired, stressed out, scared about the future, and just generally feel like crud.

Holly, I know what you mean !!

some cars seem to be more shoddily made lately.

one doesn't EXPECT the tranny to croak when the car's only a few years old.

ESPECIALLY if the suckah ain't even paid for yet...

that's gotta be supremely frustrating, as it seems to happen AFTER the warranty runs out... argh !!

and that's a big part of why we got a 25 year old diesel Mazda pickup.

'cause it's mostly things we can jury-rig and repair ourselves, with parts cannibalized from other old junkers.

You know what? If the car had been older, DH could have fixed it! This one has some sort of fancy electronic transmission that almost no one will even touch!

yep...

that's what I was referring to...

the electronic stuff.

I think of that every time I struggle with the manual window cranks.



and in Belize, there's *seriously* no-one trained in vehicle electronics repair, and parts are simply not available.

Thanks for the good vibes concerning DD's upcoming trip to Mexico. DH and I could never pay for this trip ourselves so I always figured if Someone else provided the money then she was meant to go. There is no doubt she is supposed to go. I'm really okay with her going but as her mom concern does creep in from time to time.

Von- Congrats on the new digs! I'm sure I would spend lots of time watching the sun dance on the lake. Have fun crafting. I really miss being able to do my thing. Need to get my studio mucked out.

Sandy- I'm sure you will enjoy the shade from your new awning. Another UTI for Jim? Not fun.

sabimax- Glad to hear your little one is feeling better.

FinLady- Sorry to hear about your internet. The gremlins seem to be working overtime here. I've got a big project I'm struggling to get done too. Glad you are seeing good results. That always helps to keep me moving forward.

ewizabeth-Good for you and DH for trying to eat healthy. My gluten free diet took some getting used to be the results are well worth it to me.

barb02- Summer cold? Not fun. Hopefully it won't stick around long.

hollym- I hear ya on the money issues. I could just kick myself for some of the really stupid things I've done in the past. Well no use doing that or crying over the spilled milk either. Grrr. I'll climb out of this hole eventually and so will you. Hopefully sooner rather than later. Here is a . If you don't need it with all you have on your plate I don't know who does.

And now for me- Morning is just about gone and I have nothing DH would say is good to show for it. Need to come up with a plan for the afternoon that partly makes up for this morning. Got some ideas... off I go...

Hey everyone! Jim and I are having our coffee and trying to get motivated to hit the road to drop off a specimen at the doctors office. We spoke with Jim's spinal cord doctor and came to the conclusion we need to keep Jim on the antibiotic longer. Geez, you think? It's scary to think he may become resistant but the way he's feeling sucks too. Quality of life, that's what it's about right? he's also bringing Jim up at the Uroloigy conference later this week. Apparently problem cases are the focus of the conference and Jim fits the bill! Not sure if that's funny or not.

Anyway, the doctor made a comment about Bactrim. He said it also has some properties in it that make you feel better. That would explain Jim feeling so dang good lately, before he stopped. Anyway, we are going to give it a whirl for six months. 10 days full dose, the rest low dose. Has anyone here been on low dose therapy before? Jim tried Macrobid and had a horrible reaction but Bactrim or Septra seems fine.

Deb, you and Frank decide when a good time is and we'll have the poles ready! Make sure you have a fishing license though, the partrol guys are big on that. lol We can all go and get them here if you want.

Everyone have a good day and stay cool. It's going to be hot today, again. Why can't I afford to live in San Diego? lol