today I bought some ultra thin, lined leather gloves to wear around the house:Dancing-Chilli: They are working out pretty great so far!! Got em at MARSHALS for 15 bucks!

I also got my favorite pizza for dinner YAY!!! :pizza:

TOSS 2-Day Seminar
 

Our first seminar for professionals on TOS, CRPS & RSI was a hit!

Check out our blog for more information and then come back to the website for updates in a week or 2. You will be amazed! Master P is fast asleep & I am so happy to have helped so many this weekend with millions more to go.

yard & door
 

dad hired a yard man to clear vines off the fence. the yard man took a deposit and was supposed to get started at some point. dad negotiated all this while i was stuck waiting for the tow truck for the car he wrecked by driving it hot. dad now thinks the guy is a confidence man, and it is all my fault because i know the man. i have hired this man once to help me move. today this all came to a head with dad calling the man a liar. this was all my fault because dad says i pushed him off on him. meanwhile dad doesn't want him to come and do the work because he lied. the man showed up to do the work and i had to run him off. i did not do it right and now dad says he is dangerous because i did not run him off right. he is now constantly reminding me he will not live long, or he will go back to california (where he will be safe from my acquaintance, who he apparently thought was my good friend, a convict, and a conman, and that i was going to bed with him), or he should be in a nursing home. i mentioned i need someone to help me move the heavy stuff, and he suggested we do it. i reminded him my neck hurts something awful and he is threatening to move the stuff single handedly.

i tackled the yard work myself (taking my frustrations out on the vines) and helped dad on his latest project where he cut a doorway into the bathroom. i have less and less confidence in his home projects. the commode is right in the doorway. so it has to be moved. he won't hire anyone to help him, because they are all out to get him. nothing i do is right no matter what it is. he wants me to be more self sufficient. when i read how to do a doorway in a book he won't let me do it to code, he only needs it to last a month till he dies. then he is surprised when i can't fathom his plan.

we get in a huge argument while i am driving him home and i am so mad i see him home and go back to work to pack up my stuff and hone my resume for a 10 am job counselling session tomorrow. naturally the jobsite is down for maintenance so i can't even pull up my resume. even my dog is shivering from my stress.

my cousin calls him and from her home 5 states away she is so wonderful and like a daughter to him.

btw i have not had a date in 3 years so i am not sleeping with the yard man. and i have serious doubts if he lied to my dad, so after dropping my dad off i apologised to him and asked him nicely to stay away. with tears dripping down my cheeks. so i don't think he will mug us.

Is it that your dad is getting Alzheimer's?
Or has he always been kind of this way?
Maybe it is time fort him to have an evaluation, there are meds to help delay if it is Alzheimer's.

I can't believe he can't get anything for the 07 truck?
even if the motor is blown the rest is worth something .. unless the body has damage & interior damaged too?
Is it still being paid off?
with the low miles shouldn't it still be under some sort of warranty?

Tied, I'm sorry to hear about the troubles with your dad. I think it can be tough for them to realize they aren't as nimble as they once were, especially after a life time of fixing/doing it all.

In a lucky move, Tropical Storm Ida is swinging east of Middle TN, so no low pressure system (for a while)! Its time to break out the thin gloves to keep everywhere - had a couple of sore spots show up when it started getting colder.

Totally random, but I may have a new favorite song "Toes" by the Zach Brown Band .... "Got my toes in the water, a&$ in the sand, not a worry in the world, cold beer in my hand, life is good today...." :D gotta love it... I need a beach trip SOON. (the end of the song is great too... "put my &$$ in the lawnchair, toes in the clay, not a worry in the world, PBR on the way" :rolleyes:

was well entertained
 

today i went car shopping with dad. jo - dad was paid off and believes in self insurance. he got $2000 for the car. we looked at nissans, toyotas, scions, gmc, and ford. we bought the nissan cube. we could get two of these for the price of a new acura suv like he had. we tried to get in and out fast, but they held us 3 hrs. we finally left without the car because dad had to raise his feet. we will go in again tomorrow to pick it up.

what was amusing was dad was critical of a modern art painting. to me it looked like red water but it was hung wrong and i had to tilt my head to see it. dad saw a dancing girl, and we found pens in the office we were abandoned in and drew in a belly button and boobs. we were laughing so hard we nearly peed our pants.

it is amazing, after a good night sleep how the depression can be totally gone. i think if i could get a good nights sleep every night i would be so much better.

dad has some issues that have always been there but are now more pronounced. even without alzheimers senility is i think inevitable for some people. i think like me a lot of it is stress, of losing his wife, of becoming infirm, of losing his independence. i can suggest evaluation but i can't seem to get him to go to the doctor, and he just doesn't seem to care if that hastens his death. the relocation was hard on him and all new doctors gives him no rapport with any of them. at least now i am not working i can go to the doctor with him.

eh. Not the magic gloves I though they were :(
Dam^ this poor circulation!! :mad:

Latex gloves???
would those work?
I started taking a pair to the junk yard when we go, tired of getting my hands all yucky, and it does keep fingers warm too.

for a normal person Jo that would be an excellent option but I would break out in eczema :/

moved the washing machine and hooked up dryer
 

my relative who is a safety officer sent us some pictures of people doing stupid things on construction projects. we took pictures so he could use ours. we forgot to bring the dolly to unload, so dad came up with a scheme. i backed the pickup truck to the porch. we put a 2x12 from the tailgate to a rusty bedframe we found in the yard. we figured it might collapse so we also put two saw horses with lumber on top to raise it to bed level. then we got two plywood (hurricane window covers) and reinforced with two by fours, strategically placed screws. i walked the washer down on these plywood pieces supported by magic and wishes. it worked.

dad was depressed, first time he admitted it. i hooked up the dryer by myself because he walked off after a hissy fit. we later made up and hugged but he is still depressed. i made him cocoa, 1st smile all day.

Hubby loved it. Great song....

tech support
 

today i was on tech support 3 calls 2 hrs each, they deleted my dad's e-mail when we moved. dad & i joked about our dog, we tried to make him symetrical like on monk. it is cold and we cover him up with a blanket. we finally decided it is relaxing for him to be asymetrical. i made a r-max insert for one of dad's windows. a relief not to be moving.

It has been a real long since I have been aroud and just wanted to well all Haapy Holidays

Best of holidays to you and your family Mark.

I hope all is well in P town.

I am hanginig on, hanging in...

I wish everyone a safe, peaceful New Year and nothing bad!!!

:grouphug:Blessings and Happy Holidays all. Mark happy birthday to us.
Peggy had a Christmas Eve one.
Life goes on, keep my mind busy. The husband is home, his plant closed last Feb. Finished with litigation in De's death. But, the real heartache is still there. I have aged so much. The dear grandson, does not like Mamma's white hair at all....I am having spine and hip problems. Seeing the pain doc the beginning of the year to try and lessen that.

I still have that crushing chest heartache, 3 years in January my heart was broken to pieces; now held together by prayers and dreams.

I read, sometimes post, each day a new challange.
My love and blessings to all.
Di

Went to my second Acupuncture treatment today!
I'm going to write about it in a new thread :)

this week i
 

friday i started a new job. although i make one third what i did and have no bennies it is a relief to know i can support myself and can finance cobra. hopefully seasonal will turn into part time or full time.

i am painting the bathroom this week.

i have somehow pulled out of my depression and as usual pharmaceuticals were no help in this endeavor.

i am still fighting this eye infection. guess like william's finger my eyes are stubborn with the antibiotics.

Today I wanted to resurrect a thread that's been down for 2 months.... I pretty much suck at staying in touch with people (i'm sorry!!) ... work on the computer all day kinda takes away any desire to sit at the 'puter at home. but still, i could be polite and poke my head in every once in a while to say "HEY!"

- Doc and I are tinkering with my meds, trying to lower some of them if possible. I would love nothing more than to NOT have to be on so many.
- My little girl is 3.5 going on 35 now... still as cute as can be, and working that to her advantage. :cool:
- I tweaked my knee ~6mo ago and didn't go to the ortho because a). I'm a male, and therefore stubborn. and b). I just don't like going to the dr. Well, this Sunday I slipped on the stairs at home and hear a crunch/snap/pop sound and then got this blinding pain. I went yesterday to the ortho, they did an MRI, and I go Thursday to talk about what happened inside my knee. Initial assessment was torn cartilage, but we'll see what the MRI shows.

I hope everyone is doing well!

signed up for banjo lessons
 

tomorrow i take a banjo lesson. wanna see if it is easier for me than guitar. since i broke my left pinky it has gotten harder to fret a guitar. also with tiny hands i have a hard time wrapping the thumb around like rev gary davis does it.

also, friday i start a new job which is a real job and i am extremely happy. full time, benefits, good pay, whole 9 yards.

i am disappointed in hip PT. i would ask the PT where I needed to feel the stretch. The exercises he gave me were not making me feel it in the right place. however, because of yoga i knew how to get a stretch there. he just poo pooed it. anyone else fat, and conventional stretches just compress the fat? that is what i am up against. next time i will skip the pt and go straight to yoga.

Sorry Di it has taken sooo very long and dittos on the Happy B-day same goes out to you late, but not forgotten!!! My heart goes out to you for your ongoing pain of your loss, however as long as she is in your as well as ever minds she is never gone... easy for me to say right !?! Please just remember she is no longer in pain and in the arms of God and Father!
DiMarie, I miss our old chats that we used to have and remind(implore) you, that if you ever need to talk feel free to vent or just gab you have my number My thoughts and prayers go out to you, your family and each and everybody here!!! Mark

....not today but Friday 23rd I ran into RuPaul on the street as I was on my way in to my first day of work :o I wanted to follow her and or be her tour guide but like she says "You bettah work!" so I gawked for a second then went on my way.... Sad but all the same I am extremely happy to be working again!!!!!!! YAY!