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| I've not been posting much on here. . . really nothing new going on. Just keeping on doing the things we do to save money. Dd has been accepted to the college of her choice, and we're already paying them money. Application fees, room hold fees, etc. *sigh* such a racket. My dryer caught fire late last week, so now we are hanging laundry by force, rather than choice. Dd had gotten rather dependent on the dryer , as she'd wait to do her laundry till right before school, etc. She's having to relearn how to plan ahead. Not necessarily a bad thing :) | ||
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| We stopped at Sam's club and sampled a chicken salad concoction while we were there. It was really good. They simply mixed canned chicken (drained ) ranch dressing and a bit of Mrs. Dash to taste. It is so simple and so tasty. Now why didn't I think of using ranch dressing instead of mayo? | ||
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| Hi everyone -- I had a good day yesterday. . . even though I was dealing with new cardiac monitors. I know how to read them, but changing settings, alarm limits, printing info - was a challenge. I don't understand why some people bother to even come to the hospital though. If they aren't going to follow the doctor's instructions, not allow us to do tests,procedures, etc - why are they there? I had one guy with a broken back (broken in 2 places actually). On spinal precautions, in a brace- etc. He kept insisting on raising the head of his bed (thus bending his back), taking off his brace - and so forth. Gee I wonder why he was having so much pain? Wonder why he developed numbness in his legs -- I just hope he's not completely paralyzed. Another one with respiratory failure that wouldn't leave their oxygen in place, wouldn't leave the monitors in place, etc. UGH. I don't understand that . . . then go back home, if you don't want us to do our job. I understand refusing specific procedures or tests -- but to come in and basically refuse anything (oh - the respiratory failure one wouldn't let us even start an IV line) -- then why are they there at all? Back to work today :) | ||
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| I did several loads of laundry and got all but the last one off the lines before the rains. The last load was still damp -- Did life skills with dd today: lawn care making yeast bread (no bread maker) solar cooking | ||
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| The after part is still a work in progress. http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid16912120&pathID=1782365 | ||
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| My mom decided she wanted to go shopping before her doctor appointment. . .so I picked her up at 9:30 AM and didn't get home until 5:30 PM. We went shopping, out for lunch, then waited 3 hours on the doctor. After he x-rayed her leg, he decided she needed orthotic inserts for her shoes. . . so we had to drive across town and get molds made, etc. Thankfully we managed to get everything on her lists, in the morning -- as we were both exhausted by late afternoon. On an up note, the doctor says, unless she has new pain or injury - he doesn't need to see her again. | ||
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| Even though I don't walk the medicine wheel, I still celebrate the Sol - as a way of honoring my heritage. We'll be having some traditional foods, some dancing tonight, etc. | ||
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| I got notice that my family leave for my mom was denied. They don't think her condition qualifies as a serious medical condition. So now my mom is refusing to go to any doctor appointments. she won't jeopardize my job, and she CAN'T take herself. She can't walk more than a few steps due to arthritis and severe asthma. | ||
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| It's too hot to focus on any cooking skills (will be learning some cool methods of eating today). . . other life skills focus today will be: Laundry sewing budgeting meal planning We're also researching and implementing as many energy saving methods as we can find. | ||
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| Survived Father's day No battles today. . . . didn't argue with my sister or my dad -- how about that? We grilled out at mom's -- ddil brought dad home when she got off work at 10:00, and I took him back a little before 5:00. He didn't eat much of the meat or salads, but he sure put away the watermelon and ice cream :) We took the scenic route back to the nursing home. First he wanted to see his lots in town -- so we drove by there, then he decided he wanted to see his brother-- Harold. We drove all the way to Waverly, got dad out of the car, wrestled him into the bar -- then back to Harold's apartment, only to find Harold sound asleep and not waking easily. Wrestled dad back to the car , stopped at Caseys to put some gas in mom's car -- then drove through Auburn, Thayer, Virden to Girard. I'd forgotten my cell phone, so what should have taken me about 1/2 hour, took 1 1/2 hours. DH and mom were starting to get worried. | ||
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| One of my friends has triplet girls. The girls are in 8th grade (one of the girls thinks dd is the best thing ever). Anyway -- One of the triplet's won Jr. Miss at the town picnic last week. That means she has to go to all the nearby county fairs, town festivals, etc. That requires lots of "party" type dresses, formals, etc. Her mom called me and asked (while apologizing) if she could borrow some of dd's dresses for these occasions. Ddwas more than happy to pack them up and hand them over -- she GAVE several of her dresses to them, only asked for about 3 of them back. Kimberly was thrilled, her mom was thrilled and ddwas thrilled to be able to help. Oh and the girls mom made the comment to us that she was "cheap" and dd said "No, you're frugal. You're making the best use of your resources. You'd have bought new dresses if you'd had to, but you used what was available instead." YES! She gets it! | ||
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| Dhis baking oatmeal cookies for a cookie bake off at the town picnic tonight! He wanted me to make them, and I told him they'd rather have a man do the baking. . . so he is! He's actually a good cook, but prefers the whole world not know that he cooks. I'm surprised he's doing this. | ||
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| I can't find anything that I want to do. . . lots I need to do, but nothing I want do . KWIM? I should drop some ingredients in the bread machine. . . I should be cleaning this pig sty . . . but I don't feel like doing any thing. Tonight is the beginning of the town picnic -- and tonight is the only night I'll be able to go (I have to work 12 hour shifts for the next 3 days) So I guess we'll go to that and spend money we don't need to be spending. | ||
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| Today we're working on life skills with my dd . . . she's already pretty good, but we like to reinforce things and teach new things too. Today we're making bread and balancing the check book. Tonight is Marine Family Support Group meeting. | ||
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| I woke up in the middle of the night with a migraine. . . still fighting it this morning, and now I have a low grade fever. Deana slept until 9:30 -- she was exhausted from the past week's rehearsals and performances. I let her sleep, since I am sick. So --- not sure what we'll be doing today. Just resting I suppose. | ||
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| we have a full day today. . . Church this morning. . . then I have to run to get dd's hair ready for recital, then hurry to Girard to get my dad from the nursing home, back to get my mom -- then dash to Jacksonville for recital. Take the entire crew out for lunch/supper combo, cause there won't be time before hand, and Deana won't eat before a performance anyway. Home late this evening to throw a few things together for tomorrow. We're heading for six flags in St. Louis (bought season passes when they were on sale at Shop-n-Save) | ||
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O6jxs_E9jw
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| I'm actually going to go to a few yard sales today . . . my coworkers want ME to find a crib for the pregnant coworker that is having financial problems. (of course they'll all help pay for the crib, but they know I can generally find good deals at yard sales) We're getting my dad from the nursing home and bringing him back to the farm for a while today. Zach is here for the weekend, so we'll all have lunch with him. Dad hasn't seen the inside of the new trailer yet. . . so he'll get to spend some time there too. This evening is day one of recital. Dress rehearsal went well yesterday. | ||
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| I purchased 4 solar lights -- 2 will go to my mom's , 2 will stay here. We leave the front porch light on when ever we plan on being out after dark, or when dd is going to be home late. I'm hoping the solar lights will make a dent in our electric bill. | ||
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