Here is a GREAT GiveAway, but if you forget to enter...well, that's okay with me because I want to win!
Tuesday, July 14
Giveaway
Here is a GREAT GiveAway, but if you forget to enter...well, that's okay with me because I want to win!
Friday, July 10
Just this and that
Katey, in answer to your question about the Chicken & Waffles, I make it different than some. I Googled for a picture and discovered that most serve fried chicken alongside waffles, but I don't do that. I cube/shred up leftover cooked chicken (usually grilled) and add it to a packet of Chicken Gravy. Add some basil to it. I make my waffles homemade and ladle the chicken & gravy over the waffles. My husband loves this!
Well, today went much better than yesterday! I spent a few hours working on the medical stuff and got most of it resolved (except the bills aren't paid off!!!). We have insurance once again. My glasses broke this morning, while I was innocently sitting here at the computer, but I got them fixed after my lab appt.
This evening I went out to the hammock with my MP3 and just layed there swaying to some of my favorite songs I've recorded from our Christian radio stations. It was so relaxing and it really revived my spirit.
What do you all do to revive yours, especially when you've been stressed? I'd love to hear it.
Well, today went much better than yesterday! I spent a few hours working on the medical stuff and got most of it resolved (except the bills aren't paid off!!!). We have insurance once again. My glasses broke this morning, while I was innocently sitting here at the computer, but I got them fixed after my lab appt.
This evening I went out to the hammock with my MP3 and just layed there swaying to some of my favorite songs I've recorded from our Christian radio stations. It was so relaxing and it really revived my spirit.
What do you all do to revive yours, especially when you've been stressed? I'd love to hear it.
Today will be better
This has been a full week for me with extra appts. and running.
Yesterday was a particularly frustrating day. I woke at 4AM and couldn't get back to sleep. I decided to install our new homeschool curriculum, but the computer told me there wasn't enough memory. So I worked on that problem for a few hours. Then I called in our 90-day prescriptions for refills before going for a hair appt. They said I wasn't in the system, didn't have insurance! So I called the office and talked to the girl who handles that and she said they don't have us on their insurance. I said "Yes you do! We just went through this a month or two ago. Remember, we'd been paying for the insurance since January and you never had put him on, so you had to make it retroactive and refund us some money?" She doesn't remember that. How can she not remember all of that mess?
She still hasn't called me back and we still show that we have no insurance. I have had all kinds of medical appts. this week and procedures, so they'd better get their act in gear...
Oh, and my husband's truck broke down in Baton Rouge. The shop was supposed to have fixed the part when a recall notice came, but the co. decided to let it go until it broke. Duh. So he was stranded in Baton Rouge just before noon on Wed. and at 5PM the mechanics went home and hadn't done anything to his truck. He couldn't sleep in it, so they set him up in a motel. They didn't get it fixed until the next afternoon and he doesn't get paid for that lost day!
After my hair appt. I went to make (creamed) Chicken & Waffles for my parents for supper. My mom hasn't been feeling well and is in a lot of pain, so I wanted to help out. I had left-over grilled chicken in the freezer, so I thawed that out, then made the waffle batter, but when I went to pour it into the waffle iron, it was cold. It died. :-( It lived a long life, tho. I ended up picking up pizza and taking it to their place, then did some things to help them out.
My mom see's another dr. this morning, so pray they can get to the root of the problem and can help her.
She and Ryan did have a good time together this week. Tuesday night he stayed the night at their place and they roasted marshmallows at their fire pit
The day I went to CF clinic they went to the IMAX and saw a 3D African wilds thing. Ryan loved it, but the motion was making Mom nauseous! Then they went to Racoon Mountain, so lots of wildlife, went to TVA dam
and then they were both tired and Ryan's foot was bothering him from the long walk at the Dam, so they went to Logan's for an early supper!
My CF clinic visit went well. My lung function was down 7%, 1.08 liters, but it wasn't enough of a drop with symptoms to do much right now. My sinuses have been bad and I've been coughing a lot more, so they wanted me going back on Veramyst and gave me samples. If that doesn't help, they may have to do something more severe like IV's. I'm really coughing a lot these days.
This morning I get blood workup for cholesterol and triglycerides and then will spend the rest of the day putting the house back into order and freezing zucchini. I've gotten so behind on everything this week, including blog visiting. I'm so sorry. I hate missing reading your blogs.
Oh, I also have calls to make. Straighten out the insurance mess, plus deal with the creditors that keep calling. They're driving me crazy! We're paying on all of the medical bills each mo., but they aren't happy with that and want things PAID in FULL. Good luck with that! We don't have about $10,000 sitting around here.
Great! My glasses just broke as I was sitting here typing, so I'll need to go back to the optical place after my bloodwork to get them to fix them...
Yesterday was a particularly frustrating day. I woke at 4AM and couldn't get back to sleep. I decided to install our new homeschool curriculum, but the computer told me there wasn't enough memory. So I worked on that problem for a few hours. Then I called in our 90-day prescriptions for refills before going for a hair appt. They said I wasn't in the system, didn't have insurance! So I called the office and talked to the girl who handles that and she said they don't have us on their insurance. I said "Yes you do! We just went through this a month or two ago. Remember, we'd been paying for the insurance since January and you never had put him on, so you had to make it retroactive and refund us some money?" She doesn't remember that. How can she not remember all of that mess?
She still hasn't called me back and we still show that we have no insurance. I have had all kinds of medical appts. this week and procedures, so they'd better get their act in gear...
Oh, and my husband's truck broke down in Baton Rouge. The shop was supposed to have fixed the part when a recall notice came, but the co. decided to let it go until it broke. Duh. So he was stranded in Baton Rouge just before noon on Wed. and at 5PM the mechanics went home and hadn't done anything to his truck. He couldn't sleep in it, so they set him up in a motel. They didn't get it fixed until the next afternoon and he doesn't get paid for that lost day!
After my hair appt. I went to make (creamed) Chicken & Waffles for my parents for supper. My mom hasn't been feeling well and is in a lot of pain, so I wanted to help out. I had left-over grilled chicken in the freezer, so I thawed that out, then made the waffle batter, but when I went to pour it into the waffle iron, it was cold. It died. :-( It lived a long life, tho. I ended up picking up pizza and taking it to their place, then did some things to help them out.
My mom see's another dr. this morning, so pray they can get to the root of the problem and can help her.
She and Ryan did have a good time together this week. Tuesday night he stayed the night at their place and they roasted marshmallows at their fire pit
The day I went to CF clinic they went to the IMAX and saw a 3D African wilds thing. Ryan loved it, but the motion was making Mom nauseous! Then they went to Racoon Mountain, so lots of wildlife, went to TVA dam
and then they were both tired and Ryan's foot was bothering him from the long walk at the Dam, so they went to Logan's for an early supper!
My CF clinic visit went well. My lung function was down 7%, 1.08 liters, but it wasn't enough of a drop with symptoms to do much right now. My sinuses have been bad and I've been coughing a lot more, so they wanted me going back on Veramyst and gave me samples. If that doesn't help, they may have to do something more severe like IV's. I'm really coughing a lot these days.
This morning I get blood workup for cholesterol and triglycerides and then will spend the rest of the day putting the house back into order and freezing zucchini. I've gotten so behind on everything this week, including blog visiting. I'm so sorry. I hate missing reading your blogs.
Oh, I also have calls to make. Straighten out the insurance mess, plus deal with the creditors that keep calling. They're driving me crazy! We're paying on all of the medical bills each mo., but they aren't happy with that and want things PAID in FULL. Good luck with that! We don't have about $10,000 sitting around here.
Great! My glasses just broke as I was sitting here typing, so I'll need to go back to the optical place after my bloodwork to get them to fix them...
Monday, July 6
Updates
Ryan is no longer wearing his orthopedic boot and is walking around normally. He still has limitations and has exercises he has to do at home.
Well, he WAS walking around rather normally. Last night he was at a youth group activity and a storm started up. When lightning cracked nearby and they were walking to the church van, the girls screamed and started stampeding. Ryan got knocked down and now he's trying not to walk on his foot so I'm thinking it's hurting more than he's letting on. It's more swollen and discolored. Hopefully no permanent damage was done. Tomorrow if it is like it was today I'll need to call and see if the surgeon's office can work him in and take xrays. Just what we need...more bills and longer recuperation!
Wednesday I go to Vanderbilt to the CF clinic for my 3 mo. checkup.
Well, he WAS walking around rather normally. Last night he was at a youth group activity and a storm started up. When lightning cracked nearby and they were walking to the church van, the girls screamed and started stampeding. Ryan got knocked down and now he's trying not to walk on his foot so I'm thinking it's hurting more than he's letting on. It's more swollen and discolored. Hopefully no permanent damage was done. Tomorrow if it is like it was today I'll need to call and see if the surgeon's office can work him in and take xrays. Just what we need...more bills and longer recuperation!
Wednesday I go to Vanderbilt to the CF clinic for my 3 mo. checkup.
family and food!
I've had a hard time catching up with everyone's blogs. It think everyone out there blogged over the 4th!
We had my parents and some friends over for a 4th of July picnic on our deck. I found these pretty flowers on sale for $3.33, which I thought was a great price. I stuck the flags in and used it for a centerpiece
We grilled angus burgers and hot dogs and had potato salad, broccoli salad, fresh fruit salad, chips and cake for dessert.
My mom made this cake on Mother's Day, but she didn't have the angel food cake pan, so she improvised and made it in square pans and cut then in half. Well, that made it REALLY tall so it was leaning way over and was quite a sight. And because it was so heavy, the cake layers pancaked. We had lots of fun laughing over it and teasing her and she DID give me permission to share it on here.
I made it this weekend for Fourth of July since it's such a refreshing dessert for a hot day. I used the angle food cake pan, but still made my sherbet layers a little too thick, so my bottom layer pancaked.
It was very refreshing!
We had my parents and some friends over for a 4th of July picnic on our deck. I found these pretty flowers on sale for $3.33, which I thought was a great price. I stuck the flags in and used it for a centerpiece
We grilled angus burgers and hot dogs and had potato salad, broccoli salad, fresh fruit salad, chips and cake for dessert.
My mom made this cake on Mother's Day, but she didn't have the angel food cake pan, so she improvised and made it in square pans and cut then in half. Well, that made it REALLY tall so it was leaning way over and was quite a sight. And because it was so heavy, the cake layers pancaked. We had lots of fun laughing over it and teasing her and she DID give me permission to share it on here.
I made it this weekend for Fourth of July since it's such a refreshing dessert for a hot day. I used the angle food cake pan, but still made my sherbet layers a little too thick, so my bottom layer pancaked.
It was very refreshing!
Wednesday, July 1
Wednesday's Walk Down Memory Lane
Since last weeks Memory Lane was so serious, I thought I'd share a more "light" memory this week.
Remember that old song that goes Time keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking...into the future?
Well, when I was around college age I visited my sister. She was living in Columbus, OH then and I still lived in Lancaster Co, PA.
We were in a department store and there was a whole aisle of alarm clocks. When I saw them I got an impish idea and set each one of the alarm clocks to go off at the same time. I was just getting started when my sister asked "What are you doing?". She is 3 years older than me, so expected to be the mature one, but she couldn't believe I'd do such a thing. Laughing, she kind of disassociated herself from me until I was done. We waited in the next aisle until the appointed time, when about 20 (I never counted them, so I'm just guessing now) alarm clocks all went off at the same time. It was so much fun watching the salesclerk trying to turn them all off!
We laughed about it the rest of the day and still laugh over it from time to time about 25 years later!
For more Wednesday's Walk Down Memory Lane visit Lynnette Kraft at Dancing Barefoot on Weathered Ground.
Sunday, June 28
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