Lord Please Help Me Stop Crying....

The night our Son was almost taken from us. Jan17,2012 at 8:30 at night I got a call from his girlfriend saying Chad just left and was not in his right frame of mind. So I got dressed and went to the house where I thought he might be,he was not at the house but the man that lived there was on the phone with someone that told him Chad just got in a wreck he was told by
a friend. I was just so upset trying to figure out where to go and what to do waiting for the man to tell me where Chad was at mean time I called Angie and Ricky they came down and we went to where Chad had the wreck. Thank goodness it was on the main road across from the Road House steak house. When we got to the accident all was there was Chads truck that he had just got that day from a guy. The man at the scene said the ambulance just left so I followed Angie to the nearest hospital and they said he was not at that hospital they called the nearest trauma center Sacret Heart and Chad was just getting to that hospital. I had to run back home and get Roy so we could get to the hospital. The hospital is about 30 min. from the house so we where trying to get to it as fast as we could. In the mean time the girl friend is calling asking me to come pick her up and I said I am on my way to the hospital I am not stopping to turn around and get you. So Joe was already going to pick her up. We arrive at the hospital and no one kneww where Chad was at they had him as a John Doe. We where running every where trying to find him when they had him in the operating room already trying to put his brain back in his head and putting him together again. After hours went by Dr. Neumann came out to see us and told us that Chad was in Very Serious condition and had a 50/50 chance of living the next 78 hours was very crucial. Chad has multiple fractures in his face he had to have plates to hold his eyebrow up to support his eye. Broke ribs and a cut on his right eye lid.
When we saw Chad he had life support ventilator helping him to breath,and the tube in his nose to his stomach to pump out the blood that he had swolled. That morning on the 18th it had been raining very hard and Chad son lives in Daphney,Ala. so his Mom (Emily) brought Keenan to the hospital to see his Dad and he could not stop crying for 30 min. or so he was trying to crawl on his Mom to hold him he just could not take the Pain of seeing his Dad like that ..
That night at the 8:30 visiting hour we where all in Chads room and they where medically trying to wake him up slowly and he woke up sat up very quickly and pulled his life support out of his nose and mouth and threw up blood everywhere we where all so shocked I reached down and grapped ahold of his legs and the nurse was by his side thank goodness and Chad went up underneath the nurses arm (he was a man nurse) and fighting with him Roy and I holding Chad down and the nurse calling for help they finally got into the room and took ahold of Chad and got him under the medicine real fast. We where just all in a panic mold not knowing what was going on with Chad. Screaming and crying and just shock. Ricky had gotten ahold of me and was holding me and they told us all to get out and I did not want to leave Chad.  But they had it under control and they said he was going to be ok.  They got all his stuff put back on him and they let us see him just for a minute so that we knew he was ok. The man RN said he never had anyone as strong as Chad wake up like that and give a good fight.
The next few days was like being in a bad bad dream. Since the family is not getting along it made things worse. The nurses said only two at a time in Chads room so since we where not communicating with some of the family we just let them go first and Roy and I sat back and let them go then we took the last 30 min. well one night one of Chads Brother,wife and girlfriend did not want to come out and it was our turn to go in and well you can imagine what went on a big argument.  And the girlfriends Mom gets in Roy's face and it was such a bad dream...It was our turn but for some reason they just could not figure out that the nurses said only two at a time...Chads girlfriend kept saying she was his wife and she was in control well, she was not his wife and we had control there was one person that we did not let go in to see Chad and I am not going to say who she knows who because Chad had never liked her.  Other wise every one was aloud to see Chad when ever they wanted. Roy and I spent 14 days sleeping in the waiting room of the trauma center on these chairs that made out to be beds we had it set up real nice our tv and all.  Marie and David my brothers wife brought us food quite a few times and was just their for us.
On Jan23 they started taking things away from Chad like the hose to his stomach and then the breathing tube and by Feb 1 he went to the rehab center at West Florida hospital. He had to learn how to walk ,talk,feed his self and Think ... Feb 6th Chad has been having bad head aches everyday,on that day they got Chad to shave his self and take bolts out of a block and he did real good.  On the 7th Chad went outside and identified a whole list of things to find like 3 stop signs ,water sprinkler then the therapist had Chad go back into the pt room and find a fire ex stinger,Chad walked over to one of the therapist and said to him "Sir can you tell me where the fire ex stinger is located" the man stood up and said yes sir right over there. The therapist looked at me and Angie and then realized Chad was a patient,the man said to me and Angie "He said that with such authority I thought he was and inspector". We all just laughed. Chad would say and do lots of funny things this past week.  The therapist had to teach Chad how to do every day life things like getting in a car bathing his self. They took a group of patients to Walmart and Chad had to buy some things and he did good but he got dizzy and had to sit down.
On Feb.10th Chad was releases to go home. He had to have Nicole take him back and forth three times a week for PT. We wanted Chad to come home with us but he went to Joe's house because Chad did not have electricity. Well, we did not see him very much unless we would run into him at the gas station or somewhere.
On Feb27,2012 We got a call from Chad about 9:00 at night he told me he might have to have brain surgery again. That he was at the hospital Sacred Heart in the trauma emergency center. So again I was not dressed i hurried and got dressed,Roy and I was off again.  So again we get to the hospital and only two at a time can go back and see him this time Nicole was in charge because her and Chad had gotten married a couple of days after he got out of the rehab center.  So Angie and I are not speaking to Nicole for all that she has done and said to us. So still more Drama in the family. So I go back and Angie is already beat us to the hospital and she was back and Nicole well,Nicole was not going to leave for me and Roy to go back so I went back to see Chad and he was just in so much pain and having to deal with stupid stuff like her not letting Roy come back to see him. So Chad told her (Nicole) to leave so his Dad could come back and see him. I was sitting out in the waiting room and she goes storming by and does not say anything so I get up and go into  see Chad and I had to tell Chad Daddy had done gone home and he loves you and will be up to see you when you get in a room. Roy did not want any arguing to go on so he just went home. Well,at the time I did not even know that Chad and Nicole was married and I saw a wedding ring on his finger and I said what is that and I looked at Angie and i said I hope that is not what i think and Angie shook her head yes they got married. 
Feb 29 Chad had an epidural in his spine trying to get some of the fluid off his brain. They said he had spinal meningitis.
 March 3rd They took him down to have a CT scan and check everything well, I almost went crazy that day Chad was down in the basement having his CT scan and it was taking a long time I was standing by the elevator waiting for him to come back up. The nurses get a call from downstairs and they come and tell us that Chad is not doing good so Nicole and I go down stairs and find the room and then we see Dr. Neumann come running in and go to the back room where Chad is and Nicole and I are the only ones in the room and I take a peek in and I could see about 6 people I don't know what their titles are but they are looking down I knew they where looking at Chad and they all had a sad face on I just lost it I was crying and crying and Nicole telling me they are going to throw us out of their and who cares I just knew my son was dieing and I had heard that he did die three times I saw a nurse with some big needles.. The Dr. Neumann came out and said Chad was going up stairs back into the trauma center room with life support. He was just in a regular room now he is going back into the trauma center 3rd floor we just got off of that floor we can't go back on that floor.
That night when we go into see Chad they had him on the Porfirio again (Michael Jackson juice) and back on life support with a whole lot of antibiotics going into him. When they would wake Chad up he would come out slowly and they would let him be up for a while before they would put him back to sleep this went on for almost 10 days but when Chad was awake he would Cry and it was like he was mad at Nicole he would kick at her and would use his fingers to show us to get her out of the room but she would not leave she is so mean. They had to keep Chad tied down for 19 days. Every time the Dr. Neumann would want to do a procedure on Chad they had to ask Nicole to sign the paper work and she would not do it until she talked to Dr. Neumann well dumbo he is the one wanting the procedure done like fixing the wholes in his face she went two days before she signed the paper work. And there was another procedure that had to be done and she would not sign the paper work till she talked to the Dr. and asked all her STUPID questions   bimbo he would not ask you to sign the paper work if he thought Chad did not need the operation...But Chad put this control in her hands and she would not even give Chads son Keenan that does not live in Milton the password to find out how his Dad is doing because Nicole was so afraid that he would give it to us Me and Roy and Angie and Ricky. By the way Ricky and Angie just paid her $650.00 electric bill you are so Grateful...BUt Chad married her when he was not in his right mind but now I think he thinks he has no choice now no one will take care of him because of the way he looks that is why I think he is with her but he does have Two beautiful babies with her.
March 7th Chad was scheduled for the ENT Dr. to do the surgery on his face to plug the holes with fat. That is why he got spinal meningitis because of the holes in  his face. 
The Dr. fixed the holes in his face.
Now that the holes are plugged up Chad is getting fluid on the brain and it has no where to go so it is building up.
Dr. Neumann says he has to put a shaunt in his skull to drain the fluid out of the air pockets of his brain.
Chad has changed so much he is not happy any more he is in depression he is not eating very well,small pieces at a time. Roy and I wanted Chad to come home with us and he said he did. He kept telling me and Roy he LOVES us so much. Chad stayed tied up for 19 days and in the trauma center for 21 days he was in for a long time on his back and tied up. And all the time I am sleeping outside in the trauma waiting room in a chair that makes into a bed Roy just could not do it any more and I understand. It is very hard. Nicole stayed in the waiting room till she finally got tires and insurance to beable to drive the truck around. I really believe she would of been gone long before she did if she would of had those two things. Because wants she got those two things she stayed gone for days at a time her excuse was the kids. Nicoles Mom and Gary was taking care of the kids and her Mom said don't worry about the kids...Anyway...Chad had hydrocephalitis and had to get a shaunt in his brain to direct  the fluid into the stomach area.
March 20 Chad had a lot of paranoia he still knows who we are.  He holds his knees up. He did not want us to come into the room one time because we might get killed people where throwing spears at him he wanted us to get out of the room hurry he said you will get killed...I asked if it was because of the medicine and they said NO. They said it was because of the traumatic head injury he has had.
March 26 Chad was going to leave the hospital and he wanted to come home with me and his Dad but Nicole came up with this story that if Chad came home with us that they would loose their Medicaid. So Chad believed her even though he cannot think straight still. And the one social worker and nurse agreed with her and guess what she was not right she lied just to get Chad to the house with her. The medicaid person said as long as he does not change address he can come to the house.  Well Chad is just sick of the fighting. She made sure Chad knew everything and here I don't tell Chad anything because I don't want to up set him. Maybe some day I will tell him all that she has done ,the person he put in control of his life. I left out all the really good drama stuff that had happen while Chad was in the hospital. like
Nicole would not make a dicision for him to get surgeries.
Nicole kicked out one of Chads friends that put up the money in case he died. $7,500 then she thought about what she did and said he could see Chad and Kevin said that is ok he will see him when he gets out of trauma center.
She talks to Kevin like he owes her the money to get car insurance when he was just given it to them for Chad not her.
She gets Angie and i kicked out of Chads room she did it not us.
Nicole said Chad had a seizure when he did not have one she does not know what she is talking about and she lies all the time.
She was trying to turn the kids Noah and Kaylee against us telling them we are mean and they do not belive her because they still come to us and give us kisses. So WRONG!!!
I could go on and on about her what she did I left all the sick stuff out. But did not want to get into all that ......
Chad has Short Time memory he still cannot think right. He is with her and still real weak but doing ok.  I go and see him when I can.  My problem is every time I leave him I CRY he is such a sweet person and we Love him so Much!!!His Dad saw him just the other day and Nicole was getting metal to take to turn in and get money from a friend. Because she will not go to work I told her over and over I will take care of Chad and the kids so she will get a job but she want. So any way I had told Roy, Chad had some ragged old flip flops on and yukkie shorts and shirt so Roy went and got him some new flip flops, he took his old ones off and put the new ones on him and threw the old nasty ones away and then Chad said "Daddy I don't have any money " it was so sad Roy gave him some money and Roy said he would get him some new shorts and stuff.  Roy cried the rest of the day because it was so Sad knowing your son did not have any money and could not make any in the position he was in. Roy got him new shorts and shirts and the to grandkids an outfit a piece the next day and took it to him.  Chad has headaches every day,short time memory loss,and can not see out of his right eye very well,lots of pain in his body.He does not look like he use to.
I have got to STOP crying when I leave him Please Lord!!!!We LOVE him and our kids more then anything in the world but to see one that is hurt like he is and he may never beable to fly again really hurts.....

I Swear I Don't know what to Eat!

Now I see on Doctor Oz. the food that I am eating is not good for Thyroid problems. It slows it down,the food I should be eating is  Low fat Cheese,Cows Milk,Eggs,Shellfish,Soysauce,Low fat Ice Cream,Yogurt,Saltwater Fish and some more,since it is Iodine that we are lacking.  But here I am eating and drinking, Soy milk,corn, broccoli,Kale,almonds, everything I think is good for you slows the Thyroid down. I SWEAR I just don't know what to do.  I just started eating kale because it is good for your skin,and almonds to snack on.   Oh well I guess I will start not eating these things because I do want my thyroid to work better and i do trust Dr. Oz. I have lost 5 pounds in the last 3 weeks...Oct.14,2011
I have been googleing what to eat with thyroid problems and have learned quite a bit.  If I want to eat broccoli ,mustard greens,turnip greens,cauliflower,it has to be cooked.

My Days on Efudex

My Days on Efudex I have started Efudex not knowing ,but have been told that it is painful.  My Dermatologist was proud of me because I said I would do it. He said Not to many people will do it, even when they need to have it done. He would tell them they should have it done and he would give them the pamphlet on what to expect and they would tell him "NO they are not going to go through all that".  Plus a lot of people have to work and are not going to go in public looking like a monster or contagious. So I am retired and don't have to worry about going to work,so I will do it.  Plus I am over 50 a little ha ha, my personal feeling is that I don't think a lot of younger adults would have it done because they are still sun bathing and are not worried about sun cancer yet. It is getting out to the younger adults that it does make you look older, sun bathing or getting into tanning beds, but guess what they are not listening yet,and may not hear you until they are at 50 and are starting to get wrinkles,then they say" oh no I should of stayed out of the sun". Then they will go to a Dermatologist and BEG for the Efudex...  So this is really my first day because I didn't put it on till last night Oct 9,2011 so this is pictures of 9th and 10th Oct.  My neck is red and a little itchy. I wonder how many little skin precancers I will have? Oct 11,2011 my face is puffy and my neck is little itchy that is all that is going on so far. [Image]by Wondering Mind at 4:49 pm 1 Comments Oct 9,2011 Oct 10,2011 Wondering Mind at 4:49 pm 1 Comments The Path TraveledOct 11, 2011 10:58 AMYou have a long way to go. About the 5th day you should see some redd spots and a little burn look. Hang in there. Try to tie this blog with your oringinal one so that your followers will be able to keep up and comment. If you have to just copy the post and post it on your other one. There is a place to click on and name a page on there. Let me know if you need some help. Love ya, hang in there... No more!loading. .. Well ,this is day 5.5 and I feel my bottom lip is getting bigger then normal. I can see under the skin a lot of little red bumps. My neck on the side has a few spots showing up. Other wise neck is the reddest and more tingly. I have not called the Dr. yet but will soon.  He only works in that office 2 days a month because he is retired military and does this for free.  But anyway doing fine so far.  Have not put any make-up on since I started.  This is Oct.14 2011

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by Wondering

Oct 15 I only see red spots on my side of my neck. Maybe I want be getting it to bad that will be a good thing that means I don't have any precancers under my skin.  Well, we will see in the next few days..


Oct 16  not much has happened don't know why?

I have been on Efudex now for 11 days you really can't see the spots on the picture but I do have quite a bit on my chest and around my lips and some spots coming up on my forehead about 20 or so.  I feel ok at night around 5:00 it hurts more then in the day time. So take a look the Dr. said to keep putting the medicine on twice a day .  My next apt is on the 9th of November. 

Oct 24,2011 I have been on efudex now for 16 days I stopped useing it yesterday on Oct 23,2011. Now I am just waiting to get well.

18 days now Oct 26 I am turning green and scapping Hopefully soon i will be well I still feel the burn feeling and it hurts so bad.  Well I had more on my chest then face but under my nose and chin hurts the most,more then my chest. I know I did not have it as bad as my two sisters but I could feel the pain when I look at their pictures. This is something that is an on going pain for weeks if you don't know how to deal with the pain I would not do it. Like I would not want my husband to go through the pain,because he is already in a lot of pain with his neck.  I just make sure he goes to the skin dr. every 6 monthes to get them burned off and hopefully that will take care of it. 

Oct 30,2011 I started feeling better yesterday It was so good to wake up and not have a stiff face and hurting.  I have peeled but i am still red around the places that have peeled.  My neck and chest is still broke out and hurts it has been scappeing but still red and hurts.  But other wise I am so GLAD that is almost over with! I learned my lesson I will never do it again!! I can't even imagine how Betty  survived the pain what 2 times you did it to your self. Well, I am glad I got that over with so I don't have to worry about cancer on my face,neck and chest any more hopefully...

Living with Regret

 I Live every day with regret.  The regret is not being with my Mom on her last days.  The last time I saw her blue blue eyes was at the dr. office. I had an appt. and I guess she did to.  She sat in her wheel chair and I sat on the other side of the room,not looking at her. I would sneak a peek every once in a while and I would see her looking at me with sad eyes.  That is the last time I saw those blue eyes. It hurts me every day knowing that my Mother left this earth and I did not say I LOVE YOU MOM! I am so ashamed of myself for letting stupid things get in between my love for her.  I am writeing this so other people don't do the most unforgiveable in your own heart and mind. Because I live every day with a broken heart for my Mom. You had a hard life, and in your days of your death they also where hard.  I am so SORRY Mom I Love yOu with all my broken heart for you. Because I know you Loved me with all your heart.  You use to say I was your little Queen that is how I got my name Marqueen.  Love You!

To Much Work for Old Folks!

 main house master bedroom

main house dining room or another living room

barn house living room

main house kitchen

main house living room

Well, the two houses are almost finished.  Ricky has a little bit to do in the kitchen of the barn house.  It was a long hard road for all of us that helped on the houses to get them ready to sale. Now it is time to advertise and try to get it sold without going through a realtor. It is not going to be easy the hole project has not been easy, so if we can just hold on till we can get it sold.  It just has been so much stress and money. Here are a couple of pictures of the house like I said it has not been easy not even getting good pictures of the rooms. It all came out so clean looking like a new house.  Thanks to all the hard work from all of us. The guys let the girls figure out the color of the walls and light fixtures like smart men they  just went along with it.  Angie and I went rounds a few times on the color of the walls but we met in the middle not to dark and not white.  And Nicole all the assignments we gave her she made straight A's she did such awesome job on painting the stairs and cleaning she did a great job!  And Ricky EVERYTHING he does comes out Great! I don't know where he got all his smarts because he knows how to do everything! What a Great Son in law we have!   And of course my smart and hard working husband he was up at 5:00 in the morning over at the houses working every day for the last two months. He has been out in the sun so much he is dark dark. He has and apt. for the dermatologist on the 22 of this month that Dr. is going to say well you have not listened to me about staying out of the sun or using sun screen I can see that.  But he sure looks good (Roy). And Chad him and Ricky did a great job tearing down the old laundry room and hauling it off.  Yes Chad the barn house and main house looks GREAT he pressure washed it and the wood and mildew is all gone!  And me Don't Ask me to FLIP another house!  I have had enough paint on me and sweat I should have lost a ton of weight but oh NO I don't loose anything.  Well, we will be GLAD when this night mare is over and GONE!

Why Oh Why??

I am very upset today because I just found out from my son that another young person took their own life.. Why oh why, and you know he is the only one that knows all the pain he was going through to do what he did. I didn't even know him that well, he was my sons ex-wife brother,but I had seen him and said hi a few times. I heard he was a nice guy,but the pain he had, must of been   something he could not live with, for him to of hung his self. I am so sorry to his Mom and Dad and family, they have to live with the pain of loosing him. I hope he left them a letter to make since of his death.  I had to write about this because it made me feel so sad knowing that his parents will never know now how their son's life would of been.  He cut it short, and they will never know what it could of been if he  would of just took a different path. So sad for a young life to end so early. Rest in Peace Joseph Cotton.

Friends

I call my daughter my friend now that she is older, and I also have two sister-in-laws that I think of as friends and sisters because I did not have any sisters.I hope they feel the same.  I feel bad because my daughter does not have any sisters  and I know she would of liked to have one sister to share things with.  And of course my main friend is my husband,but some times you need some girl friends.  I have not been the one to go out and get friends. While my husband was in the military he use to bring home the friends and I would always end up being friends with the wife..
Then I have my sons wife she is my friend. But then their is the friends that I found all by my self, that is my school year friends while growing up.  I know where two of them are and we email each other ever once in a while but they where not easy to find after we went our own ways. One friend I spent hours and days on the computer going through names looking for her or her Moms name and I knew they went to the state of Washington.  Finally one day I called this no. and I heard this little voice and guess what it was her Mom. She was just as surprised as I was.  She gave me her daughters phone no. and we got into contact and have been keeping in touch ever since and also she was in the process of moving back to the town we met.  When she moved back the three of us got together for a little reunion.  It was  so good getting to hear all their stories and talking about the past. Some of the stories they told where very sad and some funny. We had so much fun together, those memories will always be with me.  Seeing that they both are living a good life makes me feel so Good!  Then their are the friends that I cannot find and one lives here in Florida. I have looked for her on the computer even stopped in the town she lived in at one time and looked in phone books but cannot find her. Any way I am just GLAD I have the friends I have,since I don't have to  many but who cares, the ones I do have I can count on them to be there when I need to talk... Love to my Friends! And a special Love for my family friends!

Who is the Number 1 Child with a Mother that has 4

The love from a Mother to her children is never ending love, she would do any thing for her kids. We are here on this earth to protect,guide,teach,and show them love, and everything that a mother does for their children while they are young.  Once they hit the age 18 you are hoping that they would leave the nest and fly like a responsible,almost mature young person. But what if they don't?  And you have different views on the way you should live your life then they do. Then their is the old horrible thing of jealousies between brothers and sisters. Like Cain and Able,Why do they have to be jealous of each other?
They should be proud to have a brother or sister that is doing well in life. They should be thinking i sure am Glad that they are doing good instead of thinking, they just think they have more then me an are trying to flaunt it.  It is not called flaunting it, if they want to show you something they bought, we all do that, we are proud of having nice things and want to show them off. Brothers and Sisters should have love for each other just like a mother and father has love for all their children.  Then their is the jealousy of child and parent.  Just because a parent is speaking to one more then the other does not mean that she loves them more.  Like  I said the mothers love for all her children is the Same when it comes down to each one of them. She just may be disappointed in one or the other once in a while but her Love is always their for her kids....So the jealousy between Brother and Sister and Mother,Father and Child should never be! Life is so short and it seems shorter has you get older...

The Begining and then the End

Here we are crying when we have a new love one born. Then when we have a love one pass on we are also crying no matter what we are crying.  Every thing goes in a full circle like my husband said he started out with corvettes and now he has gone in a full circle he has a corvette now. 

You know I thought about it the other day, when my grand daughter was here and she said you know "you are going to die one day and  i am going to cry and cry" she said.. I really didn't know what to say to her except that she will be ok. After she left I thought to my self I am going to have to prepare her and the other grand kids for what is going to happen one day,that her Me Maw and Paw Paw will not be here for ever and that when it does happen we will always be with them and watch down on them. It was very hard on my little Lexi when her Old Grandma died she had grown to know her and when she died she was hurt,and wondering where she went. We cannot just leave our little ones not knowing what happened to their Grand Parents. It is going to be hard on them, but hopefully I can prepare them all to know I will always be with them.  So lets stop crying and smile and be Happy right now!

To a Great Husband and Dad

You know most of us always tell our husbands that we love them, but not tell him why.  I know I haven't told him very often why I love him..
You know all women say they want a man that loved his Mom well my Husband loved his Mother!  He always made sure me and the kids had what we needed. And I can say he has given me everything I have ever wanted between material things to love and affection.  We have never argued about money. He has always treated me like I am his best friend.  We have been married for 38 years and of course their are ups and downs, but I am so Glad we both worked on all our problems and I am so GLAD! 
Sometimes I get upset if I have to hear the same story over for the 1,000 time but really I am so GLAD to be able to hear it.
He is strong,he does what he says and expects his kids to do what they say.
He has always wanted his kids to have more then we have had..
He has always wanted them to be responsible. 
He loves them all, kids and Grand kids... 
One of the things that makes my Husband so special during all the years, that we have been married is that when I  thought that he needed changing for the better, he tried to work on it so we can be happier. He did a good job of making us very Happy! 
He has always let me speak my mind and I never had to  be afraid to tell him how I feel because he has always been my friend to run to when I felt down. We are a team for life and then after!!!
HAPPY FATHERS DAY to my Wonderful Husband you are just the GREATEST I LOVE YOU!!!!

Going to the Sixth Grade

Don't you remember when you graduated from 5th to the sixth or just when ever you started that grade?  I lived in California at that time at Ft. Irwine,my Dad was in the Army I was in the sixth grade. Out in the Dessert my passion was swimming.  I was good at swimming,I could go across the great big pool under water I had good lungs at the time. But I was on a swimming team going all around California swimming.  I did very good,  won lots of blue,white or red ribbons mostly blue I was a good swimmer. But I have no ideal what happen to all those ribbons wished I had them now. 

Yesterday,I went over to my daughters house and Brooke had her ribbons and trophies all laid out neatly on her pool table so proud of them all. She has them because of Softball ,Cheer leading, doing good in school like being on the A honor roll and more...I told her to safe guard them don't loose them so she can show her kids all the hard work she has done to get all her rewards. Lexi ,Brooke and Caitlyn have lots of trophies for the things they have done so far in their young lives.  But their Mom and Dads also have been the ones to back them up in all they have done.  But now the name of the title is going to the sixth grade, I am writing this because her Grandpa and I went to her 5th grade graduation.  The kids where all dressed up in some of the cutes dresses and the boys where very neat. The thing is I would like for her to try and remember some of her young life. So here I am  snapping my camera every 5 min. or so trying to get every detail.  Her Mom does a good job at making sure they have things to remember in their child hood days.  She makes real paper back books for them and they together do scrap booking. I wished I would of done those kinds of things for my kids but at the time,all they got was a baby book. We  just never heard of it like macrame or pottery but I am proud of my kids because they put their kids above every thing.  I have noticed that my Niece DB is doing the same thing making sure her girl has a good child hood and does scrap booking with great pictures. Any way Roy and I have lots more graduations to go to and looking forward to all of them.

He has done it Again!

Well, about every 8 months or so my husband will start staying up all night on the computer. This will go on for days and finally, I will find out he is looking for something new. He will tell me what he is doing and of course like always I will tell him he is nuts! And it's not a new wife but his second love, a new Car or used car what ever something different. For 38 years he is never satisfied, he goes from one to another,and it don't take long for him to get ready for a new ride and I mean a car..
I don't know if this was in his family genes or what but he is Car Crazy!
Well, this new car he just came up with came from New Hampshire... He found a Beautiful Salsa Red 1964 Corvette.  The man that owned the car put it on a car hauler and off it went.  Back  down to Florida, where it came from before it went to New Hampshire. Now my husband is the new owner and he slept with it last night to make sure it didn't get lonely,even though it had my new Elantra next to it. He said he just sat and just looked at it and kept dozing off in his chair a few times before he decided that the car could sleep by itself.  But now I know my husband should be getting some sleep tonight. He has got what he wanted and will be satisfied for another 8 months and then what he keeps telling me," where can he go from this car" well he always seems to find a way.  And he has went a full circle he started out loving Corvettes and went to Vipers back to Corvettes..That is what he told me. Well, I am just glad he loves me and don't want to get rid of me not yet anyway ha ha....

Medicine Bottles?

I was just wondering am I the only one that does not read the little labels that the pharmacist puts on the medicine?  I went for years not taking my Thyroid medicine right. I don't recall my Dr. telling me how to take it but I should have read the labels.  It says to take as a single dose before breakfast. I had been taking it whenever I got around to it an with all my other medicines.  That is why my thyroids was so messed up the medicine was not getting absorbed in my body. My whole body started tingling when I laid down at night like I had needles sticking me. Then my hair started falling out when I washed it.  I had to clean my drain out every day so much hair was keeping the water from going down.  My mind goes blank when I am talking to someone trying to think of the words to say. I feel like I am stupid sometimes because I cannot think of the words to say. Your brain is just all jumbled up hard to be organized in your thinking.  I don't know if any one else goes through this but my thyroids are still not right yet .The Dr. went down from 137mcg to 125mcg to 112 mcg and I am suppose to skip a day. I don't have the tingling any more and hair loss is not as bad. But I still have the memory problem but that could be  just old age but the Dr. said it was because of my thyroids so I am going to take his word for it.  I do have this shaking in my hands,mostly just my right one. But he said that if it is just one it would not be the thyroids but if it is both of them then it could be Thyroids. So I am going to a neurologist for the shaking hand problem.But one of the main things I almost forgot about is WEIGHT I have not been able to loose weight but still trying. I think a lot of people that can't loose weight don't realize they have Thyroid problems.   I am just writing this to remind everyone to read those little labels, I went and read all my medicine bottles.  I didn't even think I was taking it wrong, till my thyroid Dr. asked me when I have been taking it.  Well, I know now, and trying to get it working right.

Snob-a-peal or Reality

Old Car

boohoo I loved being a Snob. One of my neighbors said the Mercedes was a Snob Mobile.  Well,I came down to reality when my husband told me the Mercedes just does not get good gas milage. And no telling how high it will go and if it goes down that will be good for us...So my husband sent out messages on the internet to some dealers and of course in a few minutes we had half dozen dealers begging for our business.  So he went out to some dealers by his self because I just can't stand going through the rig-a-me-roll of dealing with car salesmen. He came home and said after about 3 dealerships he went to he finally got a good deal on the Mercedes.  So I went with him yesterday and it was Easy because he already did all the foot work all I had to do was pick out the car I wanted.  SO I picked out a Black w/Gray interior  Hyundai, Elantra. So I had it picked out and we where gone from the dealer ship in about 2 hours with the car I wanted an a check to boot.  They traded us and gave us some cash back.  That is not saying the Elantra is not a really nice car and gets 40mpg. an more on the highway. That is the reason we traded because of the gas...But I do love the new car and Happy we did the good deal...I am not going to say OK GAS you can go up!! No I have to many family that have to buy that stuff and it hurts every time we go to the pump.

I AM NEW AT THIS

Well I don't want to be left behind I have two sister-in-laws that are always blogging and they love it... I don't know how to put my words like they do but I am going to give it a try..Well I have already ran out of words to say,I know mine are going to be short and sweet. I dout I will be able to blog but maybe once a week or so,or when ever I think of something to type about.  Two of my soaps are going off the air I hear so that is going to give me a lot of spare time unless they come back with something good....I will do most of this writeing for my self,but I don't care,it will give me an outlet and something to do...I also type what i think so i could be talking about one thing and jump to something completly different..I guess I will see if this comes out so I will end now. Oh by the way I got the name of the blog Wondering Mind because my Husband is always saying "you are always Wondering".