What a day

It's been such a long drawn out day. First thing this morning we had made an appt to get the car inspected and have the noise in the front end checked out. Well........................ The inspection didn't happen because they didn't have any more stickers, but we still have time so when they get them in they will call us. As for the noise, well, it was one of those things were if you replace this, then you have to do that, and then there's this other thing you have to do and so on and so on. We did end up with new tires all the way around, but I kind of figured that. When we had the last oil change done, we took it to this same place and had the guy do an oil change and check to see what was making this noise in the front end. He said there was nothing wrong that he could find. Ok. Today we had the owner work on the car, and you know, months later the noise is worse and more expensive. So, from now on only the owner will be working on my car if we need anything more than an oil change. We have used this guy for years now and when he had the old shop he always had the same mechanic work on our car. I liked that. About a year ago he sold the old place and bought a new and much needed bigger place, but has only one mechanic and himself working there. The old, small place had a lot of mechanics working there. This guy who works with him I really don't remember from the old place. But he won't be touching my car again. Maybe if he could have spotted the problem months ago, it would not have been so expensive this time. Hubby is not a happy camper right now. But, we didn't have to put it on a credit card so that helped with his mood some.

Since we had a 3 hour wait for the car, we took a walk. A long walk, 30 minutes there and back. I'm glad we got so much walking done today, I think we both needed it. It's been a while since I've walked any, but I was surprised my legs didn't hurt. I told hubby we should do this every day. He agreed. It wasn't the kind of walk that we were pushing it, but it was nice to just get out and walk at a nice easy pace. I know, I know, it really doesn't count, but at least we did something. We walked to his favorite home improvement store, lol. When we were done in there, he wanted to walk farther and go get something to eat, but I knew it would be so hard walking all that way back on a full stomach, so we decided to wait for that. We saw a lot of things we need for the house this year. I really want to get the deck done this year. We didn't do anything last year, and the year before we had trouble buying the stain. It must have been very popular because we could never get it when we went for it. Since we didn't know how much we needed, we just bought 2 gallons at a time, but we really needed about 4 gallons to do the deck, front and back steps. We will wait for that until later. We priced closet doors for our room and the boys, we will most likely get them this weekend as well as the mulch, if I get all the edgers placed around the house. We bought some, so I have to see how far we will get with them and try to get the rest of what we need this weekend since they go off sale on Saturday.

It's going to be a very busy week again. Work called and wanted me to work late on Thursday. I said fine since I'm off on Friday. Then she calls and wants me to work Tuesday night to and I said no. Today was long, tomorrow is the only day I have to start on the outside, and the boys stay late at school that day as well as Wednesday. Wednesday we have Bible study, which we are going to, so there probably won't be much done that day and then on Thursday, I have two early meetings at the school for the boys, then working late, and then of course, I have to make time for knitting, lol. I have a feeling I'm going to be totally exhausted by then and so glad I took Friday off.

Poor hubby was up early with me this morning and we weren't even home 5 minutes and the fool was calling to see why he wasn't at work yet. Geez, give the man a chance to breathe, will ya! The boys and I replanted the onions in the garden since over the weekend, they didn't bother to separate the onions and just planted all the clumps together. I was busy and thought they understood what I meant. Apparently not. So instead of one and a half rows of onions we now have three, lol. I'm afraid once we get the tomatoes, spinach and lettuce in there will be no room for the zucchini. I'm thinking I will plant that in a smaller space next to the garden since the wild animals don't bother with the zucchini plants. We have the garden fenced in because we were feeding the wild animals, lol. And we still have the herbs to get in. It rained so hard the other night that I told the boys to wait until the soil drys out some, because as wet as it is, it's really heavy to dig up. But, I'm going to try very hard to get everything done this week. Then maybe I'll be able to rest for a little while, lol.

It's cold here again!!

Yesterday was a cloudy, but comfortable day. Hubby and the oldest spent most of the day mowing lawns. First the lawn at the other store, then to the station, then to our house. We did stop off and get the rest of the vegetable plants for the garden and you know I had to throw in a few flowers, lol. By the time everything was said and done, it was well after 2 pm. And it was another one of those hit the floor running days. Hubby napped for about an hour and finally got to work at 4 pm. Since I was outside with them most of the day, my allergies were really kicking from all the mowing, so I took my pill and was so ready to sleep. But, instead, I went food shopping, thinking today would be a nice day for planting outside. Wrong! It's like in the lower 50's today and very windy. To make matters worse, it rained, like poured last night so everything is wet and cold. I was wet and cold. We went outside this morning and while I weeded around the deck, the boys worked on planting some more green beans, got the onions in and cucumbers. Hubby slept since he didn't get home until about 4:30 this morning. He had promised to help, but well, he did his normal drinking and talking thing and well............................ Since it was so cold outside, that was all we did. I did get some flowers in the ground and the ivy I had bought last weekend. I'm thinking tomorrow, since it is supposed to be sunny and a little warmer, we will plant the zucchini, and the seeds for the spinach and lettuces. Then later in the week we will get to the tomatoes and hopefully dig the small herb garden. They need to get in the ground by the end of the week to. Hubby's punishment for not helping is he gets to do the weeding. All summer long.

Ho hum kind of week

I'm glad it's Friday, but why I don't know. Its been an really off kind of week for me. Nothing has really excited me much this week. Hubby's finally starting to feel better, which is a really good thing! It's been a full work week. The brat child was home for 2 of the days, which is just frustrating and exhausting in itself. Her explanation for being home one day was just total crap I think. Personally, I think she was suspended from school. That's what my kids told me when I asked them about her. Makes more sense to me.

Went to Bible study this week. Glad I did, it was really interesting and got me out of this funky mood I've been in for a while. Hubby and I were supposed to go plant shopping for the past 2 days now and it has yet to happen. Every day the fool is having some kind of malfunction and we can't go. Well, tomorrow is Saturday and if I get hubby up early we just might get there. He needs to go to bed earlier so he can get up earlier, lol. He was also saying he was going to try to make church with me this week to. I sure hope so. Maybe I'm just missing hubby. I got to work he's sleeping. He comes home from work and I'm sleeping. I come home from work and he's working. We keep missing each other.

Got a call from work today about working, as a fill in, for a different case on Saturday. The one I turned down. I really, really didn't want to do it, but said I would anyway. I kept telling myself that it's supposed to rain later in the day anyway. Talked to hubby about it and he said do it if I want to. So I said I would, only because being willing to do it would redeem myself with the woman who does the scheduling. Well, about 10 minutes after I agree to do this and I get info, she calls back and says this is the weekend that we're not needed there. Good, I'm really glad she messed up like that. At least she knows I'm willing anyway. Don't know whats going to happen come June and I don't have anything lined up. It won't bother me any, but hubby will be having a fit I think. Little does he know I'm taking the whole month of August off. He never wants me to take more than a week or two off. Phooey on that this year. There are some things I need to get done with the house, like painting inside, this year.

Went to knit last night which was fun. It always is, I don't know why I always think about not going. We have been talking about maybe moving the day to Mondays instead because one of the women will be starting Bible study on Thursday nights. Three out of the four of us were there and Monday all will work for us. So, next week we will know for sure. I was thinking about that today and maybe Monday nights will be easier for me. That way I will still be out of the house 3 nights, just not in a row. By the time Thursday gets here, I'm just so tired some weeks. But, I'm not willing to give up my social things either.

So, officially my weekend has started and I'm at a loss as to what I want to do. Guess I'll just play it by ear and see what happens.

Monday

I haven't even been up for an hour yet and the phone is ringing off the hook! This usually isn't a good thing. Work has called and left messages on the land line and my cell. Well, they will just have to wait until later this afternoon. Hubby's work has already called, twice, and a relative, who left a message. It's only 9 am!

Hubby has a doc appt and I have a hair appt, both at the same time. I'll drop hubby and go do my thing. I'm sure I'll be done way before him. Then a few errands and possibly into town and then home. Then there's the never ending laundry and plants waiting to be planted. Hubby will probably want to take a nap until he has to leave for work, which will mess up any errands I have to do. I like to just get everything done when I'm out. If I come home, I like to stay. It gets very tiring having to leave the house every 30 minutes or so to go do something. The boys have to stay late at school today to get tutoring for their final math exam. They have to pass this to graduate, but the youngest is doing it this year so he won't have to next year. The oldest has no choice.

It was supposed to go down into the 30's last night and predictions of possibly some frost. Since the veggie plants aren't in the ground yet, I brought them in and sat them on the dryer. I can't believe it's May and it's getting cold enough at night for frost. I refuse to turn the heat on though. I just put a heavy blanket on our bed and we were fine, but you could tell it got cold over night. If the cool air wants to hang on I'm fine with that as long as when the heat comes it doesn't hang on until December, lol.

Well, my time on here is up. I have hubby's breakfast to get, dishes to wash and maybe some laundry to fold before we leave for the day.

Happy mothers day

My plans for today are to do as little as possible, lol. Since church is in the early evening today, I put dinner in the crock pot. I honestly don't know what they were thinking when they made today's service at 4 pm. Such an odd time.

I'm still working on all the laundry that's accumulated. I'm going to finish the jeans today and then that's it. I spent most of yesterday doing the colors and some jeans. Tomorrow will be the towels, whites and sheets. I've been changing the sheets on our bed every morning. Hubby has been going to bed with his poison ivy covered up, but by morning, his arms are unwrapped and there are spots on the sheets where it's touched his body, so I've been changing them. I so don't want this. Just the thought of this makes me itch like crazy anyway and I know for sure if I get this I'm on my own. He won't take care of me like I've been taking care of him.

I have two more inches on hubby's vest to do and then the backs done. I intend to finish that today and probably devote some serious time to the baby blanket for the neighbor. And I have to find some quick hat patterns to work on at work for her as well.

Th garden is finally ready for plants. We put the manure in it yesterday and then it rained, quite hard, later in the afternoon so tomorrow the plants can go in. I went yesterday and bought some broccoli, cauliflour, green beans, and cherry tomato plants. I have seeds for carrots and radishes. The plan is to get them all in tomorrow afternoon. Sure hope it does't rain, lol.

That didn't take long

Hubby's been home a week and a half and he's managed to get poison ivy (sigh). He was over a relatives house last Saturday pulling weeds and mulching and well.......... So now he's totally miserable. I called for a doc appt on Wednesday and they were booked for the day. I knew they were closed on Thursday, but this week they were also closed on Friday. The office did call on Friday to confirm his Monday appt and while he had someone on the phone he was complaining so badly about the itch that she gave him the number to the other doc. They did change his appt to the am instead of the pm. When I called on Wednesday I just thought he had maybe a spider bite because I just saw this one red spot that was getting larger and really itching him. At that point where the poison ivy really is he had scratched so bad it was all scabbed over and I couldn't see much. Well, now it's popping up in other places do and I got a good look at the scabbed part on his arm and well, yeah, it's poison ivy. Not that big welt though, that's still there to, so maybe he's got some bug bites to. He wanted to go to the er but our insurance will only pay for an er visit if it's a life threatening emergency. So, at this point he's trying to wait it out. I, on the other hand have been stocking up on gauze and bandaids and all that other stuff. I got him caladryl, benadryl and the aveno bath stuff. I think the receptionist at the docs office felt bad because she called later and left a message telling him what he could do for the poison ivy because she got a hold of the doc. Well, we're doing all that. Hubby wants a prescription for something. Unfortunately, no script until the doc actually sees him. He wanted a weekend appt. Well, no weekend appts and evening appts are rare here. I do think the benadryl is working. I don't remember him getting up during the night at all. If he can calm the itch he'll make it through the weekend. We both will, lol.

The oldest lost his job this morning. He's not happy. He went all the way to work this morning only to be told he's not needed anymore. Well, I would be angry that I went all the way to work to be told that. Why not pick up the phone and say something? I was just in the station yesterday, he could have said something then. I kind of thought it was coming. Since hubby's been back, the other guy's hours have been cut back. They had an American woman working there in the mornings just to make the breakfast sandwiches and he let her go to. Makes no sense since he tracked her down to ask her to come back to work, and now, he says he doesn't need her. I think he's catching it from the partner about to many people working there. Ever since I've been with hubby there's never been more than 3 people ever working there. Never 5 people. But, this guy doesn't care and will hire people to work a few hours just so he doesn't have to do any real work, like food prep and ordering. Oh well, whatever, at least hubby and I are still working.

I have some early morning errands to get done and then I think the rest of the weekend I'm spending at home. I'm just so tired of running all the time. I spent all day Monday at home, cleaning, but it felt so good not to have to go anywhere at all that day. Those days are rare.

Trying to get back on track

Well, hubby's back and it seems like I've been going non stop since. He's finally all unpacked, delivered stuff to a few people, and back to work. His work schedule seems to be an ever changing one. He's working a few hours this morning and then coming home around 10 am and then has to be back to work 4 pm to 4 am. So, why have the man work 5 am to 10 am?????? Makes no sense to me, but what do I know. Seems he will be working nights once again. Forever.

Instead of working on the last chapter for my class, I chose to get the house organized and straightened up on Monday. Talk about tired. I did some major cleaning that day. Then went outside and worked on the garden some more. I've also been weeding and mulching the flower beds around the house, weather permitting. I still have around the deck, the shed, and half of the back of the house to weed. We are going to buy mulch in bulk this year, it's cheaper than buying bags. Hopefully I'll have all the weeding done by the end of the week. The plan is to get mulch Saturday. This whole week is supposed to be cloudy and rainy, so we'll see what happens.

I was supposed to change patients this week, but after giving it some thought, I decided I really don't want to work nights. For so long I've always put work first and made myself as flexible as possible. By doing that I've lost a lot of friends and very few family members call anymore because I was always working. Three to four nights a week I go somewhere, so do the boys. I decided that I wasn't willing to give all that up and put myself back in the same place I was before, so I called work and told them I changed my mind. She wasn't happy about it but, I'm not the first person to do that and I won't be the last. I know it was the right thing to do because I felt so much better after I did it. Now, I'm wondering just what I'm going to be given, if anything steady. They are known for doing things like that. Not firing you but only letting you work a few hours a month. Whatever, I could use the break.

I think hubby is finally starting to adjust to our time. What really bothers me is if he was going to go back to working nights, why not just start him off as soon as he was back? His body was used to that time anyway. Why give him a week to adjust and then make him work nights. His body just has to readjust again anyway. But with him working nights, I'll have the whole bed to myself again. I have to say, I haven't gotten much sleep since he's been back. Constantly in and out of the bed, all night! Every time he gets up, the covers get thrown all on top of me, then when he gets back in, he pulls them all off me. And then, there's the questions, where's this, where's that. gggggrrrrr Between working outside and working inside, my body has been achy for days. Add lack of sleep to that and you've got one miserable person, lol. I did manage to get some sleep last night, after I got warm. I was so cold most of the night last night, and hubby's got the ceiling fan on! I had taken off the heavy down filled comforter we had because I was throwing the covers off because I was so hot. I put something lighter on the bed, thinking with all the heat he gives off I'd be ok. Wrong, wrong, so wrong! So tonight it's just me and the cat, lol.

Well, time for work. Hopefully today will be a better one.