Last night we had some major storms roll through here, late. I heard one earlier which made me shut the computer down for the night. Glad I did because sometime during the night I heard the boys coming through the house making sure all the windows were closed. I go up shortly after that and the time was only about 11:30 so I must have been sleeping really well. Later, all of a sudden this flash of lightening is like right in my eyes so I look and I see the window is open with the fan in and the blinds all the way open. I figured hubby must have done that. The man seems to be paranoid about me being warm now for some reason. If he even thinks I'm hot he turns the floor and ceiling fans on, lol. Well, along with the lightening I realize it's pouring and the fan is bringing the rain in. So get up to shut that off and close the window. I hear hubby coming down the hallway calling for me. Did the man really think if I was asleep I was going to hear him? Recently, the sun room ceiling has sprung a major leak. The rain was coming in and hubby had no idea what to do about it. I start grabbing buckets and pots and we put them under the leaks. Of course, the kids left the windows on the sides of the sun room open and the wind blown rain is just coming in and soaking everything. I go to crawl back in bed and realize that the clocks are blinking which means the electric was out at some point. That's probably what had the boys up.

So this morning hubby gets up and does his usual hang the head out the door thing and the cat decided she just can't resist and out she goes. Hubby calls me to tell me the cat went out. Well, if she's out, she's out and you just have to wait until she's ready to come back in. He went outside for her, but she saw him and ran. She's hanging around the yard, but as soon as someone approaches her, she's off running again. Temperamental cat! At one point me and the cat rain into each other. I was coming back from shopping and she comes around the corner and stops dead. Clearly she wasn't expecting to see me. I stopped dead because she has a mouse in her mouth. No way I'm going near her! She drops the mouse and proceeds to play with it, only to lose it in one of the bushes, lol. Darn cat! If you're going to refuse to come in because you want to catch mice, at least make sure they aren't moving when you're done playing with them! Don't let them go so they can come in my house!!

Went into town to get some hard candy. This stuff is so good. It's made by Baskin Robbins in chocolate chip mint flavor. Mmmm. I try to keep this in my purse since I never know when I'll get to coughing so bad I think I'm gonna cough up an organ. But, I guess my throat gets dry, but having a piece of hard candy helps. I took the last 2 I had to church with me this morning, along with a bottle of water. I was prepared, lol. There was a woman across from me who just kept coughing and coughing. I would have given her my bottle of water, but I had already drank out of it and didn't want to give her what I just got over. Although, from the way she was coughing, I think she might have been getting over what I just got over. While I was in town I went to staples. I wanted a new wireless mouse. The really pretty ones were for notebooks and I didn't feel like walking all around the store just to try to find someone to ask if there were all compatible. Get up to the register and there's this guy there. Older guy, not a kid and totally not paying attention to what he's doing. He rings me up and completely forgets my coupon. It's a $5.00 off coupon, yes, you better see it. He totals me up and I pick up the coupon and tell him I have one and I want to use it. You would think that since I'm giving it to you................. He re rings the sale and drops my debit card down a tiny crack between the counter and the register. Well...........................3 guys and 30 minutes later I can finally leave. At one point he asked me if I just wanted to come back for the card. Um, no. Now I'm irritated and getting tired and have 2 more stored to get to. Well, one really but since I was in town, and only needed one thing I thought I would be in and out. Fashion Bug, only went in for one thing.................$60.00 later...............................lol. By the time I got to dollar tree it was in and out for me. Except I got behind this one woman who was shopping with someone else. Ok, no big deal. But...............everything she pulled out of the cart she had to show the other woman who was with her, and they stood there discussing the item before she put it on the counter. The woman had a shopping cart full of stuff!! Finally, someone else came and opened the other register. In the time it took to ring me out and get myself outside with my 2 bags the other woman, who I was behind originally, was just getting out the door. I'm sitting in my car and as soon as I saw them I left. No way I want to get behind them on the road. They might drive like they shop, lol!

Came home and finished my translations so tomorrow I can start reading. One load of laundry done for the day, just waiting for the oldest to fold it. The oldest works tomorrow and the youngest is going to a friends house for the day. Yee, ha.............I get the house all to myself tomorrow!! Yeah, hubby wants to drag my but through some stores tomorrow:(

Not much goin on

Today's just one of those days. Haven't done to much, but have a few things I need to do. Went and did a little shopping this morning and had to come home and have a nap! Still get so tired so fast. The boys are dragging their feet making me come after them every few minutes because they aren't finishing anything. It seems like now that I'm up and around again they think they don't have to do anything again. NOT!

It's not as humid today as I thought it was going to be. That's good, I wasn't looking forward to sitting and sweating all day. The weather has been really nice, not sure how much longer this is going to go on but I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

There's a ton of laundry waiting for me. I did one load this morning and hung it outside, but it's clouding up so brought it in. It's mostly dry so that's good, but I seem to be the one nominated to fold it all. Not to mention the load in the dryer I've asked every kid in this house to take care of. Looks like they are going to be losing their tv privileges. And other things if they aren't careful. The youngest main complaint is he's tired of doing dishes, and hanging up the laundry. And I'm not??

Found zucchini in the fridge so I'll make zucchini with spaghetti. It's been a while since I made that and I'm in the mood for it. I was going to grill burgers, but it's really clouding up out there now, so I'll just play it safe and cook inside. Maybe tomorrow we'll do the burgers. I need to food shop. I'm thinking tomorrow after church. That way I can get the fridge and freezer sorted through first. I keep thinking I only have a few days to do all these things that need to be done. I'm forgetting I'm not working right now and I have everyday. Feels weird.

Well, I have sons to get moving and I have ironing to do for tomorrow.

Maybe I shouldn't have done that

Today was the first day I've actually ventured out of the house and "somewhere." Well, I'm really thinking maybe I shouldn't have. I'm so tired!! Yesterday I drove hubby and the youngest to the station. That was the first I've driven myself in over a week. Boy did it feel weird to drive again :) I found myself going really slow, because it felt way to fast for me, and then it seemed like I wanted to drive right down the center lane and I was fighting with the wheel, lol. But, I did take myself home the longer way simply because I just wanted out of the house. And the longer I drove the more used to it I would get again.
So, today I decided to go into town. Like a 30 minute drive each way into town. I thought I would go to one of the smaller dollar stores. Didn't think I could handle the bigger of the two. It's warmer today than it's been in a while. I noticed while I was driving the closer to town I got the warmer it was getting, so on the way back I put the air on. I only went to the dollar store for toothbrushes. and a few other things. I need a new one since I just had the flu. Lately I've been buying toothbrushes in packs, but in my house I have to have either a pink or red on because otherwise the guys will all claim the other colors. I have 3 green ones left from the other pack. Both hubby and the oldest have green toothbrushes now. I always give hubby green, that way he's not confused, lol. The guys see pink and red as girlie colors, so anything that color is automatically mine. I went in for about 3 things and walked out spending over $20, lol. I found blue ball point pens so I grabbed them. I have a serious dislike for black ink pens. Got a new stationary pad to put in with my bible to take notes on since the last one has some paper left, but it's literally falling apart. I'll just leave that one home from now on. I grabbed all the pretty bottles of hand soap, lol. Most of them were clear and fresh coconut scent. I'm not big on the coconut smell. I also went for some dish towels. Usually, they have tons of them. Not today, probably because I wanted them, lol. Most were red and white, not colors I usually go for, but I did find some in greens and blues. After I got home and really looked at my curtains, which have roosters on them, I realized the red and white one would have gone well to. Oh well, there's always next time. I'm thinking hubby is wrapping his bread in the dish towels and taking them over to the station with him. They seem to be disappearing.. Now, how these men don't know that rooster dish towels aren't theirs, I'll never know. But, I got new ones now! Not of roosters though. I was going to go to another store that is closer to home, but I was so tired when I got back into the, car I just drive straight home. It will give me another excuse to go out tomorrow, lol.
Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer than today and more humid. Ugh! The guy for the ac isn't coming until sometime next week I believe, so I'll be hiding inside under the fans. Maybe I'll start my class again. I went online and bought myself a concordance

and a new study Bible. I could read the pages out of it before I bought it and I think I like it more than the study Bible I already have. I need one for class and always getting the other one, which has a cover on it and I take to church and Bible study, is just a pain because I have so many places bookmarked I get lost. It's the only study Bible I have or had. Soon I'll have 2, one for church and one just for class. It will be so much easier.

Took a walk in the garden yesterday. What I saw really made me want to scream! Not only has the groundhog been digging under the fence and destroyed the broccoli, cauliflower, and lettuce, but the thing has been diggin in there! Ggggrrrrrr!! My kale is still savable, but not the other stuff so tomorrow I'm going to try and get hubby and the boys outside to pull that stuff out. It's in some serious need of weeding to. I can't find my radishes or carrots. There are small green beans and zucchini growing, that I could see. I also saw very small green tomatoes. Thinking maybe they are the cherry tomatoes starting. Not sure. There are so many weeds in the onions and chives, it's hard to find them to, lol. Hubby's been slacking, lol!

Not much going on

Tonight is knitting and once again, I won't be going. It seems like forever since I've been there, but I seem to get really tired at night. And it seems harder to breathe then. I'm not sure if I'm still contagious or not and really shouldn't take the chance either. But, then again, I'm feeling better to the point where I need to get out of the house. If just for a little while.

So this morning I get this crazy idea to hop on the scale and see how much weight I might have lost. After all, I could hardly keep anything down for almost 3 days and lately I've only been eating when I feel like it and only a little. I was at least thinking I would have a fluid loss. Well, the scale had the nerve to show a gain. A one pound gain!!!! Exactly just what is that???? How is that possible? Well, I personally think my body is at war with me and fully intends to keep itself plump. FOREVER! I know they say to eat to lose weight and for me that's true. It's also said to exercise to lose weight. For me that's not true. For me, the less I eat the less I lose. The more I exercise, the less I lose. My body's fighting me every step of the way to shed even one ounce. And I wonder why I get frustrated and am resigned to the fact that I will be this way forever. If the weight doesn't come off by exercising and eating less, then I don't know what will take it off. My goal lately is to eat the same amount of calories, or less and not gain weight. According to doc there's nothing medically wrong that the weight won't come off. She seems to think I don't know how to measure and weigh my food. I do. But for now, I really have no appetite and that's fine with me as long as what I do eat counts. It seems that lately I crave certain foods and that's what I eat. Yesterday was cauliflower, so I had a spoonful of mac and cheese and steamed cauliflower for dinner. Today I want the leftover bbq chicken from the graduation party that I froze so I'll have that and possibly a garden salad or green beans for dinner. I want both, but with a piece of chicken it will be to much. It will just be me and the oldest for dinner tonight, which means I have to fend for myself because the kid can't cook for nothing, lol! Maybe I can talk hubby into getting the greens ready before he goes to work, then at dinner all I have to do is add the other stuff.

It's really nice here again today with a cool breeze blowing. I'm thinking of trying to get outside and just sit on the swing for a while. I'm afraid that by the time I'm feeling much better it will be so hot and humid I won't want to be outside. I'm not one to pass up being outside on a nice day if I can help it :)

Unseasonably cool

Today is a really pretty day. Not to hot or humid.

This is a pic of one of the big pots of flowers I have on each side of the front door. This pot is going crazy, the other one not so much. Guess because this one gets most of the sun. The other one the flowers have blooms on them, but nothing like this one.

This is a close up of the nasturtiums (sp?) that are in that pot. I planted a butterfly mix in them. Hope to start seeing some butterfly's soon.

Since I was already outside with camera in had I decided to walk around the house and see what else is blooming. Well, I took my time because by the time I got to the back of the house, I was tired. I'm thinking a nap is going to be in order, lol.

These I started from seed and are in the flower boxes sitting on the deck railing. I have no idea what these are called though, lol.

Since the garden is close to the deck I decided to take a walk by it. Good thing I did, scared the groundhog away, lol. I did take notice that the zucchini has small zucchinis starting. Can't wait for fresh from the garden zucchini. Of course, by the end of the growing season I'll be tired of it, lol. I also noticed that the garden is being taken over with weeds. The boys have to do some serious weeding. I'll never be able to find the veggies if they don't. I'll have to think of something good to bribe them with to weed it though, lol.

This is the same flower as the orange ones. I have two more of these plants planted on each side of the front of the deck. This one is hidden by all the foliage that has taken off around the deck.

New toy?????

Image via Wikipedia

Just wanted to see how this thing is going to work. So much for resting, lol.


Before I got sick we took one of the guys hubby works with to get himself a notebook. We checked walmart and staples. He didn't want lap top for a desk top. He wanted a note book. But not a mini notebook either.

Well, I don't usually spend a lot of time in staples because there's so much stuff I get over whelmed. He ended up getting a note book from staples because it was about $150 cheaper than walmart and it came with the thingie for cd's and dvd's.

It did make me realize though, when I have to get a new computer, I want one with a large hard drive and as many gb's as I can get and I want either a dell or a gateway this time. I will stick with the desk top though because I can always borrow the youngest lap top if I want to sit somewhere and do something. But, next on the agenda is to go wireless. Then we can hook up our ipods.

Sllloooowwwwllllyyyyy coming around.................

After a few days of laying in bed, I'm tired of being in bed. I'm feeling better, but just so tired. Got no sleep at all last night because every time I would lay down, I would start to cough and cough, and my head would just pound. So, went to the doc this morning. You know I was desperate if I went to the doc being almost sure I have the flu, but I just wanted something for the cough and the headache. Nothing takes the headache away, just takes the edge off. My stomach is finally not giving me so much trouble so I'm getting better. Just not fast enough.

I have to say hubby has really been stepping up to the plate. Him and his lazy relative he works with. They are doing the errands, taking the kids to work, picking them up and doing whatever else needs to be done. But, I do keep hearing them telling the boys they sure hope I start feeling better soon, lol. I sort of feel bad for hubby because I know just how hard it is to do all this running and work, but then maybe he will get a reality check of just how much I really do to. Hubby got up this morning and took the oldest to work, then I called the doc and took the earliest appt I could get, so an hour and a half later he was taking me to the doctors. Then, since I had scripts that had to be filled in town, he took a shower and him and the youngest went to get them filled and go food shopping. By the time he got back it was time for him to go to work. Maybe he's thinking if he pushes through these few days I'll be feeling better and his life can get back to normal, lol. He has been complaining about feeling like he's running a temp, but I seriously think its from the drinking. He's not coughing or showing any other signs of being sick. The oldest, however, is doing a lot of coughing. Him I have to keep an eye on. I started with a temp and coughing. I didn't pay much mind to the temp because of my allergies and a temp is common. The coughing I thought maybe was the start of a really bad chest cold. The youngest just got over a nasty cold. But not for me, I got the package deal, lol. The youngest has been really good about doing the cooking and the laundry. So glad. The oldest can't even make tea, lol. Well he can, but it's really, really bad. Don't know how you can mess that up but he knows. So today is the first day I've been up all day. That's because my back hurts and my neck just aches from trying to sleep sitting up. Doc gave me two things for the cough, one for daytime and one for nights, to make me sleep. Sure hope they work because all I want to do is just lay down, relax and sleep. All night.

Now that my concentration has come back some,I was looking over my stuff for class. Not attempting it because I can't concentrate that well yet and I really am tired. But, don't ask me why, but I suddenly realized that there is no way I can be done this class by October. I'm not even half way through the book, plus I have a 1,000 word minimum paper to write that goes along with my final. Not to mention the final. Loosing all this time was stressing me out, but I never would have been able to do it had I not gotten sick. So, I'm giving myself as much time as I need. That is why it's a self paced course. I finish when I finish and then I'm thinking maybe I'll take the next course they have after this one, and then I'll think about transferring. The next course is really what I wanted to do anyway, but first things first.

Now I'm off to do a little organizing with the bills and stuff that has come in lately. Don't want to misplace one, especially a credit card bill!