Scrap Pages, Anniversary and Birthday

 Wishing my friend Anita and her husband a very special Anniversary. What a wonderful time to celebrate all the love that you have had over the years!

 And wishing my good friend Anne a very Happy Birthday! I hope that she recieves a lot of pampering today and has lots of good cake and Presents!

 Hi,
 I have a pizza in the oven and I am waiting on it to get done. I didn't clean my kitchen last night after dinner. I was just zonked. I have had 2 good days so I am not complaining about needing the extra rest today.

 I am not sure what is going on today out in the real world by my apartment. Ambulances and Sirens have been going off all morning long. This is the 3rd one I have heard in the last hour and several times this morning. It is unusual for so many first responders to be coming thru here. But there is major road work being done not far from us and perhaps they have been detoured to our area to get to the hospitals. I don't know.

 Umm I am having my first bite of my pizza. It is really good. It has everything on it that I love. Cisco gets the end crust. It is too thick for me. I am not a fan of thick crust as a general rule, but my son bought this for me yesterday and I know that I will enjoy it just because he thought of me. This one is really not that thick. Just the end crust. I can't believe that Cisco turned his nose up at it. Hmmm better check his temperature lol.

 I made dinner last night. A favorite of ours that I rarely make anymore. We call it Granny's Chicken Spaghetti. My mother in law made it frequently and it makes so much we could always freeze the rest and heat up on nights that no one felt up to cooking.
 It is a Mexican style. It has chili with beans, tomato soup,  onion, celery and bell pepper in it. Add what seasonings you like and put in a casserole dish and heat for about a half hour then top with cheese and cook until cheese has melted. I make garlic toast to go with it.
 Jonathan and Karyn make a different style that they enjoy better. But I made my favorite as I was the one cooking it. They do theirs almost the same way but no chili or tomato soup. Instead they use Rotel tomatos and velveeta cheese... Now I like cheese but my word... It is way too cheesy for me.
 I don't know what we are having tonight. I am not cooking. Grilled cheese and soup sounds good to me and easy for Jonathan to make. It is always a hit for him for an evening meal as tonight is his late night.

 Some good news for my friend Sam. Her little dog has kept his food down and played with his toy for a little while today. I hope that this is a good sign that he is healing. I just felt terrible for him when I found out that the tests showed he had been poisoned. So many mean people out there. It is a shame that you can't even let your dog out into his own yard.

 I hope that everyone is having a wonderful day. I have had my lunch. Cisco had a few bites of crust but now he needs his lunch as he slept thru breakfast. I should take him out for a walk. I know that Nathan over slept this morning and didn't take him out. It was ok tho because he was still sleeping. He didn't even move until he smelled my pizza.

 So I will say have a special day to all.... BB

Wednesday It Is

 Hi Everyone,
 A page of my daughter when she and I went out to Jason's Deli last week. I was complaining I never get pictures of my kids and she begrudgingly let me snap this one. Not a full smile, more of a smirk but I will take it! This kit is from my friend Rosie called Shabby Blue.

 I really don't have much to tell. I was getting over the flu and then ended up in the hospital with a really bad kidney infection and UTI. It was a bit concerning as I only have one kidney and the bacteria could do damage to my kidney. Anyway I have been feeling better. I was up longer yesterday than I have been since Florida.

 I really miss Florida, and Edna and Pogo. It was just so relaxing, except poor Edna got dreadfully sick. But she is such a trooper! I wish I had her spunk and personality. Even sick she was so sweet. And Pogo, what a love bug he is. I enjoyed kisses and cuddles. That just melts my heart. I love it when Cisco gives me kisses too.
 I was telling Edna last night that the orange puppy that we call Baby is seeing final days. But for him to have it as long as he has is a miracle. Normally he destroys them in minutes... But for some reason he has taken a liking to this one and treated it so differently.

 We have had some bad rain storms, severe ones to hit Texas. I either was so tired that I didn't hear them come thru on our end or they missed our part of the city, but my friend Rosie posted this morning on the thread that she didn't sleep at all last night by the tornado sirens going off and the storm which she said was very scary. I haven't looked at the news yet this morning. but the radar looked so scary last night. A lot of dark reds and purples. It was a long night for the weather people I am sure and a scary night for everyone. Oklahoma got hit bad too. Probably worse than we did. But this is spring. The cold air and the hot muggy humidity air is to be expected here in our area for these super cells to form.

 There really isn't a lot going on for me right now. I am working on two projects. The afghan for Karyn and the scarf. I have been trying to color some but my hands shake a lot sometimes and if I am not sitting at the table I cannot get into the right lines, and I haven't felt up to sitting up for too long. I took a long break from the computer. Not because I wanted to so much as I just didn't have the energy to go online. Or even to scrap any pages. Maybe I will try today to work on something. It just depends on how I feel a bit later on.

 Well I am sad to say that I think a couple of my plants are doomed. My living Christmas tree is not faring well at all and my other plant.... Well I guess I could try cutting the dead off and see what happens. The Christmas Cactus and my Ivy is growing out of this world. In September I will put it in my closet or in my bathroom for a month. It has to have complete darkness for a month and then the cooler temps will pop it into it's blooming period. I am going to get a couple more this year and one for Karyn. She and Joe just loved mine last year. I might get them two. A pink and purple.

 Oh guess who is ready for his bed? Yep Cisco has just stuck his head in the door and trotted in, He sat at my feet then looked at the bed. Little stinker. I put him in bed and watched as he rolled and stretched and circled around. He is now comfy under the covers. I heard him sigh.... Silly dog brings smiles and chuckles all the time!

 I have a few goodies to share and then I am off here for some late breakfast and early lunch. I got these from the internet... Enjoy.

LOL.... Yep that would not be a good thing. Some times a glass of wine is just the trick to staying sane!

 Aren't they precious? I miss seeing our raccoons. One thing about our other place vs this one is that we had such a great opportunity to see and enjoy the beautiful flora and wildlife. Here where I am at it is just the interstate and a few trees.
 Oh I didn't share that the other night I finally got to see the bats make their nightly exodus from the bridges. It was the night that Jon carried me to the hospital. I was speechless as it was one of the most awesome sites. Jon said... 5 minutes earlier or 5 minutes later we would have missed them. So we were at the right place at the right time for sure...

 I don't know if this was photo shopped or not, but I thought that it was just too beautiful not to share. Isn't that gorgeous? I call it The Beauty and The Beast! If it is an actual photo then someone else was in the right place at the right time!

This is my final for today. Have an awesome day and be blessed! BB

Good News Finally....

 Hi,
 I am sorry I don't have a scrap page to share today. I did do one for a dear lady that I CT for. She doesn't put out kits very often and when she does I try to do a few pages for her. I haven't done one for her since Christmas.
 But I do have this picture of Adrian to share. It is a few years old. He lost his front tooth. I think that the light in his eyes and the smile on his face says it all... I DID It... That tooth was the bane of his existence for at least 2 weeks, just waiting for it to come out. He and I were having a losing teeth contest. He won! LOL.

 Anyway he was discharged from the hospital and spent last night in his bed. Laurie said that he did pretty good on the trip home. Only a little discomfort and some nausea but for the most part he did very well. The doctors said that he will recover better in his own home. First off he had to eat a full tray and then they had to listen to his stomach and do a final scan to make sure everything was working the way it should then they discharged him.

 Laurie got some good news too. She still has her job. Her boss was very understanding so that makes me feel good for her and it will work out that she and David will work alternate hours so that someone is always with Adrian. He can go back to school in a week and will have a tutor to help him catch up on his work, but no physical activity for several weeks. He will have to take it slow. This is much better news than what we had last week.

 Karyn recovered from her Migraines without a trip to the doctor. I am so glad for that. She looked so much better and happier yesterday than she has in a few days. She came by after noon yesterday and picked me up. We ran a few errands. She and I went to Pet Smart and got Cisco and Foxy some doggie food and then we went over to Jason's Deli for a sandwich. They have a really great tea that I really enjoy called "Black Currant". I usually do not like that kind of tea, but there's is delicious. I squeeze a little lime and lemon into it.
 After lunch we stopped at In and Out burger and got Jonathan, Nathan and Joe some hamburgers. They were happy. After we dropped them off we headed over to Walgreen's to get my prescription to help dry up the fluid in my ears. After a consultation with the pharmacist about it raising my blood sugar and blood pressure significantly I decided against it and she suggested plain old Benadryl.  I still cannot hear well this morning. It sounds as if everything is under water. But I did sleep well last night. So did Cisco. Actually he is still sleeping. He cracks an eye open every once in a while To make sure that I am still in view I am sure.

 So Cisco has been getting into my bathroom trash.... I heard him in there last night and all that is in the can is my used Kleenex. He didn't respond to me calling him so I went into the bathroom and there he was happily chewing on my old tissues.
 I said "Cisco" and he jumped... "Do you want to catch the flu? Stop getting these tissues. They have germs". He was chastised and sat at my feet. The matter was forgotten. I went to get a drink and came back and he had gotten back into the can again. This time tissues all over the floor, so I picked them up and put the can to where he cannot get into it. It is a bit inconvenient for me, but it is the only way he is going to stay out of it. I can't shut my door at night because I will stumble right into it if I get up in the night. I have learned that the hard way so I just put the can up high where he can't get to it. He has never done this until we moved here. Not so sure why he is doing it now. One of my friends suggested that he is bored and another said that maybe he needs some kind of vitamin.

 Oh and he had  a great meal the other night. Jonathan bought me a dinner with meatloaf, green beans and mashed potatoes and gravy. I heated it up and brought it to my room. The boys had company over and so I decided to just come to my room. Like I usually do anyway and I dropped it.... Upside down!.... So after he made sure that all of the food, every last crumb was gone, I got a bowl of water and some cleaner and cleaned the carpet. I didn't have the energy or appetite for anything else after that so I just made a turkey sandwich and had a banana to go with it a little later on. Little stinker was hoping for some of that too haha.

 Well the alarm clock is going off and it is time for me to get up and moving. My social worker is coming today and I still have to have a shower and one more cup of coffee. Jonathan has gone to work and Karyn will be over later on to pick up my laundry. I might feel up to going next door with her. She wants to spend today and tomorrow at the pool. She better do it today as we are supposed to get some severe thunder storms tomorrow.

 Oh the weather is in the high 80's and the humidity is high. It makes for a muggy day, and I have a feeling we are going to have a scorcher of a summer. My plants are back outside but my tree and one of my plants are not looking too well. I am trying my best to coax them back into good health.

 I guess that this will do it for me today. I am going to do a few things and then get ready for my shower and visit with my social worker... Have a Blessed Day to all.... BB

I Hate Waiting!

 Happy Birthday to Jenny and Happy Anniversary to Jenny and her Hubby! I hope that they had an awesome day. I never thought of being married on my birthday.
 My divorce was final on my birthday and to me that was one of the greatest birthdays EVER!!!!

 On to other news....

 I will begin with an update on my grandson Adrian.

 Well we have a lot to be thankful for. Adrian is up and walking. They started him on a liquid diet but he didn't really want any of it after he got it. I can't say that I blame him. After going so long without food your body just naturally doesn't want it anymore. Laurie posted that he might get a real breakfast tray this morning.

 It is a little concerning for me. First of all I am afraid that the food might make him sick and come back up. But they need to see if he can keep food down or if there is any more problems there. So good news that they are at least attempting to see what he can tolerate.
 Today is day 11 that he has been enduring this horrid illness.

 He has been up and walking. YAY! the bad news is that he has contaminated the entire 5th floor! It seems my little man also had not one but two viral respiratory infections. They moved him to a private room which they should have done so to begin with, but instead had him in with newborn babies and of course they have been exposed to the virus's as well. Anyway they confined him to his room but after a while they said, you know we are all exposed anyway, let's just mask him up and get him walking.
 The fever has come back. I haven't gotten a check in call today. I really don't want to call them because I know that sleep is hard for all of them. I know that the phone going on and off wakes them up if they are lucky enough to get any sleep. Laurie can't turn her phone off in case David's family needs to get in touch with them with Cathy and Adrian and the phone in the room doesn't work. You can make outgoing calls but not incoming. And the nurses will not come and get you if you have a call coming in to the nurses station. The best they will do is give you a message IF they think about it.

 This hospital is really a very strange one for me to understand. I know that Children's Hospital is supposed to be one of the best. Maybe it is but so far I have not been pleased with them. They have lousy social workers who will not help Laurie with meal vouchers, or validating parking which is $10.00 a day. Even tho they have excellent insurance it will not pick up everything and they have day to day expenses.
 My family has been phenomenal in gathering money and sent it to them. It wasn't much but they are very grateful and they are using it is sparingly as possible. It was hard to find a Western Union for it to be picked up. They were supposed to have had one at the store across the street. Laurie walked over there so she didn't have to pay for parking again, only to be told that they didn't have one. She told them that she will be calling in a complaint because they are listed as having a Western Union and that is why she advised the family to send it to Western Union and that they need to take down the ad and take it off line since she knows so many other people at hospitals that need access to be able to get money in time of need. In the end she ended up spending an additional $20.00 for parking yesterday.
 And they also told her that they will only validate parking on the day of discharge! Maybe this is because of it being down town Los Angeles California but in Dallas they validated our parking daily. They also gave me food vouchers and my social worker came daily to help me fill out paper work and to set us up with lodging and care. The one that they set Laurie up with told her that since her family was Military there was no help for her.
 A BIG FAT LIE because I have a friend that works with wounded soldiers and family and you know what... she said that there are programs that they will probably qualify for. So I gathered  up resources and phone numbers and emailed them to her. She can't fill them out as she is just the spouse but David can.
 He is missing work. He was supposed to start a new job, bur right now, he can't leave Laurie alone because they are both taking shifts with Adrian. Laurie had just started her job and now that is over at least for now. Kind of hard to hold your job when your short handed but Adrian and the kids are more important than any thing else right now.
 I do worry about Adrian's fever coming and going. It gets rather high at times and they have to pack him in ice. I also know that he has had some morphine for pain. They really try to limit it and try other pain meds but there comes a time when they say, Ok he has had enough of pain that he is not tolerating the other approaches so they had the nurses to give him some last night.
 I hate waiting on the updates. I want to pick up the phone and call but at the same time I really don't want to bother them if they are able to rest. Rest is healing and he needs to be able to rest so that he can heal.

Thankfully I am not running fever. It seems to have left me for now. I really tried to get over so that I could update my blog, but my energy level is depleted. I am up 5 minutes and down 15. I have a nasty fever blister on the inside of my mouth. And I kept feeling this hard jagged thing in my mouth where they pulled one of the teeth. It just kept getting sharper and sharper so finally I was able to dislodge it with my fingernail. BONE..... a piece of bone had come thru. It's tender but at least not hurting really bad.

 Matthew broke up with Barbara a couple of months ago. I am sure that I blogged about it. Well I will be darn if he didn't show up here with another girl today! I wasn't impolite but I did give him a big fat WTF are you doing look. He said to me in private, she is a friend mom, nothing more. I said Ha, how many times have I heard that one?
 I just have to let my annoyance go with that boy. He is grown and there isn't much that I can say or do or tell him about anything. I just pray that he has a very safe trip to Reno and enjoys the time that he has with his children.

No way that I can make this trip and Karyn is not going either. She has been hit with severe migraines starting Saturday night. She spent all day yesterday throwing up and sick. She will probably have to go in for fluids and  a shot. I seen the pain in her eyes on Saturday. I wasn't surprised to find out that she had started throwing up. I sent her a text message but haven't gotten a reply so she is probably trying to sleep it off.

Well Pete's Dragon has been released on Netflix so that is my plan for tonight. I am going to take a hot shower and crawl into my bed and rest some more and watch a movie. Oh and I am crocheting on Karyn's afghan too. It keeps me busy. The thing is I am so HOT... weather wise and not other wise lol. The blanket is really warm after awhile.

 I seem to have spent a lot of time in bed. But it is really the only thing that is getting me thru this. I have tried my best to do a few things and nothing is working out. I just get so tired but I am also very tired of being in bed too. After time in bed my whole body is sore and stiff and hurts. So I have to move around some. I really hope that this is the last leg of this flu and this time next week I will be zipping around in my old routine.

 Edna is home... I meant to mention that earlier... Gosh what a blessing to have her home so soon. I  have been worried about my friend. Thankfully she is home with her little Pogo and they are both happy! She looks good for someone who has had pneumonia. She got some good care in the hospital and I know that she didn't want to go but it is the best that she did go and they kept her.She is a spunky one so I was not surprised to see her pretty pink cheeks! She was terribly sick. Poor lady, I was concerned for her but feel much better that she has been in for treatment.

 OK food time for us. I am going to try and make dinner. Get it started anyway and then a shower and a movie and if I am lucky I can have some good old fashioned sleep and nothing in the way of drug induced and as always keep my phone near in case I get an update on Adrian tonight. Laurie said that she might not call today if there is no change or anything to report. I will leave them be for now as well and just hope everyone is healing.

 One last quick thing. My friend Sam has a little dog named Bobby. He is the cutest thing. He has been very sick the past 2 weeks. He can't keep food down and I swear some vets just don't care in spite of what they say. Anyway they are doing a surgery tomorrow to find out what is wrong with his stomach.
 Keep Bobby in your thoughts please.... He lives in the UK with a very devoted Mama... Sam I am thinking of you and Bobby tomorrow... well today actually as it is already tomorrow where your at... I will be awaiting for news that all goes well....

 This is his birthday page I did for him. The name of the kit is "A Dogs Day Out" by Lins_Creations. And of course the guest of honor is Bobby. He spent his first birthday at the vets separated from his mommy Sam.

 Hugs to all...... BB

When It Rains It Pours!!!

Happy Birthday Natasha!

 A special friend of mine is having a birthday today. March 17th. I even put some green into the page just for LUCK! Natasha I am hoping that your birthday is as awesome as you are!

 Ok so I know it has been a few days since I have posted but the Flu does not like me. I have noticed that at the times that I feel alright I try and get up and move around, try to regain some strength but that gets zapped rather quickly! Back to bed I go.

 My daughter Karyn called me today and said "Mom I think that you should try to get an appointment" so I called the after hours clinic and they only had a nurse practitioner on call and I would have rather seen my doctor. I called to find out that she was only going to be in until noon... drats... so I called back to see if I could get an appointment for tomorrow and I spoke to another lady that informed me my doctors calendar changed and I could come in at 1:30 pm so I said ok. I called Karyn back and she said that she would be here at 1:00 pm. She arrived just as I was getting out of the shower and I got dressed and we headed that way.

 I had to wait for a bit since we arrived early and had to wear a mask. Those things are not comfortable at all. But I managed. My doctor came in and said she was sorry I wasn't feeling much better.
 She listened to my lungs and they sounded a lot better than on Saturday. My blood pressure was doing ok and after a few questions and answers she decided to put me on some steroids since I seem to have a nasty Bronical infection trying to rear it's ugly head and some more antibiotics.
 Steroids seem to have an odd effect on me. I have felt like I am crawling out of my skin. I am so antsy and bored. Rest, push fluids, sleep, and stay in bed. Continue the other medications.
 I have been doing as she said for as much as I can, but occassionally I do have to get up to go to the bathroom since the fluids are going thru me. Either get up and go or float away... so I get up and go!

 This is the 3rd antibiotic in the last 3 weeks. So guess what happens when you have too much antibiotics? Ahhh yeah, a very nice yeast infection. Yep I know that is probably too much information but while I was at the pharmacy the one thing that I forgot was a nice bottle of Probotics. I will have to make sure that I get some tomorrow.

 Last Thursday night, the day before I flew home from Florida, my grandson Adrian was care flighted to Children's Hospital in Los Angeles California. The doctors said that his lymph nodes in the stomach was swollen and it was viral and so they discharged him as all they were planning to do was pain management. I probably have already posted this.
 On Tuesday they were back at the hospital and this time were preparing him for another care flight back to Children's Hospital. This time they had prepared him for surgery. It was supposed to be a simple one, but the plans of mice and men right? Nope... when they got in there they found that his small intestine had retracted into the large intestine. A birth defect that is usually caught well before a child is 2 years old. He is almost 10.
 A part of his intestine was dying so they had to cut that out, clean out his intestines and close him back up inside and out. Being sick on my end, Phone not working on her end, and so communication was not easy. There was also a new born baby in there and they had to watch him. David, Laurie and the parents and the new baby didn't need to have the phone ringing so I limited my calls and waited for Laurie to contact me, or David one. I got updates, but being a worried Na-Na I have to tell you that I was impatient.
 They are doing scans every few hours to make sure that he is not leaking inside. Today was a good day or at least so far. They removed the tube down his throat that was sucking up old blood and gunk and tried to get him up walking. Ohhhh he was not a happy camper but he didn't ask for pain medication often today. When he did, they tried to motivate him. "Get up and take a little walk, then we will come back to the room and let you have your medication". It worked some. He had a 3 minute walk and then later today a 5 minute walk, but tonight my baby was hurting. So he promised that if they would give him his medication he would take 10 extra steps tomorrow. I am not sure if the staff agreed to that, but I told him and he knows my incision was bad like his and I told him that when I walked I always made myself take 10 extra steps.
 I am hoping that he is better tomorrow after some sleep. I know that he is tired. He went a long time without asking for pain meds and they gave him Torodol today to keep him alert. But tonight he was going to get morphine to help him rest. I hope that the scan came back alright and that he is sleeping. If he begins to leak then they would have no choice but to go back into surgery. I am hoping since I have not had another call then all is good.

 As you know, Edna was sick the last week that we were in Florida. On Monday she was very tired but wanted to get out so we went over to Walmart. I thought too that she was tired because she had not been getting any sleep, but I think that on Tuesday evening she was really bad and I took a taxi to get her some medication and pick up a few things we needed.
 Tuesday night I tried to check on her a lot but I was concerned. I felt she needed to see a doctor but she was afraid that they would admit her and if they did it would not be a good thing. But by Thursday she had some color back and was actually up and moving around. We didn't leave the house but stayed in. We ordered Pizza and she actually ate. But I was still worried. I was afraid she was coming down with pneumonia and I tried calling but I got no answer but later on she texted me that she was just to sick to get to the phone. I tried calling today and got a text that she was in the hospital and would let me know how what was wrong when she found out. They admitted her. Sure enough she has pneumonia.
 I wont bother her anymore. When she feels up to it she will call me or text me and let me know how she is doing. She needs all the rest that she can get for her healing. I did ask her who had Pogo and she texted back Joe so I know that he is ok too. Missing his mama I am sure but he is in good hands.

 Then tonight talking with my sister Linda, we heard this little boy crying. One of the kids playing hide and seek tripped over something and gashed his leg wide open, so off to the Emergency for him to be stitched up. Well I am not so sure how many stitches or anything but Linda said it was bad enough that he had to go to the hospital.

 And so here I am up. This medicine has me antsy and I am sure that sleep is not going to be easy to come by. But I am going to try at least to lay down now that I have spilled all of my woes to you here on my blog. I have to eat something and take another pill. Oh YaY! for that.

 So I will say goodnight on my end and Good Morning to everyone on your end.... Have a healthy week day and I will post again when I can... Hugs to all and BB

Welcome Home Becky

 Welcome Home Becky!!

 Hi my friend Rosie is very happy now. Her daughter Becky arrived home for Spring Break last night! Becky is very special to all of us and we are happy to have her home and glad she had a safe trip.

 I am not feeling much better. The meds are not helping me that much and my fever returned during the night. At 3 am this morning I was in the shower trying to bring it back down. It was 103.2 so not quiet as high as the other night but still made me a bit worried.

 Other than that I am up for a bit. I had to eat something so I made a Marie Callenders frozen dinner and ate most of it. My appetite is off.

 I just have one other quick thing to share and back to bed for me.

 This morning I seen an article that was on my news feed with this man looking very sad indeed. It seems that he had a car collection worth $3 million dollars but no insurance! And all of his cars are destroyed by a fire,
 Now is it just me or what but if you had the money to invest in those kind of cars estimated value at 3 million dollars, don't you think that it is worth it to have insurance to protect your investment?
 I am so sorry but I have no sympathy for this kind of stupidity.

 Another article was about a boy being bullied because he was wearing his hair long to donate to locks of love that went viral because he felt sad! so his dad put the video on social media.
  Has the news sunk this low to report this kind of news? Thousands are kids are bullied every day and do not make the news. Don't get m wrong, it is wrong that he was being bullied and he wore his hair long for a good cause but people need to know the true story behind Locks Of Love. Most of the hair donated has to be thrown away and those wigs that are made from the hair saved are not given for free to children that need them. They are sold.
 I read a whole lot of stuff about Locks of Love.
 I wonder if this story was about the boy being bullied or about the Locks of Love foundation? What makes it so special to end up as a news story?

 Ok so that is enough from me. I am just being crabby today.... Hugs to all and BB

Today's Not Much Fun!

 Hi Everyone,

 Well my blog was a hassle to get into today and not only that but wouldn't allow my page to be uploaded and kept doing strange things. I just exited out of the whole thing since I couldn't type anyway and went back in. So far so good. At least the blog part.

 For me, I have been in bed more than out of it. I still have a bad headache and I still hurt all over. My appetite is non existent. I had a cup of soup and a sandwich earlier. I am just not feeling up to eating but it is almost 7:00 pm so I will have to eat soon. Insulin depends upon my doing so whether I am hungry or not.

 So I went to the doctor yesterday. Flu.... So with almost $60.00 worth of medications that is supposed to help me I am not feeling that much better. But I have done a few things today that I couldn't do yesterday. One was to take a shower.
 I have to admit that felt pretty awesome.
The second thing was that I made my bed. I had to do that. I had the sheet rolled into a ball. Cisco had toys in the bed and had obviously hidden a couple of his bones! (In case he gets ready for a midnight snack).... My comforter was cross ways and half onto the floor and my big pillows down at my feet. I know that I did not sleep much last night.

 If anyone is speaking to me, they better talk loud because both ears are stopped up. Talking on the phone has not been an issue today. I made 3 calls. One to Miss Edna to make sure she was alright and made it home ok... What a time for a snow storm to hit!
 The second call was to return my daughters call  I had missed. Adrian came home from the hospital today. Such good news there but he still has to be monitored and last of all to my sister to check on my nephew who has been in the Emergency Room with Gallstones and needs surgery. Other than that my phone is on silent. I have some voice mails but haven't bothered with them. I am taking Edna's advice... Turn the damn thing off! Or put the ringer on silent. Besides it is hard for me to even talk, let alone hear anyone on the other end.

 Oh this is a page that I did for my grandkids. Adrian and Cathy at the beach. I am thinking that this was taken when they went to Florida for a wedding a few years ago and stopped at a beach while there. I can't remember exactly.

 Sorry to be a party pooper. I am trying to be more consistent with my blog but I have to say bye for now and lay back down... Until later, have a great start to a new week........ BB

Poor Edna and Adrian

 Hi Everyone,

 Today's post will be a short one. I have arrived home. My plane landed a half hour early in Austin. I was greeted with a wheel chair and taken to my gate. Then when time to board the plane the young man was back again to take  me down to the plane . I was also greeted with a wheel chair upon my arrival in Austin. I was the first to board in Orlando and I promptly went to sleep as I didn't sleep well the night before.  I barely remember take off and I woke up about 20 minutes before we landed.
 I was worried about my grandson Adrian who was careflighted to Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. So far his appendix is alright but has several large swollen lymph nodes which they say is can mimic appendicitis. Right now they think that it is viral. I will be so glad to be able to get an update. I did see some comments on FB so that has eased my mind some. Laurie left her phone in David's bag at the first hospital so hard to get in touch with her. I will call David in a couple more hours. I am so worried about my boy. The scrap page is one I did about a year ago. I just love his grin...

 Edna was very sick the last few days we were in Florida. Now I know how she felt. Karyn and I came and dropped off my luggage then went for some lunch. Soon after I was home and she was off to work, I started feeling really sick. I feel like my head is going to explode and chills and fever all night. The sad thing is that I couldn't even get up out of bed for Tylenol. Good thing that Jonathan was here to help me. I hope that he doesn't get this or Nathan either.
 Cisco hasn't left my side. He was so happy his mama was home. He is still sleeping. You know dogs have a 6th sense. Every time my fever got to a dangerous level, he woke me up. Then I took my temp and at one point it was almost 104 so I took more Tylenol. By the time my fever came down he moved away from me a bit.

 I really hope that Edna and Pogo made it home alright. I meant to call her last night but it was super late when I finally came awake and I was not about to call her at midnight her time. I know she was heading back to snow and really cold temps. I miss them dreadfully right now.

 Sorry that this is so short but I have to lay back down. Hugs to all and until next time, take care of yourself... xoxo BB

Vacation Went Way To Fast

 Hi Everyone,

 This is my time line and profile picture for my Facebook time line. I made this page with my new kit "Beth" that my friend Rosie made for me. The internet is really slow here so I can't upload it until I get home.

 I am sad to leave but so thankful that I was able to come and have this opportunity to visit and relax and talk and catch up on each other's lives. Pogo is an angel with fur. I got another kiss on the cheek this morning. I was really surprised as Edna said that he doesn't do this often so I am a lucky lady! Pogo has the most expressive eyes. They watch every move that we make and it is so fun to watch him play. He was a bit stand offish at first but I didn't force myself on him. I let him decide that it was ok for me to be around. He will come out and sit with me on the front porch or in his chair and sometimes I pick him up and we look out the screen door so that he can see what is going on out in the world.

 So I am almost all packed. I have our laundry in the dryer now and just waiting. I will finish packing up when the clothes are dry. It will be easier to just pack today and just put what I am wearing today into a bag to take home. Medication will go with me in the morning and the shuttle will pick me up at 4:15 am to take me to the airport. I will be early but that is alright. I will spend my time reading until time to board the plane home. I am supposed to be there 2 hours early anyway so an extra 45 minutes will not matter.

 I am missing the kids and Cisco a little. Karyn asked the other night if I was homesick. I said "Hell No" haha... Not homesick. I could enjoy more time here but the visit is coming to a close and that is ok. I have enjoyed every minute!

 Audrey is just a lovely person and she was so helpful with my computer and phone. She really went above and beyond in helping me. We enjoy reading the same authors and she was very patient with me and the crocheting. Bless her heart, I kept interrupting her own crocheting project for her to help me. That was very sweet of her.

 Laundry is done, and everything is packed and ready to go. That went better than I thought that it would lol. I tend to over pack but now I know exactly what I will use and not use. It has been a long time since I have been on a trip to anywhere.

 Here is a picture of Edna and I taken this morning. I think that this captured us very well. We are looking into a large mirror. My camera isn't as good as Edna's but my son in law told me that Karyn had taken a photography class so guess what? I am going to have her help me with my camera on my phone and when I get home I going to  get out my camera and make sure that it is all ready and start taking more pictures. At least that is the plan. So here is the photo.

Isn't Edna looking perky? Boy what a difference in today than a couple of days ago. She has color back and she has been up and last night she insisted on serving my dinner to me and did again at lunch. This time I went and got it so she didn't have to bring it to the table. But it is so good to see her up and around. I was getting worried about her, but I think that she is going to be fine now. The cough is still bad and hurts when she coughs but it is less now than it was.

 Guess I will close for now. Please have a wonderful day everyone and remember to be kind to one another. Until next time, BB

Hello From Sunny Florida

 Hi From Sunny Florida!!!!

 This is a page that I made with my new kit that Rosie made for me called "Beth". Thank you Rosie, I really love it. I have used it to make my time line and cover photo for Facebook but the internet is really slow here so I can't upload the time line for Facebook until I get home.

 Oh what a wonderful time that I am having. Visiting with Edna and Pogo, meeting Audrey, (Edna's daughter) and loving on Pogo. He is so sweet. I let him get use to me being around before I started trying to love on him. I didn't want to force my attention on him until he was comfortable with me being around him.

 We went to some flea markets and I really enjoyed that. The first one that we went to we encountered a very unhappy customer. I really thought that a fight might break out but it was taken care of. Audrey positioned me and Edna behind her, ready to go into action if she needed too. Boy that girl is not afraid of anything and this guy would have made 4 or 5 of her, but she was ready to jump in if she needed to. Fortunately he left and we went on our way to do what we were enjoying! Shopping!

 Audrey bought these really cute little Ty babies that hold your cell phone. So cute!! Too bad I didn't get pictures of them. They are darling. I bought a tote bag to take my computer back with me so I can try to put my carry on inside my suitcase so I don't have to pay the extra $45.00 for my carry on. I almost didn't take it but at the last minute I changed my mind and should have stuck to my original plan. Of course I brought more with me than I needed.
 I also bought a new pair of shoes and a dress. Audrey bought me a cute key chain. It is a pair of thong flip flops that if you turn it you have the right and left with Flamingo's. LOVE it and I needed a new key chain too.

 The condo is really nice. There is a pool and a hot tub, and a BBQ area. House Keeping came in yesterday and changed the linens, swept and mopped and dusted and all the usual. Edna is not feeling well and has had trouble with a terrible cold and cough that has had her down for the past couple of days. I hope that this does not turn into Pneumonia or something. I am trying to keep a watch on her but she seems to be coping all by herself. Still I am a bit worried about her.

 I have a few photos to share. Nothing big but still part of our gorgeous Sunny Vacation!

This is Pogo enjoying the sunshine on the screened in porch. He likes being outside when we are sitting outside as well. Can't leave the baby out. He enjoys the sunshine too.

 He is just so sweet. I love cuddling and petting him. I was even lucky enough to get a kiss on the cheek! Maybe that means he likes me! LOL!

This is Edna, We have had some internet problems. Sometimes really slow, but for Edna it was really a pain as she couldn't access her email and her blog. She was told that she had no blog! Never had a blog but could create a new one. Password changes didn't help as it wouldn't recognize her passwords. Thankfully Audrey was able to sort it out because I would have been no help at all. I am so NOT computer savvy!

 It seemed that Audrey was able to access from her cell phone. Thank goodness one of the three of us could figure it all out! I had my own problems with booting up and we decided to just back everything up and reset my pc but in the end we ran out of time. I ended up buying a new external hard drive and Edna helped me take care of what I needed but I will wait until I get home and have Jonathan just set my computer back to factory settings. I have had so many problems since I upgraded to Windows 10. I like it but the updates and programs really take so long. Sometimes over an hour or more.

 Audrey captured this gorgeous firework during the nightly show. Isn't it just gorgeous????? My camera didn't do so well so I was disappointed with my own pics but between Edna and Audrey, Oh Wow they really caught some of the most beautiful shots. They will send them to me and I will post them later. I really love this one especially!
 We can just walk right out the front door and watch the gorgeous show. I have missed the fireworks for several years so this is a special treat for me! Last night I watched them from my upstairs bedroom. I had gone up to take my meds and heard them starting so I just opened my blinds and watched from upstairs and they were so big and gorgeous! The ones from Magic Mountain seem to have a lot of red in them, while the ones from Disney World seem to offer more of the unusual and big bursts. Both shows are awesome. I try and watch both!

Ths is where we are at! It is so gorgeous here, We have several squirrels that like to play and we have wonderful little Gecko's that range from small babies to big ones. They are everywhere and I love watching them. If Cisco was here he would love them. Thankfully they are plentiful here and can take care of themselves.
 Last night as I was sitting out side a little black and white kitten came to the door and set on the front step. He was a little Tuxedo kitten. I would love to have a cat. I am such a cat person but Cisco would not go for that so no kitty for me. At least not right now.

 Beautiful Hibiscus! I also have some pics of some Canna's that are orange and yellow and some really pretty blue flowers on a hedge. I have enjoyed seeing all the different flora and nature here. It has been such a marvelous vacation. Just sitting around and watching tv which is a treat for me, visiting with Edna, meeting her wonderful daughter, loving on Pogo and just relaxing. I can't express my thankfulness as much as I want to for Edna extending this invitation to me. I have enjoyed it so very much and have loved every minute.

 This is me the first night I was here watching the fireworks. My bedroom is the window above my head.

 I guess that I will close for now. Everyone have a wonderful week and be kind to everyone. Until next time BB.