The mama bear is still the mama bear and will go to bat for that bear cub. First off, I have to tell you Joy Anna's hiccups are back. The last few weeks, there have been some scattered out. The last few days there are more and more. Today was a really long and tiring day.
She had to get up early to baby sit. That ended about noon. At 1:30 there was Kali's birthday party. That was followed by a short break at home and then we went to the tram. Megan and I sat on a bench and chatted while the other 6 rode the tram. Neither of us were interested at all.
After that we decided to go to dinner. This is their last week end here. We are trying to soak in as much time with them as possible.
The hiccups have been loud all day today. Loud usually means painful as well. We were sitting at dinner at a table for 8. To my left was a family of 4. They were directly across from Joy Anna. When she would hiccup, all four of them would stare at her. This took actually turning around for the little boy. We all were talking about her hiccups -loudly- trying to get people to realize she was not just being rude. She was getting upset about them staring at her. This makes the hiccups worse. Not a good cycle.
They started talking about what she sounded like. I was getting madder and madder. Finally, as they were getting ready to leave, she hiccuped again. The kid turned and stared. I Leaned over and said very politely "She has the hiccups. She can't help making that sound. They are very very painful for her and it is only worse when people stare at her."
The mother who had had several glasses of wine was livid. She told me that they had no idea what I was talking about. I told her that it was evident by the way they all stared at her that she knew what I was talking about. She then told me I was rude to tell her son anything. This really ticked both me and Joy Anna off. I told her their actions were rude. I just wanted them to know how it hurt her to have people stare.
Joy Anna told her she did know what we were talking about since SHE had been staring at her the whole time, too.
They turned and left. I really hope they think about the feelings of others
We are all really tired of hiccups. I guess we will have to send an email to her english teacher and warn him about the strange sounds she makes.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Blog Visitors
I checked my blog visitors last night, and my readership has dropped. I am sure that is due to the fact that I have not been posting as much as often. I am certain it is not due to my constant whining.
Seriously, I am guessing it is the whining. Believe me, I don't even want to read them. I am going to try to make a turn around. I am going to look for the positive and try to find some humor in the day. My blogs used to really be fun - even when we were living in upheaveal.
I must confess there is minimal amount of today to look for humor. I have been on the sofa all day. I didn't get much sleep last night, so I have been here just in my own little corner of the couch.
We did watch a funny movie. It was called My Super ex girlfriend.
I am going to try to do better I promise.
Seriously, I am guessing it is the whining. Believe me, I don't even want to read them. I am going to try to make a turn around. I am going to look for the positive and try to find some humor in the day. My blogs used to really be fun - even when we were living in upheaveal.
I must confess there is minimal amount of today to look for humor. I have been on the sofa all day. I didn't get much sleep last night, so I have been here just in my own little corner of the couch.
We did watch a funny movie. It was called My Super ex girlfriend.
I am going to try to do better I promise.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Today was a little better
I felt a little better today. Not , great but better. We did go to Las Cruces to the famer's market. Wednesdays are not nearly as nice as Saturdays. It was still nice to get out and walk around.
We headed to Mesilla and walked around a few of the shops before visting at the pecan orchard gift shop. After that, I was exhausted so we came home and I rested.
We went to scenic mountain and watched the sunset. It was tons of fun.
they are leaving tomorrow morning.
it is sad that they have to go when I finally start feeling better.
We headed to Mesilla and walked around a few of the shops before visting at the pecan orchard gift shop. After that, I was exhausted so we came home and I rested.
We went to scenic mountain and watched the sunset. It was tons of fun.
they are leaving tomorrow morning.
it is sad that they have to go when I finally start feeling better.
Dean has hunted and hunted for a job here in EP. Joy Anna would like to stay. I am a tad worried about the violence spilling over. I am just ready to know something. His boss wants him to go to Corpus. Most of the jobs he has applied for her make much more money than the corpus job. When he wrote and asked for the differnece in pay from taking off last week, he told them a compromise number. It is not going to be great pay, but it working for someone you can trust goes a long way.
Hopefully, he will get a response to that. If we do move, I had planned to really set up the photo biz in a big way. I would like to do that, but I may have to get a job. I will have to work around homeschooling JA. Dean doesn't like the idea of me working. I am just so tired of being behind. At the moment we can't afford his medicines. We can't addord the 100 it takes to keep my web site up and running for another year. This has just gotten bad.
Right now, I can't sleep. Everytime I lay down or even slump, my coughing starts with a vengence. I went back to the doctor today at the free clinis. I have walking pneumonia. Dean said quite walking. I have. I have just been a fixture on my corner of the couch. Today the extended family came over for dinner. Marie made a really yummy deep dish pizza. Yesterday we had home made tamales from the lady who works with Dean. they were awesome. My mouth is really sore from several days of sucking on cough drops. I would love some buttermilk to soothe them, but am avoiding dairy because of the cough. She did give me some cough meds. As long as I sit upright I do pretty good with them. Well, it is finally time to take the next one, so I am going to do that and dry to grab a few minutes of sleep. before it wears off.
I have coughed so much my broken hand is really sore. Last night I was miserable. I wanted to cry, but that only stopped my head up more. Tonight it really is a lot better.
Hopefully, he will get a response to that. If we do move, I had planned to really set up the photo biz in a big way. I would like to do that, but I may have to get a job. I will have to work around homeschooling JA. Dean doesn't like the idea of me working. I am just so tired of being behind. At the moment we can't afford his medicines. We can't addord the 100 it takes to keep my web site up and running for another year. This has just gotten bad.
Right now, I can't sleep. Everytime I lay down or even slump, my coughing starts with a vengence. I went back to the doctor today at the free clinis. I have walking pneumonia. Dean said quite walking. I have. I have just been a fixture on my corner of the couch. Today the extended family came over for dinner. Marie made a really yummy deep dish pizza. Yesterday we had home made tamales from the lady who works with Dean. they were awesome. My mouth is really sore from several days of sucking on cough drops. I would love some buttermilk to soothe them, but am avoiding dairy because of the cough. She did give me some cough meds. As long as I sit upright I do pretty good with them. Well, it is finally time to take the next one, so I am going to do that and dry to grab a few minutes of sleep. before it wears off.
I have coughed so much my broken hand is really sore. Last night I was miserable. I wanted to cry, but that only stopped my head up more. Tonight it really is a lot better.
Monday, March 16, 2009
The healthcare crisis and how it effects us
As I have posted, we have no insurance. I wrote a nice little piece while sitting at the free clinic sponsored by a local church last Saturday. I have been really sick. If you know me, you know that every cold settles in my chest and can get really nasty. That is exactly what happened.
I started taking all the over the counter stuff I had given Eric to help him shake it. It didn't work for me. Instead, I got a double ear infection, bronchitis, upper respiratory infection and asthma. What a fun time I am having.
I sat at the clinic and wrote what a shame it is that those of us who make a decent salary can not afford health insurance. We don't get housing subsidized. The only food cost break I get is coupons and comparison shopping. It really is frustrating. By the time you add up the free stuff so many people get, they are making more money than we are.
We need to sell our house. That would really help us.
We didn't know until Dean got his check that they were docking him the two days it took for us to go to Ruston to get Eric. He has worked over 57 hours of overtime since Jan , but I guess they did not count that for anything. It is really crazy since he had a meeting with his boss last week and told him how bad off we are financially. What a shock when I opened the check. I am not sure how I am going to meet all the bills this week.
Mom, Troy and Jamie are here. They got her Saturday afternoon. We went out to the mountain state park for them to hike around. Dean sat in the car with me. Jamie decided to run after being told not to. If she had run on the path, it would have not been so bad. Instead, she ran through the vegetation- vegetation in El Paso is primarily cactus. Mom and JoyAnna had to take her to the hospital to have them but out of her knee. Craziness.
On Sunday, we took them and the dogs to White Sands. We had bought a pass a few months ago, so all it costs to go is the gas. We took a picnic, so that was a very cheap day outing. I spent most of the time sitting. I couldn't slide because of my hand and being so sick. Everyone including dogs had a wonderful time.
Everyone was so worn out last night even the dogs went to bed by 9. I tried, but I coughed most of the night. Today, Joy Anna went shopping with Mom, Troy and Jamie. I stayed home and tried to sleep. I did a little. I am so stuffed up, even my teeth hurt. They won't let me take much because of my blood pressure. Today Megan went and got me some whiskey. We have mixed it with everything suggested on the internet. My coughing has been greatly reduced. I thought I would be sleepy, but I am not. Hopefully, tomorrow will be much better.
Megan and Kali are leaving on the 25th. We don't have a ton of time left with them. We are wanting to spend time with them. We want to spend time with mom and them too. We are planning on the zoo tomorrow.
I started taking all the over the counter stuff I had given Eric to help him shake it. It didn't work for me. Instead, I got a double ear infection, bronchitis, upper respiratory infection and asthma. What a fun time I am having.
I sat at the clinic and wrote what a shame it is that those of us who make a decent salary can not afford health insurance. We don't get housing subsidized. The only food cost break I get is coupons and comparison shopping. It really is frustrating. By the time you add up the free stuff so many people get, they are making more money than we are.
We need to sell our house. That would really help us.
We didn't know until Dean got his check that they were docking him the two days it took for us to go to Ruston to get Eric. He has worked over 57 hours of overtime since Jan , but I guess they did not count that for anything. It is really crazy since he had a meeting with his boss last week and told him how bad off we are financially. What a shock when I opened the check. I am not sure how I am going to meet all the bills this week.
Mom, Troy and Jamie are here. They got her Saturday afternoon. We went out to the mountain state park for them to hike around. Dean sat in the car with me. Jamie decided to run after being told not to. If she had run on the path, it would have not been so bad. Instead, she ran through the vegetation- vegetation in El Paso is primarily cactus. Mom and JoyAnna had to take her to the hospital to have them but out of her knee. Craziness.
On Sunday, we took them and the dogs to White Sands. We had bought a pass a few months ago, so all it costs to go is the gas. We took a picnic, so that was a very cheap day outing. I spent most of the time sitting. I couldn't slide because of my hand and being so sick. Everyone including dogs had a wonderful time.
Everyone was so worn out last night even the dogs went to bed by 9. I tried, but I coughed most of the night. Today, Joy Anna went shopping with Mom, Troy and Jamie. I stayed home and tried to sleep. I did a little. I am so stuffed up, even my teeth hurt. They won't let me take much because of my blood pressure. Today Megan went and got me some whiskey. We have mixed it with everything suggested on the internet. My coughing has been greatly reduced. I thought I would be sleepy, but I am not. Hopefully, tomorrow will be much better.
Megan and Kali are leaving on the 25th. We don't have a ton of time left with them. We are wanting to spend time with them. We want to spend time with mom and them too. We are planning on the zoo tomorrow.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Eric got an official Invite
Yep, it came two days ago- an official inviation to go to the Conference for the IMB Journeyman program. He had worked for weeks on getting everything in to them. Then he waited weeks for them to issue the inviation. When he work up on Saturday morning he had an email stating that he had passed the health portion. He got the invite two days ago and had to know within 24 hours where he would be traveling from and to. He and Dean are hoping to go on the annual men's fishing trip the weekend before the conference. He was hoping he could fly out from Arkansas, but it is not going to work out that way. He sent his reply in and in 38 minutes he had an e-ticket ready for him. They were right on top of that.
Now we wait. Waiting is something I really do a lot now. The lesson this week at Bible Study concluded with the verse about waiting upon the Lord. Wait- our timing is not his. Wait.
Dean's boss came on Monday. Dean thought he was coming to talk to him about the project - to get an update. Nope, he came to talk to Dean about us moving to Corpus. Dean told him the money was not what we needed. We are struggling. He said he would have to see about it. They really want Dean there. This guy has a great reputation. Very well respected firm. Had we not come here to EP, there is no way that this guy would have ever hired Dean. Maybe this is one of the reasons we are here?
You know I have hated a lot about the move and the effects of the move. There have been so many things that are good that we would have missed out on had we not moved here. There are so many people we have met, so many opportunities we have had. Yes there have been some really great parts. I hope one day we look back and realize the good did outweigh the bad.
Now we wait. Waiting is something I really do a lot now. The lesson this week at Bible Study concluded with the verse about waiting upon the Lord. Wait- our timing is not his. Wait.
Dean's boss came on Monday. Dean thought he was coming to talk to him about the project - to get an update. Nope, he came to talk to Dean about us moving to Corpus. Dean told him the money was not what we needed. We are struggling. He said he would have to see about it. They really want Dean there. This guy has a great reputation. Very well respected firm. Had we not come here to EP, there is no way that this guy would have ever hired Dean. Maybe this is one of the reasons we are here?
You know I have hated a lot about the move and the effects of the move. There have been so many things that are good that we would have missed out on had we not moved here. There are so many people we have met, so many opportunities we have had. Yes there have been some really great parts. I hope one day we look back and realize the good did outweigh the bad.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
What a week and a day- surely it lasted MUCH longer than that
Well, let's see what all has been going on. We got the house moved around and it is looking great. Except for Eric's room- I had such big plans. Of course my plans don't usually go as planned.
Our big deal was trying to find a way to bring Eric home. I had no idea that going to consume so much of my time. We tried to rent a truck. That story is really LONG. I can post it later. Because we were having issues finding a truck, I thought maybe we could go trade in our car for something that will pull a trailer. We really need to get rid of the sebring anyway because we owe way too much on it. Dean went in and told them that we had lousy credit and owed too much on the car, but the guy said no problem at all. You know if it sounds too good . . .
He brought home a car- we loved it- it was a chevy traverse. Really wonderful right up til the time we went back to really buy it- then yep, the louy credit and owing too much were a problem after all. Delightful day- not.
That led us up to Wednesday when we finally got a truck about 7:30pm before leaving at 6 am Thursday on the trip.
Dean and I had a nice quiet day- we really enjoyed the xm radio where we could not ever have to switch stations- awesome. It was a really, really long day- we got to shreveport late like 8pm. Dean realized he had left his clothes at home so we had to make a walmart run. I was not happy he wasn't really dressed up for graduation, but he looked fine.
On Friday Eric came over and we went to Ross to look for the prom dress JoyAnna wants in another color. No luck. She did get a few things from Nana B. I found a cute top on clearance 8.00 :) so, I got that to wear to graduation. We went to El Chico's - Nana treated us- even though she can't imagine why we want mexican food when we live in El Paso. Next we headed to Castor to visit Dean's dad and Patti. We visited a while and headed even further into rural LA to eat catfish. Eric pigged out on a giant platter. Dean had catfish and I had a steak- yeah, I know, but I am not that much into fish. It was a really popular place to eat, so we had to wait a really, really long time. It was nice to get to visit while we waited, though.
We got up really early on Saturday and headed to Ruston. I rode with Eric and we got to visit. Tha was really nice. Ranger was really glad to see us. We had no idea how much stuff Eric had accumulated over the years. We filled up the truck- higher than the cab. We also packed the crew cab and Eric's car. Mom, Troy, and Billie came over to the house. Eric said he would like to have bar b q. I picked us up some really yummy sandwiches on whole wheat sourdough.
We met Bill and Shari and Johnny and Patti over at the baskeball arena for graduation. There were 9 of us. I tried to sit on a back row. they said it was for elderly and handicapped- I tried to tell them that everyone else was old or disabled, but they didn't believe me.
I was so proud of Eric. He graduated with a 3.49- barely missing honors. Oh well. We are still so proud of him. I met several of his friends and his Sunday School teacher. They all had such nice things to say about him.
After graduation, we went back to the 708 and picked up Ranger and started ono ur way. We went to the crawfish palace in Haughton where we met Ricky, Sheila and Joey. That made 13 in our party. The place was quite 'happening' it is like a huge screened in porch with ceiling fans. They didn't serve any drinks on ice. They had no forks or spoons. Lots of paper towells on the table. They served the crawfish in huge trays. It was so much fun. I got boiled shrimp - hot but not too spicy. Loved the hot, but was wishing for more spice. It was still pretty dadgum good, though.
It was so much fun to hang out with everyone. The waitress yelled out to everyone that eric was a graduate from tech. He got a pink lei. Pretty fun night.
We got back on the road early this morning- 13 hours is a long, long time in the car. Ranger was not a happy camper when I drove Eric's car. He thought Eric left him. It took forever to get everything unloaded. Tonight Eric is really sick. He is coughing like crazy. I hope tomorrow he feels better.
Our big deal was trying to find a way to bring Eric home. I had no idea that going to consume so much of my time. We tried to rent a truck. That story is really LONG. I can post it later. Because we were having issues finding a truck, I thought maybe we could go trade in our car for something that will pull a trailer. We really need to get rid of the sebring anyway because we owe way too much on it. Dean went in and told them that we had lousy credit and owed too much on the car, but the guy said no problem at all. You know if it sounds too good . . .
He brought home a car- we loved it- it was a chevy traverse. Really wonderful right up til the time we went back to really buy it- then yep, the louy credit and owing too much were a problem after all. Delightful day- not.
That led us up to Wednesday when we finally got a truck about 7:30pm before leaving at 6 am Thursday on the trip.
Dean and I had a nice quiet day- we really enjoyed the xm radio where we could not ever have to switch stations- awesome. It was a really, really long day- we got to shreveport late like 8pm. Dean realized he had left his clothes at home so we had to make a walmart run. I was not happy he wasn't really dressed up for graduation, but he looked fine.
On Friday Eric came over and we went to Ross to look for the prom dress JoyAnna wants in another color. No luck. She did get a few things from Nana B. I found a cute top on clearance 8.00 :) so, I got that to wear to graduation. We went to El Chico's - Nana treated us- even though she can't imagine why we want mexican food when we live in El Paso. Next we headed to Castor to visit Dean's dad and Patti. We visited a while and headed even further into rural LA to eat catfish. Eric pigged out on a giant platter. Dean had catfish and I had a steak- yeah, I know, but I am not that much into fish. It was a really popular place to eat, so we had to wait a really, really long time. It was nice to get to visit while we waited, though.
We got up really early on Saturday and headed to Ruston. I rode with Eric and we got to visit. Tha was really nice. Ranger was really glad to see us. We had no idea how much stuff Eric had accumulated over the years. We filled up the truck- higher than the cab. We also packed the crew cab and Eric's car. Mom, Troy, and Billie came over to the house. Eric said he would like to have bar b q. I picked us up some really yummy sandwiches on whole wheat sourdough.
We met Bill and Shari and Johnny and Patti over at the baskeball arena for graduation. There were 9 of us. I tried to sit on a back row. they said it was for elderly and handicapped- I tried to tell them that everyone else was old or disabled, but they didn't believe me.
I was so proud of Eric. He graduated with a 3.49- barely missing honors. Oh well. We are still so proud of him. I met several of his friends and his Sunday School teacher. They all had such nice things to say about him.
After graduation, we went back to the 708 and picked up Ranger and started ono ur way. We went to the crawfish palace in Haughton where we met Ricky, Sheila and Joey. That made 13 in our party. The place was quite 'happening' it is like a huge screened in porch with ceiling fans. They didn't serve any drinks on ice. They had no forks or spoons. Lots of paper towells on the table. They served the crawfish in huge trays. It was so much fun. I got boiled shrimp - hot but not too spicy. Loved the hot, but was wishing for more spice. It was still pretty dadgum good, though.
It was so much fun to hang out with everyone. The waitress yelled out to everyone that eric was a graduate from tech. He got a pink lei. Pretty fun night.
We got back on the road early this morning- 13 hours is a long, long time in the car. Ranger was not a happy camper when I drove Eric's car. He thought Eric left him. It took forever to get everything unloaded. Tonight Eric is really sick. He is coughing like crazy. I hope tomorrow he feels better.
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