Randomness....

I took wee one to the doctor last night and she has a double ear infection. She had been complaining that her throat hurt, but then told me that she was mistaken....it was her ear that hurt and it was shooting pain down into her throat. Great. She had also been sneezing and coughing so I decided I had better get her into the doctor's office. Good thing I did. He put her on an antibiotic....an adult dose. And he said that when she takes anything now....motrin, tylenol, whatever....it's an adult dose. I feel so sad....no more will I have to ask the question, "Do you want bubble gum or mixed berry flavor?" when purchasing fever reducers. Never again will I medicate my baby then while kissing her pain away, inhale the sweet smell of her cherry scented breath. Sigh....

On our way to school today it was raining and I was thinking about the raincoats my kids used to wear. I had a pink vinyl bunny coat with big long rabbit ears attached to the hood. Whenever my girls would wear it, people would comment on how cute they were. I miss those days.....they had matching boots to go with them as well. Now Betsy would rather get soaked than use an umbrella, never mind a raincoat. (Teenagers!) And wee one, although she still loves to use an umbrella, has packed away her Power Puff Girl and Spongebob variety. Plain umbrellas are the protection of choice these days. Ah well, I suppose eventually it was bound to happen. My girls would grow up. But I just didn't expect it to happen so soon....

Betsy woke up with the excruciating pain again today. She says she feels like she passed another stone. I tell you, she's a geologist's dream at this point. I am a bit miffed that I haven't heard from the doctor's office regarding the test, so I will be calling today. I sent her to school with a bottle of water and Advil. We will save the big guns till she gets home. Poor kid.

Today is early release day....which basically means a short day for the kids, and a PITA for me. I just get them where they need to be, and it's time for me to pick them up again. I don't know what one extra hour every two weeks is supposed to do for teacher planning....as I don't think the teachers down here plan anything except how they can get around actually teaching.

*Random Thought* If that freaking dog does not stop barking, I am going to scream.

I am going to have to run to the bank today and deposit a few checks (holy smokes....a DEPOSIT????) and then pick up the dog's pills, get a few groceries and stop by my grandmother's to check on her, as she is not feeling well. So....being that I have a very limited time frame in which to get all of my duties done....I shall bid you adieu....

Okay, okay....here's mine....

I've been tagged by Gretchen and Julie....

7 Things I Plan To Do Before I Die:  

~ Go to England....oh what the heck....MOVE to England!

~See my children happy, healthy and successful in their lives

~Hold my grandbabies for hours on end (and like Gretchen says....many, MANY years from now! ;o)

~Become debt free

~See my husband working at a job he is passionate about

~Be on stage....doing what, I don't know

~See a size 9....and not because I'm standing in the teen section looking for jeans with my daughter!

7 Things I Can Do  

~ Clean my entire house, one end to the other, in 2.5 hours including mopping and vacuuming time

~Tell you who does the voice of most cartoon characters, without waiting till the credits roll (Yes, I am a fountain of useless knowledge)

~Play the piano, flute and trombone

 ~Clap with one hand

~Cook the best dang breakfast you have ever had!

~Take blood....I went to school to be a phlebotomist, but broke my elbow immediately after clinicals. So much for my budding career....

~Curse in French and in sign language....classy, huh?



7 Things I Can't Do  

 ~Stay away from my arch nemesis....SUGAR....

~Continue clicking past a channel if a Woody Allen movie is on

~Stop feeding the neighbor's cat....she's just so cute....although she is getting rather fat

~Start sewing/cooking/leave the house and go somewhere to relax if the house is not clean (surprise!)

~Eat just one cookie....

~Go anywhere without Natural Ice lip balm

~Hear Glen Miller without thinking of my Dad  

7 Things That Attract Me To The Opposite Sex
~Sense of humor

~Strong, long, meaty....legs (I know where you thought I was going with that....)

~Straight white teeth ~Crinkles around his eyes due to excessive laughing and/or smiling

~Thick, run-your-fingers-through-me hair....(don't tell my husband)

~Plump, kissable lips

~A British Accent....(you'd have to scoop me up off of the floor!)

7 Things I Say Most Often

~Do you have any homework?

~I love you.

~You want some tuna? (To the cat....)

~Did you give the dog his pills?

~Do you know the difference between light and dark? (To anyone who will listen....)

~How was school?

~Someone let the dog out.

7 Celebrity Crushes  (in no order)  

~David Williams

~Trevor St. John

~Michael Easton

~Thorsten Kaye

~Mike the plumber

~The Brawny Guy

~Mr. Clean

7 People I Want To Do This  

~Any 7 who want to!

I rolled out of bed for this....

Yeah, this pretty much says it all....

My weekend has been soooooo boring. I'm not complaining, mind you....but I feel like such a lazy bum. Yesterday I did clean the porch; which entailed three buckets of water, a hand vac and the regular vac, and some good old fashioned elbow grease. JB has used it for a storage center for all the wood, tools, etc. needed for the tree house for so long, I just couldn't stand the mess anymore. Now, I have a nice sitting area again. If only the weather would cooperate so that I could sit out there without feeling like I was in a sauna.

Let's see....last night we did nothing. Today I finished my mountain of ironing....and I did it without burning myself! Go me! (Of course, I'm not the only one in j-land who has trouble with burning myself....right Ang? LOL) However, I made up for it by grabbing the handle of the skillet that had been in the oven warming the onions, which of course caused an immediate blister to form. I spent the entire dinner trying to eat with one hand whilst the other was soaking in a pyrex measuring cup with ice and water. That was Saturday and my finger is fine now. I did make a nice lunch for everyone today without searing my fingerprints off....

After we had lunch of bbq'd ribs, baked potatoes and seasoned green beans with sauteed mushrooms and onions, followed by sundaes with brownie chunks and strawberries....I don't think my butt got off the couch. As a matter of fact....I didn't even get dressed today! (Well, I was "dressed" in my nightie....just not in regular clothes). I did do my hair and makeup, which made up for some of my passiveness. I spent the afternoon watching the Mad TV marathon, and when that was over, moved on to the Reno 911 marathon. It's still on now but I'm tired of watching tv at this point.

Ok, I'm not totally useless....I did manage to help wee one with her homework at one point today. BTW, Betsy is feeling 100% better. She has no pain at all, not even when she presses on her kidney. She will still be going in for the test this week, but I am so thankful that she is pain free now. She looks like she feels better too, which is wonderful to see.

Tomorrow is back to school....thank you Lord. I was so sad when the summer came to an end (for us) in August. I didn't think I'd get used to not having the girls home all day....what would I do without my buddies. Well, now I know....I will enjoy quiet time! LOL. Actually, they were pretty good....it was dh that was driving me insane. But not until today. It's funny how my mind knows that it is a weekday which means....at 12:45 it is not "show your husband how to look for a textbook for his next class on eBay" time, it is "half-way through Andy Griffith getting ready to sew" time. Sheesh!

Okay, time to hit the hay....again. I have an early morning, what with the kids going back to school and hubby going back to work and 6 hours and 45 minutes of unaccompanied bliss....

Lazy day....

Ahhhh yes....another beefy night at the JBCoupe household.  John grilled some hamburgers for us this evening and I must say, they were rather good. I bought potato salad and macaroni salad, cooked some tots ("Dude, give me some tots!"), and baked brownies for dessert. I should have waited for Monday to cook out, but I didn't. I did, however, pick up some buy one get one free ribs, which I will grill on Labor Day.

I took Betsy for a haircut today. She really needed it. I didn't realize how long her hair has gotten. It's halfway down her back. We had an inch taken off and it looks really good. Sometimes you just need to freshen it up. We went to Supercuts....our first time there. It was a nice place and the prices were good. Although I did notice the guy in front of me was charged $2.00 extra in order to request a certain stylist. I have never heard of that before. Since Betsy and wee one both have long, straight hair, I take them to the "bargain" places for cuts. I can't see paying $40 for a ten minute trim. We used to go to Hair Cuttery, but down here I've had nothing but bad service with them. I tried all three locations and was disappointed with each. Especially when they messed up Betsy's hair her freshman year. She took a picture of a shoulder length bob and came out with a pageboy cut to her chin. She cried over that one! Poor kid. Anyway, I thought they did a nice job here. The last trim she got was at Great Clips....and they did good too. The last haircut wee one got was from me....and I don't charge extra for the blow dry!

Right now Betsy is at her girlfriend's house. It's her birthday and they are having a cookout. The pain pills have really helped and she is able to move about much easier. I just wonder if the pain that woke her up during the night was the stone passing (she said it was an excruciating pain and she had to go to the bathroom immediately after), and this pain she is having now is the aftermath. I hope that is the case, and that she slept through the worst of it. We will find out this week after the scan though.

Tomorrow morning we will be taking my mom to the airport for her vacation in Indiana. She will be visiting my sisters, which will be nice....and my father's grave marker came in a few weeks ago, so she will get to see that for the first time. I know that will be an emotional day for her. Somehow, seeing it in stone makes it more final. I remember when John's dad's marker came in. We knew he was gone, we had been to the cemetary several times....but seeing his name on the marker was, in a way, shocking. I don't know how to explain it. I know that mom will be fine....she will have my sisters there for support.

Well, I had better get to bed, as it will be a very early morning. Night all....

 

P.S. A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY (yesterday)to my dear friend Martha (Lifes2ODD)....I hope you had a good one!

Update on previous entry....

Well, it's official....she has another stone. She was prescribed Lortab for the pain, and told to drink "tons and tons of water".  She is also scheduled for a test in which they inject dye and watch how the kidneys are functioning. Now we have to wait for that call....which I'm sure will not come until next week, being that Monday is a holiday. So, until then she will be drugged up and floating....poor kid.

We went to Walgreens to get her prescription and some Dasani, and then to Zaxby's for a chicken sandwich. She's lying down before her shift at work tonight. Oh, get this one....

The girl who does the "mj" and was supervisor last night, decided to go home because she was "having an allergic reaction to her medicine" and was throwing up. She called and begged this boy to come in and cover for her. He came in to work, after finishing the lawn, even though he had a lot of homework he would have to do after they closed. Well, the girl told Betsy that the real reason she was leaving was: 1. She and her best friend are no longer speaking because of a boy and she is upset, and 2. She tried cocaine the other day and is still feeling agitated. Nice. Betsy told her she was crazy and didn't she know that once she started that she would just want more and more? The girl said she didn't think she'd try it again. Anyway, the boy was talking to Betsy and was saying since the girl was sick, he felt bad....and then Betsy told him the truth. Let's just say he isn't going to be covering for her again. You know, I don't blame Betsy for telling him. And better that others know what's going on too. BTW, Betsy was working with LEGITIMATE pain. I told her not to tell the girl what kind of prescription she had or she'd be trying to buy it from her.

Anyhoo....

I'm just hoping Betsy will be okay, and that she gets some relief soon!

Uh-oh....

Well, I'm waiting on a call back from the doctor's office. Betsy is still in a lot of pain....wait....okay they just called me back. She is going in this afternoon. Thank goodness. I figured with it being a holiday weekend, I had better get her in when I could. I hope she doesn't have to go to the hospital....

In other news....

Well, there really is no other news. Today is cleaning day....but my mop is broken. I took it apart and showed it to my maintenance man, and he said it is not fixable because a tiny piece of plastic had broken off. Dang it. Now I have to buy a new mop. Of course, being a lover of cleaning supplies, this means I can go out and peruse the vast and varied selection of mops my local WalMart holds. Although, they really don't have much of a selection....and I'm rather specific about my mops. I prefer the cloth strips to the foam heads, and I like the kind that have the little "scrubbies" built in. Oh, I'm sure I will find one to my liking....not to worry!

I just finished four loads of laundry; washed, dried, folded and put away....and wouldn't you know I have another load staring me in the face. What is it with these people? They won't wear anything more than once. Now, there are certain things that you need to wash after one wearing, but there are others that can be worn two or three times before a wash. However, my family seems to think that if it touches your body for more than, oh say, five minutes....it needs to be washed. Wee one is famous for this. She will change out of her school clothes to play clothes, wear them for a few hours in the house doing homework or playing video games, computer, whatever....nothing sweaty or dirty....then when it comes to bedtime she will take them off and throw them in the laundry basket rather than fold them back up. What is with that? Typical kid....lol.

You know, I seem to have lots of issues with laundry. I wonder what a psychiatrist would say about that?

Well, I need to get myself cleaned up so that I can take Betsy to the doctor. I'll report back later on what they found or decided to do. Until then....

 

Thursday....(I'm going with a theme here....)

I am so tired today. My throat hurts too. I think I'm getting sick. My head hurts too...what a whiner, huh?

I feel so bad for all of those people affected by Katrina. It is almost unbelieveable watching the footage....the flooding, the devistation. It is amazing to me how so quickly, the Red Cross and hundreds of volunteers, even cities are willing to help these people. Our country, although it has it's faults, is truly a compassionate one. On the news this morning they said that money is needed right now more than food or clothing. They said since they have no way to move things around, the money would help right now. Our local fire departments are asking for canned food donations and are taking them to the people....everyone at work brought in canned goods and water, and John is delivering it to the firehouse. My prayers are with all of those people....

Betsy had a great time at Smackdown. She was a little disappointed being that Undertaker was not there, and most of the wrestlers were newbies. She did see Eddie Gurrero and Chris Benoit however, so she was happy about that. She is hoping that if Raw ever comes around, she will be able to see some of the bigger names. In any case, she had fun which was the point....

She isn't feeling too good today though. She said that last night she drempt that someone was hugging her really hard and she told them to stop because they were hurting her back, and when she woke up she had kidney stone pain. She said it was hard for her to reach up and blow dry her hair even because it was so sore. I hope she isn't going to have another one. She took money to buy bottled water during the day at school today, and I haven't heard from her, so she must be feeling at least okay.

Well, I'm off to sew....again. I finished one load yesterday and now I'm on to another. Have a good one!