make my headache go away

So it was 85º about an hour ago and now it's 78º. But this is November 20th. Something is wrong here. It's been too hot for too long.

The "Nowhere" fire is burning close to where the husband does his gold panning. The news shots were live from the parking lot that we use. Guess he won't be going up there this weekend to do anything. He does have to work Friday, but he can work at home and read the blueprints on the table.

Will be a small gathering for Thanksgiving. Turkey is in the fridge defrosting. I need to get the stuff for the green beans and the organic broth to cook the baby Yukon gold taters that I need to buy. May get those tomorrow.

No news yet from my caseworker. Oh gee. It's the federal government. I should jump for joy,eh? Have you ever wanted just to crack a joint and have it slip back into the right spot? that's what it feels like now. AAAAARGGHHHH.

The low humidity is making my head feel like a stuffed box. Ugh.

The dog and I may take a long nap. I was going to make spaghetti tonight but I think I will do something simpler. Can't decide yet. Monday is usually pizza night but I am a bit short this Monday. Heroes is on so the kids have to watch their program.

Antonia Fraser's book "Marie Antionette" is a good read. I am going to start Phillipa Gregory's book "Earthly Joys". Looked good at the time. I don't know. I will see how it goes. Started watching "Sleepy Hollow" last night. Will watch it some more tonight. Also have the video of "The DaVinci Code" to watch.

Ciao babies!
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So I am a Hippie huh?

I am 62% Hippie.

I am not a child of the 60’s but my heart is true to the cause, man. I realize that being a hippie is not just bell bottoms and tie-dye. It is also about the drugs and smelling bad, too!

Take the
Hippie Test
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Life as evisioned by my I-Pod

I borrowed this meme from Dixie Peach who's a Southern gal living in Germany with her wonderful hubby. D if you read this, thanks!

If Your Life Had a Soundtrack What Would the Music Be?

How this works:

1. Open your music library.
2. Set to shuffle and press play.
3. For every event, list what song is playing.
4. Next event, shuffle to the next song.
5. Don't lie - go with what comes up, just like life.

Opening Credits:
War March of the Priests, Mendelssohn

Waking Up:
Exsultate,Jubilate-Alleluia--- Barbara Hendricks, Soprano

First Day at School:
Livin' La Vida Loca-- Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas

Falling in Love:
Fisher's Hornpipe---- Yo Yo Ma, Mark O'Connor

Breaking Up:
Loved Walked In --- Chanticleer

Prom:
Twice in Every Show--- Monty Python presents Spamalot

Life's Okay:
Ocho Mambo--- Gipsy Kings

Mental Breakdown:
Angel Band--- The Stanley Brothers

Driving:
Jambalaya--- John Prine, Emmy Lou Harris

Flashback:
Oh What A Night--- Doobie Brothers

Getting Back Together:
You Can't Hurry Love--- Dixie Chicks

Wedding:
White Trash Wedding---Dixie Chicks

Birth of Child:
Listen to the Music--- Doobie Brothers

Final Battle:
Stray Cat Strut--- Brian Setzer Orchestra

Death Scene:
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall---- Leon Russell

Funeral Song:
One Way or Another---- Joss Stone & Blondie

End Credits:
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Oh Yuck, Nasty Azz Candles....

This fragrance of Glad Scented oil candles, Delicate Petals has to be the nastiest smelling thing I have ever bought. What a freaking mistake!
I can't imagine anyone liking this awful scent.

I will be throwing out the 2 that I didn't use.
OMG it's awful.
Stinky poo poo awful. My kid walked into the room and said
Geez Mom, what died? Don't be fooled. This is really bad, the Orchid Oasis is nice, the Spiced Rose and Vanilla is nice, but Delicate Petals is anything but. Maybe to keep the cat box odor in the cat box room, I don't know.

Thank God I had other candles to remove the odor.

Rant over.
Back to your blogging.
Ciao.

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5.5 hours at the dentist

Well, the #2 kid had a bad cold and then to compound things, she got a toothache, which really did her in. So I bit the bullet, called the dentists office and took her down there. It's not like the dentists office of old with personalized service, it's more like a stop and shop. Anyway 1 dentist looked at her and did some probing and said looks like a root canal. We knew she was going to have to have another one, just not so soon. Without dental insurance it's not cheap. So I wrote a check for 300$ and redid the balance on her other r/c and she laid in the chair forever it seemed. I sat in the most uncomfortable chairs I have ever sat in from 0930-1350. But she is done with it and now can have some peace of mind. She's got 800mg Motrin and Amoxicillin to take. I am going to drop off her pain meds at the attendance office at lunch for her to take. She has a lot of work in govt and even feeling shitty she did her gov't homework last night.

Just found out that her choir will be the entertainment for our 48th annual Church Smorgasbord. That will be great. They are good kids and this will be a tune up for their Christmas concert.

Got all domestic today and stripped my bed, threw everything in the washer and soon will go down and empty the dishwasher and reload it and run another load. Then get the slug up and have him empty the trash out of all the rooms downstairs. Needs to do something to earn his keep.
Book alert:
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn. Victorian Historical Romance/Mystery, coming out in 2007. Great read. Check it out or buy it. Won't disappoint at all.

Time to go play Suzy Homemaker!

Ciao.
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The Doc says.....

What does this dog think when the cop holds up those briefs???? I had to share this picture, it's just too good not to.

My mutt is downstairs being tortured by the children watching Heroes which is their new favorite show. He does not want to be ignored and he tells them this.

The PT called me today and said she spoke with the doctor. No more PT for me. They want me to do the pain mgmt thing. Well that's all well and good but the doctor needs to have it approved by the powers that be. Has he even sent in the request? I wrote to my case worker and asked if there has been any request. If not, then I guess I get back on the doctor's case and holler at him. Nothing like living on Vicodin ES and Naproxen for pain relief. Crapola.

#2 kid is sick. She really feels like yuck. I emailed her teachers and she will miss tomorrow too. Between the sore throat, her wisdom teeth coming in, and her voice being gone, she is miserable.

#1 kid is okay. He and his friend went out to the drug store for me and did an errand. I bought them pizza. They were happy about that.

Life goes on, doesn't it? I like this :

The winds of God are always blowing, but you must set the sails.

Time to go to bed.
Ciao.
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Ya gotta wonder sometimes....

I made a list for the husband to use when he went to Costco yesterday. Why wouldn't he think to look at the gas gauge too? He knows to get fuel in his truck but he drove my car around for the last 4 days and now I need gas. Oh gee. Guess I will do some transferring of funds and go get gas tomorrow.

Kid #2 is really sick. No voice, coughing and just miserable. In bed asleep. Best place to be in my opinion. I took a cold pill, which means I can take a pain pill later. I have a stuffed nose and a minor sore throat.

Last night I was in the bathroom and I had this awful shooting pain in my arm and shoulder. It was enough to make me yelp. Don't know what it is from. Will have to watch and see I guess.

The big kid is home and he can sweep out the fireplace and we can load it up with some wood and sit down there tonight and be warm. That will be nice.

The husband ordered a laptop for himself because he needs to be able to check his email and do his time cards online. He got a good deal on it and it will be able to be taken places when we go on vacation and if he gets a new job and has to travel. I'd like to be able to check my email and stay in contact when I go on vacation too.

Not too cold out and thankfully not too warm. The dog is outside lying in the sun. He went to see one of the outside cats, who could not be bothered. The inside cat just plays with him and gives him grief and he loves her all the more. They run up and down the stairs and through the rooms having fun.

Well that's about it for today. Blue sky above me.

Ciao.

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No church for me

I feel like I am stuffed up to the gills. My nose is just all stuffy but nothing is coming out. I am going to take a hot hot shower soon. Sent the kid to church but I decided to stay home. And it's cooler today than it has been in a while.

Yesterday we had a fire going most of the afternoon and evening. And that made the downstairs nice. We've got a lot of broken up pallet wood to use for fire. Just have to keep the hearth clean.

Now we don't know what is going on for TDay. My stepbrother wants my mom and stepdad to drive to his house out in Acton. Mom does not want to go.(They are dry). I hope that something will work out one way or the other.

I am going to steam my lungs right now.
Ciao.
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Saturday Night Shuffle

1. Uncle John's Band==========Grateful Dead
2. Long Ago and Far Away=====Joni Mitchell and James Taylor
3. Both Sides Now============Joni Mitchell
4. No. 50, Air, If God Be For Us==============The Messiah
5. No. 39, Chorus, Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder===The Messiah
6. All Over Again=============B.B. King & Mark Knopfler
7. Jamboree=================Echoes of Nature
8. Love Walked In============Chanticleer
9. All She Wants to Do is Dance=====Don Henley
10. Sonata, Op. 2/1:Aria Amorosa===Red Priest

Cool and windy tonight. The fireplace is burning. The kids are watching movies down there. Baked an apple pie. Pot pies for dinner.
Things are as usual.
Saw some cute dogs today.
Aching too. But pain pills help.
Ciao,

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Sheesh

Friday, finally got the rent paid and the BG is going to get a laptop. That will be handy when we travel, as if.
<--------This is the way I feel
Kid #2 slept in. She is out seeing Borat tonight. EEEK.
I didn't go to the funeral and didn't go out to lunch. Woke up with a cold.
Still need to go shopping for some more food for Thanksgiving.We did get some booze at BevMo. That's for dinner and apertifs and all that.
I am aching even though I took pain pills.
Am reading a Anne Rivers Siddons book called "Sweetwater Creek", neat book.
Will update more when i have more to say.

ciao.!

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Vote Today- Then You Have the Right to Bitch

I am going over to the polling place around 11 and cast my vote. Today my son will vote in his first election, the first of many I hope. I have voted since I was registered in 1971. Gives you an idea of how many presidents I have voted for, governors and propositions. Sometimes I won, sometimes I lost, but I did do my civic duty and felt good about it. I need to instill that in the kid. It's more his future now than it is mine and he needs to know that he has to take charge and make a difference in the country he lives in.

Hot again. Didn't sleep well. Pain still at a 6+++ or better. If I said 7 again, you'd just think I was bitching. Well I am. I HURT and it makes my life shit. There is no if and or but about it. It affects my daily life and my reactions and dealing. How'd you like it if you couldn't open a can without pain? Stir a pot without spasms going up and down your shoulder. And then have a doctor who says he doesn't know what is wrong. I am waiting on a 2nd opinion authorization and the damn doctor hasn't sent it in yet. This is so freaking frustrating. This is my life. Workers Comp stinks too. Rant Over.

The pumpkin candle smells good. That is nice.

I am driving my mom to the doctor. Need to get going.

Ciao !

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Geez it's Hot Out!

Geez it's hot doesn't even cover it. It's 1PM and it's 92º here. I have the blinds drawn and the windows open because there is a breeze out there, but this is November. I want November weather by God.

Been reading all this stuff about the pastor in Denver who's been "fighting these impulses" all his life. Does that give a clue that being gay isn't a choice and does actually come with your birth? The guy gives me the creeps anyway. Most of the pastors of the mega churches make me nervous anyway. And then the Governor of Texas agrees whole heartedly with his pastor, John Hagee, that any one who isn't Christian is going to hell with a hot ticket. So much for religious tolerance in the nation, eh? We just have to choose between Ah-nuld and Phil. I might just vote green, I don't know.

Husband is back at work. Yahoo and Amen. He's got a lot of work to do and that will keep him busy. They did hire someone to replace him, so much for the contract being cut. They just didn't want to pay him what he is worth. Still haven't heard back from the other company. That makes me nervous. But if he's working, he's making some money and some is better than none.

My tummy is on the binge today. I was driving back from picking up #1 son at school and boy did I have cramps. Could be from nerves. Don't know why I'd be stressed would you?

Then the #2 kid text messages me and asks me to make cornbread. Girl, it's 92º outside and you want me to fire up the oven and bake? I baked Friday for her, 2 loaves of pumpkin bread- for her tailgate party. For Sunday I baked 2 batches of brownies, one for the kids and one for the husband to take to work plus I made meatloaf, baked beans, smashed po's and gravy and heated my kitchen up to an unGodly temp all for them? No fricking way am I making cornbread that I don't even get to enjoy because she wants to take it to her friends. I don't feel like feeding the neighborhood this week.

I am going to lie down and hope my stomach simmers down. No pain pill till after I get the kid, even though the pain is a 7+. Don't want to take chances.

Have a great day out there in the world.
Ciao.,

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Sunday Lazy Sunday

It's 12:55 pm and it's 85º outside. We're having that oh so thrilling last gasp of warm before the jet stream dips and brings us back to normality. At least we hope so. I am sitting here in my tee shirt and shorts listening to the Dolphins smack the Bears back into reality. Who would have thought it? Painwise, for those who are keeping track, it's about a 7+. Not exactly what one wants is it?

Husband is off at his friends, putting another coat of rooftop weathercoat on the roof of the motorhome. Just to make it weathertight in case there is weather a coming. He leaves tomorrow for 4 days of 10 hours each and because Friday is a national holiday (which screws up banking and mail) he is off for 3. Then he goes back for 5 and home again. Hopefully he will hear from the other company he interviewed at. He would be very happy to have that job, not to mention having the benefits. That's the biggest bitch of all, benefits. We still have medical, but no dental and no vision and both of us need new glasses.

I have to email my mom the menu for thanksgiving. I need her recipe for the stuffing. I am making this as easy I can for her. All she has to do is show up and drink coffee, sip wine, eat a good dinner and relax. I am going to look for disposable cookware. I already have the plates so that is done. They look like china but are heavy plastic and can be tossed. Better than paper, no soak through.

Adventures in living. That's all I can say.

Ciao.

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Saturday Night Ipod Musings

Galactic Vision is shuffling like this tonight:

1. Diva's Lament Monty Python presents Spamalot
2. Crazy Old Soldier Johnny Cash and Ray Charles
3. No. 47, Recicitive Handel's Messiah
4. Itchycoo Park Small Faces
5. Milk Cow Blues Tyler Hilton
6. You Are My Sunshine Norman Blake
7. Some Kind of Wonderful Joss Stone
8. Amanda Jewell Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
9. Listen to the Music The Doobie Brothers
10. Cocaine Blues Joaquin Phoenix

So that's what's shuffling tonight.
Husband back to work Monday... can the choir say A-MEN?
USC is smoking Stanford, Wisconsin beat Penn State and a Penn State player took out Joe P in the 3rd quarter. Bet his ass is grass.
Big kid home safe from SFO. Drank a bit but had a great time. Bought himself a new laptop with his scholarship money, better than what the school offered and less money too.
I am planning my Turkey Day dinner. Just need to get the $ so I can buy the food and get things ready before the big day. My MIL is coming to stay with us that week. Fun. She's a cool lady.
Bad pain day. Was cranky and yelling at husband who had some idiot thought in his mind to drive around and look for dead bikes at the curb. When I was hungry and in pain. And then subjected me to listening to Pete Townsend being interviewed. I DIDN"T ÇARE and I still don't.
Might sleep in tomorrow, I don't think the kid is working. She is going to the homecoming dance tonight as a superhero. Whee. Looks cute. Other kid might go rock and roll bowling. Argh they are getting older and I am getting older than dirt too.

Later kiddos.
Ciao.

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I am a monster or so this says....bwahahahaaha

Your Monster Profile

Wild Beheader You Feast On: Grass You Lurk Around In: The Ocean You Especially Like to Torment: Groupies

What's Your Monster Name?

my kid is making me a myspace

So yeah, I am going to have a myspace that actually has friends. It's a hoot but I will keep my blogs going rather than hassle all the time with that.

Kid #1 has alohaed himself away to SFO for the weekend. I told him I wasn't going to bail him out so he had better be good. I can't imagine HAlloween with a bunch of art school students in SFO, he's gonna have a blast.

Kid #2 is doing the myspace thing. I am sooooo cornfused.

Temp seems to be moderating. I think tomorrow it will be damp. My knee is telling me that though my neck and arm are aching too.

Church tomorrow? Depends on how I feel. Kid #2 has to work. She can make my excuses if need be. Especially since one person will be all pissy if I don't show up.

Husband is cleaning the garage. Whoo doggies. What a plan. Actually he's looking for stuff and we should have done this months and months ago. First time in 2 years we are seeing some of this stuff. Not good. Lots of trash going out this week.
Dog thinks we are going nuts. We found the desert booties for the big brown dog. Sniff. Sniff.

Not much else that I can think of. Having some small other physical symptoms. I will live. Just harder than hell to sit and be comfy.

USC lost !!!! ::: runs and hides from neighbor who hangs the flag and buys the beer for the big games :::

Ciao babies!

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How Come???

It's supposed to be fall here. It's 82º outside and the sun is warm. Doesn't feel much like fall. I am glad that this weekend we turn the clocks back. It will be nice to gain that extra hour. And it's Reformation Sunday so I have to find something RED to wear. That shouldn't be too hard.

They make wraps for every part of the body except for the shoulder. Why can't icyhot or thermal wrap or those guys make one that you can slide on your shoulder and wear to get some relief? Even my ice machine wrap is kinda strange. I sure could use some relief and quick. Last night I rolled over and fell on my shoulder and geez louise, I hurt. Can't remember the last time I slept on my right side. Okay enough bitching.

It's nice and cool downstairs. I think I may cut some slices from last nights ham and make a sandwich, or just have some with some beans. I should cut some slices and take it over to moms too. Share the wealth. After that, dissect it and save the bone and make some pea soup when it gets cool again. I love my pea soup. My dad who's been gone 42 years now made the best yellow pea soup and I inherited the family recipe which is in my head. Not written down anywhere except a bare bones outline in a folder on my harddrive. But no GREEN peas, they give ya the wind something fierce. 8-)

So life is going on and on and on......
Peace.

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Life goes on

I surely do hope that the husband goes back to work soon. He is making my routine go all out of whack. Prayers are going up that something clicks soon.

Last night I sat down stairs in my clean family room and switched between the World Series and Discovery Health. I watched a documentary on a man transitioning from being a man to a woman and having the surgery at a very expensive clinic in Montreal. Then I watched another show about a woman who was 350 lbs and had the bariatric surgery and 3 years later she had lost over 200 lbs. It was not the most riveting TV but there wasn't much else out there. I do have some stuff on DVR that I should probably watch and erase.

In between watching that and St Louis decimate the poor Tigers, I also enjoyed the quiet. The dog was chasing his stuffed toys, came in and out of the door and was just nice. I had made dinner and everyone but me went upstairs to their computers and their caves. I need to have a meeting with the family though to get some things out there in the ether. Doubt if it will make a difference but it might make me happier.

Nearly time to go read and watch the news.

ciao.

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Itunes ate my music and Meteors a Go Go

I went to check on something I thought I had on Itunes. Yes I admit it, I had been bad, but it was a long time ago and I didn't inahle. But strangely enough, nothing was there. Not even the tv show that I had bought and paid for, the free preview TV show, and my audio books and paid stuff was gone too. Poof no more. I hooked up my Ipod and it had all my stuff on it as well as the purchased stuff. I imported the purchased stuff back but I can't add anything else. I am really pissed off about losing my episode 200 of stargate. I may have to spend the 1.99 and get that again. Blech. I got over it though and uploaded about 6 cds that I wanted to put on my Ipod. From Yo Yo Ma to the complete Messiah to Red Priest. I am okay.

Still no job for the husband person. Had 2 good interviews or so I thought. Has a contract one pending and we are waiting for that. Even if it's only a couple of weeks, he'll make the car payment and we can buy groceries. Wonder if me being on disability and him on unemployment we can get food stamps? I've never ever applied for them, can you do it online? At this point, any thing would help.

Trying to get my mom to decide about Thanksgiving. I told her I would do all the cooking if we could do it at her house. I can do the ham the day before and all the sides, and do the turkey that morning, since we do a turkey roll not a real bird. Less mess, more meat and easy clean up. The only thing I'd do at her house would be the rolls and the mashed po's.

The boys cleaned up my family room. Now if we could get the kitchen done and the dining room to lose it's cat smell, life would be a little rosier.

I saw meteors Friday night (actually EARLY) Saturday morning. Parked in a lot at the end of the road along the East Fork San Gabriel River near the trail head to the Heaton Flats campground. It was awesome. I only saw a few because those darn eye lids kept closing. After sunrise my husband packed up his gold mining gear, hiked down the trail and went to his spot. 6 hours later he was still there. Today he is still aching. But he loves what he does and even if he whines, he did have a great time.

So life goes on. Kids come in and go out of this house in frightening numbers sometimes. But they are pretty good. I just want to know who drank my lemon vodka and put water in the bottle to hide the consumption? I keep it in the freezer and liquor doesn't freeze kids. Oh well.

Later alligators.

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An Enchantress , eh?

Are you a Princess, Enchantress, Faerie, Mermaid or Toad?




You are an Enchantress, somewhat an enigma, you would love to change the world. You hold strong views and, would love nothing more, to use your magic to change the world around you. When in conversation, you listen, take on their comments, and fantasise how you could improve things. Quite the idealist, you think you have all the answers, whether for right or wrong. You hold your intellect high, and believe you can change the world! In a relationship, you need a partner of high intellect.
The world and you, often seems at odds, with you frequently seeing things from a different point of view.

You have a connection with nature, often stating, that things will take their natural course. Nevertheless, secretly, you would like to use nature to your own ends.
Your good points are that you are intelligent, instigative and thoughtful and your bad points are, you can be single-minded, misled and remorseless.
You feel that your superior knowledge should astound everyone around you; and you wish for respect from your peers.