Yay! Jeepie will soon be home!

After two weeks of missing my Jeep, Dennis stopped by the garage that is fixing it to see what the damage was. They said the 2nd cylinder had stuck and was repaired/replaced and they should be done on Monday or Tuesday. We were just sure it would need a whole new motor but thankfully, that wasn't the case! Dodged a major bullet on that one!

Geeee, it sure would be nice if it could rain a little bit! I was out in the pouring rain at 7:30 am unclogging the drain at the top of our yard. You could have gone white water rafting down our side yard it was so bad! My fish pond was clear to the top of the rocks, which the fish thought was really cool, but it has finally drained down back to normal. I hope this doesn't mean a rainy fall and winter too. Enough with the blasted rain already!!! And the fact that today is the last of July. Oh my gosh, don't even get me started. Where did the summer goooooo?!!!!!!

I broke down and went to CVS and got some Technu and some other miracle poison ivy stuff. I think it may actually be helping. Those little poison ivy bumps remind of whack-a-mole. Just when one finally goes down, another one pops up somewhere else!! A truly evil weed.......see photo........

Ta Daaa - It's done!

I finally finished my bathroom redo and I think it turned out pretty good. I even cut the power cord on my clock radio to shorten it so it wouldn't be all bunchy on my shelf. Also, the corner things worked out really well and I was able to just measure and cut my trim. That was actually pretty easy! Yay!

Busy, busy, busy!

I guess I am one of those people that just can't relax. As soon as I finished my huge vacation scrapbook, which took days, I then began on redecorating the bathroom! I got up Sunday and just started tearing off the wallpaper! It had been on there forever and Dennis had been complaining about the border peeling up. (It was a lovely leaf pattern and well, I guess the leaves finally started falling. ;-) So, of course, the top layer of wallpaper peeled off nicely, leaving a layer firmly attached to my wall. Why is that? When you want something to stick, it comes off. When you want it to come off, it acts like it has become one with the wall. So. like my kitchen, I had to do the stinky oil base primer over it then spackle like there was no tomorrow. Sand, sand , sand 'til it looked it had snowed in my bathroom. Another layer of primer over all of that. Then finally do the painting. I worked from 7:30 am til 9:30 pm yesterday and felt like someone had beaten me with club all over. Today, I went to Lowe's for some molding for the top, mowed Mom and Dad's grass, mowed my grass, finished painting the bathroom door and tried to put some trim around the shower. Evidentally, cutting mitered corners requires super human intelligence and levels of testosterone I do not posess. I measured and figured and fought those strips of wood til I gave up in disgust. If I had had a white flag, I would have run around my house and in my front yard waving it. I gathered up my little strips of wood and tossed them in the utility room, slammed the door, and decided they wouldn't have looked all that great anyway! Tomorrow I am going to tackle the ceiling trim which should be easier thanks to those little premade square corner trim pieces. No doubt, invented by a woman who also failed mitered corner cutting 101. God bless her. I hope it all goes well.........photos will follow next time.....and yes, my poison ivy still itches......

Happy Saturday!

Dennis and I took off early this morning for Cave Run Lake in Morehead, Ky. He decided to enter a six hour "adventure triathalon". (What was he thinking...)It began with a 2 mile paddle, a 5 mile run on the trails, and then a 10 mile bike on the same trails. He had asked me if I wanted to "be a team" and I thought, oh no you don't. I 've fallen for your big ideas before. Remember Fuji...and wisely I said no. He finished in a respectable time but was exhausted and sore. And I reminded him how smart I was for not getting involved. I would probably still be on the trails right now if I had've! Anyway, I've got dreaded poison ivy now!! All these years of immunity - weed whacking it, pulling it up with my hands, chopping it. Mother Nature is a cruel chick. They claim that it's with repeated exposure that you will eventually break out and I guess my card got punched last Sunday working in the yard. So now my forearms have about 10 spots each and my knee has some too. Just a little warning rash. That's it for me. boo hiss My days of running helter skelter through the dense woods is over. I will have to watch every step from now on. (Sigh...)

Finally back to normal- YAY!

I finally started to feel like my old self yesterday after my hour long nap in the afternoon! Dennis got home from work and I ate a bologna sandwich which was delicious. (trust me, eat nothing for a day and it will taste delicious to you too) We then decided to head out to Beech Fork Lake with the kayaks. A bunch of Dennis' work buddies were going to the shooting range out there for some shoot-em-up fun! We paddled 3 miles out and found the trail to the shooting range and it sounded like a war was going on! haha I guess there were about a dozen people shooting guns of all makes and sizes. I even took a turn at a 22 rifle and pistol, a 38, and a Colt 45 that had quite a kick! Some woman showed up with three exchange students from China, I think. She said she wanted to show them what we did in Wayne County and asked if they could shoot a gun. They had these big, crazy grins on their faces and got pictures holding guns. It was funny. One guy whispered "Now, they'll go home and join the red army...." I can only imagine what they'll tell the folks back home...........By then, it was getting dark so hopped back in our boats and paddled 3 miles back to the dock. We got in about 9:30 and I was pretty tired after such an "eventful" day! And, I almost forgot, you can click on the pictures to enlarge them!

I'm ALIVE!

Oh my goodness... don't ever let anyone tell you that a colonoscopy is 'no big deal'. Unless you actually like sprinting to the bathroom dozens of times in one day (and night!)! And drinking all that stuff is like trying to drown yourself from the inside out. Things I will never eat again : green jello, broth of any kind, Vitamin Water (which I mixed with Miralax) I don't do well with no food and I found myself passing through the kitchen looking at all that food in there. I asked myself "How could I have ever taken you for granted , CornChips??? (sigh)" So anyway, now that my sphincter muscle has had a workout Jillian Michaels would be proud of, I did get my test and everything looks "excellent". I am very happy about this and hoping this means I won't have to go through this until I reach retirement age, or later would be good. The test itself was cake. Of course, I was asleep and a chimpanzee could have taken over the examination for all I know. I am still feeling the effects of the Miralax and Dulcolax today, but as the saying goes, this too shall pass............

Long time no blog!

Hey, hey! It's been a few days since my last blog! A few notable things have taken place, I guess. My Jeepie is in the hospital and might be facing a heart transplant (i.e. engine may be blown to smithereens and need a new one - way boo hiss!) We are doing some praying to the Jeep Gods that it will be something less catastrophic but Dennis isn't holding out much hope.
I have also been working on my vacation scrapbook. We only took 1200+ photos. I don't know why it's taking me so long to pick out the best photos! duh........;-) In fact, it looks like, for the first time, this might be a two booker! Yikes!!!
Yesterday, I spent the day with my sister, nieces, and twin,great nieces down at Mom and Dad's. They are about 7 months now and soooo cute. They just look at you and grin with those big, chubby cheeks. Maddie crawled for the first time! I tempted her with several shiny, silver bangles I had on. No female can resist flashy jewelry, no matter the age!
And tomorrow is the all liquid diet day before my colonoscopy. Yay, what fun that will be....I had been reading on the internet and advice that might prove helpful and came across this snipit. One lady recommended ,"Pretend that you hold in your hand the only antidote to the lethal virus that has been introduced by some foreign monkey into our country. You will die if you do not drink this glass within 10 seconds every 10 minutes. You may not stop, and you may not lose it into the kitchen sink. It is your only hope." Sounds like good times....... Dennis says he knows I am gonna' be grouchy with no food because previous experiences have shown this to be the case. It certainly won't be pretty....Advice for post procedure was the following: "The recovery: Stock your pantry in readiness: You'll pack in food like a starving bear once this is done -- after your six-hour nap, that is. Have the bed all ready, shutters drawn. Once I slept from noon until the next morning." Well now, that part doesn't sound so bad. I think , however, I will be eating much sooner!