BOOOO!

I got my candy ready and the apartment in order. Im ready for the trick or treaters. Hopefully only treaters...I hate tricks!

Im tired today, and trying to get through it without crying. I have a very important and scary task tomorrow. I have to face a dangerous renter whom I've been trying to evict since June and the day has finally come that I can take back possession. Im scared! this guy is crazy and capable of anything. I always thought threats of violence and death was against the law. Our local cops here don't seem to care so much that he's threatened so many people here. So stressed and tired I am.

Jack had a horrible night. Up and down, using the heat pad and sleeping in the chair. The pain in his back has spread. He's now feeling pain from his neck down to his butt. Some of it gets better then flares up in another spot. Last night it was his neck giving him problems. Saturday night it was his lower back. He tried to use the computer saturday a bit, then his back suddenly seized up and he had to go to the couch. It was a bad weekend for him, but he's back to work today. He called me a while ago to say he's in alot of pain and trying to work through it. I begged him to come home but he's to bull headed to do that. So I'll sit here and worry sick about him and cry a bit.

We got the bill from the MRI, I haven't shown him and probably wont. I'll just get it paid so he doesn't feel bad about it. It's alot and will set us back for christmas and the purchasing of a vehicle that we need so badly, but we'll manage to get by. We always do, I just hope he realizes he's eating so much soup for a reason. One year we ate so much soup I thought we'd both turn to noodles.

I was outside for a bit thismorning and when I returned to the apartment I could still smell the menthol ointment lingering in the air. I'll get some candles going, I hate the smell of it! My head is pounding with stress and to much sugar from halloween candy! I just want to lay down and I might!

Susan
~Peace~

Happy Halloween!

Im so glad it's the end of the month. Everything with me is fine. Jack however is another story. As you (my readers) know, Jack was recently diagnosed with degenerative disc disease and authritis in his spine. He has good days and bad days. Recently more bad then good. I am trying to be a good caregiver to him. I get a bit stressed and overwhelmed with everything. I want to take his pain and can't. He's started taking some herbs for his joints, I have my fingers crossed that it gives him some relief over time.
I don't really have anything funny to write about, as there really isn't anything funny happening here. Just a lot of ointment being applied and a lot of therapy on the yoga ball.

Susan
~peace~
I have a lot of people on my list to send positive thoughts to....Please know IM getting to those often. Love to you all!

What a weekend I had........

Sorry this most likely wont be a silly, fun post, but just the events of my weekend.

My daughter called thursday night and wanted me to attend a marching band comp that she was going to be in, in a town an hour away from me. I wasn't sure if Jack and I could afford to rent a car and go, but at the last min on friday we managed to do some figures and make it work.

On friday my father, his wife and my aunt and uncle from Vermont came here for dinner. We had a nice time, it was great getting to see them. It actually turned out better then I had anticipated.

Saturday morning we woke at 6 am and started out on our trip to see my daughter march in the band. I was excited to see my son too! I got to sit next to Andy the whole time and it was great! He didn't know I was coming so it was a HUGE surprize to him when I called out his name as he was walking down the sidewalk towards us. Anna did an awesome job! Her band was great! They were the best! We watched several others while waiting for her's. It was so much fun! Jack had a great time too and for once his back wasn't bothering him.

I got alot of great pictures of the weekend. None that I can post here though. Sorry!

Well, I'm off to do my usual monday stuff. Hopefully it will be uneventful
Susan
~peace~

The Fly

I have a fly in my office. Yesterday Gert (my cat) nearly took down two sets of curtains trying to get the fly behind them. I swatted at the fly and could have sworn I killed it. Like a scary movie the damn thing must have gotten back up when I turned my back.

I don't have a fly swatter because I normally don't have any fly's bugging me. So I had to make one. I rolled up a thin phone book and tried that for a while. My aim was way off and I took out two pictures on the wall.

So I thought I'd have to out smart this fly. How hard could this be, it's a fly and he's flying into a window over and over again. I yanked up the mini blind, pulled back the curtain and got my swatter ready. Gert was next to me waiting patiently to eat the body when I was done. Hmmm, it seems to be gone. I looked at Gert, she looked at me and we both scratched our heads.

Later that evening I was sitting at my desk and I hear something buzzing in the light next to me. OH...there it is! the FLY! I retrieved my fly hitting device from the trash can and smiled devilishly as I knew this was the end of the road for the little guy. I swung and missed, swung again and hit the lamp, it tettered but I saved it from falling over. I swung again and missed, then he landed on the wall....."ah ha! I got you NOW!" I screamed! I carefully took am and just as I was about to swing it flew off towards the window. I ran over to the window and started to beat the drapes silly. It whizzed by my head as if to taunt me "screw you, you little shit, I'll get you!" I screamed! I ran back across the room and swung into the air....swooosh swoooosh! I'd get this little thing if it killed me! As I swung things began to crash all around me. The computer speaker falls off the desk, my can of pop now sideways and leaking Pepsi all over my keyboard, my corded phone off the hook and buzzing at me!

As the dust settled there I stood in a pile of broken figurines , papers and left over drink cans. I stood quiet listening for the enemy..................nothing...............I must have gotten him!

The next day, after I cleaned my office,I was sitting at my desk supper gluing my figurines back together. I had just placed a small drop of glue on the precious flower figurine, now missing a dainty butterfly that lay on my desk in peaces, when out of the corner of my eye I see a shadow on the wall. I stopped and slowly put the tube of supper glue down. I leaned back in my chair ever so slowly. My eyes shifting left and right searching for something, anything to throw at this evil being. The little bugger buzzed right past me and I followed him with my eyes, then he swooped down and back up. He zoomed threw the air right in front of me and then to my surprise and delight he landed right on top of the glue that was just placed on the flower figurine. The fly spread his wings in the attempt to escape but his tiny legs were now stuck in the glue. I looked down at the broken ceramic butterfly that used to adore the top of the flower and noticed an amazing resemblance. I smiled deviantly.............then carefully placed the figuring back on the shelf where it had fallen from. I figure the buzzing will stop soon.. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*this is a story and no annoying flies were actually hurt*

OOOPS!

Susan
~Peace~

OH FUDGE!

Something terrible has happen to Jack and myself. We have discovered FUDGE. Not just any fudge, Kristy's fudge. Im not real sure exactly who Kristy is, although I did meet her, I just don't really KNOW her. I am fearful however that Jack could leave me for her if she's single....ya...it's THAT GOOD! I myself would leave Jack for her!

Let me explain what has transpired to cause such a ruckus over Kristy and her fudge. It all started last weekend when we took a trip with Jack's sister to a craft fair. It was at this time that our lives changed forever. As we strolled along looking at the different craft tables we noticed Jack's sister had stopped to talk to a vendor. They seemed to know each other and his sister purchased something from her. As we approached we were introduced to Kristy, the fudge and candy lady. His sister says, "this is the best fudge you will ever taste in your life....here try some". She broke of a peace and Jack and I split it up. Now up until this point I had not been a 'fudge person'. I really find it to be to sweet and have never really loved the stuff. As I placed the small morsel of fudge into my mouth I was thinking, just say it's good to be nice. Then suddenly it hit my tongue and it was as if I was eating the most glorious thing I have ever tasted! I heard a choir "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH" and a bright light came down from the sky. Colors became brighter and suddenly I was in heaven.

I turned to Jack and said...MMMMM, This is GOOD! He wasn't looking at me, he was looking at Kristy with a twinkle in his eye and a HUGE GOOFY GRIN on his face. "Jack...........Jack(poke)........JACK!" I said as I sucked every bit of the fudge from my finger. "Huh" he replied......"It's good isn't it?" I asked. "Ya.....it's..gooooooood" he said like a 13yr old boy who just saw boobies for the first time in his life.

I am not exaggerating one bit when I tell you it is the most delicious stuff I have ever had on my tongue. It literally melts in your mouth. It is as is you were at a fancy wedding and you just scooped off a huge hunk of icing from the cake with your finger. It is SO GOOD. We ended up purchasing three lbs of the heavenly stuff. We couldn't stop talking about it the whole evening. Every time we walked past the fridge we would each sneak a chunk off it. That night I went to bed....first checking to make sure there was still a pound of the cookies and cream fudge left in the fridge. Satisfied that it was safe and all in one piece, I went off to dream land dreaming of fudge. The next morning I did my usual chores, started the laundry and remembered the fudge. It was entirely to early in the morning to be eating fudge, but I decided to atleast peek at it and plan when I would have my first bit of the day. I opened the fridge and the scene I saw next still plays in my head, in slow motion, *ggggaaaassssspppppp!" (eyes open wide, jaw drops) It's goneeeeeeee!!!!!!!! Where is the fudge!??? "JAAAAAACCCKKKKKKKKK!"

What happen next was NOT pretty and I can't speak of it, But I will say that I became a monster and I hunted this man down and beat him to an inch of his life!
Not really, but I sure felt like it! My husband, a grown man of 56yrs old, ate the ENTIRE block of fudge by himself! All I have to say here is he's damn lucky that Im a nice person or I would have kicked his ass out!

So......a week later we are missing the fudge and talking about it like it was a dear friend or loved one. Then it hits me. Jack's sister knows this woman Kristy who makes the fudge. We'll just call her and find out where we can get MORE fudge! Yes, this is good.....we can get more fudge. So last night we got our hands on 2lbs of fudge. Mint chocolate swirl and chocolate peanutbutter swirl. The one we really wanted was the orange and white chocolate (dreamcicle) but they were sold out. I drew up a contract last night before going to bed and made Jack sign it. It basicly said that if he touched the fudge while I was sleeping he would have to surrender his balls to me. I think he got the point.

So as I type this I am nibbling on the mint swirl and wondering how much of it I can eat before I get sick. It sure would be worth it to know.

I plan to include this fudge in all of my Christmas givings this year......So speak up now if you wish to get some fudge from me this year. I need to make my list!

Susan
~Peace~

You got some BALLS!

Or one big one!

Yesterday I stared at the yoga ball that was decorating our living room (because I have no other flippin place to put a ball bigger then mount Rushmore), and decided I would pop in the DVD that came with it and do some yoga. How hard could this be, it's a stupid ball and you get to sit on it and exercise. So I put the DVD in, pushed play and began to do the warm up. At first the gal was very pleasant and the warm up was actually kinda fun. WOW....I can do this! I did learn quickly tho that I need alot of space to do this. At one point in the video they want you to hold the ball up over your head and I nearly brought a glass hanging candle holder down on my head.

As the program progressed I found myself feeling like I was in a bad game of twister with a short fat man. I couldn't stay on the damn thing and laying across it was nearly impossible. 15 min into this work out and I was saying to myself that I was going to shove the ball up this woman's ass! The worse part was I had only a sports bra and boxer shorts on and my bare skin was sticking to the rubber ball. It was like sitting naked in a leather chair in 95 degree heat. I got rubber burn on my ass that looks like jolly green giant gave me a hicky! "Ho Ho Ho green giant"

I was really scared of the yoga ball in more then one way. Not only could I hardly get my balance on it, but the only thing keeping the air in was a little plastic plug. Everytime I sat on the ball I made sure the plug was pointed downward. I kept having visions in my head of my fat ass carelessly bouncing on this thing and that plug popping out, shooting across the room and killing one of my cats. It said on the box it holds up to 300lbs, which is entirely amazing to me, but I wonder what the pressure is of a 'chunky' gal who's bouncing up and down on it is?

Yesterday was my daughters Birthday. I called and had a nice chat with her. She has a big band contest to go to next weekend and is very excited about that. She also said she is getting all A's, which is awesome. Im so proud of her and told her that. She sounded good, she's loving highschool and working towards graduating early. I didn't get to talk to my son because they were heading out to a restaurant to celebrate. I'll call again tonight to speak with him.

Ok...Off to the kitchen...I want to start dinner, Im making a stew and want it to sit in the crock all day.

Susan
~peace~

He's got a buldge, but it's not what you think

The doctor's office finally called with Jack's results of his MRI. They said he has a buldging disc and Arthritis. He's had this before in his neck and they had ordered physical therapy for that and so yet again it was suggested that he start some therapy. They have offered him some pain management with injections, but after a long discussion about it he has decided to try the therapy first. It was suggested to us that he start doing yoga to strengthen all the muscles in his back to help with future problems of this kind. We purchased a yoga ball, mat and some other things, but haven't really tested it out yet. Im really excited about the yoga stuff as I've always wanted to do it, just never knew how or what to do.

On a different note.....Today is my daughters 15th birthday. Everytime I think about it, the reality that I am getting older sinks in. My hair is sprinkled with grey now, the skin around my eyes is less firm and wrinkles are starting to show and my body is turning on me. I plan to fight it.......stop laughing!

ok...Im busy today, maybe more later

Susan
~peace~