Is it spring yet????/

I have been sick for the last 2 weeks and I am really getting tired of this.  Right now I just want to get healthy.  It is so hard to make changes and I realize that I need to get a different Dr. and make some changes to my health care.  I will work on that today.  The clinic is soooo handy, but really not very effective.  

Gary has gone to work and all I can think about it getting out of here next winter.   This has been the worst winter that I can remember.  

The pest guy comes today, so I better at least get dressed.  I have not been outside the house in 2 weeks!!!  Tomorrow I have a dentist appt. and need to return a few things at N.Park.  Fri. I have a hair appt.   I will try to do just one thing a day so I don't overload.  Margie thinks I try to do too much (for my age).....have you seen her schedule lately?????

While in AZ I read the "the Reader" and also saw the movie.....excellent!!!   I have also read the Christmas Train, but no matter how I try....I can't seem to move with the "Shack".  It is hard for me to get into the spiritual world....it just doesn't seem real to me.   Maybe that is why I never cared much for fantasy either.  

Happy Anniversary to Margie and Scott......I wish them well and lots of prosperity.  It is their time and they deserve....

Lots of good luck in conjunction with  well educated minds.  

Love, 

Mom 

Friday

I probably will not write again until we return from AZ.  It is an amazing minus 29 degrees today. I don't remember it being this cold since Margie's wedding in 1996!!!   Yesterday I went to Geneseo to my one an only bridge club and  the temp was -15!!!!  I was the only car on the road going out. We had a fun time, as we are all the same age and brought up mostly the same.   We can vent our feelings, talk about our hair loss and our weight gain and have no critics.  

I have packed and unpacked and repacked and this is it....37 lbs with everything in the suitcase. 

I hope that Gary's mom will not find out that I am out of town, as she worries about Gary.  I think he will be fine.   No school to day or yesterday. Gary is at work.  

More when we return....

love, 

Grandma

Wed.

More snow and more snow.....Vern has been here so much that I can actually repeat word for word of Gary complaining...oh well, could be worse. 

Margie was here yesterday cleaning.....her brothers and sisters should take note that she is a great advocate for the "right thing" to do and is not afraid to fight for it.   She loves those little kids and fights for their rights....just like she would fight for your rights!!!   I am proud of her....she was just born with that spirit in her.  

I have a Dr. appt today...it is very cold, but colder tomorrow when I go to Geneseo.   Our club was cancelled once before so I am sure they will have it.  Okay so it is zero...as long as your car performs...I guess it won't be too bad. 

Chris is going to Amsterdam!!!   Wow, I will never forget that trip that I took in 2005.   It was the greatest.  I missed a lot, but I also saw a lot.   I thought Amsterdam was quaint and is that where we went to the Monet gardens??? Dixie bought neat prints that she has hanging in her house from the Van Gogh museum.  

Three days until Az.  I can't wait for the 70's.  This has been the worst winter so far. 

Later, 

Mom 

Sat.

I really do not have anything to say today...except...Jane and I had fun shopping and lunching at "Noodles".  

It is snowing snowing snowing.....I have a ton of things to do before next Sun.  

Yesterday we went to Cousin Bill's visitation in Geneseo and then to O'Melias for dinner last night with Star friends. 

Later, 

Mom 

Wed.

Gary started his prep for this colonoscopy  for tomorrow.   Yike!!!!   

I started my yoga class today.   I was not able to do all the moves, but not to bad.   At least, I am not hurting.  I went shopping for Gary's fast after the Y. 

I did get my nap in today and Val woke me up after an hour or so...

I emailed Darla and asked her to pick Beth and I up at the airport.  I have been doing some rethinking about my packing for the trip....I ditched the sandals and cropped pants for long sleeved t-shirted and sweaters.  It will not be much over 70 degrees in AZ. in Jan. 

My cousin Bill Rice passed away today.....they are leaving one by one......the circle of life... 

Later, 

Mom 

Tues.

I forgot to mention that I was called for jury duty when Beth and I are in Az.   I wrote back asking to be excused and then today I got the okay...Whew!!!   

I went to the N. Pract. today about my core sores....she said I was the 3rd person this week that she had seen about this.   To make a long story short....the med.   (with ins) cost $70.00 Yikes!!!!    It was just a little tube.   I think I need to make a trip to Mexico.  

Darla called today to make sure we were still coming to see her.  I was not at home, but Gary said it sure looks like it from the looks of the spare room with clothes all over the bed and a suitcase opened.  I sent her the schedule yesterday via email. 

We are soon to leave for the grocery.....Gary's mom needs food and we need a few things also.  I still do not have a good feeling about her, but it is Gary's mom.  We are just such different personalities.  I just have to remember my mom and how she was with Pauline and me.  Pauline had all those kids and could put on a dinner for the thrashers and still be a beauty queen, but my Mom always made me feel equal no matter what.  The older I get the more I realize how much insight my Mom had and she only went through the 8th grade.  There is a lot to be said about "horse sense".   Some people have it....some don't.  

Well, it has been a wonderful day so far...except Gary did not fix the toilet.  Tomorrow  for sure.  

Love and hugs, 

Patty Ann 

Monday Morning

I was up at 6 and walking at 7.   Wow I am tired.   It was another busy day.  We went to Dick's sporting goods and returned Gary's pants, then on to Dillards to buy new ones.  Then we had an appt with Dr. Mac at 3:30.  

It is now 8:30 and I am ready for bed.   No walking tomorrow...I have a dr. appt. about my cold sore on my lip.  

Wed.  we start yoga class.  

Nothing much accomplished today except I have all my clothes ready for packing.  I hope it will not be too heavy.   Do you think 4 pair of black shoes are too many?   Sandals, slides, loafers, and tennis shoes.  

Maybe I will have more to say tomorrow......I am mad that the water in my toilet is murky, but I am grateful that I have an inside toilet!!!!  

Life is good

Love, 

Mom