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I am going to do it. Right now I am going into the damned kitchen and start peeling those apples and make that apple crisp. Right. Now. Later, gaters. NO PEEKING! I'm Working here! It's taken me just under two hours and the apple crisp is in the oven. I'll let you know... how it turns out after I get to eat some. I have had a bowl, with a scoop of vanilla Ice cream, and it was........ delicious! Next time (probably after hell freezes over and melts again), I will add some craisins and perhaps a handful of chopped pecans or walnuts. Get some antioxidants in there to balance the sweet. Good Night, TTYL and Be Well

I can be such a dimwit. I do things to my computer that I KNOW I shouldn't do, but I see something and recognize the intrinsic cuteness of it, and then I remember that the Borg were right: Resistance is futile. Which was why, after I got a really cute E-mail from JC today telling me that I had won her "pay it forward" that I went on automatic pilot and said Gee, this is really cute! I want me some pretty e-mails like this, Here I'll just click this little ole "install" button and get me some. So I did. Then I remembered that I am no longer the brightest bulb on the tree and that when it comes to all things computer: Simple is Best. So, I decided to "uninstall" the cutest little e-mail program, and reverted to dimwit status. DH, however, came to my rescue, and I am happily back to my Mozilla Thunderbird program which works just fine, indeed. K.I.S.S. I have been working on re-learning to crochet, so I got out some old acrylic yarn to practice wit...

Today was a much better day. I think the Soly did the best it could; I'm up and about a little better, and my left leg is staying, well, up when I need it. I didn't get much done today, even after getting a comfortable night's sleep. I did wake up at 9:30 AM when the phone rang, then DH's alarm went off, then I was awake so I thought I might as well just get out of bed. I didn't get so far as the apple crisp yet, though. Tomorrow has to be a major laundry day, so if I can get DH to work on that, I can get to work on peeling some apples. Friend Lynn returned after a week spent up the coast for a funeral, and visiting family. She came in and made us some veggie spaghetti, took a nap, watched a movie, and went over to another friend's house where she hopes to get a better night's sleep [her bed is over there, and the one we have upstairs is too soft]. Plus, now that she has her Passport and Visa back from San Francisco, she's got to get ready and packed an...

It was very different this time around. Day one I came home tired; Day two, I napped and then woke up, but was moving better - especially my draggy left leg; day three, not too bad as I was able to stay awake all evening reading blog stuff and watching some TV; day four, today, I woke up at 11:30, took a shower and dried my hair, and it was time to get to my appointment. I'm always wiped out for awhile after a shower - (I probably keep the water on too warm just because it feels good, and we all know what that can do) - then went in and was able to use the same vein for four days consecutively. In my left hand! I don't think I've ever done that before. At first it was a little uncomfortable, but my DH asked for a warm pack and that did the trick. The extra heat must've dilated my vein just enough to make things flow better. BUT, so far today I still feel tired. I'm not so much sleepy as I just don't feel like I've just finished four days of the "good st...

I've been having fun going in for SoluMedrol treatments. I was starting to drag my left leg, my balance was off, I felt weaker -- you know the drill. So I started Friday on a four day course of a gram a day. I felt stronger last night, after sleeping most of the evening away. I usually get wired, but not this time. I usually get all hot and flushed, but not this time. I usually can't sleep at night, but I've been sleeping okay, considering all the napping I've been doing. But the best thing is is that it seems to be giving me a little bit more energy, and my left leg is not dragging. That's what I wanted, and so far, that's what I have gotten. Let's hope it just keeps building, as it should, for awhile. ~And now for that apple crisp. Be Well, P.S. I am falling behind on the ole hug meter. Try not to forget, mm'kay? Thanks loads.

Today was a good day. DH and I hashed out his issue and of course it was a (to me) small thing, not far from a misunderstanding that a simple question or two from him could have cleared right up. But, as I often remind myself, he is depressed and not in his right mind: he's paranoid, uncomfortable around people, immerses himself in TV on his computer where he can get all the channels, sometimes grumpy, and worst of all, jealous of imaginary people/events. He is STUCK and I can't pull him out alone. We are starting to talk about that, which is a good thing, because you can't change what you don't acknowledge (thank you Dr. Phil). I also have convinced him to start taking my Zoloft, and he is. Already, after a month, I notice a difference. Besides, my neuro prescribes 150 mg. daily for me and I can get by with 50 - especially if things are better with DH. So, what made today a good day you might ask? I got him to go out front and cut back the rhododendron that has been bl...

I went to see Julia and Julie this evening and while I enjoyed it I would put it in the "rent it" category. My friend paid for the tickets, which wasn't necessary, but she beat me to the window. We also met three of my sorority sisters there which was nice, until the end, when they left together (they came together in the same car), without saying goodbye. That was just plain rude, and I feel hurt by it. It's at moments like these that I realize that for as tough as I like to think I am, I really am quite sensitive. I want to say "Fuck em all..." but the pain of their slight is still there. And then I wonder - how much, if anything, does my having MS have to do with it. Thatis the only reason I could not walk out the door with them. I had to get up carefully, in the dark, on a slippery floor (someone spilled their popcorn), to get my walker and walk UP the ramp. By the time I got out the theater door, they were at the end of the hall and making their way ...

Isn't this the cutest pendant? I love it. In the Fall it's nice to wear something that is alive when all around you all is going dormant. It is part of a bogo offer, though the free one is much smaller, it is still charming. http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?t ransaction_id=19582077 Shared via AddThis But while I'm at it, I might as well plug my niece's shop which is also at Etsy, this is what I recently bought from her. Her shop is called LiciaBeads.com and she does some fine bead work there. So, you now have a taste of her fun jewelry. In addition to the beadwoven items, many much more complex than these, she does floral, wire wrapped, and gemstone jewelry. The TP was a special line and she is low in stock, so if you want some for gifts, you might want to let her know. Good Night, TTYL and Be Well, Webster

Take a look at these two lovely awards I received from my dear friend Herrad today (yesterday). The Most inspirational Blog Award, and ... the I Think you are an Awesome Girl Award. Thank You, Herrad. You are so sweet to think of me, especially when I haven't been writing much lately. Tomorrow, I will forward on the good will to some of my favorite reading material authors. Good Night, TTYL and Be Well PS: Oops, I forgot to pass these on. Will have to get to that soon.

Yesterday I got an E-mail from a sorority sister who occasionally sends (forwards) religious E-mails to large groups in her address book. Most of these are kind of cheesy, but well meaning, cutesy messages of good will, and God loves and protects us all, etc. etc. I have no problem with those. But this one had a short video attached (which I wouldn't post on my Blog even if I knew how) that proposes to prove that there is a message in the Bible that, get this, the Anti-Christ (A/C) is none other than ... Barack Obama. It points to parts of Scripture that reference the (A/C) bringing us all up to great heights (you know, the great temptor leading us to the fall), and then tries to make sense of these references by explaining that in ancient Hebrew, and in Aramaic before that, the languages in which the Bible was written, certain words that pointed to the A/C were pronounced "Ba rack O ba ma," leading us to believe that IT IS WRITTEN that our President is the AntiChrist. ...

Since the 16th, the day after we went to the Fair, though the weather has been pretty nice I haven't really done much. I've finished listening to the book Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber and I enjoyed it. I had a sorority meeting on the 17th; it being the first meeting after the Summer break, it was a Salad Supper. I did the easy thing - I brought dinner bread from Great Harvest. The written directions I had weren't correct so I ended up making two wrong turns before getting to the right street, and I remembered that the condo clubhouse was at the end of the road (which was not written down), so I got there just fine. Coming home, however, it was dark, and I got turned around; I wasn't lost, just going farther from home instead of closer to it! I don't know what to blame for that -- my eyes (lousy night vision), my MS addled brain, or simple unfamiliarity with the northwest part of town. I'm just glad it wasn't raining. And this reminds me that I have a r...

I don't know what the Daily Reviewer is or who it is they support and/or promote, but this little award was forwarded to me by Jaime. FWIW, I'll take the free publicity knowing deep to the core of my being that being in their "top 100" is absolutely without meaning. Anyway, there it is on the right, just beneath the Memory Mints. Jaime is in the process of undergoing a stem cell transplant with the hope that it will reverse the effects of her MS, or at the very least stop it in its tracks. Thanks for this, and I'm praying that this Halt MS Study works for you. change of subject line - that's all this is DH and I did the Puyallup today! The weather was lovely, sunny and maybe 76F. I paid an $11 admission and DH got in free for the priviledge of pushing me around. To get back, I make him pay for the parking which was $10, but only because he didn't always have to push me. Sometimes I'm perfectly capable of pushing myself, until I get tired, or have ...

I just went to see my PCP to have my blood work checked. Last year I was borderline anemic and my cholesterol was just over 200. Because I have been so darned cold all year, I wanted him to check for both anemia and thyroid. Lo and behold he told me my numbers were all normal. It's the MS playing with my temperature regulation. Suggestion? Socks and sweaters. Very practical, and yes, doable, though it seems a little geriatric wearing a fleece vest when its 68 degrees out. He called back later in the day to tell me that my Vitamin D level is just 11 -- normal is over 30! So he is calling in a script for Rx strength Vit D for me, and after that I will start taking a daily OTC capsule; we'll recheck it again in a month. He'll call tomorrow with my new cholesterol levels, and I will ask him about getting the flu shot which I completely forgot about at my visit. I've always avoided getting the shot because I never get the flu - - but my concern this year is that I have p...

They come, they go, they come, they go. Tonight they came and now they don't want to leave, the little bastards. I'm going to swallow another 40 mg of baclofen and put the dog out. Then I am going to go to bed. It is 4:30 A.M., after all. Good Night, TTYL and Be Well [Don't forget the hugs --------> ----------->]

There, I said it, I'm feeling guilty for not posting lately. Even though I have, right there in the sidebar, a Blogging Without Obligation gadget thingy, here I am feeling guilty. It's just that I don't have anything to write about. Perhaps, I kid you not, I should start carrying around a little notebook to write down the pithy little things that occasionally pop into my head to tell all y'all about. Lynn has been back in Yakima packing up the things she's really attached to. For someone who moves as often as she has been during these past ten years, it boggles my mind how much she has accumulated! Much of it will not be brought here, as there simply is no space for it. DH and I have been wondering to each other, well speculating really, how long she will actually live here. Her son promised the use of his regular sized pickup truck, only to be transferred to do training at another base in Georgia or So. Carolina or somewhere - so apparently he won't be around ...

DH had to throw the blackberries out today. They were fermenting. This is because he took them from the car and put them in front of the refrigerator in the garage. Not IN the refrigerator .... in FRONT of the refrigerator. Then nothing. Neither he nor Lynn went back out there to take care of them. In fairness Lynn was gone most of Sunday. I was crashed most of Sunday. But what ticks me off the most is what I just heard DH say regarding the pity of having to throw them out; He muttered "I didn't think it was my responsibility." Dear Lord, I so appreciate his support. At least he picks me up if I fall. I just had to get this off my chest. Good night, TTYL and Be Well

I went to the BBQ yesterday, and Lynn came with me. Another couple of sisters drove us, and we figured a simple way (well they did) to do something to the walker that made it MUCH easier to fit into a small trunk! We brought fruit salad, which Lynn made, and boy was there a lot of good food there! I ate a lot, and could have had more, but restrained. My sorority sister, where we had the BBQ lives in Buckley, and has a nice house on 40 acres; they have a greenhouse, a lovely vegetable garden, a big lawn that has lots of mole and/or gopher bumps on it, and a nice view of Mt. Rainier, though the mountain was not out for most of yesterday; most of the property is not developed. She took several groups on a little tour around on a little heavy duty open four-seater vehicle. They are building another hangar (I think they own five planes now!), and are going to dig out and expand a pond that is there on the property. She has blackberries growing all over in the woods, and after Lynn picke...

Today HSFR is ONE! Happy Birthday to my Blog! I never would have believed I'd make it through a full year of blogging that included two NaBloPoMo challenges. NaBloPoMo for the uninitiated is National Blog Posting Month wherein you register with them to take up the challenge to post every day for a month, either on a certain subject or not, your choice. Of course there were the other months that I posted much less often than everyday, like this month. But I also belong to BWO - Blogging Without Obligation - which takes the pressure off of keeping a blog. It offers much needed relief. As I have (often, I'm afraid) said, I still don't feel like I have much to offer here, but several of you readers who comment, tell me that you enjoy my blathering. So blather on, I will. ***** Lynn came over today instead of yesterday, and we spent the time ... not getting much done! Go figure. When she called me the other day she was pretty stressed out about this impending move, th...

Tuesday, the usuals and I went to lunch at the Chambers Bay Grill. I had a yummy grilled chicken sandwich on a Kaiser roll with lettuce, tomato, grilled onions, avocado and bacon. It was served with sweet potato fries which are delicious, and I had an "Arnold Palmer," which is an iced tea topped off with lemonade. Refreshing. I was late. It seems I'm always arriving late these days. I'm just not used to how much extra time it's taking me to get ready to leave the house! I can't tell if it's just me in the mornings, or the MS being slightly more problematic, or that I tend to dawdle more than I should. Maybe it's a combination of the three, but I'm getting a reputation! I was planning on skipping the sorority summer BBQ this Saturday, but we talked about it amongst ourselves at the table and I was offered a ride by our Chapter president, who is also bringing someone else. I'll let her know by Friday. Lynn is supposed to come tomorrow for a visi...

In 12 hours I will be at my GYNs office getting an annual checkup with all that that entails. Oh happy, oh joy. After, I will go to Trader Joe's for my once a month shopping trip there, and maybe to Great Harvest, too, as it's the 13th and I haven't used any food stamps yet. Lynn is planning to come for the weekend, and she thought maybe she'd paint my room! I don't think so. Many things need to happen before it's ready for fresh paint. Also, things have to happen upstairs before she can move in. Last time I talked with her she was all fine with a slow moving in process, and yesterday she seemed almost manic in her need to get everything done yesterday! I'm a little confused, but will take it as it comes. I suggested we go through some (many) books that need sorting. And make a trip to Sears to return a purchase and buy some vacuum bags. IMO the upstairs should be her priority, not my bedroom walls! Enough said about that. Our heat wave has been broken with ...