Yea! It's Thursday

Thursday! That is Grey's Anatomy night. I love this show, and it means that the weekend is almost here.
I am sort of happy and sad today. My aunt Catherine passed away Tuesday. I lived with her for 6 years. In 1968, my mother died of a brain tumor. That left me and my Dad. I stayed with another aunt, Georgene, for the next year. I loved living there, she has 3 daughters around my age. We were like sisters, still are to an extent. A year later, my aunt Catherine, and her husband built a big house and my grandmother, (Nanaw), an uncle that had been kicked out of his house by his psyco wife, and my Dad and I moved in together. It was great. I was back with my Dad, and he didn't have to worry about me when he was working. He worked different shifts every week at a steel mill, that is why I couldn't stay with him after Mom died. He was a great Dad. I lost him in 1995 and still think about him everyday. After Mom had been gone 7 years, Dad started dating again and married a woman with 2 little boys. It worked out pretty good. She was always good to me and my Dad, and a great grandmother to my kids. She drives me and my sister in law nuts though. But that is another story for another day. Tomorrow is the funeral, and D and I are leaving early in the morning to go. It's about a 4 1/2 hour drive, not too bad since I always fall asleep in the car anyway. It will be good to see my family again, I don't get to see the aunts and uncles, and all of the cousins much anymore, usually when there is a funeral. We used to have family reunions every year, but they have kind of gone away.
The happy part is, hubby has an interview Monday!!! And he has a couple of other firms interested in him, so maybe more interviews! He is still struggling to get his strength back, but I know he will get there. But the cough!! Oh My. I hope he doesn't get a coughing fit while in the interview. They will think he has lung cancer!
Anyway, things are starting to look up. At least I think they are, hope it isn't the rose colored glasses I'm wearing today!
Everyone have a great weekend, and I'll talk to you next week.
GO COLTS!!

Happy Tuesday Y'all

Not much happening right now. Still no job for D. The recruiters are working, there just isn't too much out there they say. So, all we can do it keep looking, praying, and waiting! He's coughing like crazy, and it is so getting on my nerves. He has a really loud cough, it sounds like he's going to cough up a lung. I know he can't help it, so I don't say anything. On the up side of him being so sick for so long, he has lost 35lbs. That was greatly needed. He has been living in sweat pants since he has been sick, and when he took our daughter to the concert he put on his jeans, and they are so baggy! That made him feel better. Thank goodness he has kept all of his smaller clothes, so he doesn't need to go out and buy any new dress clothes for work, (or interviews). That has inspired me to get back on my diet, so I started Saturday. I wish I had the same will power as our oldest daughter. She is a size 2! She also struggled with anorexia for a couple of years, which was horrible. She got down to 79 lbs., but now is a very healthy 105! I think it is just terrible seeing all of the young girls/women on TV and in magazines that are so thin they look sick. Nicole Richie, Lyndsey Lohan, the Olsen twins. What is wrong with some curves! Men don't like girls that they are afraid to touch because they might break. But you can't convince them of that. It is indeed an illness, and a hard one to overcome.
Any American Idol fans out there? I love that show. It starts tonight, but I don't care much for the first few shows, until they get to Hollywood. I get tired of seeing all the stupid people that really think they can sing. I know some do it just for the hopes of being on television, but some of these people honestly think they can sing. Well, off to get my yogurt out of the fridge, I forgot to have it this morning for breakfast, and lunch is about an hour and a half away, and I'm hungry! Take care, and have a great day!

I am a dieting failure.....

Well, my New Years resolution to get back to my diet has bombed so bad. I'm telling myself it's because of all the stress, but that is just an excuse, not a good reason. D still doesn't have a job, although he has had a couple of calls this week from recruiters that have a couple of openings they are checking on for him. We'll see. He has been really sick, but is getting better. I think now the anti-biotic he is now on is making him feel bad. He's not coughing near as much as he was, he's just sick at him stomach now. I hope he's better tomorrow, because he's going to a Fall Out Boy concert in Cleveland. That is about 5 hours from here. No, he's not into that band. Our daughter is a member of their fan club and had bought tickets months ago. She also got picked to meet them before the concert. She had a "friend" that has said all along that she would go with her, but yesterday backed out. So D, being a good Dad, agreed to take her. I'm so glad he is, our daughter does not have the best sense of direction and could easily end up in Michigan, or New York! Since he's not working, it will be good for him to get out of the house. I just hope he feels like it.
The girls went back to school Monday, so the house is pretty quiet. The downstairs is starting to look good again, except the living room. I'm going to get the tree down and get our son to put the stuff back in the attic. I know, it's late to have a tree up. We were late getting is up this year, so I left it up a little longer. But I will be glad to get it all put away.
We got a bill for our daughters hospital visit. $5300.00 They never asked for insurance, we thought that was kind of strange. Usually they ask for that the minute you step in the door. The bill said she didn't have insurance, so they "discounted" it $1,000. Wasn't that nice of them?? That whole fiasco is still making me mad. I know, I need to let it go. I would love to talk to all of the doctors and nurses involved in that mess, and ask them why it happened the way it did. I know she is over 18, but she didn't request that we not be told anything. She wanted us there, and agreed for them to talk to us whenever they asked her. I just don't understand sometimes. I guess that's why I'm not working at a hospital.
Well, I'd better get back to work, and finish my little chocolate donuts! Everyone take care, and have a great day.

It's not getting better!

Hi ya'll!

Well, it's the third day of the new year, and so far, not so good. My husband is really sick, he has been to the doctor again today. He took chest x-rays, and thinks he might have a little bit of pneumonia. He gave him a different anti-biotic, and said if his fever doesn't go away in 72 hours, he wants to see him again. He's been sick for over a week now. I know he can't help it, but it's driving me crazy! He has been in bed almost the whole time, so he hasn't exactly been able to job hunt. The insurance company has re-instated our insurance, except they can't seem to get our youngest daughter back on it. I don't know what the problem is, but it's enough to make some one go psycho! It's almost time to pay for another month, and they haven't even got it right for this past month. They say they will reimburse us for the expenses, but that is such a pain trying to get it back. Our daughter saw a therapist yesterday, and she really liked her. So hopefully she will be able to help her.

I'm starting to get our house back to normal. (what's normal??) I cleaned out the refrigerator, that was a huge undertaking. But it looks so good, you can actually see what is in there now. It also shows I need to go shopping. Our living room still looks like it did Christmas morning, that is my next big project. D was going to take care of that since he's not working, but since he has been so sick, I get to do it. Besides it bothers me much more than it does him. But, the tv room and kitchen do look pretty good, if I say so myself. One room at a time I guess.

Did anyone make New Years Resolutions?? I did, as usual. 1. Loose weight (that is top of my list every year) 2. Stop putting things off, do them as soon as I can 3. Quit watching so much television. I have been reading a book by Matt Rolloff, he is on the TLC show Little People/Big World. He is so inspiring. If you ever get a chance to see the show, you should. But in is book he talks about not wasting time. And that tv is one of the biggest time wasters. And I agree, there are so many other productive things I should be doing with my time, and I am going to try to cut back. But it's so hard, I love my tv's!

Well, that's all for now. I hope you all had a great New Year.
Take Care.