I will still need validation / appreciation for doing what I am supposed to do ;-}

Ddonn mentions in her blog that I was asking her for more posts when I hadn't posted in a week... well my posting for a week ~after six months of silence~ did not generate a single comment, So WHERE is my incentive, eh?
Happy Birthday to me!
Breakfast at Denny's and the Temple with LeAnna, Iceberg Icecream shake instead of Lunch (yes, I shared) Dinner with Buh, Le, Tiney and Matey after naptime ;-}
Drox is at High Adventure so he is missing out...

My comment for Ddonn's post: (elcidandgirls.blogspot.com)
Your silly post question always causes me to pause and second guess myself ~the WHOLE class bit~ iz scary
As to me not posting in a week~ My computer has been gone for over a month and I have to use Buh's when he is at work OR use Tiney's lap top and my fingers hit and miss on that (this) silly keyboard until I am beyond myself (frustrated)

However - my MOM is "quite on in years" *73*
whilst I am just "old" at *56*
Regardless, thank you for the marvelous post of busy familiness.
! ! ! a week and a day ! ! !
xoxoxox
wv: ingervi - the next generation of geritol ;-}

Tiney and Matey move on Sunday, back to God's Country, within the 'shadow' of Mount Rainier, so everyone has been -and will be until then- Way busy packing them up. She has done an awesome job of packing her room, and her kitchen stuff. We are just helping with the garage boxes... which somehow moved themselves and intermixed with mine and Le's making life more exciting. We do NOT want to discover them later - like the kitchen box that surfaced yesterday from under two of my book boxes.
Then Le leaves for college and a Master's program.
Then the boys and I need to find a new home and move by the end of September.

And the doctor wants me to have that other operation but the tumors have been shrinking so I am still thinking it over.
I leave for Ddonn's on the 4th and get to spend a week with the squirrels while Drox is at a writer's camp! More things to do than there is summer to do them in!

Grocery shopping will be easier than when it was MY babies in tow!

Matey woke up at 0620, Tiney knew Buh and I were leaving at 0700 so they just got dressed and accompanied us to the Chiropractor ;-}
Matey had a blast wandering the halls.laying on the floor with Grammy to peer up at Uncle Buh's face thru the face opening in the adjustment table and playing with the awesome toys in the waiting area.
We got Uncle to work on time, went to Albertson's for boneless, skinless chicken breasts, an orange shirt for Drox; to the office to pick up boxes, the handtruck and yards of denim, to Michael's to check out the sales - found a baby afghan off white like Fred and George's for Grammy to cross stitch an alphabet on - Grammy first learned she was doing this yesterday!!!;
to Costco for groceries and lunch; home with a sleeping boy who slept for almost an hour on the couch in Grammy's arms; then got very little done before it was time to leave to pick Uncle up from work and stop at Winco for a couple items that cost less there than at Costco. Cottage cheese for one is less at Winco.
When we got to Buh's work it was 106 F. We parked in the shade and opened all the doors because we arrived 12 minutes before he gets off... his last call was a Long one and he got off 17 minutes late. Although the shade made it only 96 F I am no longer Tiney's favorite ;-{ 29 minutes of warm breeze is NOT her idea of fun.
At Winco we spent just over $30 and Buh spent just under $30, he got all the stuff for guacamole - YUM. I ran in to the library for a book I had on hold and wisely left the car and AC running.
Friday is leftovers for dinner, mysteriously after I packaged down the hamburger there was just enuf for a hamburger pattie 'leftover' for me ;Þ
Dishes are calling - no one else hears them, maybe I need a hearing aid to tune them out! Drox txtd good night, I got the txt this morning 'cause I left my phone in the car last night after the game. I was tired~ and knew today would be long and HOT.
I miss my cute youngest and sincerely hope we manage to keep his fish and his garden alive til he gets back!!!

My mom will call after appointments, like a good little mom!

My mom had an appointment yesterday with her oncologist, first appt, and although I call her obediently after My appts, she has yet to call me and I am NOT sure where to reach her :-o
She goes to the doctor 3 hours from home and cell phones don't work on her way to or from, and Never at home! So I am stuck waiting for her to catch up to my time zone. Calling your mom and waking her up is Never a good idea! Although I May have done it in the past... my little sister is there now so I am being very careful to look considerate, etc.
xoxoxox
Drox called to let me know he had charged something at Fred Meyer so I wouldn't panic thinking the card had been lost or stolen - shouldn't be FM's at High Adventure, ya know? and informed me he wants to live with his Dad. When I asked 'Why is that?' he responded 'if you saw Dad's amazing new house you would want to live there too!'
;-}
This is yesterday's post *o^ The day flew by and I had little to show for it but Moga & Matey get home today so I have linens in the washer, have done 15 min on wii, am typing this and will have a bowl of cereal - then the sheets will be ready for the dryer - and the chicken will go into the slow cooker for the pot pie tonight.
When I asked, Tiney had NO preference for a welcome home meal so I opened the Todd Wilbur book sitting on the computer table and chicken pot pie it is! I even have all the ingredients on hand.
After Buh's chiropractic appt yesterday we went to Hobby Lobby and I now have a circular knitting needle for the shopping bag I want to knit. But I have to finish sorting the papers on the couch before I can allow myself the luxury of knit and purl ;-p

I like my new doctor !

Got Drox to the airport on time, saw him off and the sweetie called when he arrived at his destination - I must get him cloned ;-} He is off for a week of fun with his dad, fly rod and tackle box in hand. He "has" to help cook for High Adventure to earn his keep but he LOVES to cook (freezer full of Amish friendship bread to prove it!) so I know he will be fine. Now we just have to keep all his fish alive for the week!
Got Buh to work on time too - just barely.
I really liked the ob doctor I went to in Oct 2008 but don't like the hospital he operates at as much (their financial department did Not return my calls when I had questions) SO I decided to go back to the original hospital I went to in Sept 2008 (where all the medical problems were discovered) and try out their Women's Clinic. The doctor they assigned me to is Great, and the payment plan is reasonable and they took blood and the lady was awesome at it and depending what a new ultrasound shows I may Not need surgery! It seems that the tumor on the right has diminished in size and the one on the left (smaller to begin with) is about the same size it was...we shall see what the ultrasound shows before throwing any parties. Part of the blood work was to check out possible reasons for the extreme fatigue that has become a crippling problem in the last year. Buh is helping me with dietary issues and Le and Drox are supporting my exercise adventures so I am working on the most obvious suspect - the 50 pounds I gained in the last 19 months. Lifetime high to include 6 pregnancies.
My goal is to weigh less than my IQ ;-p Yes, I am a smug intellectual snob. However, 92 pounds less I will be healthier and at a reasonable weight for my age and build (and indubitably 'smugger') :-o
I read at the library, in a soft chair, and it was a great "getaway" - simple things.

It has been way too long!

Ddonn's blog sez it has been 6 months since I posted...Way Too Long.

Spring is always crazy busy when one works with high school graduations but this one was worse due to my less than spry condition - working on that.

My Mom was diagnosed with non Hodgkin's lymphoma end of June/ beginning of July and we are waiting to learn details on treatment - she sees the oncologist this coming Tuesday.

Tiney and Matey are gone visiting relatives and will be home less than a month before moving back to establish a home thePirate can be welcomed to by the end of the summer.

AnWanna has been accepted to a Master's program at her alma mater and will leave a month later.

This leaves the boys and I moving in 80 days or less since we can't afford this house without them.

Buh was rear ended at a red light Monday coming home from work and is seeing our chiropractor regularly. I have been playing chauffeur sp? because his neck is one of his injuries, he IS able to work thankfully and the car still runs but is hard to drive until we get the seat fixed - the driver's seat was wrenched out of place and tilts back and toward the passenger's side of the car.

My employment status is changing from salaried to hourly beginning in August and hours are very few in August and September so my frugality is revving up.

I have an appointment Monday re: that second operation I was supposed to have October or December of 2008, hate to spend the money but as poorly as I feel I need to check out possible causes.

and so goes the war ;-}