Hot Diggity Dog

  Home sweet home! The trip home was miserable. Whatever bug I picked up in the great state of Minnesota stuck with me until yesterday. I am slowly getting my strength back. Everything bloomed and the grass grew in our absence. Normally I can mow all of my patches of grass in a single morning. I still have a bit to go and then will have to do it all over again. The laundry from the trip has taken me three days! This is not normal for me, and I do not like it! Insomnia has been my night partner for the past 3 nights. No matter how tired I am I can't seem to get to sleep. Not even a nap! last night I got up at 1am and took melatonin, drank some sleepy-time tea and ate 2 gingersnaps. It was 3, but Mr. BoJangles followed me and begged on his hind legs for a full 5 minutes. I had to reward him, didn't I? He likes anything that he sees go into my mouth. Back to bed and I still could not sleep for another 2 hours! I harvested the turnips and cooked them with the greens yesterday. I pl...

  We arrived at our destination and haven't moved the RV since we got here. Scheduling outings with different family members is hectic. We had lunch with daughter, Jill and grandson Gage on Saturday in Wisconsin. About 20 minutes away from where we are staying at our step-granddaughter's house. Her driveway is flat, so she won guests for a week. Saturday afternoon, my stomach began to object about all the food I put in it. I was careful not to eat much at supper Saturday night and thought I was okay. I wasn't. I was up all night sitting on the throne with a trashcan in front of me. I was so sick. The man with me slept through it all. Eddie was very concerned and would lay on the floor by the bathroom door with his snout sticking under it. I know who loves me the most! Poor Dora's sleep was disturbed in her habitat inside the shower. She stood on the platform she suns on and watched me. It was a bit weird, having an audience. I like to think she was concerned, but I am c...

  Here we are, day 2 of the trip. My butt is numb from sitting, so I am happy that we have finally stopped for the evening. It is 7:50 central time, so almost 9:00 my time. I have been up since 6:00 am (7 my time). I felt crappy all day yesterday and tried to sleep while we were moving along. That was hard to do since the driver stopped so many times yesterday. Every time my body relaxed and became used to the rhythm of the RV, I would drift into a semi-sleep and then I would feel the bump as we slowed to pull into a rest area ...... to check on the car we are towing, to let the dogs pee, or the driver needed the facilities. The very first leg of the trip, before we left our state was a little too eventful for a crabby old lady such as myself. I was not watching the traffic, my perspective is skewed at best. I didn't even open the pleated shade next to me, because I intended to sleep. So, I was totally unaware that the car in front of came to a sudden stop and did not have any warn...

  The big ear adventure has reached its unlikely conclusion. After all the fru-ha-ha and the visit to two doctors, it has been established that there is nothing in the ear canal. I know I saw something and the nurse in one office did as well. You may recall that he manned the sharp tweezers and dug around himself, leaving tiny stab wounds in his ear. I think we can all agree that he should not be left to play with sharp things. While I will admit that he does make life exciting, and I laugh at him a lot; I could argue that he may be trying to cut my life short with aggravation. Between his shenanigans and the news, I am stressed out. I had my first physical rehab appointment today. I have homework! She gave me some exercises to do to loosen things up, followed by icing the shoulder 3 times a day. We will be gone for two weeks, towing my car to Minnesota. Everything is on board and ready to roll in the morning. Last night my mind stayed busy, keeping me awake until 3 AM. I am ready ...

 Today was supposed to be nice. It is not! Currently pouring down rain and lots of thunder and lightning. My lower jaw is aching, and poor old Toni Louise is frantic. The day started out okay. I was listening to a book and sipping coffee while doing a crossword to help keep my senior mind from going stale. I had just let the dogs out and back in again when the sleeping man arose. He was fast approaching my perch on the couch with the dogs. He had a flashlight and tweezers in his hands and said, "See if you can pull this out of my ear." One would think that he would be more careful with the hearing aids after getting that little dome that covers the appliance stuck in his head so many times. He seemed to think I could accomplish his goal as he stood in front of me. He is taller than me (most everyone is) and I had to make him sit as I peered into his head with the flashlight. No, I did not see any light come out the other side of his head. I will say that it would not have sur...

My mouth continues to heal. The first surgery seems to be taking much longer to heal, and eating is still an adventure in finding foods that just don't submit to gum chewing. Thinking that the weather was finally stable and writing about it proved to be a mistake. We were under a freeze warning last night. Now I am afraid to go out and look at my apple tree blooms and my blueberry bushes with their tender buds. Well, crap. I did discover that my tomato seeds in my tiny greenhouse were up. I repotted them into deeper pots and brought them inside to continue to grow under a grow light. I use take food trays with clear lids to start my seeds and those lack the depth needed to cultivate deep roots. I have moved on to rock painting inside, since it is going to be a chilly day. I picked up a sack of black pebbles at the Dollar Tree after getting my blood drawn yesterday. Probably the last time I will be driving my car before taking it north for my granddaughter. My son bought it for her,...

  I tried to email photos to my account, but that didn't work either. I wanted to include photos of my creations. So sad, too bad. I drink carbonated sugar free flavored water from cans. No artificial sweeteners, either. I saw some crafts with cans and saved some cans. Using a serrated knife, I sliced the top from the cans, then using scissors I cut down the side to the bottom and cut it off. This leaves a rectangle of material. I save shipping materials along with cardboard and other stuff that drives the man in my house crazy. Using a piece of foamy looking sheets that come in the box with appliances to carve on, I traced the shape of a butterfly and then cut it out. I found I could get 3 -4 per "sheet". I painted them with nail polish and added things like tiny jewels and such. Then, using the scraps I found that I could use scissors to cut very thin lines of aluminum that tend to curl up to make antlers. Even the trash man was impressed. I had a pkg of bamboo skewers ...

  I have been silent for a while. Things have been going along fine since my surgery to ready my jaw for the implantation of a tooth that will let me chew food. This last surgical procedure was a lot easier than the last one. Of course, the last one was more involved. The abscess and the hole it left behind, the difficulty with the third root on that wisdom tooth and waking before it was over. The pain was pretty intense, as well. So, to say I was not looking forward to another adventure in my mouth is an understatement. While I was sedated this time, I was not completely unconscious. I needed to be aware to move my head when told to and I am nothing if not obedient when someone has a needle and other tools coming at my mouth. Having a background in medicine, you would think I would not close my eyes tightly to avoid seeing sharp tools approaching me. I have no problem watching or even being the one to impose a sharp object into someone else, but I suppose this means I am just like...