goofed again....

i thought family fireworks was July 4th at 6:30 for food, fellowship and then later fireworks.

uh uh.  i goofed again.  i made brownies and rice crispy treats on monday for the celebration, not knowing the celebration was that very evening.

then on the day of exhaustion caught up with me...i thought plenty of time, take a nap girl.......the ghost of the house must have turned off the alarm clock cause it's too high for the kitties to reach and i have no memory getting up to shut it off....musta happened though.

heard someone knocking on the door.......groggily got up and realized it was 8 pm........ah jeez.  it was the neighbors and their gorgeous dog returned from their big adventure!  i got their house key and they thanked me for the surprise!  i gave them half of the treats i baked and made enough for a big casserole, split in two and took them half.  all they had to do was preheat the oven for ten minutes and bake it for 30......it was a pasta bake dish covered in mozzarella cheese.  easy to make and yummy to eat.

they said they got home tired, hungry and couldn't believe dinner was waiting in their frig......they ate the sweet treats as appetisers, unpacked while the casserole baked.......ahhhh, and i left two cans of wet food for good ol steve so they wouldn't have to rush out to the store first thing.  hope they don't feel too "mommied" by this neighbor. 

steve the cat was SO HAPPY to see his people, especially Ryan....he likes Kari (so she says) but he LOVES Ryan.  my cats are MY cats so I get what she means....they don't warm up overly much to anyone else but around me they are happy kittums.

they said that steve came out and realized it was SAFE again, and it was time to celebrate, he sat on the couch with Ryan and got a good belly rub.......purred like crazy and let out all his worries too!  that's a long time to be away from a pet......but all is well and they are home safe and sound.

sam is back home from ohio too.  he drove all day monday, worked today, so it was crazy catching up.......there was an accident in the parking lot in front of the store last week.  a jeep came flying over the crepe myrtles on the grassy strip, flew OVER Sam's car....kept flying, then spun and turned and oh my goodness.....came to a hard skidded stop.  sam, and two co-workers got the man out of the jeep.  sam said he is around sam's age........not sure how he came to lose control. sam sent me a picture and it was pretty shocking to see.  it's a huge file & it's giving me a hard time... i wanted to show y'all, but can't get it to work. 

trying to work out a time to do a couple of things with sara and to finalize a birthday party for derian and sam.  in the meanwhile tammy called today, she is hoping to have my new table ready by Saturday to deliver after her shop closes.  i can't wait! 

still adjusting to this new computer set up, the monitor is too high and my rolling chair is way too big.  pushed my rolling chair into the garage for now.....using a regular chair to sit on while doing this........it's awkward but i'll figure it all out.  i need to get the big office chair moved upstairs, if it sits out in the garage for long it will get ruined. 

meanwhile tammy is going to see if she can fix one of my cupboard doors.  it's cracked and the crack is getting worse.  we removed the magnet so the cupboard wouldn't get pulled on with that crack.....but it's still getting worse.  tammy is pretty amazing with repairs so hopefully she can fix it up without too much trouble.  she said it will be easier for her to fix since the cabinets are painted vs. being stained....hope so!

bruce mowed on july 4th.....first time i've really seen bruce tired.  he's been tired before but this was a big scoop of tired......he's been riding the roads all over Georgia and now Florida too training and such and it's wearing him out.  he hasn't had a day off since this started........he's so glad to have this job, but it's a big adjustment.  if you don't mind would you pray for Bruce? 

the bulbs sam planted for me last spring just got it's first three blooms.  they are delicate and soft......a very pretty white.  i wish i could remember what they are called.  they have long green stems not unlike irises and the flower is similar to an iris, but they are not irises.  is your memory like my memory?  screwy? 

i feel guilty that i haven't put old english on this desk yet......i didn't plan on debbie helping me move it on monday, so things got done out of order......sometimes that is the way of life huh!

i slept all day and then around 7 i got this bright idea to move things around on the patio and front porch.  i put the white chair on the back patio, brought the tile side table and the small blue table for plants out back as well.  i put the green side table with a glass top on the front porch next to the yellow daisy bench.  moved little knick knacks and plants around, then gave the back patio items a bubble scrub.  went inside to lay down and rest.......got a second wind and gave a bubble scrub to the furniture on the front porch.  ahhh, that's better.  gave me a bubble scrub after all that........listening to the crickets sing outside.

i talked to sara about the july 4th thing and she said they just figured that i was too tired to go.  when i have things written down i have a much better chance of success.......i'm looking at all these treats and feel residual bummed outtedness........i really wanted to see live fireworks this year. 

we can't always get what we want............

the house is nice and clean, which is really nice.  chores are done........yay.  a little lonesome.......but that is the way of it.  when you're seldom out there you end up in the missing column and people seem to call off the search at some point.  sad.  i forgot to go get my main meds again........trying to get a reduction on the blood thinners.....but that could take two weeks and even then there is no guarantee that they'll wave the co-pay.  drugs, can't live without them, can't live for long if you can't afford them.  odd the way medicare is structured. seems shameful they way it's set up.  it needs to be uncomplicated.  med fees need to be unscrambled, set up so that a patient can pay the same fees every month........so money can be effectively budgeted.  the way it is now it feels like being held at drugpoint by drugterrorists..........never knowing if i can manage or not........  i got into trouble the last few years by charging meds.  now i have credit card debt and still can't find a way to set up meds on a realistic budget.  if this is too much well then it just is.......

the lady at uhc was supposed to call me back today at 2 pm, so of course she called today at 11.  i was sound asleep.  i grabbed the phone, dropped it under the bed........tried to find it, almost fell out of  bed........all groggy.  finally got up, found the handsest, put it on the station.........got back in bed, settled in and yup......the phone rang again.  i let it ring, but since the party left a message i had to get up and turn off the american version of chinese water torture.........an old school voice mail machine beeping constantly to alert me of a freaking message.  i went to the bathroom to wash my face and shake off my mad.........the phone rang again.  crap.

i listened to the messages.  keshia said it would be at least two weeks re: med approval and she called back to see if she could reach me live.  then the pharmacy rx for the insurance called to say they denied approval for the medication.  what medication?  i'm so confused.......sometimes i can't decide who or what i hate more.......why don't people leave enough details so that things make sense?  no one left me phone numbers, or names, or the name of the med ..........frustrating.

the world spins and so do i............

enough grumping already.........i do have things in life to be very grateful for and i need to focus on that!  love you, huggggggs!