sending this out as is.......hope it's alright. miss you!
Good Morning Rain........
The red plastic Elmo bucket was more than half full of rain drops......so I dumped it on a hanging hosta........got dirt all over the glass door, the concrete......me. Hello rainy day.
The red ceramic pen holder met an untimely death three days ago. Slid off the table and splintered into large broken pieces. Sigh......so I found an old clean green glass jar and used that. Yesterday I dropped it.....watched it crash and burn at the same accident site as the red ceramic holder.
The dropsies are weird when they come, glad when they go.
The rain just ramped up to a hard intensity........a stormy watery concert.....nature plays it's tunes.
Beat that i-pad. ha ha ho ho hee hee. Today is endodontist day. It will cost anywhere from $150 to $1500. Not happy about costs. Do you think it's fair for me to ask that they entertain me with some song and dance while I'm there........strap on tap shoes and do a little "Singing in the Rain" Gene Kelly number? For that kind of money it seems only fair.
Do most endodontists rake in the dough in this fashion? I guess I should been an endo or a plumber.....boy did I follow the wrong career path earlier in life. The rain beats go on and on and on......
Annie & Rio just had breakfast........kitty pate in glass dishes. Time to relax and unbuckle their kitty slacks.......grab a kitty toothpick and unwind ....watch some sports or catch the morning news.
I washed my face, brushed my teefers.........put on some skin brightening cream & some healing nail cream. Took meds.......and feel grateful that the swelling on my left foot is down this morning. Not sure, but I think over time due to the blood clotting problems I've had the veins in my feet are in trouble. The pain can be so great that I find myself limping.......it feels like a blockage or maybe a blood vesselling tunnel collapse. I tried to do a little med research and ended up looking at info about venous insufficiency. Guess I should make a doc appt and have that chat.
Sleepy.......something about the rain. I have a project perfect for a rainy day.......maybe today even. smile a while with me my friend........two child size wicker stools for outdoors for Maria. To go with the outdoor kid kitchen and dining table in just her size. not gone mad money wise.....the cute little appliances.....a frig, a combo sink/dishwasher, and a stove are getting a shower right now.....each one cost $5 at a thrift store. gave them a good scrub and they look great. added a $2 yard sale table with the faces of the stars from the movie Frozen to the mix......and a clear container that holds plastic pots, utensils, a tea pot, plates, cups and delicious plastic food..........so she can cook and play to her heart's content......if she ever takes a break from RUNNING!
the project? sorry......easily distracted monkey brain on these shoulders.......taking two on sale outdoor pillows and turning them into chair pads for the little wicker stools. they are red with a big happy butterfly on each side. i'm going to make them Maria Size.......take 'em apart and put em back together to fit her 3 year old cushiony needs. gotta keep using these crabby wrists of mine.......Dick Van Dyke is in his 90's now and he speaks about the need for activity for the mind and body........when we give up other things in care of our physical needs we need to supplement ourselves with new interests. not let ourselves disappear..........fade away. he ended up writing a book......said he wanted to call it........"when you're circling the drain"........paraphrasing here, but you get the idea........said the editors wouldn't go for that.........he said he walked into the kitchen the other day and saw his wife Arlene standing at the kitchen sink tap dancing. tap dancing...........said he wish he'd gotten it on tape!
i'm trying Dick........I've admired you forever.......your TV show in the sixties, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.....Diagnosis Murder and more. The appt in the dental chair is set for 1:30, the office is six miles away, so nice and close. Tomorrow is Owls Meeting Day.......missed two or three months in a row, need to get my tail over there. Which means bake something........take something.
These good days have been an odd hard to explain mix......my attention span is that of a gnat. Can't settle down to do much book learnin'........I'll read a few pages, start a new book, read a few pages......forget about both books and read nothing for weeks and weeks and weeks.......got some easy crossword puzzle books, hope that will jumpstart this ADHD part of the journey. Hard to settle down and put down roots.......the outdoors has been really good for me. Less pasty looking.....Sara told me that I'm looking pretty lately......it's been a long time since she told me that......called me her pretty Mama. We......Sara & I had lunch on Sunday. She came here. I made steak in the broiler, I put a cast iron pan in the oven and let it get sizzling hot.......add the steaks and it is so good! Takes a few minutes per side...depending on how you like yours cooked. So tender, added my daughter's favorite......potato salad & fresh sweet corn. Speaking of cooking tricks.....enough water to cover the ears, add milk and sugar to the mix........NO SALT. salt makes corn tough......sugar heightens the fresh flavor.......not a ton of sugar, just 1/3 to 1/2 cup for every four ears. Only takes 8-10 minutes to cook.....we had mini cream puffs for dessert.
Swirled chocolate syrup on the plate......very ooo la la of us........added the cute little cream puffs, they are small and delicious. Fresh sweet tea....ate under the yellow umbrella on the pretty blue table.
Yup, the rescue table from the neighbor's house........got it done in time for our lunch date. She came in between the last morning service and the evening service........that time flew. I've been working really hard this year to improve this relationship.......a lot of prayer and soul searching. She took a lot of pictures of my flowers.......her friend gave her this fancy attachment......it goes on her smart phone and takes amazingly detailed pictures.
.....maybe someday she will teach me how to take pictures? maybe.......continue to pray.
the rain has slowed down, the birds have taken over the concert......what a sweet sound they make.......
a shoulder and neck massasge would be perfect about now......some scrambled eggs & fresh fruit too......where is my virtual housekeeper anyway? if you see him send him back soon........! i know, i wish right........!!!!
about the oddness of the days.......i have a lot of good hours each day......then at night it hits hard. shivers, severe achiness......pain so strong that i can't rest. i try to lean in........relax, let the day go......but the pain is impressive, impossible to ignore. wake and feel the pain locked into my bendy places........it lingers and punishes. but i push on.........to rise, to move.......and the pain begins to dissipate.........what seemed impossible becomes possible. moving more has helped me over time......to increase the quality of life. when the bad stuff hits you have to respect it......lean in and lie down. when you can do more, then you do what you can as you can.........the rain is stepping up it's pace once again.
is DS as slow for y'all as it is here? i try to post and the posts disappear.........i try to click on your journals and the program times out before it goes through........the promise of a new system has kept us going for a long time........my spidey senses think the infrastructure of this current system has flown on a wing and a prayer in care of us for a long time now........time for man to step up their game and put the NEW system as promised in place maybe???? pray for it to be strong, fast and good sooooooon.
love, love, love........the bug man just left......since it is raining he sprayed indoors, the cats still haven't come back out of hiding.........bless their skittish of stranger hearts........the bug man got married to his sweetheart in January.......they just finished moving into their new home, everything in place as of last Sunday........so glad to be settled and moving forward. He is a happy man..........you can see the joy in his countenance. He is a big dude.........6' 5" maybe? Big.........and so nice! He told me some sweet stories about his new five year old niece through marriage.........ahhhhhh. He is going to be such a good Daddy someday........
hugs, ruthie bird
The red plastic Elmo bucket was more than half full of rain drops......so I dumped it on a hanging hosta........got dirt all over the glass door, the concrete......me. Hello rainy day.
The red ceramic pen holder met an untimely death three days ago. Slid off the table and splintered into large broken pieces. Sigh......so I found an old clean green glass jar and used that. Yesterday I dropped it.....watched it crash and burn at the same accident site as the red ceramic holder.
The dropsies are weird when they come, glad when they go.
The rain just ramped up to a hard intensity........a stormy watery concert.....nature plays it's tunes.
Beat that i-pad. ha ha ho ho hee hee. Today is endodontist day. It will cost anywhere from $150 to $1500. Not happy about costs. Do you think it's fair for me to ask that they entertain me with some song and dance while I'm there........strap on tap shoes and do a little "Singing in the Rain" Gene Kelly number? For that kind of money it seems only fair.
Do most endodontists rake in the dough in this fashion? I guess I should been an endo or a plumber.....boy did I follow the wrong career path earlier in life. The rain beats go on and on and on......
Annie & Rio just had breakfast........kitty pate in glass dishes. Time to relax and unbuckle their kitty slacks.......grab a kitty toothpick and unwind ....watch some sports or catch the morning news.
I washed my face, brushed my teefers.........put on some skin brightening cream & some healing nail cream. Took meds.......and feel grateful that the swelling on my left foot is down this morning. Not sure, but I think over time due to the blood clotting problems I've had the veins in my feet are in trouble. The pain can be so great that I find myself limping.......it feels like a blockage or maybe a blood vesselling tunnel collapse. I tried to do a little med research and ended up looking at info about venous insufficiency. Guess I should make a doc appt and have that chat.
Sleepy.......something about the rain. I have a project perfect for a rainy day.......maybe today even. smile a while with me my friend........two child size wicker stools for outdoors for Maria. To go with the outdoor kid kitchen and dining table in just her size. not gone mad money wise.....the cute little appliances.....a frig, a combo sink/dishwasher, and a stove are getting a shower right now.....each one cost $5 at a thrift store. gave them a good scrub and they look great. added a $2 yard sale table with the faces of the stars from the movie Frozen to the mix......and a clear container that holds plastic pots, utensils, a tea pot, plates, cups and delicious plastic food..........so she can cook and play to her heart's content......if she ever takes a break from RUNNING!
the project? sorry......easily distracted monkey brain on these shoulders.......taking two on sale outdoor pillows and turning them into chair pads for the little wicker stools. they are red with a big happy butterfly on each side. i'm going to make them Maria Size.......take 'em apart and put em back together to fit her 3 year old cushiony needs. gotta keep using these crabby wrists of mine.......Dick Van Dyke is in his 90's now and he speaks about the need for activity for the mind and body........when we give up other things in care of our physical needs we need to supplement ourselves with new interests. not let ourselves disappear..........fade away. he ended up writing a book......said he wanted to call it........"when you're circling the drain"........paraphrasing here, but you get the idea........said the editors wouldn't go for that.........he said he walked into the kitchen the other day and saw his wife Arlene standing at the kitchen sink tap dancing. tap dancing...........said he wish he'd gotten it on tape!
i'm trying Dick........I've admired you forever.......your TV show in the sixties, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.....Diagnosis Murder and more. The appt in the dental chair is set for 1:30, the office is six miles away, so nice and close. Tomorrow is Owls Meeting Day.......missed two or three months in a row, need to get my tail over there. Which means bake something........take something.
These good days have been an odd hard to explain mix......my attention span is that of a gnat. Can't settle down to do much book learnin'........I'll read a few pages, start a new book, read a few pages......forget about both books and read nothing for weeks and weeks and weeks.......got some easy crossword puzzle books, hope that will jumpstart this ADHD part of the journey. Hard to settle down and put down roots.......the outdoors has been really good for me. Less pasty looking.....Sara told me that I'm looking pretty lately......it's been a long time since she told me that......called me her pretty Mama. We......Sara & I had lunch on Sunday. She came here. I made steak in the broiler, I put a cast iron pan in the oven and let it get sizzling hot.......add the steaks and it is so good! Takes a few minutes per side...depending on how you like yours cooked. So tender, added my daughter's favorite......potato salad & fresh sweet corn. Speaking of cooking tricks.....enough water to cover the ears, add milk and sugar to the mix........NO SALT. salt makes corn tough......sugar heightens the fresh flavor.......not a ton of sugar, just 1/3 to 1/2 cup for every four ears. Only takes 8-10 minutes to cook.....we had mini cream puffs for dessert.
Swirled chocolate syrup on the plate......very ooo la la of us........added the cute little cream puffs, they are small and delicious. Fresh sweet tea....ate under the yellow umbrella on the pretty blue table.
Yup, the rescue table from the neighbor's house........got it done in time for our lunch date. She came in between the last morning service and the evening service........that time flew. I've been working really hard this year to improve this relationship.......a lot of prayer and soul searching. She took a lot of pictures of my flowers.......her friend gave her this fancy attachment......it goes on her smart phone and takes amazingly detailed pictures.
.....maybe someday she will teach me how to take pictures? maybe.......continue to pray.
the rain has slowed down, the birds have taken over the concert......what a sweet sound they make.......
a shoulder and neck massasge would be perfect about now......some scrambled eggs & fresh fruit too......where is my virtual housekeeper anyway? if you see him send him back soon........! i know, i wish right........!!!!
about the oddness of the days.......i have a lot of good hours each day......then at night it hits hard. shivers, severe achiness......pain so strong that i can't rest. i try to lean in........relax, let the day go......but the pain is impressive, impossible to ignore. wake and feel the pain locked into my bendy places........it lingers and punishes. but i push on.........to rise, to move.......and the pain begins to dissipate.........what seemed impossible becomes possible. moving more has helped me over time......to increase the quality of life. when the bad stuff hits you have to respect it......lean in and lie down. when you can do more, then you do what you can as you can.........the rain is stepping up it's pace once again.
is DS as slow for y'all as it is here? i try to post and the posts disappear.........i try to click on your journals and the program times out before it goes through........the promise of a new system has kept us going for a long time........my spidey senses think the infrastructure of this current system has flown on a wing and a prayer in care of us for a long time now........time for man to step up their game and put the NEW system as promised in place maybe???? pray for it to be strong, fast and good sooooooon.
love, love, love........the bug man just left......since it is raining he sprayed indoors, the cats still haven't come back out of hiding.........bless their skittish of stranger hearts........the bug man got married to his sweetheart in January.......they just finished moving into their new home, everything in place as of last Sunday........so glad to be settled and moving forward. He is a happy man..........you can see the joy in his countenance. He is a big dude.........6' 5" maybe? Big.........and so nice! He told me some sweet stories about his new five year old niece through marriage.........ahhhhhh. He is going to be such a good Daddy someday........
hugs, ruthie bird
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Ruthie the cooking! You make my tummy rumble with your descriptions..mmm.
You mustvwrite a book about living with cfs, I find your writing style so engaging, your words bring color to our everyday existence .. the flowers, the cats, the bug man. You are blessed with the ability to appreciate the small blessing which abound around us.
Keep on with your projects, if I were closer I would help, we could putter around and make old things beautiful together. Yes you pay the price but you have something to show for it. And hopefully, if we pace it correctly, our bodies get stronger.
Bless you my friend .. keep writing.
Yeah, I love your food descriptions. I want to come over. I wish you weren\'t several states away. I agree about Dick Van Dyke. He\'s awesome, right? I introduced my kids to Mary Poppins and they love it too. It\'s nice to share something with your mom. My mom and I had Bing Crosby and Danny Kay. It\'s rainy here too, but it\'s still cold so the old joints are hurting. Have a 48 hour heart monitor on and I\'m getting en EEG tomorrow because I think I had 2 seizures the other night. Fun, fun. Love you a million. Heather.
Ruthie, I hope you survived the endodontist and don\'t have too much pain from the procedure. I know and endodontist from my church - she and her family definitely live at a much higher level than myself. Although, I don\'t think you could pay me enough to stick my hands in peoples mouths all day. LOL. I will be praying for your pain problems, and icky bouts at night, and for your foot pain. So many things to deal with, for sure. My girls loved little kitchen when they were young - I bet once Maria slows down for a few minutes she will love hers, too. You are so sweet to make everything fun and comfy for her. I am blessed to hear things are at a better place with you and Sara. I read that mother/daughter relationships are one of the hardest in the world. I know the Lord can bring you two together in an even better way than in the past. I am having A LOT of problems with DS. I sure hope this post goes through!!!!