Bailey and Friends

I just said I wanted brown so you would want it:p:p:p

I really want BLUE:p:p:p:p


Isn't that what sisters do????:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Oh girls......behave now! ;) I got two blues and two browns so you each can have one of each!!:D
I went to the ER clinic today. My doc is off all week. Their message doesn't say so....but I tricked them by calling the nurse's line and she is in. The clinic doc said.....save your voice, drink lots of liquids and if it isn't better in 3-4 days, see your regular doc. DID YOU LISTEN TO ME???? I have had this for ten days now and my doc is OFF all week. I find this clinic to be useless. Now I am getting a sore throat. I am wondering if the Erlichiosis is still hanging on in there. I never have gotten over being tired.:(
Marie-Bailey's running is like she is feeling free and enjoying the cooler air. It does not slow her down at all. She usually continues it when we come inside. She just looks so happy while she is doing it.:)
Monday is over gals. It gets closer to Saturday every day now.;)
Love,
Susan

Good Morning Cush friends!!
The soonest I can get a dr appt is 9/2. If I die before that, would one of you take Bailey?:rolleyes:;)
-Susan

Wow, maybe you should just go to a walk in clinic or is it better to see your own doctor because of the erhliciosis?

My doctor used to do that to me too so then I would end up seeing an alternate at the same clinic. Sometimes it was a good thing other times not:(

I hope you feel better soon. Maybe just stay in bed and drink hot tea with honey in it.

Get well soon sweet Susan.

love,
Addy

YAY!!! We get two sweatshirts!!!!:p

I love it when they run around and look so happy!!! That big grin on their face with the tongue hanging out!!!:p

I think Addy is right get lots of rest, drink hot tea, Vit C, Zicam is suppose to help too--maybe???

Going to the doctor is not something I do--I usually end up at a clinic like when I got bit by the dog. Scheduling appts is so hard for me with my schedule, but I should be making a few different kind of doctor appts. I should just take time off to do this--haha!!!

I hope it isn't the erhliciosis flaring up again!!!:eek: You need a break from illness and surgeries.

BIG ((((HUG)))) to make you feel better!!! Mine is better than Addy's--:D HeHe!!

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Mine is better than Addy's-- HeHe!!

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you guys crack me up, I just love it how you both can put a smile on my face so darn easily!!!


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oh and here is so more

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Happy Tuesday NIGHT!!!!!!!

nighty night from Addy

Hi girls-
Marie-yes Zicam does work. once at the beginning of the trip and then didn't have any trouble, except no voice, until I got home. I think maybe my voice is coming back. My little fever from last night is gone and the bad sore throat I had last night is gone.
I got outside and did some pruning today and basked in the sunlight. Vitamin D from the sun should help too.
Unfortunately I lost 3 rose bushes.....and I think it was I who killed them. I think the insect sprayer I used had had some weed killer in it. They are dead as door nails. That only leaves me with one. I have tried hard to have them here....I had 31 in Arlington....but the soil is a problem. First, it isn't soil. Then it tends to be wet. Roses don't like wet feet. But I built up this little berm (hill) and they were doing really well this year. Since it was my "fault" I will order 3 replacements. After this, I'm not getting any new plants. I am retiring from gardening, except for maintenance.
Hey Marie-we have Addy with the giggles! By the way....those turtles are HUGE. Do you take them for walks?
Time to get to bed. Happy Tuesday night....and Wednesday morning. This is hump day....it's all downhill after this (for you working folk.)
Love,
Susan

Yay!!! We put lots of smiles on Addy!!!! :):)

The tortoises are not so big compared with Miss Ella--They are a little bigger than a dinner plate--we have had them since they were 3 years old and then they were the size of a bread plate (easier to explain size this way). They are now 26 years old same as the daughter. They have personalities also--sooo silly sometimes and they like to be petted.

I am glad you are feeling better and could do a little gardening. Too bad about the roses. We only have a couple right now--iceberg ones--they seem to do very well here--even with the ocean breezes.

Yes is it Wednesday - Hump Day - and I haven't produced much so far for this week--in the slow motion of life and just disappointed in people sometimes. I had purchased paper coffee cups yesterday--had wanted 16 oz ones, checked the box I was taking them out of to make sure they were right, but didn't check the label. I got home and they were 12 oz ones:mad::mad: I had to take them back and when I went to the same cashier and explained--her responds was "oh that isn't good" Of course they were different prices so I had to stand in line to do the exchange (everything by the book :mad:). Never once did she apologize for my inconvenience of time and gas. I was so mad when I left I called up and spoke to a manager explaining I had to vent because where is the common courteous and empathy in life--I think it really doesn't exist especially in younger people (I hate saying that because my daughter falls into this catagory); my daughter knows better and expects "I am sorry" also and gets mad.

Okay I vented and should be working--YUCK!!!

Happy Wednesday!!! Soak up those rays of sunshine:D:D:):)

:mad:WHAT Happy Wednesday?????
My dog just threw up on the carpet. Yesterday she pooped twice in the house.
A hurricane is heading our way with a dead on hit and they are predicting 10" of rain Saturday....wind up to 120 mph. There are tons and tons of pine trees around here.
BIG ONES.
Bob assumes "we" are going to leave and go to Ryan's. Unless forced to I do not want to leave.
Whine, whine, whine. Grumpy ol' me.
AND I STILL have laryngitis. 12 days and counting.

CAN I GET A HUG?????????????????????

Hi gang-
We are going to need to evacuate. :( They're calling for 12 " of rain and winds sustained of 115mph. We will take both cars and Bailey and head for Ryan's.....with no idea of when we can return.:eek:
We've already brought everything inside and have made sure all the plants are watered....so that when the salt water arrives, they won't be eager to drink that up. At the moment we plan to leave about 4AM on Saturday. Traffic is a really big issue. There is only one way over to the "western shore." Today I saw cars backed up onto the road waiting to get gas just a few blocks from us. So-hopefully those panickers will be long gone by the time we head out.:confused:
And wouldn't you know this year we decided not to renew the flood insurance???:eek::eek: Barring something falling on the house, I don't think the inside will be harmed. We may-probably will get water into the garage. It got to within one foot of the garage for the really bad nor'easter two years ago. We've raised up everything on the garage floor and we will try to put down plastic to keep water out.
This is just incredible.
-love,
susan

OMG Susan,

I can't believe what this dang hurricane is turning into.

EVACUATE???? OMG!!!!

Did you take your computer:D:D:D

I hope everything will be okay dear Susan,
please check in and let us know everything is okay. Maybe it will turn and go out to sea.

Love,

HUGS, HUGS and MORE HUGS

Lots of BIG HUGS!!!!

WOW!!!! I hadn't been paying attention to where the hurricane was headed. I sure hope it changes direction and doesn't hit your town.

Be careful getting out of town. Those crazy people will be out there who don't have a clue what really needs to be done...:eek:

You just can't get back to training to do the start over....:( You will get it down and so will Bailey.

Enjoy your time at Ryan's!!!:)

Wow, Mom, when did we get this nice new pool in the non basement?

Hey Marie, dive in, water's fine.Ummm, Mom........ YOOOHOOOOOOOO MOM.....


OMG, Marie, mom evacuated without us. She forget us in the non basement:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:


MAN THE LIFE BOATS

Hey Sus, I hope you made it to Ryans and are not stuck on a road somewhere. Sending love and hugs.

Addy

OMG
.....I DID forget you while evacuating. Well the town is closed, the stores and restaurants are closed so I'll just have to tell you how to get by.
There is no pool in the basement, but there should be the beginnings of one tomorrow.Practice your swimming strokes. Use the new sweaters I gave you to keep yourself warm when you get out of the pool. You can wear one around the back and your shoulders and you can wear the second one around the front, also with your shoulders.Now the house alarm is set, so don't try to get into the house. You'll be fine in the non basement.
Eat some greens from around the yard and some pine cones. Bailey loves all of those so they MUST taste good.DO NOT eat anything that looks like a Tootsie Roll.
The house water is turned off so as soon as it starts raining use some grocery store plastic bags to catch the water. If you're still hungry, there is an opossum that comes by and there us a cat that I've seen several times. I guess you'll have to try to
buy sine lighters ti cook them.

We had a very safe and pleasant ride to Ryan's. :D Bailey traveled very well in the car in her condo. She is taking a while to settle down, but she'll have figured it all out by tomorrow.

Gotta go to bed. Vacating your house requres a lot of things to be done., We'll have a much better idea by Sunday about how long before we can go back.

HUGS to you both.:)

Love,
Sus an

Hi Susan,

Hoping all is well with you and yours. Last I heard, it was losing power so maybe there won't be much damage at your home. Keep in touch and let us know how things are with you and your family.

Hugs,
Leslie

Hi Susan,

When I checked the internet nothing was said so far so that could be good. Hopefully it will have lost power or change directions and your house and town will be safe.

It is a good thing I know how to swim--requirement in Southern California--haha!!! ;) I don't think I want to eat anything that looks like a tootsie roll---:eek:, but I might try the pinecones--Addy, we could roast them with the lighters, maybe a little salt and who knows...too bad Carrol is missing this adventure--she is always off who knows where!!!

Take care and I am glad Bailey is traveling better, can't say that for Miss Ella...she didn't drool, but almost home and blatttt:eek::D

Enjoy your time with Ryan!!!

Well, I tried some of those dang pine cones and I really don't see why Bailey likes them cause all they did was get stuck in my teeth!!!!!

I think I might of stumbled on some garlic mustard down the road and that had at least a bit of a bite to it.:p:p:p:p:p:p

As for the opussum, he's looking at ME for dinner:eek::eek::eek::eek:


Hopefully you can come home soon and everything is okay.

Love,
Addy

Hi Leslie, Marie and Addy-
The news we get is that there is very little affect @BB.:confused::confused: I don't understand how that can be.........I've watched TV almost nonstop for 36 hours and at the very least we should be flooded.:confused:
The power is out....the electric company turned it off at the beginning-after we evacuated....for safety. They are working on our area now so I bet it will be on before too long. It'll be "fun" to see what has happened inside the refrigerator and the freezer.:eek:
I am told the water flooding is less than it was a week ago with a summer storm.....if that is the case, we should be really fine.:D
Bob is grumpy, so I don't know what his plans are. I plan to go back right after lunch. I can take Bailey or he can take Bailey. By the way, Marie, we had given her 1/2 of a child's Dramamine before we left to come here. Will do the same today. You can't tell that it affects her other than she doesn't throw up............which is a HUGE blessing.:)
I am SOOOO relieved. From the news reports here it looked sooooo bad. I was really having a large case of nerves. I'll report after I get back.
Thanks for your messages and concerns. It was nice to be able to talk with people who aren't caught up in this.
Love,
Hugs,
Susan

Oh.....Addy-----you might want to be careful with that garlic mustard. Sounds like some of Palmer's poop when he was ill. (Yes, I meant to say Palmer.)
YUCK

Welcome Home Susan!!!!!!


Hope everything is okay

HUGS AND KISSES AND SMILES FOR YOU AND BAILEY

Love,
Addy

Hi There Adventurer,

I hope this post fines you home and there is no damage!!!

I hope Bailey had a good time at Ryan's. I will look into the children's dramine. Ella will probably get a whole one at 30+ lbs. maybe more...:D

I keep looking on MSN for reports about Delaware, but I just don't spend enough time looking--they talked about VT so no news is good news.

Now you can get back to Bailey's training. If she is socialized with other dogs pretty good, how would a private instructor work???? There are days I want to head in that direction:eek::eek: I wouldn't send her away--even though that has crossed my mind--haha!!! It is always good to work with your little buddy because you have to live with them 24/7.

Ella acted very strange yesterday--she got scared from a hinged handle squeaking on a large tool box. She even went into her condo on her own and layed down; of course you couldn't close the door, but still very strange for her--something beat her in the "game" and she got depressed I guess...

So glad you are okay and doesn't sound like to much happened to your home.

(((Big Hugs)))

Hi!
Well we got home and the only real dammage was two large limbs out of our tree in the front yard. It already lost another large limb earlier this summer. It doesn't have too many left to lose :(:( .
Guess what??!! The painters will be here @8AM tomorrow!!:D
They power washed today and will begin the painting tomorrow. Somehow I got the idea this would be two days......I guess it depends on how many are here to do the painting. At least it got me to trim all the bushes around the house....so they could get in there and paint. I have just about 6 more around back, which do not need to be done for the painters.....and I'll be done for the year.
Lots of lots of people in the Washington area are without power and may not get it back until the end of the week. It seems the winds on Sunday did most of the damage.....not the water and rain. You can't even really tell there was a storm here except the main road is loaded with pine cones.
Oh-Miss Bailey finally "discovered" the turtle next door today. They have a huge turtle.....probably 3ft. long, 3 ft high and at least 2 feet wide...made out of metal, in front of their house. While I was trimming she kept barking and barking. I could not see anyone or anything around, so I asked her what the deal was. Then I figured out it was the turtle. I went over and rapped on it with my hand and then she seemed to be okay with it. What a silly thing she can be!:rolleyes::cool::D
Gotta get to bed.....8AM comes way too early for me!!
Love,
Susan

So happy you didn't have any damage except for the tree limbs.

How funny Bailey was barking at the turtle. That is something Ella would do also. She even knows when something is out of place--not there the day before--they are silly little beings!!!:D

Good news about the painters--wasn't your house already power washed from the storm--haha!!:D

Have fun watching the painters, what a crazy world, one day a hurricane, the next day painters:D:D:D:D

I am glad your home and property are unscathed by the storm. Some of the flooding film they showing on TV in New Jersey and Vermont is just awful.

Enjoy your week.

Love,
Addy

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PERSON?

Information wanted on the wearabouts of Susan. May be accompanied by small dog. Last seen wearing a red sweater. Last sighting was in her driveway watching house painters.

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If you know of her wearbouts please contact Addy or Marie as they are getting sick of eating pine cones and are quite hungry.

What? We have lost MOM????? :eek:

I thought for sure she had found us and promised a Steak Dinner for all!!!!:D

She is taking a vacation from her vacation I bet and we weren't invited AGAIN!!!!:rolleyes:

I hope all is well and it is just dealing with the house painters has you very busy!!! Maybe you lost your voice so you cannot type the words also?????:p

Where have you been?? I've been looking for you EVERYwhere!!
Alas and alack.....it is the painters,......and the doctors......and Bailey........and life!....and no voice..........STILL!:confused:
Yesterday I had an appt with ENT dude. I headed out and the main road was CLOSED.:eek: I realized, as I detoured that I would wind up being 15 -20 minutes late. I called the dr. office figuring it was 1/2 hr. before I was to be there and they'd cut me some slack, since I was so good at reporting my dilemma before that last minute. WRONG! They would allow me to be 15 minutes late and no more. :mad::mad: This place was an hour from home and I'd be danged before I drove all the way up there to be told...."I'm sorry....it's been 16 minutes since you were supposed to be here. You will have to rebook."
I'm into week #4 with whatever this is. I had Bob call and try to sweet talk them, but they wouldn't budge. I returned home. I've become really concerned about this because I've never lost my voice before, I have no other indications of being ill and I was starting to convince myself that I had nodes on my vocal chords and of course they would undoubtedly be malignant.:eek::eek:
Bob and I went out for a bite to eat and he suggested that I consider going to the hospital.....not the clinic....maybe we could get some answers there. That sounded like a really good idea to me. The painter was coming for a short while this AM and we planned to head out right after he left.
This hospital is great.:) I waited maybe 10 minutes. :D They took me right back after taking a high blood pressure reading. (WHAT NOW???) A really nice PA came in. She listened to Bob tell my tale of woe.....I have no voice, you know, and she asked a few questions. In a nutshell-she knows this doc I'm trying to see. She says he is great. He treated her. He was unable to take care of her issue so he sent her to a DR in NY. The NEXT day! She says it probably is not a virus. It probably is not bacteria. She says there is probably something going on with my vocal chords. It could be a node. If so-it may be benign. Anyway she spent about 15 or 20 minutes with us and was very helpful. So-my rescheduled appt. is on Thursday. She thinks I will be glad I am going to see this DR. I feel much better about it now and won't be so worked up waiting for Thursday.
The painters are almost done. Maybe two more days. The weather has been gorgeous and perfect for painting. They are doing a wonderful job and are very nice to work with.
Bailey goes in for a trim on Thursday. She needs one badly.She's about back to where she was before we went away...behavior wise. She seems to be settling down just a tad more. HOORAY!!!:D:D
I've not felt real great (cheerful):( and I think I've done quite a bit of complaining,:( so I just stayed away for a few days.
We are now watching ANOTHER hurricane. Katia. She's supposed to head up the east coast. It's too early to tell but they say we'll get rain no matter what.
HAPPY SATURDAY!!!
Love,
Susan

Addy and Marie-I'll make you steak, garlic mashed potatoes and a salad with blue cheese. COME AND GET IT!!!!! No more pine cones!!!!
-The lady in the red sweater.

What time is dinner??? I can't wait....can we bring the Surfer Dudes???:D The hurricane washed them in and again they are soooooo CUTE!!;)

Happy rest of the weekend!!! The weather is beautiful here also!!!!

I need your painters--do they travel?

Ah, Sus, I am so sorry to hear you still have no voice. I was hoping it was just a bout of laryngitis. Is it possible it relates back to your Ehrlichiosis ?

It is perfectly understandable that you feel out of sorts and you can complain all you want because we are always here to support you.:):)

I am so glad the house painters are doing a good job!!! I was worried maybe they were being pains in the butts and locked you in the non basement!!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek:


Maybe you need to take a ME day. I took one yesterday and went to a new salon for a cut and style. They gave me hot towels and tea and a wonderful hair wash with neck message, hot conditionig treament with hot towels on my head and I asked for a completely different hair style- wavy not straight. OMG, I felt like a new person, walking out of there yesterday. I spent the rest of the day with a smile plastered to my face.;);)

FEEL BETTER SOON-HUGS, HUGS HUGS, LOVE, LOVE LOVE


LOVE YA,
addy

Hi Addy-
Thanks for the comforting words. I can tell you that this is not related to the Ehrlichiosis....I asked my doc when I saw her at the beginning of the week. "Something is going on with the vocal chords" is what the PA said. I'm kind of getting used to it now....but it is annoying when people keep saying to me .........."What?" :( Of course it's annoying to them when I don't speak up!:o
Your "me" day sounds WONDERFUL!!! I've had the same hair style for 40 years now, mostly. I have tried perms, different cuts, and nothing is as successful as what I have....which is straight and fairly short. I do think I may book a massage. I just need to get all my other appointments rearranged before I can plan on anything. The dumb ENT gals messed up my pre-op appt with the foot doc, my haircut, and another thing I had scheduled.....plus Bailey get's groomed that same day. Bob was going to go with me but I don't think he can with all that is supposed to happen.
Back to the hair-mine is salt and pepper. Sometimes I use this mousse that colors it until you shampoo next. I've seen a number of women with VERY short hair......like 3/4" all over.....and I've wondered about doing something like that. I think I'd need to be mostly gray to get that to look okay....and I don't think I have the guts to do it. A punk rocker type haircut could be fun for awhile...but only in the summer.
Also-as if enough weren't concerning me-the last couple of times my blood pressure has been up. The last 3 times, actually. I think I may to really need to say goodbye to the Cokes and the caffeine. Once I do that, I need to drop some weight. A heart attack scares the SH@#*!@# out of me.:eek::eek:
Hey Marie-bring the surfer dudes....especially if they are cute. I want the one without the really hairy chest. I'll go get more steaks and potatoes now.;)
And Addy-no, the painters don't know about the nonbasement. I was saving that secret in case they did a not so hot job. So-at the moment, only you and Marie are down there. COME ON OUT!!! It's a gorgeous day!:D:)
Love,
Susan

Hi Susan,

I saw some really cute short cuts at the salon. Give it a try even though summer is over. It'll grow back.;);)

Yup, I know that too much caffeine and needing to drop a few feeling:D:D Add some sudafed for my allergies and I don't even want to know blood pressure rates:eek::eek::eek: But the caffeine helps some of my headaches.

Hope you find out about your voice this week and you get to see the ENT. Maybe you should ask them if it is nodules, why did it start right after you feeling like you were getting a cold or that you were coming down with something? It seemed to come on so suddenly. Unless the nodules make you feel like you had a scrathy, sore throat?

I think you should go for a massage. It will relax you and take away some of the tension.

Have a wonderful day. I hope your steeping stones are coming along.

Love,
Addy

Hi Addy-

I think the order in which this happened was.....we got up to go on our trip. Then or later that day I had this hoarseness. I just assumed that meant cold. There have been no other symptoms other than a slight fever on two, maybe three days. The throat does not hurt nor does it feel anything other than normal. It's only when I go to speak that I am reminded....oh yeah......I don't have my voice now. Why it came on so suddenly and so constantly is baffling. I guess (hope) we'll know more on Thursday.:cool:

I am due to get my hair cut this week-but due to all the scheduling being changed, I've asked her just to wait until I can give her something definite. I'd have to be feeling pretty perky and sassy to get the short cut. I need to go see the woman I know who has the nice looking one....maybe that will inspire me more.

I don't really think of it as set in stone, but my right foot surgery is planned for 10/15.:eek: The pre-op appt. for that is one of the things I need to change. Depending on what happens with the voice, I may put that off until after the first of the year. I may do that anyway.

How is it going with the Blue Bunny? :rolleyes: My aunt used to fix me chocolate chip ice cream (my fav) with marshmallow goop and chocolate sauce on top. Oh how I loved that. :) I've tried it myself and it just isn't as good. I guess she had a special touch that she added in. I miss her. :(

I just came back from a nice long walk with Miss Bailey. It is a fairly nice day, but we are supposed to have rain all week. Now that it is getting cooler, I have a hunch she will be running in figure eights more. I am really glad that the heat does not bother her like it did my first two dogs.

Bailey seems to bark at any tall object. We were visiting friends Saturday and a guy moved some golf clubs. You'd have thought a burglar had entered! And-when we are in bed and ready to go to sleep, Bob leans over to kiss me. Bailey does NOT like that. She tries to jump between us and mumbles a bit. What a silly little pooch.

I hope Koko is still doing well.:)

Love,
Susan

Hey Susan,

Koko is fine, thank you for asking. He likes the cooler weather also. Monday night he was running around the house like he was possessed.:D:D:D:D Koko still gets the puppy crazies and he is now 4.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

The remnants of tropical storm Lee must be hitting the East Coast now so you will most likely have a bit of rain. It did not come our way but the cooler weather sure did. Our weather changed abruptly but it feels good in a way though my allergies are not good right now.

Little Miss Bailey will be full of energy once the rain stops or does she like the rain? My two are not crazy about it unless it is more of a drizzle.

Good luck with the doctor appointment tomorrow. Maybe they will tell you you need an extended vacation, a cruise may be good.;) As long as you are not in the vicinity of hurricanes:D:D:D:D

Hugs,
Addy

Hey Addy-

H. Lee was supposed to bring rain all week, but we've had one fifteen minute downpour. They are calling for rain for the rest of the week....but turning a bit nicer for the weekend. It's okay-we don't need the water.

Bailey has not had much chance to explore rain. She seems like she thinks it's fun. When she gets inside, she tears throughout the house. She is tolerating baths better, but it takes two of us. The walks are going better. I may keep her.;)
We had one week when we could leave the house open. We had to close up at the beginning of this week. We're back in the mid 80s and VERY humid. At least we'll get a break on the electric bill-being gone for 9 days and opening up for one week.:)

Today is 37 years. I have a clause in my wedding contract that gives me the ability to review it each year and decide if I want to extend it for another year. (JUST KIDDING!) I'm still deciding for this year.:rolleyes:

How long can you leave the pool open? I wish we had a pool. We have a hot tub.....that's kind of a pool. I keep it cooler in the summer.

Well-no painters so far this week. I think I'll go down into the non-basement and see if they're playing checkers down there. They only have two or maybe 2+ days and they'll be finished. At least they got the front done first......if they don't finish no one will ever know! Except we have 3 doors, none visible from another, and at the moment they are 3 different colors....a blue, a rust and a blue/lavender. Maybe I'll leave them that way!!:eek::D;)

It's hump day and you're on the downside of hump day! The weekend cannot be far off!!:):)

Love,
Susan

Isn't that just like painters? Here today, gone tomorrow, finish the job? You mean you wanted it done this year????:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


I did not know you needed surgery on your other foot. Maybe it is good to postpone that until you feel stronger. 'Cluck, Cluck" says mother hen addy:D:D:D:D:D:D Aww, there is my overprotective streak kicking in again. Bear with me, it will go away:o:o:o:o

We usually close the pool the third Saturday in September. The nights start getting too cold, it is hard to keep the water temperature up even with the solar cover and the heater has to run a good 16 hours or more for us to enjoy an afternoon in the pool. Doesn't make sense for us to keep it open, we will get few warm days now. But I do like looking at it. I always miss seeing the water once it is closed and covered. I'm a water baby.;);)

Hot tubs are nice. When our second grandchild was born we were at the hospital all night with no sleep. I flipped the heater on before we left thinking maybe we would want to relax in the pool for a bit later in the day. Well, we stopped home that evening at supper time with the older granddaughter. I asked her to go out and check the pool temperature. She came back and said it is 92. I rolled my eyes and said, stop fooling around, what is the temperature? She said again 92.

I raced outside and sure enough, the pool was 92. We had the biggest hot tub in town and boy we all jumped in and did not want to get out.

Have a good Thursday and let me know what the doc says.

Love,
Addy

Yeah-painters......this was scheduled to take place in April. They're not here today again. :( They call for rain...but yesterday was sunny, blue skies, nice temps. It'll get done.
Yes-other foot. I have one question about the left foot for the doc.....so long as the answer is simple, I'll go ahead now. My orthopedic surgeon discharged me earlier this week. That's a very weird feeling.....I've been at it so long, it seems like being discharged was never going to happen. If I could get the foot doc to discharge me this year, I could go on my merry way thinking all my issues (for now) were put behind me in 2011. 2012 would be a fresh, clean slate.:D:):D
Besides.....we are planning on a vacation in spring and another in the fall. The sooner I get to work on this, the sooner it won't affect my fun time.:D

Just dropped Bailey off for her grooming. While we were having a scrumptious dinner of steak, garlic mashed pots, spinach and an "on the house" dessert-with a candle in it...........Bailey was munching on the stuffing of the pad in her condo.:eek: And man she did a job! She had the whole pad pulled up so far that she could no longer see out the front. Bob thought that was very funny until he saw the mess. So no more pads for her until she is much more mature. She'll have to make do with towels for a base. :mad:
Well-I guess I'd better scurry. I do NOT want to be one minute late for this ENT dude. I'll report back later today on what the two docs and I have decided/learned.
HAPPY THURSDAY.....ONE MORE TO GO AFTER TODAY!!!!!
How's your week off going Marie?
Hugs 'n such,
Susan

Hello,

The week is going by toooooo fast and I have this feeling of I don't want to work anymore!!!:eek:

I hope you get good news at the doctor's today!!! But then again...Addy, we could be really really bad in the non-basement or even the rest of the house and Mom can't yell at us---hehe!!!!:D

The weather is hot and humid here. These are the few days of the year when having AC would be nice at night, but right now Miss Ella is at my feet sleeping under the table while I type away. We have a little fan going so far it is nice. It was a little humid on the trail this morning. She had a good time when I let her off leash and came back most of the time.

I am glad Bailey is a keeper this week!!!:p

Get Better and those painters will eventually be back if they want to get paid....:rolleyes:

Happy Anniversary!!! Don't we all have anniversaries this month???? Addy, I think yours is the same as mine on the 21st....I have 31 years--I like your clause in your wedding contract Susan--hahaha!!!!:p:);):D

OMG Marie, don't tell hubby but yes we all do have an anniversary and ours are the same day. I totally forgot. My bad:o:o:o:o:o Hubby probably won't want to renew our contract; I am as batty as ever and I think I usually put him last on the list.:eek::eek::eek:

Sus, I hope the ENT brings GOOD NEWS. Here is to a wishing and a hoping and a praying. I think I might of rewrote a Dion Warwick song there:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: LOL I am dating myself, aren't I?

Love,
addy

Yes, Abby-you are dating yourself. I must have gone to a gazillion D. Warwick concerts.:cool: Then I realized that all of her chatter, ALL OF IT, was exactly the same at every show, every place. :( Then she got into that psychic thing and got too batty for me....but I do have a bunch of her music.

Marie-love and laughed at your comment of not being able to yell at youse guys.:D:D

Well-here's the news. ENT dude, who is not a warm person, says I have no nodes that he can see. That's good. He tells me I have strained my voice and am now speaking in an unnatural way. I may have yelled, says he. Well....I don't yell....ever, unless it's the name "Bailey." I asked him how could I have changed my manner of speaking after a whole lifetime. He wants/suggests I go see a speech therapist. Well I think that is ridiculous. So-disappointing appt :mad: and I even had to drive through a very flooded intersection at his office to get there.:mad::o:o

I was nine minutes late. I realized on the way there that I had been looking on my Google Map at the miles and thinking in my head that was the time to get there. :confused: Turns out it's a good hour not 39 minutes. :eek: I think I flew under the radar.....if you heard the sound barrier break around 10:45, that was me! :o:p:D

Bailey got groomed today. I'll try to get a new picture to post. She weighs in at a whopping 9.4 lbs now.:D

Foot surgeon....it's a go ahead for Oct 5th. I had it in my mind that it was the 15th......but that's a Saturday so I was obviously wrong about that. Told me about the staying in bed and not getting up except for the bathroom. I'd forgotten about that. Raise the leg so it's above the heart and ice it any time I am not sleeping. Sleep with it raised too. I'm a side sleeper.....I don't sleep very well on my back with my leg stuck up in the air. :eek: I think I'll be sleeping in the recliner some.
AND ladies-I'll be back on DRUGS!!!! I LOVE that feeling you get immediately before the lights go out.

Well....still no more rain and still no painters. I'm not worried, I'm just surprised.

Does anybody know how old dogs are when they reach maturity for weight and height? (We all know that Bailey won't reach regular maturity EVER at the rate she's going!):rolleyes:;):D
Take care guys. Over and out.
-Susan