Bailey and Friends

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