It is snowing!!!and its the 29th of May!!! My poor alliums,the flowers were just coming out. I have been off and on in bed all day.None of the meds for my back are working. I cant cross my legs to put socks on! I may spend another day in bed and maybe I can get an early appointment this week with the doctor. We are going to the lab on Monday morning so will get the utilities paid and head out to Fort Saskatchewan and will stop at the doc's office in Gibbons on the way to set up the appointments. when they see me hobble in,I am very sure they will get me in on Tuesday.

I think I slept most of the day but could use a whole lot more. All I seem to do is sleep. Ian is so good, he doesnt complain and will cook supper as long as I clean up. No problem,if it was just me,I would live on salads,grilled cheese,tomato soup and Kraft Dinner. Corn and peas for veggies.

I have been holding off getting into the shower,it hurts too much to twist the body around. Maybe I can talk Ian into washing my back and legs.Yeah,wouldnt take much talking,rofl. Harry doesnt like the snow,he had nice green grass to eat now it is white. And he sure makes quick work of his business! Bought some child Gravol liquid,just got to stop in at the vets to find out how much to give him. I could just put a bib on him but I know how I feel in the backseat,have to bring a bag! dont want him to suffer.

Already making lists of what food to bring when we go to the Yukon. Oatmeal for breakfast,soup and sandwiches for lunch its just supper that has me stumped. Oh well,I will 'git er done'. well heading off to bed before I cant move. Try and talk tomorrow. Bye

Going to Edmonton tomorrow. Ian is planning the route by the places I want to go so it will be the west end,through St Albert.then up to 137Ave until we get to the northeast and come home.Should be fun even tho the retarded weather witch says there will be rain. We are taking the truck because some of the places have iffy parking.We will take the El Camino into the Fort tomorrow.

I fell asleep this afternoon and missed all the news. I forgot to take anything out of the freezer so we had soup and grilled cheese. Was good with my salad. I have to stop at Walmart,they are the only place I have found pumpkin orange spray paint. I want to paint the black bird thing I have in the garden and orange is a good enough colour. Have to buy cup hooks so I can hang my sleeping gnome. Also have a string of solar lanterns and have just the best place for them. All of Ian's sunflowers are up,mine are just starting. Just noticed that the alliums will be in bloom in a day or so.

Going in with Ian when he gets his bloodtest and will have mine too. Have to get a seperate one in July. It has something to do with my platelets. who knows,maybe they do tricks or something.We are going to the Yukon in about 6 weeks. I have to figure out what food to take and what clothes to bring along. We also have to figure out what to do with Ian's warfarin etc.

I think the dr will tell us to stop every couple of hours so he can move around.Thats fine by me,Harry and I will be up for a pee break anyway. We figure we will stop at Pouce Coupe for the first night. They have a nice little town campground that is cheap!!

I am going to see if I can get on the bariatric surgery list. I cant seem to lose the weight I need to.I have been to overeaters anonymous for 4 years in BC and never did lose a pound. I take medication that keeps the weight on,specially the insulin.Been on it for 16 years.I get fed up with skinny drs. tell me to use willpower.Any of the "groups" that are for chubby ones can kiss my ass,too. I left OA for 6 months,came back and the same people were bitching about the same things,they hadnt changed anything. I never went back.I would go for the lap band surgery,if I can get on the list.I may not be able to because of the hiatis hernia.who knows,it cant hurt to try.

well,I am going to end this and go sit out and watch the solar lights as they come on. Have a yard full. Will be back tomorrow night or Friday night and see if I can have an encounter with a walmart person,rofl

It started out cloudy then sunny now back to cloudy.Hope the solar lights got enough sun. I am going to the doctor soon,going to get Ian to use permanent marker to pinpoint the area that needs an injection.The marker will wear off eventually. if not,oh well,I will have black circles on my back.

Ian is giving me a great anniversary present- he will pay for my tattoo pigs eyes to be coloured and his wings also.Little sucker will have red eyes and grey wings. The next Tattoo will be a mosquito with attitude, and will say Bite Me.,my second favorite saying.My favorite is Kiss My Ass.the pig says....when pigs fly!If I was younger,I would have tattoos all over my arms.

Ian helped plant a large field with spuds,and helped with onion sets and a bunch of other veggies. We dont plant greens anymore because Ian cant eat them being on warfarin. I cant eat the amount that we would have.

I dont know what I did to lose yesterdays blog,cant remember what I was typing so it must have been boring.My daughter Cathy was rear ended on her way to work .My grandson was in the car and it was good he is still in the car seat. They spent most of the day in the Emergency.

She has slight whiplash and my Grandson didnt have a scratch. People dont know how to drive in traffic circles. The Asian guy who hit her didnt want to give her his info after she gave him hers,but she called the cops and he then gave her his info. Her insurance company wants to get her car scanned as it is a unibody and it may be damage not seen by looking at it. She is on light duty at work,how can a silk-screen hand printer be light duty.

I need to get my granddaughter Caits out here to teach this old bitch some new tricks on the computer. She is patient with me. I dont even use my cell phone,but I dont like talking on the phone anyway. I have to stop in at the vets,to find out about heart worm and how much Gravol to give to Harry.We are going up to Calling Lake which is about 11/2 hrs from here to catch some walleye. They bite really good when the fluff is flying. I will just sit at the shore with my dog and we will both be stoned-Harry on gravol and me on antihistamines. Ian can catch my 2 walleye and row in and give them to me then he can catch his2. Will be interesting day.

I might go into the Fort to get a couple of salads for me and maybe some caffeine free diet cola.Safeway has a good brand that doesnt taste like chemicals. well,I think I caught up on things now,but never can tell.My mind streams 2 different thought processes,so I find it easy to read a book and watch TV and not miss anything,yeah I truly am a mad woman lol.

Good night to all who read this stuff and hope you arent completely bored hearing about my life.

It is another crappy day.Havent slept well even with the meds.t is supposed to clear up by moday.Planning to go into the city on Thursday. There are places I want to go to JYSK and a liquidation place,then will probably pig out on mussels and pick up 6 more fish. I want to check out the saddlebags for dogs,Harry needs to drain his excess energy and he can carry his own poop bags and treats.

I spent 2 hrs scrubbing the deep fryer,had a boil over and the oil just seems to burn on the sides.Well it is clean now with fresh oil so happy frying.Should have the other bookcase up tomorrow,then Ian has to lug approximately 30 boxes of books. There may be less but if I take the ones I enjoy reading,most of them will find a home somewhere,either back in a box or on the shelves. Ian doesnt enjoy reading much,I read way too much but learn a lot of stuff. My head is full of useless information but it does come in handy sometimes.Its weird,I can pull stuff out of my head all the time.

The damn cat is scratching on the wall because he wants someone to bring down whole cat food.He does not like to eat little pieces,spoiled old thing. If he dropped them on the floor,Harry would be a happy dog. Today feels like I should have put the furnace back on,supposed to be 0C tonight. Guess I will have to get another comforter and throw it on the bed.

There is absolutely nothing on TV tonight. I guess I could always watch crap or a dvd. will probably watch a dvd.Dont have a clue when Ian will be back. Hope it isnt too hard to take out that transmission. Its big because the machine it is coming out of is real big. I could have my shower before he gets home,he is gonna need a big one when he gets back.well,Im going to make a cup of Roobiboos tea and read some more.Maybe I will have something interesting for tomorrow.Night All.Ill be back.

well,the heat is finally gone and the fire is now in control thanks to the rain we had last night and the off and on stuff today. Ian didnt go planting spuds,it was too mucky at the spud area.

I managed to get the dishwasher emptied and 2 loads of laundry plus I made supper. Havent taken any drugs yet today.It takes me twice as long to do anything today.Then I find out that Cathy and Kritter were rear ended at a traffic circle. Kritter was fine,glad he isnt big enough for a booster.Cathy has a mild whiplash,but wait until tomorrow!!She will probably be more sore than now. I still remember the whiplash I had,took forever to heal.

On Monday I am going to get my blood work done. See if I am low on iron again.Must be,I wake up just as tired as I felt the night before. I was full of energy,did all kinds of stuff when I caught a virus that gave me pericarditis. They found the pleursy 8 days later when my blood oxygen was so low I was talking to shapes on my wall and dont remember 2 days. so it was another time in hospital. never got over it.

Enough whining,sound like a crabby old thing. My friends like me,so thats all that matters.Supper was real crap. It was supposed to be meatballs in gravy over nice fluffy rice. I forgot to wash the basmati rice the 3 times so it was kind of gooey.

well this is enough for tonight,I am for sure going to bed before 2am if it kills me!! Have a good night and day,will try to be back tomorrow

It has been raining quite hard,with thunder. Hope the fire got some of the hard rain we did. I wont have to go out and water the potted plants tonight.

Ian is going to help out with potato planting tomorrow. I cant bend over good enough to help so will fool around and get some stuff done. I have to do a load of towels,there are only the ratty ones left in the cupboard. We went into the Fort today to get the paint, this time I took a hunk of the wall for their matching machine. Ian wanted to change the plug so he cut a big chunk out of the wall. The colour can best be described as Home Depot orange mixed with red.

When we got home it was 31C outside. 26C in the house. warm. all the fans were put to good use. It has cooled down with the rain so is at least kind of comfortable. I sleep poorly when it is hot,only because of the meds I take am I able to sleep at all. Most of the meds make me super sensetive to sun so I usually always use sun block and wear a hat,mostly ball caps.

Saw my first actual Walmart person. She was wandering around the store with gloves,earmuffs and a tuque.Did I mention she was wearing Daisy Dukes?? Everyone else was sweating as bad as I was,lol.I was not the only person to stop and stare!!! I had a few words with a dumb bitch at the stop light.She threw a lit cigarette out her window so I called her a dumb bitch and asked her if she would like her house burned because someone else threw out a lit cigarette. Ian sort of hid behins the steering wheel. I was not quiet and I was not polite. Her mouth just dropped and the light changed and we drove off..

We are having another series of thunder and lightening so will have to shut down. Will be back tomorrow,God willing and the creeks dont rise.

It is so frigging hot,at least 10 degrees above normal. Cant open any windows as the smoke from the fire makes my throat sore.Our friend has moved all her horses and donkeys plus cats and dogs home. Was surprised to see her being interviewed on TV. She has a little minature donkey that when she bought him, had never been brushed. He has long long forelock,I call him Joanne's Rastafarian donkey. Ill help her put beads in it. I have some really colourful.

Ian has 1 and a half bookshelves put together. Tomorrow we are supposed to finish although it is supposed to be over 30C and I dont think I will be of much help. I finished most of my planting on Saturday,just have a canister of assorted flowers to scatter all over the round bed. Hope they all come up and I can get flowers for the house. I always have sunflowers but sometimes I like something not so boisterious,like the sweetpeas and the like. I just remembered that I have nasturtiums yet also have a package of wall flowers but have a nice pot for them.

Went to Home Depot last week to get paint to touch up the bedroom. They had Prarie Sunset as some creepy peach sherbert. Ian is going to cut a piece of gyprock so they can colour match it. well, I am heading off to bed,under the ceiling fan. Have a good night and remember Arnols Awartzenegger's famous saying,Ill Be Back.!!!

It has been quite the day.The fire got going again,they estimate it is 1000 hectares. We had one friend evacuate their horsed,donkeys,dogs and cats because if the wind shifts,their place wont be safe. Another guy we know lost his,barn and outbuildings,they managed to get the fire away from his house. Where we quad,there is 2 building that got burned. It was hard to breathe outside this afternoon. the wind shifted again and I couldnt smell any smoke.For a time there was an air quality advisory for Redwater. my throat was sore so didnt go outside once that happened.

We got more cow manure this morning. The guy was there and offered to fill the truck for us. This stuff is fresh and looks to have no bedding in it. The stuff smells good.Our creepy neighbours on one side will be quite pissed off. Tough shit. Speaking of that,they scoop up their dog crap in a pile at the fence. Doesnt bother me, we pick up ours every day and put it in the waste bin for organics.Nothing can be more organic than dog poop.

These neighbours are so strange,if we go outside and they are out they go in,bring their kids in and their 2 dogs. He has never said a word to us during the 4 years they have been there.Oh she talked to me after one of their drunk friends called me 'sweet cheeks' and Being my usual self,told him to fuck off.She said dont say that and I told her to fuck off,too. I cant stand drunks,never have. I have heard some worse language coming out of her mouth directed at her kids. Small town,small lots ,open windows and doors!

Tomorrow I have to spend some time searching for my phone's house charger,cant find it. I have to get the laundry caught up and clean the bathroom floor. If it is not too smokey out side,I will plant some more seeds.well, thats all thats happening here for now. Have a good night,all.

we were over at a friends house this afternoon,he brought Ian back a bottle of Old Granddad Bourbon. We notices a smoke plume rising and heard emergency vehicles. There is a fast moving brush fire not far from their place. After we left,we looked back at the smoke and it was black and heavy. Guess we wont be quadding in there for a while. The smoke is over Redwater and I have a sore throat from it. Supposed to be hot until next Tuesday.

Ian got two planters filled with mixed dirt and cow manure. We will have to go gather more cow pies tomorrow. I dont have much to say tonight,not too much happened today and I am going to have grilled cheese for my supper. Ate my salad but fell asleep watching the news. Just heard they are going to put water bombers on the fire,there was one in the same area last year. fire should be out soon. Night to the few who read this blog,it must be the most boring thing ever! Have a good one

It has not been a good day fibro wise. My biceps and triceps are all in spasm,elbows hurt and the weirdest of all is the charlie horses in my diaphram. I turn too quick and there it is feeling as big as a baseball. Have the brain fog,too. I am trying to get along with as little pain stuff as possible.

One bright note,I bought more solar trash for the backyard.Sure bathes the yard in colour!!Ian is planting parsnips and if I can I will be planting all the sunflowers,and the geraniums. I just noticed today that the metal bench needs to be painted I put a large planter on the seat with 3 different colours of geraniums. This year its 3 shades of pink.I will put nastursiums all around the the planter. Last year we planted marigolds in a huge bed,but this year it will be an assortment of flowers,will have to wait until they germinate. We are going to be gone for 2 weeks in July,so I didnt want to have too much for Cathy to water when she gets here to clean the cat box.well,Caits can do the cleaning of the box.

We went fishing yesterday and it was so much fun,I couldnt fish and I wont get into the boat so Harry and I had a good time napping. We have to get him some gravol or the like,he got car sick on the way back home.Just drooled a lot and laid with his head in my lap. Poor thing,he was fine once he got out of the truck.I knew that I was in for a bad day when I woke up,I usually stretch before I attempt to get up.could not even do that well the flareup usually only lasts a few days.

Ian is still being a food Nazi,I have decided to just ignore his attitude and keep on with what I am doing. I like to have a choice of what I have on my plate,not something he thinks I like. I am tired of potatos ,no matter how they are cooked. same with rice so I will make bulgar and coucous. Well,it is after midnight and I need to try and get comfortable. Will try and find something interesting to talk about. Bye for now.

last post got eaten by something in the web,no sign of it.

Went fishing in a trout lake today,at least Ian did. There were a pair of Great Blue Herons flying around and I think I know where their nest might be. Saw 3 Osprey,one dove down into the water but came up empty beaked. There were crowds of red winged black birds,males of course. The females are a stripey brown,very plain looking. we used to have all those at our old place. Even saw a big red-headed woodpecker and a little downy woodpecker. we see those each winter here.Ian mixes up chunky peanut butter with chopped peanuts and bird seed. no wonder we go through so much peanut butter,all the nuthatches and chickadees eat the black oil sunflower seeds plus niger seed. we grow a lot of our own sunflower seeds so just leave them standing all winter.

I am making an appointment with the family doctor because of really bad headaches and bleeding nose.Oh well,just more tests.wonder if that is because of low platelets.Well they will also find that out from my next blood test. I have to go pick up my insulin tomorrow.they gave me 2 boxes and owe me 10 more. I have 98 refills left. 1 refill of 12 boxes costs $640.00, I pay $25.

Poor Harry was car sick on the way home.He didnt barf just was drooling and keeping his eyes closed. Now I know that I need to go to the vet and get him something for travel sickness.Got to find out about heartworm meds. We didnt have that on the island so never thought to get information on it.

Ian is still being a food Nazi. I have finally gotten him to realize that somedays I am just not hungry. I have something to eat much later.Like yougort or strawberries or my favorite raspberries. I was going to make pea soup tomorrow but the temperature is going to be warm. I should be able to plant the sunflowers,the calendulas and nastursiums.

We have to start thinking about getting the trailer ready for the Yukon trip. Need to unroll the canopy and give it a scrub besides all the outer shell. We left the fridge door open all winter so I just need to scrub it down with baking soda. Same with the bathroom..we wont find any mice nests because we put bait on top of the tires and every cupboard. Probably left clothes in there over the winter as well as towels.Have to wash them,they get a funny 'dead air' smell.

I am going to finish this now, and go to bed,have been fighting off sleep since 6pm. Maybe instead of fighting it,I should just go to bed.will talk again soon,hope it is more interesting next time. hmmm dont I say that every time?? Night to all

I am finally talking to Ian a little bit. I was sooo mad at him yesterday.I was in the veggie department of Walmart getting salads and he goes "PUT THAT BACK" people turned around and stared and I was so embarrassed that I called him a dumb ass and told him he could just F&%#K right off. I immediately headed to the check out. My face felt like it was on fire I was so embarrassed.

We later went to get cow manure,I stayed in the truck with Harry as he picked up cow pies. Will have endless supply now. I still didnt talk to him,just Harry.This morning he finished the pergola roof with out me mentioning it so I figured he was sorry and didnt know how to say it yet.I still am not completely unangry with him. Jerk was just in here and said the salad dressing I bought was gross,all I said was dont eat it then,wanted to say more but its like arguing with an unarmed combatant.

If he would not be a food nazi,then I wouldnt get stressed,which wouldnt cause more cortisol to run around my body and that on top of chronic fibro pain and the arthritis in my sacro-illiac joint I could deal much better with him and everything else. I think I am just tired,when I am I get achy and bitchy and just want to be left alone.

He wants to get manure tomorrow,then probably go see if there are any pigeons flying. then end up at his buddy's place to help take out a tranny in a big tracked Cat.

I am hoping all my solar thingys in the backyard are charged. 2 werent last night so I moved them to a better place to get charged. I also have a gnome in a hammock to hang up also. Have all kinds of gnomes,pigs and rocks from all over.We brought 2 from BC that you dont see out here some from Yellowknife and will get some in the Yukon. We left behind my red Jasper nuggets which weighed 10 lbs each. Couldnt bring everything as it was we were condensing 2-1152 sq.ft.floors into a total 950 sq.ft. basement included. we had to be ruthless.

I brought all my books because we took 3 U-Hauls full before we even sold the place. and we had this house already. well think I will take some pills and try to sleep. hope next blog is something of interest.

well we awoke to howling winds and some snow.Guess my poor lilies and alliums will freeze.It was a mad house around here.Ian tore the shelves out and there are holes in the gyprock.He has to patch them and repaint 11/2 walls. Harry was so upset with all that was happening that he peed on the floor. I dont get any bookcases until the wall is painted so I must get to HomeDepot for more.At least we still have the label so we can get the right colour. I have so much to get done tomorrow before the kids come. One is to clear off the dining room table,the other is to make sure the bathroom floor is swiffered. Have to make a birthday cake. Ian made jello yesterday. Hope I can find birthday candles somewhere in this place.

It is cold,just like early spring before anything grows.I hope Kritter likes his birthday cake made in a bundt pan. I may just see if I can find other cake pans in the coldroom. Coldroom my ass,it is the same tempurature as the basement.It is a good place to store things you dont use often and have nowhere else for them to go.

I cant eat garlic bread,had some with supper and have a gut ache and bloating which means dont put your face under the covers!! This is going to be short tonight, The house looks like a bomb went off. Just wait until they get a look at the kitchen wall colour!! they havent seen it since it was painted. The closest to a neutral colour is the living room with walls that are blue/grey.They will be getting painted a nice topaz this winter. I have so much to shovel away because Caits is bringing her boyfriend,and I kind of dont like strangers coming here with the house like it is.oh well,if he doesnt like it too bad,he will be covered with cat hair and dog hair.Welcome to the MAD HOUSE!!!

thats all tonight,talk again tomorrow.

We went into Edmonton to go the the flea markets. It was a fun day,didnt spend much but it was great. Got a wrapped cd I had on my list,and a wrapped DVD that was on another list.Now I can get rid of the VHS version. DVD's take up less space than videos.,space is something we dont have too much of.Today has been a madhouse here,finding places to put stuff off the shelves. There are only 2 more shelves but the bedroom looks like a bomb went off in there.

Not feeling so good with my stomach,looks like I will be going to the doctor soon.I may end up with having the hiatius hernia fixed. I am going to try an experiment,stop eating bread and wheat products to see if I feel better. Doesnt hurt to try and all I will really miss will be grilled cheese and garlic bread.

It was raining when I got up this morning but has stopped now,still looks real grey out there. I have got to get the lilies planted real soon.They are calling for rain/snow showers for tomorrow. who knows,the weather lady is such a dumb bitch so we could have what southern Alberta had.I think I will go in a few months early Oh,it started raining again!

I have the oven on,waiting for it to heat up to bake the spuds, I am not all that thrilled with gas cooking.we had propane in BC and all my recipies are timed for that. It was hard getting the timing right so that is my excuse for not baking a lot anymore.If Ian wants a cake,he makes it himself,they are generally okay but he puts fruit cocktail in most cakes. All I bake these days are butter tarts and tomato soup cake. I do xmas cake all year long,I dont use and peel,hate the stuff,just use glace cherries and almonds,golden raisins.Has hardly and cake to it. Have to bake a cake for Kritters birthday on Wednesday.They are coming out for supper-rotissed chicken

I won a contest at the Home Shopping thingy,got a lot of stuff.The rotissery is the best thing ever,got2 flavor wave cookers and other stuff. My friend phoned me because her mom had watched the draw and heard my name. I didnt believe it until Purolator pulled up in the drive way.That was at least 10 years ago,when I was still chatting on Gamehouse.lol The spuds are in the oven and in half and hour or 45 minutes I will stick the sausages in with the spuds.

I was too late remembering I had to go to the drug store.well,there is always tomorrow.I might be on here again tonight but if not will be back tomorrow.Bye now

We went into the Fort today.The main reason was to get the last 3 boards we need for the pergola roof. As usual,Home Depot only had warped and twisty boards or ones full of knot holes. Then we went to Walmart again. Ian got wheels for his table saw.I bought the original Robin Hood that was on the air when Scott was born. I really liked that show,but then,I turned 7 the following week.Old but good.

I again bought food.I am not buying any more food till either the freezer downstairs or the fridge freezer are emptied.Have better luck getting hit by lightening that emptying either one of them.

I even cooked supper tonight,baked chicken and baked potatoes. Had no fat sour cream for it.Doesnt taste too bad,although I would prefer full fat stuff. I do what I can do to keep the carotid artery from getting more blocked. Ian said I could make a normal stirfry and he would just pick out the high "K" veggies which would be broccoli and baby bok choy. It would then taste normal to me.

Have a box up to clear off the shelves in the bedroom. Then Ian can take them down and put up the bookshelves. One bizarre thing I saw outside of walmart was 2 ladies putting on gloves,scarves,and ear muffs. Where did they think we lived,the north pole?? One thing I did buy was 20 lilies. They survive the winters good here.Maybe this year I can have enough to cut some for the house. I have to get 3 large geraniums for a pot on the garden seat. All of the flowers Ian dug up from the ditches around town are up with about 3 inches of green. The other bed of lilies has lots of growth,the alliums are by far the best growers this year.Having said that,we will get snow and cold temperatures.!!

I also got an Xmas cactus, they do really well here,could be the big east facing window.The 2 I had already ,1 is still blooming for the 3rd time and the other has new leaves all over.The new one should be doing good with a new pot and some fertilizer. Also finally got a weeping fig. It has new growth all over so should do good.

It is good that I can sleep in.I cut back on one of my sleep meds,back to the original dose,see if that has any effect on the sleep. Ian says I have been thrashing around in my sleep again,like I have a belly ache. Must mean I will be sleep-walking again. actually it is more like sleep eating.

Must truly be a mad woman!! well,I must go and fill my pill box for another week and give myself a shot of Methotrexate. Just got to remember which leg I used last week.well,enough from me and my boring life. If I win the lottery I would have lots to write about but since all I win are free-plays,will be a long time of this. Night all!!