Laughter and Tears in the Last 50 Years

10:56:06 AM EDT

Things going along here. Have been going to rehab to try and get some strength. Last week therapist said I looked too pale and she didn't want to work me. Seems my hemoglobin was only 9 ! No wonder I have been so tired! Our boys have been wonderful---the oldest stops by almost daily. We have been to their homes for meals etc.The grandkids are great too---always willing to help---sometimes too much--they think i need to be pushed or pulled, when i only need an arm to steady me.

The weather is as strange as the winter in Texas was. It is cold to cool many days and the nites own in the 40's. We got home too late to plant a garden this year and haven't put in any flowers either. Good thing I have plenty of perienials around.

WE----mostly huband, has decided we must sell this house and move into a one story place. We have put our name in at a beautiful coop place.Have to put in 500 dollars too! Now we have to get this place ready to sell. How I dread it!! Just my books alone will be a problem to get rid of. Have already taken many of them to the library.

Just this much typing have made me so tired--so will say bye for now!

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4:39:36 PM EDT
AM HOME IN MN----MAYO COULDN'T HELP ME. THEY SHOCKED MY HEART 2X BUT IT WOULDN'T STAY IN RIGHT RHYTHMN. HAVE HUGE AMOUNT OF MEDS TO TAKE AND ALL SORTS OF LIMITS. VERY TIRED AFTER LONG RIDE HERE----

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5:39:46 PM EDT
daughter is here helping. doctor wanted me back in hosp---we say no andare leaving in am for rochester mn and mayo clinic----hope to talk to you all again---barb

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11:44:01 AM EDT
just A NOTE---HAVE BEEN IN HOSPITAL FOR OVER 2 WEEKS--STARTED OUT WITH FLAIR OF ARTHHRITIS. COULDN'T MOVE, WALK, ANYTHING--AMBULANCE CAME AND GOT ME--HOOKED ME TO MONITOR AND SAID GOOD GOD YOU ARE IN ATRIAL FIB.SPENT ONE WEEK IN ICU ON ALL SORTS OF MEDS, BUT COULDN'T GET ME OUT. TRIED TO DO CARDIOVERSION---BUT LOOKED LIKE CLOTS IN THE VENTRICAL ---SO TOO DANGEROUS---WOULD CAUSE A STROKE, DEATH ETC. SO AM ON A ZILLION MEDSAS WELL AS BLOOD THINNING COUMADIN. FEEL LIKE WET DISH RAG. HOPE I GET BACK TO YOU ALL---BARB

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1:03:13 AM EDT

Jerry and I were sitting on the deck this afternoon and an animal the size of a baby pig walked by and went under our house! Itwas spotted brown and light nd had a loooooong snout. Also a very long skinny tail. What do we do with this now? Seems as if it isn't  one thing, tis another.

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7:06:21 PM EDT

Time is running fast and we are getting slower. For 21 years we have said that we are just going to pack an over nite case, hop in the car/truck and go. After all we have the same appliances, clothes, games etc. at both ends of the country. Why then do we make it so complicated? I have been shredding paper---why didn't I do it as it came in? I have been picking up stuff---why not pick it up when its laid down? If the shower door can look frosty all winter, why does it need to be sparkling when we leave? why pull up the weeds when  two days after we leave my flowers will all be dead. (except for my ice plants---even tho they dry up, they come back to life in the fall with watering).

Right now there are 4 chicken breasts cooking in the oven--not cuz we are hungry--but to use them up for supper tonight and maybe lunch tomorrow. There are still more plus hamberger, ham and a few other things in the freezer. We broke up a loaf of Mexican bread for the birds while we were on the deck. It is made with  the juice of a cactus and we don't even like the smell of it.

Funny thing is, much of the stuff in the frig has been handed down from people leaving. many of the ones from southern states go home in March. We are the last on our street.Soooooo--what we can't use we have to throw!!

I am sorry that I didn't get back to "The Journey--Child of Divorce"--I left off when I was still in California. Maybe this summer I can continue.

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11:42:59 AM EDT

Wow, I almost got caught this am. Jerry had to take the truck in to have a back up beeper put on, so when the mandatory 8 am arrived I turned over and slept til after 9. Luckily I was up and looked awake when he got back. He tells people he has to throw me out of bed in the am " and on the 2nd bounce she is awake!" He really is not THAT mean---but he does tell me if I want to sleep longer I should come to bed earlier. And that is true----but I am a night person. No wonder I worked 11-7 shift my last 15 years of work!

Today I have promised myself I would get the spare bedroom/computer room back in order. Probably would take less than an hour if I got myself in gear---but I also procrastinate too!

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12:39:08 AM EDT

The sun is coming up in Africa!  It is beautiful. It is pitch black here. I love watching "Africam.com". I hope i can szee some animals before I have to go to bed. One night I saw 11 elephants and last night saw a leopard and 3 hyenas/ Early this am there were about 100 impalas. It is fun to see the young ones run and play. Right now there is a fat black snake inching his way along the ground.

I have been thinking of how unkind people can be to folks they don't even know.And I wonder why. Seems some get a kick or thrill out of leaving nasty comments. My dad had a saying ,"if you can't say somthing nice, then don't say anything". Seems that is a pretty good idea.

I am still having a problem wsith my left hand, putting in extra letters etc. i have to keep back spacing to erase them. Then doing a one finger typing that is very taxing. Speaking of taxes---i got mine done--used TurboTax again--was interesting.

The weather was very hot today---over 100 on our deck. it was good to come in to see American Idol and have a big cold salad and ice tea for supper. We have so much salad dressing in the frig i am going to have a lot more salads before we go home. Was even too hot to ride the golf cart and count jack rabbits--counted 21 yesterday. People are leaving the park in record number---they always do the 1st day of a month--except Feb. ,then the park is full to the limit.There have been so many huge, very expensive motorhomes in here this year. Some cost close to a million dollars. We are happy with out little house--fine for the two of us and easy to take care of.

Guexss i will call it a night, look at africa a while longdrf and hitg tghe bed--lots gto co tgomorrosw an my fingds are gdtting sworfn ougt.

I left that last sentence as it came outg--awful isn't it?? hope i get better soon.

 

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8:55:36 PM EDT
Feeling Anxious

The company is gone. Silence reigns. I have washed 8 sheets and about a million towels, the frig has a few empty spots, we have slept about 8 hours without going "somewhere". I wish they were all back! Hopefully next year they will come again.They went ocean fishing, to the beach, to Mexico, to shopping malls and on and on--plus all the things to do right here in the resort. They were really tired out---some  vacation, Haha!!

Next job is getting ready to go back north ourselves. Jerry wants to be home early this year---by May 1st--so we can get the camping trailer hooked up and take in some of the state parks. he also wants us to find a one story house and move---I don't---but that doesn't count! I know it would be better for me---but I love my house! We will se what he finds for us! Of course he has his wants too---like a big garage and work shop etc. We shall see!! 

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10:55:43 AM EDT

I have to tell you what happened yesterday----I did this 2x yesterday and it was eaten up. I was watching Paula Deen's show anddozed off--sorry Paula--and the phone woke me up.

It was a man with a very strong accent--like India Indian.He said he was calling from Social Security and that they were sending new medicare cards and he had to verify my address. He had the number, street zand town, but zip was wrong. He asked more questions which I didn't answer, and kept repeating about new medicare cards. I was just waiting for the big question of my SS or medicare number--but hung up on him when he asked for mother's maiden name. I called SS and after about 20 minutes got a live person who told me to call medicare---so I did, and they told me to call the inspector general's office and report it--I did!

So neliesha and I both got it the same day! Be careful all you Jlanders.The crooks are on the move!

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