Tales, Yarns, Sagas, Dramas & Such

9:51:25 AM EDT

     These sentiments are a few days early...but I won't be around on Mother's Day, because I'm going to visit with my own Mom. 

So, if you're a Mom ~ may you enjoy a wonderful day visting with your own children [if distance permits]; and if you're visiting with your own Mom ~ have a great day!  

     I'm remiss in posting pic[s] of Landry with his glasses...we find he looks as if he's always worn them.  He's been better about keeping them on than his Mom ever dreamed he'd be...she does say that the days he has to be patched, he gets somewhat emotional.  The patching will be for a month and not the 2 wks. she thought it would be.  Nevertheless, here's the little dynamo...

       Leaving the eye doc's office with the new glasses.  [cell phone pic, sorry for poor quality]

      He is pretending to be "Walker, Texas Ranger"...something at first he said he couldn't do with his glasses.  [Walker doesn't wear glasses, ya know.]  Those boots, aahhhh, the boots.  Those were Kendin's are "fire boots" [they look like little fire engines].  Kendin about lived in these things, with the matching coat of course, and now it's Landry's turn.  [His foot isn't big enough for "cowboy boots" yet, so he makes do.]  Anyway, enjoy the giggles I know will be had looking at this pic.

      Seanna went on vacation a couple of wks. ago and this has to be one of my favorite pics of her...

      Doesn't look as if she's impressed with be bundled against the elements, huh? 

      Outlook much improved..."I'm going to the indoor pool!"

     Hubby and I went to watch Kendin and Braylin play softball [last wk.].  As both games were at the same time, on different fields, it was somewhat difficult to say we watched them play...lol

     My hubby says Braylin always has time for a "photo op", lol

 

     She's catching in this photo.  She has played about every position except Short Stop, she likes First Base, but so far, it seems by being versitile the coach hasn't assigned her any one position.

       Kendin taking a practice swing

       Playing catcher, too.  In Kendin's division score is not kept, the coaches are the pitchers, and they play for 1 hour, not innings.  Of course, the kids are purposely moved from positions in this division, so they can find their niche before moving up to the divisions where score is kept.  lol

      The illness from this past Saturday has reared itself again.  Not for the same reason... the computer, but another entirely.  An assumption that dear old Mom [me] was going to just hand over a nice cell phone [a Krzr] to them because once again [for how many times in the past year]  the Sig. Other has broken/destroyed a cell phone? 

Even if the incident with the computer hadn't occurred, the Krzr cell phone I was "expected" to offer up, wouldn't have been.  I find it "ballsy" for them to even think I would say "Oh yes, you can have/use this phone", after all the computer mess? 

Appx. 18 mos. ago I gave my son a Samsung cell with all the accessories: 2 chargers, the book, the case, etc.  I asked 4 different times where was this phone, as all that was needed was to activate it?  Here was my answer from Sig Other: "C {my son} let D {her step sister} "use" the Samsung, and D got water on/in it."  [What's this "use" crap?]  This means that nice little camera phone is kaput.

I informed both [son & SO] that my Krzr wasn't going anywhere, it will stay in my possession.  However, I informed them I have an older phone here, and they are welcome to it.  [They'll have to buy chargers and activate it.]  I sent pictures, and ask that they discuss the matter and let me know of their decision.  Yeah right!   G-a-s-p it's not a camera phone, so do ya think that offer has been accepted?  [I take good care of my phones, and this one looks very close to the way it did the day I bought it over 5 yrs. ago.]  I imparted to my son "Beggers can't be choosers", and let him know SO would have to ask her folks for a new phone.

Everyone say a little prayer that I don't choke them both out, when I see them on Sunday.  lol

Blessings.

 

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12:00:50 PM EDT

    There are days...sometimes more than I want to admit to, that I'd like to resign my membership in the "Mom Club".  Hey, whoever made the statement "it gets easier as they get older"...well, tell them to send their personal Bird of Paradise this way.

I knew when all of my children started school, and truly found they had "minds of their own" there was trouble ahead.  Ha!  I truly prefer newborns to age 5...where they still "fear" God, Mom and adults in general.  I wasn't as strict with my kids as my folks were with me; yet, I didn't ascribe to the theory that a good butt whipping would forever alter their little egos/self-esteem.  There are times [now], when I think I should have "whacked" them a lot more than I did.  Grrrrrr

One of mine just called me a few minutes ago, to make me the "bad guy" because I had asked my dad to go by and pickup the laptop computer I had loaned to them, months ago.  Never mind that there isn't even dial-up access in their apt. any longer; or that 2 months ago they had to call me to ask for the serial number on the computer because it had been stolen.  Oh, it was recovered...from a person or entity it had been pawned to.  *A longer, "funky" story goes to the pawn issue.*

I took all this in stride, I wasn't happy, but I didn't yell/scream, etc.  My husband...that's another story.  In this phone call I was asked by my child: "How do you think it made me feel for grandpa to come in [my place] with your hand-written note [to him] saying you wanted the computer?"  The conversation wasn't a happy one.  Child was sort of "aired-out" by Mom for some of the inexcusable ways they do things.

I really wanted to say: "I don't give a damn how it made you feel; how do you think I felt when I had to tell my husband you and yours had been so careless with something I loaned you?"  Instead, I held that thought...gotta keep peace, right? 

If I didn't have a grandchild involved in this, I would tell my child and the significant other they "should both grow up, and pull their respective heads outta their respective butts".  I've grown weary of waiting for the maturing of these people.  Their chronological ages belie the age of their minds/actions.

I shall now go bang my ahead against the wall, and mentally kick myself in the pants for not being tougher on each and every one of my brood.

The only glee to be found is one day their children will grow up and... tee hee tee hee

Have a most enjoyable Saturday, everyone.  : )

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8:50:55 PM EDT

Found this at Linda/Footprints in the Sand's journal.

 

1. Where is your cell phone?  table

2. Your significant other?  opinionated

3. Your hair?  blond with highlights

4. Your mother?  Momma

5. Your father?  Daddy

6. Your favorite thing?  silence

 7. Your dream last night?  don't remember

8. Your favorite drink?  Diet Coke

9. Your dream/goal?  sanity

10. The room you're in?  long

11. Your ex?  *&^%$#@

12. Fear?  heights

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years?  moved

14. Where were you last night?  asleep

15. What you're not?  demure

16. Muffins?  strawberry

17. One of your wish list items?  peace

18. Where you grew up?  S. Carolina

19.The last thing you did?  shower

20. What are you wearing?  pj's

21. Your TV?  on

22. Your pets?  none

23. Your computer?  escape

24. Your life?  YAWN

25. Your Mood?  content

26. Missing someone?  no

27. Your car?  Caddy

28 Something you are not wearing?  socks

29. Favorite Store?  Craft

30. Your summer?  HOT

31. Like someone?  hubby

32. Your favorite color?  purple

33. When is the last time you laughed?  today

34. Last time you cried?  ?

 

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8:35:44 AM EDT

      The thing about men, and other non-sense.   I've been the first to stand in line [in my Journal] and espouse the fact men and women will never truly understand each other.  Heck, I will admit I don't even try to understand...well, most of it.  If it's not going to cause a ripple in my day, week, month, etc. why bother?  Save myself some stress, right?  LOL 

The DH left Thurs. night going to a co-worker's home [several hrs.] away.  He spent the night at this person's house and they left early Friday morning to go fish.  Hey, that's cool.

Hubby comes home yesterday d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g butt.  Take into consideration he has not been on the road this past week, his work load in the office has been light; yet, he felt and I understand/understood his need to get away, and encouraged it.  However, he says he lay awake Thurs. night reading until midnight [he's never up that late], and was awake by 5 am, and on the lake by 5:40.   Hubby comes home tired and wants to go lay down in bed.  I had stripped the bed before I left for my appt.; yet, hadn't gotten around to putting on fresh linens.  [Why he won't go lie down in the guest room...who knows.] 

The fish weren't cooperating during the first 3.5 hrs. or so of this fishing excursion.  When he called me at 9 am, they [he and the co-worker] each had caught one "baby" fish.  I, of course, being a sassy pants, said "You mean you both caught the same fish, at different times?"  Tee Hee

DH launches into sending me pics and text on the cell phone, repeatedly [as I'm getting ready for this appt., mind you].  Can you say "he's bored"?  Finally, I text "You will never catch fish with a cell phone in your hand".  Being a good man, he finally got down to the business of fishing, and stopped overloading my phone with pics of a dead calm lake.  [Between the 2 of them, 7 mid-size fish were caught.]

Later in the evening as he was dozing off while trying to read the newspaper, I told him I didn't think fishing was "good" for him, as he came home so much more tired than before he left.  He didn't deny it.  *snickers a little*  Anyway, hubby says he had a good time, and that's what matters. 

As for me, I managed to get half of the house cleaning chores done before my appt. yesterday.  I had errands to do after the appt., and then planned to finish the house work when I got home.  As I'm in line to pay for cleaning products [first errand on the list], my daughter calls, needing Mom's ear.  I ask if I may call her when I'm paid up and out of the store.  I then return her call, while sitting in my car in the parking lot.  I had plans to go tothe grocery store while in this shopping strip.  Daughter keeps talking, the so called d-i-l starts texting me, and I'm famished.  I drove home thinking, "I'll finish the phone call, fill the request of the text message, eat and go back out to finish my errands".  Ha!  Didn't do that, and I didn't finish the house work, either.  Why is it that once I get off track now days, I find it hard to get back on?  LOL  Being a good girl, I do however, plan to take care of all this today, when husband pulls his fanny out of bed. 

I'm nursing a bad back and allergy congestion.  Getting older, can just be a pain...anywhere, and literally!  I was sitting in the floor on Thurs. polishing my toe nails.  When I got up from the floor, I was in some more pain.  To say I felt something give/pop, etc., I can't.  I don't believe I sat "funny/oddly" while in the floor; nor, do I feel I got up awkwardly.  Just one of those things.  This morning I awoke at 4:30, so congested, I had a headache.  I don't know what was the worst scenario...trying to get out of bed[w/o screaming/moaning/groaning] or fumbling around for a decongestant in the semi-darkness.  If our new bed weren't so high off the floor I could have maybe...rolled out of bed?  LOL

Wishing all a lovely Saturday, spent however you like.  Blessings!

 

 

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7:50:16 AM EDT

      Jeepers!  She says to self as she prepares to type.  She has left the speakers on, on the computer and someone on the buddy list just opened the door and of course she was startled.  That'll teach me, huh?  *smiles*

Thought I would make a quick post regarding Landry.  He did well with the eye examination on Wed.  The doctor he was evaluated by is a Pediatric Opthalmologist.  My daughter says he was great with Landry...and Landry's Momma.  Very important, indeed. *winks*

The diagnoisis is:  Anisometropia:  The condition in which the two eyes have an unequal refractive power. One eye may be myopic (nearsighted) and the other hyperopic (farsighted).

Anisometropia is a serious concern in newborns and young children because it can lead to amblyopia [he has this too] (impaired vision in one eye). With a major degree of anisometropia, the brain is not able to reconcile the difference in images coming from the two eyes. It develops a preference for the image coming from one eye and suppresses the image from the other eye and, in time, the brain loses the ability to "see" the image from that eye.

Landry was born with this condition.  The doctors and nurses who treat newborns are not trained to recognize the conditions.  As sight like this was all Landry has ever known, he didn't make complaints.  He didn't know there was a problem until he went through eye screening last week.  The vision in his Right eye is so bad that he is considered "legally blind" in that eye [without glasses].

He will have to wear glasses...should be getting them next Tues.  He will have to wear a patch over the "good eye" for 8 hrs., 4 days per week for 2 weeks.  Glasses and/or contacts will always be a part of his life, unless and until, science finds a better way.

Blessings all!

 

 

 

 

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11:00:56 AM EDT
Feeling Sad

      Assume:  to take as granted or true: suppose [I assume he'll be there.]   One of the definitions of the word.

Take for granted:  take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof

The definition of these are so similar, most likely they have been interchanged.  I feel this would be a true statement, especially in my world, and I'm sure the people that used them was thinking there were very different definitions for the respective words.

I'm sure there are those wondering why I started my post in this manner.  It's because things are sometimes sent our way that makes us stop to think; to take an inventory; to realize just how much we assume/take for granted...even if we make a concerted effort not to be assuming and/or ungrateful.

Yes, I'm guilty of being an assuming person, and taking things for granted...just by reforming myself into a positive thinker.  Stepping out in faith, as some call it.  There's a lot of truth to that statement ["stepping out in faith"].

I try to make a whole-hearted effort not be assuming...of thinking my Lord will endow me with blessings simply because I believe in his word, in him, and in his eternal Kingdom. 

Why you may ask is my mind awhirl with these thoughts?  When I was pregnant with all 4 of my children I simply felt confident there would be nothing wrong.  I "assumed" they would be born in good health - physically/mentally/emotionally.  My children were born before ultrasounds and aminos were standard procedures.  So, it was really a roll of the dice, wait and see process.  Even as a young pregnant woman, I read...I knew the possibilities of various birth defects and such.  The knowledge didn't scare me.  The not-knowing-for-sure- until-birth didn't scare me.  I simply trusted and believed the best would happen.  Fortunately, it did happen.

I'm sure my children have also believed the same when they were expecting their respective children.  My grands have come along during the age of routine ultrasounds, etc.  [I have 10 grandchildren,of my own.]  We knew what their genders were before they arrived.  We supposedly knew of any impending problems. 

Looking at a perfectly formed baby, when we see two eyes, ears, hands and feet...complete with all the other things such as mouth, toes, fingers, etc., we assume/take for granted all is well.  The baby is "normal" and/or perfect.  [I've come to loathe the word normal.]  Little do we know what may be lurking inside, unseen...that may not be found for months, or even years.

Yesterday, my daughter took Landry to be evaluated for speech therapy.  He is 3.5 yrs. old and still has trouble with "R", "K" and some other sounds.  We all thought it was due to being a Momma's baby, and being home with her so much.  [And yes, he had suffered some hearing loss before putting tubes in his ears, but in the docs opinions not enough to warrant aids.]  However, in the assessment, his vision was also tested...and to the astonishment...and fear of my daughter, he can't see out of his Right eye.  As yet, we don't know if it's like a legally blind [20/400] or if he "sees" black.  He had never mentioned it until his left eye was covered and he went into melt down about not being able to see.  If he were born this way, or if he detached the retina when he took a horrendous fall around 12-15 mos. -we don't know.  He has obviously compensated beautifully with the Left eye. 

He will be evaluated by an Ophthalmologist on Wed. the 23rd...hopefully, there will be some answers then.  The eye looks good, it moves, etc. as if everything were as it should be.  He will have to begin speech therapy...but after the news about his vision, the speech has not been on the front burner.

My daughter was understandably sick with worry.  She is so in tune with her children she knows they are sick when a doctor is saying they aren't...she's never been wrong.  She feels she should have known Landry couldn't see from that eye...and there's no way that's true.  Thankfully she held herself together in his presence.  Our little guy who has/had no fear, found a fear, sadly.

Again, here is a lesson from the Master...a test for all of us, and a reminder to never take his mercies and blessings for granted.

Have a great Saturday.  Blessings.

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7:32:52 PM EDT

  Hope this post finds everyone well.  It seems as if everyone in my family is coming down with a virus, a sinus infection, a URI or such.  Yes, it's allergy season...and the pollen here is awful.  

My son says Rhylan is getting better...I sure hope so.  That baby was really sick this time!  We all leave for the beach on May 17th...the third wk. of any month [lately] is Rhylan's week to have ear infections. 

I spent the past few days getting the house back in order, and finally for those few who were intersted in our new furniture...ta da, here is the great room furniture and the dining room set.

    The  sofa [I do plan to rework things so those ugly electrical cords aren't showing.]

       Loveseat.  I knew I ordered those mirror circles, months ago for some unknown reason [the new furniture]. 

      Hubby's chair

        My chair [the tables I've had in storage since '03]

       Dining set

      One of the two side chairs...and yes, the micro suede is a bit darker than the regular chairs.  Now, I'm debating on whether to paint the dining area...again

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5:34:20 AM EDT

Miss Rhylan was fever free Sat. and Sun.  On Monday she woke up with another high fever...back to the doctor we go.  Her left ear had gotten worse, even on the first antibiotic.  Her meds were changed.  She had also lost 8 oz. from Thurs. of last wk. until Mon.

I met her parents halfway between our respective homes on Tues. evening...and sent the poor little baby home, with many reservations.

I'm now into cleaning up the mess from having all those workers repairing the water damage from 2 wks. ago. 

PS  We didn't make many photos this visit, because Rhylan felt bad!  However,  here's one that I love.  It's made with a cell phone camera, so quality may be iffy.

 

  I call this pic "Sneaking up on Nana", as she had crawled beside  chair and slowly pulled herself up and looked over the arm of the chair at me.

Blessings.

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3:32:25 PM EDT

Quick entry.  My son called Tues. to ask if I could come get Rhylan as K, her mommy, was very sick.  So, hubby and I picked Rhylan up late Tues. evening.

Rhylan woke up Thurs. 2:30 a. m. burning up with a fever.  She went to doctor yesterday...sinus and bi-lateral ear infection.  : (  Rhylan kept the fever, without relief until about 1:30 this afternoon.  I pray it hasn't returned when she wakes from her nap.

Mommy also went to doctor yesterday, she has severe bronchitis.

Oh yes, and the wood flooring was installed yesterday...finally.

Blessings!

 

 

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12:49:41 PM EDT

       I can honestly say, this Monday is certainly off to a better start than the last one.  However, once again DH and I sit here as other folks are in our home doing work.  This time is carpet cleaners with special sprays too, to keep down the possible occurance of mold/mildew, etc. 

Once the wood floors get replaced [hopefully tomorrow], then I truly hope and pray we can have our home back.  It needs cleaning soooo badly. 

I know I make all kind of jokes about myself concerning cleaning and cooking...and I'm old enough [does it translate to wise enough, as well] to not go into cleaning mode until all the "messer-uppers" are done and out of here. *quizzical look*  I know it's going to take me more than one day to get it all in clean, and in order.

Really I'm very grateful, and thankful the damage wasn't worse than it was.  We're fortunate in that vein. 

       Warning: Change of subject follows.  LOL  Seems I confused a reader [maybe more] with my jumping from subject to subject in my last post.

Onto the CWP course the DH and I took yesterday [4/6].  It was very small class, which was good!  3 couples, with 3 "stag" men.  All but 1.5 hrs. was class work, a few videos, and testing.  We did get 10 min. breaks each hr., and an hr. for lunch.  The last 1.5 hrs. were spent on the shooting range to qualify for the NRA and SLED [State Law Enforcement Division]. 

My feelings are mixed on this matter.  I did learn gun safety and that is important.  At least I [now] know that I could save myself, if it became necessary.  Or as my grandma might have said "Girl, you can hit the broad side of the barn."

Perhaps, I will enjoy on occasion going out to a gun range...will I become pro-active in the NRA; become an instructor for them...most likely not.  Will I be concerned about "carrying" in each and every state I may visit?  I think not.  I'm still baffled as to why my DH decided this was something he [we] wanted to do.

  Gotta run for now.  Happy Monday and blessings, everyone.

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