Please don't take life for granted.

Phew!

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:58:18 GMT

Wow! I got 57 ecards! Thank you so much! And....thank you for signing my guest book as well.

This entry is going to be like half and half. If that makes any sence?

Yesterday was so much fun! I would get worn out alot, but I'd rest then I could get back up.
I was going to take a nap, but I just didn't have the time to. I was wooped! :o)
I got a big cookie, which was really good, a hudge bag of bath and body works! Love that place! And a new digital camera. I was going to sleep in, but around 6:30-7:00 my phone rang. My sister wanted to be the first to wish me a Happy Birthday! Well, that blew sleeping in out! lol That was sweet of her. :o)

My grandson put 26 candles on my cake! LOL In the pictures it looks like to me that the cake was on fire! lol and then he helped me blow them out. :o) I have him help me every year now. :o) My grandsons really make me laugh! They're not doing it on purpise, but I think thats the best way, to just be yourself and natual. My son was able to come. So, I had my family, and that makes me happy. :o)

Now the other part. I'm really getting worse real quick. It doesn't seem to be doing like it used to. Yes, I've told my doctor. She gave me a script for my nerves and just plain old anxitiy. Because at times, I start to shake just from nothing. I don't understand this one but, if there is a change in the house, it's just like I'm up 30 stories high, on the ledge! I have like a panic attack imdeiatly. I just have to stand there untill my breathing gets better.
At any time I can fall asleep. I know thats narcolepsy, but only 'like' it. My doctors know this to. I 'll get this sluggish blury feeling and it's almost like being in a fuge state. Now, I've had that happen. I guess one day I was doing the laundry and the kids were home. My brother in law had come over and we talked for awhile and I sat down on my chaise for a few and thats when I "woke" up. That was a freaky thing, and I was scared. I asked the kids what I had done. Because I have I think it was 2 hours unicountable. My neuro then told me that I have those and he couldn't do anything about it! That was the neuro I don't like. What happens is I've worn out the system running in my brain, and like a generator kicks in until I'm better! Amazing!

Well, with whats been going on with me, I remembered the fuge state.
To be honest, I'm not doing so good anymore. I'm going to do my best to just live each day, and to make sure I laugh. And I deffinitly don't need those baby play games either. (the ones played here in J-Land using your journal to get somone else)

I just love this graphic! Thank you Sugar.
Thank you guys for everything yesterday. :o) I gotta go now! God bless you.

Tags: Live, Love, Family, MS, Fibromyalgia, Blogplug, Blogplugs, True

I totally feel like its about time.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:29:15 GMT

A big <sigh> . This flu/cold has me down! Picture it like the right tranqulizer to get an elephant down! :)
And once again, I was back and forth with CVS and my doctor. gggrr! And I still don't have my medicine. From not feeling good, I happened to over sleep. That means I slept through my morning meds. As always, I had the regular 2 messages. And I call them back. They said that they would call to get a nurse over here right away. I didn't know why it had to be rushed but, thays their job.
She showed me what to do if that happens again.
My son came over to use the computer to help find and apply for work. I feel so bad for him, becase if I had any money at all, I would give it to him. And I'm an "eye" person,and when you look in his eyes, you can see so much sadness. God bless him. He and I were walking in the hallway. I had my walker and he was beside me. My thighs really rub together, and from my right thigh, I felt a mucle just form like what you can imagine a tornado forming and coming down.
I was down. He helped me back to bed. Oh, I have a picture fot you to see, LOL
Well. I see that aol is up to somethings
Going back so I can eat water and crackers. Oh Joy. Soooo, that means I go.
<---------------dont forget to sign my guest book,
Have A great day and God Bless all of you who.
Lisa

Medication

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:55:13 GMT

A distraught senior citizen
phoned her doctor's office.
'Is it true,' she wanted to know,
'that the medication
you prescribed has to be taken
for the rest of my life?'

'Yes, I'm afraid so,' the doctor told her.

There was a moment of silence
before the senior lady replied,
'I'm wondering, then,
just how serious is my condition
because this prescription is marked
'NO REFILLS'.'

blah

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:52:40 GMT

Good afternoon. Hoping everyone is doing alright.

I still have this flu/cold. Not cool.I wish that for one day when I post an entry, it won't have anything to do with my health being bad.
Believe me...I know its redundant. So here we go again.
Ok...this is good news for me; Nena brought the kids over last night. :o) We were texting and she said after she got both boy's bath and nails clipped, she wanted to come over. Too bad it wasn't to spend the night. :o) I'll talk her into it one of these days. :o) Both boys were in great moods....yes, very onry! lol I like it that way!
Kayden had a doctors appointment. To see why he isn't talking like he should be. The last time she took him to this other doctor, he sent him to a place where they were teaching him [class] sign language! I had a major cow! I told Nena if she didn't take him out of that class, I would! That isn't progression! This one will actually teach him how to talk. I was having him roll his tongue all around to help excersize it. I knew someone that has a daughter that had to do the samething with her tonugue. She would do it in front of a mirror. I've been doing that with him.
My right hand has enlarged veins on the top and now they are doing the samething thing down to my palm. I didn't hit it and theres no marks at all on it. It feels weird.
I had my last of my chicken soup yesterday. Sounds good for today as well. today is my sisters birthday! :o) I can't remeber how old she is. 36 I think. :o) Then mine is on the 28, and are grandma's was on the 29! Amazinly close.
I need to get off of here.

Lisa

Good morning! :o)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:41:00 GMT

I sure hope all of you are feeling great! :o)

I'm working on it....pains woke me up. I've been having such troubles with my shoulders, back/spine, my feet and legs and I'm swelling again. What a coctail! :o) I don't highly recomend it.
They are all starting to happen all at once now. Yesterday the top of my right hand was hurting. The whole top had dark blood vessels coming out. And I didn't hit it on anything because if I did you'd see where I did it. It just showed up. gggrr

I've been in my wheel chair more often. We are rearranging these 2 rooms again. I explained it to dh and it was the same way he thought as well. lol It's very rare that we agree with each other! :o) Thats good because then he can do it and I won't have to stay awake, I could take a nap. ;O) He is very good when it comes down to the house...meaning if we need an extra outlet...it's there! :o) I'm glad that he knows how to do these things.
The last time I went anywhere was when my daughter and I went to Wal Mart. That really did my body in. I haven't felt the same since. I still have that cold/flu.
My temps. aren't as high...thats great...because I can't take any kind of heat. I really cramp up big time. Last night was nice and cool. And that felt great. I even turned my air conditioner off. I love nights like that.

Well, when it comes down to it, I'm really losing the use of my limbs. And just a few other things. I had another accident in bed the other night. I'm going to have to find another kind of over night diapers.
My son came to visit me on Thursday. That was a nice surprise. :o) What it was is he brought his laundry over to do! :o) But it was still a nice visit. :o) He helped me more than he did when he lived here...lol.Not complaning. :o) My daughter had come over with the babies. They truly are a cure all medicine. :o)
I was a bit down and here they came, :o)

What has been getting me down has been losing so many abilities. Last week I had to have my Home Health Aide to wash my hair and to brush it. I asked dh if he could wash my hair for me.He's been really a big help for me. My right hip hurts like hell and the whole area is swollen. Its feeling a bit better right now. He asked me if I need him to rub out that area again. As much as it hurts, yes. He's also been rubbing my feet eveynight with lotion. I'm supose to have my whole body done 3 times a day.
Oh....I want to thank you for signing my guest book! That cheers me up. :o) Again thank you. <-----Located on my side bar.
You know, in alot of ways, it's good to have the house alone. I'm a nudest and couldn't walk around like that. This morning I could. Felt great. :o)

I forgot to get my tablet that I keep my stats on. I need to log this stuff so I can find it when I need it. I do remember that my temp was 99.9. Getting lower! :o)
Dh got home and is waiting on me. :o)
Good times are "created" from
Time spent together!

ROFLMBO!!!

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:30:29 GMT

Ok.....we all know that I'm pretty much scatter brained....like with the videos, I have no idea why I started to do them. And I'm serious about this...I was showing my mom my late night videos and especially that one with that black thing in it. She asked me why I was doing this, and I couldn't answer that question! And I'm still trying hard to remember.

Love her slippers! lol
Yesterday my left side only was just giving me fits. Both of my shoulders have been hurting me and now it's affecting my abilities. I was having a hard time holding things....as in if I even picked something up, even paper, 95% of the time, I dropped it. All of this thats been going on has upset me. I've been doing the best I can, but my body isn't.

I just found this out yesterday...as soon as my mom gets the rest of this done, (to be my daytime care giver) I will have to be on another server. When I found that out I kind of had a little 'freak out moment." Then when my mom explained it to me, I feel alot better about the whole change.
That cold/flu that I have is still with me. Geesh! I walk around the house for exercise and I'm the only one with this! LOL Well, no, my grandson has it too! :o) Bless him! I think its because when they do come over, I hold Andrew alot. I don't know why! LOL :o) I feel bad that he has it as well. He went to the doctors and has some medicine for it.

Now isn't that the truth!
I've been on an antibiotic and cough syrup...Ick! And they are getting the crap out of my lungs. And here I haven't been feeling up to par lately and even told my nurse. She said that my lungs sounded fine...well I can't have that. So my medicines are working....yay! :o)
I'm still going to turn them in to the Better Business Bourou. (SP)
I just don't want anyone to be treated poorly like I have. I'm also young enough and a bit more 'withit' then a lot of the people they help.

I really love this graphic! So true! "But they create it." Thats what it's all about.
Anyhow, I don't have a picture of dh's new car he got on Sunday. I have one on my phone but it's a bad one. It's a 2007 Malibo and it's a pretty color red as well. And thats whats going to be his work car! :o( And my car stolls. hhmmm, you'd think he would want me in the safer car...I guess not. I am happy and grateful that we were able to get it for his new work car.

Never take someone for granted
Hold every person close to your heart
Because you might wake up one day
And realize that you've lost a diamond
While you were too busy collecting stones.

I've always liked the above. And very true as well. He had asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I said a new laptop, and he said no. hhhmmm.My mom got me a new digital camera. It's pretty cool! :o)
Bye...............

Food Spoilage Guide, A Guide For The Rest Of Us!

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:31:28 GMT

Finally, a way to know what to pitch and what to save!

THE GAG TEST
Anything that makes you gag is spoiled (except for leftovers from what you cooked for yourself last night).

EGGS
When something starts pecking its way out of the shell, the egg is probably past its prime.

DAIRY PRODUCTS
Milk is spoiled when it starts to look like yogurt. Yogurt is spoiled when it starts to look like cottage cheese. Cottage cheese is spoiled when it starts to look like regular cheese. Regular cheese is nothing but spoiled milk anyway and can't get any more spoiled than it is already. Cheddar cheese is spoiled when you think it is blue cheese but you realize you've never purchased that kind.

MAYONNAISE
If it makes you violently ill after you eat it, the mayonnaise is spoiled.

FROZEN FOODS
Frozen foods that have become an integral part of the defrosting problem in your freezer compartment will probably be spoiled - (or wrecked anyway) by the time you pry them out with a kitchen knife.

EXPIRATION DATES
This is NOT a marketing ploy to encourage you to throw away perfectly good food so that you'll spend more on groceries. Perhaps you'd benefit by having a calender in your kitchen.

MEAT
If opening the refrigerator door causes stray animals from a three-block radius to congregate outside your house, the meat is spoiled.

BREAD
Sesame seeds and Poppy seeds are the only officially acceptable "spots" that should be seen on the surface of any loaf of bread. Fuzzy and hairy looking white or green growth areas are a good indication that your bread has turned into a pharmaceutical laboratory experiment.

FLOUR
Flour is spoiled when it wiggles.

SALT
It never spoils.

CEREAL
It is generally a good rule of thumb that cereal should be discarded when it is two years or longer beyond the expiration date.

LETTUCE
Bibb lettuce is spoiled when you can't get it off the bottom of the vegetable crisper without Comet. Romaine lettuce is spoiled when it turns liquid.

CANNED GOODS
Any canned goods that have become the size or shape of a softball should be disposed of. Carefully.

CARROTS
A carrot that you can tie a clove hitch in is not fresh.

RAISINS
Raisins should not be harder than your teeth.

POTATOES
Fresh potatoes do not have roots, branches, or dense, leafy undergrowth.

CHIP DIP
If you can take it out of its container and bounce it on the floor, it has gone bad.

EMPTY CONTAINERS
Putting empty containers back into the refrigerator is an old trick, but it only works if you live with someone or have a maid.

UNMARKED ITEMS
You know it is well beyond prime when you're tempted to discard the Tupperware along with the food. Generally speaking, Tupperware containers should not burp when you open them.

GENERAL RULE OF THUMB
Most food cannot be kept longer than the average life span of a hamster. Keep a hamster in or nearby your refrigerator to gauge this.

Tags: Humor, Joke

Archaeologists

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:02:11 GMT

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists
found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the
conclusion, that their ancestors already had a telephone network more
than 100 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, in
California an archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly
after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read: 'California
archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have
concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech
communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.'

One week later, a Texas newspaper, reported the following: After
digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Bastrop, Bubba
Mitchell, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely
nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Texas had already
gone wireless.

Potpouri/logging/pictures

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:07:23 GMT

Good morning. How is J-Land doing? I do hope great.
Well, of all times I didn't tape myself sleeping, I had alot of stuff done, a mess and all over my bedroom! No, the dog couldn't get in. But what upsets me is getting out of bed! And I know I did because I had my tapes stacked on the floor, ciggerettes, no lighter, it was just a mess! Too many things went on.

Also a bit of logging as well. I have the stupid shakes again this morning. Oh, thats fun. My whole body really feels like the tin man....in need of oil to stay running. No kidding. My doctor wants me to see another neurologist. He just across from my gp. So, now everyone in that building I see. I'm not complaining, it's so much more easier on me. Tomorrow I have to go and see a dermatologist. I have a mole on my face thats needs looked at! LOL....I just had to do that! :o)
Jim had an Aunt die last week. His best friend was able to come down and go to the funeral. They've known each other since the crib. lol true. It was real good to see him. It's been longer than 10 years since I've seen him. The Aunt was also his friends Aunt as well.

I wonder how many accualy know that I'm back? It's been months now.
Oh, thats right....I don't have a "happy" journal according to most people here. Some of the emails are cruel. I didn't know that I had someplace on my journal that says "Please be mean to me," "I'm not going to put a comment in because she doesn't comment in my journal." Why? You could do it before. I'm doing my best to keep up with who I do go to. Hey, ask someone else that has what I do and see what you get. Yea, as you know, I do write what I want to in this journal.

I mean, when my body was up to doing things that they should, then I could go to all of my friends'. I remember that it would take me until around 3:00 to finish. I know you have jobs and your families, etc... But you did it before, so why now the excuses? It really hurts. I know I'm being selfish and a big baby about this. It just means alot to me to get feedback.

In my humble opinion, you'd feel the same as I do. The feedback does help. Plus, it's nice to know that someone took the time to respond.
Sorry, I just had to get stuff off my mind. Even though I sounded like a baby. It does help. This is theraputic. Plus, I considered all of you my friends.
I was on my way out to the garage last evening and I got another surprise! It was my friend! She was worried and stopped by and gave me a nice bear hug! :o) Loved it! She has always been able to cheer me up and make me laugh! :o) She couldn't stay, she had to do a few things before it got late. :o) If I could get a hug like that one everyday, I just know that I'd live longer! :o) What a freind she is. :o) Why is breathing just so hard to do? It really is. I know I'm depressed right now and I'm taking things out on others and don't mean to. Then I've got to just stop! Then breathe.
Well, I should go now...I've probably pissed some people off.

uuuugggghhhhh!

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:50:53 GMT

Ok, I went to the doctors and she gave me 2 medicines, ones an antibiotic and other is cough syrup. And they're kicking my butt. :)
I asked about the diabieties medicine. She said that she is still needing more tests! aaaaahahhhhh! I can't make it happen any sooner. :o)
I video taped myself again last night. I'm still not done looking at it. So, it's still a mystery.
Got to go!

Lisa