Well I've been told to blog!!

Here we go I guess. It's Monday, the last day of March, We had a major amount of snowfall over the weekend. I guess it was a good thing I worked the whole weekend because really there wasn't anything else to do!

I'm slacking today.Feels kinda good actually. Hubby has bowling tonight,I haven't bowled now for 5 or so weeks. I developed something like tennis elbow, doesn't go well with a ten pin bowling ball, extreme pain let me say, so the receptionist where hubby works took over for me, she's enjoying it,I guess if the arm won't get better I can say goodbye to my bowling days. Kinda sucks, there isn't much else to do here in Dauphin for fun.

My niece phoned me today will some good news! I am happy for her and the family. Nice to see when things just seem to fall into place. My parents are doing ok, still waiting on test results about my mom but I've been told not to stress out about the unknown ...........yeah like that's easy to do ...NOT!

My parents found a really nice apartment which is located on a ground floor , no stairs just what they needed. This place is huge!!! 1600 sq feet!! The size of my whole house! I'm so happy, when my mom called me to tell me I could hear the excitement in her voice! It will be nice for them, but strange that they don't live in the big house anymore. Jody and Trevor bought it, so I'm glad its still in our family.

I'm reading a book about DE-cluttering your home......oh wow there are some parts in there that are funny. I'm looking around and wondering where does one start, I"m not saying my house is cluttered, just saying why keep crap you know you won't use or need? Makes one wonder why we do that huh????

I think today I"ll make the master bedroom my project! I have stuff in there that has never been worn! Don't worry hubby dearest, I know to keep your collector T-shirts, as I know he just breathed a sigh of relief reading that!But really take a look around your place, does one really need all the extra crap? Makes the house look kinda messy, Also I'm trying to put things in their rightful place around here, That has been a chore!

We got this new wall unit downstairs now, it's awesome!! I kinda made it house some of our things we cherish, Hubby's Kiss stuff, and some oil lamps, candles and glassware that I like , It looks like a happy balance of both of us so it's served the purpose I think.It takes up one whole wall and really looks nice.


Today I have to bring my puppy Leah to the Personal care home. My clients mom is having a hard time, just wishes her days were over and so I thought I'd make her day by bringing Leah over to see her, she loves Leah! It amazes me how a puppy or cat can really make their day, all personal care homes should have a house pet I think.

I went to the pool today, My next mission is to get my client swimming, She hasn't gone swimming since her aneurysm and that's like 11 years ago or so. She did admit to me that she's nervous but excited, and of course she has faith in me that I won't drown her. It will be something different for me also, since I've never taken a person with special needs swimming before.I'm looking forward to this though, call me crazy!!

Well I guess that's enough for now, I'm going to go tackle that project now, This could get interesting, My biggest problem is where to put my books! I don't have room in my bedroom, you see the room is kinda small, it has a king size bed in it, I was told if your room is not cluttered you sleep better .........hmmmmm There isn't really much I can remove outta the room. LOL

Ok enough rambling , time to kick in. Have a great day!!

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Been a busy weekend.... Time for this ole bird to start relaxing.

Well it was a good weekend, family was out, Got to spend some quality time with my grand children. We all went swimming and wow the girls had alot of fun on the waterslide and playing in the pool. The weekend was great, kept me busy and I was enjoying myself alot. Monday morning came to fast, they packed up their van and off they went back to their home, I'm glad I was called into work it made for the blues of them leaving not so bad to go thru cause I was kept busy.

Monday night I was so tired, I couldn't stay awake so off to bed I went. I fell asleep almost right away I think, but boy I woke up at 1 am, thinking am I having a heart attack! I was in so much pain, felt like a elephant was sitting on my chest and it felt like my heart was beating against the bed! So I got up, went into the basement and sat there til almost 4 am.......pain didn't go away.

I thought I need to get rid of some stress so I thought I'd go for a walk, and off I went, but things didn't get any better so I walked myself right into the medical clinic, I walked up to the doc's desk and the girl who know's me took one look at me and said what's going on girl.......all i could say was ...chest pain.

She walked me across the street to the hospital, next thing I was laying on a bed , oxygen attached to me, they had cables running all over me and I thought so this is how cars must feel before they jump them with cables!!!! My blood pressure wasn't the greatest 181 over 90 I think it was screaming out! Yup wasn't fun let me tell ya.

I laid there for afew hours ....they took blood and well that wasn't fun cause I'm abit afraid of needles but heck I couldn't go anywhere I was hooked up! So I had to let them do that.

After afew hours of this, a nurse came in and we started chatting, she was really nice. She told me that my EKG was good , which started to make me relax, she explained that stress can play a big part in making one very ill. So I"m finding out!

All in all they took very good care of me, they will send all my test results to my doctor, Got some meds I can now pop before bedtime.....I'm good to go!! I called my hubby to come pick me up......truth being people he wasn't very happy about me going thru all this and not knowing about it but I wasn't planning on it , I was going to walk in remember!

He dropped me off at home, I was so beat I went to lay down , slept for 3 hours. Now its almost bedtime again, I"m praying for NO repeat of last night! Well that's enough excitment for today.

Tomorrow will come, my day will be better. Night all.

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Wow , What a Trip!

Here I sit,worn out, tired, my body is shaking due to the emotional roller coaster I've been on. On March 6 th, my dad brought my mom into the hospital, she suffered a mild heart attack. She's been back and forth by ambulance five times to Winnipeg with in the past week outta her stay in the hospital.This morning was her last trip to the city, I went with her in the ambulance for this test today. I'm happy to let you all know she is now done with her tests, yes we have to wait for the outcome, but I'm happy to say she can now be at home, she can now rest.

I don't know how many of you have had that kinda scare, I don't know how to explain it when its your Mother who's ill, When I received the phone call i freaked!!! I was a basket case of tears.I had to leave right away, I had to go to her.

My Mother and I weren't always the closest , to be quite honest I think I'm more my fathers child..I can honestly say my relationship within the past few years has become very strong with my Mother, I've gone Thur alot and has been dealt a few hard blows and my mom has been there to listen and pick me up.She doesn't sit and judge me she loves me and I love her very much I would hate to loose such a special person, that would just hurt more than I can imagine. I'm so Thankful that she didn't have a major one that just took her from us now, Cause as far as I"m concerned she has many more years of life in her.

I went to see my son and his family, my grand babies were sick with high fever, I got them some more medication from the store and this morning when I went to check on them they were looking alot better and fever's broke. They are heading up here on Friday for the weekend and the truth being, I need that!! If I"m not running to take care of things with mom and dad, I'm home here cleaning and catching up on things here that need to be done.Its like a yo yo cycle. So it will be nice having them here to distract me from the normal ways of life. We will take them all swimming and that will be fun for the grand babies.

Tomorrow will be a day of paying off some bills around here, who knows who's getting what though....not going to worry about it, cause that just doesn't take care of the problems now does it? So I'll do what I can and well the rest has to wait.

Well like I said earlier, when I get home there are things to be done, so I"m off to wash the bedding and do other laundry, awe the joy of being home.

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Wow Where does one begin?

I'm so tired.Where does one start. It all started with me picking up my grand daughter Nevada on Feb 27th. She was a angel, never cried , slept well, had a blast playing with me and Papa Bill. We took her swimming, I was suffering from a bug that was beating me up good so Papa Bill took her into the different pools and down the waterslide them "KIDS" had a blast. She baked cookies with me and we brought most of them to the car dealership for Papa Bill and all the gang to eat, Even the head owner Barry had a cookie and told Nevada that she made awesome cookies!

I finally returned Nevada to her rightful owners on March 4th.I must tell you all she was loving it here, when her parents would call to talk to her she would say I don't want to talk to them.....LOL I would say you have to or they will never let you come back to Grandma's house. I told my son , I didn't put her up to that one.

Wenesday I had breakfast with my mother. Then I headed the 4 hour drive back home. I had a evening job with Myra and then thursday a whole day shift with her so I had to get going. So home I headed for.

Thursday I got home from work, was beat,still fighing this bug and its not been nice to me , think I coughed up a lung today!! I was about to sit on couch and just veg when Trevor, my niece's hubby called to tell me that my mom was in emerg in hospital. I freaked out,started crying and yup you guessed it within a hour I was back on the road and by midnight I was sitting beside my mom in emergancy room.

We finally put her into a different room shortly after I arrived and after she was resting I left her to go crash at my parents house....it was now 2 am.

Now to tell you abit about my dad... He can drive ya nuts in a nice kinda way!!! lol He is also not the healthest man, spends alot of time on his couch.So his time routine is very different. He likes to make breakfast at 4 am sometimes!Drives me nuts. So yup you go it............I woke up very early to the smell of eggs frying.

Friday morning after I went to check on mom, I went to my son's home to tell them what was going on. I opened the door abit and Nevada saw me and said Grandma's here, then her mommy said which grandma and Nevada said from Dauphin, I heard my son telling her noooooooooooooooo your grandma from Dauphin isn't here silly, and then I walked in saying she know's who I am ! So we visited and then back to hospital I went.

In the afternoon they took mom by amblance to Victoria Hospital in Winnipeg.My niece Jody and I went ahead to be there for her when she arrived. They did a test that's called a VQ scan. Its a type of xray. Then we said ok see you back in our local hospital after her test. We stopped for some supper and then headed back.

Saturday I checked up on her, Did abit of shopping and let my mom's sisters and brothers visit they were called and were showing up which was nice it gave us a break.

Sunday I thought it was time for me to head back to Dauphin. I"m not feeling well and thought it was time to maybe take time for me .....called some rest!! I thought mom was on the way to feeling better, she looked better the only thing that bothers me is her blood pressure readings. they are extremely low. But all in all she looked great. So home I went.

Found out this morning that my mom is heading back to winnipeg by amblance to have a angiogram done. This is to test for Paricardites, which is the lining that is around the heart.To check if there's a infection........so we will wait and see. I wish now I had stayed to go with her on that test, but Like I said ... I'm not feeling well .

Well if you think that's all I have on my plate ..your wrong. I worry about my son who's attending his great grandma's funeral tomorrow. I worry about my duaghter all the time. I wish I could just take a deep breath that wouldn't hurt!

Ok so that was my week ..........lets hope this one isn't so stressful?

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March 1st already!

I'm so happy its March, hopefully the snow will melt fast and outside I will be!!! Winter has gone by fast I'd say, Usually I go just about stir crazy but this winter was ok. Didn't even go south this winter.

Today was a busy day, I have special company and we all went swimming. I know now that I'm not really feeling well cause I couldn't stay in the hot tub long like I usually do. This cold better leave me soon. It's wearing me down.

I have afew more days off before work, so I'll spend it taking it easy on myself. Rest is probably what I need. I tried to do some housework today and it just wore me out.This started with a sore throat, then body ache like crazy and ohhhh I just was bedridden. Now it's like a major head cold going on. I live on pain pills every 4 hours.

Guess that's all for now I"m beat and think I need to lie down again. chow.

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