My patio door is in and the framing is complete. Looks pretty nice. The trim doesn't match the rest of the kitchen woodwork, but I rent, I don't own this place. I've cleaned the windows once already but they defnitely need to be cleaned again. Now I can do some major cleaning in that room. The floor needs to be mopped. You can see where the water ran and stood before it dried up. When it rained water came in under the door and floor. It would pool toward the middle of the room. I always thought I had just over-watered my plants. Guess I really didn't check it out real well, just mopped it up and went on.
I want to put up some Halloween decorations. I'd love to put up orange lights along the window topper in the living room but . . . my topper is burgandy, olive and tan. Don't think that would look too good. Guess I'll settle for my current decorations and enjoy them.
I just checked Mandy & Jim's blog (Mandy always has some darling pictures of the kids) and she didn't disappoint me. They celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary on 'Saturday. There is a beautiful picture of Jim & Mandy (I'm pretty sure it's one of Jim's self-portraits) but it's wonderful. What a happy couple!! Love the picture.
Tomorrow I have my teeth taken caae of. I wish I wasn't such a chicken. I know that I'll get through the whole procedure okay, but I worry about it. Like I said, I'm such a wimp. Both dentists that I'm working with right now are great. The whole staff is. They have made me feel very comortable while I'm in the office (course when I get home I'm not so sure), but everything will be okay.
My visit to social security went well. I have a bunch of papers to read through and a couple of things to take care of but beginning January 1, 2013 I'm going to draw down on my funds. We shall see how this goes.
Life goes on.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Sunday
I'm sitting here watching the Baltimore/New England game (it's 10:27 p.m.) and seriously thinking I should probably go to bed. I want to see the weather. Not that it matters much, I'll have to go to work tomorrow anyway!! Just wondering what I should wear.
I have an appointment tomorrow morning with social security at 9:05 a.m. I have no clue how long the appointment will last. I do have a number of questions to ask regarding starting to draw on social security. Financially it will help me a lot. If I understand what everyone has told me it will. That's why I'm going to talk to someone, so I completely understand what it's all about! I'm thinking it will be a big help for me financially. I should be able to put some money away in a savings account and pay off some bills that have been hanging around for a while. I'm not ready to retirement yet. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have work to go to everyday.
Oh I can sit home and watch my butt grow! But that will get boring real soon! If possible, I would like to work for at least a couple more years. time will tell.
The contractor comes tomorrow to finish off my new patio door. I really intended to do some major cleaning this weekend but since they'll be running in and out I'll wait and do a little each evening and hope I'm done by Saturday evening. I've been working on vacation memory books for my family. I'm getting to the point where I'm running out of ink and adhesive! Hobby Lobby here I come.
Time to call it a day. Nite.
I have an appointment tomorrow morning with social security at 9:05 a.m. I have no clue how long the appointment will last. I do have a number of questions to ask regarding starting to draw on social security. Financially it will help me a lot. If I understand what everyone has told me it will. That's why I'm going to talk to someone, so I completely understand what it's all about! I'm thinking it will be a big help for me financially. I should be able to put some money away in a savings account and pay off some bills that have been hanging around for a while. I'm not ready to retirement yet. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have work to go to everyday.
Oh I can sit home and watch my butt grow! But that will get boring real soon! If possible, I would like to work for at least a couple more years. time will tell.
The contractor comes tomorrow to finish off my new patio door. I really intended to do some major cleaning this weekend but since they'll be running in and out I'll wait and do a little each evening and hope I'm done by Saturday evening. I've been working on vacation memory books for my family. I'm getting to the point where I'm running out of ink and adhesive! Hobby Lobby here I come.
Time to call it a day. Nite.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Wedding Day
Today is my son's 5th wedding anniversary! Happy Anniversary Mandy & Jim!! It was an absolutely beautiful day for a wedding. Bright beautiful sunlight, warm but not too warm so that my long-sleeved jacket was very comfortable to wear. It was a very exciting day. My daughter was in the wedding, my sister and her family, my brother and his wife and nieces and nephews all joined us for the special day. All except Beth & Karsten. They were expecting their first child at any time and a trip across the state of Iowa was not recommended. Jackson will be celebrating his 5th birthday on October 1!!! I can still remember talking to Beth on the phone from the reception!
They had so many pictures taken at their wedding and for Christmas of that year they gave me a CD of all of them. I was thrilled to death. I so love scrapbooking and made a lot of books from all the pictures they gave me. Another of my gifts that Christmas was a book that Mandy & Jim made up and it means so much to have it.
The wedding was beautiful. Jim escorted me down the aisle. That made me feel so special. From the pictures you'd think both of us were scared to death (maybe we were) but it's a wonderful memory of their wedding. From the wedding in Omaha we went to Council Bluffs to the reception. They had their reception in a beautiful old hall. Even had a grand staircase. I had a fantastic time at the reception. I drank (well I might add), danced and laughed with my family and friends. It was great. One of the wonderful things they provided for their wedding and out-of-town family was a trolley that took us to and from the reception. We arrived in style back at the hotel!!!
We were booked into a hotel with a casino and we all had to visit that for a little while. Mike was going to show me how to play craps. I know absolutely nothing about craps (still don't). I remember Barbie and I having to get the car keys from him (he drove her car back to the hotel before we left for the reception) and we wanted our sandals out of the trunk. Got 'em! Barb looked a little ridiculous with her long dress and sandals but she was very comfortable! She had a dress with a train and ended up holding her dress up the majority of the evening!
We watched Mike play for a bit and then I got bored. My friend Marilyn was a guest and sat at our table at the reception and she stayed with Barb and I in our room for the event. Marilyn came down with Glee & Ron and also went home with them, but spent the majority of the time with me. She's a great friend and it was nice to have someone to be with during the whole event. When I got bored I sat down at a penny machine near the craps table and began to play. Marilyn had never played before so when the machine next to me came open I let her have the one I had and took the one next to her. I always play 50 cents a pull on penny slots and this was no different. I was talking to her and continued to hit the button on my machine. All at once she asked me what was wrong with my machine . . . there were coins flying all over the screen. What happened was I hit a jackpot! A jackpot of $815.00!!! Wow! what a surprise and how wonderful!!! I cashed that in immediately and had my money. We played a few more games and finally went back to our hotel room. We lost Barbie someplace, but knew she could find her way back. We ordered pizza (at 3:00 a.m.) for myself, Marilyn, Glee, Ron and Mike. Mike never made it to the room, he pooped out and went to bed. We enjoyed our pizza and finally decided we should also call it a night. Barb showed up about the time we were trying to get to sleep! It was a short night.
The families of Jim & Mandy met in Carter Lake for gift opening on Sunday morning. Barb and I headed out. Finally realized we were going the wrong way and finally found our way to Carter Lake and the library. Jackie had some juices and cake for anyone that was hungry!! Great breakfast!! I enjoyed watching my kids open their wedding gifts. And of course spent some time talking to Mandy's family as well as Harry and his wife. It was a long drive home as both Barb and I were tired but we got back to Ankeny without mishap. We took a bunch of wedding gifts to their house and then took a nap before supper time!! I extended my vacation days one more day and stayed over until Monday and then headed home. It was a great weekend and will long be remembered.
Many things have happened to all of us since that day. Jim & Mandy have two beautiful children (Charlotte & Oliver), Beth & Karsten had Jackson the next month and also have a darling little boy, Tristan, that was born a couple years later. Mandy has a thrieving photography business, Jim has received many promotions within the company that he works for; Barb and I are still with the same jobs that we were when they got married. Beth & Karsten are rebuilding the farm house they purchased from Beth's grandfather's estate and hopefully will be moving in before the first of the year. The Baade Kids got their families all together in Des Moines this past summer for a family reunion of sorts. It was great having everyone together, even if the time was short. Jim, Josh and Keely had to work part of the time but we enjoyed their company while we were all together. Hope we can do that again some time soon. We missed Nick, Danielle & Juno as they are on the east coast in the Navy. Hopefully another time they will be able to join us.
Along with good times always comes some bad. Mandy & Jim lost their twin girls after our vacation time together. It was a blow for them as well as the grandmothers and grandfathers of the these two wonderful children. We are all recovering. Life goes on. Ruthie Mae and Imogene James will never be forgotten by any of us, they will be in our hearts forever. Ron lost his father last February. Mandy lost a grandfather and an aunt. I've lost some good friends. I'm getting older and realize that I am going to be loosing more of my family and friends. The cycle of life!
We had a beautiful day for a wedding. The wedding was wonderful and I have great memories of it and everything that went along with it. Happy Anniversary Jim & Mandy. My wish for the two of you is that you have many, many anniversaries to celebrate together and more wonderful memories to make!
They had so many pictures taken at their wedding and for Christmas of that year they gave me a CD of all of them. I was thrilled to death. I so love scrapbooking and made a lot of books from all the pictures they gave me. Another of my gifts that Christmas was a book that Mandy & Jim made up and it means so much to have it.
The wedding was beautiful. Jim escorted me down the aisle. That made me feel so special. From the pictures you'd think both of us were scared to death (maybe we were) but it's a wonderful memory of their wedding. From the wedding in Omaha we went to Council Bluffs to the reception. They had their reception in a beautiful old hall. Even had a grand staircase. I had a fantastic time at the reception. I drank (well I might add), danced and laughed with my family and friends. It was great. One of the wonderful things they provided for their wedding and out-of-town family was a trolley that took us to and from the reception. We arrived in style back at the hotel!!!
We were booked into a hotel with a casino and we all had to visit that for a little while. Mike was going to show me how to play craps. I know absolutely nothing about craps (still don't). I remember Barbie and I having to get the car keys from him (he drove her car back to the hotel before we left for the reception) and we wanted our sandals out of the trunk. Got 'em! Barb looked a little ridiculous with her long dress and sandals but she was very comfortable! She had a dress with a train and ended up holding her dress up the majority of the evening!
We watched Mike play for a bit and then I got bored. My friend Marilyn was a guest and sat at our table at the reception and she stayed with Barb and I in our room for the event. Marilyn came down with Glee & Ron and also went home with them, but spent the majority of the time with me. She's a great friend and it was nice to have someone to be with during the whole event. When I got bored I sat down at a penny machine near the craps table and began to play. Marilyn had never played before so when the machine next to me came open I let her have the one I had and took the one next to her. I always play 50 cents a pull on penny slots and this was no different. I was talking to her and continued to hit the button on my machine. All at once she asked me what was wrong with my machine . . . there were coins flying all over the screen. What happened was I hit a jackpot! A jackpot of $815.00!!! Wow! what a surprise and how wonderful!!! I cashed that in immediately and had my money. We played a few more games and finally went back to our hotel room. We lost Barbie someplace, but knew she could find her way back. We ordered pizza (at 3:00 a.m.) for myself, Marilyn, Glee, Ron and Mike. Mike never made it to the room, he pooped out and went to bed. We enjoyed our pizza and finally decided we should also call it a night. Barb showed up about the time we were trying to get to sleep! It was a short night.
The families of Jim & Mandy met in Carter Lake for gift opening on Sunday morning. Barb and I headed out. Finally realized we were going the wrong way and finally found our way to Carter Lake and the library. Jackie had some juices and cake for anyone that was hungry!! Great breakfast!! I enjoyed watching my kids open their wedding gifts. And of course spent some time talking to Mandy's family as well as Harry and his wife. It was a long drive home as both Barb and I were tired but we got back to Ankeny without mishap. We took a bunch of wedding gifts to their house and then took a nap before supper time!! I extended my vacation days one more day and stayed over until Monday and then headed home. It was a great weekend and will long be remembered.
Many things have happened to all of us since that day. Jim & Mandy have two beautiful children (Charlotte & Oliver), Beth & Karsten had Jackson the next month and also have a darling little boy, Tristan, that was born a couple years later. Mandy has a thrieving photography business, Jim has received many promotions within the company that he works for; Barb and I are still with the same jobs that we were when they got married. Beth & Karsten are rebuilding the farm house they purchased from Beth's grandfather's estate and hopefully will be moving in before the first of the year. The Baade Kids got their families all together in Des Moines this past summer for a family reunion of sorts. It was great having everyone together, even if the time was short. Jim, Josh and Keely had to work part of the time but we enjoyed their company while we were all together. Hope we can do that again some time soon. We missed Nick, Danielle & Juno as they are on the east coast in the Navy. Hopefully another time they will be able to join us.
Along with good times always comes some bad. Mandy & Jim lost their twin girls after our vacation time together. It was a blow for them as well as the grandmothers and grandfathers of the these two wonderful children. We are all recovering. Life goes on. Ruthie Mae and Imogene James will never be forgotten by any of us, they will be in our hearts forever. Ron lost his father last February. Mandy lost a grandfather and an aunt. I've lost some good friends. I'm getting older and realize that I am going to be loosing more of my family and friends. The cycle of life!
We had a beautiful day for a wedding. The wedding was wonderful and I have great memories of it and everything that went along with it. Happy Anniversary Jim & Mandy. My wish for the two of you is that you have many, many anniversaries to celebrate together and more wonderful memories to make!
Friday, September 21, 2012
Thoughts
I never did finish pictures of the end of our vacation. Actually I don't think very many were taken. The only one that I can actually remember is of the boys at breakfast. I had a wonderful time spending time with my family. I hope that we can do it again next year.
Lots of things have happened since our family vacation. I got home on a Tuesday night to no air. And that was during the time when we had 100 degree days. Needless to say, my butter was swimming!!! The buttons on the unit I have are plastic and the threads were no longer holding onto the metal part so therefore, no air! Let me tell you it was a bit warm here!!! No one to call at that time of night and after messing around with it for a bit, I got out my trusty needle-nose tool and got the darn thing turned on. I have no clue what the temperature is or if the fan is on high, low and I don't care, but I had some air. Went to bed with a fan running in my bedroom. Took the next day off to get the air fixed. Actually didn't have much choice, if I'm not here nothing gets fixed as no one can get in. Landlady and repairman both came. One of the guys on the first floor also had no air, but he couldn't turn his on with a handy little tool! I was to get new knobs for mine and all would be well. (I'm still putting my air on by plugging it into the wall and when it gets so cold that I can't stand to be in the living room, I pull the plug! It's not the best fix but obviously between the landlady and the repairman they forgot to fix anything on mine. Don, on the other hand, got a new unit, with temperature control and a remote control. I have to use a step stool to put mine on, off and temperature control -- when there's knobs that work)! Oh well, air season is just about over.
While waiting for the repairman, I received a call from my son Jim. We didn't talk very long but he did tell me that they had lost their babies. They were expecting twins sometime in December. This was a very high risk pregnancy that Mandy and Jim had taken the time from the first to explain to all of us. Both babies were in the same sack, but if all went well, the doctors would hospitalize Mandy at 24 weeks and monitor her and the babies 24/7. If either of the twins would go into distress they would deliver. Chances of this happening weren't good, but we all prayed for the miracle to happen. Unfortunately it didn't. I don't understand the whole thing about the mono-mono pregnancy, but basically they strangled each other. Mandy had an uneasy feeling so on Wednesday they went to the doctor. No heartbeats and no blood flow was seen on the initial pictures. We lost our twins. What a blow. All Jim really told me on the phone was that they had lost the babies. He'd talk to me more later. Wow! I didn't know what to say, what to do . . . let me tell you I cried a lot. I so wanted to be a grandmother of twins! My heart broke for my children. Mandy and Jim were devastated! We all were. I, personally, spent the next week in a fog! There isn't anything you can do to help the kids, they basically wanted to be left alone. And if I did talk to them I didn't know what to say either. I love both of them very much. All I really wanted to do was give them a hug and tell them that I cared, that I was so sorry and basically that wasn't going to do any good anyway. The babies were little girls and have received the names Ruthie Mae and Imogene James. They were baptized. Jim and Mandy spent some time with them. They were cremated together and now are with Jesus in heaven watching over their parents and hopefully their Grandma Joy. It's difficult to put into words how you feel when something like this happens. My brother and his wife also lost a child many years ago. Jer was 2 and was killed in a farm accident. I spent time with my brother during those dark days. We didn't talk to each other, just sat together, held hands from time-to-time and tried to give each other strength. It was hard, very hard. This was harder. This was my grandchildren. I have yet to spend any time with Jim and Mandy since this tragic event has happened in our lives. I have spoken to Jim on the phone maybe 2 times. I still shed tears for my lost grandchildren and for Jim and Mandy. I'm at a loss as to what to say to Jim or even what to do. They are coping as best they can. They have two wonderful children to care for and love. They are trying to bring normal back to their lives. Mandy has published a lot of pictures of the kids. They are having fun being a family. The hurt to their hearts, as well as mine, will be there forever. It doesn't go away, but it does fad in time. Ruthie and Imogene will never be replaced. Life goes on. When I lost my dad a friend told me (very bluntly) that I had to make a decision -- I could exist or get on with my life. Hard words to hear when you've lost someone you love so very much. But I chose to live and get on with my life. Mandy and Jim have chosen the same path. Their babies will never be forgotten, but their lives will go on. It's hard to accept 'it was God's plan' as an answer, but I guess I have. I don't know about my children. I don't understand why but I do know that he has his reasons for everything that happens to us. Faith is a wonderful thing to have, it also hurts so bad at times.
Now I'm facing some big time dental hurts! Dentists scare the hell out of me! All goes back to when I was young and an episode that happened to me. For whatever the reason, I can't seem to get over it. I've been having some pain in my mouth and my front teeth are awful. I finally got enough guts to see a dentist. It's going to cost me a bit, but I am going to get my smile back and be able to laugh out loud without having to always cover my mouth. I have to have two extracted (one is beyond repair and the other is a wisdom tooth that is coming in very crooked!) I'm scared to death, but will be having sedation dentistry. I go to have the teeth taken care of this coming Wednesday. Basically I have to take the whole day off from work. Need to be at the dentist office at 9:45 for the IV and the surgery will be about half an hour. I have to stay in the office for about an hour after surgery to make sure all is well. I have a friend that will be my driver for the day and be at the office while I'm in surgery. Betsy will take me home (or get up the steps is more like it) and then we'll use cell phones to communicate the rest of the day. I'm thinking I'll be doing a lot of sleeping and please say a prayer that I won't have any problems once I'm home. Drugs are wonderful and I'm sure I'll have something for pain, if needed. The tooth that is unrepairable has an abscess so I'm sure I'll have to have medication for that. I'm hoping to only have to be off work for one day. I may not be the happiest of campers on Thursday morning but my plans right now are to go to work. Guess I'll take it a day at a time. After the surgery I'll be having an implant and that takes a few months to get my mouth back in good shape and have everything work the way the dentist wants it to. I also have a number of cavities (imagine that) but they too will be taken care of in one sitting. Again sedation will be used. It's the only way I'm going to be able to make that work. Dentists scare me. Both of the dentists I'm working with right now are very reassuring and are trying very much to make me comfortable. I'll get through this, but I don't think I'm going to be the happiest of people during it.
I also have medical doctor appointments within all the dentist appointments. Life is just a merry-go-round at times. Medical is just blood work for diabetes, but means at least 2 visits to the doctor's office.
I am also taking some time to go to social security and talk to them about retirement. Well not really retirement, but beginning to collect on my social security. I've found in the last couple of months a number of my friends that are doing that. Working and collecting. I'll be 65 next month and can collect my full benefits at 66. I have a lot of questions and know that Kathy will be able to help me out. But again, I have to take off work!!!!! I'm sure all will work out in the end. Some days I feel like I'm chasing my own tail!!! When all that is over, I want a vacation. A real vacation -- go someplace for a couple of days and just relax. Let someone else feed me! I know it won't be anything special, just a couple of days away from Dubuque.
I've been working on memory books for my family from our vacation. I have one complete and working on another. I've been running off different pictures for the people that I'm making the books for. That is my saving grace! Scrapbooking keeps me sane (unless I run out of adhesive!)
It's time to do something with the time I have today. Said my piece. Please pray for my son and his family. I ask God to bless them and keep them safe everyday. Help them through this hard time in their lives.
Lots of things have happened since our family vacation. I got home on a Tuesday night to no air. And that was during the time when we had 100 degree days. Needless to say, my butter was swimming!!! The buttons on the unit I have are plastic and the threads were no longer holding onto the metal part so therefore, no air! Let me tell you it was a bit warm here!!! No one to call at that time of night and after messing around with it for a bit, I got out my trusty needle-nose tool and got the darn thing turned on. I have no clue what the temperature is or if the fan is on high, low and I don't care, but I had some air. Went to bed with a fan running in my bedroom. Took the next day off to get the air fixed. Actually didn't have much choice, if I'm not here nothing gets fixed as no one can get in. Landlady and repairman both came. One of the guys on the first floor also had no air, but he couldn't turn his on with a handy little tool! I was to get new knobs for mine and all would be well. (I'm still putting my air on by plugging it into the wall and when it gets so cold that I can't stand to be in the living room, I pull the plug! It's not the best fix but obviously between the landlady and the repairman they forgot to fix anything on mine. Don, on the other hand, got a new unit, with temperature control and a remote control. I have to use a step stool to put mine on, off and temperature control -- when there's knobs that work)! Oh well, air season is just about over.
While waiting for the repairman, I received a call from my son Jim. We didn't talk very long but he did tell me that they had lost their babies. They were expecting twins sometime in December. This was a very high risk pregnancy that Mandy and Jim had taken the time from the first to explain to all of us. Both babies were in the same sack, but if all went well, the doctors would hospitalize Mandy at 24 weeks and monitor her and the babies 24/7. If either of the twins would go into distress they would deliver. Chances of this happening weren't good, but we all prayed for the miracle to happen. Unfortunately it didn't. I don't understand the whole thing about the mono-mono pregnancy, but basically they strangled each other. Mandy had an uneasy feeling so on Wednesday they went to the doctor. No heartbeats and no blood flow was seen on the initial pictures. We lost our twins. What a blow. All Jim really told me on the phone was that they had lost the babies. He'd talk to me more later. Wow! I didn't know what to say, what to do . . . let me tell you I cried a lot. I so wanted to be a grandmother of twins! My heart broke for my children. Mandy and Jim were devastated! We all were. I, personally, spent the next week in a fog! There isn't anything you can do to help the kids, they basically wanted to be left alone. And if I did talk to them I didn't know what to say either. I love both of them very much. All I really wanted to do was give them a hug and tell them that I cared, that I was so sorry and basically that wasn't going to do any good anyway. The babies were little girls and have received the names Ruthie Mae and Imogene James. They were baptized. Jim and Mandy spent some time with them. They were cremated together and now are with Jesus in heaven watching over their parents and hopefully their Grandma Joy. It's difficult to put into words how you feel when something like this happens. My brother and his wife also lost a child many years ago. Jer was 2 and was killed in a farm accident. I spent time with my brother during those dark days. We didn't talk to each other, just sat together, held hands from time-to-time and tried to give each other strength. It was hard, very hard. This was harder. This was my grandchildren. I have yet to spend any time with Jim and Mandy since this tragic event has happened in our lives. I have spoken to Jim on the phone maybe 2 times. I still shed tears for my lost grandchildren and for Jim and Mandy. I'm at a loss as to what to say to Jim or even what to do. They are coping as best they can. They have two wonderful children to care for and love. They are trying to bring normal back to their lives. Mandy has published a lot of pictures of the kids. They are having fun being a family. The hurt to their hearts, as well as mine, will be there forever. It doesn't go away, but it does fad in time. Ruthie and Imogene will never be replaced. Life goes on. When I lost my dad a friend told me (very bluntly) that I had to make a decision -- I could exist or get on with my life. Hard words to hear when you've lost someone you love so very much. But I chose to live and get on with my life. Mandy and Jim have chosen the same path. Their babies will never be forgotten, but their lives will go on. It's hard to accept 'it was God's plan' as an answer, but I guess I have. I don't know about my children. I don't understand why but I do know that he has his reasons for everything that happens to us. Faith is a wonderful thing to have, it also hurts so bad at times.
Now I'm facing some big time dental hurts! Dentists scare the hell out of me! All goes back to when I was young and an episode that happened to me. For whatever the reason, I can't seem to get over it. I've been having some pain in my mouth and my front teeth are awful. I finally got enough guts to see a dentist. It's going to cost me a bit, but I am going to get my smile back and be able to laugh out loud without having to always cover my mouth. I have to have two extracted (one is beyond repair and the other is a wisdom tooth that is coming in very crooked!) I'm scared to death, but will be having sedation dentistry. I go to have the teeth taken care of this coming Wednesday. Basically I have to take the whole day off from work. Need to be at the dentist office at 9:45 for the IV and the surgery will be about half an hour. I have to stay in the office for about an hour after surgery to make sure all is well. I have a friend that will be my driver for the day and be at the office while I'm in surgery. Betsy will take me home (or get up the steps is more like it) and then we'll use cell phones to communicate the rest of the day. I'm thinking I'll be doing a lot of sleeping and please say a prayer that I won't have any problems once I'm home. Drugs are wonderful and I'm sure I'll have something for pain, if needed. The tooth that is unrepairable has an abscess so I'm sure I'll have to have medication for that. I'm hoping to only have to be off work for one day. I may not be the happiest of campers on Thursday morning but my plans right now are to go to work. Guess I'll take it a day at a time. After the surgery I'll be having an implant and that takes a few months to get my mouth back in good shape and have everything work the way the dentist wants it to. I also have a number of cavities (imagine that) but they too will be taken care of in one sitting. Again sedation will be used. It's the only way I'm going to be able to make that work. Dentists scare me. Both of the dentists I'm working with right now are very reassuring and are trying very much to make me comfortable. I'll get through this, but I don't think I'm going to be the happiest of people during it.
I also have medical doctor appointments within all the dentist appointments. Life is just a merry-go-round at times. Medical is just blood work for diabetes, but means at least 2 visits to the doctor's office.
I am also taking some time to go to social security and talk to them about retirement. Well not really retirement, but beginning to collect on my social security. I've found in the last couple of months a number of my friends that are doing that. Working and collecting. I'll be 65 next month and can collect my full benefits at 66. I have a lot of questions and know that Kathy will be able to help me out. But again, I have to take off work!!!!! I'm sure all will work out in the end. Some days I feel like I'm chasing my own tail!!! When all that is over, I want a vacation. A real vacation -- go someplace for a couple of days and just relax. Let someone else feed me! I know it won't be anything special, just a couple of days away from Dubuque.
I've been working on memory books for my family from our vacation. I have one complete and working on another. I've been running off different pictures for the people that I'm making the books for. That is my saving grace! Scrapbooking keeps me sane (unless I run out of adhesive!)
It's time to do something with the time I have today. Said my piece. Please pray for my son and his family. I ask God to bless them and keep them safe everyday. Help them through this hard time in their lives.
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