SHEs Organized

Hello to all... just thought I'd start a new day since it is 1:00 a.m. here in Dixie, and I'm ready for a fresh start.

Funeral went well -- EXCEPT -- for some crazy reason, funeral director had us begin the recessional (? is that the word I mean?) when ds first started his last song. DH had intended to have us seated until ds finished that song, then organ music as we followed the casket out & departed the church. Ooohhh... dh was just about to have a total come apart. Besides the family missing the song, this meant ds did not walk out with the rest of the family, and I think that may have hurt his feelings a little, and at the very least, left him feeling sorta surprised about this change in the expected order of the service.
But at any rate... on the ride to the cemetery, we managed to get him calmed down a bit, convincing him that this was NOT some conspiracy between dbil & the funeral director to cut out one of the songs...
and ddil even asked the other funeral director about it when we got to the cemetery. He said, "That was Mr. ___'s (The Long-time Owner/Director) call, and I just thought y'all had talked to him since we talked. When he comes around, I just say, 'Yes sir.'" Well... of course it could still be some deep-seated jealousy on dbil's part, you know, but we all (ds, ddil, and I, at least) seriously doubt that, and dh felt better knowing that it came from Mr. Owner's direction, not just blatant disregard for what we had told the other director when we planned the funeral. And I even mentioned it to dbil too, actually, that we hated that ds didn't get to walk out with us, and he seemed surprised too... said, "Yeah... Mr. Owner is just... I don't know... he runs a funeral with military precision... I don't know what he was thinking..."
So... as I told dh, he did all he could do, and if his mother is looking down on us, she knows he did all he could do.

But otherwise, it was all very nice. Dmil looked beautiful. The flowers were beautiful. The weather was beautiful. Dnephew did a wonderful job with his remarks. The congregational song, "Victory in Jesus," began the service on such an uplifting tone, and our much-loved former pastor did a wonderful job.

AND -- my dmom made it in time to pay her respects before they closed the casket. * whew *

DGS came home with us and spent the night, dcousin is also here tonight and will leave in the morning, and ds has safely arrived at his destination 6 hours away. Life is good.

My Friday goal... hmmmm... I might just undertake to plant three beautiful hydrangeas I brought home from the funeral.
Must go to dmil's house and clean out refrigerator, return dishes to people. Dh doesn't want to leave that undone till we return next week.
Hope y'all have a beautiful day!

Happy Birthday Elizabeth!

I'm in 3D mode today =
Duds - dirty clothes basket was empty & caught up yesterday. Need to wash LO ball uniform again today. Wish they could have more than 1 uniform on weeks like this!
Dishes - caught up. DW needs to be unloaded and ready to receive todays dishes
Dinner - Meals Planned -
B: Bird nest, OJ, milk
L: Quesadilla
D: Pizza & salad

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELIZABETH!

During the night I woke up with very low bs. While waiting for it to go back up, I was at the computer. I dozed off and fell to my left off of my cushioned straight back chair that I use. I injured my shoulder. I was able to go to sleep. When dh woke me up this am, I realized that I need to go to the ER and see what's going on. I am praying that it is something that pain killer and time will take care of. I pray that I can come home with whatever it is. I was able to shower, do makeup and hair. Fastening my bra and pulling up my capris caused pain that almost nauseated me.

Now I'm suitably s2s, meds, breakfast done & bed made. Done 3-minute round robin in bedroom & living room so far. Also got my toenails cut this morning -always a daunting task anymore. Have a Dr's appointment at 1:30 today. Don't know why I always get so nervous!! Had my blood work done yesterday and that's posted already -all but my A1C and I'm always nervous about that. At least, hopefully, it's lower than last fall. We'll see I guess.

Have to do dishes and get my hair washed. After having my mammogram on Tuesday I've had great difficulty with my left shoulder/arm again. Very difficult to move at all and more constantly painful. Guess it just needs to rest up after all the pulling & positioning they did with my left. Wish there was an easier way for a mammogram. It's always a battle getting a good picture on the left side because of my arm -this time more so than ever.

Dare I unpack on the 13th?! I'm worried I'm so tired I'll drop things.

BTW: the toilets are the kind with a button on top so I bought an over the tank magazine rack to hold the magazine I like in the bathroom. No good, these toilets have a different sort of tank lid and it won't work with the rack. Sigh, the magazine is in a plastic magazine archive holder on the floor now.

Dh has started on the bedroom so I'll join him. If I find some clothes I want to wear, I'll get dressed too. At least I've eaten breakfast. Woke up at 6:30, dh was missing. We had gone to bed at 12:30 so I went looking for him and he came back to bed and fell asleep again so we didn't get out of bed until 9:10.

I've picked up through, done the dishes and washed my hair. Also printed out my meds for Dr's appointment this afternoon and made an appointment for an eye exam in August. Then I filled out an affidavit I received in the mail the other day & walked down to have dfriend notarize it. Seems I've probably sent back a few times, letters regarding an uncashed check for dShelley from her health insurance. ($275) So, I filled out the affidavit & date of death etc. so they can send me the check. Then I'll divide it between her 2 dks. Wonder how many times they've sent this letter before -I just decided to open this one since it'd been quite a long time since we got mail for her. Glad for the dgks that they can once again have a little something from their dMom. I'll mail it after going to the Dr's.

Imagine my dbil/dsil are in PA by now. At least I think so. They'll be here in a week I guess. DD isn't leaving for here now until next Thurs/Fri. She'll leave from Brunswick, GA. She'll drive there as well as dsonil. His job interview is next Thursday. He should know for sure after that face to face if he has this job. But, it's sounding pretty good and I have to be excited for them. I'll have a tough time not being in FL any more, but I'll survive and that's probably at least a couple of years away for us. Time to adjust to the idea. I'll miss our church there most of all.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELIZABETH!!!

I hope you have a GR8 b-day today, Elizabeth, & many more happy ones to come, too!

I got up early, d2s, will shower after DH gets back from Costco. I got a free download best-seller book. B 'n N offers free Friday Blog books on Fridays, which are usually good ones, along with bonus freebies to download, such as games, etc.. or sometimes they have 2 Nook books.

It's raining here, so DH won't get firewood. He needed to run to Costco anyway, he and his buddy are sorta tired of getting wood, as they worked so hard this week.

One of the top all-time 5 things TO DO everyday, was to write a NOT TO DO LIST (for trivial time-wasters & trivial mindless jobs you don't need to be doing) and put that list right next to your TO DO list, so you're not frittering away your day and time. It was on our local FOX news affiliate this a.m. and was so smart!

Well, it's sun flares and full moon and Friday the 13th day rolled into one. I wonder what will occur today, if anything? Anything monumental.

Have a Super Day. I'll work on tidying up the house and getting ready for Father's Day. Not too much to do, when it's broken up over days. DH vacuums and sometimes does toilets, helps with laundry, and helps with dusting, when needed, but it's not his favorite thing to do. I dusted the house though, but need to dust mop today. Want to tidy up my basket in the great room on my end table, too, and find a place for 2 files of "work-in-progress" I need on hand. I guess I'll put it back into my office someplace, but "where"? As my office is looking so nice. Oh, well, I see a spot from my chair now. Under the bottom office shelf on top of a bin, there is about a 5" space, so the files will slip in there just fine.

I was SO HAPPY last night! I'd ordered stickers from Current. I got out the plastic-wrapped cardboard sheet of stickers, word and quote ones, thinking there would be only 2 (8.5" x 11") sheets of them. I took off the plastic, found 1 large sheet and then behind it were 6 or 7 half-sheets of different words and greetings!!!!! I was so pleasingly surprised! I have a dfriend I'd not heard from for so long. She'd had a reaction to a medication, passed out, hit her head, got a concussion several months ago and got a compression back fracture, too. She has to stay close to home, because of dizzy spells, and is on anti-dizzy med for six months. I "just HAD" to write her a. s. a. p., so I looked & looked & had NO get well cards or thinking of you cards, but upon closer look in my mini-bins, I found an adorable computer printed tulip postcard with a poem on it, by me, about thinking about her and get well and stay that way. I told her she could put it on her bathroom mirror or fridge or even use it as a bookmark. So on the outside of my envelope, I put one of the "Thinking of You" sentimental clear stickers. She's in her early 60's. I'd written to her in Feb., but didn't hear back until yesterday, so I thought she'd moved on and dumped me as a good pen friend, which left me baffled. I'm delighted to know she'll be okay now and we're still friends, but am so sorry for her suffering. It can happen to anybody. So many falls in America, daily, lead to injuries and death. So everybody, please be careful and slow down. I say this to myself, too, because I do the dumbest things and have had so many close calls. Summer before last, I fell when 2 grandsons were visiting, but luckily I'm so well-padded, it didn't hurt me! But it sure scared me and I was embarrassed, too. Have you ever reached up to a shelf to get something down- and have it hit you in the face? That's ME, too! I really need to slow down, think, and be more careful!

Have a Safe & Fun Friday the 13th! Waving to Everybody! My thoughts are with you, Lucylee and your dfamily, too. ♥

A quick check in. They exrayed the shoulder and no broken bones. From my range of motion, they ruled out torn rotator cuff and diagnosed deep bruising. I am to take Aleve for several weeks plus put a frozen bag of peas on the area for 20 minutes every hour. I can do anything I feel like doing, but the minute it hurts, I need to quit. I am to wait 10 days to 3 weeks. If it is still hurting then, I should see my regular dr. who will decide if I need cortisone shots or steroids. Or he might send me to the orthor dr. who will do an MRI, to see if tendons or ligaments are damaged. I plan to follow this to the letter, because I want this to be the end of it, not the beginning of something big.

I'll 2nd that, Lilac -NOT the start of something big or bigger. Amen!

I'm off to see the Dr., the wonderful Dr. of ????? Hoping all remains well this year. I've had my mammogram & blood work up so hopefully that's all pretty ok. Know some #'s could be a little better and I'm working on that. Mainly through getting more exercise.