Doctor’s Report

We drove down to Boston to see Dr. W. on Monday. My appointment was at 1, so we arrived early and grabbed lunch at a local Chinese restaurant, took a walk and then arrived at the office. My eye was tested and examined and at the end of the appointment it was decided that I still have to keep my stitches in. My next appointment isn’t until January, so they’ll be in through the holidays.

On the way home we saw one accident after another. It was rush hour and the traffic was horrendous! I’m glad that Hubby decided to drive me because they dilated my eye and I couldn’t see very well.

We were about half way back when the cell phone rang and Emily called because Greta wouldn’t go out to do her business. All she did was lie around. That got me worrying about my little girl.

We got home and Greta met me at the door with these little cries and yelps. I thought for sure that she was ill. But I got her outside, and then brought her in and fed her. She was ravenously hungry and ate her dinner quickly. She then tried to edge out Fritz for his dinner. So, I decided that perhaps she needed more food.

Greta has finally settled down and relaxed. I sure hope she is okay when I go away on Thursday to see my sister and her family.

Weekend Happenings

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Every morning when I get up, I look carefully at Greta and ask her the question we all want an answer to.

“Are you pregnant?”

So far she hasn’t answered. She just looks at me, like I have lost my mind rolls over and then goes back to sleep.

Still, I look at that belly and I see how much she is sleeping and I think that the chances are very good that she is.

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I go to the Ophthalmologist’s in Boston on Monday. She will look at the stitches and the healing in my eye and determine if I can finally get the stitches out. Since the stitches don’t bother me at all, it really doesn’t matter if they have to stay in longer, but I would be thrilled if they could come out and I could see light at the end of this post operative tunnel.

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It was cold and windy here today and we even saw some more rain. Ah, summer is gone and winter is on it’s way. I can feel it in my bones.

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We went to see Flags Of Our Fathers yesterday. What a truly amazing movie. It’s a Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg production (Eastwood directed). I was so impressed with not only the direction, but the cinematography as well. And the acting was great. I’m not one for war movies, but this is a must see.

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Who among us forgot this was the weekend to “fall back” time wise? I admit, we totally forgot and found ourselves up early. It gave me a good excuse to make French Toast!

Death By Chocolate Cake

Strategy. Yes, I have finally figured it out. Do you ever go out to a nice restaurant, eat a meal and then never have room for one of their truly luscious desserts? Well last night I decided that I would be truly clever and eat light, so I would end the meal portion of our evening, hungry.

We were out with my cousin, Janet and good friend, Mary Ellen. Everyone ordered normal meals, but me. I purposely ordered a smaller meal. Salad and an appetizer with three large scallops. It was delicious, but definitely small.

When we finished, Hubby and Janet were both stuffed, but Mary Ellen and I were only marginally filled, so we ordered dessert. She got the cheese cake and I got “Death By Chocolate, Chocolate Cake”, with coffee.

Each bite soothed the wild beast within me. Every moist touch of chocolate frosting sent waves of pure lust through my soul. Yes, this is what life is all about.

I can’t say I will do this each time I go out to eat, but every once in a while…

Biscuits In The Oven?

You may think that all Greta does is lounge around the house and sleep all day. This is not usually the case for her. She is the type of dog who is running around, full of energy and full of mischief.

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The last week or so, she has begun to really slow down. Her mornings are spent under our bed sleeping, or reclined in the sun. She may get up in the late morning and come and snuggle with me or Hubby. After lunch she takes another nap and then after she eats her dinner, she lies down again.

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I’d be concerned if I had not gone through two pregnancies of my own, which left me feeling nauseous, exhausted and yes, cuddly, or as cuddly as a woman with a 45 inch waist could possibly be.

Although I am sure Greta’s waist won’t get to be 45 inches, I can already see what I believe to be he telltale signs of her having puppy “biscuits in the oven”!

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As I stroked her head this morning I leaned down and whispered in her ear “Oh, my dear little friend, you and I are going to have so much fun”.

I’m not sure I can wait until November 10th to know for certain that she is pregnant!

Thursday 13 #25

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Places I Have Been And Loved

1. Germany. Specifically Berlin and Munich. I just love visiting those two places. They are my second home.
2. England. I loved the Cotswalds the best.
3. Hungary. Budapest. A really fun city to visit.
4. Alaska. Our trip last year made such an impression that I will always love Alaska.
5. Nova Scotia. It’s really beautiful there.
6. Greece. Athens. What a marvelous place to spend time.
7. The Caribbean. I love warm sandy beaches.
8. Switzerland. Zurich. There is a part of Zurich where the hills rise above the city and there are still grazing cow pastures.
9. The Florida Keys. Wonderful seafood and a relaxed atmosphere.
10. Alberta Canada. I love it up there in the wilderness, where the Elk and the deer roam.
11. Italy. I’ve only been to northern Italy, but I liked it a lot. I have wonderful memories of a trip Hubby and I took there with Shubi.
12. Austria. Vienna. The best Schnitzel I ever had was in Vienna.
13. Scotland. Land of my Hubby’s ancestors and the only place they can pronounce our last name correctly.

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What Could Have Been…

Last night I had written a post about my computer woes. Ah, the words flowed from my fingers onto the keyboard, as I composed sheer poetry! Never have I explained a situation with mere words in such an expressive manner.

I knew I would surely win the Pulitzer Prize for Blogging, so I asked my dear, sweet Hubby, who is an English Language/Grammer enthusiast , to go over this masterpiece and correct it for me, before I posted it, and likewise to send a copy to Columbia University for Pulitzer consideration.

I went into the kitchen to start dinner and he sat down with a glass of wine to begin the task at hand.

Then I heard it! Those fateful words. “The post has disappeared!” I ran to the computer, took it from his hands, and I looked. Gone! Gone! All my hopes of International fame and fortune! Gone!

Hubby apologized over and over, but I knew in my heart that life would never be the same.

When I die now, my obituary will read…”and she would have won a Pulitzer Prize for Blogging, but her husband accidentally deleted the post”.

The Saga Of The Router And The Modem, Part 2

I love you, Chip!

The saga of the router continued this morning after a difficult night’s sleep. I just knew there was something very wrong, but I wasn’t sure what it was. During the night when I woke, I thought that perhaps there was something wrong with the modem, but I am not enough of a computer Geek (just a Geek Wanna-be), to understand the intricate workings of my computer, modem and router.

When I got up this morning I decided to call my ISP. Certainly they would know if there was a possibility that the modem was failing after the thunder storm, causing my new router not to work correctly. I simply could not accept that two routers were defective.

I spoke to a nice technician, and I explained everything to her. We tossed a few theories back and forth, tried a few things and by the end of the 45 minute call, which left her totally perplexed, I was put on a list for an in house service call.

I left for my hair appointment with the question still ringing in my head. Was the modem defective or was I just the unluckiest computer user who ended up with two defective routers?

I sat in the hair dresser’s chair, while my hair processed, looking a bit like the old Phyllis Diller.images I tossed the idea around in my mind some more, and the more I tossed it around, the more I was sure that the modem was the problem.

As I finished up at the salon, I decided to speak to someone I absolutely trust regarding computers. My computer guru, Chip. I called Hubby on my cell phone and told him I was going to swing by Chip’s to speak to him about the problem.

When I got to Chip’s I stood there explaining things as best as I could. I finished my explanation of events and then asked him, “Could this have anything to do with the modem?”

His answer was a quick and firm, YES! Apparently it has something to do with the fact that the older routers work on lower frequencies and if a modem is having a problem, then the older ones don’t need as much kick to work. The newer routers, work at a higher rate and throw a broader signal. They require a modem to be working efficiently. He had actually had this exact thing happen to his own system a year or so ago.

At that exact moment my cell phone rang. The ISP serviceman was at our home. I left Chip, raced home and told the serviceman what I had learned. He didn’t exactly believe me. He tried a few, slick tricks that all repairmen know, and nothing worked.

Finally the nice serviceman switched out the modem with a new one. Bingo! Problem solved. The nice serviceman had never heard of anything like this happening before. He wrote down the model number of my old router and then wrote down exactly what had occurred. I think he was truly in awe of the situation.

After he left I sat down and smiled. I KNEW there was something wrong, and I knew it had to be something with the modem. Maybe there is hope for my geekiness after all.

Thanks, and I love you, Chip!

Can You Hear Me Screaming?

I was looking forward to today. Hubby was going to get me a new router, I would install it and life would be good. However, when I was going through the set up process, the new router didn’t work! I tried everything, and nothing would get it to work.

I called their help line. I waited a short time, and got a gentleman on the phone. He was in India. And he spoke English with such a heavy accent that he had to repeat himself 3 or 4 times for me to understand anything that he was saying. Frustration built and I began to have a melt down.

Emily was here and she fed the dogs, and before I knew it, it was time for dinner. Not for me to start dinner, but to actually sit down to eat, but nothing had been started.

Hubby had wanted to bid on something on Ebay and since I was in the middle of a router change everything was down and not working.

Finally, I reached the point of no return and I hung up the darn phone and left the office in disgust. I made dinner, ate it, went back in to the office, unhooked the new router and hooked up the old router, and said the heck with it!

I have questions to ask my ISP, but I’ll do that tomorrow. For tonight I plan to get my pajamas on, and curl up and watch “How I Met Your Mother” and “Two And A Half Men”.

Sometimes a girl just has to chill.