The Dackel Princess

I started out the day with all kinds of energy. I made breakfast for Hubby and the Old Boy and got them off on their trip to southern New Hampshire, and then set about doing housework. The dusting had been neglected for so long that I did not have dust bunnies, but dust elephants! But I got things cleaned up and I even pulled off the slip covers and washed those too.
After that I decided to put together the lasagna for dinner, so that all I have to do tonight is pop it in the oven I made the usual lasagna for Hubby and Old Boy, and I made an all cheese one for me, due to my finicky stomach. Mine has no tomato sauce at all. Just noodles and cheese.
Then it was back to laundry and then I figured that I needed to kick back a little and so I made myself a cup of tea, (I know, I’m not supposed to drink that, but darn, when I don’t feel well I want tea!) and sat down with Shubi.
I ordered 2 dozen rawhide bones from a mail away place as they have the best prices on large compressed rawhides. Greta is such a chewer, and I cannot seem to keep them in the house.
Shubi has a little tumor under her arm and it is starting to weep blood. The Vet has already seen it and he said that we’d just leave it until it started to bother her. Since it’s starting to bleed, it may be that she’ll need to have it removed.
It’s dark, cold and damp. Rain is on the way and high winds. What wild weather we have had this year!

Today is our first fire in the fireplace. It’s cold and damp and I feel chilled. After going shopping, and then taking a nap with the two dachshunds, I felt really cold. So, Hubby got the wood and built me a beautiful fire in the fireplace. I was sitting enjoying this when the girls demanded to go out for a walk. So I put on my coat, (it’s only 43 degrees) and stood outside with them and inhaled the wonderful smell of wood smoke from our fireplace. I just love that smell. There is nothing like it on the face of the earth, especially in the fall.

I decided today that since we had another frost, it was time to clean out the camper. I took the two dachshunds out with me, while I folded up clean blankets and put them away, and got out the last of the bottles of soda and juice. All that’s left to do is drain the water tank, and that’s Hubby’s job.
It’s another dark and dreary day here. Rain is expected any minute and our temperature has soared to all of 42 degrees. I feel like the seasons really have been messed up this year.
Winter is coming. Usually I’m happier about that. I love to down hill ski and winter here means snow, which means skiing. Yet, I just can’t seem to get into it right now. I guess I have too much on my mind.
For now I’ll just enjoy the morning frost.

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We finally had our first frost last night. Not a hard frost, but enough to make the grass crunch under my slippers when I took out the girls. The thermometer said 29 degrees (F).

I planted my spring bulbs yesterday. I planted Day Lilies in a variety of colors, against our stone wall. I think this will look nice. Of course the bending and planting motion has my lower back just a little sore this morning.

Although I am thrilled to death that my gallbladder is fine, the alternatives of either an ulcer or acid reflux disease are leaving me feeling grumpy. Both require very low fat, very bland diets, with NO coffee or tea. Not even decaff! They want you to drink lots and lots of water. Now, I believe that water is for bathing in, for cooking in and for watering ones garden. But, I simply hate to drink water! Yuck!
I also love spicy food. Give me tacos with jalapenos and super hot salsa, or steak with horse radish sauce, or even the hottest Buffalo wings! Heaven! Plain chicken cooked with no bread crumbs or spices or anything served with boiled vegetables…well, it’s too much to even contemplate! Part of me would almost rather have the darn gallbladder cut out and be done with it!

I loved The Apprentice last night with The Donald. Letting Kristi go was the smartest thing. Not only was she a bossy know it all, but she was abrasive and unfriendly to everyone else on the team. Randal, who I really like a lot, had her sized up very quickly.
And Martha’s Apprentice was also quite good. Although I think the young father who acted so outrageously during the project, (I think his name is Jim) should go home soon. He is just plain obnoxious!

Keep your fingers crossed that Hurricane Wilma doesn’t go into Punta Gorda, FL. They really got clobbered with Charlie last year and still have not recovered. I lived there for 6 years and have many close friends there and would hate to see them have to go through that again. Of course I feel like a real genius for moving back north. But after a while I started to find Hurricane season, fire season, tornado season, hot, hot, hot etc… all a little hard to take. Snow I can shovel, the rest down south was more than I could stand.

A happy Friday to all!!!

November,
What the Meme Said What I say
Has lots of extraordinary ideas. They medicate me for those
Difficult to fathom. It’s why I’ve had years of therapy
Thinkforward. ???
Unique. True they broke the mold after me
brilliant. LOL
Sharp thinking. Also why I am on medication, LOL
Fine, strong clairvoyance. I have always had ESP
make good doctors. Not sure, but I’ve made many doctors happy$$$$
Dynamic. Oh yeah
Secretive. I can keep a secret
Inquisitive. True
Know how to dig secrets. I like to know
Always thinking. LOL
Less talkative. LOL
amiable. True
Brave. True
generous. I hope so
Patient. I try
Stubborn. oh yeah
hardhearted. nope
Determined. yep
Never quit. yep
Hardly become angry unless provoked. nope
Love to be alone. I like being alone, but love to be with people
Think differently. Yep
Sharp-minded. not really
Motivate self. god, no
Dont appreciate praises. true
Highspirited. when I am off medication! LOL
Well-built, tough. not really
Deep love, emotions. oh yeah
Romantic. yeah
Uncertain in relationships. not so much now
Homely. not too bad
Hardworking. yes
High abilities. metza,metza
Trustworthy. yes
Honest. yes
Keepsecrets. yes
Can’t control emotions. LOL
Unpredictable. yes

Got this at my cousins site. It’s a Birthday Meme. Quadzilla

Good News! My ultra sound came back okay for the gallbladder! Which is really great! At least I know that surgery isn’t in my future. I guess the big question now is, just what IS wrong?
I had the blood work done for an ulcer today, and I spoke with the nurse in my doctor’s office and I expect I will be going back to see him next week. A change in diet, one way or another, will, no doubt, be in order.
Meanwhile, I’m feeling relieved and a little happy that I am not full to the brim with gall!! LOL

One day after feeling like maybe my hands looked pretty, with the nice long finger nails, yes, you guessed it; one broke! I tried all the little cheats. Super glue, polish, etc. Nothing worked. So I cut the nail and filed it smooth. Then I looked really strange, so I just decided that perhaps I should just do them all. So I did.
They still look okay, but not as long. At least they’ll grow.
And so it goes…

I probably have the ugliest hands I have ever seen. They are large, like a mans and I am forever getting men’s ski gloves in the winter. No pink fuzzy gloves for me! No, I get commando colored ones with GI Joe cuffs. But, at least they fit.
Until recently I chewed my nails. The only time I actually had nails was when I either had artificial ones put on that were so hard I would have broken a tooth had I attempted to chew them, or used the press on ones, that had the habit of flying off into someones dinner meal at expensive restaurants.
During the recent cruise, I actually relaxed enough that I stopped biting my nails for the 8 days we were gone. By the time we returned the nails had a good head start.
I bought extra large kitchen gloves. I got nail strengthening polish! I was careful and rubbed creme into them each night. And now a month later here they are:

I keep telling myself that I know that the day will come when one will break or chip, and then another. But for today, they are looking good, and they are all natural and all mine!

It started about 10 days ago. I noticed after I ate, I felt sick. I tried to sort of change around what I was eating and still I didn’t feel well. Not only that, But I had these sharp pains in the middle of my chest, that sort of radiated into my back. It almost felt like I was having a heart attack. But Hubby assured me, it wasn’t and I was fine, sort of.
Well, finally when even toast was making me feel ill with pain I decided to go in to see my doctor.. It is probably a problem with my gallbladder. I am having an ultra sound on Thursday. Great. That’s actually the good news: the bad news, unless the thing is infected and you are half dead they won’t take the darn thing out. Which means you have to get yourself on the lowest fat diet that you can to treat the gallbladder problem.
The other thing it might be, if it’s not the gallbladder, is an ulcer. So I have to get blood work done to check for that. Meanwhile, he put me on some medication for acid stomach and if it helps, great! If not, then the other problem is what we are probably dealing with.
All I can say is, “Oh…The Pain…”