I Wuz Sleeping!

Me, in the woods



ARF!!!!!
(And we ALL know what THAT means)!

Yep! It's me, Punk!

I just wanted to let you know that I am alive and kickin'...

AND, there are times that I am still getting into trouble. 
Can ya believe that?!
Really?!?  ('Cuz I kin hardly believe it myself)!

Me and she (and a'course the darn cat) went for our walk on Friday. I kinda sorta got a lil tired and went to go sit up on the back lawn.


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She sees me, and hasta take a picture!
I guess 'cuz I'm jess so cute. (Ya think)?

I try to show her that it is hot, and I am darn tired.


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I give her one of my biggest and loudest yawns.
(She ignores me and keeps toodling around).

So I lay down. (With a big loud grunt too).

She still pays no attention to me!
What the heck? Am I invisible now?!?
Mebbe so.

But my sniffer still works...
And what IS that yummy smell???

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And oh boy, Oh Boy, OH BOY!, do these ever smell good!

I gotta get a better whiff...
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Mmmmmmm!

But wait!
Anything that smells that good...
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Has GOT to taste good too, don'tcha think?
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WOW!
They taste even better than pussywillows!!!
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Sumpthin' pokey tho'...
(But dats OK- I growled at it).

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I shooked it up too!!!

When I shooked it, sumpthin' poked my butt!?
That wuz pretty brave!

 

Brave or not, I had to let it go...

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But gosh, it was SO yummy!

And a'course I had to clean up my 'lil mess there!

But cleaning that mess up wuz nothin' compared to the mess "she" made in the kitchen yesterday mornin'.

See, I wuz still asleep, (cuz I had a big day before), when all of a sudden, "BANg!"
The biggest and loudest "bang" I have ever heard ! (It wuz also the fastest I ever woke up)!
Whatever happened to "let sleeping dogs lie"?!
I'll tell ya what happened to it is I get NO respect!

Anyway, she doesn't even turn around as she walks into the room (where I wuz sleepin'), -she only looks at me and sez "That cannot be good."

She walked back in there, but not before I went and 'nspected it fer her.

Oh my goodness, ya won't believe me!!!
I know ya won't!
But I'll tell ya anyway-  There wuz ALL of her dishes, in little pieces, and all over the floor!

Now what am I gonna lick off of? Not even those yellow things tasted as good as all those dishes did!

...an' who hollers at her???  No one!
It ain't fair, I tell ya, it jess ain't fair!

I hafta go pout now.

Love,
Punk

Infusion #4, and more!

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Look closely for the tractor... Finally! ~ a bit of badly~needed attention for the fields...


Good Afternoon Everyone;
I am behind. (So what else is new)?
I wanted to try to get a bit caught up before we left for Casey's treatment this morning. Didn't work. But here I am, finishing it now - hehehe
I am on my laptop- Greg will be rescuing my desktop computersaurus one of these days.
Seems as I broke it...
I repeat,  "So what else is new?!?

Casey had a rough week, last- They will be doing blood tests before she is treated today, and hopefully we can all remember that she is to get her B-12 shot also. (Forgotten last week, but she is on quite a regimen of daily vitamins/mineral by mouth also).

I brought her to the hospital on Friday. Too much pain.
They treated her pain, I brought her home and that was that.
Mostly, as you well know by now, she does cope quite well with that pain- Just that sometimes it becomes very overwhelming for her. (For me too -as I can only pray and have to watch her to be in pain).
This is the first time since her TP/AIT (12-2008), that her pain was at a level 10. She said it is very comparable to her chronic pancreatitis pain! No one seems sure of whether this is from the iron, or possible adhesions from one of her surgeries.

Her blood pressure has been screwy too-  I sent her home with my little b/p machine to check it every now and then.
She goes to about 130/90, at her highest- But then drops way down to about 80/40. Normal (for her) is about 90/58. We run borderline low in my brood.
We are told that her b/p shall regulate itself once her iron treatments are discontinued.

Last week, in an effort to counteract some of the immediate side-effects of the iron, they gave her benedryl, 50mgs, -and a Zantec for her tummy.
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The Zantec was octagonal but not parallel - a weird looking pill that didn't show up in my picture.

I was having fun playing with my camera that day- editing a few pics while Casey's IV ran.
I found an edit feature on my camera that is tagged "partial color". That's what I used for the above shot.
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Ready with the saline, just in case...
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A few shots from her hospital visit...
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(The '59' was her heart-rate at that point in time).
Disregard the "ADMIT PATIENT" as I brought her home that same evening.
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Casey- 5/28/2010
Showing off her pokes and bruises, (and of course the fancy jewelry issued by the hospital). hehehe
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WARNING!  ~This picture is not for the feint of heart...

Every once in a a while someone turns my camera on me...
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OK. Quit laughing already-
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Driving to pick up Casey, I go past this gas station.


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For some odd, strange reason, I was quite happy I did not need gas at the moment.
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I was also happy that I didn't need anything swatted that day.  hehehe
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Going back to the woodsafter we got home, I was thrilled that the boys were finally attempting to clear the field.
Rumor has it there will be cabbage this year...
Boring... (stinky too).

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I'd better close for now...
Have plenty more blogging to catch up on, (and like cabbage I don't want to be boring you).

Love to all!

XOXO
Me

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Personal Question for You- Traits

(Just don't look at it too long)...

Having just checked my email, here is a very interesting question from the yearbook.

"What is one trait you could not put up with in another person?"
Know that a trait, to me, is "inside/head/heart" character, not habits, etc...
Why?

Even after considering the list of those 7 Deadlies, for myself it has to be dishonesty.
I have been lied to countless times; which never bode well- either for the liar, or for myself.

What say you?
I would be willing to bet that, once again, your answers will "make" this blog very interesting !!!

XOXO
Me

Are You an Idiot?

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Other

Thanks a lot KelliBaby! (You got me)...

Good Morning Everyone!

You will just have to come to your own conclusion below...
(Astra, if you prefer, you may substitute the word "moron"). hehehe





















1. You cannot stick your tongue out and look up at the ceiling at the same time.

2. All idiots, after reading #1, will try it.








3. They will then discover #1 is a lie.








4. You are smiling now (because you are an idiot).








5. You soon will share this with another idiot.








6. There is still a stupid smile on your face.







I apologize for this, but I'm an idiot, and I needed the company.

XOXO
Me

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XOXO
Me

clipart from here

"Un..."

~looking into my eyes, from my own eyes.

Good Afternoon;
I know NOT how anyone can ride a roller-coaster. And especially this one...

I have accomplished zero today.
Almost as soon as I thought to become productive, the flashing lights began.
My throat is almost closed, but pouring out its slime- The stuff that makes and keeps one nauseated.
A hard way to spend a day, let alone an hour, of my life.

The homeplace looks absolutely abandoned. As I told Kristin earlier, I cringe to even look out my windows anymore. It is THAT bad.

I fell asleep much earlier- better that way, (for everyone).  hehehe

Casey called a few hours ago. Herself being ever~so ill from those damned iron infusions.
Seems as though she feels worse and worse each and every week.

These infusions play havoc with her already severely compromised insides; and it kills me even to hear that little voice sounding so weak and sickly on the phone.
Truth be known, it ANGERS me to no degree that I have ever felt anger before!
This young lady has been through so very much-  And they just keep dumping more and more and more and more ON her!
It is NOT fair. 
It is unjust.
It is unreasonable. 
That it is unjustified makes it even worse somehow.
JFK said it best: "There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair."

Hating the word "idiopathic" from the very first time they stamped her diagnosis with it.
It is still wrong. (And don't even bother to get me started on that word)!


Am thinking maybe if I get outside, even in this humidity; and maybe if the rains hold off long enough, I can still be a decent landowner and make this all 'look' a bit better.

F*ck it.  I am heading outside
"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."  (It is the nicest thing I can say right now).

Have a good one.
My love to all.

XOXO
me

Captions Needed? hehehe

CaseyFace!   -05/19/10


Good Morning All;
Another infusion day for Casey. Hopefully the poke will 'take' on the first try this time.
Again, we are to arrive for 8:30...

I have been running down to Kelli's and snapping pictures of the construction...
Punk gets left in the car after last week deciding to run in wet clay. hehehe


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She is not always happy, but having given her numerous baths in the past week, she is not getting near dirt anytime soon.

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I will also be leaving Miss Punk at home today. Temps are forecast to be in the upper 80's.
(Which I have learned to actually mean temps will be in the lower/mid 90's).

Casey and Greg came out on Sunday, knowing that the temps were going to go high, and also knowing that my A/C was in the basement.

Greg carried it up.
We cleaned it up/out, installed it, and got it going...
Yesterday it ran for 2 hours, rattled some, and then quit on me. 
(Suffice to say I did not move overmuch, nor eat a bite, yesterday). Too hot to do so.
And when I chanced to peek at the thermometer on the 'due north' side of the house, it read 95°.
Life goes on.

Below...  It matters not what the commercials say, this is NOT a happy cat!

This is where your captions are needed.   hehehe

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Still laughing!

A bit of background...
While Casey was here, being bored while Greg played with my computersaurus, she decides it is high time for Sputty to also get a bath.
Punk canNOT always have all the fun after all.

Unlike Punk's baths, this is way too dangerous to attempt to do in the bathtub.
Mr. Sputnik found himself confined to the kitchen sink...


Having been watching my bluebird family, I chanced to get the perfect shot of Daddy Bluebird.

When, of a sudden, he realized he was camera shy, and flew off...

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While it ruined my shot, I still think he is lovely, even in a twist of flight.
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I'd better close for now and get on with my day.
I have windows to close, entrapping the night air for a little while. And then to pick Casey up and bring her in.
Please say a little prayer that today is easier for her?

My love to all.  Have a 'wunnaful' day!

XOXO
Me


Now.   About those captions???    hehehe