A Migraine (Mine), A Moron (Me), Multiply, and More

Best to grab a cup of coffee, or a nightcap. 

It's kinda long... Sorry.

Dear Santa;

Please send me a Sony digital camera.

I am truly lost without mine.

Good Afternoon!!!
And happy Friday' to all who are here blogging/reading on our new site. I hope everyone has their sites, info, etc all migrated away from Multiply since Multiply will close very soon.

'As the tummy growls' ...
I am famished right now, and will catch you all up on my day shortly.  (But at this point, I am also way too tired to even think of cooking anything).

If you have read my previous notes on Multiply, then you already know that my car broke down eons ago... 
Not really needing to go anywhere, I tried to ignore that specific dark cloud. Which was

Happy Birthday Casey!

Good Morning All;
Yes, today is Casey's 23rd birthday. Time flies...

We have been celebrating Casey's birthday at The Olive Garden each year... I think she saw a commercial for it when she was about 5 and there's been no two ways around it ever since.
Only one year was postponed due to snow- About 5 years ago. So that's a fairly good non~percentage of cancellations.

You ask who came?  Take a peek below...
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Master Gabriel attached himself to the birthday girl, then charmed his way into everyone's hearts.
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Nephew Brandon, niece Brit, and sister Janet, wth Casey
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Good friends Chris Jaworski and Cheryl
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Friend Sarah, and son Andy
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Brandon with Tim, (Janet's husband)
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Ashley and Brandon,
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Jake Harkins, and his wife Jen too!
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Jesse Jasch and his kind and Sweet Shelley!
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Our special day would not have been complete without Kelli and Michelle
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Happy Hugo. Who had to leave wife Marsha at home due to illness.
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Greg, Master Gabriel, and our Birthday Girl
Gabriel was SO patient as he waited for his food! Such a wonderful young man- Mama Kristin has surely worked her magic, the love he has, the family is grand!
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Grampa Randy and Gabriel ~laughing at me taking pictures
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With our entrees came a choice of soup or salad. Cheryl chose soup.
She got about 4 bites of soup in this bowl too.
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Funny- And a bit shortchanged there. The picture does not do it justice.
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Our waitresses were more than capable; and awesome too!
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Ta~Da!

It was a grand birthday party!


We are in Minnesota-
We chose to leave a day early and drive through a bit of snow; than drive through worse weather today.



Lord knows this was bad enough- The roads 'turned' about 50 miles into the trip.
(And knuckles really DO turn white).  As soon as I would think to pull over for the day, the roads would clear; so on we went.
But the 280 miles or so passed, little by little. At times we were able to go 70mph, and at others we were lucky to do 40 or so. I could just feel the tension between my shoulders.

Being that the end always justifies the means, I am happy that we are here, safe and sound.
It is cold.  A few degrees (8) on the plus side of zero, with the wind chills being about 10 below zero.
Nasty.  (Canada's fault I'm sure). hehehe

Time to close for now and adjust my position a bit.

Hope you are all well, and warm.
Love to all

XOXO
Me

H~2~Uh-Oh

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Good Evening All;
It sure was a "day" yesterday... (And OMG, I hate days like that).
With Casey's surgeries next week already, I do not seem to be dealing with anything decently anymore.
The water s(h)ituation seemed to be that proverbial straw for me.

I am happy to report I do have water today. The washer has been running almost all day, and the dishes are almost all done. (Too lazy last night).

Not that I didn't have water yesterday-
As soon as I had called, Kelli was over in a flash with 7 gallons for me to use; (which made me very happy- And a bit calmer too).

She also brought CocoBean and Mr. Miller. (Which made Punk very happy, although NOT any calmer). hehehe


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CocoBean ran around like a fool- Punk just kept gnawing snow and crying about it all the while.
(Guess ice cream headaches aren't that bad to a dog).
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Mr. Miller was unhappy, given the fact that no matter where he stepped, he broke through that crusty top layer of snow...
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He came up by me then.  Too funny!

While Beaners and Punk vied for Kelli's attention...
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Then they have to wrestle!
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Shortly thereafter, that 'wunnaful' Minnesota/Dallas game came on.  I was rooting for Minnesota ya know; and will continue to do so until they are finished for the season...

Then it was high time for a bit of running water.

Randy crawled down in the pit...
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... And YIKES!  I haven't seen him since.


Punk had had a very rough day eating all that snow, and playing in the sunshine.
She slept like a baby all night long!
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Know that she is a great foot warmer when I fall asleep too!

Just took my pizza out of the oven- I left the onions big so I can pull them off for Punk. She likes pizza too! hehehe

Be back later! (I have a ghostie blog to share).
Love to all

XOXO
Me

No Matter What, Life is Always Good!

Isn't that the truth?
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Casey came out late last night, 
about 9:30...
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A new T~Shirt!
Sassy, but cute as always!

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Good Morning All;
Yesterday was quite a day around here-
Lots of bright sunshine, (just not so bright in other respects).
My back was trying to kill me, I swear! So I just took it as easy as I could.

The obvious first order of business was to get out of bed and to let The~Punkster outside after a long evening of being "in".
She waited so patiently for me to get out of bed. Trust me, that was not happening fast at all.
Thankfully, neither her bladder, nor her patience, wore out. (Nor did mine).

After that, the poor little pup also had to wait for her breakfast...
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No, I did not make her wait even longer while I took this picture...
I took this about 3 days ago

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Her food is kept under where those dishes are. All neat and tidy, and dry. I have more food in the back entrance for her. Just that I could not get to either supply without severe pain.
She patiently waited a bit longer...

Randy came out yesterday and set up a supply for her on the kitchen table. A very good thing!
He also pulled many many noxious weeds, greased the zerts on the rider, AND even mowed the lawns!
Thank God for minor miracles!

As most of you are aware, I made 2 trips to the E.R. this past week.
Unable to move in any way shape or form without severe pain, I thought it high time to be getting another opinion.
On Monday, I was given an IV with some toradol, morphine, zofran for barfing, and something else.
More importantly I was given a referral to a pain specialist. (Dr. Mario is the same one that Casey has).
I cannot get in until the 26th. (Which is better than the 27th I suppose)!  ?

On Wednesday, repeating the nightmare of my inability to move, Casey took me back to the E.R.
They gave me that dilauded- which left me able to move enough to get back home.
Again, and infinitely more important, I have a referral to a spine doctor!  I was not able to get all the paperwork by close of business on Friday, so I will make that call as early as possible tomorrow morning.

I am now taking the oxycodone, along with diazepam. The diazepam [Valium] will negate any of the bad effects that I was so afraid of. So far so good.

We have gotten our very much needed rains... And they keep on coming!
It is even possible for more rain today.


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Check the rain gauge...
Now that should bring up the water levels a bit!

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The rains have also brought up a few flowers on the west side of the old garage
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It is a mess of weeds and flowers, but at least there is a bit of color!

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And another shot of a few cosmos...
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Looks like the top one is morphing into a butterfly!

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It also looks like this Black~Eyed~Susan has drowned!
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Kinda sad, that...

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But at least the duck hasn't drowned!
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(He holds all the chemicals for the pool)...

And I have had no further problems with thirsty venison either!
Knock on wood...

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A few more little blooms that have really enjoyed the soaking rains...
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Casey, peeking through a few flowers!

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She found these itty bitty flowers too!
I do not know what they are...

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And I haven't quite figured out the attraction to the grasses for this Monarch.
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I thought they always went for the nectar...

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It's been real muggy too...
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It wasn't raining when I took this,
even though everything looks wet-
See the blue in the far background by the woods?
That is all humidity!

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Today is already like that- No sunshine at all, so maybe the rains will come earlier than predicted for late this afternoon!

Hope all is well in your little corner of the world!
Have a "wunnaful" Sunday!

Love to all

XOXO
Me

Oh-Bla-Di ~ Oh-Bla-Dah

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Good Afternoon;
Methinks I am almost caught up with my blogs for a while.
We were to be headed to Sault Ste. Marie today. (Didn't work out that way though).

I am sitting here after trying to get all of my wash done before leaving.  Little things that I just want clean for when we get back. 

Randy came out yesterday-
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Punk needs this rough and tumble play so badly

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He also said he would finish up my drains today.
And here I am, just cooling my heels, and waiting.  Grrr...   MEN!
Oh well.
To know we wanted to leave though- (Just p*sses me off, big~time).


We had court last week on Master Gabriel's behalf. 
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Casey arriving at the courthouse...

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Same as last month when Chuck was given all rights to Baby Sam, Roberta chose to not even show up.
While it helps everyone's cause (especially Gabriel's), that she didn't show, I am still astounded how parents can just leave a child...
I do believe there is a special place in hell for those with the "out of sight, out of mind" thought process.

She has given birth 3 times. 
She has had her parental rights terminated with all three, deservedly so.
Is it right for a grandmother to feel this way? Probably not; but I am actually happy for the boys.

With the exception of Master Gabriel, they live with their dads-
These men have stepped up to that proverbial parental plate and have done right by their sons, my grandbabies.
I am very proud of these young men.

Master Gabriels foster parents want so much to adopt him. I pray they succeed.
They are good and decent people, and he has been welcomed into their family, truly loved and cared for, and finally knows what a real family is about. 

We stopped by their home after court by to tell Miss Kristin how everything went.
The next step will be to ensure he stays with them on a forever basis. I believe they have all the proper papers already in order.

Everyone was outside!
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Here she is with their "triplets"  hehehe

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The following day I did something I should not have done-
(But all this "taking it easy" and "complete rest", etc. is driving me freakin' batty).

Casey and I had found some mulberries up here-
(I have 3 trees up here, and more back by the woods). 
There were a few berries that the deer had not touched, the rest for the birds being too high up to reach.
But there were just not enough left from the deer for our watering taste buds.
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So we piled in the car and headed for the woods-  
-(insert sigh)...  The tree back there wasn't even close to being ripe!


So... As long as we were to the woods, and as long as Casey felt well enough to go down the ravines, then by God, so did I.

We have had little rain for a long time. Not only do we need it for the crops, but even the river needs a bath too.  That does TOO make sense!
(Everything, including rivers, kinda gets a little icky with no fresh rain).
Casey found a skeleton to something or another...


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But stinky there too, so she threw it back.

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She played a very cute peek~a~boo too.

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A ton of water spiders...
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Punk feels it her 'duty' to chase them too.
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But she doesn't always get them either...
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For obvious reasons, I didn't want to have to go back up either. 
Somehow, Punk knew this.
(If Casey had not been along, there is NO WAY you would even believe what I am going to write next):

Punk went up to the top as I slowly made my way up. Odd because she is generally right at my side. She even left Casey's side to go to the top!

She came back with a stick.
I had no idea what she was doing as she kept forcing that stick in my direction...

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She proceeded to pull me up the rest of the way!

With God as my witness, that is exactly what she did.
I am so blessed by this little dog.
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The weather has been raunchy-
Chilly- and yes we did get a few spots of rain. (We need much more).

Uh-Oh, Randy has just pulled in...

*** WARNING!
All of you with the 100+ temps might want to look away for a moment...
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So that is what we have had in our neck of the woods.
That it feels strange to not be complaining about the heat is an understatement. I am always the 1st to whine about the heat and humidity; and here I am saying it is chilly in July,
(and praying for 100% humidity to fall on our heads for a few days).

I honestly don't remember the last time I mowed the lawns- They are brown, dried, and shriveled, except for the weeds of course. 
And those weeds need mowing.
There is no grass.
....... Not that I care to be on the rider anyway.




I made some stuffed green pepper casserole yesterday...



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(Nope. Didn't use this one)...  

I was completely nauseated when that one slipped out of its bag.
The 'splat' and the splatter just sounded SO gross!.

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Casey stopped at the store on her way out and picked up some fresh green peppers.
Dang. Now I am hungry ~as I hear the leftovers calling my name~
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Love to all

XOXO
Me

PS
I think I should enclose this picture for my sister-
Sorry Barbara, I kept forgetting...
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Bobbé, at the same age as Big Sam is now.

Written on the back by my mom:
"Bobbé, on her favorite diet!"
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Here is Big Sam now
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You might be right!
(I am old and I might have forgotten). 


Do you think they look the same?
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