Weekly Wrap-up - September 21

It's been a busy week! Keeping plenty busy at work (two jobs now - one doing regular work and playing some catch up, and the other just busy as we move into full gear at the new office).

I started out the week with an early doctor's appointment on Monday. Nothing of concern - just wanted her to check some spots on my face that I forgot to mention to her in my check-up the week before. All looked good to her but she gave me a dermatologist referral to do at my convenience.

John ended up being called to Active Duty in Austin until the 30th. He got there the first day, worked, went out to dinner, went to check into his hotel and told that they did not have a room reserved for him! The not-so-polite desk person said they had been talked to about the room but no one gave payment so no room unless he paid $300. He was out on that so he slept in his office and let the PTB make heads roll the next day.

On Wednesday, Lucky went in to have one of her teeth, that was cracked, pulled. She ended up having two teeth pulled (upper right molar - the chewing tooth - and the lower left tooth behind her canine). She also had another cracked molar - opposite side - so bone chewing is not only out for the two weeks for her mouth to heal, but pretty much forever! She will not like that - she loves those T-bones she gets once in a while and won't be able to enjoy the chew bones she steals from Maestro! We have to soak her food in water to make it soft for her but even the night of the surgery, she gobbled it down. They said she might not be hungry - HA! Have they met the 17.5 pound chunker? She looked pretty rough when we picked her up but she has been doing fine - a few coughing fits but not bad overall.

Also on Wednesday, Hannah, Elizabeth, and I loaded into my car to go play Bingo with Kim & Traci. Luck was not on our side, though! Just as we got past McDermott on Coit, our friend Danielle called and she and her daughter Tessa had been in an accident! We turned around and headed to Rolater & Custer where her poor Nissan kept them safe but was totaled. Tessa was quite the trooper during the whole situation.

On Saturday, we had the NYAC crop. It was fun that Hannah was here to join us and several of the peeps were able to make it. Tessa even joined us for a while in the morning to help setup, "take roll call," craft, and make special little gifts for a few of us. The crop day ended unexpectedly early. We go until 9:00 but Hannah and I were driving home by 8;18. Nothing in particular - just an early evening for those who attended. No complaining from us - we went home, unloaded, put on our PJs, and watched a few shows.

When we ran to Michaels and Tuesday Morning that day with the peeps (a NYAC day tradition), Darren called and Pender had broken his radius playing soccer!! No activity for him for a month.

On a bad note on this otherwise relaxing Sunday, Dad has to take Mom to the hospital at 3:00 a.m. She has been sick for a few days, saying it was just her sinsues, and when she was throwing up in the middle of the night, Dad decided it was no longer time to just let it ride. They got the ER and checked in, they took her back, checked her and was given some medication so she wouldn't throw up. It was than 8:00 a.m. before they got into an examining room! A FIVE HOUR wait! That's just craziness! Her sodium was low - which is a recurring problem with her and she's been hospitalized for it before. Her oxygen was good, though. They did admit her to the hospital so that they could start an IV treatments for the sodium. She will be there for probably a couple of days. They have to bring her sodium level up slowly because if they do it too fast it can affect the brain. When I spoke to her in the afternoon, she was hoarse and not happy to be in the hospital again but resigned to the fact. Wish there was just some magic pill that she could take that would keep her sodium levels normal!

Otherwise, it's Sunday "Relax Day:! Hannah and I had decided earlier in the week that today would be PJ & trash TV day. We had BACON for breakfast, have watched a few 4 Weddings and Say Yes to the Dress, Hannah is working on her current craft project (decorated wedding tray), and I've done a few household things at a nice leisurely pace. Nice to have a "down day."

Spaghetti Squash!

Well, yum yum! I finally got around to trying spaghetti squash. It was not exactly what I was expecting but I like it! I did not expect it to be kind of sweet. Talk about hard to cut open, though. Wowza - thank goodness cooking was easy! Tried some different things with it (butter & parm, marinara, seasonings, etc.) and so far my favorite it to eat it with just some Cotija cheese on it. The sweet and salty has nice flavor. Can't wait to try some "real" recipes with it! (We'll see how the boys take to it...or not LOL)

The boys are home!!

 I'm so not a good selfie taker!

YEA! My boys are home early! John always likes to surprise me and this was a good one! They were supposed to be home from Missouri on Wednesday. I had talked to John a few times today - just the normal stuff - he said he was going to visit Matt & Stacy, etc. So I'm in the kitchen with Kim while she cuts up veggies to go with the cilantro lime chicken for tonight's dinner and I see some movement in the backyard. I wonder in my mind what it is but assume it's just the leaves on the branch blowing. Suddenly the door opens and they boys come rushing in saying, "When we heard you were hurt, we jumped in the van and rushed home!" Uh, yeah, right. Let's see, around 3:30 I sent them the picture of the blood on my finger from where I cut it while while replacing the shower Jacob's shower valve and replaing the handle. It is now around 6:30. Somehow, I don't think you made that drive in 3 hours LOL! They did make good time, though, managing the trip in about 9 hours - one stop for gas. Love my boys, and although I got a lot done while they were gone, I'm glad to have them home!

Teresa the great repairwoman! Only one injury reported.

New Lights - I hate them!

So, they finally got around to finishing the streetlights along College (right outside our house). I was not happy when they first started putting them in but even less happy now that they have turned them on! It's like a football stadium in my house - so bright! We will have to sleep with the door shut to the living room - which I hate. I like having our doors open. I feel sorry for Jacob since his room will be pretty brightly lit with one of the new streetlight's blazing onto the front of the house. I guess one advantage is that our porch is much brighter now. We used to turn the porch lights on but because they were on the outside of the wall, there wasn't much light on the actual porch. Now no one should have any problems walking out our door to the house. Oh, and we won't really have to turn on the back yard light since another "wonderful" light brightens up that area quite nicely. Ugh! The cost of growth in Frisco. Had I known now what I knew then about how our little corner would evolve (no parking in front, ugly signs, bright lights to disturb our sleep), we would not have let Jacob have "the cow house". 

 The part of College where the lights have not been turned on yet.

The lit up part - no one should complain that they can't see!!

Great Sunday!

Whatcha doing today? Happy to say that we are Scrapbooking, yes, we are! I'm finishing up the journaling in Jacob's Scout album. Hannah is working on various projects at the "cutting island" and at the "toddler table". (She says, "You've heard of the short bus? I'm at the short table." LOL! My hubby brought in the table for her when she got here - but he got the table that I have that starts out for toddlers and can adjust up for adults - but she liked it in the toddler position). Wonderful, relaxing and fun Sunday. 

Oh, and John is cooking for us! Smoked ribs for lunch and smoked brisket for dinner!

Another reason I love him (or put up with him)

So I'm working on bookkeeping in my office. John opens the door and comes through the room. As soon as he opens the door, I hear him start singing Beaches of Cheyenne which is playing on my Pandora. (Love me some Garth, although is favorite sing along is Hank.)

Although we have a bit of differences in music (most of the time we like the same stuff - the only way we really differ is he's more into hard metal and I'm more into dance music), we are still pretty doggone compatible in that area.

Several times this week and last week, I knew what he was going to say before he said it - or knew what he was thinking without him saying a word.

So what is love? Isn't part of it just compatibility and the comfort in knowing each so well? And sometimes it's almost scary how well I know that man!!

And have I mentioned that he makes me laugh? 

Let it snow!

SNOW! View at 6:00 this morning.

Yep, DFW got our 3rd snow this winter. Well, the first one doesn't really count because it was just a light dusting overnight.  The 2nd one was on Christmas day, while we were in Missouri, of course.

Since the transmission went out of my car yesterday (UGH!) I was already planning to ride in with John. It was nice and snowy and slushy when we came in, but being from Missouri, it was no big deal to us.

Many of my facebook friends were upset that they had not cancelled schools. Really? In Frisco, we have community school so most of the time you are driving no more than 2 miles to a school to drop your kid off. And by the time schools started, it was much more wet than it was when we left at 6:30. Looking at the traffic map on the local TV stations showed warnings all over the metroplex of slow moving traffic and a few accidents. Radio said that it was a 3 hour commute from Sherman to McKinney on Hwy 75. Poor sheltered native Texans LOL! This would be almost like driving in summer for Missouri folks!