July 12, 2008

• Saturday Ramblings

  Yesterday was . . .  well . . . different from what was planned.  LOL

  Stephanie said they called from work, told her business was slow, and took her off of yesterday’s work schedule.  So, first up – I DIDN’T have JanaLyn to watch.

  I did some of Jesse’s bookkeeping (and y’all know how much I enjoy that and how good I am at accounting – LOL!!  Yes, I’m laughing, too) and got his checks ready for deposit.  It seemed to take FOREVER but didn’t really.  I think it’s my state of mind.  Always worried about copying something wrong or missing a person’s payment to him . . .   I have no confidence when it comes to numbers!

  I took a 1/4 of an Actifed tablet.  Enough to clear up the sinus stuff without making me fall asleep at the wheel.  Then, we left the house.  First stop was the vet to get the little pill for Chirper’s tape worms.  It isn’t contagious, so only he was treated.

  Made Jesse’s deposit at the bank.  That was weird and took longer than it needed to, but I won’t go into the details.  Just kind of an “out of it” teller.

  We stopped at the post office to mail my letters and check our P.O. Box.  I figured there wouldn’t be much in it but, Praise God, there were quite a few checks.  Money in the mail is ALWAYS good!

  I had forgotten to eat lunch and grabbed a package of peanut butter and cheese crackers & a bottle of water as I ran out the door.  I munched those down as we drove from place to place.

  I dropped some things off at Stephanie’s and Rissy asked if she could stay there while Annamarie & Luci were at their therapy appointments.  The girls went in at the same time for their therapy and the therapist said Luci is doing remarkably well.  (Thanks again for all of you who have prayed for her problems!)

  We went back to Stephanie’s to get her, JanaLyn and Rissy and go to Wal-Mart (sigh – I feel like I live there!).  We made it through the store and back to the car in one hour.  Yay!  Record time, I think!

  I dropped off Stephanie and began to drive home.  I wished with all my heart I carried my camera everywhere with me.  Luci was in the middle of the second row of seats and fell asleep, slumped forward – like a rag doll.  Rissy was back there and said, “Mom you gotta see this.”  I turned to see this curly head of dark hair bobbing between her two knees.  I’ve never seen anyone fall asleep like that.  She truly looked like a rag doll.  I told the girls to let her sleep for the 10 minutes more we had to drive to our house.  Annamarie tried to get her picture on my cell phone, but she doesn’t understand photography and her pictures were of Luci’s hair, only.  I got a couple pictures and decided it wasn’t safe to not be paying attention in 5:00 traffic!

  We unloaded our stuff and I called the pastor’s house to see if they wanted me to bring their dinner Friday or Saturday evening.  They decided on Saturday.  So (yay! again), I didn’t have to go anywhere else.

  Rissy cooked hotdogs.  You’d think I’d have been ravenous, but I wasn’t.  I ate one hotdog and a few Frito corn chips.  A couple hours later, Jesse arrived home and I ate another hotdog with him, forgetting about my small bowl of peach sherbet in the freezer.  I think he ate it, which was fine – I just had a smaller than usual appetite yesterday.

  I opened the envelope from the vet which contained (what I thought would be) Chirper’s small pill.  I found a large capsule they had crushed flat.  Little Chirper’s mouth is so small, I doubted he’d be able to swallow it.  Miracle worker that I am with cats, he got it down first try.  He and Jesse “wrestled” on the bed forever.  Chirper never extended a claw or bit down on Jesse.  It was cute to watch and makes me wish we also had a video camera.  But, we don’t – oh well!  He wore out Chirper who curled up in my arm and laid his head on my chest and fell quickly asleep.  So did I. 

  Today I have a few things around the house to do.  The girls are taking advantage of the dry backyard and playing outside until the heat becomes too much.  It’s hot and muggy – no surprise for Oklahoma in July!  Later in the afternoon, I’ll take the food to Pastor C.J.’s house and stop at ANOTHER Wal-Mart (I told you I live there!) to pick up a prescription.  Jesse said all I do is call in and pick up prescriptions.  Since I’m the one doing it, I feel EXACTLY like he does!!!  It just happens to be the way they were first prescribed.  One here, another there: one at one place, another at another place . . . No longer can you buy in advance because they think you might be abusing the medicine.  How do you abuse thyroid medicine???  LOL

  Last of all, has anyone looked carefully at their grocery store receipts?  I was shocked to see the Great Value brand of Cheetos is no longer 98 cents but $1.68.  Their Great Value Frito corn chips aren’t 98 cents any more, either, but $1.43.  As I went down the list (after spending $100 on next to nothing) I was shocked at how every single thing has gone up in price.  I buy Great Value’s American cheese slices and it was over $4.00 and the beef bologna was ALMOST $4.00.  With cheap bread and tax, that means it’s ten bucks to eat bologna & cheese sandwiches, and I don’t even care for them!  Sticker shock was unreal as I read down my list of “next to nothing” items.  I bought an additional sack of potatoes, determined to use more potatoes as a cheap, but filling, food.  When I saw the price of a gallon of milk I muttered (but apparently not quietly), “A gallon of milk costs more than a gallon of gasoline!”  Another shopper started laughing at my comment.  Oops!  Didn’t exactly mean to share!

  I’m going to get moving and get off of here.  I’m looking forward to a leisurely shower while the girls are playing outside.  Not very realistic – but, I can dream can’t I?!!! LOL

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