April 1, 2010
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My House, My Life, Eeeeek!
I didn't think I'd still be connected to the Internet today, because of the painter. But, since my desk and file cabinets are cumbersome, he's saving this wall for last!
Yesterday's barium swallow was uneventful. I've had to drink more barium on past tests and this wasn't a big deal. The people were nice, everyone is always nice at this one hospital, and the P.A. said he thought he saw a small perforation in my esophagus, but the doctor would have my results and a full report, later this week.
We went to the grocery store, on the way home, and did our weekly shopping (a bit early) and bought a leg of lamb for Sunday. Asparagus was cheap and looked really good - good color and like it will cook up tender. The strawberries looked WONDERFUL, were cheap, and we bought two large cartons! Yum! Speaking of "Yum!" - the last of the birthday cake was eaten as dessert after yesterday's lunch. Bye-bye Red Velvet!
We ate leftovers again last night and I promised Jesse I would definitely cook a real meal tonight! I'm still gathering recipes and trying new ones all the time.
To say the house is in a state of disarray would be an understatement! What a mess! Even as I type, the last set of drapes are being taken down and placed on top of the drapes from the dining room. Everything is piled on the sofa and coffee table!
Everything is pulled to the center of the rooms with collectibles littering every surface of "safe" space. I say "safe" with my tongue in my cheek.
Yesterday Annamarie (acting silly again and not obeying) ran into my marble chest in the foyer and put her foot (with a shoe) right through the glass side. I was furious. She broke a gift (one of the first I can remember) that Nikki gave me when she was still a little girl. I think I can glue it together, but I'm still not very pleased about the situation.
I don't want to even guess at the cost of the glass to be cut, beveled, and reset in the cabinet!
How you run into a huge piece of furniture, is beyond me. Plus, the fact we've said (umpteen times) the girls need to watch where they "walk" because the whole house is under construction. There's plastic drop cloths, buckets of paint and tools everywhere, not to mention FURNITURE in the middle of the rooms.
We are supposed to have thunderstorms moving into the state on Friday. It was 88° yesterday! We came home to a stuffy house and Jesse asked me to wait until he cleaned the filters in the system before turning on the a/c.
The house was 81 degrees at dinner time!
I was so glad to see Jesse return home and get that air cranked up! Today I'm enjoying a cool house and the temperature is supposed to be in the mid 80s again today. I believe Sunday is predicted to be nice.
We have NO warm weather clothes in the house - everything is still packed away in the attic. Poor Luci had to borrow a short sleeved shirt from Rissy today. Jesse said he'd take off from work on Friday (the rainy day) and get the boxes down for us before we have to go to church.
We bought white shoes for the girls last week and new white socks yesterday; it's a sure sign that spring is here - for real!!!
I should go eat lunch and sit in the kitchen for a while.
It's the only room that is in order, except for a silk fig tree by the table!!!
Be Blessed ~
Comments (4)
It's really hard to do anything when your whole life is in total disarray! Hope the painting & putting back together goes quickly!
Not trying to make excuses for Anna Marie but I know when my kids were young and the house was under some sort of construction, they would seem to get into a kind of "frenzy" with everything out of sorts, like somehow the disorder gave them permission to throw all the rules out the window.
New shoes and knee socks...I remember that from the past. I just loved putting on those nice white socks and pulling them up to my knees and folding them down about a 1/4". Funny the things we remember from childhood!
Blessings for your weekend...even if the house is out of order...you'll eat good!
What can be done for a perforation in the esophagus? Goodness! Seeing as how it is only 41 degrees here, I just can't get my mind around 88 degrees! WOW! Almost no one in Denmark has a/c because we don't get that many hot days here. I hope soon your house will be all painted and back in order. So sorry about the glass in the cabinet. SIGH..... youngin's!
@DanishDoll -
A perforation is (technically) a hiatal hernia, which I'm sure you have heard of before. Mine was very small, and I doubt I have problems with a hiatal hernia - no symptoms that fit. Don't worry, it's not as uncommon as it sounds!
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