This is a line from the movie "Splash." This whole week has been baaaaaaaddddd!! First it started last week with me going to ER because of severe stomach pains. I was layed up for about the whole week not knowing what to eat, etc. I'm still not over this bout of whatever it is I have, but thankfully I've got an appointment with my doctor and maybe I'll start to feel better someday and keep some food down. It's just a matter of what kind of food works and what kind does my digestive system hates.
Today, we went to Hutchinson to work on my mom's mailbox which had been down for a month. Someone rounded her corner and bent it all up. She couldn't get mail at her house and has to get it collected at the post office. So since Hutch does not have an option of curbside vs. porchside, she has to have a post out there in order to get mail service. Since there was no basketball tournament we went to Hutch to fix the mailbox. We got the post at Home Depot and I also had an appointment with my hairdresser. I hadn't cut or done anything with my hair for over 4 months.
I thought that L could work on the box while I went to the mall to get my hair done. At first he offered that I should drive the van to the mall. Looking back on this, I probably should have. But instead I insisted he should drive me. So he drives me to the mall and assures me that he will pick me up in an hour or so.
I finish with my hair appointment and no one is at the mall to pick me up. I am thinking this is odd. So I called my mom on the cell and asked, "Are they still there?" She assured me that they had left 5 minutes ago to pick me up. I waited and waited and waited! I was getting angry waiting and texted S wishing that "someone" (L) had a cell phone to let me know what's going on." A few minutes later my cell rings, it's my mom.
"L has been in accident."
"WHAT?? What happened?"
She explained that he was on 11th and the highway when someone plowed into him. She said that no one was hurt. Just the van was. She explained that he was going to walk over to her house (not far from that area) and pick her car up. Then we had to decide on where to get a rental car since the normal rental car agency was closed.
I paced back and forth in the mall letting S know and my hairdresser too on what had happened and ask for people to pray for us.
The tow truck had our van and J took a picture of the damage. Then we picked up the rental car (Ford Focus) at another place in Hutch. It's a cool little car, but I still want my van back.
So hopefully this string of unfortunate events will stop beginning tonight.
I'm not even sure how long it will take to repair the van, ugh!! I hate problems like this. But the bottom line no one was injured and we are very thankful for that!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
A Short Season
J had just started his last year of Biddy Ball this month. I was turning in articles to the local ink pad newspaper for 3 weeks and this week was to be the tournament. Until J told me yesterday that the tournament at Arlington was canceled and the season had ended. No end of the year medals. No end of the year pictures. Nothing. But a 5 game biddy basketball season. Unreal.
S had participated in two years of Biddy Ball, one year she didn't play, and the season was a lot longer than this. The people who ran biddy ball for our town even had a concession stand. Then they left the school district a couple of years ago and their kids left this year. J had three different coaches the three years he played. M (the family who ran the biddy ball league), S (who left to coach the HS girls BB team), and the new M, who moved in from Carrie Nation's city. S still supplied the team with uniforms.
This has been one disappointing year when it comes to basketball in this area, yet, the school district wants us to promote youth sports. How can you when last year they held basketball camp for all but the incoming 6th grade? But then, I did hear later that it WAS held. Only if J was in baseball would we have heard this news. It wasn't in the papers; there was no flyer sent home from school; it was only by word of mouth. J didn't have basketball camp last summer for the first time in a long time! We were all disappointed. We told him that he should go to Tennis camp. He was reluctant at first but after a week really enjoyed learning a new sport.
I'm not sure if he'll be doing Tennis Camp this year, but I think that he should since basketball has been such a let down for him. The other problem is that J can shoot, but he is always a bench starter. He doesn't score a lot of points. Not quite sure what defense he should be playing, but I've noticed this year he has done much better. Maybe the reason is the new coach or the old coach helping out. But things were looking better this year for him.
For the last two years our team had been undefeated. Until this year with both losses coming from the Carrie Nation team. I know that next year Anthony and Harper will be combining. Anthony has a lot of good scrappy players on their team. It makes me wonder if J will go out for basketball at all when he's a seventh grade student. I can only hope and that he's not just a bench sitter.
S had participated in two years of Biddy Ball, one year she didn't play, and the season was a lot longer than this. The people who ran biddy ball for our town even had a concession stand. Then they left the school district a couple of years ago and their kids left this year. J had three different coaches the three years he played. M (the family who ran the biddy ball league), S (who left to coach the HS girls BB team), and the new M, who moved in from Carrie Nation's city. S still supplied the team with uniforms.
This has been one disappointing year when it comes to basketball in this area, yet, the school district wants us to promote youth sports. How can you when last year they held basketball camp for all but the incoming 6th grade? But then, I did hear later that it WAS held. Only if J was in baseball would we have heard this news. It wasn't in the papers; there was no flyer sent home from school; it was only by word of mouth. J didn't have basketball camp last summer for the first time in a long time! We were all disappointed. We told him that he should go to Tennis camp. He was reluctant at first but after a week really enjoyed learning a new sport.
I'm not sure if he'll be doing Tennis Camp this year, but I think that he should since basketball has been such a let down for him. The other problem is that J can shoot, but he is always a bench starter. He doesn't score a lot of points. Not quite sure what defense he should be playing, but I've noticed this year he has done much better. Maybe the reason is the new coach or the old coach helping out. But things were looking better this year for him.
For the last two years our team had been undefeated. Until this year with both losses coming from the Carrie Nation team. I know that next year Anthony and Harper will be combining. Anthony has a lot of good scrappy players on their team. It makes me wonder if J will go out for basketball at all when he's a seventh grade student. I can only hope and that he's not just a bench sitter.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Yes, I am still here.
What an awful Saturday I had this past week! I am just now feeling well enough to give a shout out to my dog to be quiet. Apparently there is a dog visiting the neighborhood without his master making the dog go crazy.
After spending 3 hours in the ER and trying to figure out what kind of digestive problems set me off in pain that I've never experienced before in my life, I am back among the living.
I finally got myself in gear to call my doctor's office and tell them what happened. I know that they will set me up with a specialist. I'm not looking forward to it by no means, but if they can get me to feel better in all my years dealing with this problem, then it will be worth it.
I discovered this weekend NOT to drink any caffeine, because that's what triggered the episode. One of the ER nurses said that maybe I shouldn't eat out anymore. I tend to agree with that statement. But I can't do this forever. So it's like I am surrendering my fears of going through a test if it would just make me feel better!
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What is it about kids and doors? I swear, J must think we live in a barn where we don't have to close the door. For example, after an hour he left for school, the backdoor was wide open. It's cold out there today, with temps in the lower teens. Yet, there it was open! Kids must think that the doors are like those in the grocery stores, they close automatically. They do not!! I wish that I had that kind of technology on both doors, but we do not.
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Tomorrow is Kansas Day! The state is turning the ripe old age of 148. When I was 5 I was at the capitol building with my uncle and my family. There was a huge cake and a lot of legs (i was short so I couldn't see very well). That was the Centennial Celebration in Topeka. Something that I'll always remember.
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Oh, and one more thing...KU is playing Nebraska tonight in Lincoln. Go Hawks!
After spending 3 hours in the ER and trying to figure out what kind of digestive problems set me off in pain that I've never experienced before in my life, I am back among the living.
I finally got myself in gear to call my doctor's office and tell them what happened. I know that they will set me up with a specialist. I'm not looking forward to it by no means, but if they can get me to feel better in all my years dealing with this problem, then it will be worth it.
I discovered this weekend NOT to drink any caffeine, because that's what triggered the episode. One of the ER nurses said that maybe I shouldn't eat out anymore. I tend to agree with that statement. But I can't do this forever. So it's like I am surrendering my fears of going through a test if it would just make me feel better!
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What is it about kids and doors? I swear, J must think we live in a barn where we don't have to close the door. For example, after an hour he left for school, the backdoor was wide open. It's cold out there today, with temps in the lower teens. Yet, there it was open! Kids must think that the doors are like those in the grocery stores, they close automatically. They do not!! I wish that I had that kind of technology on both doors, but we do not.
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Tomorrow is Kansas Day! The state is turning the ripe old age of 148. When I was 5 I was at the capitol building with my uncle and my family. There was a huge cake and a lot of legs (i was short so I couldn't see very well). That was the Centennial Celebration in Topeka. Something that I'll always remember.
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Oh, and one more thing...KU is playing Nebraska tonight in Lincoln. Go Hawks!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Of the Wii and the Bee
J got his Wii this past weekend and is already wanting another game to play with it. The Wii comes with sports games (tennis, boxing, baseball, golf, and our favorite bowling). You can play a training session with each of theses sports. Like in bowling there are power throws and practice in how to deal with splits; baseball, there is a homerun derby type of game. J gets a tad frustrated when he's playing the sports. Actually it's more than a tad, he REALLY gets upset when things go south. Maybe it's his competitive spirit. It's something we hear this low rumble, "I really need another game!" He says this at least 10 times of playing the Wii when he is really frustrated. Then we say, "Yeah, and you really need at least $45 more to make that happen." The game that he wants, Wii Music, costs $50. I have been told, from several sources that Wii fit is the thing to get. Wii Fit is at least $100. That's the job to have be a Wii salesperson or at least create some games for the Wii, as people really buy into these games.
Tonight we all bowled on the Wii Sports. It is nearly like how I bowl in real life. My bowling scores are never over 200. When I used to play regularly from my early years of learning how to play, through high school; in college (this was what I did for my PE class as a freshman) and when I worked for Bell (we had a bowling team back then) my average would be no better than 150. I remember holding the ball and how tired my arm would get throwing a ball of 13 pounds. Now I wouldn't even attempt to throw that heavy, it would kill me! But with Wii sports everything with this game is done by using your arm. I see myself missing easy spares and also those difficult splits. It is fun to have wii sports, but if you do it too much it can be quite boring.
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Tomorrow, J is in the spelling bee for his 6th grade class. Correction: It is the school spelling bee. J is in it along with B (who was there last year) and E (a girl), and L (a goofball). J said that no one really wanted to try out for it. He knows that since he wasn't going to be in Battle of the Books that I would want him in the Bee.
This is his second year in competition. I have seen the spelling bee go on for over 5 years. S nearly made it to state her final year, getting 2nd in the county. She got 3rd in the county in 6th grade. I will see which words each kid spells and go over with it with J. I just want him to do his best. It gets me nervous watching them spell because I want them to do well. Just getting into the bee to represent his grade is an accomplishment in itself.
I had always wanted to be in a spelling bee growing up, but our school didn't have one. I did pretty well in spelling, getting all A's in that subject. In 4th grade if I missed any words on a test my teacher would make me write them 10-15 or more times. It was more of a penmanship assignment than a "remember how to spell it correctly the next time." I put great effort in writing these out and the teacher probably looked these over and ripped them up after checking them. It was a waste of my time. I had other things to study and here I was pouring my heart out writing these words "pefectly."
I don't hear much of this kind of torture going on in schools now. I guess today's teachers went through the same rigors of schooling as I did!
Tonight we all bowled on the Wii Sports. It is nearly like how I bowl in real life. My bowling scores are never over 200. When I used to play regularly from my early years of learning how to play, through high school; in college (this was what I did for my PE class as a freshman) and when I worked for Bell (we had a bowling team back then) my average would be no better than 150. I remember holding the ball and how tired my arm would get throwing a ball of 13 pounds. Now I wouldn't even attempt to throw that heavy, it would kill me! But with Wii sports everything with this game is done by using your arm. I see myself missing easy spares and also those difficult splits. It is fun to have wii sports, but if you do it too much it can be quite boring.
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Tomorrow, J is in the spelling bee for his 6th grade class. Correction: It is the school spelling bee. J is in it along with B (who was there last year) and E (a girl), and L (a goofball). J said that no one really wanted to try out for it. He knows that since he wasn't going to be in Battle of the Books that I would want him in the Bee.
This is his second year in competition. I have seen the spelling bee go on for over 5 years. S nearly made it to state her final year, getting 2nd in the county. She got 3rd in the county in 6th grade. I will see which words each kid spells and go over with it with J. I just want him to do his best. It gets me nervous watching them spell because I want them to do well. Just getting into the bee to represent his grade is an accomplishment in itself.
I had always wanted to be in a spelling bee growing up, but our school didn't have one. I did pretty well in spelling, getting all A's in that subject. In 4th grade if I missed any words on a test my teacher would make me write them 10-15 or more times. It was more of a penmanship assignment than a "remember how to spell it correctly the next time." I put great effort in writing these out and the teacher probably looked these over and ripped them up after checking them. It was a waste of my time. I had other things to study and here I was pouring my heart out writing these words "pefectly."
I don't hear much of this kind of torture going on in schools now. I guess today's teachers went through the same rigors of schooling as I did!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Historic Day/Short Season
It was wonderful to see History being made when Barack Obama became our 44th President! It was high time to see someone bring back some pride to being an American. It was high time that Barack is that man. Born of a Kenyan father and a mom who grew up in Kansas. It gave me such pride to see him take the oath of office, a little bit after 11 AM today. A young President facing many tough problems from the war to the economy, yet here he was delivering the Presidential speech. The pomp and the parade. Walking down Pennslyvania Avenue and the parade lasting till well after sundown. My hope for President Obama is to do well so we all can reflect in later years how historic the Inauguration was.
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The Biddy Basketball season started on Jan. 10th and now the tournament will be Jan. 31st. A very short season compared to years past. We have two games to play this Saturday and then the tournament. I'm sorry to see it end. It will be exciting to see our boys play in junior high competition next year.
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The Biddy Basketball season started on Jan. 10th and now the tournament will be Jan. 31st. A very short season compared to years past. We have two games to play this Saturday and then the tournament. I'm sorry to see it end. It will be exciting to see our boys play in junior high competition next year.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Rambling thoughts
It's pretty nice outdoors today. The sun is shinning and according to one of my outside temperature probe it's 73 degrees. Of course the sun is shinning on that particular probe. Now the other one we have (we bought one for the inlaws thinking that theirs was broke) and it gives a more true, temperature of 68. You factor in the wind and you'll want to have more than just a t-shirt and short sleeved shirt on. But really, for Kansas in January, this is pretty good. Just wait until Friday they are predicting snow.
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Ever see those bathroom commercials on TV where it shows what a public restroom looks like? They are not too far from the truth. Some places that I've been to don't restock on their toliet paper and you are left to look in your purse and be creative or not. Other places have paper on the floor and still other places the toliet is unflushed. I think that most public restrooms should have automatic toliets, automatic soap dispensers, and automatic hand dryers (or automatic paper dispensers). This way everything remains relatively sanitary.
When I see these messes in the public restrooms, I feel sorry for my fellow janitors and thankful that I don't have to have their job!
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I have so many books to read and so little time. I should have that imprinted on my forehead everytime I'm in a bookstore. I sometimes find what I want to read, then read two or three chapters and give up. There's too many other distractions pulling me away, TV reruns, computer, and just spending some time looking at other commitments. There's not enough time in a day is another accurate phrase that describes my life. Maybe things will lighten up when its the summer time and I can spend my time reading...ha!
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Currently I am having trouble with my washing machine. I start the motor and then it quits working during a cycle. It's either a timer on the washer or my washer lid. Sometimes I forget to check on the laundry and there it is soaking and not working. So if I remember it I have to hit the lid in a certain way and the washer will continue to work. It's a great way to take out my frustrations, but I am pretty frustrated the way this thing isn't working. It's probably about that time that I should get a new machine...but who wants to spend out the money to purchase one?
I guess I'll keep my old appliances until they all die. Thinking upon this reasoning, I wonder if it would be MORE expensive to do this. Take for instance my televisions. The one upstairs stopped working and we bought a new one. Then a week later the other one stopped. UGH! Two TV purchases within a few weeks of each other. Appliances last long but, around here not so much. Fridge is like 12 years old. Dishwasher, even older at 13 years, Washer and Dryer probably at least 10 years old. When is a good time to replace these items?? When I have the money??
Ha! Where's that huge bailout plan going to start?
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I am hearing from my Wii boy that he is wanting a new game. The cost for a new game run $50! Does anyone want to hire out my 12 year old for a job??
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Ever see those bathroom commercials on TV where it shows what a public restroom looks like? They are not too far from the truth. Some places that I've been to don't restock on their toliet paper and you are left to look in your purse and be creative or not. Other places have paper on the floor and still other places the toliet is unflushed. I think that most public restrooms should have automatic toliets, automatic soap dispensers, and automatic hand dryers (or automatic paper dispensers). This way everything remains relatively sanitary.
When I see these messes in the public restrooms, I feel sorry for my fellow janitors and thankful that I don't have to have their job!
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I have so many books to read and so little time. I should have that imprinted on my forehead everytime I'm in a bookstore. I sometimes find what I want to read, then read two or three chapters and give up. There's too many other distractions pulling me away, TV reruns, computer, and just spending some time looking at other commitments. There's not enough time in a day is another accurate phrase that describes my life. Maybe things will lighten up when its the summer time and I can spend my time reading...ha!
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Currently I am having trouble with my washing machine. I start the motor and then it quits working during a cycle. It's either a timer on the washer or my washer lid. Sometimes I forget to check on the laundry and there it is soaking and not working. So if I remember it I have to hit the lid in a certain way and the washer will continue to work. It's a great way to take out my frustrations, but I am pretty frustrated the way this thing isn't working. It's probably about that time that I should get a new machine...but who wants to spend out the money to purchase one?
I guess I'll keep my old appliances until they all die. Thinking upon this reasoning, I wonder if it would be MORE expensive to do this. Take for instance my televisions. The one upstairs stopped working and we bought a new one. Then a week later the other one stopped. UGH! Two TV purchases within a few weeks of each other. Appliances last long but, around here not so much. Fridge is like 12 years old. Dishwasher, even older at 13 years, Washer and Dryer probably at least 10 years old. When is a good time to replace these items?? When I have the money??
Ha! Where's that huge bailout plan going to start?
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I am hearing from my Wii boy that he is wanting a new game. The cost for a new game run $50! Does anyone want to hire out my 12 year old for a job??
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Wii found it!!
J finally found his Christmas present in Wichita today, the wii. He had been looking forever. The place that he got it from was in New Market Square. He said that there was only one left on the shelf now at this particular game place. I had heard of a radio station who had a contest just last week to win a wii. That would have been nice to actually win one for free, but what were the chances of us winning one. Slim and none, was my thinking. We won our Playstation2 through Oscar Mayer's lunchables. It was cool!! We didn't have to pay for it at all, except buy more games. We have tons of those games. Once in a great while if I'm bored I'll break out and play a Pac-Man, Ms. Pac Man game. But I haven't had the time lately to do even that.
J is enjoying playing the various sports like boxing and tennis. I will have to try out the tennis and the bowling it sounds like fun.
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Over at the Biddy Basketball game today in M.L. we only brought 6 players. One kid didn't show and another had Saturday School. It was a pretty even match up and J got a basket. Boy! I just erupt when he finally gets his chance and he makes the shot go down. Anyway, it was a close one and we lost by only 2 points. It was well-played by both teams, and no yelling parents. Just cheers for the boys to do well. The 6th grade girls team came into watch them play while we were finishing up.
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I have had the worst charley horse ever in my left leg since yesterday. After I finished up at work, shoveling snow (not all that much), moving furniture and poinsettias, wet mopping, vacuuming places and going up and down the stairs, collecting trash; after doing all of that I walked to my car and felt excuriating pain in my left calf traveling up to my hip. You know how it is when you know a cramp is settling in, you just want to grab it and straighten it out. I got the car warmed up and thankful it was not my right leg, or I would have never made it home. After I got home I flexed my foot out and back toward my knee and it was difficult to walk. I don't have any idea what causes these cramps as I get extra calcium. Maybe I am needing more water, more potassium, and a lot less cold weather. After a day and night of hurting it still isn't much better. I am not pain free in that leg. Leg and feet cramps are no fun!
J is enjoying playing the various sports like boxing and tennis. I will have to try out the tennis and the bowling it sounds like fun.
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Over at the Biddy Basketball game today in M.L. we only brought 6 players. One kid didn't show and another had Saturday School. It was a pretty even match up and J got a basket. Boy! I just erupt when he finally gets his chance and he makes the shot go down. Anyway, it was a close one and we lost by only 2 points. It was well-played by both teams, and no yelling parents. Just cheers for the boys to do well. The 6th grade girls team came into watch them play while we were finishing up.
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I have had the worst charley horse ever in my left leg since yesterday. After I finished up at work, shoveling snow (not all that much), moving furniture and poinsettias, wet mopping, vacuuming places and going up and down the stairs, collecting trash; after doing all of that I walked to my car and felt excuriating pain in my left calf traveling up to my hip. You know how it is when you know a cramp is settling in, you just want to grab it and straighten it out. I got the car warmed up and thankful it was not my right leg, or I would have never made it home. After I got home I flexed my foot out and back toward my knee and it was difficult to walk. I don't have any idea what causes these cramps as I get extra calcium. Maybe I am needing more water, more potassium, and a lot less cold weather. After a day and night of hurting it still isn't much better. I am not pain free in that leg. Leg and feet cramps are no fun!
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