Is it really Tuesday already!

    

  Time is just flying by and I, like usual, have left too many things until the last minute.  Procrastination is my middle name.  We are having a potluck and secret santa exhange at work.  2 days in a row.  I know what I am making to eat both days but didn't order my gift until last night.  We only have 2 male nurses on our floor and I got the young one that hunts.  I thought about getting him deer urine and a movie of Bambi, LOL, but figure he already has the deer urine camoflage since he bow hunts and has seen Bambi already.  Just so he leaves my deer alone.  Instead I ordered him a gift certificate from Cabela's.  Hope it makes it on time.

  I finally got my Christmas cards out yesterday and got a great one from Sunny.  Tomorrow we are making Medisterpølse, a danish sausage which we have every year for Christmas.  Love it but it is a mess to make and so we make a party of it.  Bloody Mary's here we come.  We couldn't decide if we were going to make them this year but at the last minute decided to.  It wouldn't be Christmas without them.  My MIL will sing Johnny Verbeck which she swears you have to sing while making the sausage or it won't turn out.  Don't know if that is true but we sing it every year to make sure.

Johnny Verbeck

Once there was a Dutchman
His name was Johnny Verbeck
He made the finest sausages and sauerkraut and speck.
He made the finest sausages that'll evermore be seen,
Till one day he invented a sausage makin machine.

Chorus:
Oh, Mr. Johnny Verbeck how could you be so mean,
I told you, you'd be sorry for inventin' that machine
now all the neighbors cats and dogs will nevermore be seen
For they'll be ground to sausages in Johnny Verbeck's machine.

One day a boy came walkin' a walkin' thru the door.
He bought a pound of sausages and laid them on the floor.
The boy began to whistle, He whistled up a tune.
And all the little sausages went dancin' round the room.

Chorus:

One day the machine got busted the darn thing wouldn't go,
So Johnny Verbeck he climbed inside to see what made it so.
His wife she had a nightmare, went walkin' in her sleep
She gave it a yank a deuce of crank and Johnny Verbeck was meat!

Chorus:

Alternate Verses

One day tha meat inspector came knockin at tha door,
He said "I'll start a lookin or give me money more."
Well johnny got real angry an pushed him in tha meat,
he fired up the old machine an now theres more ta eat.

One day there was a shortage there was no meat ta grind,
So johnny he called up tha pound ta see what he could find.
They said were outta busness we keep tha strays no more,
But we'll send all our future finds directly to your door."

Well, thats all.  Boring day today.  Going to take pictures of my items and start listing things of wagglepop plus clean house, what fun.  My shopping is done, I don't do cookies, since I eat them, so I am getting caught up.  Off to make a light low calorie breakfast.  Bye all.

              

 

  

   

The New Alphabet

A is for Apple, and B is for Boat, That used to be right, But now it won't
float! Age before Beauty is what we once said, but let's be a bit more
realistic instead.

Now A's for arthritis; B's the bad back, C is the chest pains, perhaps
cardiac? D is for dental decay and decline, E is for eyesight, can't read
that top line!

F is for fissures and fluid retention,

G is for gas which I'd rather not mention.

H is high blood pressure--I'd rather it low;

I for incisions with scars you can show.

J is for joints, out of socket, won't mend,

K is for knees that crack when they bend.

L for libido, what happened to sex?

M is for memory, I forget what comes next.

N is neuralgia, in nerves way down low;

O is for osteo, the bones that don't grow!

P for prescriptions, I have quite a few, Just give me a pill and I'll be good as new!

Q is for queasy, is it fatal or flu?

R for reflux, one meal turns to two.

S for sleepless nights, counting my fears, T for Tinnitus; there're bells in
my ears!

U is for urinary; big troubles with flow;

V is for vertigo, that's "dizzy" you know.

W is for worry, NOW what's going 'round?

X is for X ray, and what might be found.

Y is another year I'm left here behind,

Z is for zest that I still have in my mind. I've survived all the symptoms, my body's deployed, and I've kept twenty-six doctors fully employed.

Observations

       

      Driving around yesterday I saw something that saddened me.  Our last shoe repair shop is closing.  Now a days in our throw a way generation people don't repair their shoes.  They toss them and get new.  Of course the shoes now a days don't look like they could be repaired.  I remember the smells of the shoe shop, leather and glue.  Old shoes made to look new.  Now soon to be just a memory.  The things I remember growing up are all leaving.  Every neighborhood had a small grocery store.  Only one remains in this town.  It has bars on the windows.   That saddens me also.  Neighborhood parks.  They are being abandoned also, too much of a liability.  Small specialty clothes shops done away by shopping malls.  The clerks don't know you and can't say, "I saw this blouse and knew it would be perfect for you".  The personal touch, gone.  Driving around downtown which was full of neat stores while I was growing up.  Each store had their own style.  Things you could only find there.  Closed and no new stores,  just lawyer offices. Now everything is mass produced and way way way overpriced. 

    Another thing I saw driving around that makes me angry.  Walmart keeps making new stores.  Fine and dandy, but do something with the old store.  We have 3 boarded up huge buildings rotting away since Walmart refuses to remodel, they just make a new building.  They should be required to tear down the abandoned one instead of it just becoming a tax payers nightmare.  Do they do that all over or just in this town?

    Last but not least on things that are bugging me.  I heard a report on how they are making our small electronics to only last 2 to 3 years.  Thats your digital camera's, I-pods, MP3 players, CD players and any number of other items, DVD Players, TV's.  The first time I heard about this was with dryers.  There is a part that is designed to wear out in 10 years, probably much less time now.  It will cost almost as much to repair it as the item cost  new.  Might as well toss it and get a new one.  And our dumps just keep getting bigger and bigger.  They could make these things to last for centuries but what would keep you coming back to spend spend spend?  Doesn't matter to them that children would be growing up and buying them for generations to come, they want to sell their products to us again and again and again.  And we let them.  WE LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.   I had a TV once.  It lasted me over 20 years.  When it broke I bought another of the same brand.  It lasted 2 years.  The TV repairmen said they are now a terrible TV.  Picture tube goes out at least every 2 years.  What!  So no TV.  I have my sons because he gave it to me.  I have my DVD player hooked up to it.  When it dies I have no intention of replacing it. 

   Anyway see the way my mind works when I don't do my morning meditations?  Must get centered.  Today I am going to the antique store to see if I sold anything.  I have another purse I will bring, but locked up so it won't be stolen.  These old purse are becoming collectible again.  Lots of time handmade, they are one of a kind.  The kits had the basics and you could put whatever picture you wanted or one that came with it.  Anton Pieck has a print on quite a few of them.  I like the originality of this fun and funky purse.  Quite the conversation piece.  So what do you all think, fugly or kind of cute in a bizarre way?  As you can see I have it tagged already for the shop.

          

She lives

                            

        Well my MIL is all better today.  Her backpain is better, which is what it turned out to be after all the questioning got finished.  She finally took some tylenol and rested and feels better today.  For that we are happy, happy that this time she is good and it wasn't serious because at her age one of these times it might be serious.  We won't know though talking to her, it will take some detective work to find out unless of course she is unconcious. 

    When we got there the house was locked up tighter then Fort Knox.  How would rescue workers ever get into the house if she had to call them?  She is more afraid of someone coming in and robbing her, even though she lives in a very safe neighborhood and it has never happened, then getting help when she needs it.  Because she read about it in Readers Digest.  Elderly getting robbed in broad daylight of all their worldly things.  So it must be true, it must be!  Its in print.

    I spent yesterday hiding out from work.  The census is high and they are mandating people to work on their days off.  Sorry, I am tired.  I want my day off.  I worked hard my week on and I need to rest.  My back hurts.  Get some of those young nurses to work who are lower on the seniority list or better yet get some agency nurses to work and let the regular nurses enjoy their hard earned days off.  Is that too much to ask?  No  NO.

   I should be good the rest of the weekend as administration have all gone home for the weekend, no longer worried about how the hospital will be staffed.  It is a fleeting thing with them.  While they are there and people are voicing their concerns to them they get panicky.  That concern all vanishes though on Friday at 3.  Since they don't have to work they forget about the place.  The house manager will be the one stuck with worring about how to staff the place.  I know, I did house manager for 10 years.   I would spend my entire shift worried about how to staff the hospital while the supervisors and administators enjoyed their time off.  Forcing nurses to work extra, begging them too.  I am glad I am done with that job.  Hopefully the census has dropped and things are quiet.  Hopefully they decided to call the agency nurses in.  My weight loss has been terrible.  I should call this my weight gain journal.  I just am having a terrible time getting back into the whole thing.  Can't ride my bike.  The gym bores me silly, food tastes way to good, I am scared to eat my salads.  What to do.  I have got to get my motivation back.  I mediate and listen to my weight loss hypnoses tape.  I start each and every day with good intentions and then blow it.  I need to start counting calories again.  That was the one thing I did that kept me on track.  I haven't eaten yet.  Bad.  I have to have 3 meals to keep me from overeating later on.  I have to drink more water but I am afraid of getting fluid overloaded again.  I need to exercise more.  I need my husband to cook the foods I can eat on his days to cook.  Sigh, I need to be better.

 

Darn dial up

A friend sent me this video.  From the little I have seen it looks lovely but with dial up will probably take me an hour to see the entire thing.  So, is it as neat as it looks in the beginning? 

  http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/jerome%20murat/video/xf9oo_jero

Notice I lost my counter YET AGAIN.  I have downloaded the one Raven told me about but it doesn't go into effect until tomorrow.  Why is it AOL's updates always take something away?

And it's not just my MIL

And its not just my MIL that does this. I think it is a senior thing.

Admitting the patient.

So what brings you here today?

Oh Honey, I am just soooo sick.

Oh sorry to hear that, how do you mean so sick? Sick to your stomach?

No, I am just so sick.....

Sick like fever and chills sick?

No just soooooo sick honey, oh moan.....

Just tell me where it hurts, what are you feeling right now?

Just sooooo sick dear, oh so sick.

:(Oh Goody, 20 questions, I just that love that game. Added with the additional pressure of having 5 other patients I haven't seen and probably won't get to see for another hour at this rate, this is just a real thrilling game......)

OK. lets start over. when you called your children to bring you to the hospital what did you tell them?

That I was so sick..

Daughter, yah thats what she said, she was so sick!

So you rushed her right to the hospital?

Yah, she was really sick.

How do YOU mean sick?

Well, you know....... really sick.

How did she look to you?

Sick, really sick

Yes honey, I am sooooooooooo sick.

I am feeling sick also, maybe tylenol would help, or some valium, a stiff drink?

An hour later I stumble out of the room. Still not entirely sure what is wrong with patient A. Onward to patient B

How are you today I brightly ask.

Oh Honey, I am soooooooooooooooooo sick.

AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I love my MIL but......................

     Sometimes she drives me crazy!

Converstation with my MIL who is 85

I feel terrible this morning

Oh, HOW do you feel terrible

Oh I have this terrible pain in my back and those pills you told me to take for my bowels didn't work so I stopped taking them and Dorothy called and this started after the supper you sent yesterday and then I filled the stool and I get chills in my back.

  OK..............So what is bothering you the most?  The pain in your back or are you having diarrhea?

   No its not diarrhea but I am going alot at a time and this pain in my back is terrible, I didn't sleep all night but Dorothy woke me up and it was still there...

  So you WERE sleeping?  Does it hurt to take a deep breath.

  Oh I don't know, its just pain......

  Do you have a fever?

  I don't know, I don't have a thermometer.

  Yah but can't you tell when you have a fever?  Is you skin hot?  The flu is going around so it could be that.

I don't know, I never get the flu so I don't remember........Should I see the doctor?

If your feeling bad enough you should make an appointment.

With my heart Doctor? (she loves going to the heart doctor)

Are you having any problems with your heart?  I think you should call your regular doctor.

What if they can't see me?

If you feel sick enough we can take you to Urgent care.

Whats that?

Remember we took you there the last time

Oh I don't know if that is necessary, maybe the hospital....

You feel sick enough you need the hospital?

Oh I don't know....that's why I am calling you

Exactly what is bothering you the most?  Your pain in the back or your big stools or chills?

Oh I just don't know......

    Now repeat conversations like this every other day and you get an idea..... Got to love her though.

       So this morning I will be going over to check her out instead of the gym.  Because she is 85.  You can never tell.  She could be on the floor which is why her back hurts but forgot to mention that part of the equation.  This year alone she has worried about having a  heart attack.....a stroke......e coli...... cat scratch fever..........meningititis......eboli........anthrax.......bowel collapse.......prostate problem (until I told her that only hits men).......and any number of diseases featured in Readers Digest this month. 

   And no matter what I tell her she will call up our relative who does X rays and ask her advise.  So I ask her, will what did the XRAY TECH TELL YOU TO DO!   Sigh.