Ethan’s Journey

Wow! It is November AND 70 degrees. What a nice day! We worked on our chores this morning. Paul is still wounded from hurting his neck in the shower. He went into the shower fine and walked out of the shower injured.  He was quite out of sorts and cranky about it….as I would have been. I gave him a neck massage. I also gave him a muscle relaxer and had him alternate Tylenol and ibuprofen. It took the edge off at least. I made some brownie-cookie bars to bring to our friend’s house for the Bills game.  They came out pretty tasty! Bill’s won. Yay! This daylight savings stuff has goofed me up a little bit.  It usually takes me a few days to acclimate fully.

Paul and I have not realized how much we neglected this summer as we blissfully ignored our home owner’s duties. I did a mass clean out of the pantry, of the area I keep our canned goods and started tackling the basement. I need to be patient as Ethan’s floor was post ones until next weekend. Ugh!!!!!! I need to move these car parts.  I am organizing, labeling and weeding through our “stuff”. I would love to go through our crawl space and pull everything out before we are unable to get up in there. Why do we have so much stuff?  Paul tackled the outside of the house. He helped Ethan with a few projects. By the evening all 3 of us were pretty whipped. We decided that we would unwind and watch The Conjuring for our holiday treat. Paul did NOT like that the move was based on a true story. I made a spooky margarita. I shined a flashlight through the bottom of my glass. My skeleton glass looked pretty cool! Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 

I took today off. I took the morning to catch up on stuff, have a routine check in with my regular doctor (all is healthy) and schedule more appointments for myself, all routine care. I called to set up my annual physical. This was a mentally strenuous exercise. If it were a physical exercise, I would be ready for a damn triathlon.  I was on hold for 15 minutes. Whatever, I utilized the time cleaning out my purse. Then I got this guy on the phone that was nothing less than mentally dull.  You know when you can tell right away. “Buckle up…” I thought “this is going to be a wild ride.”. I spelled my last name, gave my birthdate, address, and he still couldn’t find my information. He then asked for my phone number. Nope, still no account found. Then he asked for my zip code…..probably the same zip code 1000 other people have….that was the missing information that found my chart. 😬 should I just call back? Nope…I am 20 minutes in now….no wonder I was on hold so long….this guy has...

Today was so warm. It actually felt like summer. 76 degrees with a nice breeze. I had the windows open. I had the dogs out getting in their fitness and setting up their urination boundaries to let all the wild and neighborhood animals know what is their territory….you know…typical dog stuff. They were watching intently and doing a decent job of guarding me. Ready to pounce on intruders at a moment’s notice. They were so sleepy tonight. Even Jiminy was snoring. We had someone from Verizon come to the door, in the rain at 8 pm. He was trying to get us to sign up for their internet. We already have it. Weird. They must have an outdated spreadsheet to try and sell us a service we already have. OR….it was a fraud! The best part was, the guy knocked on the door and the storm door was open. The screen door was closed. Moe and Penny charged the door. Moe has a fairly deep and terrifying bark that means business! He also hurls his body at the door.  The man heard Paul and I bickering and tr...

Ferguson seemed stiff to me this morning. I put him on the heating pad and gave him a little massage. He does get arthritis medication and a joint supplement, but his muscles seemed stiff. After a bit on the heating pad I really concentrated on trying to loosen things up in his back. I love old animals so much. I hope someday if I am privileged enough to grow old, someone gives me a heating pad and a massage. At one point he looked like he was smiling. I think he enjoyed every second of it. His wonky eye is a result of him picking a couple battles with the rabbit (who weighed less than him) and the rabbit kicking his butt and beating him up.Ferguson will always be a tough guy in ONLY his own mind. We had our virtual Halloween Party. I used to be on the FUN committee, but I gave it up to some newer and fresher minded team mates. The party was fun with sharing our different ways to spend the holiday. We also had a freestyle pumpkin draw on Paint. My pumpkin didn’t win. We had two minutes...

I love that the fireplace is cleaned out. The dogs and I enjoyed the warmth of the house and fire. I had my bloodwork done today. I had a lipid panel done to see if I should be on a statin. I also opted into the genetic testing that looks for genetic links to see if I am predisposed to any hereditary conditions. Awareness is half the battle.  The blood draw lady was very smooth with her needle. Barely felt it. She was quick and it was quite easy. Avery and I met for dinner. We chatted about stuff. She shared she has been cranky so we had a good chat laughing and joking about life’s annoyances. We FINALLY figured out what the weird noise was that we were hearing. For months, this noise appeared. My bird app didn’t pick it up. Paul thought it could be a tree frog. It sounded metallic or almost like a force field. Paul crossed the road, trespassed and did some peeping. He committed acts of a peeping Paul.  Sounds creepy. Apparently our neighbors have coturnix quail. They are used...