Never Fails to Amaze Me

My dear sweet Maggie is going to be 13 on the 17th....this Thursday.  I have purchased several things and sent them on their way, but you only turn 13 once and it IS a big deal, so I wanted to send her flowers as well.  OMG!  Last time I sent flowers was to Riley for her Sweet 16 and have the prices ever gone up since then!!  But I found this and thought it would be so cute and perfect.

It was only $29.99. A bit pricey for what you get, but within my 'budget' considering I had already gone over budget. Heh. Well, let me tell you. Add to that $9.99 handling fee and $29.95 delivery charge= Grammy changed her mind! Is that unreal or what?!?!  Gads, they're going to North Pole, Alaska.....not "THE" North Pole! Oh well......Maybe another time, my sweet Maggie.

Let's see......on my list of exciting things that happened today is my Tahoe (affectionately known as my Big Black 'Ho) rolled over to 100,004 miles when I rolled into my driveway today.  Even when I've had older vehicles, I've never had one roll over 100,000.  Quit a milestone, and she's still purrs like a tiger.  Nothing like a good ol' Chevy truck to go the extra mile(s) for ya!    Hubby's van is close to 180,000 at last report and it's still running great.

Another exciting thing that happened to me today was to find out that my Surgeon won't give me any more Vicodin.  He says that Tylenol should be all I need at this point and if I still need something stronger, he needs to see me.  F*$#!  Most of the pain I have now is located in my lower back/upper hip area on my right side.  J, my PT gal says that it is my muscles and it's from over-doing it or doing things I shouldn't be doing.  She can give me a massage in that area and I'm good for a couple of days, then .....boom.  It's back.  Hurts to walk, mostly, but aches all the time. In between massages, that is.  Unless I take Vicodin.....I've tried Tylenol and it doesn't help.  Can't take Advil or ibuprofen because of my arthritis meds.  F$#*!  I'm a little bit frustrated (what else is new) and I guess, I'll see what J says tomorrow and if she thinks I need to go see him, I will.  It's been 11 weeks today and I would really like to have him take an X-Ray and see if the healing of the bone grafts has begun.  It can show up as soon as 3 months but sometimes not until 5 or 6 months.  He didn't want to see me for 6 months.  BAH!!!!!!!!!!!

So what the hell am I supposed to do?!  Chuck can't work all day and then come home and do everything!  I know I am bending and lifting and carrying a bit too much, but there are SO many things that I am still not even attempting to do that it seems like my body would allow me a little leeway here!  Guess not.  I sit too long sometimes, I carry too many bags of groceries at a time, I reach up too high putting dishes and such away.  But I don't sweep, mop, wash windows, carry ALL the laundry up and down stairs.

Maybe I'm gonna be one of those people that doesn't get total relief from the surgery.  God knows, it is 1000 times better than it was.  Pain isn't shooting down my legs and I CAN walk, after all.  Poor Chuck gently reminds me every day that I am expecting too much too soon.

And Chuck is home and out mending the fence that The Girls kicked down and I can't even go out and whine to him because his 'shadow girl' is there!  So you guys get to read it.  All 3 or 4 of you that come here.  Heavy sigh.  I have 2 Vicodin left.  Had I known I couldn't have more, I would have saved it for when the kids are here.  F*$#!

Okay, enough sniveling.  The good news is that tomorrow I will have PURPLE low-lights in my hair.  That will surely perk me up.  Heh. AND in 3 days at this time, I will have been hugging and kissing on Riley and Timmy for 7 whole hours!!!!!!!!!

In the meanwhile, I will go to the barn and hug her:


and her:

"Snoopy Sniffer" LOL