Went to Dr today, have to go to Charleston to a Pulmonary Specialist. I am not looking forward to this trip in our financial state but know we will be taken care of. Dr. Holman thinks I should be doing better than I am.
Still too much drama going on in Les' family. His Mom had to tell his sister the best thing is for her to stay away right now. My younger niece is also pregnant and moved back home to my SIL's leaving her baby's daddy. That is very sad to me!

I am not going to post a picture because I am too tired to get my camera but it has been a good day.
We met Gina and Charli at the library for Toddler time and she did great! I want her to understand the circle time concept and she was friendly and interactive with the children and Miss Dana.
I sold 3 pairs of earrings today, even if my Mom bought 2, LOL! then had my Cytoxan, it took longer today because the RX was so slow. It was almost 4 hours.
Kathie is still in the hospital and they are going to stretch her esophagus tomorrow thinking she is taking fluids in her lungs causing bacteria. We are having a lot of drama with Les's sister, I will not say more.
I am thinking about going on to bed, I have to start the getting up every two hours to potty thing...

A new scarf, birdfeeder and getting my laptop "fixed", LOL!
I bought a birdfeeder on eBay Sunday for $3.25 with free shipping and got it today! I love it!
I bought this scarf yesterday at Family Dollar yesterday, this and green are my favorite colors so I am going back and getting a pretty green one, too. Scarves are great to keep my oxygen from getting tangled and making it less obvious that I wear a tank. These are a nice spring weight, too.
Next I was going to play on my laptop while sitting with Charli to but she decided to get in my lap and I didn't get to connect so she said she would Fix it for me!

OK, today I gave up my class. I got lots f love and hugs, I will miss it but will be going Friday and Monday and get a couple of hours. I also went by to let the nurse see my TB test was negative.

We finally got some REAL snow! This was about 6:00

This was just after 4:00, it started around 3:30, Charli had a great time, I couldn't stay long, it was too cold and I had to change of my oxygen tank. The first one had a cracked valve and the second kept working constantly insted of pulsing only when I breathe. Charli has gotten used to it and we call it my robot and she keeps saying "Meme feel better?" She has stuck with me and keeps kissing me and rubs my back when I cough, I think that is so sweet!!
I had to have more blood tests today before my I.V. starts Monday. I will have blood tested every two weeks now.
It already looks like I have a sunburn after just two days of upping my Prednisone from 10mg to 50mg. Please pray the steroids won't get me fat again and have a fat face! Also pray I wouldn't lose my hair!

Today was a day of Doctors, first Charli showed out at her's, she freaked when she had to take her jacket off! She had never acted like this! Gina had to get on the scales with her and it took 4 of us to measure her. She is 36" and weighs 25 lbs.
Next Gina had a blood test, she is pregnant! we are keeping it kind of quiet though because she doesn't want to go through what she did when she lost the last one.
Then me. I have few choices but to go on the medicines I did not want to before, I will have to quit my job and go on oxygen. My lungs are working at 41% and my heart is beginning to show damage from lack of oxygen. I actually get a handicap sticker for my car now.

Les and I took Charli to AT&T to get our new phones today, she was very good, never when near all the phones and stuff. She just danced and played with Merry Moose. When we got outside Les had left the car running the whole time we were in there! I was so tickled I couldn't talk! I told him he was lucky that I had taken my pocketbook in!
Then I handed Charli my old phone and she said "batteries?' because there was no picture and I took her it had batteries and she started playing and turned on the speaker and dialed 911! I told the lady I was sorry and explained what happened which make her laugh, too.
We then went to Wal-Mart which is not her favorite place But she was an angel and we got her a Pirate Brobee from YoGabbaGabba and she was a happy girl.
My tests didn't take as long as I thought they would. I had to sit in a wheelchair by the time I found a parking place at Self plus they were painting on the floor they do the Lung tests on and that really got me coughing. Thank goodness they did my Echo in a room to keep me away from the fumes which was nice. I can't hold near as much air as I did 18 months ago, I know I am a whole lot short of breath!
My Mom also went to the Dr and had a cyst removed and my MIL finally got out of the hospital.

My Grandmother gave me these flowers, they were almost dead then but really look Great!

I had my physical today, I have to have my mammogram on my birthday! I also have a round of tests next Thursday and have to go February 1 to talk about what we are going to do. Gina is going with me which does not make Les happy but I know she will help me make a decision and not pressure me.

Today my MIL is 69 so I have picked some pictures of her with my kids and with my FIL from the reunion in June. She and I were very close when the kids were growing up, she kept Jeremy and was always closer to him than Gina, I really feel for her having to take care of my FIL and she basically has to take care of Les's sister who is going through a divorce and very needy. She is really aging fast, lost a lot of weight and you can tell in her face she is a smoker.

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I was supposed to do my mission project but the gentleman was out of town so I called my Mom and we were going out to eat at the Huddle House when Gina called me and needed to go to Urgi-care because her face was worse and my sister told her it might be Mercer so Charli ate with us (she let my Mom hold her so I am Happy!) and then I took her home until Gina got done. I am glad she went because it is Mercer so she is on a stronger antibiotic and he drained it and told her to use hot compresses. Les and I are about to go pick Charli up for awhile. He can see her before he goes to work at 10:00.
While I was keeping her she poured her juice on the floor so I 'spanked' her and told her to sit and that she was in Time Out and explained we Do Not pour juice on the floor, she didn't really cry but kept saying "Meme!" over and over again. I cleaned it up and took her to get her diaper changed and ready for bed and I asked "Did Meme spank you?" she patted her bottom and said "Spank, spank" and I repeated her and she said "Juice" I think she got the message, LOL!

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Kar, thanks for your concern about my cough! It is a chronic thing I have to deal with, I take Prednisone, acid reflux meds, allergy meds, Flax seed oil and my cough stuff. The air here is so hot and humid I struggle breathing and when I get hot I cough. Actually I got sick in June 1989 and in August went to work at the Pharmacy at Wal-Mart, My friends are all getting their 20 year pins now. I was there 12 years. When I went for my interview I fell out of the chair and someone had to help me up, LOL! I was hired for the pet dept. manager but was so weak I couldn't lift and I was put at the Pharmacy as OTC manager and actually got 50 cent more an hour! The disease I have is called Polymyositis and Interstitial Lung Disease After 20 years it is a part of me, just aggravating when I want to do something, Gina teases saying she could always find me in a crowd by listening for my cough, LOL! It really helped me in my job because I often talked to people about the medicines, I took some strong medicines over the years and was able to share and have more compassion than I would have if I was not sick. I honestly believe everything can have a blessing if you look for it.

Well off to get my baby to play with!

Good afternoon! It's after 3 and I am just getting home. I talked to Gina and she needed me to meet her at the Dermatologist because a rash she had really was getting worse. She has an infection so needed a couple of antibiotics, her system has been a little wacky since she lost the baby. I also got to pick up my new glasses which made me happy!
This is one of my squirrels eating fruit loops from the feeder Les and Jeff made me, they keep knocking the top off and Les hasn't attached it right. The feeder beside it was meant for birds, it's Les' design using PVC, twigs and coke caps, he covered it with fiberglass and it looks like a branch, the caps look like knots and he put peanut butter in them. No birds but the squirrels had a ball!
I got an 8th child at work today and wouldn't you know, she's aggressive! She kept walking up and pinching kids and even had one boy on floor hitting him in face! I hope she will put me back down to 7 in the next 2 weeks when school starts back! (I can have 8 but my room is crowded) I tripped over a cot and hurt my right arm while I was trying to throw the leftovers to the birds and get the girls to stop standing on the cots. A few extra bruises, there, LOL!
Well, I need to get the dessert for my WOM group made, hope you are having a nice day!

I am in a contest at Digital Scrap Addicts and needed a picture for this week. You know who I picked as my model, LOL! She is so easy to work with, I changed her clothes and brought the umbrella as a prop and just let her play! Maybe she and I should get into fashion photography, ROFL!
The page I posted last week got the page of the day at Gotta Pixel for 7/21, I thought that was cool!
I found out a couple of new words Charli says... MINE! and Chocolate. I brought a 3 Musketeers bar last week to share with her and she loved it so I picked up some mini ones and she went to my pocketbook and wanted to see what I had. After nap she grabbed my finger and told me "'mon" so I got her another she told me "chocolate" and says Yum. The hours I spend with her are the highlight of my week! I am teaching her the Barney Song so she will say I Love You and when I do Itsy Bitsy Spider she tries to do her fingers.

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I don't remember my grandmother's singing to me but my Granddaddy did! He sang silly songs he made up. My favorite is Cat beans and bananna soup, he was never afraid to be silly when he and I were together, I will always remember him being disappointed when I wasn't ticklish anymore! I loved my Granddaddy so much and am so sorry he died when Gina was almost 3 so she barely knew him!

Les has an awful breaking out now! He finished his antibiotics, he has an appointment tomorrow to see what is going on. My FIL finally came home from the hospital.

Just scrapping some of the pictures of Charli I have taken recently. This is Connie Prince's new kit called Your Sweetness is my Weakness and is on sale for $1 at Gotta Pixel and Elemental Scraps.

Les went to the Doctor today because he got a spider bite Saturday and he has Blood Poisoning. George, my FIL is not doing well, he has some kind of infection and they are not sure how to get rid of it.
My knee is getting much better, thank goodness, just a little stiff.
Charli has learned to jump and does it a lot. She is early on this! I have had 2 year olds that cannot lift themselves to jump. She is especially enjoying Hop on Pop and jumping on Les, now HE started that so has himself to blame, LOL! I am glad she loves him so much! (BUT she still likes me better, ROFLMBO!)
My car is fixed and Les got several things done, including making a windchime.

Ginger Scraps has a fun BLOG TRAIN that I followed to get the Independence Day Kit to scrap these pictures. You can find it HERE. I am not sure how long it will stay up.
I have to take Les to the Dr after I get off work today and Gina has to go back to get more blood work done. She still does not feel well, she said she would like to get back to normal and have everyone not bring it up about losing the baby so she can get back to normal and try again. We are alike that way, you can't dwell on what you can't control and you must move forward. You have to know that God is in control and things always work out for the best.

Les had more Blood work up today, He has to go back Monday to have a procedure done, I will have to drive him there.
Tim does have Mersa, he got tests back today. He is starting to get better, though. Today is his Grandson Eli's First Birthday but he couldn't see him because of the infection.
We stopped by the funeral home to see Charlene tonight, her husband Allen will be buried tomorrow, he had a rare blood cancer that there had been only 12 cases of in Charleston.

It is wonderful to be a Grandmother! Simple things mean so much because you have time to enjoy it! Yesterday Charli called me Meme several times and gave me big kisses, she was in a fabulous mood!

My ear is really bothering me now. I am going to the ENT Thursday after work, I got off work early today because it hurt so badly! I took some advil and a nap before I went to keep Charli. I felt blessed to get an appointment that quick. Our ENTs stay booked up.