Babble from the Humble House of insanity

I just downloaded Rains Garth set she got for Christmas. It is awesome. The Dance is my favorite. On this Cd the crowd sings with him. Now how exciting that has to be, thousands of people knowing your song! Funny thing is I am not a big country fan! I like all kinds of music right down to classical. I like a variety.
All depends on my mood, God knows that can change at the drop of a hat!
I like typing to music, it helps my flow across the keyboard. So if I have to type say a letter, I like music to type too that helps me flow, hey Baton Rouge is flowing purty good right now! I will have to keep that number in my mind for a future typing frenzy!
It has been pretty quiet here today. CT has been in alot of pain today so he's been sleeping pretty much for the whole entire day. I just let him sleep. Nothing more I can do for him.
Rain was at a friends babysitting, Son was working, so it was me & the beast. Even they were pretty much quiet today. I think the weather being rainy & cold was alot of it.
I looked out into the yard today, and man... yuck yuck! All the snow has melted leaving a mucky ugly mess. The yard is full of shreds of wood and stuff from where we tore the bathroom out and threw all the stuff outside. Now that the snow has melted and the piles are gone, left behind are the little pieces of stuff that just add to the yuk muck.
I can't wait for spring to come and the grass to grow. I will have to wait for the mud to freeze up a lil bit and go out and try and pick up all that crap. Otherwise the lawn mower will catch it all and that is about a dangerous mix, wood shards being thrusted out into the yard. I don't think I want any splinters! I rem back when the kids were lil ones, and we were out in the yard and their Dad was cutting grass and a rock flew out and hit me in the back of the leg and cut me. That was the last time I ever let the kids be out when the mower was being used! I mean they were far enough away that I thought they'd be safe, I never dreamed a rock would fly that far!
I yell at Son when I am out and he comes around the house with the mower to let me get in the house! I am a chicken!
I got a little of this and a little of that accomplished today. It was hard making myself keep motivated. It is not my best quality in the middle of the day. I am a night owl. I like cleaning at night. Like right before bed I like to clean my room real good and then I get into bed and it feels so good knowing the room is all clean! Ok I am weird!
I am almost wishing I could go back to midnights. I love them. You come home, kids are in school, you sleep, then get up about 2 pm fix dinner, and have the rest of the evening to be with the kids. You never miss an event. It is great, and it is more money. My boss says no that she wants me in the admissions dept that she isn't going to waste me in the ER dept. Hmph, she doesn't seem to mind "wasting " me on the weekends!
I keep trying to find something closer to home being I have a transportation dilemma. There are no jobs in this town. It is ridiculous. I can't lose my pay & benefits. I think this town should be voted, the town least likely to advance into the present with the rest of the country! Oh God if you mention advancement, developement, the old fogies scream! But... there's more gambilng joints being added everyday, and that is A ok! Weirdo's! They have added a gamblin joint in the freakin laundromat , bakery, glass house showroom, for cryin out loud! Crazy! There are about 20 places that I can count in my head!
Well off to another place. Good day.

Babble from the hills

I think I told ya all I was sewing Rain a dress for the Madrigal choir. Well I finished it. She was beautiful and got many comments. I actually had people coming up and saying, I didn't know you could sew! You can do anything with determination and you set your mind to it. That is what directions are for! Although they were sucky directions, still directions none the least! Even though she was being silly and posing here I thought the falling snow made a nice background for her pic.
Christmas was nice. The family get together yesterday was about insane! We had Lil Darth(my great nephew) there which really added to the excitement. He was busting at the seems for about 2 weeks anticipating the grand event. But it was so nice having the whole family together. Something we haven't had in a very long time.
Ct is still recovering from his shoulder surgery. Dr says he has to keep brace on for another 2 to 3 months. Can we say woo hoo. All goes ok until he whines. It drives me crazy! Just tell me you want a cup of coffee! Does it have to include long drawn out hoooonnneyyy, pllleeeasseeee caaaannn IIIII haaaaavvveee aaa cccuuuppp offfff cccooofffeeeee! ARGH!!!!!!!!
It is like having a baby in the house. When I want him to take a nap, when he really needs to take one the house is noisy and he wakes up. When it doesn't matter, he zzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzz! Another ARGH!!!! Christmas Eve afternoon he really needed to take a nap to be able to make it through visisint at my cousins house. I had more phone calls, more doors slamming, more kids fighting! I was ready to choke someone!
My Dad ended up in the hospital Dec 20th. His blood pressure dropped extrememly low and they kept him for observation. He came home the next day. My cousin passed away the week before that at the age of 47 with a cardiac arrest and cerebral hemorage.(Sp?) So we needed not any other crazyness.
I will be delighted to say good bye to 2005. Some good has happened, we got a new baby in the family , Lil Darth came home to live, we had a wedding, and a few other good things. But for the mostpart it has SUCKED! So I am hoping that next year is better for us. They say be careful what you ask for. I am only asking for a better year, nothing hidden in that request huh ?
Well friends, all for now. Good day to you, Happy New Year!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve always brings back such fun memories. The excitement and anticipation of Christmas day! The butterfly flutter you'd get in your tummy laying in bed waiting, watching the clock, really trying to go to sleep but unable. Straining your ears listening for the slightest sound, hoping Santa was still coming, even though you couldn't fall asleep! Shhhhh.... was that sleigh bells??? I heard something! I would close my eyes quick. Breathing as quiet as I could to strain and hear if they were coming our way. Oh oh, I had to go to the bathroom! No!!! Not now! Santa might be down there and if I go down he might leave before he leaves the presents! Ohhh I can't hold it any longer! I have to go down. I tip toe quiet, stepping on the stairs where they didn't creak. Holding my breath. THEN... getting to the bottom where you could see into the living room. I'd dart past as quick as I could, hoping he wouldn't see me! Worse yet, I'd see him! My heart would be racing. Going back to bed was even worse! I'd hold my breath, open the bathroom door real quiet, then run past the living room door as fast as I could! Wanting to look, but being soooo afraid! Up the stairs, jumping back into to bed and covering up, closing my eyes, hoping, did I ruin it all? Did I scare Santa away? Will we get any presents ? Ohhh the worry! I'd fall asleep in worry mode. I'd listen to my brother & sister tell each other how they had seen the presents the night before. Gasp! They looked!!!!!! They could have ruined it! But they didn't, Whew! on their part! We'd get up go down the steps, and somehow, even though it never did on anyother morning of the year, the living room always seemed to be sparkling like glitter on Christmas morning! Odd, but I didn't care, it was perfect, and that is what matter!
Merry Christmas to all & a Happy New Year!

Update from the hillbilly house of insanity

Gosh I didn't realize I have been so scarce! Let me see, quick Reader's digest update:
CT is doing pretty good. We had a scare last week, he had green ooze from his incision and since his 2 previous attempts of having a prothesis placed in that shoulder failed due to infection, we were scared. But it turned out to be just a wound infection, and it wasn't in his blood or the bone that has been transplanted in his shoulder. So that was good and we went home with a lil breath of relief and a script for an anitbiotic.
The car is in the garage again, they have had it more since Aug then we have. Legal action is in the future being the ridiculous obvious rip off the dealership is. long story made short, they put a new motor in our car and blew up our transmission in the process, and billed us for things not done, proven and acknowleged by them!
I got my tree up tonight, finally. Every strand of lights we owned blew up this yr. Unbelievable! Thank God for the Family dollar! 100 lights for 2 bucks! SOld!
The bathroom is STILL being worked on! I love my son, but if I had hired him I would have fired him by now! He finds more things he HAS to do instead of the bathroom! I threatened to not put a tree up until the bath was done, he is making better progress! He might be 20 but he still likes the tree!
Moe is a demon dog from hell! I am looking into whether or not they make puppy ritalin! I have had alot of dogs before, but this one.... bad to the bone! He is in trouble all day long, no kidding. I have trained alot of dogs successfullly, this one, rebel rebel rebel!

CT's Surgery

Well, the surgery is over and it went really great! He is doing GREAT! His Dr's are fabulous. HisDr from Duke university changed the idea of fusing his arm bone to his shoulder bone. Instead he and his Dr from WVU transplanted a donors hip bone into his shoulder. The ball of the hip bone will be the shoulder joint, then used bone marrow taken from his pelvic bone to graft it to the arm & shoulder bones. It is still plated and fused but at least he has the length of his arm still ( the other way would have shortened it by about 2-3 inches), and better strength eventually, and no telling how much movement until the healing and therapy is completed.Dr B believes he will be able to actaully touch the top of his head, which he couldn't do before, so we are pretty excited about it. They also took out the lumpy puckered scar tissue that covered his shoulder. We haven't seen it yet, but they said they smoothed it out giving it a better appearance. Say a prayer that the transplant takes and all goes well. He is getting heavy antibiotics and alot of wonderful care from the staff at WVU. His spirits are terrific! He actually looked better after his surgery then before! Now he just wants to come home. I stayed last night and decided to come home tonight in case they want to keep him again tom. night. Pretty expensvie to stay every night, So I am hoping the roads don't get too bad if they do release him. He says to tell everyone hello !

Surgery day

Today is surgery day for CT. I am tired but can't sleep, my nerves are so rattled I feel like they are trying to jump out of my skin. It is gonna be rough. He will be having his arm bone fused to his shoulder bone. He has no shoulder socket so it will shorten his arm by about 2 in. Silly man, he was so worried that I wouldn't like him anymore because his arm would be shorter! I think he was afraid I'd be embarrassed. Which is a way I guess kinda hurt because he knows I am not in any way like that. I never feel uncomfortable around any one less then perfect. I mean are any of us perfect? So we have to be at the hospital at 11 am. Which kinda is good in the aspect that we don't have to get up @ 3 am to make the 2 hour drive, but on the bad note, he can't eat after midnight! Now we are talking about the human coffee hound who lives for food. Poor guy was in the fridge at 11 45 trying to pack it in! lol So until I get him to the hospital, it is going to be a long morning! I wish I knew how long the surgery will take, which I am sure they will tell me tom. Not that is matters, not like I am going anywhere, I have just been wondering. You know, one of those silly things that helps occupy your mind!
I haven't even packed all of our stuff yet. Why should I ? lol I would shame the procrastinated club members. They'd be shocked and speechless, probably cast me out on my can from the club! lol Besides, it so much more fun throwing things in the bag then to pack them up nicely! I might forget something important if I do it tonight !
The real clincher will be that he HAS to STOP smoking! The Dr said that he will have so many tiny lil blood vessels trying to pump healthy blood and oxygen into his wound area that the nicotine will constrict them and possibly cause a problem with the lack of blood surging through.
Sooooo, that means that I have to quit too. I am ready to quit. Although there are times when I really like smoking. After dinner, while talking on the phone, when I hang out with my girlfriend J, it is like the girlfriend thing to do! Get together talk up a storm and smoke! lol I might have to sneak! lol So I made a deal with CT that if I stop smoking then once he is better he has to start walking with me. I want to be the "biggest loser" in this house!