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| Every once in a while.. |
| 01.31.07 (1:32 pm) [edit] |
I ask my husband out on a date. Tonight's one of those nights. Last night while I was making dinner, he was milling around in the kitchen. I turned from the sink to do something and there he was. He grabbed me and planted a big kiss on my lips.  So without hesitation, I said, "Hey good lookin', wanna go on a date? My treat" He said "sure, when?" "Well, since I already have dinner half made for tonight, how about tomorrow night" "It's a date" So I have the plans made. We'll have dinner at TGIFriday's and then see the movie Stranger than Fiction at the *cheap movies* (It's frugal date night, since it's my treat, coupons, check, gift card, check!) I've had Lexy today, so getting my housework done and myself ready has been a bit of a challenge but, where there's a will there's a way! The house is *acceptable*, I'm date ready and Lexy is napping....ahhhh She thinks I'm beside her asleep  We've played with paper dolls today! Wow, what memories that brought back! We had a tea party complete with chocolate milk and cookies, we've colored, played cards, put together puzzles and watched a caillou video. I even managed to write a Get Well note to Andrea and a *just thinking* of you note to another friend and fill out two rebate forms. I'm starting to recall how I did it when my kiddos were younger. Sometimes, you just have to leave them to their own devices for a minute or two at a time. One eye on the project, one eye on the child. Although this has been a glorious day, I've done my time and I'll stick to being Mimi and Mom to my big kids. Funny what I consider a glorious day these days. PS Smoke Free, Day 22
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| The Husband |
| 01.30.07 (8:54 am) [edit] |
The husband had just finished reading a new book entitled, "You Can Be The Man Of Your House." He stormed to his wife in the kitchen and announced,... "From now on, you need to know that I am the man of this house and my word is Law. You will prepare me a gourmet meal tonight, and when I'm finished eating my meal, you will serve me a sumptuous dessert." After dinner, you are going to go upstairs with me and we will have the kind of sex that I want. Afterwards, you are going to draw me a bath so I can relax. You will wash my back and towel me dry and bring me my robe. Then, you will massage my feet and hands. Then tomorrow, guess who's going to dress me and comb my hair?" The wife replied, "The &^#*&!' funeral director would be my first guess."
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| Grandma's Purse |
| 01.28.07 (8:24 am) [edit] |
I'm one kleenex away from being a fully fledged GRANNY!
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| I love this picture! |
| 01.26.07 (8:46 am) [edit] |
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| Before anyone thinks I've gone off the deep end |
| 01.24.07 (7:44 am) [edit] |
I thought I'd better tell y'all that I'm feeling much better :) I had a rough couple of days but, now I seem to be back to my normal *cough*cough* self. Still no smoking and if I've kept an accurate count, today is day 15! Every now and again, I find myself, thinking about smoking but, it passes soon enough and I wouldn't go back to smoking now for (almost) anything! Yesterday I kicked it up a knotch on the excercise. I went from yoga to low impact aerobics and what I learned was, that I'm not nearly as coordinated as I used to be and I should remember to take off my sweatshirt and turn down the furnace before I start! Good Lord, I felt like I may spontaneously combust! I swear, if anyone would have seen me, I would have died from embarrassment! I've decided that Denise Austin is an alien! Nobody should be that happy while excercising. Here I was huffing and puffing along, thinking that I was doing pretty well when she announces..."Now that we're warmed up" HUH? That was the warm-up? I've got a long way to go.
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| Moody |
| 01.22.07 (8:40 am) [edit] |
I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm not really in a bad mood, I'm just in a "I don't really give a crap" mood. I've been having a hard time writing anything here because of it. I puked up some words on Saturday. Maybe it's withdrawl from the cigs or maybe it's menopause? Probably hormonal though, because I'm broke out like a teenager...sexy, eh? All I know is, I'm moodier than I've ever been in my life! I was finally able to sit here and go through my friend's list this morning and read some blogs. I've been missing Lori and ggirl and see that they have both posted while I've stewing in my own juices. I haven't had much desire to be online at all. Whatever this is, I hope it passes before my head spins around and I spit out pea soup. Say a prayer for my husband that he comes out of this with all of his appendages intact 
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| Happy Saturday |
| 01.20.07 (8:11 am) [edit] |
Grrrrr, Hubby has already ticked me off this morning and it's only 7:45 AM but, that's a different story for a different day. Sometimes I wish he wouldn't talk to me, until after we've both had at least one cup of coffee. I'm still not smoking but, I dreamed I did last night. In my dream, I was driving, I looked over in the passenger seat and found a pack of cigarettes and a lighter so, I grabbed one out of the pack and lit up and then realized that I had quit smoking but, it was too late. I was so upset in my dream, that I had smoked. I was relieved when I woke up and found it was only a dream! I don't think I've ever dreamed about smoking so, I must be having some kind of withdrawl. I'm quickly approaching the two week mark! Go Me! Tonight my BIL & SIL are supposed to come over for dinner but, when I called to confirm plans last night, SIL was sick, so now I'm in a holding pattern. I hope I hear from her soon, so I can get things ready for tonight. I think I'm going to grill a pork tenderloin...if they are able to come. I've been a bit on the busy side the past few days. I had Lexy all day and night Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday we met with my friend, Sherri and did another shop-a-thon. Lexy enjoyed it but, she had to take two steps to our one and it showed when she took a two hour nap in her car seat! I took her home Thursday night. Yesterday I was exhausted and slept most of the afternoon away. If we hadn't had an appointment to get our taxes done in the evening, I would have stayed in jammies all day. Here are a few pictures from my time with Lexy :) 

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| Rise and Shine, Valentine :) |
| 01.17.07 (7:59 am) [edit] |
Good Morning and I hope this finds you well. If I were keeping track of how many days I haven't smoked, this would be the beginning of day 8 but, who counting? Me! I am! Honestly, I feel such a sense of accomplishement. If I went into exactly how excited I am about this, you would probably think I'd gone off the deep end. I've also been excercising, I guess today is only day 3 of my physical fitnesscapades. Even with only 3 days under my belt, I'm feeling better. It's the stretching that's really helping. I have a lot of spasticity that goes along with my MS and miracle of miracles, this has been a tremendous relief for that! You have no idea how grateful I am for the respite! If you don't have your health, it's hard to live your life to the fullest, so you can certainly understand why I'm so optimistic about all of this! I haven't felt this good in ages. What really blows me away is it was all so simple and if I had only listened and put into practice what was basic common sense, I could have felt better a long time ago. Now, you might think I'm jumping the gun and yes with MS you have good days and bad days, but I KNOW that the everyday aches and pains are 90% better! For me to have two days of being nearly pain free is like a miracle and it all comes back to not smoking. If I hadn't quit smoking I wouldn't have started excercising and if I hadn't excercised, done some serious strectching, I wouldn't be having this recess from pain! Whatever, I feel more optimistic than I have in a very long time! Changing Gears: Did anyone see American Idol last night? I don't enjoy this part of the show very much. I can't imagine having to actually sit there for hours while some of those clowns come in and "sing" The one that really got me last night was the juggling 16 yr. old boy who came out of the room, cursing to the top of his lungs and then collapsed into a sobbing heap! He needs some serious help. Did you hear him say, "I wanted to start out famous" I don't know what to say to that? Don't most aspiring singers "want" to start out famous? It usually doesn't work that way. I'm not even sure I should admit to watching AI. I have a long appointment scheduled at the chiro clinic today. An hour of PT, 15 minutes of evaluation and adjustments with doc and half hour of massage. If it werent' for the massage, I might consider canceling. Have a lovely day.
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| Hey Baby, What's Your Sign? |
| 01.15.07 (8:22 am) [edit] |
My birthday is July 6, so that makes me a Cancer. I think it's pretty dead on. I think I also have a bit of Pisces in me too, which is my Mother's sign :) How well does your zodiac sign fit you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ People are very complex creatures. We all have many of the signs of the Zodiac within our personalities and birth charts. While the Sun is the only "planet" whose sign we can tell for sure without an astrologer's help, it does represent the ego and identity of an individual. However, as you read through these signs, pay attention to ones other than your Sun's sign to see if you also possess some of those qualities. Good luck and enjoy! ARIES: March 20th - April 20th You are the pioneers of the Zodiac. Fond of being first, you need to push back the barriers of life in order to be truly happy. Your natural enthusiasm and quick energy is a blessing. In fact, it is hard for you to understand why others can’t "just do it!" Competition is a game and you absolutely love to spar. Weak lovers need not apply here as you want somebody that—when you push—will push back. Being a strong sign, it is important for you to learn tactfulness. What others see is what they get with you; you can't be bothered to hold grudges or harber ulterior motives (unless Scorpio predominates elsewhere in your natal chart). Usually successful, you are destined to go far. TAURUS: April 20th - May 21st You are the earthiest of all of the signs. Practical and pragmatic, you have an innate sense of value. Your highly developed sense of touch causes you to prefer natural materials (such as cottons, linens and cashmeres) on your body instead of synthetics. Some say you have magic fingers. You need to have a connection to the Earth and are therefore not happy on the upper floors of a high-rise (too far away from the ground). You also prefer to own rather than rent and are very loyal in relationships. When you feel out of sorts, take off your shoes and socks and walk around barefoot. This will reconnect you to the Earth and your own inner self. Investments interest you and you usually do well with them. GEMINI: May 21st - June 21st You are the communicators of the Zodiac. Needing to be free, like the wind, you weave your words of magic and wit for all to hear. Change is your watchword and you move from place to place, flower to flower, and dance to dance with equal ease. Laughter is your constant companion and movement is your religion. You bore easily and need to have many components to keep your interest in your job, your love life and your friends. The sign of the twins, there are really two of you holding court inside. You thrive in all aspects of journalism and speech. Your community is important to you and you seem to always know exactly what is going on. CANCER: June 21st - July 22nd You are the sensitive nurturers of the Zodiac. Able to feel deeply, your compassion for others is high. Your family is number one, two and three in your book and you will do whatever it takes to provide well for them. This actually gives you a strong career nature and you can be found at the tops of many professions. Often a fabulous cook, you love the idea of feeding others. Like your totem, the crab, though, you may tend to "sidestep" issues and you could benefit from learning how to be a little more direct (most of the others signs just don't understand innuendo). A more dedicated partner or parent could not be found. LEO: July 22nd - August 23rd You are the Personality Plus members of the Zodiac. You like the big, the bold, the bright and the beautiful. Preferring leadership, you strive to attain and maintain an executive position. Charm oozes off of you and you can be found in the middle of little gatherings at parties telling your fabulous stories. Dramatic and entertaining, you are often asked to all of the best soirees in town. It is natural for you to play to the audience as it is your nature to do things for the reaction. You give 150% again and again and all anyone else need do is notice. But notice they must! You have natural talents and abilities and are known for your sunny personality. VIRGO: August 23rd - September 22nd You are the bean counters of the Zodiac. You like everything to have, and be in, its place. Able to instantly spot the flaw in any given situation, you are perfection oriented. You have excellent critical and analytical capabilities. Science is a natural for you as you love learning, assimilating, storing and retrieving data. Many of you can be found in the healing professions as you love studying all the muscle groups, bones and circulatory systems of the body. Others are drawn into technical fields in which you excell. Cleanliness is next to Godliness in your mind and sloppy individuals need not apply for a spot in your love life. You are the organizers extraordinaire and can be counted upon to do the job right. LIBRA: September 23rd - October 23rd You are the arbitrators of the Zodiac. Your symbol—lady justice with the scales—is the very same symbol that we use for law and the courts. Able to see both sides of any given situation, you ponder and deliberate long and hard before making decisions. You are extremely relationship oriented; you want to live with a partner as well as work in partnerships. Because of this, you must guard against giving all of your own power away. You are profoundly tactful, innately social, overwhelmingly gracious and exceptionally charming. A strong sense of color and design is inborn and you can often be found working in the arts. SCORPIO: October 23rd - November 22nd You are the strongest members of the Zodiac. Yours is the power of the will and you have the ability to focus on your goals and desires and reel them in like fish. Such strength belongs to you that there are actually two totems for your sign; the eagle and the scorpion. This is because you go to the nth degree of your chosen path so you must choose a high road or a low one. You are passionate in the extreme, fiercely loyal to friends and family, highly magnetic and sometimes driven. Sharp as a tack, you are also worldly. Success is often yours because you never give up until you have achieved your dreams. A strong emotional element is essential for you in relationships. SAGITTARIUS: Novemeber 22nd - December 21st You are the High Adventurers of the Zodiac. On a mission to discover Truth (with a capital T), you don't believe that what you see is what it's all about. You want to know what lies behind manifestation or beyond it. What truly does create this world of ours? You spend endless hours philosophizing and searching for the answers to your quest. You love foreign lands, languages and people. Travel is your favorite pastime and you must guard against believing that the grass is always greener on the other side. You cannot lie so sometimes need to learn how to sandwich your truths with gentleness. Adventuresome and daring, you can be counted upon to join the Quest. CAPRICORN: December 21st - January 20th You are the businesspeople of the Zodiac. You understand at a very early age that society has levels and that you don't want to get stuck at the bottom. This makes you a very serious youngster and, until you receive your degree, title or business, you focus on getting ahead. Society itself is important to you and you admire those things that humans can do very well. Because of this, you are drawn to museums, the ballet or the opera. You are also very worldly and understand that business works because of planning, hard work, attention to detail and determination. Like your totem, the mountain goat, you take one very deliberate step after another until you have gained the mountain peak. AQUARIUS: Janaury 20th - February 19th You are the inventors of the Zodiac. You see the world as it will be, or could be or should be rather than as it is. Humanitarian in the extreme, you have oodles of acquaintances and get along with everybody. Cool and detached, you have the ability to examine situations and customs from a rather unique angle.You thrive on being different and others often find you a bit odd. You, however, know that it's the rest of the signs that are truly peculiar. Freedom is your watchword and you will not be tied down. You have a longing to create a better world for all human beings and following your very strong intuition brings you success. PISCES: February 19th - March 20th You are the empathizers of the Zodiac. Unlike the other signs, yours is not a particular energy; rather, you are actually a combination of all of the rest of the signs. This gives you true compassion and understanding. At first, you may consciously or unconsciously tune into what others want you to be. Once you have truly developed a sense of self, however, you can truly sparkle and shine. You are almost always gifted either musically or artistically. You do, however, need a space of your own and regularly scheduled "alone times" spent there. This is when you know where you end and others begin. Taking baths instead of showers and listening to the ocean can always bring you back to center. | | |
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| Who wants to mop my kitchen floor? The line forms |
| 01.14.07 (9:05 am) [edit] |
HERE! Please don't fight, there's plenty of dirt to go around! ;) One of my least favorite chores is mopping, ICK! But, hubby is home and he's going to have to help me. It's not just my kitchen either, the whole main floor and upstairs of our house is either tile or hardwoods. Lots and lots of mopping, which is bad since that's my least favorite chore, eh? About 2000 sq. ft. worth. I've been so lax about housework since Christmas. I guess I'm taking what I consider a well deserved break. In truth, it's taken me this long to recover. I am starting to feel like my "normal" self again though. At least my energy level is back to where I think it's supposed to be. Day 5 of NO SMOKES! I shouldn't say this because I'll probably jinx myself but, it's been rather easy so far! I've had a few tense moments but, nothing like last time. I think timing is everything! Life is pretty laid back right now, so that is making it easier for me to stay smoke free! *turns cartwheels* Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes. I'm sure that's helped to get me this far as well. Happy Sunday!
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| Saturday |
| 01.13.07 (10:42 am) [edit] |
Good Morning !! It's really quiet around here this morning, here being my home, unlike most Saturdays. Tony had to work and our son is asleep, naturally, what else do teenagers do on Saturday mornings? Poor guy, he and his girlfriend of 18 months just broke up. He's handling it well and yes he's young but, young broken hearts hurt too. I like Julie but, she was spoiled rotten and so used to getting her way. Whine a little, cry a little, stomp her feet and if that doesn't work, do it a lot, kind of spoiled rotten! She was always sweet to me and my husband though. Our son is self sufficient, hard working, laid back, warm and easy going, he deserves someone with the same qualities. I know I'm his Mother and naturally I would say things like this but, I swear it's true Just to prove that I'm realistic about him, his bad qualities include...he's a sloppy (OMGosh, you should see and smell his room) and he has a potty mouth! I'd love to cure him of both! I should have given him a big bite of soap the first time I heard a curse word come out of his mouth. Well, now my doc is saying I do have a pinched nerve. Label it anything you like doc, but fix it now, please! It's slowing me down and I don't like it. I did manage to shop yesterday but, as I was walking out the mall doors, my left leg went completely numb. I guess that's good timing, if there's ever a good time for your leg to go numb. We are now adding Physical Therapy to the arsenal of treaments. OY! Tony and I are going away for 3 days next month to celebrate our anniversary. We do this every year. This year we're going to a resort and with any luck, we'll get to snow ski. (that is if my leg, back and the weather cooperate) I always look so forward to these longish weekends! I try to come up with a unique gift idea for hubby every year. Last year I did some photos of me with his plane and just me (no nudies) I did the photography and a dear friend of mine did the special effects stuff. Whatever you call it :) (Sweet Jeep/Wizard)
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| If you had a "how to" show... |
| 01.12.07 (6:24 pm) [edit] |
What kind would it be?Mine would be a cooking show. Not that I'm a great cook but, I like/love to cook and watch The Food Network all the time. I think to myself, I could do that! What I want to know is, how does Giada De Laurentiis stay so thin? If I cooked with butter and real cream all the time (and she eats it too), I'd be as big as the side of a barn! I used to love to throw parties and make fancy dishes, now, not so much. That was back in the day of boundless energy. If I had an entire crew to help though, that wouldn't be a problem :) I also collect recipes, cook books and I love kitchen gadgets! I'm never so happy as when I'm using my food processor That's one reason I started my "food for thought" blog. I thought maybe everyone would get sick of just reading recipes. (my food for thought blog is in my links as "my other blog" So, what would your show be and why?
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| Beating a dead horse... |
| 01.11.07 (8:45 am) [edit] |
who the heck would do that?I did it again! I'm smoke free for 24 hours. I'm chomping on nicorette gum. As I said previously, I had cut way back and everytime I smoked, I would feel sick, so I just threw away the pack I had yesterday and got out the gum. It's usually on day 3 that I start really feeling the cravings. I can't use the patch, as I've tried it in the past and it made my heart race, even when I cut them in half. That's all for now because if I sit here too long, I'll want to smoke! That's one habit that will be hard to break, surfing the net and smoking went hand in hand for me. If I make it to two weeks, I'm going to treat myself to a massage at my favorite spa!
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| Do you drink enough water? Try Special K 2O Protein Water |
| 01.10.07 (11:52 am) [edit] |
I don't and I know it. I drink coffee in the morning and diet soda the rest of the day, which keeps me dehydrated most of the time. I've found a new way to drink the water I so badly need. I just tried a bottle of Special K2O Protein Flavored water and really liked it. The only rotten thing about it is, it has 50 calories. That's a lot for a bottle WATER! But, if you're like me and don't get enough water or protein, then I think it's a good deal :) Just thought I'd pass it along. Strawberry Kiwi is yummy :) 1 16 oz. bottle has 0 grams of fat, 30 mgs, of sodium, 8 grams of crabs & sugar and 5 grams of protein, (5 grams of protein is only 10% of the daily recommended allowance) It also contains 10% RDA of calcium. So, all in all, I guess 50 calories isn't too awfully bad.
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| Happy Tuesday and Making Lists |
| 01.09.07 (7:47 am) [edit] |
Today is a new day! Isn't it great how that works out? Go to sleep and wake up with new options and new beginnings? A chance to start fresh and new.I was up at around 5:30 AM making a list of things I will accomplish. Notice how I said that? I find that if I make a list, I'm much more apt to get things done than if I don't. Somehow writing it down, makes it seem more important, even if it's just vacuming. Silly I know but, it works for me. Are you a list maker? What do you want to accomplish today?
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| Ramblings, ggirl and Happy Birthday Elvis! |
| 01.08.07 (8:56 am) [edit] |
Edited to add:
I meant to say this earlier, ggirl is having surgery today, so please send her any positive vibes you can muster up. I know she will appreciate it. <3 >
Good Morning :)
I'm drawing a blank today. Could it be writer's block? Nah, that's not it! One would have to be a writer in order for that to be the case. I'm sitting here thinking of the hundreds of things that I should, could be doing but, none of it sounds appealing. I did manage to get most of the Christmas decorations put away this past weekend and hubby and I somewhat cleaned the unfinished side of the basement. Cleaned? Well, we did away with a lot of junk! I have a pile of "stuff" that I need to take to goodwill to donate today. Some we we threw in the trash..we tried to keep that portion of junk to a minimum, since I've begun to feel guilty everytime I throw something away. Enviromentally scrupulous person that I am..ya know? ;) I could probably spend hours just sweeping cobwebs from the rafters on the dungeon side of the basement. I won't even attempt it until I have a filter mask to wear! Just moving boxes around yesterday brought on a sneezing fit that would scare animals and small children. It's so weird switching gears. It seemed just a couple weeks ago that I had no time to spare. Busy, busy, busy and now I'm back to wondering what the heck to do with myself but, as I said, it's not that I dont' have options, it's just that there's no time line! I work better under pressure. Why do today what I can put off until tomorrow? haha Maybe I should plan some big shindig! That would put me under the gun, eh? Nah! I'm done with shindigz for a while, I hope. I think the blue funk I was in is over! Lord, I hope so. I sincerely feel for folks who deal with chronic depression. My poor husband stuck it out :) Not that he's completely innocent but, for the past week and a half, everytime he looked at me the wrong way, he caught hell! The tears were flowing like rain. We went to SIL & BIL house for dinner and to watch a movie on Saturday night. We saw "Family Stone". Not exactly a sad movie but, I had a lump in my throat the entire time! I kept wiping away tears while everyone else just watched the movie like normal people do. I so badly wanted to see Diane Keaton in the final scene but, she wasn't there. BOOOO HOOOO, that was it, I bawled. How embarrassing! Progesteron Creme is my friend! I was very lax in applying it last month, hence the crying jags and moodiness! Lesson learned! Today would have been Elvis Presley's birthday. He was born in 1935 so, that would make him, 72, right? WOW! Rock On!
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| Follow-Up |
| 01.05.07 (7:52 am) [edit] |
Regarding the pharmacy tech's rude behavior to a customer that I witnessed.
After reading Pastor Dave's response, I thought that if put off speaking to someone about this, that it would end up going by the way side. So immediately after reading his reponse, I looked up the phone number online and called the pharmacy. The first person I spoke to told me that the pharmacy manager was sick with the flu and wasn't working last night and asked that I speak with another pharmacist. He put me on hold and after a couple minutes another fellow picked up the phone and I retold the story. He immediately offered up the gal's full name and told me that I wasn't the only one to complain about her. He asked that I call back on Sunday to speak to the pharmacy manager but in the meantime to please call "this number" and explain to them what I witnesses. (he was very eager for this to be taken care of) So, I made the call. The lady I spoke with at "this number" took the info and my phone number and assured me that it would be looked into. I thought that was probably the end of my participation in the matter. WRONG! About an hour later the phone rang and my husband answered the phone. He then handed it to me and said, it's some from XXX. The gentleman on the other end of the line explained that he was the manager for all the pharmacies in my area and asked me to tell him what transpired. I went through the whole thing again but, by this time I'm getting a little nervous for the tech! As I said in my previous post, I don't want anyone to lose their job over something I reported. While I realize it was her actions that lead to this, I don't want to be responsible for her losing her job! We spoke at length and again he assured me that he would be speaking with her. I'm hoping that they will give her a warning and let her know that they are aware that she is being rude and that they have received multiple complaints. At one point during the conversation with the area manager, I was telling him that we don't know what's going on in her life and that maybe she's "just having a bad time of it right now" he didn't seem to buy it? :/ I hope I did the right thing.
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| Pulling myself out of this funk! |
| 01.04.07 (8:41 am) [edit] |
YUCK! I don't like myself when I'm in the kind of mood I was in yesterday. Too much self pity, boo, hiss, bah! Someone give me a good cyber smack if I do that again!
The best way to get out of that mood is to do something nice for someone else. So now, to figure out who to do something nice for! That shouldn't be too hard. Yesterday while I was at the pharmacy, there was a lady returning some items. They looked like boxes of syringes . I'm assuming she was diabetic because I heard her say something about lancets, you know the things you prick your finger with to test your blood sugar? So, anyway, the pharmacy tech was being so darn rude to this lady and kept saying, "That's not what you said" I have no idea what she meant or what issue they had and I wasn't trying to overhear but, the tech wasn't trying to be discreet and I was standing in line right beside the customer. Bottom line, the tech was VERY RUDE! So rude in fact, that when she waited on me and said Thank you at the end of our transaction, I didn't respond. It was hard for me not to thank her back, but I was wizzed! I made a comment to the manager of the store about her behavior and she said, "I don't know what her problem is, she's always like that"...huh? She's always like that and she gets away with it? Do you think I should report her to corporate headquarters? Think about it, most folks who come into the pharmacy are sick or they wouldn't be there to get medicine. At the very least, they are there to get meds for someone they care about. Why should this pale, unattractive, (If she had been nice, I wouldn't view her that way) grouchy woman be able to make people feel worse and get paid for it? I don't want anyone to lose their job and at first I thought, maybe she was just having a bad day but, after talking to the manager, I found that wasn't the case. BTW, the customer she was treating so poorly kept apologizing! I told the lady (customer) I didn't care what happened, she didn't deserve that kind of treatment! She thanked me. I probably should have spoken up and said something to the tech but, there was no less than 7 people waiting and I didn't want to make an ass of myself by going down to her level. What would you have done? At the very least, I'm transferring all my scripts to a different pharmacy. I won't support a store that allows this kind of behavior.
Mean people suck! <---remember that bumper sticker?>
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| 01.03.07 (1:23 pm) [edit] |
A note to my husband:
It's not my hormones that make me feel this way, it's my hormones that make me say how I feel out loud!
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| Enough is Enough! |
| 01.03.07 (8:09 am) [edit] |
Well crap anyway! If it's not one thing, it's three or four it seems. I had an MRI the day after Christmas because I've had so much numbness and weakness on my left side. I've almost tumbled down our basement stairs a few times, while carrying laundry down and even when I've been carrying nothing at all. My chiro sent me for this MRI thinking I had a ruptured or bulging disk that was causing an impingement on a nerve. The results showed no impingement but, I do have a disc bulge and a protrusion, still it's not supposed to be what's causing the problems. It's tricky when you have a chronic, progressive disease, to figure out if it's MS or some other problem. I'm still not convinced that this particular problem is MS. I sort of know my MS and this isn't it. I think something's up that they are missing! As usual, I'll probably have to figure it out for myself. I hate to be a whiner but, this has been going on since August and it's not getting any better. We may have to move sooner than planned because I'm getting more and more afraid of stairs. Not only do we have two flights of stairs in our house, there's also steep concrete stairs leading into our home. Carrying groceries in, is beginning to be quite a feat! All the things I've always taken for granted are being pulled from me, one by one. The most basic of tasks are becoming more difficult. One illness is enough and it should be a law of nature that once you have an illness, you are exempt from having any others! Anyone want to sign a petition? Who do we present it to? I'm trying to remain optimistic that this will be taken care of in time but, after almost 5 months of buckling knees and dropping things that I pick up with my left hand and just plain ol' feeling lousy (worse than usual) is ENOUGH! I protest!!!!! I have a chiro appt. today but, I'm tempted to not even go. I'm getting nowhere but it's making quite a dent in my bank account! Do I sound bitter? I think I'm on the verge, if I'm not already there. Hopefully this is will be my only bitch session for '07! I have to add this. I'm still very grateful that I've remained as well as I have! I've had MS for a very long time and I'm still mobile, my vision is still pretty good, so Thank God for that! :D I've got a supportive family and friends, so all in all I'm much better off than a lot of folks. I just don't have it in me to complain without pointing out something good about my life. I find that really irritating about myself.
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