If i had more time

If I had more time I guess I would be on here blogging about nothing in particular a little more...It has been a month almost to the day that I last blogged....with Christmas shopping...doctors..pt.,dentists and all the last minute things you have to fit in...my days are filled..

Last week a nice guy I worked with for over 20 years passed away and the funeral home was filled mostly with his co-workers..so sad...he was 61...was sick for two years so he didnt even get to enjoy any kind of retirement days at all...just never know from one day to the next what you are up against..

Now,my knee is another story...This is the last week of physical therapy I have and only two days at that...I guess they decided that 110 was a good stopping point for my flex but it was up to 116 ...After having that dreaded manipulation that was really no pain with it at all when i had it done...It was just the ordeal of having to be hooked up to iv's and being put back under AGAIN..There was no pain to the knee afterwards,,,I could just bend it more..The knee still stays sore at times especially if i walk a lot on it or am up on it longer then what I should be...but try staying off a leg that you are suppose to but can't find the time to especially with the holidays,,,right,,...I'd like to see the person who can...always and too much to do...then......in between all my runnings with my knee in the last month,,,my blood pressure decided it wanted to give me a little trouble to go along with my knee so I have now added blood pressure medicine to my list of meds especially Right now after I had to spend 8 hours in the emergency room because my blood pressure was so high..,,,i have to record it morning ,noon and night to see if it stays regulated or whatever....joy,,joy,,joy...another glorious thing to have to take time with...of course it could be worse..I could be under the ground instead of above it...

Within the last couple weeks..well actually a week ago Sunday,,,I got over being a scrooge this year and put up a tree and decorated the screened in porch..for the sake of the little ones if nothing else...Christmas just isnt Christmas without a tree no matter how big a pain in the butt it is to drag out all the Christmas boxes..and nothing is ever put together that you want to use..so boxes are everywhere..and i got tired of dragging out so my decorating is kind of skimpy this year...it amazes me when we were driving around looking at lights how people can keep theirs up and lit.I guess i may try for more next year...by then i will have a year in on this knee and maybe i can get in the mood more..

Now,,my tree is up..to say the least...oh my goodness..talk about an ugly tree....Usually I string the lights and the tinsel and the strings of whatever and let the kids put the decorations on..well...to say the least they did and this is a child decorated tree..two seven year olds and a 4 year old to be exact,,,this year they could finally read the decorations and see which ornaments were theres from over the years..They have one or two new ones each year,,,then,,they decided that the ones they found that they liked that didnt have a name on them..they just claimed them and wrote their name on them and ...then they added them to the tree..IN CLUMPS...Now..do you think my tree has to be perfect..no sirree..Its not even fully decorated,just as far as they could reach and only in the front so thats how i left it..I did throw a few decorations on the top but still didnt cover the top...and thats the way its going to be left.At least for this Christmas....Looks aren't everything,,at least in my house...and i'm sure Santa could care less either way..

The girls were down this weekend and I gave the three little ones a gift to open and told them i would let them open one this Sunday..It kept them all entertained for the first couple hours anyway...Last night we took the seven year old to a town about 40 minutes from here to watch a movie...They have this theater with 10 movies running and it only cost 4 dollars to get in...so for less then 20 dollars three of us went and had drinks and the biggest popcorn they had and watched the movie..not bad..with the prices these days..there was closer theaters but 12-14 dollars a piece to get in...And what did we watch but A Christmas Carol.It sure wasnt my favorite movie...I'm glad I finally did set and watch it but some movies I do like to watch over..this would definitely not be one of them.I thought this one would never end and it is not one i would even consider watching over..I would much rather watch Its a Wonderful Life,or Rudolph or Frosty,,,but I survived it.

The weather here is as uncertain as the rest of us..last thursday week,,it was so bonechillling cold...the neighbor lady and i run all day shopping and ate out and we froze to death with the wind chill factor being near zero..and four days later it is 58,,It is suppose to start turning colder by tomorrow...I cant wait for these glorious days to hit..again...Oh well..it is December and we havent had any cold weather to complain about..but look out january and february.Well..it is now Wednesday nite and I still havent gotten this on my blog site....I wrapped presents last nite and still have a lot more to wrap....Try for tomorrow..I had a full day in town today...was at the school til noon...pt in the afternoon..hit a few stores then i was on my way home.I hate running in cold weather...thank goodness for my electric start..Its a lot nicer getting into a warm car...yessirree....ok..i'm outta here for who knows how long..later

eight weeks gone....

It is hard to believe at times that is has been eight weeks today since i have had this blasted , pain in the butt knee surgery..I will fore go the picture because it hasn't gotten any better looking..still the same ol pancake look...and I cant believe even more that I cant even get on this computer ...maybe its because I spend more time in town then in the country....and if I take the 7 year old to school then its 4 p.m. or after before I get home..as today was...we left at about 7;30 this morning and got home a little after dark,,,I dropped the two brothers off to school this morning...hit physical therapy for my knee til 11 then preceded on to the grade school and ate lunch with my gr-daughter til noon then checked out an army surplus store trying to find the 7 year old an army outfit for Christmas..I think I have finished buying for my gr-girls...They are getting a WII from Santa and I bought games for it....so an easy $150.00 bucks went for these this week...Now,,if I had the nieces and nephews bought for ..then I could say I am done...I picked up the boys from school at three...picked up a pizza ,,,we had pizza at the park and they played til dark ,,then we played dodge the deer all the way home...These deer appear out of nowhere...and all the time..I have never hit a deer...well..I tigged one years ago...he went down but got up and took off again...or maybe it was a she..whatever....

I go to the leg doctor for my check up on my knee Monday...I talked to a lady this week that had surgery the same day as I did and her and another lady have to go in and have their legs manipulated...My therapist told me they would send a letter to the doctor with me when i go Monday after I leave PT..I done told them not to say I need manipulated because the paper will never make it there if i have to take it...

At this point I am sick of going to town..of PT..and to make matters worse I had to have a root canal done Thursday and have to go next week on another tooth that they don't know whether they can even save or not....I am in town almost every day for PT or an appointment..then because of the total knee replacement I have to be premedicated for any dental work..so more pills to take..fun,fun, fun..Of all the times for my teeth to start falling apart...and this is not a good time...my knee,,my teeth..what next....My La. sis has been complaining about her heel hurting her...well..mine did too..but quit....and that was before I had surgery...so now I'm wondering if that is lurking in the background waiting to reappear as soon as I get off my pain meds...maybe they are keeping it suppressed for the time being.

Thats all I need...heel added and that would be almost like hoof and mouth disease...yukkk..

It has been gorgeous weather this week...In the 60's...and the weekend is suppose to follow suit..I bought a ticket to go to the kids football banquet this Sunday so another weekend is tied up and all have been that way since July....

There was no school this Wednesday so I took the little one to PT with me then we went on over to town to one of the Veterans dedications they were having at one of the parks..It was kind of neat...We watched them fire a cannon three times and after an hour or so we were out of there...The weather was in the high 50's and the sun was warm but a steady little breeze made a jacket come in handy....The little park didn't have too many people there as everyone was in the main park in town to see the parade...a small parade..nothing like the once a year Christmas parade that will be within the next two weeks..usually the Saturday before Thanksgiving.We proceeded to tour the little park..A cabin that soldiers lived in was restored and was being dedicated to the park today..The view from the high hill we was on was spectacular..The sun shining on the river was so pretty and the cities of Parkersburg and Belpre was stunning from the point we were at..I videoed the cannon shooting but it wont play back on this laptop so I cant post it...

..Oh..the holidays are coming way too soon,,and as for me...I guess my Christmas decorations will sit another 11 months in the building because it took me long enough to put them up with two good knees let alone one.I may try putting up a few more lights around if I get around to it...if not ..so be it..Its like my house...If it gets done it will...if not...it ain't going nowhere...

ok,,,I am going to post this tomorrow..It is almost midnight and I should have been in the sack an hour of so ago....finish this tomorrow....

Well,,,I had my eight weeks check up today with the doctor that did my knee surgery and what else can happen..He informed me that I needed to have the manipulation done...I guess all these doctors must look at these knee operations differently...the la. doctor told my sister that 90 was functional and you could live with that so I 'm thinking ...well.thats where mine is at but these W.Va. doctors have different views...So...here i go again..I have a root canal scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday they are going to put me back under and bend or as they call it,,,manipulate my knee..guess where they cut the quadriceps muscle,,,the scar tissue has built up and wont let my leg bend like it is suppose to, so more pain is in store..he said it wont be nothing like the surgery but I'm beginning to think...how would anyone know what the pain is like if you haven't had it done....well...more patient torture for me...but i talked to two other ladies that had their knee done the same day as mine and they have to go in and have theirs done also...and you have to have this done before 90 days or you cant have it done because the scar tissue cannot be broken after that length of time so i might as well have it done and get it over with...then again ..some work..some don't....my knee just doesn't bend like it is suppose to so i guess I'm a candidate for having it done....so me((( the glutton for punishment))) is going to have it done Thursday and get it over with..as bad as I hate too....I"m a wimp when it comes to going under the needle....and I quiver when i pass by a hospital and think of being in one...no thank you...I'd rather be on the outside looking in ,,,on this one...ok..It is Tuesday morning...Eight weeks ago I was in the hospital at this time waiting for the chop chop to begin...Like I told my doctor yesterday,,,no I can't at this time even begin to say that I'm glad I had this done..and I wonder if there will come a time when I will ever say that....I WONDER...I'm like the la. sis...I think ours was done on a different pretense then what other people have had theirs done...they had arthritis so bad and hurt so bad that they had to have theirs done whereas we had ours done because we wore ours out ...so maybe their is a difference ..and these people can honestly say they were glad they had it done..not me..AT LEAST ..NOT YET...ok,,i am going to get this posted..took me three days to get it on here...toodle loo...

heres a video of when they shot the cannon...............if you can see it..

what a Sunday

Blake,,,,the 7 year old...2nd place,

Danny,,,their team won 1st place..

one of my favorite cheerleaders...gracie

wow...how come some days end too fast,,yet others not fast enough.....I started to town a little after nine this morning and got back after dark,,which these days are somewhere around 6 p.m. or so....Today was playoff final for the championships in little league football...The seven year old plays for a team called the Ramblers...There is three age divisions...he plays in the youngest one,,his brother in the next one and then theres the older bracket...so needless to say ,if you stay for both games you are there at least 4-5 hours...All three Ramblers teams made it to the playoffs....The youngest team lost their game, so they came in second...the middle team(((that his brother is on won theirs so they won first.))))the older team lost theirs and they were undefeated all season...oh well..so it goes...The banquet is next Sunday ,,I never have went to a banquet but I scalped a ticket today as the time to put your reservation in was already over and his mom failed to mention it so I lucked upon someone who bought one too many tickets..

Today was a gorgeous November day...The weather was somewhere around 70..Perfect for a day of watching football and sitting in the warm sun...I sat there on hard as rock bleachers all day watching the game and people and thinking about all the things I should be doing at home...Problem is,,,I never would have done those things to be done anyways...Now its after 9p.m and I should be in bed which as soon as I post this post I'm headed that direction....I'm bone tired and my knee is giving me fits..You would think being off of it and sitting there would be easy on it but evidently not...It aches ...Me and the young one sat here watching a movie..I got him ready for bed and he cuddled up on the couch and he was gone in a matter of minutes..All that ball playing got to him...I never expected him to play today as it was a championship game and the coaches are out to win,,,but today they let all the bench sitters play which in his case was good because it would have been a shut out game of 38-0 but the last 7 minutes of the game they put in second string or the bench sitters as i call them and they scored all the touchdowns..3 to be exact...so we were happy..lost the game but we weren't scoreless....

ok...I am tired..should exercise but I'm taking my meds and lying down for the night....maybe my week wont be as hectic but I have therapy Mon,,wed, and Friday ,,then i have a root canal to be done Thursday so my week is already full....and i am outta here...

6 weeks ..a few days..but who

ahhhhhhhh 5 weeks gone

well...I don't know why when i send this pic to the blog site ,,it darkens back up when I lightened it up with the photo editor..have to ask the wizard ...ok..sis how come..

Golly gee,,I cant believe that I haven't blogged since last Wednesday...Where have all the days gone...I'm trying to think what I've been doing that I haven't been on here...last Thursday

is definitely too far back to think what I was doing...I know Friday was a nasty rainy all day rain that lasted til sunset and we decided to take a little trip down the ol highway to the big ol gambling place..needless to say after three hours had gone by we were happy to leave after donating our money once again.One of these days we will figure out that the 79 mile trip to Charleston is just not worth all the time and gas..We don't go with the thought that we are gone to win big.((although it would be nice)))).we just know how much we want to lose and that's it....I only play penny machines cause I love to just play and my money goes further as far as losing it...of course I didn't win nothing big but I did come back with more then I went with...now the man in the house ,,that's a different story ....he plays to win..so naturally he comes home at at loss...a limited loss...cause he only takes so much to lose with.

I'm moving up...My gr-baby says my knee doesn't look like a pancake anymore...It looks like a cut pancake...Don't know whether that is good or bad,,,I just know its been 5 weeks...and its sucks....the sucky part is the pt and the not been able to bend it like you want...I still walk kind of stiff legged and that's my part for not taking my time and bend it when i walk..of course if the swelling would go down it would be a lot easier for my walking and pt...I'm already dreading the trip to pt in the morning,,,especially since it is still swollen and you cant even do the exercises you are suppose to because it hurts so bad...poor poor pitiful me....I guess it could be worse.....but to make things worse...I have a tooth that's been bothering me since last Friday so now I am taking an antibiotic until i can get to the dentist on Thursday....I'm just having a great ol time...

The weekend zoomed by,I guess because I stayed so busy .Sat..I got the great idea of cleaning out the hallway closet..I decided I was going to pull the winter coats and clothes out of the hallway closet and put away all the kids summer and my summer clothes...bad choice on my part...My knee only lets me do so much so here it is Tuesday and I still have things spread everywhere.....Oh well...Sunday was spent at the boys football playoffs then my son and gr-girls came down and spent the latter part of Sunday evening and we were in and out and in and out again playing around...Then comes Monday ..no school..so I had to take the 7 yr old with me to pt and then we went running around in the stores....big mistake on my part..overworking my poor knee...today its sore...ok,,,its going on 8 o'clock...I'm outta here til another post..........toodle loo..........

THEY'RE BACK

Finally,,,,I've got my pj's on ,,,my cold ice pack on my knee and kicked back on the couch....I was on the go from the time my feet hit the floor this morning til almost 8p.m..My poor pancake knee is feeling it now....I'm ready to take a percoset ,,and a ambien and call it a night...I may wait a little while before doing so...got to watching a movie with Michael Douglas and Demi Moore ...Disclosure,,and right now it looks pretty interesting.

And tomorrow I plan on doing little or nothing and staying home.....so I can sleep in after the man in the house goes to work, so I can stay up a little later tonight...SIS...

First stop was PT ((patient torture))which as bad as I thought it was going to be ,,,it was'nt that bad....The bending of the knee to flex it is the worst...painnnnnnnn,,,,,,or maybe because I took two percosets before I started.....and it dulled the pain..not that I didn't feel it.........they say my knee is almost at 90 flex....and that has been since Monday....so just maybe I will make it thru this therapy as they want me to..

After all this time of using my cane to walk around the stores ,,,I was like a baby taking its first steps when I realized I could actually walk behind and use a shopping cart..as long as I used it to lean on...whoopee......I dont feel as helpless now..except by the time i got home my poor pancake knee was ready to be put to bed,,I hurridly threw on a pot of chili for supper..ran out and fed all my animals...cleaned the kitchen up and headed for the couch where I am at now...and then they struck....well actually they were here last night ..they just multiplied by the hundreds tonight....the seven year old told me the other night that there was flying spiders...well...they arent spiders..they are the dratted ladybugs.and I would rather have flying lady bugs then flying spiders.yuk. an overhead light attracts them like a magnet...so I'm sitting here in near darkness except for a small light on a nearby stand and the tv screen flickering on and off...

I just hit the remote to see how much time is on the movie and I realized it is on til midnite...well.. thats just great..my two hour movie just turned into a three hour movie...so I am going to hold off taking my pills...

OK..another hour to go before my movie goes off....so I am outta here....as for the ladybugs..go shoo...get outta here....fly away home...

4 weeks...unbelievable

Hye hey hey,,,,,,cant beleive that it has been a whopping 4 weeks since this god forsaken surgery.....Now...yesterday was my first outpatient day of PT...another glorious hour of enduring pain while they wrench,,twist, probe,prod and do everything but tear your knee back out of its original socket....and they call this therapy.....well...the whole meaning of PT just went to hell......
To me,,,PT is in reality patient torture..what else could pt stand for....its physical and its therapy but its patient torture in the worst form...I just grit my teeth and think ,,,well..how much more can you manage to put me thru in one hour,,they do their damnest....to work everything in they can think of....soon its time to leave the torture chamber...a little relief for at least 32 hours...3 times a week I'm to enter this chamber of horror with all its little machines..I scour the room thinking ..which agonizing machine are they going to put me on next....then at the end ..before you leave ..they hook you up to this thing that sends little shock waves thru you....In my version it is little like an electric fence..or maybe I watch too many horror shows and keep waiting for that jolt that will end up throwing you off the table..I just hope the machine doesn't go haywire while I am hooked up to it and give me a never ending jolt..yikes......I know or at least I hope I can say in 4-5 weeks it was worth it to have the pt but at this stage I CAN'T SEE IT..DEFINITELY NOT..
My pancake knee still looks like a pancake..I guess,,It looks a little rough after surviving pt,,,,
I took the little one home today... a beautiful day...Right around 70.We were headed east to the town of Athens but somehow ended up going west to the town of Parkersburg....where I had promised him a toy for him to pick out when we went to town....He chose three $3.00 toys at Walmart...or he could have had a $10.00 one..I guess getting three toys was better then getting one big one...and of all toys..these little things that were about 5 inches long and resembled a skateboard with little stickers to put on them....He probably had them lost as soon as the cardboard was peeled away....It was just too pretty to stay inside all day and they say after Thursday our Indian summer days are gone...the weekend is suppose to be cold and wet....for football playoffs....ok..
I need to jump off here and finish taking some pills....and get ready for bed....I now walk around the stores except Walmart when i am getting groceries..then i latch on to one of those little motorized carts....and then by the time I get home my leg is itching ,,burning and hurting...my back even hurts..I think I may call it a night....goodnight alllllllllllllll.