ZZZZzzz...

the other day Mary posted about a day in her life to explain why she never posts about her daily goings on – I told her that if she thinks her days are boring I'd have to post one of mine so she can see what a real uneventful day looks like... so here it is – a day in MY life (Friday March 27, 2009)

Sam attempts to wake me up with a kiss... I groan
watch local on the 8's (weather channel) through half closed eyes
attempt to watch forecast again... give up and change channel to PIX morning news
FINALLY sit up and attempt to shake off the sleepies
hobble to kitchen and attempt to make his breakfast and get lunch (which was packed up the night before) together
kiss him goodbye... ask if he has his phones and his water (he usually doesn't)
kiss him goodbye again after he finds his phones and water

pee

debate (in my head) whether or not my headache is worth taking anything...

make rounds through blogville, facebook, check multiple emails, check local news

take excedrin because it's a beautiful day and I'd hate for my headache to get worse and spoil it!!

eat breakfast (leftover souvlaki) shuffle around lazily watching That's Clever

get phone call from Ohio friend – during which we solve all the worlds problems while I do the previous night's dishes

sort laundry, wash a load

get back on the internets to try to work out a clear plan as far as which cabinets, and dishwasher to buy, how much it will cost etc.

this takes a while because the phone rings, friends pop up to chat... I have to post the 5 albums that shaped me (on facebook) – but 5 doesn't cut it so I wind up doing it 3 different times haaaa

rather than install printer software on laptop I turn on the old computer and rebuild my shopping cart (for cabinets etc.) and attempt to print it out (so Sam can just go straight into the store and hand it to someone and get the hell out of there ASAP and know he's getting the right stuff ***stay tuned for further details on THAT!! haaa)

remember I did a load of laundry and get it into laundry basket

sweep floor, scoop litter, clean toilet, straighten up

realize I'm STARVING – no food =(

try to determine the cause of a revolting stench inside my refrigerator...

give up because the smell and my empty tummy are making me want to puke!!

go next door and steal a sleeve of saltines from my mother – wash them down with some juice (POWER LUNCH – WOO HOO!!)

make bed

remember I have wet laundry... go outside and hang it on the line

it's soooooooooooooooo nice out I just want to stay out all day... but I need to start dinner (italian hamburger soup)

start browning meat and chopping carrots...

another call from Ohio friend – she needs help figuring out how to make stuffed shells (most of her food comes from cans and boxes – tonight she's being adventurous!!)

her crappy phone dies... I can't be bothered calling her back - question had been answered anyway

start writing this – but realize I need to make the garlic toast chips for my soup – YUM!!

while making toast chips call mother and ask her how much she wants me to spend on a dishwasher (she's contributing so we don't have to get the cheapest piece of crap available)

welcome weary husband home with open arms and a cheery disposition

overcook toast chips, rendering about 1/3 of them inedible ~sigh... a sign of things to come? - HA!

eat dinner while watching this weeks LOST – (a trained killer should know better than to walk away from a body without AT LEAST checking for a pulse!!)

get back online and try to look at dishwashers in our price range

eventually narrow it down to three

shut this freakin' idiot box off just in time for my eyes to not fall out of my head

flip through DVR looking for something good to fall asleep to... settle on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

ZZZZzzz

wackadoos to invade kittyville...

as you've no doubt heard by now, Natasha Richardson actress and wife of Liam Neeson died earlier this week – from what I understand, a funeral is planned for some time tomorrow at a church near their home – what does this have to do with me? not much... except that the church (and their home) are just a few miles from here

based on the front page attention her accident and death have been getting all week apparently it's a pretty big deal - I guess it's true... after all nothing much ever happens in or around kittyville – I mean, famous people are here all the time but they very rarely die... leastwise not at such a young age... or from such a freak accident

after reading in the paper last night that police intend to step it up a bit in the event of extra traffic and whatnot, I half jokingly suggested to Sam that we take an alternate route to do our usual Sunday errands as I do NOT want to get stuck in the middle of some giant funeral procession or have to fight through hoards of gawking 'outlanders' hoping to catch a glimpse of celebrities

really I can't imagine a whole lot of hoopla – around here people tend to leave celebrities alone (that is why they come here)

but you never know – like I said, people might come from elsewhere to 'pay their respects'
the way I keep seeing this story on tv and in the papers... maybe she's a bigger deal than I figured

apparently to some people she's a very big deal... I was reading the paper this morning and once again Ms. Richardson was front page news... only this time the story was less about her – and more about the fact that those inbred, wackadoos from the Westboro Baptist Church (ya know... the assholes who picket outside soldier's funerals) plan to protest her funeral too!!

I guess she offended them by working to help raise money for AIDS research... if you go to their web site (god hates fags dot com) they have a whole insane load of crapola explaining why they plan to make asses out of themselves by disturbing this poor family as they try to lay their wife/mother/daughter to rest

what kind of sick pieces of shit would do such a thing??!!

it makes me sad... and angry... and sick to my stomach!!
still it IS interesting – like I said... nothing much ever happens in kittyville – maybe we shouldn't change our route after all...

rejoice...

about a month ago I mentioned having gone to the 'gyno' for my yearly exam (4 years overdue) because I've been having a 'problem' - I say it like that because it kinda goes against my grain to complain about hardly ever getting my period!! especially when some of you are practically hemorrhaging for weeks at a time...

alas, it IS a problem... I am designed to bleed after all – YIPPIEEE!!

they had suggested I have a pelvic ultrasound and a bunch of blood work – they're trying to figure out if I have something called polycystic ovary syndrome or POS (which is doctor-speak for YOU'RE FAT) or if it's 'peri-menopause' (which is doctor-speak for 'we don't know what's wrong with you... must just be the fact that you have a vagina')

the ultrasound is probably gonna cost anywhere from $115-$225 – which I can handle... the blood work on th other hand, is close to $1000!! which obviously I can't do!

so last week I went for the ultrasound... Friday afternoon the doctors office called to tell me that everything looks normal – of course they asked if I'd be getting insurance any time soon... so that I could get the blood tests done but since I'm not, they basically said it's nothing to really worry about

???

you don't REALLY have a definitive answer as to whether or not it's POS and theres no way to really tell if it's peri-menopause – so that's that?

who am I to complain? when it comes down to it I really had no intention of taking the drugs they were going to have me take if they did discover I have POS - unless they thought there was a serious risk to my health otherwise (with POS you're at increased risk for reproductive cancers... because you're not ovulating or bleeding when you should be) but I guess since I am still semi-functional, it's ok

she said if I was planning to conceive they would obviously like me to be more regular – but otherwise it's A-OK

so I was like... ok so what? I should just rejoice in the fact that I barely get my period anymore? and she laughed and said yes haaaa

ummm ok

so basically unless I start having some other problem – they don't need to see me again until next year

YAY!!

however... since I still seem to have a lot of my usual PMS symptoms which never seem to go away now that I never get my freakin' period... and because I have several symptoms of POS - I'm not ruling that out... my plan (as usual) is to continue changing my habits, eat less sugar and salt and more veggies and grains etc. and exercise more

they say if you even just lose 10% of your weight that it makes a huge difference in your health AND can get your girly cycle back in order... so that is my short term goal

anyway I just thought I'd give you guys an update – plus I like to document this stuff here so that down the road when I forget what the heck has happened in my life, I can come here and be reminded of what and when haaaa

I haven't the word to express myself...

I haven't been saying much here lately... I still try to make the rounds and read all of you guys - I just don't seem to have much to say lately... but I AM reading =)

even when I do have something to say here I don't seem to have the oomph to say it... I think that has a lot to do with the fact that I don't have word on this new computer - the one cd I have says I need a code (can't imagine where that code is) and the other gives me a message saying it has some kind of virus - maybe that's what keeps being wrong with our old computer haaaa

and I really don't like typing up my posts in blogger so I just haven't been bothering

but I miss it :(

maybe one of these days we'll get our hands on preferably and older copy of word - and I'll be able to function normally again - how freakin' SAD is that??!!

anyway - I hope so!! because it's not just blogging that is screwed up - I'm not keeping up with anything I normally use word for (keeping track of what bills I've paid, adjustments to recipes, grocery lists etc.)

who woulda thought I would ever become so dependent on a stupid piece of software!!
but seriously NOT having word makes me feel like I've had a hand cut off or something - it SUCKS!!

I've been writing my dinner/grocery lists on paper... can you believe such a thing?!

I know it seems silly - but it's actually a bit of a pain in the ass... first of all, all my recipes are on the computer - I normally go through my files and grab 7 or 8 meals and go through the recipes, writing down the ingredients that I'm missing for each recipe - in no real order... just kinda as I go through each recipe

THEN I cut and paste the list back together in the order in which I'll find each item in the stores

this is how I save time and money, only getting what I need (usually) - by going directly to the items on my list

anyway... this is a bit of a pain and a waste of paper when you have to keep re-writing lists

THEN to top it off... when I do it on the computer I save it - that way my list of meals for the week is handy - doing it on paper... if I don't hang the list on the fridge or something right away, I end up misplacing it and have to try to go on memory to figure out what the heck I planned on making for the week

yes the computer makes my brain lazy and mushy... and I should welcome the opportunity to start doing my own remembering instead of letting a machine do it for me...

maybe if hadn't been relying on this to remember things for me I'd be able to remember the code to my old copy of word!! haaaa