Yeah, right. Yesterday I took Sophie for a walk to the park and back. It was soooo nice. I was sure spring was here! I even had spring fever, couldn't work for a hill of beans yesterday. You know, that "I want to be anywhere but here" kind of feeling that you get when the day is sunny, the trees and bushes are budding, the sun feels warm on your skin. Oh yeah, that was yesterday.
Today? Not so much. It's 37 degrees right now with a wind chill of 29. Snow showers are expected tonight. Damn Sam. I'm getting pretty tired of this. Either make it warm or forget it all together!
You know those Ambien CR commercials that says, the other layers puts you to sleep right away and the inner part keeps you asleep. Um hm, I think somebody forgot the outer layer of my Ambien CR. I quit working last night at 8:30 since I was going with dad to his MRI this morning at 7 (whatever possessed me to make an appointment for 7 a.m., I don't know). I took a nice warm bath and was really looking forward to sleeping on my new feather pillow (that I paid too darn much for, considering the recession and everything). I took my Ambien at 9 p.m. and was still staring at the ceiling at 1 a.m. I love my new clock that shines the time and temperature on the ceiling. Not. I woke up again at 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, when I finally just gave up and got up.
Dad got here about 7 and off to the hospital we went. The MRI went pretty smoothly. It was of his leg, so of course he didn't get the whole wonderful treatment of getting stuffed into a metal tube while it sounds like somebody is banging on the outside with a sledge hammer. He got the noise, but not the claustrophobia! It only took about 25 minutes too, which was a plus. Now I just have to call his doctor and make an appointment to get the results. I hope it's something that can be fixed with relative ease and not too much pain. (He's such a baby - I love you dad!)
When I came home I shampooed the carpet in my office, which Steve had promised to do last week, and did some of the bedroom before I decided to take a nap. Sleep was still being elusive, so that didn't work out either. Ah well. And by the way, I'm NOT liking the new channel that used to be Court TV. Boring.
Back to work- Later!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
This pretty much covers how I've been feeling lately.
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Thank you, Robert Frost (and Happy Birthday)
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Thank you, Robert Frost (and Happy Birthday)
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
What a day for a walk!
I'm sitting here, supposed to be working, but Steve took a couple of the dogs for a walk, so I can't hear to work over the cacophony of the dogs that were left behind. The past two days have been so nice, I went for a walk yesterday, sans dogs. You can't really walk when you have a dachshund in tow. They have to stop every 2 or 3 feet to check out every "canine mailbox" on the block. There was still a little nip in the air yesterday, just enough for a sweatshirt and jeans to be comfortable walking attire. I walked the 3 or so blocks down to the park and then around the perimeter of the park and then back home. Not a long walk, it took about 20 minutes, but it sure felt good after being cooped up all winter!
This morning is a bad day for my shoulder and neck, so I didn't feel much like walking. I stayed in bed with my heating pad until about 2 and then I got up and took Ben to the pet store. I was going to go to Target, but the pet store is right next door, so I decided to see if I could replaced his recently gutted frog. They didn't have one, but you should have seen Ben. Apparently, I've never taken him with me to the pet store before. He sniffed and sniffed, and sniffed some more, but the funniest part was when we got to the toy aisle. He literally sit down and just stared. He couldn't believe it! An entire wall of toys! What's a dog to do? He was totally overwhelmed, I think. I tried to get him interested in something, but nothing could hold is interest for long, he had to just stare at the wall of toys some more. It was so funny! Since they didn't have any frogs I just got some carpet shampoo and left. Ben did get a treat though, I stopped for a fish sandwich from McDonald's, so he got a plain hamburger. Oh, and the lady at the pet store gave him a couple treats, so in Ben's eyes it wasn't a wasted trip!
By the time I got back home it was time to work. Nag. I just don't feel like it today. The great outdoors is beckoning and my neck hurts. Who can work under those conditions? To top it all off, our TA is running like molasses in January. I can't believe how slow it is today. I had to reallocate about 10 jobs and it took nearly an hour. That's toooooooo slooooooooow. My line count will suck today, that's for sure.
Well, the dogs have quieted down to a mild roar, so I think I can get back to work now.
Later!
This morning is a bad day for my shoulder and neck, so I didn't feel much like walking. I stayed in bed with my heating pad until about 2 and then I got up and took Ben to the pet store. I was going to go to Target, but the pet store is right next door, so I decided to see if I could replaced his recently gutted frog. They didn't have one, but you should have seen Ben. Apparently, I've never taken him with me to the pet store before. He sniffed and sniffed, and sniffed some more, but the funniest part was when we got to the toy aisle. He literally sit down and just stared. He couldn't believe it! An entire wall of toys! What's a dog to do? He was totally overwhelmed, I think. I tried to get him interested in something, but nothing could hold is interest for long, he had to just stare at the wall of toys some more. It was so funny! Since they didn't have any frogs I just got some carpet shampoo and left. Ben did get a treat though, I stopped for a fish sandwich from McDonald's, so he got a plain hamburger. Oh, and the lady at the pet store gave him a couple treats, so in Ben's eyes it wasn't a wasted trip!
By the time I got back home it was time to work. Nag. I just don't feel like it today. The great outdoors is beckoning and my neck hurts. Who can work under those conditions? To top it all off, our TA is running like molasses in January. I can't believe how slow it is today. I had to reallocate about 10 jobs and it took nearly an hour. That's toooooooo slooooooooow. My line count will suck today, that's for sure.
Well, the dogs have quieted down to a mild roar, so I think I can get back to work now.
Later!
Monday, March 17, 2008
I love my 3-day weekends!
I had a great weekend and got lots of things done - how productive is that? Friday I went with Amber to get Vince his christening outfit. We met Missy at Westroads, so grandma got a chance to spend some time with us. Amber is learning the joys of motherhood - Vince had a total blowout while we were shopping - at least it didn't go up his back! Matt did that to me one time after we waited an hour for the photographer. They called out name and I realized he smelled really, really bad - it must have taken me half an hour to clean that kid up. Needless to say, the pictures didn't get taken either. It was fun shopping with the little pumpkin butt - and he got the cutest little outfit, white of course, knickers with a long sleeve shirt, paisley patterned vest and tie. He's going to look so cute! Amber gets confirmed on Saturday too. They're having an Easter vigil at 8 p.m. so she's getting confirmed and Vince is getting baptized. One of her friends loaned her a book comparing Catholics to Mormons. Interesting, but I always wonder why people who aren't LDS write books explaining the LDS faith. As Steve would say, ya gotta wonder.
Steve got back on Friday - he was home by the time I got here, so we went to Cabelas since his new scope was in, then we had dinner at Cracker Barrel. I love that place. I love their meatloaf, but unfortunately they had run out, so the chicken-fried chicken was a great substitute. They always give you so much, I left stuffed, and still had half the chicken and potatoes left. The corned beef and cabbage looked great, but I'm not a big fan of carrots or cabbage, so I skipped on that. Let the Irish have it today!
Saturday there was a gun show in Hastings, so guess who had to go? Actually I went along, since the Adams County Historical Society is located in the museum. I figured I could do some genealogy while the guys were the gun show. It was a very productive day! I got copies of quite a bit of marriage information on my dad's side. Most of them were married in Clay County, so I couldn't actually get the marriage licenses, but I did get all the information related to the marriages, including parents' names of both the bride and groom, which I didn't have for some female relatives. I have to say a big THANK YOU to Karen and the other volunteer, I feel bad that I don't remember her name, but they helped me find information on my mom's side of the family that I hadn't been able to locate at all! I'm glad they love a challenge! For years I'd been searching for my Grandma Vosseler's parents to no avail. I had the names, Ira Halderman and Theresa Thompson (sp?), but couldn't find any information anywhere, even birth dates! We found the on the 1910 census, and then were able to find Ira's family on an earlier census. One reason I couldn't find them before is I was looking for Ira and Theresa. Apparently, Theresa wasn't Theresa.... She's Mary T., which I'm assuming is Mary Theresa. We found out that her mother was from Denmark and her father from Germany, but that's all we could find on her besides her date of birth. I found that my great-aunt Della was born in Pennsylvania, which I never knew. That's basically all I found, but hey, it was something! I've looked for most of about 6 years now and haven't found that much. I still have no idea what happened to Ira after he and my great-grandmother divorced. She ended up putting my grandmother and her two sisters in an orphanage, and, according to family stories I've heard, great-grandmother Mary had surgery and died from blood poisoning. Who knows if that's fact or fiction? I don't even know where it may have happened, but at least now I have a birth date for her also! Woo hoo! I actually thought about calling my "mother" to tell her, but luckily my good sense took over before I acted on that impulse! By the time we got home I was on call, working to help a co-worker, so we didn't do anything else. The dogs were very glad to see us. Mom and Bob came over to let them out, but being stuck in a kennel or small room all day isn't their idea of having a good time, they were very happy to see us!
Sunday I didn't do much of anything. I went to enter my new genealogy information into my Family Tree Maker program and found that my entire database of names was gone! That was more than a little annoying! I had over 1700 names on it. I got the 2008 copy of the program this winter and just installed it several weeks ago, but hadn't made any changes or actually used it since then. I'm thinking that for some reason the update erased all my information. I don't know how it happened and I've never had that happen with an update before, but I don't know what else would have done it. I have backup disks - somewhere. Unfortunately, I'm not very good at keeping track of the disks when I back stuff up. I also have my Personal Ancestry File that I should be able to import. I just need the time to do it now. Once I get started working on that stuff I hate to stop, I can do it all day!
Tonight I'm back to work. Sigh. I could use a nice, long vacation. Away from barking dogs. I love my dogs, but they're really getting on my nerves lately. Seven may mean completeness in the Bible, but it just means craziness in my house!
Later
Steve got back on Friday - he was home by the time I got here, so we went to Cabelas since his new scope was in, then we had dinner at Cracker Barrel. I love that place. I love their meatloaf, but unfortunately they had run out, so the chicken-fried chicken was a great substitute. They always give you so much, I left stuffed, and still had half the chicken and potatoes left. The corned beef and cabbage looked great, but I'm not a big fan of carrots or cabbage, so I skipped on that. Let the Irish have it today!
Saturday there was a gun show in Hastings, so guess who had to go? Actually I went along, since the Adams County Historical Society is located in the museum. I figured I could do some genealogy while the guys were the gun show. It was a very productive day! I got copies of quite a bit of marriage information on my dad's side. Most of them were married in Clay County, so I couldn't actually get the marriage licenses, but I did get all the information related to the marriages, including parents' names of both the bride and groom, which I didn't have for some female relatives. I have to say a big THANK YOU to Karen and the other volunteer, I feel bad that I don't remember her name, but they helped me find information on my mom's side of the family that I hadn't been able to locate at all! I'm glad they love a challenge! For years I'd been searching for my Grandma Vosseler's parents to no avail. I had the names, Ira Halderman and Theresa Thompson (sp?), but couldn't find any information anywhere, even birth dates! We found the on the 1910 census, and then were able to find Ira's family on an earlier census. One reason I couldn't find them before is I was looking for Ira and Theresa. Apparently, Theresa wasn't Theresa.... She's Mary T., which I'm assuming is Mary Theresa. We found out that her mother was from Denmark and her father from Germany, but that's all we could find on her besides her date of birth. I found that my great-aunt Della was born in Pennsylvania, which I never knew. That's basically all I found, but hey, it was something! I've looked for most of about 6 years now and haven't found that much. I still have no idea what happened to Ira after he and my great-grandmother divorced. She ended up putting my grandmother and her two sisters in an orphanage, and, according to family stories I've heard, great-grandmother Mary had surgery and died from blood poisoning. Who knows if that's fact or fiction? I don't even know where it may have happened, but at least now I have a birth date for her also! Woo hoo! I actually thought about calling my "mother" to tell her, but luckily my good sense took over before I acted on that impulse! By the time we got home I was on call, working to help a co-worker, so we didn't do anything else. The dogs were very glad to see us. Mom and Bob came over to let them out, but being stuck in a kennel or small room all day isn't their idea of having a good time, they were very happy to see us!
Sunday I didn't do much of anything. I went to enter my new genealogy information into my Family Tree Maker program and found that my entire database of names was gone! That was more than a little annoying! I had over 1700 names on it. I got the 2008 copy of the program this winter and just installed it several weeks ago, but hadn't made any changes or actually used it since then. I'm thinking that for some reason the update erased all my information. I don't know how it happened and I've never had that happen with an update before, but I don't know what else would have done it. I have backup disks - somewhere. Unfortunately, I'm not very good at keeping track of the disks when I back stuff up. I also have my Personal Ancestry File that I should be able to import. I just need the time to do it now. Once I get started working on that stuff I hate to stop, I can do it all day!
Tonight I'm back to work. Sigh. I could use a nice, long vacation. Away from barking dogs. I love my dogs, but they're really getting on my nerves lately. Seven may mean completeness in the Bible, but it just means craziness in my house!
Later
Friday, March 14, 2008
Another beautiful day - in Omaha
Lovely! As a matter of fact, I knew it was so lovely and I had a couple errands to run, so I took off in my AC/DC pajama pants, T-shirt and MIckey Mouse Crocs to go to the pharmacy and the feed store for dog food, no big deal, no body pays attention to you go to the feed store. So, I got my drugs and dog food and came home, only to find out that I was locked out. I have no key to my own house. Which is no big deal when you have a garage keypad, but it is a big deal if the garage door to the inside of the house is locked. Oops. Hmmm. Called mom and Bob, they have a spare, but couldn't reach them. Meg had a key, but she walked to work, so that wasn't going to work. Luckily I foundMatt at 120th & Blondo, so I went to get his key. I was only 5 minjutes late for workl Woo hoo! And I will not leave home again in that attire without first making sure I have a key!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
It was gorgeous today!
Not quite as warm as yesterday, but wonderful just the same! Unfortunately, I spent a couple hours having to go up to the hospital for the "meeting", but it was a glorious day to be out driving! Poor puppers, when I got back home I had to go to work, so they didn't get to play catch or anything, but they did get to spent quite a bit of time outside.
Steve called and wanted to know about the meeting. Of course he had to critique everything that I did. Grrrr... I'm going to do what I feel I need to do for myself, if I make a mistake then I'm the one who has to live with it.
I was watching the local weather tonight after I got off work. The local guy was saying that one of their computer models is showing up to 6" of snow on Saturday.... NOOOOOOOOO! I don't want any more snow! Rain I can take, but no more snow! Which all goes to show, if you don't like the weather in Nebraska, just wait a day (or less).
I guess that's it for today.... La, la, la, later....
Steve called and wanted to know about the meeting. Of course he had to critique everything that I did. Grrrr... I'm going to do what I feel I need to do for myself, if I make a mistake then I'm the one who has to live with it.
I was watching the local weather tonight after I got off work. The local guy was saying that one of their computer models is showing up to 6" of snow on Saturday.... NOOOOOOOOO! I don't want any more snow! Rain I can take, but no more snow! Which all goes to show, if you don't like the weather in Nebraska, just wait a day (or less).
I guess that's it for today.... La, la, la, later....
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