The hubby used to love to work on cars. He cannot do that sort of thing anymore, unfortunately. A friend of ours needed some work on her car, and he really wanted to do it for her. He could not fix her bearing problem in her transmission, but he certainly could have replaced her ball joint and her brakes. He was pretty down about the fact that he just cannot do that anymore. 
It almost makes me wish the lawn mower would break so he would have something small to tinker around with. *sigh*
Tonight is M’s first t-ball game of the season! I cannot wait to cheer her on! She is so cute out there. She seems to like it a lot better this year. I must go make us all a light dinner before game time! It is a bit chilly out, but the sun is shining, so I shall not complain!
My mom is coming back to spend the summer with us in a few weeks. We are excited! However, my mom is particular and does not like clutter, which has forced us to clean up, and out, a bit. In going through a random box the other day, I found several rechargeable batteries. I had forgotten all about them! When the kidlet was a baby, we bought rechargeables in every size due to the fact that just about every toy she owned took batteries! It saved us a ton of money. Now, if I could just find our recharger !!!
It’s been awhile.. We have had so much going on! My mom had surgery on her neck. After the surgery, she no longer had back pain, nor did she have trouble walking any more. We were all so relieved! However, it was short lived. Her low back pain is back, and she is once again having extreme difficulty walking. It has been so hard to face, as we thought she was going to be just fine. She is healing well, as far as her neck goes. She says no more surgery, so I am guessing that over time, it will just get worse, as it has been over the last 10 years or so.
Hubby was awarded disability. THAT has been a huge blessing. He had a job, but was not able to work more than 2 or 3 hours a day.
My mom is coming back to visit this summer, and we are all excited about that. We miss her so much.
Hmm, what else.. OH.. we got a cat! Yay. We rescued a cat from a local no-kill shelter. She is a love! And that is about all for now! Off to run errands! More later!
Now that we have a larger tv, we wanted to get some movies that we have been coveting for a while now! The prices on some of these DVDs makes me weep. So I did an internet search for discount movies and BOOM. The answer to my problem appeared on the screen before me. Gosh, I love the internet! Haha. Seriously though, we were able to snag a few movies for less than what we would have paid locally, so it worked out good. We watched one last night. It is funny, after watching tv on a 22 inch screen for almost 2 years, a 42 inch seems like a movie theater. It is awesome!!
Rained like crazy up here yesterday. Our little town had some flooding isses. So odd, as we usually do not flood. We are on top of a mountain, everyone below us floods.. But yesterday, the rain was too much too fast, and it simply had no where to go. No one was hurt, but several businesses and homes were flooded. Our road is a MESS.. as are several others that are not paved. Today is sunshiney and nice and the waters have receded, leaving a big mess in it’s wake.
More rain is on deck for the next two days, hoping that it takes it easy, or changes to snow!!
I am thinking I need to get some cheap lingerie up in here to spice things up a bit. T’s birthday is next week.. I am thinking maybe I can make it interesting for him. 
Cheap is the way to go, as in price, of course. I mean, there is hardly anything to it, and it never really stays on very long, right? I am so not comfy in lingerie, but he likes it, and it is not all about me!
My hubby’s disability claim was approved. What a blessing, I tell you. He was working, but only about 3 to 4 hours a day. It was all that he could handle. The rest of the day would be spent asleep, or in agony. We have started doing physical therapy for his back and it is wicked for him. Every part of him is in pain, every minute of every day. I would not wish back injuries on anyone. He has only TWO discs that are NOT herniated. Two of them are pushing on his spine. It is dreadful.
*sigh*
Anyway. The back dated check was substantial. We were able to pay my mom a large chunk of money. We are getting much needed windows for the house.We started a college fund for the pea, made a donation to our church, have a chunk in savings, have 6 months worth of our bills in the checking account, and he bought me a new Nikon! I have waited a looong time for that! Woo! I cannot wait to get out with it. I was hoping to do that today, but I am still kinda sick and it is cold out.. so I don’t know if I will make it out or not!
The best part of all of this is that we are no longer on food stamps.
And the first person who says that we are still living off the system because he is on disability gets a kick to the throat. Really. He has had a job since he was 14 years old, did time in the military, went to college and was a straight A student with honors. He worked his ass off for many years doing a very physical job. He paid into the system and EARNED his right to disability if he were to ever become disabled. Which, he IS.
I will be working til I am old and gray. Oh wait.. older and grayer.. so no one is ‘using the system’ over here. I get so mad to hear people talk like that. I KNOW there are freeloaders out there. My hubby is NOT one of them.
Annnyway. Enough of that, I guess.
My momma ended up in the hospital last week. She has suffered with low back pain for years. She has already had surgery on her lumbar spine, back in 2004. It helped for awhile, but as of the last year or so, her walking was getting very bad. Just recently she had to relent and get a walker. She hated that, but it was best for her safety. Her legs felt very weak and she could not walk very far at all. She was all stooped over because standing straight up hurt too much.
Over the weekend (last weekend), she ended up in the emergency room because she could no longer stand or walk. To say it was frightening is a huge understatement! Her primary care doc (NOT her pain management doc) suggested she get an MRI of her neck… so that had been done and she was scheduled to see an orthopedic surgeon last Thursday. At the ER, they could find nothing wrong with her, and they sent her home. She ended up back in on Monday at the insistence of her primary care doc. The ortho doc came to see her in the hospital, reviewed her MRI and the report and told her that he could fix her.
She had a 2 level discectomy on Friday. She is now home, can walk without any issues. She is no longer stooped over. And? Her back pain is GONE. She has no pain at all anymore. How awesome is THAT!!
Of course, she is mad because she has been suffering with this for years. WHY did no other doc think to look at her neck?? *sigh* Whatever, she is on the mend and doing well and I am SO happy for her!!
I was wondering what your thoughts are on any kind of spray tan? I know a few people who have had it done and were pleased with the results. I also know some people who were horrified at the results, however, to be fair, that was some time ago. I figure in recent years the product has become far better!
I miss being in the sun. I always (well, MOST of the time) remembered the sunscreen and I sat under an umbrella 98% of the time. It is gray, foggy and gloomy here a LOT. The sun was out today but it was too cold to go out to enjoy it. Such a bummer! Bring on SPRING!