11-12-13

5:40am

Snow is right on schedule.

29 degrees outside with 18 degree wind chill.

I always tell everyone to expect one of the first snowfalls

around my birthday.  

A neighbor lady argued with me saying oh no

it will happen in December.

I was right.

I was so tired last night I went to bed around 7:00pm

and got back up at 10:00pm to make sure

all kids were in bed and then stayed up til 12:30am watching tv.

Then back to bed til 5:30am.

My sleep is so messed up.

8:00am

Take 2.  Today will be a repeat of yesterday

with trying to go to the BMV and doctor's office.

Hopefully we'll get somewhere today.

There's been something going on everyday

since I've been out of the hospital.

Tomorrow's something will be the kids are off school.

Can't we just get back to normal around here?

Hey I did get my laundry all caught up.

Not saying it's all been brought up outta the basement

and hung in closets but it's all washed, dried

and at least hung up in the basement.

I'm still working on getting the Summer clothes

put away and getting the Winter clothes out.

Most of it is done except for my things.

I've been trying to come up with ideas

for cheap things to make for Christmas.

I've been thinking about making

emergency bags, something practical,

that can be put in a glove box of a vehicle.

I'd use something like toiletry bags found

at the thrift store for a buck or two like the one below.

Or you could use something like a cheap

school box or diaper wipe box.

Next fill it with things like:

(think about all those uses for sample packets!)

paperclips, safety pin, needle/thread/button,

gum/hard candy/breath mints/suckers, travel size hand sanitizer,

band aids, pen and paper pad or sticky notes,

aspirin/tylenol/ibuprofen, travel tissues,

mini screwdriver (cheap eyeglass repair kit), 

comb, mini flashlight, matches, sunscreen,

compact mirror, AAA/AA batteries,

whistle, hand warmers packs,

small phone book, gloves, scissors,

chapstick, etc, etc.

1:35pm

We got everything done we set out to do to, yeah!

We had a little time after we went to the BMV

before the doctor's office so stopped in

a thrift store for about a half hour.

I found a pair of OSU flannel pajama bottoms

for .99 cents I am putting back for a Christmas present.

Someone had recommended getting

a large exercise ball to stretch our backs on.

I found one still in the box for $2.92.

And lastly I got two cup warmers

for .90 cents each.

I got these to put back in my emergency food supplies.

I already have an adapter that I can plug

into a cigarette lighter so that I can plug

household thing into.  I thought this would

be great to use should there be no power

and we would want to warm up a can

of vegetables, a cup of soup, hot chocolate or coffee.

They are only 20-25 watts of power.

They do get pretty hot.

I wouldn't put your hand on one of them.

I have been looking for those travel mugs

that plug into cigarette lighters but haven't had any luck.

Hubby went to see doc today and he

cleared him to go back to work, yeah.

He also got a flu shot and his ears cleaned out

during this visit.  He's been having trouble

hearing out of his one ear.

Now that we are back home I have

some pizza dough going in the bread machine.

I plan on making ham and cheese pizzas tonight.

I got some cheap FMV Kroger ham slices

and plant to cut them up into strips and

fry with some maple syrup and a little brown

sugar before topping the pizzas with them.

5:15pm

I have been so tired.  I tried laying down for a little

nap around 3:15pm but woke back up

at 4:00pm with mom calling saying

my brother got a buck today.

Woo Hoo!

I've now got a couple of pizzas made

and baking in the oven.

They make the whole house smell good.

The ham I put on top was cheap and really salty tasting.

I drained any liquid from it, cut it up and fried

it in a skillet with a handful of dark brown sugar

til the sugar got thick.

I then added some cut up onions to half

of the ham and fried them with it

for mom and dad's pizza.

5:55pm

It would nice to be able to eat something without

getting bloated.  My stomach swells up :0(

Still feels like I have a rib cramp also.

Sigh.

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