Summer's just around the corner...

Hi,

Hubby went to Lowes Sunday and bought some bales of pine straw and we put that out around our beds in front. He also bought a few plants to put out back but we haven't put them out yet. He cut the grass and something bit him on the earlobe. Don't know what it was but his ear swelled up for a few days. I also cranked the generator to let it run a few minutes, hurricane season will be here soon. Hubby's brother had a heart attack on Sunday, the same age my hubby was when he had his, but he is doing fine now. He got out of the hospital yesterday. He had to have two stents put in. My hubby had his heart attack on Sunday too.

Now to change the subject...my oldest daughter said 'da-da' first instead of Ma-ma. Probably because he travelled a lot for work at the time. So when he called there was a lot of 'come talk to Daddy', 'it's Daddy'...etc. Well when she was about 17 months old we were able to go to England with him for several months. Shortly after going over there she finally called me....Mum....ha. Didn't pick up on Mama or mommy all that time before but just a short time in England and she picked up on the kids there and called me Mum...it's was pretty cute.


Now, her last day of school is tomorrow and she will graduate on May 21st. Time sure passes fast, seems like only yesterday she was starting school.


Take care,
Sheila

Happy Mother's Day!!!

HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY

We Love You!!

To my Mom
and
my Hubby's Mom

I hope all the Mother's are having a wonderful day.

Sheila

Cholesterol and colds...

Hi,

Just for the record I didn't get my cholesterol that low on my own. When we lived in Washington State my cholesterol was 301, I went to a dietitian and was able to get it down to 278, then we moved to Alabama. It went back up again but I got it down to 265. I tried a while longer to get it down more but couldn't. The doctor told me it was genetics too like Kay's, not just what I eat so I have been taking Vitorin. But I was still a little surprised to get it down to 158.

I thought it was time for a new view on the blog since we are heading toward summer. It's warm enough here for flip flops so I went with that for now.

Well 'C' is getting better, but I think she may have passed it on to me and 'J'...ha. But I loaded up on medicine today at Rite Aid so we're good...and orange juice for vitamin C. We'll survive...
Just don't stand too close to this blog while you read...wouldn't want you to catch it... :-)

Take care everyone,
Sheila

Doctors and tomatoes...

Hello all,

Took youngest daughter to the doctor today, she had stuffy head and sore throat on Sunday with a temp of 100. But she has just been congested the rest of the time, no temperature. She had a little bit of a headache last night so I took her to the doctor today, just to make sure no sinus infection, plus she needed a doctor's note for school. I told her to show her cyst on her finger joint to him while we were there and she was feeling for it and couldn't find it. It went away on it's own, hopefully it will stay gone.

I got my results back on my cholesterol and it was 158, down from 177 last year.

Hubby picked us up four tomato plants Saturday at Lowes. Maybe they'll grow better than last year's. I also bought a tray today to start some green onion seeds in.

Okay, I'll go now,
take care everyone,
Sheila

Owww...

'C's birthday brownies

great professional decorating huh..

Well I survived my appointment for blood work. Then the doctor asked when I last had a tetanus shot.....hum--over twenty years ago.?! I didn't say that, I said it's been awhile. I have been married almost 23 years and early in our marriage I was cleaning a slightly cracked coffee pot (Mr. Coffee) and it broke and I cut my thumb. I used a bread twist tie as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. When I picked my husband up from work he thought I needed stitches, so we stopped by the hospital and I received two stitches and a tetanus shot.

'J' had to have blood work today and hubby goes tomorrow, so we'll all get to share in that fun...ha. Their's is just to check things for the medicine they take.

I went by Kohls afterwards and purchased some tennis shoes (sneakers to some) and a pair of jeans, they were both on sale. I could have swore I saw Shirl going in ahead of me...she must have hit the road heading south for some shopping while Jack and Sherry headed to the mountains...ha. I was looking for some shorts but they didn't have the kind I was looking for.

I'll go now,

take care,

Sheila

"Hotel Covington"...

If you remember, awhile back I had this picture of the old nursing home 'Covington Manor' that they were tearing down in my hometown...













This is an old picture of it when it was the 'Hotel Covington'.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. "C"'s birthday brownies were good. She went with friends to the mall yesterday to spend some of her birthday money.
I hope the weather is treating you good where you are. The sun is shining and it's about 80 degrees here.

Take care,
Sheila

It's all good...

Hello Everyone,

Hubby made it too his Cardiologist yesterday for his treadmill test and check-up. He did well on his treadmill test. He had a couple of extra beats but the Doctor said that was fine (he had to take medicine for a little while, for extra beats, after his heart attack). He took him off the Plavix so now he will take two 81 mg aspirins instead of one. His blood pressure was a little high so they gave him a pill to take in the mornings to supplement the blood pressure medicine he takes. He will go back Friday to make sure it's not lowering it too much. I'm afraid it might because I checked his blood pressure tonight and it was normal (he hasn't started taking the new med yet). I think he was just dreading having to do the treadmill test. I am going to check it everyday so he can show the results to the Doctor when he goes back.

Don't you hate it when they are working on a road that you have to travel on everyday. It looks like they are widening Airport Blvd here and it is a pain. I wish they had waited at least until school was out.

I'll go, 'J' and I have some soap opera to catch up on...ha.

Have a great weekend everyone,
Sheila