Since Steve's movie partner is getting an education right now in South Dakota, it's up to me to go with Steve to the movies. This weeekend we saw the Dark Knight. I like Batman. The surprise was in how MUCH I liked the movie. It was totally awesome. The guy that played the Joker was phenomenal(Heath Ledger). He made Jack Nicholson look like an amateur. Too bad he died from a drug overdose or 'interaction' in January.
Heath Ledger IS the Joker in my mind. He nailed the role completely. I couldn't believe it. Isaac told us he went to see it in Rapid City on Saturday, Two Face nearly made him wet himself.
All in all, a good weekend. We hooked up the new dishwasher, the thing is barely audible as it works. Bosch is the way to go in my opinion. I am glad the salesman at Lowe's talked us into buying it, I am not sorry at all.........but I sure was nervous going with a different brand. So far, it isn't disappointing. But, I am going to wait about a month or two before writing an online review.
I am listening to a new book on tape, Jame's Patterson's "Daniel X'. It is pretty good so far, but I am ready for Patterson to write one of his own books. His are so much more interesting. What is up with that, is he getting lazy, or does he have writer's block? The last 5 books I have gotten of his are all written by someone else with his name on them.
I love to read, I also just finished reading a book highly recommended by a gal I work with, "Pope Joan". A very good read, I couldn't put it down, read it in 3 evenings. If the print wasn't so small, I would have had it in 2 nights, most likely.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Sad News
Have you all seen the guy whose lecture was on TV? His name was Randy, he was on Oprah. He gave his final lecture, he had 3 little girls and a wife? He died, and it has affected me in such a way I can't describe it. He was beating his cancer and I was so glad.
I did oncology nursing for 10 years, I always have such a feeling of defeat when I hear Cancer took another life. It just isn't right, it doesn't play fair.
Keep praying for us, our mom is still in the hospital. After her ride to the hospital from the nursing home, she has been 6 weeks post op on Monday the 28th. It is a long tough battle. I am growing weary. I took off Friday and today.
I did oncology nursing for 10 years, I always have such a feeling of defeat when I hear Cancer took another life. It just isn't right, it doesn't play fair.
Keep praying for us, our mom is still in the hospital. After her ride to the hospital from the nursing home, she has been 6 weeks post op on Monday the 28th. It is a long tough battle. I am growing weary. I took off Friday and today.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Recipe Friday
Steve really likes Irish Cream, it is quite pricey. A co-worker gave me this recipe. The first time Karen and I made it, we used Crown Royal whiskey. It certainly had a nice, smooth taste. The next time we made it with Wal-Mart cheap grade almost kerosene. It was good, but not as smooth.
Homemade Irish Cream Easy (5 Min)
1 1/4 cups Irish whiskey, brandy, rum, bourbon, and scotch or rye whiskey
1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOTevaporated milk)
2 cups whipping cream or coffee cream
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
2 tablespoons instant coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Mix all together in a blender or a shaker bottle with a tight lid. Best if chilled
Homemade Irish Cream Easy (5 Min)
1 1/4 cups Irish whiskey, brandy, rum, bourbon, and scotch or rye whiskey
1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOTevaporated milk)
2 cups whipping cream or coffee cream
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
2 tablespoons instant coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Mix all together in a blender or a shaker bottle with a tight lid. Best if chilled
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Mom/Family
Mom is doing the same, she's lost her drive to get up and walk. She lays in bed most of the time. It's kind of sad, she isn't eating very much at all. I am at a loss as to what to do about it. She just wants to go home, but can't reason out her physical needs. She doesn't get out of bed alone, isn't walking alone, and isn't eating well enough to make her graft site heal. What to do?
Her tile are almost laid in her kitchen, Dianne and Bob are doing them. Steve and I are burned out. We put in the bathroom (Dianne helped me finish it) the sewing room, and the dining room. The dining room is a nice, square innocent looking space, but it caused us a ton of work, elbow grease and frustration. I am so glad it is done. I spent more than one night there working on it, giving up my own work time at home, now I am not caught up on my stuff.
Steve and I are taking this weekend off, we are spending time together doing whatever we want to do, then we'll get back to our responsibilities.
Family is all good, Isaac is getting a box from us today, he wanted his alarm clock, a package of peach rings, and his charger for his cell phone. We are shipping it all to him, along with his box of movies on DVD. God I miss him, the little stinker.
Her tile are almost laid in her kitchen, Dianne and Bob are doing them. Steve and I are burned out. We put in the bathroom (Dianne helped me finish it) the sewing room, and the dining room. The dining room is a nice, square innocent looking space, but it caused us a ton of work, elbow grease and frustration. I am so glad it is done. I spent more than one night there working on it, giving up my own work time at home, now I am not caught up on my stuff.
Steve and I are taking this weekend off, we are spending time together doing whatever we want to do, then we'll get back to our responsibilities.
Family is all good, Isaac is getting a box from us today, he wanted his alarm clock, a package of peach rings, and his charger for his cell phone. We are shipping it all to him, along with his box of movies on DVD. God I miss him, the little stinker.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Mom's progress
I went to see Mom today. She walked in the halls while I was there, sat in the chair. By that time, she had been in the chair twice and walked twice.
She isn't eating very good at all. Nothing seems to taste good. She is down 20# since her surgery on June 23rd. I am getting nervous about that, I can tell ya. She had some kind of roast beef last night and seemed to enjoy that Mike brought it to her.
Tonight I'll go and work on cleaning her house some more, we are almost done. It will feel good to get it off my plate.
Isaac is doing good, he emails often. He says he really likes it there, the people are supportive and are all helping him to adjust and find his way around. He's met some new people, and is slowly making friends.
It is one week today.......he is pretty homesick. I miss him, too.
Today is my son-in-law's birthday, I am a louse and forgot again this year. Of course, I at least remember him, Karen's in-laws never remember her, in 8 years of marriage. I may be late, but I don't forget all together.
She isn't eating very good at all. Nothing seems to taste good. She is down 20# since her surgery on June 23rd. I am getting nervous about that, I can tell ya. She had some kind of roast beef last night and seemed to enjoy that Mike brought it to her.
Tonight I'll go and work on cleaning her house some more, we are almost done. It will feel good to get it off my plate.
Isaac is doing good, he emails often. He says he really likes it there, the people are supportive and are all helping him to adjust and find his way around. He's met some new people, and is slowly making friends.
It is one week today.......he is pretty homesick. I miss him, too.
Today is my son-in-law's birthday, I am a louse and forgot again this year. Of course, I at least remember him, Karen's in-laws never remember her, in 8 years of marriage. I may be late, but I don't forget all together.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Mom and her house
They are talking about skilled care, sending her back. Her eating has decreased, she needs nutrition to heal. The staples are out in her leg, she is not feeling the 'pinch' quite as bad as she was.
Steve and I have been working on her floors quite a bit, each night last week we went up and puttered around. One night he put some skim coat stuff in all the doorways. This is to even out the transition areas when you go from room to room. It is the threashold where the doors are. In most houses you have division in the rooms. Since they used the same tile in the kitchen and dining room, there isn't one in this house. However the old doorway is still uneven and the old tiles broke when you walked on them. Steve is a perfectionist. He wanted them smooth to keep that from happening. So, we put the skim coat on, waited for it to dry, then went up to sand it down and put on a new coat. We took the little shop vac with us. I was running the vacuum next to his little hand held sander to keep the dust down to a minimum. There was DUST CLOUDS in the air everywhere. I kept pointing out to him it shouldn't be that bad, his little sander had a bag on it, surely it wasn't leaking that bad?!?!
It turns out the filter was blown out on the little shop vac. HE went home to get the BIG SHOP VAC. I was running it, there was some dust blowing out of the vacuum, but I thought it was normal. Soon there was a huge dust cloud all over in the kitchen behind me. Turns out that vacuum filter died, too. This made such a mess all over the house. He was so angry, he packed up and went home. This set us back on our work there. He had to go get more sandpaper, more filters, and something to fix the drain in Mom's bathtub.
It appears there is methane gas coming up thru the bathtub into the house. It is a wonder she didn't die from all of that going into the house all these years. He fixed that yesterday as well. Of course, like most projects we work on, he had to make more than one trip to the lumber yard.
Let's not forget the kitchen. He had the light on in there on Friday night, and it burned out. The ligtbulbs in there had to be located, luckily we had some at our house and he replaced them, plenty of light in the kitchen now. I got stuck at work on Friday until 9pm, he worked at mom's until about that time on her floors, sanding the skim coat to make the doorways nice and smooth so the tiles won't break again. He then put another coat on there for us to sand on saturday.
Saturday we worked all day, sanded the floors and laid the tile. We got done there at around 5:30pm. (Made a full work day, 8-5:30) we even had a 1/2 hour lunch. Sunday I went up and made sure the floors were cleaned, there was glue tracked all over them from us walking on the stuff. I washed them good, took the glue up, then washed them again. We had to dry rag clean all the walls in the dining room, then I washed the ceiling fan, and all the furniture. Put everything back, then started cleaning the kitchen where the dust had settled, and the living room. I worked until 4, then went home. I was so tired, I didn't do my own work all weekend.
It is a lot of work, but I worry that she won't do well if she gets chemo and her house isn't clean as it should be. It is a peaceful work, if only I had a book on tape to listen to, it wouldn't be so bad.
Steve and I have been working on her floors quite a bit, each night last week we went up and puttered around. One night he put some skim coat stuff in all the doorways. This is to even out the transition areas when you go from room to room. It is the threashold where the doors are. In most houses you have division in the rooms. Since they used the same tile in the kitchen and dining room, there isn't one in this house. However the old doorway is still uneven and the old tiles broke when you walked on them. Steve is a perfectionist. He wanted them smooth to keep that from happening. So, we put the skim coat on, waited for it to dry, then went up to sand it down and put on a new coat. We took the little shop vac with us. I was running the vacuum next to his little hand held sander to keep the dust down to a minimum. There was DUST CLOUDS in the air everywhere. I kept pointing out to him it shouldn't be that bad, his little sander had a bag on it, surely it wasn't leaking that bad?!?!
It turns out the filter was blown out on the little shop vac. HE went home to get the BIG SHOP VAC. I was running it, there was some dust blowing out of the vacuum, but I thought it was normal. Soon there was a huge dust cloud all over in the kitchen behind me. Turns out that vacuum filter died, too. This made such a mess all over the house. He was so angry, he packed up and went home. This set us back on our work there. He had to go get more sandpaper, more filters, and something to fix the drain in Mom's bathtub.
It appears there is methane gas coming up thru the bathtub into the house. It is a wonder she didn't die from all of that going into the house all these years. He fixed that yesterday as well. Of course, like most projects we work on, he had to make more than one trip to the lumber yard.
Let's not forget the kitchen. He had the light on in there on Friday night, and it burned out. The ligtbulbs in there had to be located, luckily we had some at our house and he replaced them, plenty of light in the kitchen now. I got stuck at work on Friday until 9pm, he worked at mom's until about that time on her floors, sanding the skim coat to make the doorways nice and smooth so the tiles won't break again. He then put another coat on there for us to sand on saturday.
Saturday we worked all day, sanded the floors and laid the tile. We got done there at around 5:30pm. (Made a full work day, 8-5:30) we even had a 1/2 hour lunch. Sunday I went up and made sure the floors were cleaned, there was glue tracked all over them from us walking on the stuff. I washed them good, took the glue up, then washed them again. We had to dry rag clean all the walls in the dining room, then I washed the ceiling fan, and all the furniture. Put everything back, then started cleaning the kitchen where the dust had settled, and the living room. I worked until 4, then went home. I was so tired, I didn't do my own work all weekend.
It is a lot of work, but I worry that she won't do well if she gets chemo and her house isn't clean as it should be. It is a peaceful work, if only I had a book on tape to listen to, it wouldn't be so bad.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Recipe Friday July 18th, 2008
We made this recipe when Karen, Bryan and the kids were here, it is yummy!!!!
Sunday Morning Oatmeal
1 1/2 c whole milk, plus extra for serving
1 1/2 c quick cooking oatmeal
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1 banana sliced
1/2 c. dried cherries
1/2 c. golden raisins
pure maple syrup or brown sugar for serving
Heat milk plus 2 c water in med saucepan until simmering. Add oatmeal and salt, bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 4-5 min. stirring occasionally until thickened. Off heat stir in banana, cherrries & raisins. Place lid on pot and allow to sit for 2 minutes. Serve hot with maple syrup or brown sugar & extra milk.
Sunday Morning Oatmeal
1 1/2 c whole milk, plus extra for serving
1 1/2 c quick cooking oatmeal
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1 banana sliced
1/2 c. dried cherries
1/2 c. golden raisins
pure maple syrup or brown sugar for serving
Heat milk plus 2 c water in med saucepan until simmering. Add oatmeal and salt, bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 4-5 min. stirring occasionally until thickened. Off heat stir in banana, cherrries & raisins. Place lid on pot and allow to sit for 2 minutes. Serve hot with maple syrup or brown sugar & extra milk.
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