Hi! All is well here and the weather really is beautiful. We have the house all opened up and even though it's nearly noon, the temperature is in the 70s and there is a cool breeze blowing through the house. Wonderful!
We're having chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy for lunch, along [...]
[Note: I'm sorry I've been out of pocket and haven't posted something new the past couple of days. I've been feeling really bad with a couple of different things, including my blood pressure being precipitously low, despite the new medication. About an hour ago (11:40 a.m.) it was so low standing up that my blood [...]
Posted in Health on March 26th, 2008 8 Comments »
. . . I turn into a pumpkin at 10!Well - it looks like my life of partying constantly day and night is over, y'all. Shucks!But I'm doing better and am managing this new life style a bit better the past few days, so all is not lost.I saw my cardiologist yesterday and felt better [...]
Thanks, y'all for all of the comments and critiques through emails the past few days on my last post. I've gotten some good feedback and now am going to work to further edit the piece to get it ready for entering in the contest. I have until May 31st to turn the three pieces in, [...]
I'm still here.I've been feeling completely overwhelmed and in shock the past several days with this new turn of events in my life, but have been doing my best, at Tom's guidance, which is God given, to focus on my life one precious moment at a time.And I literally mean, from one moment to the [...]
Posted in Health, Tom & Me on March 15th, 2008 20 Comments »
My autonomic vascular system has failed.In laymen's terms, my blood vessels no longer constrict and open as they should due to my diabetes and my blood pressure plunges precipitously when I go from lying down to sitting to standing. And the options to correct it are few and nebulous because of all of my other [...]
Have you been enjoying the winter "tree" photographs the past few days?!? I sure hope so. I've really been enjoying seeing them scroll across my screen saver one after another and having the winning photo as my desktop for just a while longer, since winter is well on it's way out. At least, here it seems [...]
I borrow yet another saying from This Day's Thought. It is "This Day's Smile" for today, but I think it has some pretty profound thoughts in it that I may expand on one day soon. I don't have the time to do so this morning as I have a doctor's appointment to go to (about [...]
A moment of honesty . . . In talking with my psychologist about my deep depression a couple of weeks ago, he advised that one important thing I should do for myself for a while, at least, to try to get better is the carefully count the cost before I make a decision to do anything.For [...]
The new week started yesterday with bright sunshine, after a very bleak, cold, wet, dreary week. My mood brightened just a bit, too.When we moved into our house last summer, good friends gave us a fire pit as a housewarming gift. It was hot and muggy and while we appreciated the thought, it's use seemed [...]