Friday, April 28, 2006
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Progress!
Well I have lots of cute kitty pics to post - but let's start with what I've been slaving over: the office. It is now a startling shade of green, with a caramel ceiling ("flan", actually). Papa is working on the built-in desk for the back wall (I think), but here is how it is so far.
And Kagan and Alexe are in India right now and I hope they are safe and enjoying the famous bathroom facilities.
So many choices!
ceiling's done!
Maybe a little greener than I thought, but look ,it glows in sunlight! :)
And Kagan and Alexe are in India right now and I hope they are safe and enjoying the famous bathroom facilities.
So many choices!
ceiling's done!
Maybe a little greener than I thought, but look ,it glows in sunlight! :)
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
I bet you're all wondering...
How's my butt? :)
Well, good news, while it was *very* tender for the first few days, basically whenever moving in any way or also sitting still (so bite me Natalie, 'cause your needles don't require an xray to get them right next to your *bones*) it seems to have helped. Knock on wood. The tenderness from the shot has mostly dissipated, and now I have only the slightest of tenderness in my tailbone region, every now and then. Of course I'm coddling it like it's a calcium-deficient DDT egg, but all the same I had been in an increasing amount of pain lately, and now it seems a lot better. Not to jinx it or anything.
Plus temperatures are in the high 60s! Look at the kitty, checking out the smells of Spring! (the hole in the screen, if you can see it, is because Skeff the Great Dane got tired of being on the porch on Saturday night during Adam's birthday party, reared up on his hind legs, and busted the screen out of the door with a large bang! that scared everyone in the kitchen half to death. Frank was outside trying to get the screen back in the door and telling the dog "Uh-Oh!", which had the dog looking all worried and sheepish. So we knew about "Nothing here for dogs!" and "lay down!" and "eat your kibbles!" but "Uh-Oh" is new. =) )
Well, good news, while it was *very* tender for the first few days, basically whenever moving in any way or also sitting still (so bite me Natalie, 'cause your needles don't require an xray to get them right next to your *bones*) it seems to have helped. Knock on wood. The tenderness from the shot has mostly dissipated, and now I have only the slightest of tenderness in my tailbone region, every now and then. Of course I'm coddling it like it's a calcium-deficient DDT egg, but all the same I had been in an increasing amount of pain lately, and now it seems a lot better. Not to jinx it or anything.
Plus temperatures are in the high 60s! Look at the kitty, checking out the smells of Spring! (the hole in the screen, if you can see it, is because Skeff the Great Dane got tired of being on the porch on Saturday night during Adam's birthday party, reared up on his hind legs, and busted the screen out of the door with a large bang! that scared everyone in the kitchen half to death. Frank was outside trying to get the screen back in the door and telling the dog "Uh-Oh!", which had the dog looking all worried and sheepish. So we knew about "Nothing here for dogs!" and "lay down!" and "eat your kibbles!" but "Uh-Oh" is new. =) )
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Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Shot in the Ass!
Today was a very bad day. Let me essplain - no there is too much. Let me sum up.
I went to the pain center (in Burlington), which Jim drove me to because part of the deal is that I must bring a driver. Of course I was all worked up and stressed out over getting this done - they thought a shot of steroids might help with my lower back (butt) pain from that time I fell down the stairs and it still hurts two years later. I go in & they put me on a table and xray my butt to see exactly where the needle goes in and swab it and put in a local anesthetic and give me a squishy grenade stress ball to squeeze because I'm really starting to freak out and shoot me in the ass with a big needle and I'm going "ow ow ow ow!" but it wasn't as bad as, say, a bee sting and then they're done and I'm unbelievably stressed out. This is all right at the coccyx so right at the top of the butt crack.
So the doctor's like "see, we barely go in there" pointing at the monitor and I'm like "that's three inches deep! That better be magnified!" which it was. I'm so stressed out the nurse won't let me cross the hall she puts me in a wheelchair and wheels me over to a different room and goes to get Jim. So Jim wanders in singing Bonjovi - "Shot in the ass, and it's too late, darling you give looove - a bad name!"
So we leave and if anything weird happens like I get a fever or anything I'm to call back right away. In a few days after a possible flare up of pain, this may block all the pain I've been feeling. But it's been VERY STRESSFUL!
On the plus side, we stopped in at Mr G's to wander around and take my mind off it, and they get all the costco returns so I got very excited finding work shirts and pants for Jim for less than half the *costco* price. Stuff we've liked enough to pay the full costco price, such as a silk hawaiian shirt that was $20 for about $7. Very awesome.
And look at this: last night it was pouring snow and we made a fire and fondue from a packet which was not bad, and (I) drank wine & we watched a movie. The great train robbery, with Sean Connery & Donald Sutherland. It was pretty good, a little slower paced than today's heist movies, but fun anyway. Look at the perfect cheese spiral!
And this is for you Alexe, unless that "Anonymous" was Kagan, then it's for Kagan: the yard this morning, on April 5th in Underhill Vermont.
I went to the pain center (in Burlington), which Jim drove me to because part of the deal is that I must bring a driver. Of course I was all worked up and stressed out over getting this done - they thought a shot of steroids might help with my lower back (butt) pain from that time I fell down the stairs and it still hurts two years later. I go in & they put me on a table and xray my butt to see exactly where the needle goes in and swab it and put in a local anesthetic and give me a squishy grenade stress ball to squeeze because I'm really starting to freak out and shoot me in the ass with a big needle and I'm going "ow ow ow ow!" but it wasn't as bad as, say, a bee sting and then they're done and I'm unbelievably stressed out. This is all right at the coccyx so right at the top of the butt crack.
So the doctor's like "see, we barely go in there" pointing at the monitor and I'm like "that's three inches deep! That better be magnified!" which it was. I'm so stressed out the nurse won't let me cross the hall she puts me in a wheelchair and wheels me over to a different room and goes to get Jim. So Jim wanders in singing Bonjovi - "Shot in the ass, and it's too late, darling you give looove - a bad name!"
So we leave and if anything weird happens like I get a fever or anything I'm to call back right away. In a few days after a possible flare up of pain, this may block all the pain I've been feeling. But it's been VERY STRESSFUL!
On the plus side, we stopped in at Mr G's to wander around and take my mind off it, and they get all the costco returns so I got very excited finding work shirts and pants for Jim for less than half the *costco* price. Stuff we've liked enough to pay the full costco price, such as a silk hawaiian shirt that was $20 for about $7. Very awesome.
And look at this: last night it was pouring snow and we made a fire and fondue from a packet which was not bad, and (I) drank wine & we watched a movie. The great train robbery, with Sean Connery & Donald Sutherland. It was pretty good, a little slower paced than today's heist movies, but fun anyway. Look at the perfect cheese spiral!
And this is for you Alexe, unless that "Anonymous" was Kagan, then it's for Kagan: the yard this morning, on April 5th in Underhill Vermont.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Sometimes it Snows in April
Hey, we're due to get 6 to 8 inches of snow today, and it took me almost 50 minutes to get into Essex to meet with the money cherub today. So I hope you are all enjoying your sunny, spring weather in NOT Underhill.
And here's a little history lesson of what it's like living with Balthazar, as evidenced by these two photos of our mantel, from November and again just after an "incident" last week. Click to enlarge if they're too hard to read. =)
And here's a little history lesson of what it's like living with Balthazar, as evidenced by these two photos of our mantel, from November and again just after an "incident" last week. Click to enlarge if they're too hard to read. =)
Monday, April 03, 2006
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Happy Birthday Natalie!
From us here in the frozen north!
So here was yesterday's happiness.
Compare this to a couple weeks ago:
So here was yesterday's happiness.
Compare this to a couple weeks ago:
Friday, March 24, 2006
Sad News
Well a little while ago we had a big snowstorm, and when Jim went out to check on the chickens, they had all vanished. There was no sign of them inside their enclosure, and no sign of struggle or anything like that. We felt bad, and wondered what happened to them.
Then the snow melted, and Jim went out to look, and he reported that he saw signs of a struggle all right. "What kind of signs?" I wanted to know. "A couple of legs" he elaborated. Eww! Disembodied chicken legs!
So I am sad that the chickens I've suffered to live for several years despite their lack of giving me either eggs or respect have been viciously eaten by something. Probably late at night, crawling through their door (which has been open for two years without harldly any incident.)
Bright side? I get to have new chicks! I'm thinking not all Rhode Island Reds, they are just too nervous for life at Caitlin & Jim's Green Acre. =)
Natalie, I deposited your check yesterday.
Then the snow melted, and Jim went out to look, and he reported that he saw signs of a struggle all right. "What kind of signs?" I wanted to know. "A couple of legs" he elaborated. Eww! Disembodied chicken legs!
So I am sad that the chickens I've suffered to live for several years despite their lack of giving me either eggs or respect have been viciously eaten by something. Probably late at night, crawling through their door (which has been open for two years without harldly any incident.)
Bright side? I get to have new chicks! I'm thinking not all Rhode Island Reds, they are just too nervous for life at Caitlin & Jim's Green Acre. =)
Natalie, I deposited your check yesterday.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Yay it's Monday!
Oof. :) Well, we had a big snowstorm & I have some pics trapped in my camera to share. Until I get them out, here's a snoozy kitty & (unrelated) the pretty hideous cake that Mike Kenny brought to the superbowl party. The "fries" were poundcake & the cake itself was chocolate.
Friday, March 03, 2006
I'm the King of the World!
OK the king of the foam flip -n- fold thingies.
Hey Caitlin spent oh about FIVE HOURS driving to, waiting for, getting looked at and returning from the spine doctor's today. Nothing definitive but maybe if an experimental SHOT in the spine stops the pain temporarily then I'm a candidate for surgically taking out a little piece of cocxys. Is that the right spelling? The doc says it's very hard to physically pinpoint what causes chronic lower back pain despite knowing what made it start. Great, huh? :)
Hey Caitlin spent oh about FIVE HOURS driving to, waiting for, getting looked at and returning from the spine doctor's today. Nothing definitive but maybe if an experimental SHOT in the spine stops the pain temporarily then I'm a candidate for surgically taking out a little piece of cocxys. Is that the right spelling? The doc says it's very hard to physically pinpoint what causes chronic lower back pain despite knowing what made it start. Great, huh? :)
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Franks Giant Dog
Compensating for anything Frank? :)
These are from the Superbowl party. Oh and today I had my butt Xrayed, and I have an appointment at the spine clinic friday to see about this pain in my butt, and I don't mean Natalie. :)
These are from the Superbowl party. Oh and today I had my butt Xrayed, and I have an appointment at the spine clinic friday to see about this pain in my butt, and I don't mean Natalie. :)
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