Halloween 2009

Ok the kids loved us this year as we gave away full size candy bars. Well you know me I am the great shopper and had got these for about 25 cents each. We had them in the freezer and would take out a couple and eat the occasionally. To try and cut back our candy consumption we decided to give them away for Halloween this year. It was a hit with the kids and better on us. Plus I didn't have to buy any candy.

Dog House in progress

Ok well this is in the process. He did get the other piece on the roof section. Eventually this will be shingled and have a door on it. For now it is working great.

Big enough for both dogs and room to stand up.

At some point we will start again and you might even see it painted!!

October 26th Call to go to Emergency Room!?

Ok you know there was alot of blood when its in his boot treads.

The blood was going down his leg and into the boot.

They were kind enough to throw them into a plastic bag for me..

A terrific way to kill a new pair of boots.

Ok this is when we just got him home and leg was propped up.

OK have you ever got one of those calls you didn't want to get. This day was just to weird! Ok first off I was going to wash my bus, which I do ever week. I always leave my phone inside the bus so it doesn't get wet. That day I decided to put it in my pocket(Why, well this will tell you). As I am washing my bus I got a call from a local number. I usually don't answer I let it go to voice mail and then check it since I didn't know who was calling. Well instead I said let me just answer and see who it is... Hi Is this Darlene? Yes... I don't want to worry you but we had to take Lloyd to the Hospital. He had a accident and his leg would not stop bleeding!..Ok at this point I am thinking what part got CUT OFF. I know you carpool and he has the car and the keys...I will come get you and take you to the hospital. Tears starting but I held them off. I calmly gave her the address to my work and figured she would be there in 10-15 minutes. Well I guess she didn't leave right away because that half an hour seemed a eternity. I went inside work to get my lunch pail and drink. Then took the lunch pail back as I would not be able to eat at the hospital but took the drink. Everything is better with sweet tea, Right??? Well once I got to the hospital I found out a vein had ruptured and it was gushing out like a juggler had been cut. They couldn't get it stopped with pressure. Lloyd told them to call 911 but instead they loaded him into their car and rushed him to the hospital. Lets just say the inside of the car had blood and the 2nd person who was trying to apply pressure her clothes were filled with blood. Lloyd said he was feeling like he was going to pass out but tried really hard to keep it together and did well. About a week and half before this a small piece of sheet metal had fallen up against his leg and just cut it slightly. No big deal didn't cut the pants just a small scab. Well as it healed there was a vein running up along the skin that it attached to. It was itching and he went to rub it and the scab shot off and so did the blood. They got him all stitched up and dressings on and had him stand to see if he could due to him almost passing out. He immediately bleed through the dressing. Well off came the dressing he had to lie back down and start all over to stop the bleeding. Ok now let me tell you the blood didn't bother me, but Iv's DO. When i saw some blood backing up his tube to the IV my hands got tingly, started to sweat, nauseous feeling. I moved to the sink for a few minutes and then made my way over to the nurse. I asked him to check the IV and please get me a chair. At that point I was done. Well it ended up with Lloyd getting a couple days off to keep his leg elevated. Ok this is harder than it sounds as my man can not just sit and do nothing. The 1st day was ok it kept it elevated all day and pretty much was a chair potato. The 2nd day he was up a bit more, though I wasn't happy he just couldn't sit anymore. 4 more visits to the doctor since it was a work related accident they wanted to see him a couple times a week. By the way he has been taking several ibuprofen, a aspirin and some gout medicine that is like a high powered aspirin and his high blood pressure medicine. Needless to say his blood was thin and not clotting that's what contributed to all of this. He has stopped the aspirin and the gout medicine and slowed down taking the ibuprofen. He needs to continue the high blood pressure medicine until we can get it lowered naturally..IE losing weight(that's a joke since he cooks so many tasty things!) We all know know if it tastes good you are not going to lose weight. Hes all better and now I need to make a appointment for him to see his regular doctor and let her know we stopped all the other pills.

I know I'm Bad

Its been almost a month since my last post! This will be my attempt to update what has happened in the last month. Hold on girls you will have a lot to read! LOL

Monday Oct 19th 1st day of school!

Ok folks it only took 3 WEEKS to get Michelle into school. I had to get a transfer from the Moreno Valley school she should of attended and that took 1 week. Then I had to get into one of the schools in our district. Yes folks another 2 weeks. We had a orientation last Friday and all the paperwork the day before. After talking to her counselor we got her into the classes she needed. For her senior year she will probably have to take 2 history classes and 1/2 yr of PE to finish Ca requirements. But at least she is. Tonight it was Algebra II and Chemistry homework. Ok folks didn't take either one so when she asked a question about isotopes, I was lost. LOL She will definitely have to get help from her teacher.

New Additions to families

Well as you all know we moved into this lovely house and had 4 bedrooms for just the 2 of us. Well this last weekend that all changed. We now are a family of 3. Yes we added a girl. Well its a new old addition. Lloyd's daughter Michelle moved back with us from Arizona. We are all adjusting to this. No more are we the single married folk with no kids. I am trying to get a transfer so Michelle can go to school in Bellflower where I work. This has been at the Moreno Valley district all this week and not completed yet. Meanwhile Michelle is coming to work with me everyday as we are not leaving her unattended at our home from 4:30am to 5 or 6 pm every day. Well wish us luck in this 2nd attempt, as we all know the 1st one didn't go all that well. Don't worry though you out of town guest will still have a bed. We were planning a nice lil trip up the coast in November or December, but I think that has been changed now. :( We shall see?!

More Firewood!

This is on our side yard! Is it enough?!

Well both trucks have gathered wood now. Gotta love my honey and his strong back. I lifted a total of 2 pieces.

This is a picture in my friend Bill's yard. He knows a guy who cuts down trees. He was kind enough to work out having his friend drop it off at his house cut up small enough for us to handle. It took 2 trips with the lil truck and the last 4 pieces in the trunk of my car. Now its time to rent a log splitter and get this into even smaller pieces. We should have enough wood for this year and if it doesn't get to cold maybe next year also. We do plan on building a fire pit in the back yard so maybe we will need more. Hard to tell but we will know more after this winter.