Seventeen Stinking Degrees

Oh my gosh. I really hate to be a whiner but I am so sick of this cold weather that I can't hardly take it. I froze at work today, I froze in the car, I froze at the doctor's office and I am still freezing at this moment in my house right in front of the register.

I work in a convenience store so the door is open and shut all day long so of course it's not going to feel like a heatwave in there on a day like today but it was only sixty degrees in that place and customers were complaining that it was cold. Must be something wrong with the furnace cause it was set on 74 and it was, like I said, sixty degrees. My feet got cold and wet somehow, not sure how cause I didn't get them wet at all this morning and I haven't been warm since. I went to the doctor and the kid's car used to have a heater that would run you out of the car but he's been complaining about it lately and no one has had time to check it out and let me tell you, he has a problem with the heater now. That trip, not just once, but twice across town, because I got all the way to the doctor's office on the other side of town, signed in and went to hang my coat up and realize, I forgot my stinking money. Crap!!!! So, instead of rescheduling they told me to just hurry and get it and come right back, so that's what I did, with little to no heat most of the trip(s). I finally got home around three and put on dry socks and shoes but I still am not warm. I tried to rest my eyes earlier and I put a blanket over me for about twenty minutes and that is the best I've felt all day.

I haven't seen or heard the official weather but everybody and his brother has told me today that we are expecting these temps and snow for the majority of the week ahead. Yay!(sarcastic). I so have appreciation for folks that work outside or are in and out all day long. God bless them cause I couldn't do it. lol. I think of all those who don't have warm homes and warm clothes to wear in this cold weather. The thoughts of the little ones going to school in tennis shoes right now about breaks my heart. You know their little feet stay cold and wet all day long.

I just have to share this other thought that that previous comment above spurred a memory of, an incident here just yesterday here at my house. My son, Tony is a huge Steelers fan and of course he's all excited about the upcoming Super Bowl. He got on ebay yesterday to see if there were any tickets for sale. He told me that one deal for tickets was at $140,000.00. I almost seen red. I got on my soap box just a little bit and made the comment that I think it's ridiculous that football tickets are selling for more money than alot of people pay for their home. Then that led to the comment that I think it's just great that someone is cashing in on that kind of frivilous money when there are people homeless and hungry in this country. It makes me ill. Poor kid! lol. Bet he won't be telling me about ticket costs in the near future. lol.

I'm trying to wrap it up here. It's just the more I write, the more I think of to write. lol. Anyway, I did go to the doc today. Feel alot better just knowing I took the first step to feeling better. Aside from him telling me I was going to die, seriously, if I didn't take my thryoid medicine, all went fairly well. I used to have hypo thyroidism but then I did the radio active iodine treatment and now it doesn't function at all BUT according to all of my past bloodwork, I do not need the medication. The last time I went to the doctor, he put me back on them just to control the growth of a goiter/nodule on my thyroid gland. When I told him that, he said, oh well, maybe you'll be okay then but we'll need some blood work to make sure. He said I would just feel like I was choking if I didn't take it and I told him I was there now. So I'm sure I'll be going back on them for that purpose. I got my old friend back, the effexor for anxiety/depression plus I got xanax to hold me at bay with the anxiety until the effexor kicks in. And we talked about the counselling, he thinks I could benefit. And I wanted to know that since I have both anxiety and depression if I was bi-polar or not and he said absolutely not. He said it's totally different and mania lasts for days/weeks not just a day or two of ups and downs here and there. That meant the world to me to hear because all the reading I've done on the topic in some way sounds very familiar to me just not so blatant like mania is described. So, basically I feel like I am not a lunatic but just need a little help getting it back on track here. lol.

The main reason I wanted to post is that I wrote a couple more little ditty's over at AC I wanted to share. Below are the links to the articles.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1419029/tales_from_the_mother_of_a_teenage.html?cat=25

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1418019/where_do_i_begin_the_most_proud_moment.html?cat=25

Probably won't be sewing tonight. I hope everyone else is being creative and have had a good start to their weeks. Take Care.

Renee

Happy Weekend

Ahhh!!!! Isn't Saturday lovely? For me it means the work week is over and I can do whatever it is my little heart desires for two whole days. lol. If you take into account the family needs and household chores I catch up, it actually leaves me 10- 12 hours over a two day span. lol. Somethin's better than nothin' right? lol.

Actually today honey had to go into work and Shawn works every Saturday so I have some time here this morning all to myself for sure so I am going to go cut the strips for my quilt of many colors and hope to get at least a top put together out of it today. Honey has promised to take me to Goodwill and JoAnn's later today so I'm almost giddy. lol.

I had a real decent day Friday when I went back to work. It wasn't anything I couldn't cope with and the time flew for some reason. That was awesome. I must admit I took a xanax before I went in and probably it coupled with a day off to collect helped it be much better than the previous few had been. Thanks to all of you for your words of encouragement on my previous post on this topic. I know it will get better and being the fighter I used to be, I still have that shred of cheerleader type hope left that seeing the doctor will get me on the right path again. lol. Still pondering this counselling thing but I just keep thinking to myself and I told my husband that I just feel like I need to tell someone, "here, my walls are down, this is who I am, how I am, and I need rebuilt from the floor up, can you help?" lol. What would I do if they told me no? lol. Just kidding there. lol.

Welp, I'm heading over to iron out my block rows and get a final measurement on the length of them so I can start cutting those strips for in between. I have til around 2 before anyone gets home, do you think I can get a top together in that time? Wish me luck.

Happy, happy weekend to you all. Be creative and keep on stitching!!!!

Renee

P.S.
I mentioned earlier an article on French baby names I was working on for Associated Content. As promised, here is the link: Popular French Baby Names. A Boredom and What The Heck Was She Thinking? Warning Label has been attached by me to this article here. lol. This is the one I wish I hadn't accepted once I did. It shows. lol. But I get page views just the same whether folks like it or not so if you need some fantastic boring material to get you to sleep, please stop by and check it out. :)