Wed. morning, February 16, 2011

Hi,Everyone,
Thanks for stopping by and for your emails and questions. I really appreciate your interest and correspondence!

A week ago today, I stepped on a patch of ice and went flying! I was airborne for a second or two and then landed with a splat on my back. Wow! It sure knocked the wind out of me. I laid there for a few minutes and then got up. Walked into the bank and started getting nauseous and the teller got me a chair to sit on. After a few minutes, (my knees started shaking), I felt a little calmer. Well, after about a half hour, I decided to go to the local Stat Care and get checked. I was having trouble taking breaths, my right hip and shoulder were getting more sore by the minute. After x-rays were taken, the doctor couldn't say 100% sure if I broke any ribs, but it sure felt like it, especially in front and a spot in my back near the lower point of my right shoulder blade. So, I went on home.

As the evening progressed, so did the pain. By the next morning I was a total mess. I couldn't move my head to the left either. So I went in and saw my Chiropractor. He worked on me gently and said I had knocked my hip out (thank God I didn't break it!), and had a whiplash of my neck from landing and the impact. Boy, was I getting really sore on my right side from my hip to my shoulder! He said the impact of landing definitely could have broken some ribs.

The next several days were not the best I've ever had. Sleeping was really hard so I propped pillows behind me and slept off and on for about five nights. Then when the coughing started, I thought I was going to explode! It hurt so bad! Could someone take the knife out of my side and my back please! Sheesh!

Because I was starting to cough more, I became concerned about pneumonia setting in, so I made an appointment with my physician. He checked me out and concluded I was getting congested and put me on an antibiotic as a precaution in case pneumonia was setting in.

Well ya know stuff happens, and I've really tried to be careful this winter with so much ice everywhere! The place where I slipped was a vacant business and not the bank's property but their concern was very heartwarming.

I didn't go out of the house (our back yard is a frozen lake of ice), and being so cold too, I just stayed inside. I sat in my favorite chair in the family room, read and watched T.V., worked on the computer, and talked to my sister by phone. The cats seemed to know I wasn't quite right, and would get on my lap and snuggle with me, especially Callie-kitty. Hubby took care of everything that I usually do and has been so patient and understanding. He is so good!

We are going to get a touch of spring starting today and it will feel so good! Maybe it will melt much of the ice. Of course it is going to snow by Monday, but I'm certainly going to enjoy the warmer weather while it is here!

Until next time, stay safe everyone, and enjoy!
Becky :)

Sun. morning, February 6, 2011

Hi, Everyone,
I sure appreciate your stopping by and checking out my website and hearing from you.

This past Monday night the ice storm hit really bad. It started out as freezing rain and then everything was covered with ice. Then later in the morning, around 3:30 a.m., more freezing rain on top of what was already there. Then around 5:30 a.m. the temperature went up to 40 degrees and the ice melted on most of the trees, but the yard and walkways were still covered with ice. It is still a skating rink out there!

The branches on the trees, shrubs, etc. were really hanging low with the heavy ice coating everything! I woke up Tuesday morning around 1 a.m. and right away noticed the house was cooler. I asked hubby when the power went off, and he said around 11:30p.m. on Monday night.

When we both got up, hubby went down to the basement, brought up the kerosene heater and placed it between the living room and the dining room. We had filled containers with water the evening before just in case. Well, I got the tea kettle started on the kerosene heater, lit some kerosene lanterns, and many candles. I knew I would not go back to sleep so we just stayed up and waited it out.
After the water reached boiling, I ran it through the coffee maker, put the coffee in a thermos and enjoyed our morning coffee! You just have to improvise when dealing with the outside/inside elements!

We were fortunate the power outage only lasted until 3:30 a.m. here, but (according to the T.V. station), many were out of power and would be for days! Some cities north of us still are waiting for power. I'm sure the crews are working as hard as they can. What is hard sometimes, (learned this from the major snow storm Feb. 2010), the power crews often times have to go out into fields if lines snap or a tree falls on the lines. That has to be hard to navigate and to restore power! Not all power lines run along the roads for easier access, but can be in more remote and off-the-road areas.

The kitty cats were very confused with us being up at 1 a.m. and were not sure what to do. Usually they sleep, but decide as long as we were up, they might as well play!
Kallie-kitty brought me her favorite fake mouse, so I threw it for her for about an hour!

School was closed for two days, so now there are three makeup days and we just got into February! I sure hope the Governor gives back the 5-calamity days again to the schools instead of just three. It would certainly help!

We even had freezing rain yesterday morning and later in the afternoon and it looks like more bad weather is coming this week. Our back yard is still an ice rink with a little snow on top of it. Goodness, enough already!

Even thought the groundhog says, "Spring in six weeks" we just have to wait and see on that one, but it sure would be welcomed at this point!

Yesterday I decided to do some house cleaning, besides the usual laundry chores. Well, I worked for about seven hours and made great progress. So today I'm going to keep going as long as my back holds out. It was really hurting last night, so I got out the hot water bottle, sat in my favorite chair in the family room and let it work on my back. Well, bummer! I didn't have the stopper tight enough I guess and the water bottle leaked on my P.J.s, bathrobe, the chair cover and the chair! So, I changed P.J.s, draped the chair cover over a dining room chair and went to bed!

When I had my WISH group last Monday, two of the girls had read my books during the course of the sessions. They were kind enough to give me reviews and I'll post them today on my website under my first book. They are great gals and have progressed wonderfully and I am so proud of them!

Gotta go for now. Stay safe, and think spring!
Take care,
Becky :)