This is a great day and I am so glad it's Friday! So many wonderful things happening after being a crazy, hectic week.Monday night I noticed my Henry boy was peeing blood. He had bladder stones two years ago and we almost lost him, so I was really worried. Henry spent all day at the vet's office on Tuesday before they got a urine sample and found that he just had a very inflamed bladder. They think he has Interstitial Cystitis (IC), which caused the inflammation and suggested putting him on Prozac for the rest of his life. Because stress in cats causes flare ups with IC in cats. Seriously? Henry is the most laid back cat ever. He bumps noses with Little Horse every day. He is not a stressed cat. And I don't need TWO pets on prozac. After four days on anti-inflammatory meds, he is acting like his normal self again. I was very thankful we wouldn't be going through another surgery to remove bladder stones.
On Tuesday, my Mom's car started smoking. The shop told her the radiator had cracked and needed to be replaced. Thirty minutes later they called her to say, "Oh, by the way, the radiator leaked into the engine and now you need that replaced, too. That's just another $4-5 thousand bucks. K. Thanks. Bye." Her little Civic had 120,000+ miles on it and was just done. So we started talking about what should be her next car. We started off thinking that Hyundais or Kias with their 10yr/100,000 mile warranty would be best. But a friend's brother used to work for Kia and he said that that should really be the last car you would ever want to buy. He should know, since he went to court for the company to dispute all the lemon law cases. Sigh. That returned us to our normal mantra: You get what you pay for. Such a shame. She test drove the Kia Forte and absolutely LOVED it.
On Wednesday, my 91 yo Grandma passed out at her neurologist's office in the exam room. It took them a minute to find her pulse, which was really scary. It earned her an ambulance ride to the nearest hospital and a one night stay. She was discharged yesterday and will be getting one of those fun heart monitors to collect data for a few days before returning to the cardiologist's office for a follow-up. She has a really low heart rate (it hovers around 50 or lower), which may be contributing to some of her problems. They didn't run a bunch of tests this time (because they did that a week ago and didn't find much of anything wrong. sigh) and just kept a close eye on her. Physically she is strong, but her parts are wearing out. Basically, it's heck getting old. I am thankful her memory is shot and she has no recollection of all these hospital visits or even how she felt a few hours prior to any conversation. And I am thankful she maintains her overall cheerful and loving disposition. She so enjoys being with our family and I'm looking forward to this weekend when we can have her over for dinner on Sunday.
On Thursday, Mom got over her bitterness with Hondas and Civics and test drove a 2008 Civic and was very enamored. She found it at Carmax where they have the no haggle pricing and the price was only sixteen bucks more than the Kelley Blue Book suggested Private Party Value. Yay for great deals and fair shakes! She has the car on hold and will be going back today to likely buy it.
Today we have sunshine and temps in the mid-80s. Happy dance! I'm also lighter by a good 5 to 6 inches. I got my hair cut short and think I really like it. :) I showed pics of short cuts I liked and a jaw length cut that Todd liked and told her to do whatever she wanted, I just wanted it to be different and shorter than it was. She chose super short! I'll get pics this weekend to show you all next week. Or perhaps I'll make another video. We'll see what kind of weather comes our way. Weather.com is calling for thunderstorms tomorrow, so we'll see.
And with that, Random.org chose lucky number 10 out of the 18 commenters. Cindy Higgins, please email me at kelleysbeadstudio@mac.com with your two favorite colors and your address. I'll get your worry stone made this weekend and shipped out on Monday. :) Thank you everyone for commenting on my Giveaway!
Tonight we have a kids birthday party. Tomorrow we have soccer games. Sunday we have more soccer games and another birthday party. Some time in there I will find time on the torch to make more/new egg beads, more nuggets and hopefully more worry stones than just the one for Cindy. :)
This has been a long week, but with multiple happy endings. I am thankful the weekend is here. I hope you all have a most wonderful weekend to relax and do the things you want to do! I will be posting pics this weekend of my visit with Cas of Metallo Bianco from last week when we went out for lunch and a walk through a local Antique Mall. It was FUN!
7 comments:
Good Grief it has been a crazy week! And how did I miss your giveaway post!?!?!?! Glad to hear that things are working themselves out a bit. How 'bout sending some of that 80 degrees up here? Enjoy your weekend:)
What a week! Speaking of those eggs beads...we found (on the ground and empty) the sweetest little bird nest ever. I have it sitting on my windowsill above my sink. Do you know what would look perfect in that little nest?? Do you?? Please make sure to let us know when they are in your shop:-).
Goodness Kelley. That week makes my battle with acute laryngitis child's play. You hang in there, okay? Do what you need to do to be healthy and happy. And I will be thinking of you. Enjoy the day! Erin
So glad Henry is back to himself! Your grandma looks like a pistol!--glad she got to go home again. Maybe a pacemaker would fix her up? Those are pretty easy to "install." Doesn't it feel good to get a good deal on a car? Maybe find a different mechanic...Angie's List? Hope your whirlwind weekend is enjoyable. Looking forward to new eggs and nuggets!
Ok then that was a week and a half and I thought mine was hectic but you win hands down :)
Enjoy the party and wishing you a more relaxed weekend.
what a week you've had..it fits right in with my thinking.."there's something wrong with this april",
as so many people have been dealing with stressful events..
enjoy your weekend.
Tari, you have been slacking on blog duties. ;) I don't mind sharing the warm temps so long as I don't get your cold ones in return! We had rain all day Saturday, which was nice to listen to with the windows open a bit.
TH, do you think some brightly colored and exotic eggs would be the right choice for your little nest, or a mix of more earthy colors? I have been wanting a little nest of my own to photograph the beads in, but haven't had any luck stumbling onto any empties. Yet.
Erin, I hope you have your voice back for the start of this new week. It is so frustrating when you can't make yourself heard.
Keirsten, you don't know how relieved I am to have my Henry boy back to normal! And my Grandma IS a pistol. Where do you think I get my troublemaking leanings? Not all from my Dad's side. ;)
Rekella, I hope you got some sleep honey. You were a bad influence on me Friday night and I followed your late night example. Thankfully the kids slept in a bit on Saturday!
Nan, April has certainly been filled with its share of drama. I am ready for a more boring month! But for as many downs as there have been, there have been more things to be thankful for in my life.
I forgot to mention that after living with a blue, 200 foot ethernet cable running out of my office, through the living room, up the stairs, through the hallway and across our bedroom floor for the last three years it is now gone. Permanently. Yes, my neighbors have likely seen me jumping and doing heel clicks. How could I have left that out??? That was BIG!
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