Valentine's Day

First "Happy Valentine's Day".
Well today is Valentine's Day, one of the three days a year I do not cook. I don not cook on my birthday or my Anniversary either. And yes there have been years where we do not have a lot of money to go out so we (Larry & I) agreed a long time ago that if we could afford to go out we would. If we only had a few bucks we would get some sort of value menu item at a fast food restaurant. This year we have a lot going on and Valentine's day is on a Tuesday so we are ordering in. Nikita & Larry have decided that they want pizza & wings. I say sure why not.
I would love to get Larry something, but he is hard to shop for. I did come up with something good I thought a week ago and it was out of stock. Well I asked him just two days ago when it was in stock what size he wanted and he said why do you want to get me that I am not a biker and only bikers should wear that. Larry like to watch & get updates on Son's of Anarchy. I wanted to get him a long sleeve shirt for cold mornings for him and he said no. Well I did make him his favorite dinner last night which he said was good enough. I made Pork chops, fried potatoes, green beans & apple sauce. I love Larry but I just wish I could do more for him. Larry does a lot for both me & Nikita. Larry isn't the romantic type but he is one of a kind and I love him. Here is a funny Valentine's gift he got me one year he got me tires for my car. This year he got me a new cell phone, it was time I dropped my old one all the time we are lucky it lasted as long as it did. I am a very lucky woman to have Larry as a husband.

Yearbook, softball & crazy stuff

Since my last post I have been very busy working on the yearbook and stuff around the house. Nikita has started softball she is on a positive team this season which is nice. Fall Ball sucked, it was supposed to be about learning and having fun, the Manager it was his first time and I am glad we don't have him this Season. Nikita is learning how to pitch and I hope a lot more she had fun at practice last night than she had all of Fall Ball. Can't wait to see her play. As usual Larry is going to be a score keeper for the team.
Well her comes the bitching, my Mom is in the hospital again and each and every time this happens it is because of her f up insurance. I will say this what is it going to take for them to get there s it together, my Mom to die!!! I wish I had her approval to tell you what is going on but what I will say is that they keep delaying and my Mom pays the price. I have had to endure my Mother in law dying, having to tell my Mom & brother in 2003 that my Dad wouldn't get any better and he needs to be in hospice. Then a few hours after he was there he died. Larry almost dying waiting for a liver transplant 4 times. I have seen enough, have endured enough and it hurts to think that I could lose my Mom, because of her insurance she thinks is the greatest. No insurance is infallible as far as I know.
I am grateful Larry got his Liver transplant & is in good health. I am grateful my Mom is alive but she is no longer a whole person because of her insurance delays.

Movie Day

Well, today I am about to watch my third movie. Larry we are about to watch The Lincoln Lawyer. Larry & Nikita have been working on homework on & off today.

What's new with me

Well since I last wrote on my blog I haven't felt like really writing. Well so much has happened. First my Mom has had serious medical stuff going on, I prefer not to talk about it because I do not have my Mom's permission too write about this. 
The next thing I am 6 grade parent rep. for Nikita's school so I have been busy I guess you could say stressing. We are busy doing different fundraising so that the 6 graders can go to Outdoor Science Camp. Do want to get on my soap box but some people say why should I fund raise or donate money, the school will cover it. Well that is not the case this year 6 grade Outdoor Science Camp almost got cancelled. Public Schools are struggling, if it weren't for fundraising efforts at Nikita's school there would be very little in my opinion that they can do for the kids, technology etc... This is "MY OPINION". 
Lastly this Sunday I noticed a welt on my forehead before I went to bed. It looked just wrong. Well when I got up the welt was about 5-6 inches and it felt itchy. My body felt a little itchy. I checked in with an advise nurse and she said to make an appointment to see my doctor. Well I got an appointment with a doctor for late afternoon. Well about 2pm I called Larry & told him I can't wait any longer he needs to come home ASAP. Larry got me to the doctors and they took me right away instead of waiting for my appointment. Apparently I got bit by an insect and was having a reaction to it, I got the hives too. When they took my blood pressure it was 186/98 the first time the second time it was 152/89 it did come down some. Well this little insect that bit me I am lucky I was on antibiotics, if I weren't I would have been hospitalized the bite had started an infection. I ended up on a much stronger antibiotics and still I am very weak from the antibiotics and that it is playing havoc with my stomach. 

A funny Christmas Story

This afternoon I had a conversation with my Mom about my post yesterday Christmas past. It was fun remembering past Christmas's. Here is a funny story about a Christmas a few years after Larry & I were married. Larry's friend talked him into buying a Virginia ham. Well that Christmas I said Larry you prep the ham I will cook it. I always thought you had to soak the ham at least overnight in water in the fridge. Well Larry thought it would only take a couple of hours. Well let's just say it was more than a tad bit salty. We had several people over and let's just say the sides & desserts were almost completely gone by the end of the evening and we had enough ham left over forever is what it seemed like. I don't remember if we kept it or dumped it. but we all had a good laugh that night and agreed if we ever have Virginia ham I would make sure it wasn't so salty.  Just thinking about this now makes me laugh.

Christmas past

Last night & today I have been thinking about Christmas & what it was like when I was a kid. My favorite memory was when we would spend it at my grand parents house in California City. Grandpa would make porridge and hot chocolate. If I remember correctly we opened one gift on Christmas Eve after we went to Church the gift was from my grand parents, my grandma made us pajamas's for us to wear Christmas morning. Some years we would celebrate with my Aunt, Uncle & cousins. Every year Dee & I had matching jammy gowns and my brother Jim, my cousins Curtis & Ray they had matching p.j.s. Christmas was about family and necessities and the occasionally we got stuff just for fun. I miss this, because now days it is all about I want this and I want that. My friend has this and I don't. I just wish that we and yes I am including me weren't so materialistic. This year I have hopes that Nikita will understand this as well as Larry. We need to go back to simpler times. I am trying it this year, no I will not be sewing like my grandma did but I truly believe we need to take care of our necessities if we can and not charge away with no idea of when or if we can pay it back. Let alone the interest rate that will kill you. Are you going to do necessities this year or go overboard with the credit cards and this and that, or my friends have this and I don't?  

What I have been up too

I have been way too busy. First Thanksgiving, Larry's surgery. Now I am taking care of Larry and that is a challenge for me. I have had to lift, bend and do things I am not supposed to do. Nikita is helping some but all she does us whine about it. I have hopes that when Larry has recuperated he can do the lifting and bending. Currently Larry can't lift anything over 10 lbs. I am not supposed to even lift that much but until he can do more I will try my best. I just hope that I don't fall apart before he is better.
I have been browsing sales online for possible gifts for Christmas. This year will be a hard Christmas with Larry not working and waiting for disability to kick in, which god knows when that will be. Now we wait and see how Larry does & when he can return to work. Our first priority is to take care of paying what bills are the most important and then food for us. If there is more we will get presents. Nikita has never know what it is like to have to deal with things like this. Nikita keeps asking for the this and that. We will find money for what is necessary but other than that we will have to see.
Also this year I will not be baking like I usually do for others to save money as well as I can't do what I use to do my body just won't cooperate to do all that I would like to do. I am planning on making for dessert for Christmas apple pie Nikita asked if I would make it and I said yes. I am making something chocolate too haven't figured it out yet. Haven't decided on what we will have for Christmas dinner yet either, it will depend on how much money we have as to what I will make. Well got to get back to looking at chocolate recipes for Christmas.