Finally!

Thursday came with the results of the physical I got last week. Everything is good except my cholesterol. This for a person who LOVES Dairy Queen Blizzards and Cake Batter Ice Cream from Cold Stone Creamery. Don't get me wrong I don't go hog wild eating them. I may have one every other month and Cold Stone even less because there just aren't many stores around. Part of the problem is that I haven't been taking my fish oil. I know, sound discus ting, huh? So, now starts a new regimen of making sure I take them. Now I just need the results from the x-rays that were taken this past Monday (they said they'd be calling Friday with those and didn't). Have a mammogram in March and haven't scheduled the other test. But anyway, I can breath a little sigh of relief til then and thank the Lord for good results. My hubby made it in yesterday morning, FINALLY! He has doctor's and dentist appointments next week so prayers would be appreciated. He's having problems with his head and hand shaking and headaches. The weather has been nasty but beautiful (is that an oxymoron?). Snow, rain, sleet. I've been thru some real NASTY Oklahoma ice storms so am thankful that it didn't get that bad here. Other than a thunder & lightning storm I don't think anything is more beautiful than snow falling (except if you're out on the road in a big rig and the road is slick!). I really should start a blog about my adventures of being a truck driver's wife. I think that's what this started out as. Wanderings being my wanderings all over the United States. Wonderings being how many times I wondered where trails led and the lives of those following those trails. We've driven beside "The Oregon Trail" & oh the questions that came up on that trip. Maybe someday soon I'll go back on the road with a good camera and write a book (with pictures) of my adventures. Maybe!

Physicals, yuk!

Just got back from my physical. Because we've not had insurance I've not had a total physical in several years. I went in 2 weeks ago with a problem with my left arm and the doctor recommended a total physical. As most women do, I guess, I dreaded the female stuff. I hate needles too (figure that one out, I have a tattoo! lol), but having the blood work done wasn't as painful as I thought it would be. Thank goodness for nurses who hit the mark the first time! I've lost 1 pound since I was in last. Don't know the results of blood work tho. Kinda anxious about that as they're testing for diabetes. With Mom having it I felt I really needed to have that done. The colonoscopy wasn't even brought up and I didn't even think about it when I was in today, even tho the dr and I had discussed it earlier. I think that's probly more important than the diabetes test tho. My arm was still bothering me. I told the doctor the painkillers didn't work and the muscle relaxers relaxed everything but the muscle that hurt to start with! So she upped the painkillers. This time I think they're gonna do the job. I have to have my upper arm and shoulder x-rayed and the REALLY dreaded mammogram. Can't get in to get the mammogram done til March. The x-rays can be done any day, just walk in with my scrips. Now I gotta get up and find a recipe we need for supper tonite. Feels like a chili and cornbread night tonite but I think it's gonna be something else. Any night could be a chili night for me!

Thankful for prayers

We got word the other day that G'ma was in the hospital with fluid around her heart and in her lungs. She wasn't eating and had 'the worst night of my life'. She's 97 years young. I just got off the phone with my oldest daughter who has been keeping us posted on G'ma's condition. She said G'ma slept good last nite and ate all of her breakfast and even joked about it (the breakfast). Thank all those out there who have said a prayer for her. The power of prayer is so amazing. I don't think we realize sometimes just how powerful prayer is. We just take it for granted. Just keep her and her caretakers in your prayers. Keep our country in your prayers too. We are now under new leadership and ALL leadership should have our prayers no matter if we voted for them or not or what skin color they are. I always tell people (and believe me, in the trucking industry the "N" word is used A LOT) that there's not difference in us except skin color. When cut, we ALL bleed red, and we all have hearts.

LOVE

I just finished watching a movie in which a young man dies. The father of this young man is seen sitting in a chair wondering out loud IF he'd told his son that he was proud of him or IF he'd told his son he loved him. How many of us have neglected to tell our loved ones how proud we are of them or how much we love them? I know I'm guilty of this. I've told my girls these things, but have I told them enough? So, read this, go tell your loved ones how proud of them you are and how much you love them. Don't wait til it's too late and then do like this father did and sit and wonder IF, IF, IF! Better to say, 'I did' than 'I should have', 'I could have', or 'I would have'. So, to both of my daughters, I am VERY PROUD of you and everything you've accomplished, for being involved in church and having wonderful families. I love you more than you'll ever know. Steve, I know life hasn't been easy for you but you are changing and I am very proud of you for wanting that and I do love you more than you ever know.
I'm thankful for a Lord who loved us enough to die for us.

Whatever

Yesterday I finally got to go to the doctor with a problem in my arm that's been hurting for 3 months now. I'm usually very nervous about going to any doctor and seeing a doctor for the first time here should have made me more so, but it didn't. I have a really nice woman doctor. She looked at my arm, asked me raise it, make a muscle, all that good stuff. Then she felt it and felt the lump in it and told me I had a severely pulled muscle. She prescribed some painkillers and muscle relaxers and stretching exercises. I was in and out of the office in less than an hour! Then it was off to have the prescriptions filled. I went to Walmart as I had a few other things to pick up. I turned in my order at the pharmacy and was told it would probably be an hour or so. Or so, was right! It was an hour and a half! At one time the lines were clear out to the discounted Christmas stuff and that's 2 lines! You'd have thought that was the only pharmacy in town! Finally I got mine and came home. I had taken a couple of tylenol while I was in the store so waited til almost bedtime to take the painkiller. I was really looking for a good night's sleep. I had been taking like tylenol PM sometimes to ease the pain so I could sleep. The problem with that is that I roll over on my left arm not realizing it and then it hurts worse in the morning than the night before. Well, the painkillers didn't work last nite! Steve got in around 10:30 last nite and I was just getting ready to head to bed. I was hoping for a halfway pain free night and time with him. I didn't want him home and having to deal with a grouch. Am I giving the pain meds a chance to kick in? I don't do meds like that so I don't know. If ya know will ya fill me in, please?

BLESSINGS

I had the most wonderful BLESSING today. My oldest Grandson Johnathon accepted the Lord into his life!!!!! I have been blessed with two wonderful, beautiful daughters who both are active in their churches. After having a not-so-good yesterday and early morning I can wholeheartedly say that Sunday School, Susie, and then this message from Angela has brightened my day tremendously. I finally got my glasses this past Tuesday. They were ordered on Dec. 10 with the promise that they'd be here in 7-10 business days so I was just a little put out that they were late. I had to have bifocals and since I kept sitting on reading glasses I asked for glasses to wear full-time. So they're taking some getting used to especially since they're no-line. Makes me feel old that I need bifocals tho. I hadn't worn glasses since high school (was told I didn't need them). I didn't realize how expensive they are either!
Thank goodness for insurance!!!! Steve got 17 teeth pulled just before CHRISTmas and insurance covered all but $140. of that and it was over $3000. I hope and pray that's all we have to pay. As for my New Year's resolutions, I think they're the same as every year. Try to be a better Christian and delve more into God's Word, Let God have more control over my life, keep in better touch with family (FaceBook is fantastic for that!), lose weight (had lost 23 pounds before CHRISTMAS, got 48 to go). I love losing the weight but having to buy new clothes just isn't in the budget. Thank goodness I love to shop at Goodwill! My hope and prayer for all is that you have a very BLESSED year in every way. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!