A beautiful morning in Day to day life from a woman that turned 60 in Oct 2014 and who lives on a farm and Retired on January 2, 2016. I plan to do more sewing, work outside in the yard and just enjoy my retirement.

The humidity isn’t as bad this morning and that will change in an hour or two but I take advantage of the mornings we get like this one. I have watered the little corn and tomato patch and even though the beagle decided the sprayer head that was “perfect” was a chew toy and broke off the part that makes it spin, it actually may work better now. Go figure. It doesn’t spin now and I can direct it to the garden plants and not waste as much water with it spinning and watering grass. I let it spray each patch 35 minutes and a bit later in the morning I will try and mow. I have refrained from mowing the last couple of days and now it really does need it.

The doctor’s office called me early yesterday morning and her nurse said she wanted to talk to me about the mammogram I’d taken earlier in the week. Uh Oh I thought, but also wasn’t surprised as this happens every time I get a mammogram. Since I’m a coffee drinker my body develops small cyst like or maybe they are called caffeine cysts which they think this is on the left side. Anyway, they are going to set up another more detailed mammogram type test and call me when it gets scheduled. *Sigh I hate these checkups as they always seem to lead to further testing. I had O yesterday but A asked if I would bring him to her in the afternoon which worked out great as I could run by the dr’s office to talk to her instead of waiting until Monday. So that is what she wanted to talk to me about and also to let me know the chest xray was fabulous. Yay!!

Several years ago when I’d battled pneumonia, she had sent me for a chest xray and of course things showed up on it. She sent me to a “specialist” in the city 80 miles went of here and he told me I had the beginning of emphysema. Sometimes I wonder about these so-called “specialists” and their ability to actually know more than other doctors. I’m really happy he was wrong, and was certain he was then too, but had I have fell for that hook line and sinker, I probably WOULD have emphysema by now because of the “treatment” that he would have started. Ok, enough griping about “specialists” and back to my joy and thankfulness that so far I’m in great shape internally for a 60+ woman. Last but not least will be the stress test on Wednesday. I will need to be there as close to 6:45 as possible and I think I’ll get pretty close. I do need to find out if I can take my reg morning meds or not as they have told me nothing to eat or drink after midnight that morning. Wonder if I can have a cup of coffee? I’ll have a raging caffeine withdrawal headache. IF I remember correctly about the last one I had it will take several hours as they inject the glow in the dark stuff, take the test, have you go away and come back a couple of hours later and do it again. Not sure if I’ll have to walk on the treadmill or not, but I will be glad when this one is over with no matter what I have to do. I’m glad I don’t get up and eat breakfast right away on a normal day but I do have my coffee.

I transplanted the cucumbers that I had in the BBQ grill. They just didn’t look very good and since I had them potted up in a metal coffee can and placed in the metal BBQ grill the heat was too much for them. I used the tub that I had planted radishes in since I’d pulled them up a week or more ago and they already look better. Not sure about the trellis now but have it placed so the cucumbers can now climb up to the BBQ grill.

Did some sewing yesterday for A. Not sewing exactly but she had a pair of jeans she wanted me to convert to shorts with a roll up cuff. I did, but am a bit afraid the cuff part may be too tight. I won’t know until she comes and gets them and tries them on. I forgot to take them and the other jeans to her when I took O to her yesterday afternoon. She also had bought a pair of black jeans with the “wore” holes. I think it is so stupid to buy jeans that already look worn out, but heh, not my money. Anyway the “holes” were getting bigger (go figure) so she asked me if I could fix them. The other places lower on the jeans had a lace piece to make them fancy but she didn’t want lace on these places as they were up further so I used some silky black fabric. They look okay to me I suppose but I still can’t believe people pay their hard earned money to buy jeans will frayed holes!!

My washing machine has completed its cycle on my towels so I’m going to end this entry and hang them outside. I think they will try faster today if the humidity stays decent, but not sure that it it so will hang them now while the humidity is a bit less.

Would appreciate prayers for the upcoming stress test on Wednesday and I have had a couple “spells” of pain, but I am more convinced that it is gas that builds under my rib cage. I take an OTC med when I feel it begin and it usually helps and then stops pretty quickly. Dad did insist that I take some of extra nitro home with me yesterday just in case so I have nitroglycerin available if I want it or think I should take some.

Speaking of my Dad. You gotta love him. He has just about convinced himself that I’m going to die very shortly. He may be right, as one never knows how much time they have left, however, his negativity and “death” talk is about to get on my last nerve. I understand his concern, but for Pete’s Sake, could he wait until all these tests are done before he buries me in his mind? He asked me this week if I had a will and did my older kids know what to do about J. Yes, I told him, we’ve talked about it and A would probably be the primary caretaker and she would also move into the house when I’m gone. He wasn’t so sure A should be the one to be the primary and maybe it should be Dude. Oh my Lord, help me please. He won’t be happy with my decisions even AFTER I’m dead!! LOL No really, it isn’t an ego booster at all but it is what it is.

Ok, clothes still not hung up so ending this now. Have a great weekend. Take care and God Bless

Last updated June 18, 2016