Sickness Prevails!

I don't know what exactly is happening to us, but we all have the nasty cold and cough bug! Trisha, me, the boys, Trisha's sister, and her mom! The boys are getting over it pretty quickly, but T... and I can't seem to get rid of it. My strep test came back negative, thank goodness, but while waiting for those results my sore throat quickly turned into a runny nose and pretty nasty cough. It stinks even more because my other illnesses keep me from being able to even try any over-the-counter remedies. There are drugs inside of these drugs that could really hurt me I guess.(At least that is what they keep telling me.) So T... and I get to just try and struggle through it. No fever involved, thank goodness, because if I had a fever I would not be here writing this blog right now, I would be in the Hospital laying in bed trying not to die.(Not being morbid, I promise!) As long as the cough doesn't settle in my lungs, and as long as there is no fever I should be O.K. Well I am done blogging for now, sorry so short but I can't really concentrate to well.

1 week already??

Well the week without kids and T is almost over already, I can't believe that it is gone that fast! I really did spend most of my time doing nothing, and I LOVED it, I know that sounds sad, but I really needed this week to recuperate from Halloween, and from the boys first week off track. Also to prepare for the next two weeks with them off track! Trisha will hopefully be working from home soon now, and we both can't wait, it is a really exciting thought that it is so close I can touch, or taste, it. I have kind of been under the weather these last couple of days, and had to spend some of my time at two separate doctors offices.(What a waste since they could only help me with the sleeping problem!) The other doctor is waiting for some tests to come back to see if I have Strep throat or not, but it sure feels like a nasty cold to me. Luckily no cough, or fever to go with it. If I can keep either of those from happening at least I can stay out of the hospital, and that would be nice. O.K. enough of the moaning and groaning, this too will pass! I just read a friends blog and I must say that I agree, some times laughing (even at yourself) can make things better. Also, some one out there is probably worse of then me. (I am not saying that is a good thing, it is just the truth). I am excited to have Trish and the kids home even though it will be hectic for the first day or two while we sort and wash a weeks worth of clothes for all of them. That brings up something that I have been thinking about for the last 4+ years. I want to see any Man try and take over their wife's place in the home and do everything that they do when they are home. I guarantee that every Man that I know will be crying for mercy and begging to go back to work in at least two weeks!!!! I never understood this until I became ill and had to stop working and let trish take over in the job field, and I tried to do her job in the home. I don't think that I could do her job, as good as she does, even if I were healthy and had all day to do it. I try to let her know how much I love and appreciate her as often as I can. She really stepped up to the plate and took over everything that I can't do, plus works full time!! I never could have done that! This thing that happened in our lives just proves to me even more that Heavenly Father lets you know when you meet the person you were meant to marry as long as you listen. None of the girls I dated before Trish would have stuck this out as long as Trish has, and will! Now everyone knows how much I LOVE my wife! (I hope she isn't embarrassed when she reads this!!) Until later, BYE, and HAPPY HOLIDAY'S!!!!!!!!!

W.O.W.

Not World of Warcraft for those of you who know that game;) Just plain wow. It has been a short time since my last post and I must say it hasn't been boring in any sense of the word. I had 2 dentist appointments and 2 cavities filled, and 2 fillings fixed! The one which fell out of course and then the one that was about to fall out!! I also had a sleep doctor appointment and he gave me some homework to fill out, and some pills to use every once in awhile to help me get to sleep. He also made me come back today to pick up a pulse oxcimeter machine for an at-home oxygen study overnight. Boy that was a mouthful! So I get to do that tonight then turn it in before 9:00 a.m. in the morning, then my oxygen company is coming to test my large concentrator to make sure it is operating properly at 10:00. Also T.. and the boys are getting ready to fly to Florida tomorrow and I will be taking them and their cousin to the airport in the later afternoon. Like I said it hasn't been slow at all. It may not seem like much to some people but it is a lot for me sometimes. What I didn't tell you about was my little brothers mission farewell, and his late night setting apart, and all of the last minute shopping for T.. and the boys trip, and of course the beginning of the Christmas shopping. Trisha had one of her close family friends pass away so there was the viewing and the funeral which she was able to attend. It is still pretty heavy on their minds and they wish the vacation was over or not happening for a couple of weeks so they could be there for the rest of the family. But I still think that they will have fun once they actually get there. Trish is also starting in on her anxiety's about being away from me for a whole week but this to will pass!! I did some rearranging and adding to my music list and I know it is getting to long to actually listen to, but there might be something for everyone if you take the time to scroll through it!!! Just kidding you don't have to. Until Later!!!!

WOW IT NEVER FAILS!!!!!

It never fails, Trish and the boys get ready to go to somewhere without me,(such as Florida) and something always goes wrong with me. Last year about 3 or 4 days before they left I had a doctors appointment and they did a scan of my heart, which is normal practice now, and thought that they might have to pull my line out of my chest because they where afraid that it was in too far and was messing around with my heart!! For those of you don't know, that would have meant a major surgery because once the line is in and set they actually have to cut it out. Well luckily it turned out to be o.k. but I don't think that T.. was able to relax the whole time she was gone!! When she won the trip to the concert in caly, I got a site infection right before she left. Well now that the Florida trip is almost here I, of course, had something go wrong! I had a filling in my back tooth just fall out, I know that sounds crazy but when I went to the dentist he could not find a reason for that to have happened. So he drilled everything out again and replaced it. While I was there I had him look at the same tooth on the other side because it felt like it was cracked!! Guess What????? It had a filling in the same place and this one was also falling out, and I had a new cavity beneath it. So I now have another dentist appointment next week to fix the other tooth! Crazy isn't it, it only happened because T.. and the boys are leaving in a week. I keep telling her to stay home so I don't have all of these fluke things happen to me, but at the same time I would never really let her do that. This is one of the more exciting trips for her and the boys, and I really like having the time to myself even though it does get a little to quiet before they get back! I have to say that the only thing that I used to enjoy about the dentist I no longer get to have. That is the happy gas!!! With my disease I can no longer have it and I sure do miss it, those shots really hurt when you can't visit la la land while they are giving them to you!! Just one more fun thing in my life!! Sorry these post get so long winded sometimes but I am writing less and less so I guess that is O.K. Keep reading when you can because I do like the fact that you all can find things out about me without having to wait till the birthday party, or whatever family gathering might be going on. See you all on Sunday, hopefully!!

Pictures!!

Here are the pictures I promised to post I hope you all enjoy them as much as we enjoyed dressing up for them!!! I forgot to mention in my last post that quite a few people didn't recognize us at first this year. That really makes dressing up fun! One of our friends was nice enough to tell us she thought we were just a couple of teenagers, that made trish and I laugh. Thanks for that even if it weren't true because we really got a kick out of that.(You know who you are!) Anyway I am already in the process of making changes to what I want to do with the house for next year, and I already have my next costume planned out!! I hope we get more teenagers next year because I am hoping to make it even more spooky than it was this year!! I am glad the weather stayed warm for Halloween it was awesome!! That is all for now.

Halloween 2008!!

Well it is finally over,(darn it anyway) and it is now almost 1:00 in the morning on Saturday and here I am blogging(imagine that!!)!! Halloween was great this year, but not quite as much fun as last year. Trish is really starting to get into the dressing up thing more and more though! I tried to go Trick or Treating with Trish and the kids but about halfway through I ran out of gas and had to walk home. I really kind of pushed a little to hard the last couple of days to make sure we were ready for Halloween and know I will pay dearly for at least a week!!! That is the usual recovery time for me, it might be more this year because I really cranked my back muscles somehow and am still in a lot of pain. Oh well. The reason I say that this year wasn't as good as last year isn't because of a lack of dressing up ourselves, and the house, but because it was a Friday night and there wasn't nearly as many older kids to try and terrify. I don't bother the little kids because that is just too mean, and I don't want to cause to much trauma for them. There wasn't enough older kids though and that is a big part of the fun for me. It's great to watch the 13-15 year olds try to act tough, especially when they have girls with them, and listen to them threaten to hurt me if they think that I am real, so I just have to stand up to watch them run for there lives. Last year one of the neighborhood bully's told me if I scared him he would hit me with a baseball bat, I just couldn't resist an offer like that so I jumped off the swing and barely stood up before he was two houses down the street screaming like a little girl!!! Trisha didn't beat me up to bad for scaring him because he is such a bully, and she was laughing to hard to get after me. I know it sounds horribly mean, and I am not a mean person at heart, but scaring teenagers is part of the Halloween fun!! I used to love to get scared to death when I was younger, and now I get too pass on the fun to others!! By the way I will have a few pictures of me, and the family in our costumes posted in the next few days, if I have recovered that is, and as soon as T. has them downloaded to the computer. Till then that is all! BYE!!