Early roll call for March 20-23rd 08 Wonder cruise

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Marsha,

HOORAY Today is the day you get your ramp done!!!
I am very happy for you. Maybe you should take a photo of it and frame and hang it on the wall to celebrate!!!
Enjoy your dinner tonight.

Our smoke is back worse than ever. It smells like everyone is burning their yard waste, but I know it is from brush fires. Makes me want to roast marshmallows and hot dogs!!

I need a couple of groceries this morning but have to be home by noon to let man in to treat the yard. I have to lock the dog in too so I need to be home.

Tomarrow we hope to go to the mall to get Greg some shoes and maybe see Spiderman movie. Need to give the dog a bath too. At least that leaves sunday free to have some fun, I hope!!

I woke up at 12:45 this morning and couldnt go back to sleep. I hate those nights. So will be dragging my feet all day.

I'll check back later,
kathy

 

[brady961]

Oh I hate those nights awaking and not able to get back to sleep. makes for a LONG day after one would normally get up.

they putting in ramp now. Little nervous though as its taking them longer. Contractor is use to portions of ramp being delivered already together. Nope not this time. every single piece is a piece that has to be put together. they haven't started landing yet.

I asked him before started if should get power chair out before they start as i need to leave around 3p. he said would be done and would be no problem.

but...................... its noon, the ramp isn't completed and haven't started on landing. I know even if get ramp up, good chance i won't be able to open door to get chair out unless they have completed the extended landing.

fingers crossed in three hours both ramp and landing is done.

The smoke isn't bad here right now. hope stays that way.

If get to parks on Sunday give me a call.

Does Minnie enjoy a bath?

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Minnie HATES a bath.
She knows now to just go up the ramp and into the tub to get it over with but she does not like it one bit!!!
She even hates sprinklers. If we are walking down the sidewalk and some ones sprinkler is water their lawn so will dart out into the road until we get past that yard. So I have to hole her tight and force her to stay on the sidewalk. Of course if it hits the sidewalk I do move aside so we dotn get wet.

She is mad at me right now because I locked her doggie door so she couldnt go into the back yard. The lawn guy is treating the lawn and shewants to go out and see what is going on. When they do that I have to keep her in for 30 minutes for it to dry but i keep her in for an hour. She doesnt like that.

For now she is napping next to me on the couch while i eat. Hopefully she wont wake up until it is ok to go outside.

If we go to AK on sunday I will give you a call . We wont know until sunday gets here.

I will keep my fingers crossed they get done in time for your 3 p.m. time. if not i would just tell him that since you asked early about the time and he said no problem that he should take your chair out for you if he is not done yet. i think that would be fair.

I went out for a few groceries this morning but was so tired I couldnt wait to get home to relax.

i'll be in touch, have a great dinner!!!

 

[brady961]

Poor Minnie, can't go outside and is going to get a bath all in one day. <G>

I agree if they aren't done then they find a way to get my chair out for me.

The AK Sunday will be May 20th. But if you to parks this weekend on Sunday give me a call. Not sure weather for this weekend, just hope the smoke lessens.

Well, Pal, Minnie and the chair are ready for tonigh at Cape May then Epcot. Of course I'm not LOL. Still have more work to get done before the weekend. I think Disney should pay me for advertising with as much disney stuff on the chair LOL.

Well back to work for another hour. Then shower, dress and hopefully out the door.

catch ya late tonight or tomorrow.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Have fun!!

We wont be at WDW this weekend, too much to do.
I was referring to the next weekend.

maybe i'll see ya then, who knows??

Have an extra dessert for me!!!!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Morning Marsha,

hope you had a good time last evening and that the ramp is all done and working well for you!!

The smoke is better today but not gone.

We are off to run errands today. I will be back on line later this afternoon.

if your home you may want to wtach the Magic pullout tonight. She is leaving on her first LONG cruise across the pond!! She will be gone for quite awhile.


Have a good day Marsha,

I'll be back later

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy,
well i saw the Magic pull out tonight. I hope they have calm seas and a great journey!!

Our smoke is much better but it is so HOT outside I could hardly believe it when I stepped out to get the mail about 4 p.m. I looked and my thermometer said 87 degrees.

I think tomarrow we will go to the farmers market to get some fruit and then to see the new Spiderman movie. Then I will call my mom and Greg will call his mom and in between both my daughters will probably call.

Rachel will call for sure but Marie doesnt have long distance on her phone, so if she remebers to buy a phone card she will call, if not she will e-mail and she did send a card. Then i will see if Randy remembers mothers day. Last year was the first time he remembered on his own. I almost fainted when he called
Of course Peter is here so I know I will see him.

Hope your group support meeting was a good one for you and you wernt too tired when you get home.

I will check back tomarrow,

hope you get a good nights sleep tonight

 

[brady961]

hey girl
HAPPY MOTHER"S day.

the day went well. got some shopping done at wal-mart. met someone to buy coffee table, HOORAY!!!!, then to Walgreens, then to support group mtg. the mtg went well.

I got home around 4p and totally wiped out. just got up from falling asleep. but am still so tired, like every ounce of energy has been drained.

i used the chair last night and today. Loved it. WOW I didn't take one person or display out. close doing so but didn't LOL.

Even today I was able to carry a case of bottled water into apartment, sat it on lap, and drove chair into house. have lots to learn using the chair, but i will get there.

one thing if space, can't think correct word, but its like i can't identify distance between my feet or footplate (sometimes I have to raise footplate in certain areas, like going up ramp to van, get into house). I have rammed my foot, twisted rammed it and surprised haven't bruised or injured my foot.

Also i hit things with footplate cause i will pull to close and able to identify correctly amount of space is there and I have. i guess this too will take time learning.

Last night's dinner was great. The other Diser by the way is also named Cathy (with a C). It was like we have known each other for years. We didn't leave dinner until 8p (ressie was at 5:40p). We were both shocked at the time and how it had gone so fast just from eating and chatting. We went to Epcot in time to see Davy Jones last performance for the night. He had a great show.

I have to get up and go to laundry by 7a in morning grrrr. But if I don't get it done in the morning not sure when I will or can esp during week.

Am meeting Cathy at AK to spend much of the day.

Will try out cooling vest tomorrow too and see how that works or if does work, and for how long.

ok, maybe i should eat something and go back to sleep <G>

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy marsha,

I am so happy you and Cathy hit it off, that is great!!

It is going to be another HOT one today so your vest will be put to the test for sure. Let me know how well it works. Drink lots of water!!!!

we are not smokey but we are very foggy today. I wanted to go to the farmers market/flea market this morning so I hope it raises soon.

Then we are off to see Spiderman this afternoon.

You will get the hang of the chair soon. It is like learning to drive a car, it will take some practice to learn to judge height and distance. Soon it will be simple for you to do.

I will be in touch later, enjoy your day at AK.

Kathy

 

[brady961]

Hey Kathy
We had a good time today at AK. It was hot for sure. The cooling vest really did help for about three hours, maybe a little longer. I took the spare thermapaks in a soft cooler with those blue ice paks in hopes to keep them frozen. I changed the therma-paks right before the 4p parade. Some of the thermapaks in soft cooler was still semi frozen. The ones I wore in front really didn't do much, the ones I wore on back still though provided some coolness. The neck thermapak really did nothing even when first arrived. The sleeve it goes into then around neck, seems too thick, and this thermapak didn't freeze. It was cold and soft I guess so can go around neck. Right before the parade though it was still cold as I had it in soft cooler, so put it over my ankles. That felt good. My ankles/feet swelled up so badly as usual. WHich of course makes the neuropathy pain - burning sensation worse. So my feet felt like were burning although really weren't of course. But my ankles/feet were warm/hot enough that the neck therma pak was warm and no coolness left with a few minutes. It was like my ankles/feet just drew out the cool quickly from the heat radiating from ankles/feet.

I felt good about how I did using the power chair this weekend. Although I ran into things, jammed my feet between the chair and a wall/door or something, at least didn't run anyone over LOL. Surprised I didn't break a toe or bone in foot as I really jammed hard today coming out of the companion bathroom. Yet again the neuropathy was already a problem so its not like I felt how hard I hit until few mintues later. I got ice and put into my disney crocs while wearing them which felt so good on my feet LOL.

Weird how brain signals and messages get mixed up when have neuropathy. Feel something that isn't there, or don't feel something at first but then few minutes later its can be so painful.

Anyway, great time today at AK. It was fun to experience the parade today with Cathy as it was her first time to ever see it. On the safari we saw so many animals. Also saw the tigers and gorillas. Just for some reason had good timing that allowed us to see the animals out and about.

ok, I return this thread back to the Cruise of May 08 <G>

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Marsha,
well it sounds like your trial run of the cooling vest went pretty good. I think in the extreme summer heat it would be almost impossible for it to work 100% relief. I am very happy for you that it did help.

greg has problems with his feet hurting and swelling in the heat due to hi diabetes. We are going to get him fitted for special diabetic shoes soon and that should help him some too.

Sorry to hear you smashed your feet a couple of times, but I'm, sure practice will help and soon you will be an expert!!!!

well I had a good mothers day.

we went to the flea market, which I wanted to do. Then we were going to see spiderman movie which I wanted to see. When my grandkids come to visit next month I have to know what happens so we can talk about the moive. grandma has to keep up on such things is I am to be a COOL granny

Well it didnt go quite as planned.

We went to the flea market and did browse around. I love to play with the puppies there. They only sell pure bred animals so I know they will all get sold and have a good home. I am so soft hearted I can't stand for animals to be put down or abused. that is why our dog is a recued dog, she had been very abused and it has taken all year to help her become a good, loving happy dog.

well I was petting a lab puppy and found out it was a mix. it belonged to the mans neighbor and they didnt want the dogs, they wanted pure bred puppies and soem how another dog got to the mommy first.
Anyway this pup is 11 weeks and had been there for 3 weeks but nobody wanted her because she wasnt a pure bed lab.
Today they were taking her to be put down.

I was so upset!!! I wish they hadnt told me!!! it ruined my entire morning. I know that sounds crazy, but I am just an old softie.
So we went to buy fruit and I couldnt hold the tears any longer. So I handed Greg money for fruit and said I need to pull myself together, meet me by the paintings in 10 minutes and i will show you which ones I was thinking about getting.

So I regained my composure and was waiting and looking at paintings.
I was about to go and look for them when around the corner came greg and Peter. Peter was carrying the puppy and he said Happy Mothers day mom!!!
So i now have saved a second dog from death. I was so happy!!

Anyway, now to get minnies approval. They get along great!!! Minnie is very playful and of course puppies are very playful so it has worked great so far!!

We just feed them in separate places so NO fighting over food, which is common with dogs. They are wearing each other out, which is so nice for me.
We are just making sure that Minnie still gets tons of attention like before so she doesnt becone jealous.

Now I have to potty train her. She is a little young to train but we are trying yo get the idea across slowly by taking her out often and praising her if she goes!! Minnie was going in and out her doggie doors and the pup tried to do it too. she was scared but after about 4 hours she was using the doors too.
That was a great surprize and will help with training her.

I think I will name her sweet pea.


minnie and pup playing tug o war

snuggle time

 

[brady961]

OMG i love sweet pea. I am sure Minnie will love having a baby sister. I know what you felt and totally understand. If i could have a pet, I would have probably too many.

If consider changing her name, what about Daisy?

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

I had thought about Daisy, since I have a minnie. If she was a he she would be Mickey. I'll decide in the next couple of days so she can learn her name.
both are napping right now, but soon the kaos will start.

Hopefully they will be ready to nap after lunch too while zi eat.

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Marsha, checkout the size of these feet.

Kathy

 

[brady961]

Sweet Pea or Daisy or ??? is going to be a big dog based on her big feet <G>

But she is sooooo cute. and even cuter is them sleeping head to head.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

morning Marsha,

hope your having a good day. I will write later as I have doggies to attend to right now,

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Just a quick bump before bedtime.

hope you had a good day Ma rsha

 

[brady961]

sorry haven't been around today. busy with work, plus trying to get things out of my apartment to storage, rearrange things so have little more room in apartment with power chair and scooter.

i really need to sell this scooter not just for opening space, but the money. I need to pay towards all these cruises LOL

anyway, catch ya tomorrow.

nite.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Marsha,
I am not on line as much right now either. I will be very busy for the next couple weeks taking care of the new pup and training her to go outside.

She had bad diarehea yesterday and early morning today it was bloody so need to call the vet this morning to get her checked out.

when things settle down I will get back on line, probably be this evening.

i'll check back soon as I can

 

[brady961]

Good Morning.

Hope you have a nice day. I bet its a shore training the new pup to go potty outside.

I had to go to Tampa yesterday to pick up my new VAN!!!! and my chair. They installed the lock down system. Finally I have the van, chair, ramp, sidewalk, extended landing, cooling vest.

Now contractor needs to return to put up door protectors. He came other day but what he was putting up i didn't like and said no. So he is "investigating" something else.

Also will be scheduled for driver eval at some point to determine if need hand controls. I know I do but not necessarily all the time. For sure though then the neuropathy and swelling in feet is active. As my feet burn/hurt so bad, and hard to really feel what touching. Other than that I seem to do ok driving with feet.

at least I have the MY van, and the chair. So ready to roll !!!!!

I head to WDW-POP tomorrow morning thru Sunday night. I won't have computer access after tonight until Sunday night.

Hope you are doing well, and just loving the new pup. Of course Minnie is getting along with new baby in the house.

later