FREAP CHAT Part 2 ~ Everyone Welcome to our new digs

[mtblujeans]

Ok, the front of the house is now done:

And DH is out there RIPPING the plastic off the windows as I type!

Now....new windows...new front door...new roof....almost there!

 

[NATALIEBELLESmom]

Ok, the front of the house is now done:

And DH is out there RIPPING the plastic off the windows as I type!

Now....new windows...new front door...new roof....almost there!

I love the color and I am glad that your DH will have some sun light coming in.

 

[jeankeri]

Glad you have sunlight again!! (And the blue is very nice!)

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

I grew up in a blue house. It faded to a turquoise after 15 years. But that vinyl has still held up.

I like the color. Glad you can get some sunlight inside now.

 

[NATALIEBELLESmom]

Today is just a mess. Venting.... I am so tired of packing and my DD rooms is a total war zone. We took 6 bags of clothes out of her room to goodwill and there is still more that could go and we haven't even touched the toys or closet yet. I don't remember moving this much stuff here . But on the light side I am the only one home right now and all thats left is her room. I sure need those 3 adult slushes right about now I Hope eveyone else is having a great weekend. I am off to finish DD room.

 

[pperfectmom]

Count me in for at least two ....... better make that 3

Me too!!! I need to vent as well. I'm sitting here with my stupid foot propped up and my ankle three times it's normal size. As ya'll know I've been running a lot lately (and getting good if I do say so myself) so yesterday I finally decided that I was ready to run a race-just a 5K but I have to start somewhere. This was not a decision I made lightly either. So I decide to go to Sam's Club after work to get a few things and I step out of the car and almost immediately into a huge crack in the pavement. My left foot promptly bent ALL THE WAY TO ONE SIDE!!!!! It took all of my FREAP power to not barf all over the parking lot. I guess it's sprained. And the worse part is DH is leaving in the morning to go to Asheville,NC for the whole week for a cnference so I won't have any help with anything this week. . Guess my running career is on hold for a while. I hope everyone else is having a better weekend.

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Oh my goodness Marna! That is just horrible. Wish I was closer so I could at least bring you the laundry to fold and get the meals ready.

for fast healing

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Today is just a mess. Venting.... I am so tired of packing and my DD rooms is a total war zone. We took 6 bags of clothes out of her room to goodwill and there is still more that could go and we haven't even touched the toys or closet yet. I don't remember moving this much stuff here . But on the light side I am the only one home right now and all thats left is her room. I sure need those 3 adult slushes right about now I Hope eveyone else is having a great weekend. I am off to finish DD room.

Come on over. They only take a few minutes to whip up.

 

[mtblujeans]

(I know someone has that cute little drink smilie with the swinging legs)

Oh, Theresa, I don't envy your move. We have been trying to pull stuff out of closets for a garage sale for months now. Where does it all come from?? Seems the longer we stay in this house, the fuller it gets. But, I have to admit that a fresh start sure seems appealing!

DH picked out the color of the house. We painted a storage shed this color a few years ago to see how we would like it. To see this color on a much bigger version was very nice. The house was grey before. This really pops now.

We slept with the windows open on the west side of the house last night. Our bedroom is on the east side of the house. DH said he slept so cool last night that he actually had to pull the sheet up on himself in the middle of the night. He appears to be a happy camper again.

I have to work this week. I hope everyone has a good week. Madd and Kellie, I hope you are both feeling better by the days! Theresa, get plenty of rest while you are preparing for your move. Everyone, take good care of yourselves and I hope this week has a sprinkle of magic for all!

 

[jeankeri]

Marna- Sorry to hear about your ankle! What a bummer with your race as well.

 

[NATALIEBELLESmom]

Marna that stinks. Well you go ahead and vent anytime this week if you need to. Its finally coming along. DD came home and brought 2 of her friends to help and they are good little works finally I get a break. DH told me to hire a mover just for her room.. He feels bad as I have packed the whole house by myself. I told him before we start school in a few weeks he can take me to Chicago for a ritz dinner and then I will forgive him ohh I also told him a new pair of shoes wouldn't hurt. THanks for all the support Freaps somedays I do not know how I would make it through with out you. Kellie I hope you are resting well and Madd I hope the back is feeling better. For all the rest of crazy freaps lets try to gets some R & R soon we all need it.

 

[mtblujeans]

....My left foot promptly bent ALL THE WAY TO ONE SIDE!!!!! It took all of my FREAP power to not barf all over the parking lot. I guess it's sprained. And the worse part is DH is leaving in the morning to go to Asheville,NC for the whole week for a cnference so I won't have any help with anything this week. . Guess my running career is on hold for a while. I hope everyone else is having a better weekend.

Marna!! What pain you must be in!! Is your foot turning purple?? DS had an injury similar-sounding to yours and the side of his leg, ankle, and foot turned purple so I took him to the doctor. It was a sprain...but the worst sprain I had ever seen. If your foot turns colors, get to the doctor. DS had to have his foot wrapped and iced for weeks! Take care of yourself, now, Marna, so you don't cause more injury.

 

[SHAYMARAYSMOM]

Kellie, I have a surprise for you! I just sent off that Energizer battery offer, for the new pink tote bag, with your address on it. You should receive the tote bag in about 8 weeks! I know you want one and you are kinda' busy right now. So, enjoy!

Thank -You You are the best
I will not be going any place for the next four weeks.

I checked to see if you had checked in before leaving for work and missed your post by just a little So now I'm home and your most definitely sleeping by now...hopefully the happy pills will keep you out of it for a couple days...be a good girl and take them faithfully for the next 24-48 hours anyway.

Sounds like your a little down (not that I blame you). Just keep reminding yourself that everyday that goes by is a day your are healing. You have a wonderful man there beside you...you would be amazed at how many cut & run at the "in sickness" part of their marriages....or maybe not. Give John an extra "atta boy" from me....a kiss is too personal and a hug sounds painful right now so just smack him in the butt and tell him he's a gem I work at a visiting nursing job now and they are amazing!!! (thats the job I switched over to a couple months ago). They really do care about there patients and are there to help you, let them. They will also try to teach John how to do dressing changes and other things as the wound heals. Do you have a wound vac or just that packing & dressing changes? I know it sounds awful but you need this infection to leave your system and an open wound is the best route right now vs. being absorbed into your body. If you need a lift up we will post silly pictures, sexy pictures, wacko stories of our CVS trips or just our messed up lives in general, even when our troubles may seem pale in comparison to what you are going through.

Lots of rest and happy thoughts!

I told DH and he said that he is just doing his job.
The visting nurses are great. The keep telling me to take a pain pill about 1/2 hour before they get to the house but I dont. The make my head spin then I get a bad headache after. From what they said the have a wound care nurse and she is going to come out and check me thise week. At some point they will start spraying some type of silver spray into the wound to help it heal. But the said it will be a bit. Due to the fact the had to make it so deep.

 

[Alesia]

Okay, Kellie, here it is:

 

[It's A Happy Day]

Attention to detail and a morning that has me feeling like this....

 

[maddhatir]

Today is just a mess. Venting.... I am so tired of packing and my DD rooms is a total war zone.

OMG- I am wishing you good luck- DH and I have moved 2x since our first house, I know it is a PITA! not only is it a pain to pack UP- it is just as bad to get to the new place and UNPACK! Expect to have things in boxes for a few years....and pizza for dinner for a while!

Madd....do you know how to make a rice bag for your back? You just pick a small piece of heavy flannel, sew it into a rectangle size of your choice, fill it 3/4 full of regular rice, and sew the end shut. It can be kept in the freezer to be used cold or microwaved to be used hot. I use mine ALOT!

I think I saw those you can buy- as soon as I saw the word SEW I just started But thanks for the idea- I can go buy one- at least it won't LEAK!

Me too!!! I need to vent as well. I'm sitting here with my stupid foot propped up and my ankle three times it's normal size.

Marna- so sorry to hear about your foot- keep an eye on it- years ago- DH had some fat dude land on his foot rotfl2: OK- I will give you the short version- a bunch of the guys were messing around, can't remember why- and one of his friends landed on his foot- and it bent the wrong way! ) He went to the ortho and had to get a cast- he had a torn ligament.

DH picked out the color of the house. We painted a storage shed this color a few years ago to see how we would like it. To see this color on a much bigger version was very nice. The house was grey before. This really pops now.

We slept with the windows open on the west side of the house last night. Our bedroom is on the east side of the house. DH said he slept so cool last night that he actually had to pull the sheet up on himself in the middle of the night. He appears to be a happy camper again.

I have to work this week. I hope everyone has a good week. Madd and Kellie, I hope you are both feeling better by the days! Theresa, get plenty of rest while you are preparing for your move. Everyone, take good care of yourselves and I hope this week has a sprinkle of magic for all!

Like the blue! Our first house was blue with pretty bluish gray field stone- we also painted the shed the same color.

Glad to hear the aliens did not take your DH away and he is almost back to normal It stinks when you feel like you are not living with the man you know and love! They do get wierd sometimes! (Like WE don't, right! )

The visting nurses are great. The keep telling me to take a pain pill about 1/2 hour before they get to the house but I dont. The make my head spin then I get a bad headache after. From what they said the have a wound care nurse and she is going to come out and check me thise week. At some point they will start spraying some type of silver spray into the wound to help it heal. But the said it will be a bit. Due to the fact the had to make it so deep.

You better stay put and take care of yourself MISSY! What, actually, IS the silver stuff

Okay, Kellie, here it is:

Alesia- the hat is beautiful!!!! How's sales???


Update- my back is doing much better- I can at least sit up straight. I am still icing it though.

I did not go out on the boat this weekend. Sat I went and relaxed at the pool for a few hours while DH went out with BIL, SIL and the kids.

 

[pperfectmom]

Good Monday morning Freaps(yeah, I know, what's good about Monday morning? ).

IAHD-sounds like your Monday is starting out on a bad note. Hope it improves.

Alesia-love the hat design. I must "really" love it because I dreamed about your hats last night. I don't know what is up but that is the second dream this week involving dis'ers. The first one involved pudding(and I'll just leave it at that ).

Kellie-I so hope you are feeling better today.

Madd-hope you survived your weekend at the beach with a bad back.

mtblu-hope you survived the teenaged driver.

Theresa-hope you survived packing.

Okay, who have I missed?

My ankle is still swollen but doesn't hurt as bad today and it never did bruise too badly. Hope that's a good sign. I'm still keeping it propped up and am going to take it as easy as I can all week and keep my fingers crossed that I'll be back in business next week. The good news is that DH picked enough blackberries yesterday to make our wine. WooHoo!!!! I hope it turns out good because that was a lot of work. I'm hoping now my ankle will feel up to me picking some later this week to make jam and a cobbler and then I will call it quits on the berries for this year. I also need to make pickles this week but that won't be too hard. Since DH is out of town, I probably won't be cooking a lot so that will be a break for me. I just have to keep the kids entertained so I think tomorrow I'm going to take them to see WALL-E. Has anyone seen it?

 

[NATALIEBELLESmom]

Good Monday morning Freaps(yeah, I know, what's good about Monday morning? ).

IAHD-sounds like your Monday is starting out on a bad note. Hope it improves.

Alesia-love the hat design. I must "really" love it because I dreamed about your hats last night. I don't know what is up but that is the second dream this week involving dis'ers. The first one involved pudding(and I'll just leave it at that ).

Kellie-I so hope you are feeling better today.

Madd-hope you survived your weekend at the beach with a bad back.

mtblu-hope you survived the teenaged driver.

Theresa-hope you survived packing.

Okay, who have I missed?

My ankle is still swollen but doesn't hurt as bad today and it never did bruise too badly. Hope that's a good sign. I'm still keeping it propped up and am going to take it as easy as I can all week and keep my fingers crossed that I'll be back in business next week. The good news is that DH picked enough blackberries yesterday to make our wine. WooHoo!!!! I hope it turns out good because that was a lot of work. I'm hoping now my ankle will feel up to me picking some later this week to make jam and a cobbler and then I will call it quits on the berries for this year. I also need to make pickles this week but that won't be too hard. Since DH is out of town, I probably won't be cooking a lot so that will be a break for me. I just have to keep the kids entertained so I think tomorrow I'm going to take them to see WALL-E. Has anyone seen it?

I seen Wall-E and it was so cute. My DD loved it. I am doing ok with packing. I am glad to hear that the ankle isn't too sore today. Let us know how the wine turns out.

How was the beach Madd?
Kellie I hope you are resting today. Talk to you all later back to the packing and maling sure I got everything.

 

[It's A Happy Day]

My day has gotten better....boy do I really hate stupid people though...

Got the mail and I got my $75 gas card in in the mail today with another card for $10 off $50 mens apparel at Sears It was a fathers day promo Sears has running where if you bought $100 of "dockers" brand clothes they sent you a gas card for $75 in the mail.

This means I got both my dads birthday & fathers day presents for $25

 

[maddhatir]

My day has gotten better....boy do I really hate stupid people though...

Got the mail and I got my $75 gas card in in the mail today with another card for $10 off $50 mens apparel at Sears It was a fathers day promo Sears has running where if you bought $100 of "dockers" brand clothes they sent you a gas card for $75 in the mail.

This means I got both my dads birthday & fathers day presents for $25

You go with your gift cards!

You know what is scary- the stupid people keep breeding! There will be no end to them- it is like an infestation!

Everyone laughs at me- but I am looking to buy some real estate on the moon! Anyone who wishes to join me will need to have an extensive background check in case there is any stupidity- OR rudeness that may run in the family