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January 2008 |
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I put together the puzzle
I got from Carolynn for Christmas. I really like this puzzle for
it's picture and the beautiful colors. What makes it extra cool is
that it's a glow-in-the-dark puzzle.
 I've had a bottle of
puzzle glue since before I moved last year, and I've decided it's
time to use the stuff.
 I installed a black light in the
staircase going up to our bedroom, to light up a glow-in-the-dark
framed cross-stitch picture. I'll have to do some more GITD puzzles
to hang in the stairwell gallery.
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Unfortunately I can't say
that I have felt all that good this first week of the year. I've got
two health concerns; but since I'm not in the hospital that's a good
sign so for.
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Since the week of
Christmas I've been paying attention and I've been throwing up
 twice
a week for the last three weeks. I'm not really certain if that's
more than normal or not; but it feels like it, and it troubles me.
I mean besides from the whole heaving physical aspect of it. It
troubles me because there never seems to be a away to judge when this is going
to happen. I can just wake up in the morning, feeling hot, flushed
and nauseous
; or it can happen to me after dinner and my nightly
meds
. I've starting charting when all the incidents happen now so I
will know just how much of a problem this actually is for me. |
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problem too; but I'm not sure of the cause. It could be a side
effect from my meds, or it could be because I'm in my mid-40s, or it
could just be because of the weather. Maybe it's a little bit of all
three is what I'm guessing though. Back in August I was
complaining that my aches and pains could be related to PN
(peripheral neuropathy). Now that it's gotten cold, the aches and
pains have gotten much worse. If I sit still for much more than 10
minutes, it becomes quite a struggle to get all my limbs to "wake"
back up and get the kinks out enough to move - much less the fact
that doing all that hurts. By my next doctor appt. in March when
(hopefully) it'll be warmer, if I still hurt like this I'm going to
really make an issue about this problem and see what can be done. |
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| I remember back starting
my first Spring semester at UNCC (1984), we had the strangest Winter
weather - it got warm! For a week and a half, things warmed up into
Spring-like weather and flowers began to bloom. Of course, by the
third week in January, we had a severe ice storm, and regular
weather patterns resumed. Sometimes it's so hard to prove Global
Warming when things stay the same though. Here it is 24 yrs. later
and we're having another one of those warm-ups in the middle of
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And if things are warm and Spring like again in Ohio, can you guess
where DO and I went to enjoy the 65 degree weather? That's right -
the park! With my recent weeks of feeling sickly and achy, I
decided not to attempt riding a bike this time. Instead, DO and I
along with Rosita strolled around the park soaking up the warmth and
some sunshine. |
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| The park just isn't as
pretty in the Winter. With no leaves on the trees, it's easy to see
the back of Mercy Hospital (where I go to have my blood work done,
and where I was the first time I had pneumonia), and the McKinley
Monument. |
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| The park isn't as pretty
as it was just back in November. |
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| Zita guards by the rocks |
DO and Zita in the park |
| Believe it or not, I've still got a
flower growing in my front yard. Of course, we haven't had too much
snow this year, nor has it really been all that cold (yet!). As you
can see my neighbor still has something out of place in their yard
too. They really ought to get "Santa" inside before we do get a cold
snap and a foot of snow. LOL |
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Week Two: |
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| Well, that's what I get for talking
about there being no snow. Now it's gotten windy, cold, and about an
inch of snow is on the ground. I borrowed DO's car to run by Waikems
for a check-up on their cameras. On the way home, I swung by to get
a picture of the park covered in snow. |
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Week Three: |
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Since it's the middle of Winter and
not much to do (especially now that it's gotten cold and snowy
again), I've started doing more puzzles.
I wasn't looking forward to finishing up the blue sky in this
2000 piece puzzle - and I didn't have to. There was one piece
missing here the top of the house.
Any puzzle missing a piece is a broken puzzle and belongs in the
trash. |
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Currently, I'm working on two new
puzzles. One is a 1000-piece puzzle of a castle (underneath
everything on the table). The other is this 3D carousel puzzle
that is partially completed. I really do like doing the 3D kind.
After puzzling out and completing all the sections, it's another
puzzle figuring out how to connect the pieces into their third
dimension.
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| The weather has gone totally crazy.
It's gotten warmer again reaching clear into the 50's this week;
but it's nearing the end of January so you know this isn't going
to last. The weather prediction is for gusty winds to drop
our temp by 30+ degrees, and the snow to come back just before
the end of the month. |
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The winds did blow in the cold and
its' only 10 degrees today, with a tiny dusting of snow swirling
around. Like I said though, I'm not surprised because this is
January with the shortest but coldest month of the year (Feb) about
to be upon us. Don't forget Feb. will be extra long this month with
it's extra day for Leap Year.
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| I'm happy to say that I can end this
month with some good news. I haven't thrown up in two weeks!
I've had some of the worst aches in my muscles and joints than I've
ever had in my life; but I haven't puked in a while and that is all
that matters.
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