it's been a while since I sent in an update.

Hello. I hope you are doing well.
I know, it's been a while since I sent in an update. I'm sorry
Just in case I didnt tell you before, My eye surgery went well and is healing as it should. I go back in May for another check up.  I can see a bit of improvement each day out of that eye and hope that the work on the right eye does just as well.
My Hubby and I figured it up and since the first of this year, he's gotten in two full weeks of work. All the other weeks he has missed at least one day if not more. And he missed a day this week (Yesterday) due to ice and sleet. We did get some good news in that he was asked if he would like to go to Tennessee with this company and of course he said Yes!.. Not sure when that is going to happen but should be sometime this Spring.  I am hoping that it's after my eye appointment. 
Speaking of Weather.  It's been crazy here. We have had sunny and 70's only to be down in the 20's and icy and snowy and dreary all in one week.  it just is wild.  I went looking through my pictures I took last year and after searching for a bit found that our trees here didn't budd out until April last year. I though it had been in March.  I have not been taking as many pcitures this year as I did last year. I lost the battery to my red camera and I miss using it. I'm hoping to get a new camera when we get the tax return in. 
Barney and Macon seem to like this weather but not Rocky. He wants to come back in as soon as he's "done" and the other two want to play. when it's dry Rocky will find a place in the sun and lay down and watch the other two playing. He gets a bit miffed if , in their play, they run close to him. Worse if they run over him and the two have figured that out and will look at each other, start to play then run over Rocky.  Yes, they are mean to each other.
Barney is in the dog house.again. He pooped in the floor. but he also peed on my bed. He is just lucky that where he peed it didn't seep through to my blankets or sheets. I had planned on washing that jacket anyway.  But Jerry found where he pooped on Jerry's bed, as well.. We can't be too mad at him though. He did come to us twice to go out and we ignored him.  He does not get the idea of waiting for just a few more minutes. So he is now limited to the living room (again)
The cat have to stay inside now.  We have had new people move in and they don't like kitty tracks on their trucks. They don't seem to mind them covered in dirt, but don't let a cat near them.  They have been behaving so far.  They do seem to get more active just before our bedtime and have gotten in trouble with me, jumping onto the back of the couch while I'm sitting on it, because they like to use my leg to boost themselves on up.. I have three scratches on it right now because of that.  I hold a flyswatter over my left leg (the one with the scratches) to remind them, that's a no-no. 
With last weeks paycheck being very short (19 hours) I was limited in how much we could spend on grocries. But since I knew it was going to be a short check I was able to stock up a bit the week before. Hubby has been helping with the cooking on the days he's not working and I think he forgets that I am eating less.  I do eat all my salad, and just take less of the rest of the meal.  Tonight, I'm going to either fix Hot dogs and Mac and Cheese or Chicken breast and mashed potatoes. Either way, I'll have much less of the starfchy stuff and more salad. Hubby is okay with taking the left overs to work for his lunch.
I made Sugar Free pudding four our dessert tonight.
I am hearing... I got to hear my Grand daughter playing in the back-ground while talking to my daughter today. 
I am wearing... brown sweat pans and a black tshirt that has the names of all the members of the Jazz band from my daughter's last year school.
I am creating...  My notebook of crafts.  I include any thing I do with my fingernails as well. For St Patricks Day, I painted them a medium green then put a glittered green on top of that, then on the thumb nails. I added a bit of irradance sparkle  I made a couple of "Happy Spring" cards. I'm thinking of sending them to my Grand Daughters. I need to make a card to send to my grand son as well.   I need to find some Super Hero ideas for his card. I'll work on his card tomorrow.  I may make one for another little boy I know of.
Of course when I was almost done, I had to take the dogs out. I cleaned up first though. I also added the information to my notebook. Oops. I forgot to add in the size details. I'll have to do that in a minute or two.  I also need to look up a "Spring" poem to put into them.
Tomorrow, once I get the camper cleaned up, I'll work on another card or two.  Hum. maybe even some Easter Cards because it will be here before we know it. I also need to get out a cartridge for Tinker Bell and cut some of those out and send to my daughter so she can pick out which one she wants on her daughter's invites for the party in September. She's giving me lots of time to put them together.  We want to include a "wish list" without it looking like she's asking for these things, but only as suggestions of what to give if someone can't think of what would be a good gift.  I want to do that on a seperate paper or card so that who needs it can carry just the list when they go shopping and not the whole card. 
I'm fairly sure that Hubby is going to have to work on Saturday to make up for yesterday.  So we will have to do our laundry as well as the shopping on Sunday.

 

Billie C.

Howdy.... And Good afternoon.

 

Howdy.... And Good afternoon. I am all caught up with my housework and have a few minutes to write a note.  Outside my door ... It's cold but sunny. It speaks of Spring getting closer and closer. I am so glade that February is a very short month and that March is known for warming up. Looks like our March this year is going to come in like a Lion, Warm but windy Saturday and Sunday and cooler with lots of Rain Monday.  Just what we need. We are already under fire bans in the state.
The Dogs ...  Did not want to play this afternoon. They just wanted to stand and stair at all the campers. Every one is gone except maybe the lady in the one next door to us and she may be out walking Charlie, her yorky.  Now they are all asleep on the beds.
The Cats ... are not happy that I put them in the kennel before I open the door. This morning I guess the water next door was frozen because skip and someone else was over, in the white van with the jet heater, and the cats scattered. One went under the gap to the access for the plumbing and I had to wait for it to come back out before I could cover that with a smaller plastic tub lid.  Once I had the cats and two dogs in kennels I blocked the larger dog (Macon) from coming into the front of the camper, just in case someone knocked on the door. No one did. I have been being extra careful about cleaning up after the dogs. Most of which I have been tossing over the edge of the hill where no one is suppose to be, I am hoping that it will help the uner brush grown stronger and greener.  I might buy some more wild flower seeds to toss along the hill. It gets full sun and I would love to see it in bloom with flowers.
From the kitchen...  Salad, Ground Beef, Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet. Maybe mashed potatoes.
I am hearing... Some movie on the Hallmark Movie Channel.  The cat yowling to be let out, The heater. Jets flying over head.
I am wearing... Brown sweat pants, plain black top. Rainbow tennis shoes
I am hoping... that tomorrow is not a 12 hour day, but only 10 for Jerry. He's so tired when he gets home from work. He eats, cleans up, goes to bed and is asleep almost as soon as his head hits the pillow.  We don't really talk alot most of the time, but now it's even less.
I am creating...  Not sure what I want to work on next. I dont' want to start something I may have to put on hold before this next eye check up on Monday.

Billie C.

update on eye surgery

I had the surgery on the 31st. I had to stay head face down for a week. Wish someone had told me before, that I would have to have done that. I could have been more prepared. The worse was that I could not sleep that way in my bed. i was just too umcomfortable.  I saw the Doctor a week later and all is healing as it should and I no longer have to keep my head face down.  The eye was still a little sore, but I expected that. Now I can watch as the Gas that was put in my eye slowly goes away.  At first it was at the top of my line of sight, a day later about mid way down. yesterday It was only covering 1/4th of my sight. and today about half of that. So in a few more days I may not even see it any more.  I go back March 3rd for a check up. At first everything was very blurry. Now I can see shapes and colors but it's not clear enough to read with. I'm sure as it heals I'll be able to gain back details. Once the left eye heals, my right eye will need some work done in it.  We are a bit iffy on when that will happen since this job may be over with by the end of March and we don't know where we will be going to from here.

 

Billie C.

Update on Eye surgery

I had the surgery on the 31st. I had to stay head face down for a week. Wish someone had told me before, that I would have to have done that. I could have been more prepared. The worse was that I could not sleep that way in my bed. i was just too umcomfortable.  I saw the Doctor a week later and all is healing as it should and I no longer have to keep my head face down.  The eye was still a little sore, but I expected that. Now I can watch as the Gas that was put in my eye slowly goes away.  At first it was at the top of my line of sight, a day later about mid way down. yesterday It was only covering 1/4th of my sight. and today about half of that. So in a few more days I may not even see it any more.  I go back March 3rd for a check up. At first everything was very blurry. Now I can see shapes and colors but it's not clear enough to read with. I'm sure as it heals I'll be able to gain back details. Once the left eye heals, my right eye will need some work done in it.  We are a bit iffy on when that will happen since this job may be over with by the end of March and we don't know where we will be going to from here.

Billie C.