katelovesorange

its near the end of my day off. i have had a quiet and busy day. i did some art and of course made dinner, dishes and housework in general. made sure the birds i am selling are ready to go. brent says they are going to be picked up soon. once those cages are empty they will get a good wash.

pain level is moderate today only because i was not at work. i managed to get a hold of the dr and she said the renewal was faxed. so why was it not faxed at the same time as the other one. now i have to make another trip to the pharmacy. i am trying to stay out of the store not go there more.

the cats are driving me nuts lately. they wont leave me alone. if one is not on me the other is. i dont mind them beside me but on me is not only painful but it makes me cranky.

got some more cards to mail out. will have to get some more stamps this week. maybe sometime after work, depending on my energy level.

got told we are to clean up messes that clients make in their rooms. all well and good, but there is nothing to clean it up with. so what do they want me to do, use towels. sometimes the office just does not think about what they are saying to us. i would love to go there and slap them, but i cant. so i keep quiet to keep my job and put on a pretend smile.

i love doing my art and i really miss it alot. it helps to calm me and keep me from being too depressed as i focus on something else. i have been suffering from depression for many years. i have good days and bad days. but mostly i just feel sad alot of the time. i try and put on a happy face for brent and work but its alot of work and energy. probably another reason why i am so mentally tired alot.

my new glasses seem ok. any problems they said and i can go back and get checked.

time to take my meds and check on bunny and cat food. see you all tomorrow....

its later in the day now. i worked last night so no entry. i am finding i am too tired to try and write. i worked a shorter day today being as i worked last night. after work i did a quick shop and then home.

i dont have to go anyplace tomorrow. i will catch up on a few chores and maybe some art if i have a bit of time. i got 6 cards in the mail this week. i was so excited to see the mail. i sent my thankyous to the artist and said i would be happy to trade again. so i maybe making some custom cards soon. i really like making these. they are quick and the hardest part is the drying time. i use a white glue as i dont want things falling apart. i made a couple of new cards this past weekend. they have been traded already. i pack up at least one card a day to be mailed out.

brent made dinner tonight,meatloaf. it turned out good. i made the potatoes and beans. there is a pie for later. i was thinking of shepards pie for the weekend.

later on....i got somethings done, and now its time for tea and art. i got a couple of cards ready for the mail. i will drop them in the mail on friday when i go back to work. i start my 6 days on friday. its going to be a long week and i dread the amount of pain i will be in at the end of it. i dont think my employer understands what fibro is and how much pain i am in all the time.

i made pumpkin muffins today too. added alot more spice and they turned out good but i think i need to add even more spice. like any recipe you tinker with it until it works for you.

well its getting late. time for bed...see you all tomorrow...

mondays are not my favorite day. i was up late as my alarm did not go off. but i still made it to work on time which i was glad about. on days like this i always feel like i am behind. i made it throught the day and thats what counts. i came home and did some house work and had my shower. got the socks soaking in the washer. will run them through tomorrow morning before work.

tomorrow is also banking day, so lots of extra running around to do. i also got asked to work tomorrow night too. sigh. i feel kinda obligated now as i am one of the few that can go into the retirement home for now because of the covid. this week also starts my six days straight on friday. so i can only hope i make it to thurs ok. with out my pain meds i am not sure how i can last the 6 days. i will try and call the dr tomorrow and see how soon i can get an appt.

no happy mail for me today. maybe tomorrow , but i did mail a card out to someone today though. i have a few more to mail out this week. i think i might need more stamps. mostly USA stamps. alot of my cards go there. i am working on a new design. it may or may not work as the punch does not go far enough into the paper. see how i like it later. i did some more glueing today as well. have to glue more backs on the cards to mail out.

i am not doing much knitting. not even during breaks at work. i look at it and think , not in the mood. maybe i have lost my mo jo for now. i think being tired alot of the time has something to do with it.

one of my cats is getting older and i think the younger ones are picking on him. i set him up with a food bowl and water upstairs for now. he seems a bit happier today. he has lost alot of weight too, but his appitiete is still good. so i think he is doing much better now.

tried my new batch of V8 today at work. turned out really good. i also made some snack bites on sunday as well. something i can eat fast that will kill the hunger for a bit. i dont bring anything big for lunch as i am bending over so much i dont want to get sick. so its light foods and lots of water.

its getting late and its time to feed the birds...see you all tomorrow...

its sunday on my weekend off, which means its work day tomorrow. so i have been trying to get lots done today while i could. i finished the carrots. i wont be doing anymore canning as i am out of jars. no more to be had until maybe jan if i am lucky. so will have to use what i have for now. i made pumpkin muffins. they turned out really yummy and half are gone already...lol. i had to go get my new glasses today. they are really good and i am seeing very well and clearly. thank goodness. when someone says they cant see , believe them. so that is out of the way . i now have to phone my eye dr and reg dr about appts this week. i wish i could just email them like my dr in barrie. would be so much faster and easier for me now that i am back at work. having to call the drs office repeatedly is very annoying. and the line is always busy. i might as well just drive up there and talk to them in person. i have done it before.

so i have 5 cards to go out this week. not bad for a weeks trade. i have offered to trade on others but no reply. so will spend the next day or two getting mailouts ready. its nice to get mail thats not bills.

i made pasta for dinner and i bought bread as we went out to get my glasses. i love bread so much good thing i dont buy crusty bread often.

i made a couple of new ATC cards today. will post them when i think they might trade.

time for a shower and get things ready for tomorrow. see you all tomorrow.

its almost 5 am. i have been up since 3am. i had to go to the bathroom. sigh. one of the few days i get to sleep in and i am up.

i worked last night and was too mentally exhausted to write an entry. it was a long day at work. i heard they are hiring a male psw to work at the retirement home which means i will loose some hours.

i went back to bed and was able to sleep for a few hours. which was nice. i dont normally fall back asleep.

i was up again near 8 and put on tea and coffee. we went out for breakfast. we have not been out in weeks. it was nice just to chat and have a meal together. i am usually working at lunch and brent is working at dinner so we never have a meal together. after breakfast we did a bit of shopping and came home. i started dinner and got the pot on the stove for boiled dinner.

dinner was good and there is a bit left over for monday for brent. i might make pasta for tomorrow and maybe some bread in the bread machine. i still have some carrots to finish canning and then i am done for now. i wanted to do more but i am almost out of jars and i cant get more until Jan at the soonest. if nothing else i will get a rest from it for now. i never counted how many jars i have in the basement but i know its alot. dont think i want to know really.

i think i might do some art before bed....see you all tomorrow....

well this day has just flown by. its already dinner time. i started canning again this morning and got alot done. i need more small jars. i went to walmart to get my meds and thought i would look for jars when i was there. got my meds. forgot to look for jars....sigh. i guess i will have to make due with what i have.

i am now out of pain meds and no one will be in the drs office till tues. i have no idea what i am going to do. i depend on the meds so i can work and i know the office wont be happy if i call in and say i cant work because i have no pain meds. i didnt even know the drs office was open again. i wished they had called me to let me know they wont be renewing it by fax. least then i could have made an appt. so now what? how can i work and deal with pain and pretend i am ok? i hate my life.

i better go and feed the birds and clean the cat box and of course there is always dishes. then i can relax and have a tea and do some art. i dug out some more card patterns and will try and photocopy them on the weekend. the ones i have picked out will be ones i have painted so i may have to use coloured pencils for it as painting small areas may not be possible for me. my tremors have gotten worse over the last yr or so. so pencils might be a better option now.

later....its time for a shower and get things ready for work tomorrow. days off go by so fast i hardly have time to breathe before its over. sigh. all i want is to win a butt load of money so i can pursue my art and not waste the last good bit of my life working so dam hard ..

see you all tomorrow

the sun is out today and laundry is out. the clothes will smell so nice. i made it through the day at work. my stomach was upset most of the afternoon but i didnt get sick. thats a bonus. tomorrow is my day off and i am canning V8 juice. i should have enough jars. i hope. i might have to go and find some more 2 cuppers for the carrots.

i even spent some time doing some art today. got a fish stitched up and later a picture will be taken of it so i can post it. i got some cards ready to go out as well. i got happy mail yesterday, a card sent to me , its a cat. its really cute. no happy mail today, there is always tomorrow. my creative spark is going good lately. i sketch my ideas when i am at work. i am trying to design a card based on a colour for a trade. its hard for me as i have not had many ideas for it i like. pintrest here i come.

i can smell the V8 cooking. it might be ready to can by lunch time tomorrow. i have to start bringing things to the basement. there is alot of filled jars sitting by the door. i just dont want brent to put them away. i will never find them again. i hated when he decided to “organize” my shelves downstairs. he made a huge mess of it. it drives me nuts when i am trying to find something. i am still trying to sort bits out here and there.

the days are getting so short. i dont like winter. all the darkness is hard on me. i like the sun and colour. winter is a season of no colour and no light. i count the days till the shortest day and then the days get longer.

time for bed as i am falling asleep....see you all tomorrow

its the first day of fall. summer is over and i am incredibly tired today. i work another 2 days before my day off. i should be grateful for my job and i am . i just think i am too old to do it anymore. i made it through today and thats what counts. the last 2 days have been split shifts so i was just too tired to even think when i got home.

the chores later will be to feed all the creatures and bed them all down for the night. hopfully tomorrow will still be a short day and i can be home early and maybe get a few more things done.

i got some happy mail today. a post card from the UK . will have to start to make one to send back. thats the idea is to make postcards to send. its fun to do, but someday i am going to make something i wont want to send....lol i also have 3 ATC's to get out this week. i had to stop and get stamps on the way home today. most of my cards go to the USA. i was hoping to be trading more with Canada but it is what it is today. maybe in the future there will be more to trade with. i just need more time to make the cards. work sure gets in the way of some things.

so tonight instead of going back to work and working till 9, its shower and bed by 830 and hopefully sleep well until its time to get up. see you all tomorrow....

i was up early again today, mostly because i had to go to the bathroom yet again. but in the end it gets me going to finish the tomatoes which are in the canner now. so that is done.

today is also day 1 of 6 days of work. yuck. i wish i had some extra pain pills. i really need them during this time.

i also traded another card yesterday. good thing its almost ready to go in the mail. i made an album on the facebook page but i dont think many are interested in the cards i make. the trick is to find something alot of people like and are willing to trade for. that is the hard part. will keep playing with ideas...and see how it goes.

much much later...almost bed time. home from work now, i had my shower and got a few things ready for the morning. some days i feel like i am always at work....

i am going to try and get the pineapple canned tomorrow. there is enough for a few jars. i dont want it to go bad before i eat it. it was 2 good sized pineapples.

i better get to bed 430 comes early....see you all tomorrow

it has been a very busy day. i was up early and got to it early. i canned the first pot of tomato sauce. i then canned all the nectarines i bought , all of that took most of the morning. i have the last pot of tomatoes on the stove cooking down. that will be it for tomatoes.

i washed the floor and did up most of the dishes. i didnt get to dinner however but there is still chicken in the frig for him. me on the other hand is not hungry at all. but with the fact i have to take meds later i have to eat. the birds are fed and watered. the rabbit cage is cleaned. he needs to be brushed but i lost his brush some place.

i am still feeling dizzy today and stiff. the pain level is high and i rest when i can.

i checked my list for tomorrow and so far as of right now no changes. work has a habit of changing things after i go to bed. really pisses me off. i think about quitting work every day because of this. i cant deal with pissed off people every day because they decide to change people around. i wish i didnt have to work. it would sure save me alot of pain. i need to win the lottery. sooner to later the dizziness and pain and lack of balance is going to catch up with me and i may pass out at work. i am booked back to back with no time for a break for at least 5 or 6 hours. so by then i am so tired i can hardly think.

on the bright side i got more happy mail today, 2 more cards. i love all the cards i have gotten so far. i am sending one out tomorrow and i am working on another trade. see what happens i guess.

i have more to do before bed so i am going to close here for now and see you all tomorrow.