hoffalady > Thursday        Dec 10 '09

this week has flown by!

nothing new or exciting to report today. well, aside from the boys bus not showing up. I called the "transportation center" and was told their bus had broken down in the shop but they were working on it. instead of hanging around and waiting, I went ahead and dropped them off.

the rest of my day was pretty quiet. I did some stuff around the house. also finished Tenth Grade Bleeds. it’s a teen vampire series that Tyler discovered earlier this morning. unlike Twilight, these vampire actually are vampire, not fairies w/ overbites.

oh and the photo! I noticed the other day that the orchid June gave me for my birthday this year was budding again. I wanted to show her. it'll be cool to have new blooms at the new year! I love you June!! feel better soon my dear heart.
hoffalady > Thursday      Nov 5 '09       day 446

rosemary
hoffalady > Monday        Nov 2 '09        day 443

daisies

what a long day!!! can someone wake me up when it's spring? please??

i spent most of it retouching photo, not one of my favorite things... but what can i do? the client requested it!

over the weekend, I finally told Mama about the heart thingy I had a few weeks back. that lead to a phone call today from Daddy telling me that he wants to hear about my health from me directly, not second hand from his wife. I told him I would... but after I got off the phone, I kept thinking about the call. so I sent him a text saying that I was sorry if not telling him hurt his feelings because that wasn't my intention. my text lead to another phone call (cause he doesn't text). 

Daddy said that he had a really great time up here last weekend and it made him realize how much he's missing out on and how much he has missed. he acknowledged that we don't have much of a relationship but said that he wants to change that. he said that he wants to be a part of my life...

I'm left feeling a bit indifferent. Daddy didn't raise me and I fought for a relationship w/ him for years growing up starting when I was 13. I guess I'm a lil offended seeing as I am now 34 and all of a sudden he's ready? I don't know....

the hubby was kinda shocked by my reaction because he, more than anyone else, know much much family means to me and how fiercely I protect my relationships....
hoffalady > Friday   Oct 16 '09   day 426

greenies

what a great day! i lazed around this morning, uber unproductive. it was fantastic! :0p

the hubby only had to work a half day. so we got to have some time together w/o the boys, which doesn't happen often during the school year. it was chilly out today and since we might have our first frost of the year this weekend, i went ahead and picked the last of my tomatoes. they'll ripen on the counter.

when i was driving home from picking up Vernando, i told him that i thought it was time we used our fire pit for the first time. my mama gave it to me last xmas because she uses her chiminea instead. every time we've gone to use the fire pit, it's either started raining. i swear! every single time!! V's face light up and he asked if i had any hotdog- weenie roast!!

the hubby is sucha good sport. i sprung the fire pit on him when i got home and he went right to it. the boys had a blast! between the weenie roast and then marshmallow smorgasbord..... :0)

happy friday!!
hoffalady > Thursday    October 15 '09    day 425

leafy

i took today "off" and did as little as possible. my whole body was aching. i wanted to give it some time to recover. so far so good on my BP med and none of the side effects, thus far. i am a bit annoyed by the HUNDREDS of drug interactions listed for it but i'll just have to be vigilant... and the sooner i lost the weight, the sooner i can get off these lil pills, hopefully!

i did learn from my aunt that my grandmother (my fathers mother) had heart disease. it wasn't what killed her but it kept her in the hospital more often than not. i'm still waiting to hear if it was the plaque build up kind (my cholesterol is fine) or the rate and rhythm disrupting variety, which is hereditary. 

the boys had a fall festival after school today. i thought i'd head straight over after picking up Vernando and we could all have a lil fun. unfortunately there was a misunderstanding on T & Q's part. instead we came home almost right away w/ neither T nor Q speaking to me. oh well.

i'd wanted to get some shots at the school but it was pretty much mayhem. i wouldn't even say organized chaos because that would be a total lie! LOL!! so today it's leafy lettuce. :0)

btw, thanks for all the comments yesterday. i appreciate you.
hoffalady > Wednesday     October 14 '09       day 424

drenched

i woke up this morning tired and feeling a lil off. not really sick and no pinpointed pain but not right either, but i pushed on. i got the boys off to school, took my walk and even managed to get this shot in the foggy early morning light. i had a quick brekkie by mid morning but still couldn't shake it. so i figured i'd lay down and make a lil power nap would right me.

but i couldn't quiet my body. in the stillness and peace of my bed, i did realize that my heart was racing. i took my resting heart rate and it was 120. i called my FNP's office for an appointment and i was a bit shocked to find that when i spoke my voice was hushed like i was out of breath. they said to come in immediately.

driving the 3 short miles, gave me just enough time to panic making it worse, i'm sure. (just being in the office did calm me a teeny bit because i knew if anything was going to happen, i would be well taken care of.) my BP was 168/113!! i was quietly given an albuteral treatment to dilate everything and by the time i was laying down for an EKG, i could feel my heart slowing a bit. the EKG was normal. during the exam my heart sounded fine, fast, but not off. 

Miss Lisa, who i was seeing for the first time, went back thru my charts and noticed that my blood pressure had been high or borderline the last couple of visits. so she prescribed a med to lower my BP.

thankfully by the time i got home, the hubby was home from his appointment in Memphis. he went and filled my scripts. within an hour of taking my med my resting heart rate was 78, well w/in the normal range. i felt right as rain.... just exhausted.

the moral of the story is:

 1) listen to your body, especially you ladies, heart disease is the #1 killer of women! and since they don't know exactly what causes it- we have to be vigilant to take care of the only heart we heave.

2) my lu is always right! she knew my BP had been high before and she remembered times when i had felt off before.
hoffalady > Tuesday     Oct 12 '09     day 423

onion

normally during the school Monday is my favorite day of the week. this week it was today. i have my routine when everyone is outta the house. i don't have to take anyone else's feelings into account. i can just do my thing. today that included taking my walk (while giving John a hard time on Facebook), eating my brekkie on the couch while i watched last weeks Medium and doing the grocery shopping.

while i was at the commissary, i ran into a co-worker of the hubbys. he's been telling the hubby for ages that he wants me to do some family portraits for them. we got to talk a bit in the produce aisle. we have to get those done in the next few weeks before the trees are naked!

oh rain... you're here again.... *sigh*
hoffalady > Monday       Oct 12 '09          day 422

spoiled

i'm back (again) i took a break from pretty much everything electronical starting last Friday and spent time w/ all my men. nothing too exciting happened... :0)

the hubby had today off and the boys went back to school. so it was almost business as usual for me. the hubby even went w/ me on ly morning walk. he's a good egg.

it sprinkled on and off all day but they are calling for rain every day this week. so, photographically, i'll be focusing on the lil things.

hope y'all have been well! :0)
hoffalady > Tuesday         Sept 29 '09        day 416

sucker

a lil something different today. i hate mosquitoes w/ all of my being and the love me just as much as i hate them. it's ridiculous. this lil nasty is the biggest blood sucker i've ever seen tho. she was a lil bit bigger than a nickel! i'm just glad i swatted her before she took a chunk outta my arm!!

i took the last week or two off of the dailies. the main reason is my Dad hasn't been checking my 365 gallery like he used to. there are other reasons as well- lack of inspiration, my own lack of commenting, the blahs. but in the end i missed it. i missed using it as my photo blog, missed rambling on when i feel like it.

so looks like you're stuck w/ me until i say so, huh?
Thursday Dec 10 '09

this week has flown by!

nothing new or exciting to report today. well, aside from the boys bus not showing up. I called the "transportation center" and was told their bus had broken down in the shop but they were working on it. instead of hanging around and waiting, I went ahead and dropped them off.

the rest of my day was pretty quiet. I did some stuff around the house. also finished Tenth Grade Bleeds. it’s a teen vampire series that Tyler discovered earlier this morning. unlike Twilight, these vampire actually are vampire, not fairies w/ overbites.

oh and the photo! I noticed the other day that the orchid June gave me for my birthday this year was budding again. I wanted to show her. it'll be cool to have new blooms at the new year! I love you June!! feel better soon my dear heart.
hoffalady > Thursday        Dec 10 '09

this week has flown by!

nothing new or exciting to report today. well, aside from the boys bus not showing up. I called the "transportation center" and was told their bus had broken down in the shop but they were working on it. instead of hanging around and waiting, I went ahead and dropped them off.

the rest of my day was pretty quiet. I did some stuff around the house. also finished Tenth Grade Bleeds. it’s a teen vampire series that Tyler discovered earlier this morning. unlike Twilight, these vampire actually are vampire, not fairies w/ overbites.

oh and the photo! I noticed the other day that the orchid June gave me for my birthday this year was budding again. I wanted to show her. it'll be cool to have new blooms at the new year! I love you June!! feel better soon my dear heart.
Thursday Dec 10 '09

this week has flown by!

nothing new or exciting to report today. well, aside from the boys bus not showing up. I called the "transportation center" and was told their bus had broken down in the shop but they were working on it. instead of hanging around and waiting, I went ahead and dropped them off.

the rest of my day was pretty quiet. I did some stuff around the house. also finished Tenth Grade Bleeds. it’s a teen vampire series that Tyler discovered earlier this morning. unlike Twilight, these vampire actually are vampire, not fairies w/ overbites.

oh and the photo! I noticed the other day that the orchid June gave me for my birthday this year was budding again. I wanted to show her. it'll be cool to have new blooms at the new year! I love you June!! feel better soon my dear heart.
See photo in gallery

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