Seraphim Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Wow - really? lol My MIL is a bit like that (has strong expectations on how she should be treated) whereas my parents never expect anything from me - I used to think my parents were the "norm" .. so it always strike me as so weird when parents act like kids.. We got a cat after our little dog passed (of a neurological disease). He's so fluffy but he too is a scaredy cat. Like if the door bell rings or he hears/sees/smells new people he immediately bolts to the den and promptly spends the next few hours hiding under a table or sofa. He also doesn't like to be touched - which is heart breaking because he's so fluffy!!!! (A medium haired domestic cat). Yeah my mom broke her back recently and he didn't get his 75th birthday party party or at least it wasn't good enough for him. My mom had all his kids and grandchildren over and they had cake and he got his birthday gifts and they also got their Christmas gifts. But apparently that wasn't good enough. I can tell you if he broke his back anyone's birthday would be the last thing that would ever come to his mind. But because I was upset about my mother and busy making and cleaning up the Christmas dinner I didn't get him a card or birthday gift so now all of a sudden it was the worst birthday of his entire life. Little bit dramatic arnt we? His mother shamelessly spoiled him when he was little. So now he has this three-year-old attitude about crap like that. And to tell my mother that the party wasn't good enough after she broke her back and still went with the party anyway, I could kick him upside the head. He's a good man in a lot of ways but in that way he surely isn't. I told my mom if she wanted to deal with spoiled ungrateful sissy behavior that was up to her but I wasn't. Yes, cats can be skittish things. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 The insomnia of menopause is going to drive me around the bend. I was awake till three in the morning last night. Link to comment
Silverbirch Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Don't think I have had any of the symptoms people talk about - except that my skin is more dry. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Yeah, my mother-in-law said she had no symptoms either. I know my mom complained bitterly about hot flashes but really I didn't have that many. But the insomnia is really bad and so were the mood swings. Thankfully I don't have the mood swings anymore that stopped a couple months ago. Link to comment
mhowe Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I hear ya on the insomnia. It comes and goes...like the hot flashes! Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 I hear ya on the insomnia. It comes and goes...like the hot flashes! Oh my God it just sucks the big wiener schnitzel doesn't it?! You just feel exhausted like you've been run over by an 18 wheeler. Link to comment
mhowe Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 And what makes it worse is that my bf can actually fall sound asleep 10 minutes after his head hits the pillow. Sigh. I would give my left arm for that. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 And what makes it worse is that my bf can actually fall sound asleep 10 minutes after his head hits the pillow. Sigh. I would give my left arm for that. Oh yeah! My husband's asleep in 33 seconds literally. He puts his head down and snoring in less than a minute. Last night I laid there in bed from 10:30 until three in the morning. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 I did have a much better sleep last night. I realized I was extremely agitated for two days. Sometimes it's hard to tell when I'm agitated. But when my body and mind finally relaxed I realized how agitated I had been. Then my other leg decided that it wanted to be in throbbing pain. So I was having a hard time sleeping through the pain but I did finally fall asleep and both legs are fine this morning. We got out of my mother's just in time. Everybody back home is barfing and has diarrhea for 2 days. My mom and my stepdad ,the baby ,my brother and my nieces. Everyone is throwing up and has diarrhea. I'm glad to have escaped that. Link to comment
luminousone Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Ugh on the insomnia... After a year then my sleep patterns returned to normal. Yikes on the stomach virus!!! Sounds like a typical family holiday gathering - at least when my kids were younger! Invariably my nephew would get sick snd then everyone else. Or my older son would be tge vector. You might take some extra probiotics just in case... Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Ugh on the insomnia... After a year then my sleep patterns returned to normal. Yikes on the stomach virus!!! Sounds like a typical family holiday gathering - at least when my kids were younger! Invariably my nephew would get sick snd then everyone else. Or my older son would be tge vector. You might take some extra probiotics just in case... I'm hoping after I hit menopause that my sleep will go back to normal. I hit my menopause January 10 next month!! Yeah somehow my brother got sick first and then everybody got it. But it's usually a little one that brings it into the house and kills everybody with it. Every single Christmas my son used to get tonsillitis and I have to spend every 23rd of December sitting in a walking clinic because the doctor's office was closed. Link to comment
luminousone Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Yep- been there done that! Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 I found the perfect thing to tattoo if it can be done. link removed Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 New smoking bylaw in Ontario as of tomorrow!! No smoking on restaurant patios ,playgrounds or public sports fields. AWESOME! Link to comment
Seraphim Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Uuuuuuuhhhhh you can imagine my surprise...... There was a Happy New Year email in my inbox from my uncle. BLECK!!!!! Apparently my Aunt sent out an email to everybody in her address book. Well he just replied to everybody in her address header. But amazingly now after that EDMR therapy I don't give a crap. I had no feeling about it whatsoever. SUCCESS!!!! Link to comment
Seraphim Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Wooooooohooooooo 2015!!!!! Link to comment
Seraphim Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Rent is going up 1.5% as of April 1. It's gone up almost $100 a month since we got here five years ago. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 My husband and I went out and did a snow removal job. It's a small apartment building with two parking lots. We did it with shovels because there was not enough snow for the snowblower. But it was really heavy because it rained on top of it. Link to comment
luminousone Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 My husband and I went out and did a snow removal job. It's a small apartment building with two parking lots. We did it with shovels because there was not enough snow for the snowblower. But it was really heavy because it rained on top of it. Maybe you should look into getting a snowplow attachment for your truck! Link to comment
Seraphim Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 If we get a plow then you have to register as a commercial vehicle and the insurance is insane. The snowblower is really good enough. There really wasn't enough snow on the ground yesterday to use the blower though. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 We had a really good time working together. Hopefully we can make a little business out of it. Link to comment
luminousone Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Oh I hadn't thought about registration and insurance! I had just seen information about snow plow attachments for my truck and wondered if it would work for you. It only snows once a year here, so that wouldn't be feasible for me anyway. And I guess not for you guys. However, when I was growing up in Michigan I do know my brothers made good money shoveling neighbors' driveways. My parents pay for snow removal service and they use a snow blower. My sons wanted it to snow in Michigan this year so they could use the snow blower, but it was rainy and 45 degrees so no snow while we were there! (Actually very typical weather for Oregon but not Michigan). Well, I bet your son could help you and your husband, too. But I'm glad the two of you had fun together. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Yeah it is really my husband wanting to start a little side business with his son. Now if we could get the son interested.........lol. We have a snow blower and ramps to get it into the back of the truck so we can move it to locations that need blowing. So it is good for now. Last winter we would have made a KILLING snow blowing. But we didn't have it then unfortunately. I think last year this area had about 9 feet of snow all totaled by the end of winter. I am about 8 hours from Michigan and about 1 hour from NY state. Link to comment
Seraphim Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 My husband is pretty sick with a cold this morning. Last night because he was sick I swear he was snoring so loud he was rattling the windows. So he called in sick. Link to comment
luminousone Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Well the mild weather in SE Michigan has plummeted from 41 degrees to 9 degrees and snow in one day. So - if the winds continue your way, get ready for a cold snap and some more snow! Hope your husband gets better soon! And hope you and your son do not get it! Link to comment
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