Hi people...Hey, what's the deal with Grumpy Bumpers?  Are they down again?  Is there a limit to how many pics you can use in one set?  I added a few more to my 71 and now nothing's coming up. grrr

It's 30f degrees here today.  It's windy so feels like 20. brrr.  Next week is "really" going to freeze my taters, nothing over 20f degrees!  Here comes the dead of Winter...omg  Get me outa here fast!  I hate our freezing cold weather!  I think they blow it in from Siberia!  Lordy!

Things are moving along with my new job at Creative Addictions.  We've got a schedule  now for the Mod's challenge which we're all taking part in and guess who's up next?  Yep, yours truly!  I've offered up a suggestion of what I'd like to have done and am waiting on the go ahead from the others before I start hunting down the items that I need for it.  I am so excited!  My first run at helping! WooHoo!

I'm making masks now!  So far, I've got 5 made!  They're Valentines masks and Belinda's saving them for CA's new Blog so when the Blog's all done, she's going to put them on it somewhere!  She says I'm doing great and I can make all I like so I'm going to keep on until I run out of ideas.  I mean, how many hearts and flowers masks can one make, right? Smile/Wink...

I'm feeling so much better today even though I didn't climb into bed until 5 a.m. last night and got up at 10:30 this morning. No nap either so doing pretty good. Since I couldn't sleep last night, I made a pot of potato soup with beef and bacon. It turned out fantastic!!! Even Gretchyn can appreciate that mamma is a good cook. lol She had 2 bowls all by herself! lol At seperate times of course.

I'm on the Fox Network waiting for Charlie Sheen's Show but don't seem to be getting it. hmmm  All that's on is American Idol.  I don't like that show but am suffering through to see if Charlie comes up next maybe.  I hope so, I think he's a great actor. 

Well, later taters, take care...
Rhonda

It's our TV time now, shhhh Thank you...

 



Happy Saturday!  Still having a medium amount of pain, but slowly getting better.  I tried ramen noodles w noodles last night instead of just drinking the broth and a couple pieces of toast.  So far so good. 

I made a big bowl of pudding last night and later today I'm going to try a cup of it and hope that it'll treat my pancreas ok and not backfire on me. lol  I still don't understand why the ER or my doctor didn't put me on an antibiotic. 

It's a gorgeous day today and I've got the door open for fresh air.  The dog and cats are loving it!  Me too! lol  It's nice but today's the last of our January thaw so it's back to canned air tomorrow.

The college kids are all on line so I've been fighting for a smidge of internet access today.  For a while, I just gave up when it went down to 3 bars. ugh

Yep, I've given up on The Nook, no one wants to do any challenges, or even sign in so it's a no go.  I don't blame them, there are so many other groups out there that are more active and fun.  Even I have found myself constantly at Creative Addictions as a member because it's such a great group!  So Nook will just sit there till the .com runs out and I'll probably just delete it.  What's the use of having a group when there's no one there?

Hope your all having a nice Saturday!

Hugs to all,
me

Omg what a day!  Well it's been about 2 weeks but I finally caved in and headed to the ER with an overnight bag deciding that I just couldn't take the freaking pain any longer.  I kept hoping it was something like a pulled muscle in my abdomen from my coughing.  Yeah, I have smokers cough. ugh.  The pain didn't go away, it kept getting worse, and the last couple of days I was absolutely miserable!  All I was eating, well drinking was the broth from ramen  noodles, chicken noodle soup and nothing else.

Anyway, got there at 5p.m.  The wait was unbearable but I hung in there.  Finally got to my room, waited another half hour.  So, after seeing 2 nurses, the lady who gets all the insurance info, I got tagged then had to drink the "contrast" water so they could send me off to CT scan.  That went fine.  I got hooked up to a bag of saline, they toook the blood, and got my morphine through it.  Ohhhh at last!  Relief!  That's when I started welling up with tears because of the relief.  I'd put up with this for 2 weeks and it was finally over.  Whew!

All of the tests came back, and yep, it was my pancreas again.  Acute "plus" Chronic.  The nurse explained that being that it's chronic, it will be coming back.  Oh fun!  I did not want to hear this!  I have enough chronic crap in my body to add another one, but guess I'll just have to deal with it. pfffft!

She gave me a bunch of great tips though to hold it off hopefully for long periods of time.  I will be using these tips, because I sure don't want to have to deal with this agony again as long as I can help it!  It causes so much pain in my lower back, shoulders, and my entire abdomen!  So there's really no comfortable way to sit, lay down, stand, double over, etc.... So even sleep for the last 2 weeks has been horrible.

Now that the tests and results were done, they said that I could come home.  It was midnight!  But ya know?  I didn't want to be there anyway, and didn't want the cats and dog to spend any more time alone.  They paid for the cab to bring me home.  I was fine with that, because a cab at midnight here is on the pricey side.  The cab I normally use only runs until 8p.m.

Three days more of liquid diet, move up to jello and yogurt and then really soft foods like mashed potatoes with "no" butter. ewwwww.  Oh Lord, anything to get past this!

So they sent me home with a prescription for pain, and a prescription strength pepto to keep the vicodin from upsetting my already violated tummy.  Thank you Lord for saving the day today! 

Anyway, that's how I spent my day.  Now listening to my oldies channel watching the cats do their craziness in the middle of the night and feeling my Gretchyn staring at me waiting for me to pack it in and go to bed. lol  One more cup of hot tea should do it.  Take my meds and hit the trail.

I have tags to post over at Creative Addictions but I'm waiting until tomorrow.

Niters all....

Oh seriously.  August?  Omg I can't believe it.  How time just flies!  Even if your not having any fun! Sheesh!  That's about a third of a year!  Where the where was I all this time?  Well, I can say this much, I spend tons of time over at Creative Addictions PSP Group because it's a total BLAST!  There's just so much fun to be had there!

 

Well, it's been an adventure, that's for sure.  I have a new kitten!  His name's Oreo and he's about 5 months old now. 

 

Isn't he just adorable?

 

I wanted to rename him "DoubleStuff" because of all of the white. lol  But he's still Oreo...  I know, I have a page for all of my furbabes, but I wanted you to see him right off the bat! lol

 

Yesterday was the first day of Winter.  It was also the last day of the World.  erm, umm, I'm still here, how about you? lmao  The end of the Mayan calander.  I usually put a new on up on the wall come January 1st....  Why didn't they? lol

 

I'm finally in the last leg (pardon the pun) of getting a scooter.  Woo Hoo!!!  Yep, all that's needed now is one final visit to my doctor, him filling out the paperwork, sending it on to my insurance company and getting my scooter!  I'm so glad too because the old left leg is about useless at this point.   I'm anxious and really excited!

 

Here's hoping you all have a wonderful Merry Christmas,

 

 

 

and a Happy New Year!

Huge Hugs,

 

 

 

Maybe I should explain my nick a little.  It was actually given to me about 5 years ago by a sweet friend who lives on one of the Grecian Isles.  I didn't think I liked it at first, but thought about it for a while.  My family has a lot of "Ron's" in it.  My Dad, one of my Grandfathers, my son.  Anyway, I never really liked Rhonda at all.  There's a "doh" at the end. LMAO  So okies, I decided that Rhon was fine with me so for five years  now I've been using Rhon as my screen name.  So there ya have it.

I'd love to change my name in RL but it would break my Dad's heart because he actually  named me for the actress "Rhonda Flemming".  He loved her red hair!!! lol

omg I guess I haven't been here in quite a while! lol  August has been a hectic, and frantic month for me.  I won't bore you with all the tiny details though mostly because you'd proabably laugh your ass off at me.  Anyway, just touching base today.

It's a gorgeous Tuesday here and now that there aren't any (mostly) waves rocking the boat I can relax a little.

I'm so happy, happy that I've been able to make contact with my granddaughter Anna it just blows my mind!  I can't believe she's already graduated High School and is now moving on to college!  All I can say is thank you for FaceBook!  I've let her know how much I've missed her and to please let her brothers and sisters know how much I missed them too.

I hope your all having a beautiful day today!  The sun's shining here, with 79 degrees and blue skies.  Lovin' it!

I better get dressed, still in my jamz, make the bed and get Gretchyn outside.  I didn't realize it's almost 1pm. rofl  Talk to ya'll later...

Hugs n Love,

me

Hello on this lovely, wet Thursday.  Went to

group "depression" today then Big Lots &

walked home from there.  Took a half an hour

break then walked over to Aldi's.  omg my dogs

are barkin'!  Other than that, nothing else going

on today.  That's ok, I need a break this evening.

lol.

For those of you who Paint Shop Pro, "Taking

Back Paint Shop Pro" has moved it's date to

October 26th and the Deadline for getting your

ticket is October 25th.  Tickets are $10 and the

proceeds go to the "Make A Wish" foundation.

I hope you make it!

Ya'll take care and have a great evening!

Sending hugs,



Last Leg 'O Summer Here~AUGUST

Hello, hello!  August 1st!  Yeah, it's still hot. lol  We have 3 days of real hot here too! ugh  Looks like AC and indoor activities for me!  That would be psp. lol

New skins and banners have been afixed to the Nook and I just made a new blinkie for the top too.  I won't have to bug my best friend Alexa to make them anymore, I finally figured them out.  Well, the easy ones anyway. lmbo  No way can I do those extravagent ones I've seen with so many motion pictures going on.

Any way, here it is if you'd like to add it to your blog or fb or whatever...

Am I getting good at these or what? lol

The url's easy enough: http://psp-nook.com

Yep, that's it. 

Ya'll ought to come over and join, and have some fun in Paint Shop Pro.  Of course, we wouldn't mind at all if you used another graphics program like PhotoShop, or Elements, or Gimp, whatever you like to use.

We love to make tags and forum sets to share!

We have Tutorials, Challenges, all sorts of activities for graphics friends!

One more day and I get to see my darling Granddaughter Anna!  If I'm being redundant, sorry, but it's been around five years and I'm just so excited to get the chance to get to see her again!  Maybe one day I'll get to see all the others, but I'm just totally grateful that I'll be able to see my Anna!

Off to walk the dog, ya'll take care now...

Hugs,