Hello my long neglected blog

Ok apparently I am not very good at keeping this blog up. I really need to get better about it.
Life in the last couple of months has really for the most part been mundane routine. Mr S. was laid off from his job in early May and just got the call back last week. He went back to work this Monday. I have been working regular 2nd shift hours (3-11) this summer instead of my 11am-7pm shift so my whole day has been kind of messed up.
Work for me has been steady, not a ton of overitme but no fears about lay-offs or anything like that either.

Last summer at this time as many of my followers know I was in the home stretch on wedding plans and getting those last details in place and take care of. This summer has been so much more laid back and restful.I can hardly believe that we are a just over a month from having been married a year.

Most people say the 1st year married is the hardest but really for us it hasn't been all that bad at all. Maybe its that fact that we have been together for almost 8 years already.

Well thats about all I feel like typing for now. Hopefully it won't be 3 months before I post again.

~Been a long time~

It has been a long time since I have posted anything. I have been pretty bad with this oops/

Life has been a wee bit nutty lately what with my schedule being changed for 3 1/2 weeks while my boss is out of the country.

Mr S. got laid off again indefinitely. Chrysler's bankruptcy caused 75% of the people he works with to get laid off. It is a bummer but we have to just keep plugging along.

Hopefully I will keep up with this soon.

Happy Birthday Mr S.

Happy 32nd Birthday. I realized today you have been part of my life for almost a 1/4 of yours now.

Someone make it stop...

Well Eric's doctor called the other day and things may not be too great. He has to go see a cardiologist next Wednesday at 9:30. There was something in the echo that they did not like. Now I don't know how much the doctor told my husband because I wasn't home when he got the call but I am worried as all heck about him. I know he's had his murmur for almost 32 years and if he needs some kind of heart surgery he is a young man and wil be better able to bounce back than an older person would.

The thing is I have been through the heart surgery wait and worry with 3 of my 4 grandparents and I just hate to think that I may have to do that with my husband.

Gotta continue to think positively but I am scared as hell.

Got Stress?

Well today was Eric's Stress test and Echocardiogram. I have to give the hospital kudos for the 2 tests starting right on time, but boo to whoever scheduled them 2 hours apart. The stress test was 1st and only took about 1/2 an hour so of course we got to sit in a waiting room for an hour and a half and got to see infomercials and religious programming. Not really my idea of great fun at 7:30 in the morning. I don't for sure how long it will be before Eric's doctor has the results and we know what if anything will need to be done.

I am cautiously optimistic that everything is going to be just fine. Just have to not think about the waiting.

So far this week has been going ok but it is only Tuesday.

In better news as my mother said today when I saw her 17 more days until Florida. I am ready for some hopefully warmer weather.I just have to get my bags packed and my car cleaned out of anything we don't need in there.

Monday, Monday

{sarcasm} Oh how I love Mondays.{/sarcasm}
Ok so now that we've determined that I am not all that fond of Mondays, I can say that so far today hasn't really been too bad.

The groundhogs, both the big guy in PA and the one up in Howell, Mi, Predicted 6 more weeks of winter this morning. Um yeah spring pretty much officially begins in about 6 weeks. Go figure.

Tomorrow is Eric's stress test and ekg. I am so ready for that to be over. We have to be at the hospital at 7am, the 2nd test is scheduled for 9 am. Tomorrow is going to be a long day but hopefully everything is going to be good news.We certainly could use some right now.

Stupid Economy

I guess I was a little to hasty in being glad yesterday was Friday.
My husbands truck has been not running right and I had to go and pick him up at work last night. He was laid-off from his job for at least a couple of weeks again. The shop he works for was already running really light crew and anybody who didn't get called back from the holiday shutdown back in December no longer has a job there.

I hate the company he works for but now with his truck messed up it is going to be that much harder for him to search for a job with my work hours. I am at work form 11am until 7pm and with where we live and my gym habit I am out of the house from about 7:30am until 8:30 pm each day.

Thank goodness he got his unemployment from the holidays finally straightened out.

I really wish something would happen to make things better for our economy but nothing can happen overnight (at least not to the good).Heres hoping that his job does call him back soon.

TGIF!

Thank God it's Friday has never been a more correct statement this week. It has been a long week and I am looking forward to relaxing a little bit this weekend.

Eric and I were invited to a Superbowl party so we may go to that. I have to run it by him. Either way relaxation is long overdue this weekend. With the stress test and EKG coming up on Tuesday I think Eric and I both just need some rest.

Of course as I say that there is housework to be done and grocery shopping to do but I guess those can fit into a relaxation scheme for the weekend.

I think now that his tests draw nearer I am calming down quite a bit about it. I have started thinking in the perspective that if the doctor had any major causes for concern he wouldn't have scheduled the tests 2 weeks out.

I can say this week has been a bit more free of the calamity that the last couple weeks seemed to be bringing us and considering I go to Florida with my family in 3 weeks I would be very happy for things to stay calmer :)

Life keeps throwing curveballs....

Well this week has been probably the worst week I have experienced while I have been a married woman. I have a few people in my family going through health issues right now I don't know who to worry about most.

My grandmother is stil rehabing from her broken hip in November, she is actually doing rather well. She is finally walking and making progress which I am thankful for. She did however end up with a bad infection at the 1st rehab center she was at and because of the alzheimers she continually pulled out her picc lines. She has a central line and is a rehab facitlity that is more of a hospital type setting until the anitbiotics are done and the central line can be removed. After that I don't know what wull happen. Grandpa is insistent that he is taking her home but without nursing help none of the family thinks he can do it on his own.

My dad had chest pains and was hospitalized overnight just before Christmas. He had a stress test a couple of weeks ago and I haven't been able to find out what is going on. My dad and stepmother can never seem to keep a phone hooked up long enough for the number I have for them to be currrent and in trying to reach my grandparents to find out if they know anything I haven't been able to reach them. They go on senior trips from time to time so I am sure they are probably gone on one of those or else I would have heard from my aunt.

Now on to my husband. He was born with a heart murmur and he also suffers from anxiety/panic disorder. Sunday he was out shoveling or walk and when he came in he felt as if he was having an anxiety attack, I let him settle himself in, got the dog locked in another room while he got to feeling better, got him the juice he asked for,etc. Monday night on my way home from work he calls me, he is supposed to be at work but he took the day off. He got up early to try and straighten out trouble he had with unemployment during the last couple of weeks of the year when his plant was shutdown and then took a nap on the couch. Upon getting up he felt dizzy, and as if he were having an anxiety attack again so he decided to go to the doctor.

Well the doctor is concerned about his murmur and has ordered a Stress Test and EKG.
Eric goes for that on February 3rd. I hope that I don't get anymore family to worry about anytime soon.

Ruh Roh!

Well just discovered that all my posts to this blog before this one are timestamped incorrectly. oops. I guess thats what happens when you decide to start a new blog and don't double check to make sure the settings match your other one...lol

A New Chapter in History.

Today was a history making day in our country. We ushered in a new President, who is our first African-American President.

When I look back on the history that has happened in our country in my lifetime. There is only 1 thing I can think of that could rival today. That would be the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001. Yes there have been many historical things happen, but these are the 2 most significant things I can think of in my lifetime.

I didn't get to see the inaugaration because of being at work at the time, but I read the transcript of the address. I can only hope and believe that our new President can help rebuild our country. I know as well as many people do that it won't be overnight, it may not be next year but if we work together that change can happen.

Cheers to our new President Barack Obama May the next 4 years bring about positive change and growth!

Will it get better?

After Saturday's Fiasco at both home and work, I was so glad to have a good uneventful day yesterday.
I got up baked a cake for a work party today, watched Grey's Anatomy that didn't DVr because of conflicts with other recordings on channels that delayed programming until after President Bush gave his farewell address, did laundry, dishes, made dinner, etc.
All in all my domestic diva day.

Today well not so great, no car issues thankfully but I got out of the house a little later than I wanted to and of course in my rush tripped on our lovely draft blocking curtain near the back door pulling that down. My hands were full so I ran everything to the car and then went back and rehung the curtain.

Get on the road behind pokey-slow drivers, I know we have had snow and the roads aren't completely cleared but there are traveling lanes we don't need to do 20mph under the speed limit.

I got to my exit for the gym and the cake I baked took a tumble off the seat as I was turning, I am thinking "oh crap it's going to be mangled" thankfully I had it wrapped pretty tightly with foil and its a glazed bundt cake, apparently the glaze has some glue-like powers and the cake stayed put, hopefully it tastes as good as the last time I made this recipe.

I got to the gym and things were looking up for a minute. I was able to get one of the larger lockers that fit my stuff neatly and easily. and as I got ready to put my bag in I feel something sticky and wet. My little travel bottle of shampoo leaked in its mesh outside compartment.ICK! Then as I put my stuff in the locker I scraped my knuckle.

Went and got my work-out in and feel good about that. So I get to work an hour ago and find out that a breaker was the cause of our door fiasco. I guess it would be nice if they told us that the doors were on the breaker panels and maybe check that when there are problems.

Oh well the way my life has been so comedy of errors lately this is just another chapter in the book of "I'll look back and laugh."

Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.

So yesterday started off as a potentially good day, other than the fact that I had to go to work.
I got up a little bit after 7 am and got a bag packed, then got dressed for the gym. My husband was still up and playing on the computer, must be nice to have the day off and stay up all night. So I told him I was off and I would see him after work. That I was headed to put air in my tires and then off to the gym and work.

Putting air in my tires was where I went wrong I guess. I have one of those cars with too many fancy gadgets and one of the gadgets is internal tire pressure monitoring. Well with our lovely -14 degree below weather my tires were saying the air pressure was lower than it should be. So on Firday morning I tried to add air with a portable air pump that I own. It was so cold the lever that locks the hose on the tire snapped so I gave up and drove as it was only a few pounds low. Once I got going down the road it came up.

Yesterday I decide to go to a gas station and try. Well apparently thier compressor wasn't working and I took out about 10 lbs of pressure. So I called Mr. S. in a frustrated panic and told him he needed to come and help me. He's the one who figured out that the gas stations pump wasn't working. So I limped my poor car the 1/2 mile back home. I decide to try my little pump again while he is hooking up a compressor that we have at home (uh honey, why didn't you have me try that 1st before stoppin at a gas station? )and I end up taking out more air. So he tries starting our big compressor and it blows a fuse and he has to go and replace the fuse.

He then goes into the bathroom and yells "where is the hairrdyer?", um in my gym bag as I was going to go to the gym and then shower and get dressed there before work. So I go tot the car get him the hairdryer and he uses it to try and see if the compressor is just frozen. Gets it all thawed out and promptly blows another fuse in the house.

At this point I am freaked out that not only did I miss the gym but that I may not make it to work on time if at all. He was going to try a larger amp fuse and I said just take me to Walmart and I can buy another portable pump. So we get home and that works and there I am able to get ready for work and make it in on time.

I get to work and I am thing yay! I made it lets just get this 7 hours over with. Well I realize about 1/2 hour- 45 minutes into my shift that my water bottle is in the car so I decide to run out and grab it wearing just a fleece sweatshirt over my clothes. Somehow our key-fob door security system quit working after I got to work and I couldn't get back in with my key. I had to pound on the doors. Thankfully someone heard me and I didn't freeze to death.

So being in charge for the day I tell everyone that the doors don't seem to be working and to let someone know if you are going out. That message got missed by one person who ran out 20 minutes befoe the end of her shift to start her car in a pair of slip on no back tennis shoes and just a fleece over her normal clothes, no cell phone. Well she was down in the end of the deaprtment where no-one else was. She had to go and call us from a nearby business to get back in.

I think I should have just stayed in bed yesterday!

Starting a New One

Ok so the other blog I created was going to be about my 2 favorite hobbies of beading and baking which unfortunately I haven't been doing too much of either so I figured I would start another blog to post the everyday stuff to.
At some point as I get back into my hobbies I will add more there.

I am Mrs S. and of course my Husband is Mr S. aka Sarah and Eric.



There we are on our Wedding Day. Some days I don't know if we knew what we were in for.Other days I know we have no clue.

Actually so far married life is pretty good. Only thing I have been having issues with is well intentioned and meaning family members asking the dreaded "so when are you going to have a baby question."

We'll get to that when we are ready.