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12-19-2016, 08:47 AM
Surely you are speaking about GlenWOOD Canyon on I-70?
The BF and I travelled that stretch rather regularly, back when he installed Tattle tale GPS systems in fleet vehicles and we travelled to Grand Junction a lot.
One time we were traveling west, during winter, when, at the exit to Hanging Lake, I watched a car get loose on the ice and roll over the concrete barrier into the exit lane.
Of course I stopped to offer assistance...the occupants of the car were fine and had exited the vehicle.
We called 911 and shortly, as we were standing near the car on it's roof, the State Patrol vehicle came flying into the exit lane, hitting ice and nearly plowing into the flipped car and the people standing there...in fact, I had to climb some snowbank in order to avoid being run over!
That was a scary day!
...The driver of the car that rolled had done nothing wrong but to allow the tires to get into the slippery slush that had collected on the shoulder of the road.
The State Trooper, on the other hand, being familiar with that canyon highway, should have known to not be approaching that exit at the speed he did.
And do you think he even apologized for nearly killing us all?
Yeah, RIGHT! ..He was just grumpy that he got a call that required him to exit his warm and cozy patrol car and step into the snow!
I thoroughly enjoy the whole trip from Denver to Grand Junction...then back again...
Except the condition of the road surface of I-70...especially near Vail.
I miss the BF having that job...it took us to lots of places...
Then the job went obsolete and BF went jobless...resulting in homelessness within a few months.
But it was good while it lasted!
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12-22-2016, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Inzanebraned
Surely you are speaking about GlenWOOD Canyon on I-70?
The BF and I travelled that stretch rather regularly, back when he installed Tattle tale GPS systems in fleet vehicles and we travelled to Grand Junction a lot.
One time we were traveling west, during winter, when, at the exit to Hanging Lake, I watched a car get loose on the ice and roll over the concrete barrier into the exit lane.
Of course I stopped to offer assistance...the occupants of the car were fine and had exited the vehicle.
We called 911 and shortly, as we were standing near the car on it's roof, the State Patrol vehicle came flying into the exit lane, hitting ice and nearly plowing into the flipped car and the people standing there...in fact, I had to climb some snowbank in order to avoid being run over!
That was a scary day!
...The driver of the car that rolled had done nothing wrong but to allow the tires to get into the slippery slush that had collected on the shoulder of the road.
The State Trooper, on the other hand, being familiar with that canyon highway, should have known to not be approaching that exit at the speed he did.
And do you think he even apologized for nearly killing us all?
Yeah, RIGHT! ..He was just grumpy that he got a call that required him to exit his warm and cozy patrol car and step into the snow!
I thoroughly enjoy the whole trip from Denver to Grand Junction...then back again...
Except the condition of the road surface of I-70...especially near Vail.
I miss the BF having that job...it took us to lots of places...
Then the job went obsolete and BF went jobless...resulting in homelessness within a few months.
But it was good while it lasted!
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Yes. I'm sorry. I meant Glenwood Canyon. I-70 was a regular route when I drove for Welfare Express. Typically, I would take a load to the Walmart distribution center in Loveland from Ontario, California or thereabouts.
After delivering that load, I would often be sent empty to Grand Junction to pick up a load going back to the yard in Fontana.
Did you know that the Glenwood Canyon section along I-70 was the most expensive piece of interstate highway built in America?
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12-22-2016, 03:31 AM
*peeks in and waves*
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12-22-2016, 05:26 AM
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Hope had a fun party, though it was somewhat rushed since the cousins had to leave early to attend a school function.
Hope got loaded up with Play Doh and the Crazy Haircut toy to go with it...
She loves playdoh!!
She also got a Calico Critters Cottage with the Rabbit Family...a quaint plastc dollhouse with furniture that can be moved around and small, fuzzy bunnies who's clothes can be changed.
She also recieved a Barbie and some Barbie clothes...and a Paw Patrol puzzle that she completed in about 10 minutes...and some little Trolls.
With the kids leaving early, Hope was left with some extra energy that turned her into a moody wildchild....but she eventually calmed down after Dad went to bed and Mom fell asleep on the couch...then she played ever so quietly for 2 hours or more...making playdoh creations and rearranging her new Bunny House.
Hope's dad is a little (actually a LOT!) high strung...preferring things to calmly and quietly conform to his wishes...and a room full of kids yelling and blowing party horns wore him out quickly.
I was pleased that Hope calmed down and played quietly...so Dad wouldn't come out of the bedroom and question why she was still up...not to mention finding Hope's mom asleep on the couch! Lol!
Hope didn't seem to miss her Paternal Gramma at her birthday party...
Paternal Gramma took Hope for the day and overnight on Saturday...
They visited the Butterfly Pavilion...a kind of "zoo for insects," and she got to hold a tarantula.
She got a couple toys from the gift shop...then they went home for dinner and a bath before an early bedtime.
Hope says she had a really good time and didn't mention Vampires once!
We aren't sure where the sudden fear of the dark...and vampires,,,has come from!
She has always enjoyed spooky stuff...choosing to watch a lot of Halloween themes cartoons on the Ipad...
I suspect it is the intensely violent video games that her parents play...with characters that look like monsters and mutants.
Today I travelled up the mountain to pick up my refill of pills from the pharmacy up there...and to stop and see the BF.
BF is kind of hoping for snow this weekend...
He could use the income...but he will require money for gas to plow the paying customers' driveways...since he has YET to be paid by his old boss...though his service writer has assured him, repeatedly, that they will get him paid...hopefully TODAY!
Well...I'm not sure if Hope's mom plans to cook dinner any time soon...
She seems to forget that the clock keeps spinning while she sits and wastes hours on Facebook!
I guess I should see what there is to cook and get it started...
I hope everybody has a nice night!  !
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Glad hope had a great b day.💗💗💗
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12-23-2016, 04:19 AM
Hello all.
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12-24-2016, 03:19 AM
Waves...
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12-24-2016, 05:42 PM
How are you doing?
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12-25-2016, 01:44 PM
Quite well. Merry Christmas
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12-26-2016, 12:18 PM
That's good. Hope your Christmas was wonderful.
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12-27-2016, 04:57 PM
Hello Kirin. Hello Cap.
Wonder where the Inzaned One shuffled off to.
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12-28-2016, 12:45 AM
She tends to have her hands full so often.
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12-28-2016, 09:17 PM
Yes...Full hands, chaotic head and heavy heart have caused me to keep to myself, lately...
There is always something needing to be done...and I seem to be the only one who notices those things...
Sarah has been making her noise nonstop for a couple of days, now...putting everyone on edge...I"m starting to think that her wheelchair is uncomfortable to sit for extended periods of time, making her 'express" her unhappiness in ways we don't understand...We ask her what she wants and she only repeats the same aggravating sound...
I seem to be extra drepressed this holiday season...Not having a home of my own to decorate and do as I please...the BF getting thinner and thinner every time I see him....no car of my own to just "get away from it all"....has kept me subdued and less than joyous...
I keep telling myself that I'll feel better after the New Year and all the Holiday Hoopla is over...
I guess I'll wait and see!
Despite my less-than-joyous mood, Christmas was a fun day...
The BF had travelled down to spend the night on Christmas Eve so he would be here Christmas morning.
Hope and Family ventured out to have brunch at a relative's home...so I finished some work and got a shower taken before they returned.
Sarah was nonstop moaning/whining since before the sun rose, so I got her up and gave her food...but that didn't stop her from being noisy...
I finalky had to put her back on her bed, as that seemed to be what she wanted.
The BF realized that he had left a gift, intended for Hope's parents, up on the mountain...so I asked to borrow Turtles's car and took the opportunity to get away from Sarah for a while by driving the BF up the mountain and back.
(I had grown bitter and angry at Sarah because she just WOULDN'T STOP!)
We got back just before my oldest daughter and her kids arrived...
The chaos ensued...laughter and yelling and running and jumping on beds...
Sarah seemed to enjoy all the noise and excitement as she lay on her bed...she was quiet for a while...
I got Sarah back up and into her chair so she could unwrap presents...
She instantaneously started that noise...and she got louder and louder until everyone had made a comment about it...
Tearing paper is USUALLY one of those things that Sarah can't wait to do....but not on THIS Christmas! *sigh*
Shortly after the gifts were opened, we started to serve dinner....Ham, mashed potatoes,sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, devilled eggs, frog eye salad and crescent rolls.
Hope was getting tired and all those sophisticated flavors weren't so appetizing to her...she didn't want to eat much...making her dad threaten to put her to bed for the night...*SIGH*
Sarah actually ate...only because her older sister sat next to her and scooped bites for her.
As soon as her sister got up from the table, Sarah started being loud and noisy until she needed to be removed from the room!
Hope and her cousins played hard and excitedly...running and laughing and playing with toys...
It got late quickly...The BF decided he had better get up the mountain to get to bed since he had to work the next day.
Shortly after BF left, Toast and her kids packed up to leave.
I got a call from the BF...he hadn't made it far before he had truck problems...a power problem in the 2001 diesel F-250...
He had shut it off to see if the gages would reset, but the truck wouldn't start.
Toast and family agreed to go to where he was and offer a jump start...which worked!...and everybody continued their journeys to their intended destinations.
It wasn't long after company left that Hope's dad went to bed...so, I needed to put Sarah to bed to hope she would stay quiet.
Hope stayed up and played for a while before falling asleep on the couch.
I stayed up for a while and lurked on Mene for a while...not feeling motivated to post anything...then I carried Hope to bed and laid myself down.
Sarah was "better" the next day...for a while...
She didn't whine/moan NONSTOP...but she still made enough noise to be taken back to her room...
Tuesday, Sarah was back to nonstop noise-making...having begun before the sun rose and continuing for most of the day...
She seemed to want to get out of bed, but once in her chair, she wanted to lay down...
I laid her back down and she made noise anyway!
At dinnertime, she said she was hungry...but she only ate 5 bites of food before she began refusing to swallow.
....Back to the bedroom till bedtime! *S-I-G-H!*
Sarah did go to sleep after I got her into bed for the night...Yay!
Hope fell asleep on the couch, with her mom...
I ate some snacks and lurked on Mene...discovered my avi was chosen for Homepage Hotness and was barely able to force myself to write a Thank You and choose a prize...feeling like Sarah's noise had fried my brain and I just couldn't focus!
I finished up and carried Hope to bed and retired for the night, myself.
Sarah slept most of the night...then she was awake with the sunrise, moaning/whining until I gave up on sleeping this morning.
I got her up and gave her food...and, though she must be hungry, she chose to eat dry cereal instead of the sandwich I made for her...
She is quiet as I type this...but I suspect she fell asleep sitting in her chair... (let me go look...)
Nope!
Hope closed the bedrrom door is why I don't hear her.
Well...I guess I should try to do something constructive...like putting the dishes in the dishwasher...since I seem to be the only one who can see nothing but dirty dishes all over the kitchen!
I don't mind being the full-time housekeeper...it keeps me busy and prevents me from constantly drowning in my depression...
I just wonder what this house will look like after I find a house to move to!
The weather is unseasonably warm...wearing a sweatshirt outside to smoke is almost too warm!
I'm happy it isn't freezing and snowy...but the Springlike warmth....just....doesn't "feel"right!
(Lately, NOTHING "feels right" to me!)
I hope everyone had a pleasant Christmas holiday!
I hope to hear what y'all did!  !
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12-29-2016, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Inzanebraned
Yes...Full hands, chaotic head and heavy heart have caused me to keep to myself, lately...
There is always something needing to be done...and I seem to be the only one who notices those things...
Sarah has been making her noise nonstop for a couple of days, now...putting everyone on edge...I"m starting to think that her wheelchair is uncomfortable to sit for extended periods of time, making her 'express" her unhappiness in ways we don't understand...We ask her what she wants and she only repeats the same aggravating sound...
I seem to be extra drepressed this holiday season...Not having a home of my own to decorate and do as I please...the BF getting thinner and thinner every time I see him....no car of my own to just "get away from it all"....has kept me subdued and less than joyous...
I keep telling myself that I'll feel better after the New Year and all the Holiday Hoopla is over...
I guess I'll wait and see!
Despite my less-than-joyous mood, Christmas was a fun day...
The BF had travelled down to spend the night on Christmas Eve so he would be here Christmas morning.
Hope and Family ventured out to have brunch at a relative's home...so I finished some work and got a shower taken before they returned.
Sarah was nonstop moaning/whining since before the sun rose, so I got her up and gave her food...but that didn't stop her from being noisy...
I finalky had to put her back on her bed, as that seemed to be what she wanted.
The BF realized that he had left a gift, intended for Hope's parents, up on the mountain...so I asked to borrow Turtles's car and took the opportunity to get away from Sarah for a while by driving the BF up the mountain and back.
(I had grown bitter and angry at Sarah because she just WOULDN'T STOP!)
We got back just before my oldest daughter and her kids arrived...
The chaos ensued...laughter and yelling and running and jumping on beds...
Sarah seemed to enjoy all the noise and excitement as she lay on her bed...she was quiet for a while...
I got Sarah back up and into her chair so she could unwrap presents...
She instantaneously started that noise...and she got louder and louder until everyone had made a comment about it...
Tearing paper is USUALLY one of those things that Sarah can't wait to do....but not on THIS Christmas! *sigh*
Shortly after the gifts were opened, we started to serve dinner....Ham, mashed potatoes,sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, devilled eggs, frog eye salad and crescent rolls.
Hope was getting tired and all those sophisticated flavors weren't so appetizing to her...she didn't want to eat much...making her dad threaten to put her to bed for the night...*SIGH*
Sarah actually ate...only because her older sister sat next to her and scooped bites for her.
As soon as her sister got up from the table, Sarah started being loud and noisy until she needed to be removed from the room!
Hope and her cousins played hard and excitedly...running and laughing and playing with toys...
It got late quickly...The BF decided he had better get up the mountain to get to bed since he had to work the next day.
Shortly after BF left, Toast and her kids packed up to leave.
I got a call from the BF...he hadn't made it far before he had truck problems...a power problem in the 2001 diesel F-250...
He had shut it off to see if the gages would reset, but the truck wouldn't start.
Toast and family agreed to go to where he was and offer a jump start...which worked!...and everybody continued their journeys to their intended destinations.
It wasn't long after company left that Hope's dad went to bed...so, I needed to put Sarah to bed to hope she would stay quiet.
Hope stayed up and played for a while before falling asleep on the couch.
I stayed up for a while and lurked on Mene for a while...not feeling motivated to post anything...then I carried Hope to bed and laid myself down.
Sarah was "better" the next day...for a while...
She didn't whine/moan NONSTOP...but she still made enough noise to be taken back to her room...
Tuesday, Sarah was back to nonstop noise-making...having begun before the sun rose and continuing for most of the day...
She seemed to want to get out of bed, but once in her chair, she wanted to lay down...
I laid her back down and she made noise anyway!
At dinnertime, she said she was hungry...but she only ate 5 bites of food before she began refusing to swallow.
....Back to the bedroom till bedtime! *S-I-G-H!*
Sarah did go to sleep after I got her into bed for the night...Yay!
Hope fell asleep on the couch, with her mom...
I ate some snacks and lurked on Mene...discovered my avi was chosen for Homepage Hotness and was barely able to force myself to write a Thank You and choose a prize...feeling like Sarah's noise had fried my brain and I just couldn't focus!
I finished up and carried Hope to bed and retired for the night, myself.
Sarah slept most of the night...then she was awake with the sunrise, moaning/whining until I gave up on sleeping this morning.
I got her up and gave her food...and, though she must be hungry, she chose to eat dry cereal instead of the sandwich I made for her...
She is quiet as I type this...but I suspect she fell asleep sitting in her chair... (let me go look...)
Nope!
Hope closed the bedrrom door is why I don't hear her.
Well...I guess I should try to do something constructive...like putting the dishes in the dishwasher...since I seem to be the only one who can see nothing but dirty dishes all over the kitchen!
I don't mind being the full-time housekeeper...it keeps me busy and prevents me from constantly drowning in my depression...
I just wonder what this house will look like after I find a house to move to!
The weather is unseasonably warm...wearing a sweatshirt outside to smoke is almost too warm!
I'm happy it isn't freezing and snowy...but the Springlike warmth....just....doesn't "feel"right!
(Lately, NOTHING "feels right" to me!)
I hope everyone had a pleasant Christmas holiday!
I hope to hear what y'all did!  !
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I'm sorry your Christmas didn't go so well. Reading about what you told about Sarah makes me think that perhaps she wants a change in scenery in addition to position. I would make an irritating moaning after driving mile after mile, but it's only me in the tractor. But it's nice to stop somewhere (anywhere) and stretch, walk around a bit, and of course shake the dew off the lily. You know.
I'm also wondering if Sarah would like it if she were pushed around the block a time or two. Is Sarah able to walk at all or stand up? This might make her a little more comfortable.
Anyway, it's just a thought. I hope get better for you. Like soon.
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12-29-2016, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Inzanebraned
Yes...Full hands, chaotic head and heavy heart have caused me to keep to myself, lately...
There is always something needing to be done...and I seem to be the only one who notices those things...
Sarah has been making her noise nonstop for a couple of days, now...putting everyone on edge...I"m starting to think that her wheelchair is uncomfortable to sit for extended periods of time, making her 'express" her unhappiness in ways we don't understand...We ask her what she wants and she only repeats the same aggravating sound...
I seem to be extra drepressed this holiday season...Not having a home of my own to decorate and do as I please...the BF getting thinner and thinner every time I see him....no car of my own to just "get away from it all"....has kept me subdued and less than joyous...
I keep telling myself that I'll feel better after the New Year and all the Holiday Hoopla is over...
I guess I'll wait and see!
Despite my less-than-joyous mood, Christmas was a fun day...
The BF had travelled down to spend the night on Christmas Eve so he would be here Christmas morning.
Hope and Family ventured out to have brunch at a relative's home...so I finished some work and got a shower taken before they returned.
Sarah was nonstop moaning/whining since before the sun rose, so I got her up and gave her food...but that didn't stop her from being noisy...
I finalky had to put her back on her bed, as that seemed to be what she wanted.
The BF realized that he had left a gift, intended for Hope's parents, up on the mountain...so I asked to borrow Turtles's car and took the opportunity to get away from Sarah for a while by driving the BF up the mountain and back.
(I had grown bitter and angry at Sarah because she just WOULDN'T STOP!)
We got back just before my oldest daughter and her kids arrived...
The chaos ensued...laughter and yelling and running and jumping on beds...
Sarah seemed to enjoy all the noise and excitement as she lay on her bed...she was quiet for a while...
I got Sarah back up and into her chair so she could unwrap presents...
She instantaneously started that noise...and she got louder and louder until everyone had made a comment about it...
Tearing paper is USUALLY one of those things that Sarah can't wait to do....but not on THIS Christmas! *sigh*
Shortly after the gifts were opened, we started to serve dinner....Ham, mashed potatoes,sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, devilled eggs, frog eye salad and crescent rolls.
Hope was getting tired and all those sophisticated flavors weren't so appetizing to her...she didn't want to eat much...making her dad threaten to put her to bed for the night...*SIGH*
Sarah actually ate...only because her older sister sat next to her and scooped bites for her.
As soon as her sister got up from the table, Sarah started being loud and noisy until she needed to be removed from the room!
Hope and her cousins played hard and excitedly...running and laughing and playing with toys...
It got late quickly...The BF decided he had better get up the mountain to get to bed since he had to work the next day.
Shortly after BF left, Toast and her kids packed up to leave.
I got a call from the BF...he hadn't made it far before he had truck problems...a power problem in the 2001 diesel F-250...
He had shut it off to see if the gages would reset, but the truck wouldn't start.
Toast and family agreed to go to where he was and offer a jump start...which worked!...and everybody continued their journeys to their intended destinations.
It wasn't long after company left that Hope's dad went to bed...so, I needed to put Sarah to bed to hope she would stay quiet.
Hope stayed up and played for a while before falling asleep on the couch.
I stayed up for a while and lurked on Mene for a while...not feeling motivated to post anything...then I carried Hope to bed and laid myself down.
Sarah was "better" the next day...for a while...
She didn't whine/moan NONSTOP...but she still made enough noise to be taken back to her room...
Tuesday, Sarah was back to nonstop noise-making...having begun before the sun rose and continuing for most of the day...
She seemed to want to get out of bed, but once in her chair, she wanted to lay down...
I laid her back down and she made noise anyway!
At dinnertime, she said she was hungry...but she only ate 5 bites of food before she began refusing to swallow.
....Back to the bedroom till bedtime! *S-I-G-H!*
Sarah did go to sleep after I got her into bed for the night...Yay!
Hope fell asleep on the couch, with her mom...
I ate some snacks and lurked on Mene...discovered my avi was chosen for Homepage Hotness and was barely able to force myself to write a Thank You and choose a prize...feeling like Sarah's noise had fried my brain and I just couldn't focus!
I finished up and carried Hope to bed and retired for the night, myself.
Sarah slept most of the night...then she was awake with the sunrise, moaning/whining until I gave up on sleeping this morning.
I got her up and gave her food...and, though she must be hungry, she chose to eat dry cereal instead of the sandwich I made for her...
She is quiet as I type this...but I suspect she fell asleep sitting in her chair... (let me go look...)
Nope!
Hope closed the bedrrom door is why I don't hear her.
Well...I guess I should try to do something constructive...like putting the dishes in the dishwasher...since I seem to be the only one who can see nothing but dirty dishes all over the kitchen!
I don't mind being the full-time housekeeper...it keeps me busy and prevents me from constantly drowning in my depression...
I just wonder what this house will look like after I find a house to move to!
The weather is unseasonably warm...wearing a sweatshirt outside to smoke is almost too warm!
I'm happy it isn't freezing and snowy...but the Springlike warmth....just....doesn't "feel"right!
(Lately, NOTHING "feels right" to me!)
I hope everyone had a pleasant Christmas holiday!
I hope to hear what y'all did!  !
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Im so sorry things havent improved for u, but glad youre warm and fed. Still praying for u. Btw is toast on facebook?
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12-30-2016, 05:47 PM
Happy late merry Christmas and Happy New year.
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12-30-2016, 06:00 PM
Mr. Wrong...I agree that Sarah needs a change of scenery, and your suggestion is a good one...however, to push Sarah on the city sidewalk, with the seams in the concrete causing the wheels of her wheelchair to go bump-bump makes her angry and she bites her hand...not to mention, if you need to stop and move her backwards, she stiffens her body, bites her hand and shakes herself around violently.
Sarah's desire would be to go for rides in the car...but we still have no car of our own and borrowing Turtles's car becomes a stressful experience due to Hope's dad's work schedule and Turtles's need to pick him up from work...
It is a lot of work for me to get Sarah outside to begin with...steps out the back door to the garage...furniture blocking easy wheelchair access to the front door...Then I have to lift her out of her chair and into the car...I am worn out before I get the car started and realizing that the process needs to be reversed upon returning home makes me tired just thinking about it...then there is the "rush" factor, trying to get back and get the car cleaned out in time for Turtles leave to pick up her man...
I keep hoping that something will change, soon, to make things better for Sarah....and me...
But, thoughts of moving away, into a home of our own, means I would be leaving Hope behind...and my depression deepens...
Hope worrys, too, I think, because nearly every day she tells me, "I want you with me for EVER...I not ever going to let you go, Gramma!"
She understands that she will always be welcome at my new home...that all she has to do is tell Mom and Dad she wants to see me...but she worries, still...for at her young age of 4 years old, she knows that Mom and Dad don't always listen to her or value her feelings...
I feel like I'm stuck in a lose/lose situation no matter how things work out....*sigh*
Pisces...Toast is on Facebook...you can find her on Turtles's page...
Well...I have more to write about.....but Hope is up and I promised her a bath before the doctor checkup today...
I'll be back later....I hope!
It is 60 degrees, here, today!
I hope everybody is well and in pleasant spirits!  !
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12-31-2016, 08:46 AM
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Happy late merry Christmas and Happy New year.
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Look! Look who's here! I haven't seen you around. Where ya been? I was somewhat near your neighborhood a few months back as I had my tank washed in Neosho, Missouri. I ate at a Chinese buffet there, too. The food was purty good and I even told the owner that she undercharges for the food. It was like nine bucks while most buffets charge $13 for their food.
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Originally Posted by Inzanebraned
Mr. Wrong...I agree that Sarah needs a change of scenery, and your suggestion is a good one...however, to push Sarah on the city sidewalk, with the seams in the concrete causing the wheels of her wheelchair to go bump-bump makes her angry and she bites her hand...not to mention, if you need to stop and move her backwards, she stiffens her body, bites her hand and shakes herself around violently.
Sarah's desire would be to go for rides in the car...but we still have no car of our own and borrowing Turtles's car becomes a stressful experience due to Hope's dad's work schedule and Turtles's need to pick him up from work...
It is a lot of work for me to get Sarah outside to begin with...steps out the back door to the garage...furniture blocking easy wheelchair access to the front door...Then I have to lift her out of her chair and into the car...I am worn out before I get the car started and realizing that the process needs to be reversed upon returning home makes me tired just thinking about it...then there is the "rush" factor, trying to get back and get the car cleaned out in time for Turtles leave to pick up her man...
I keep hoping that something will change, soon, to make things better for Sarah....and me...
But, thoughts of moving away, into a home of our own, means I would be leaving Hope behind...and my depression deepens...
Hope worrys, too, I think, because nearly every day she tells me, "I want you with me for EVER...I not ever going to let you go, Gramma!"
She understands that she will always be welcome at my new home...that all she has to do is tell Mom and Dad she wants to see me...but she worries, still...for at her young age of 4 years old, she knows that Mom and Dad don't always listen to her or value her feelings...
I feel like I'm stuck in a lose/lose situation no matter how things work out....*sigh*
Pisces...Toast is on Facebook...you can find her on Turtles's page...
Well...I have more to write about.....but Hope is up and I promised her a bath before the doctor checkup today...
I'll be back later....I hope!
It is 60 degrees, here, today!
I hope everybody is well and in pleasant spirits!  !
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I understand the bumpity bump bump situation. I, too, am angered by potholes and unexpected bumps.
They say music soothes the savage beast. So, I wonder if playing music would distract Sarah from making her moaning noises.
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01-01-2017, 05:08 PM
Like singing doowop to a baby? Maaaaaaaybe
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01-01-2017, 06:25 PM
*falls into the thread*
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Mr. Wrong
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01-02-2017, 07:14 AM
Kirin be nimble. Kirin be quick. Too bad Kirin knocked over the candle stick. Which caused the thread to go up in flames causing Kirin to stop, drop, and roll. The ensuing conflagration burned much more than the shag carpet.
Fortunately, Kirin had a really good attorney and won't be charged with arson, but now can only afford to shop at Ross Dress for Less.
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01-02-2017, 10:09 PM
Well....Happy New Year, Friends!
I hope the new year brings us good tidings, well health and happy spirits.
My "funk" hasn't changed any...and that would be the reason I haven't posted, again, sooner.
Hope's parents bought me an upgraded version of my old and cranky phone...
Well...the phone I opened on Christmas was an EXACT copy of my old phone...meaning it was only 3g enabled....which wouldn't have been much of an upgrade...
So...they ordered the upgraded version and planned to return the new old phone when the new new one arrived.
When the new new phone arrived, the chaos ensued...
The old phone had a built in SIM card and only required switching the SD card..all my info had transfered from the old old phone to the new old phone just like it was supposed to...But, the new new phone required an SIM card AND an SD card to funtion.
Turtles took the new new phone and the new old phone (which, now, had my contacts and photos and bookmarks saved onto the SD card) to the Verizon store.
They gave her a free SIM card and transfered the SD card and made sure the phone was working properly.
When she brought the phone back...a prompt tells me that the SD card is blank or isn't the right size.
She took out said SD card and put it back into the new old phone and attempted to use the computer to extract, at least, my photos...
SD card is blank!
*sigh*
I suspect that with all the transferring of the SD card, it was currupted by fingerprints and rendered useless.
Oh well....I guess I wasn't supposed to keep any info that I can't remember how to retrieve...and, thankfully, Turtles had transferred most of my photos to her computer a month ago and the only photos I had lost were ones that had been sent to me, so I had them sent to me again.
Now....this phone is different....in a lot of ways...
It is shaped different, the buttons are different and in different places, it unlocks different, and.....I just don't do unexpected "change" well!
....Oh! ...and this all happened on one of those days that I woke to Sarah making her noise when the sun hadn't even begun to rise...and, though I was able to catnap between her episodes of loudness, I wasn't very well-rested to meet with all the aggravation this gift phone had created for me...
*sigh*
I have slowly come to terms with the differences of the new phone...Maybe I'll be used to it in...say...5 years?
That's how old my old old phone is! Lol!
Well...again, I had more to talk about...but Sarah is yelling for attention and I can't think when she makes that noise...and she has NO concept of waiting patiently...
Her biggest problem is that when one attempts to engage her in play...coloring with crayons, building with blocks, ect...she is never pleased with the activity at hand...constantly tuning the page one is helping her color in the book, wanting other blocks that are out of her reach...pointing aimlessly at "WHAT?" and saying "more more!"...it is easy to lose interest in paying attention to her...so, one finds other, more rewarding activities...then she starts the loud moaning/whining....and after a few rounds of this, one gives up and moves her to the bedroom where she isn't told to be quiet or making everyone aggravated because they haven't guessed what she isn't trying very hard to say that she wants!
*SIGH*
I gotta go! ...Dora is on the TV! Sarah HATES Dora!
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Hey! I'm back, already!
...As luck would have it, Hope fell asleep on the couch after pizza dinner and ice cream dessert...and Sarah was asking go to bed, so I put her to bed....and I actually have some free time before I go to bed, myself!
So..to catch up on a few things...
Mr. Wrong, I agree that Sarah would like more music than she is exposed to..
Before we had to move, Sarah had a radio in her bedroom that stayed on at a very low volume nearly all the time...
I believe that it "drowned out" other noises that Sarah may hear differently than other people do...hoping it helped her to focus on something pleasant instead of "complaining" about something we had no what it was.
It seemed to work...sometimes...
Sometimes she would be more content when her room was "silent" except for the sounds of the house...like the plumbing and furnace sounds.
When we first started staying here, I played music quietly through an old phone...and Sarah seemed to not sleep well and made irritating sounds all night...so I stopped putting music on.
Now that I think about it, though...outside of Sarah's room, in the old house, in the living room, I had the radio on the only station that wasn't Spanish, Country or Christian...24 hours a day unless we watched a movie.
Maybe she misses the radio station? ...I do know that she is exposed to many more sounds than we had before...the heater sounds different, the plumbing sounds different, there are sounds in the basement (we didnt have a basement, before, for sounds to come from), and loud and exciting sounds coming from the TV, either from Hope's programming or her parents playing Overwatch every chance they get.
All the extra noise gets on MY nerves...I can only assume it bothers Sarah...and the best I can do for her is limit the amount of time she is exposed to TV sound by taking her to the bedroom to either sit in a relatively quiet room or to put on one of several dvd's or VHS tapes that are in her regular rotation...ones she has seen and heard many many MANY times...kinda like "old friends."
I do think, now, that I will strive to get her some form of personal music device.
She does not do headphones or earbuds or anything touching her head at all...so a small radio might be hung from her chair...
It's worth the cost of a portable radio to try this experiment if it helps...even temporarily...to make Sarah seem content for a little while!
Changing gears, so to speak,...The BF came down for New Year's Eve...He drove a recently aquired 2001 F250 Turbo Diesel...
He aquired it because the seller had given up on how to fix it...sold it mostly for the price of the bed that has 2 spikes that stick up that are used for loading and unloading bales of hay.
BF changed one component and put in a new battery and it started and runs strong!
But....after he had let it sit parked overnight in front of Turtles's house, he noticed that it was leaking oil!
New Year's Day was spent tensly hoping he could get parts and fix said oil leak so he could get back up the mountain to his job.
He spent another night and took Monday off from work...went to a dealer for a part...
After comparing said new part to the old one, he was convinced that replacement wouldn't help his cause...but, somehow the leak had stopped even though her had refilled the oil!
He drove it a bit...all was well until he got on the highway and the turbo spooled up and he began to leak oil again...
This particular model truck is designed to shut itself down in the case of low oil pressure...so, BF bought a bunch of oil to refill the truck in the case that he lost enough oil for it to shut down before he made it home on the mountain and left.
About 45 minutes later he texted me to say he had made it home with no problems and that he will have more chance to look at the truck when he takes it to work and puts it on the lift.
So...yeah...
2017 is off to a "lovely" start...and I will just hope that the first 2 days are not a sign of how the next 363 will be!
So...I imagine this post has become boring and lengthy...
I'll stop...for now...
I hope everyone is having a good first week of the new year!  !
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01-04-2017, 06:50 AM
Why does Sarah hate Dora? Dora is so harmless. She just wants to explore.
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01-06-2017, 05:54 AM
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Why does Sarah hate Dora? Dora is so harmless. She just wants to explore.
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Well...Sarah has no way of telling me exactly why she always gets noisy beyond tolerance when Dora comes on, but I suspect that it is the Spanish that is spoken during the show.
There is another show, on a different station, where they speak Spanish some of the time...and Sarah reacts the same way.
It may be because all the teachers' aids that she had through school were bilingual, using Spanish terms of endearment while talking to her...and they were somewhat "smothering" with affection...
Sarah has never been a cuddly, affectionate person...and though those ladies meant well, I think they internally irritated the heck out of her...And, now, Dora reminds her of them...maybe?
Maybe Sarah is just a big racist and doesn't like people who speak Spanish! I will never know for sure...
I just know that she seems happier sitting in the bedroom, alone, than she seems to be when Dora is on the TV.
Nothing much has been going on in my world to be worth posting, really...
Same old depressing stuff I try not to obsess about...
The temperature is supposed to dip down to minus 10 degrees tonite.
When it gets this cold it is nearly unbearable to stand outside to smoke...even inside the garage.
I, however, have a pair of insulated bibs that I put on...then a blanket inside my coat...and I can sit down and enjoy a cigarette without shivering so badly I miss my mouth...granting me just a few minutes outside the dynamics of the house I've been staying at.
I rarely get any time alone...ever! *sigh*
...like right NOW!
...I gotta go...Hope wants ice cream...
I hope everybody is well n stuff!  !
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01-06-2017, 07:02 PM
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Well...Sarah has no way of telling me exactly why she always gets noisy beyond tolerance when Dora comes on, but I suspect that it is the Spanish that is spoken during the show.
There is another show, on a different station, where they speak Spanish some of the time...and Sarah reacts the same way.
It may be because all the teachers' aids that she had through school were bilingual, using Spanish terms of endearment while talking to her...and they were somewhat "smothering" with affection...
Sarah has never been a cuddly, affectionate person...and though those ladies meant well, I think they internally irritated the heck out of her...And, now, Dora reminds her of them...maybe?
Maybe Sarah is just a big racist and doesn't like people who speak Spanish! I will never know for sure...
I just know that she seems happier sitting in the bedroom, alone, than she seems to be when Dora is on the TV.
Nothing much has been going on in my world to be worth posting, really...
Same old depressing stuff I try not to obsess about...
The temperature is supposed to dip down to minus 10 degrees tonite.
When it gets this cold it is nearly unbearable to stand outside to smoke...even inside the garage.
I, however, have a pair of insulated bibs that I put on...then a blanket inside my coat...and I can sit down and enjoy a cigarette without shivering so badly I miss my mouth...granting me just a few minutes outside the dynamics of the house I've been staying at.
I rarely get any time alone...ever! *sigh*
...like right NOW!
...I gotta go...Hope wants ice cream...
I hope everybody is well n stuff!  !
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Softly spoken terms of endearment in Spanish is soothing and arousing to me. I mean it's not like this ever happens to me and I have to watch Spanish language soap operas to hear it, but I like it.
And speaking of cold, I went through some cold in Oregon. I like to wear shorts year 'round and I think I am somewhat resistant to cold, but when it dips into the teens single digits with some blowing wind, I tend hurry a bit more from place to place when I'm outside.
One such instance was at the La Pine truck stop where there is good ole Gordy's restaurant. I thought I was going to find great relief from the cold once I made inside Gordy's, but I was wrong. The inside temperature inside this particular truck stop restaurant was about 50 degrees. Why? As I pointed out to the waitress the window sills around the place had snow on them. You might think I mean the outside of the window sills had snow on them, and they did, but there was also snow on the inside of the window sills. Can't say I've ever seen that before. The emergency exit door had a gap under it also allowing snow to drift in.
According to the waitress, the owners believed that the heating system for the restaurant was inadequate. And while that might be a factor, the heat escapes through those poorly insulated windows. Hopefully she tells the owners and they eventually fix the problem. The chicken fried steak was delicious.
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01-07-2017, 07:30 AM
Mr. Wrong, I was quite interested in your post...Any time you mention being in Oregon it piques my interest even more than usual!
First of all, the shorts thing...
The guy that the BF used to plow snow for before he started doing it for himself always wears shorts..and he is a parking lot and residential snow plow truck driver.
He also does landscape maintenance during the snow-less parts of the year,...but when he plows snow he usually has to get out and put down icemelt...and he does it while wearing shorts!
When I rode with the BF while he was working for that guy, I wore insulated bibs and a Columbia jacket...and I rarely left the truck!
I have always commented on how his knees must have no feeling in them after being exposed to subfreezing temperatures on a regular basis! Lol!
He always says he has a snowsuit or some-such in the truck...but he gets too warm wearing them while he is driving, and it just takes too long to put it on every time he gets out of the truck.
So...your post instantly reminded me of him.
Then..I got curious and looked up Gordy's Truck Stop on Google Maps...
How interesting that, out of 9 photos shown, 1 is of a view with a window showing snow outside! ...though there is a small border of snow sitting along the bottom of the window, the photo shows that the snow is all on the outside of the window.
The reviews are all good...from the service to the food to the ample parking...No mention of indoor snow drifts or indoor temperatures cold enough to chill your food before it arrives from the kitchen...
Maybe they should offer hand warmers and lap blankets if they don't intend on fixing the pneumonia-holes and heat the place up!
I wonder what the Board of Health would say about that snow blowing in...
Oddly enough, the BF and I had agreed to take Sarah into an IHOP during a cold snap while we were living in the motorhome...and after we had gotten her into her chair on a frosty night, we came to find out that the restaurant's heat had gone out hours before our arrival and that they hadn't been told to shut the place down.
We suffered through our meal with our coats on and hurried back to the car for the warm ride back to the motorhome.
After that, we would just order our food to go and drive back "home" to eat.
So.....the bad luck still follows us...
The BF has had a truck down since the last snow storm...the '01 F250 is still leaking oil and last night he broke a spring on the plow of the remaining truck...and while attempting to repair said plow, his wallet, complete with cashed paycheck went missing into the snow...somewhere...
He says he stopped and got out numerous times before realizing his wallet was missing.
*sigh*
I feel so bad for him!
I had him come and eat a meal and take money back to pay the storage...and to pay for parts and gas and food until I can get him more cash...he doesn't get paid again for 2 weeks.
This is DEFINITELY not helping me save any money!!
...But,...Shit Happens...
There just isn't a way to fix this and make it all better...
We can only hope that the snow will melt and he will see it on the road before someone else does...
Yeah!! Right!
So...the saga continues...
Stay tuned for more as more comes along!
I hope everybody has a good weekend!  !
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