kam
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STruggling again so trying to focus on the positives for today:
1. The Hskpr/caregiver vacuumed, made hardboiled eggs and mopped the floors.
(the kitchen floor was really dirty and bothering me so really grateful for this)
2. I was able to pick up a few things at the grocery store this am.
3. Rosie got groomed today. She no longer is panting now that she doesn't have to wear that fur coat in the heat.
I also can see her face now too. She came right home and ate too which is good.
4. I was able to drive out to the dirt road in the forest and let Rosie stretch her legs a bit.
5. My phone skills were working well enough to call in refills today.
I am thankful the insurance is paying for the gabapentin and the sleeping meds.
6. I was able to do one load of laundry.
I now have clean underwear (TMI??)
8. I had the windows open all day today. I did not need to put the air conditioning on although it is getting a bit warm in here now.
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kam
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How about you??
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I am grateful for my three, grown sons. They keep me laughing....and keep me from taking myself and life too seriously.
I am grateful for my miniature, black and tan, dachshund, Otis, who is my little clown.
I am grateful for his new sidekick, my first "grandfurbaby," Olivia the kitty cat. She thinks she is a princess.
I am grateful for a soft bed and clean sheets to lie down on, which is where I am headed right now!
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Hope
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Kam,
I am grateful you now have clean underwear!
Grateful to be alive, have healthy children and a roof over my head.
Hugs,
Geneal
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kam
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This is fun to read. I don't know about you all but sometimes it seems like lyme has us instead of us having lyme.
So, good to read about the things we are grateful for.
Good to hear from you Geneal. I think of you often.
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I am grateful for the time spent on a home improvement project yesterday.
Started at 9AM,,,skipped lunch and dinner,,,quit at 10 PM.
My feet and legs didnt like it!!! My infected toe didnt like it!!! My body hates me!!!I ran out of Tylenol. All got overruled and told to just SHUT UP!!!
Didnt fall off anything over 16" tall,,,all in all about as good as it gets!!!!!!!
Soon as my foot soaking is done here,,right back at it fer another day. Extremely glad for the help I am receiving. Least somebody can find that 11 button on the phone to dial 9-11,,,iffing I forget I cant fly.
Thankful my knee stays in place for ups and downs ,,,so far. Nothing worse than being half way up and oops, no knee supporting.
Gonna take more water today,,mid nineties when 40's merely couple days ago. And plenty of humility to go with!!!
Going to work Saturday will be a walk in the park!!
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kam
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JD....I could hear a teacher I use to work with who had his PhD making the comment to me about "you are abusing your body"
I am sure he would say the same to you.
I am grateful I was able to pick up some meds at the store this am and get a few more groceries and get gas.
Also able to get quarters for the laundry room.
Check book is on empty now for the rest of the month. The challenge is going to be in not letting it get me down emotionally.
Must admit I am grateful for the income I do have while I heal.
Rosie is grateful she got to stretch her legs for 20 min today on a dirt road and enjoyed all the smells along the way.
I saw tracks of Elk and deer. I was on my feet for 5 minon the trail.
Grateful for the car that gets me out of the house and that nature is so close.
And that I am able to walk into the grocery store and use the electric carts in the store now and then.
health is slowly improving. Going through a good cycle right now.
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I am grateful for the new puppy next door. The neighbors lost their boxer dog that I loved a month ago.
The dum dum vets supposedly checked Roxy by testing and originally said her thyroid was screwed up.
When my husband told me this I said to myself. Bu!!sh^t. The dog had become lethargic, yada, yada, thirty etc etc.
I thought I had time to ask them about the possibility of tick bites from down at their lake home. My neighboors knew I was ill with lyme, but I've never talked to them about my issues.
Next thing I knew about a week later Roxy is so ill they have her at vets and they have done everything they could for her. My neighbor had come home crying because his beautiful Roxy was being put down.
I fell apart at my kitchen sink. The next day I went over and took them some info on dogs and how they respond to lyme, ehrlichia, and babs I think.
My neighbor was so sad to watch outside. He was lost and then good news....
They went on a 6 hr round tip to look at a boxer puppy. Lily is now 12 weeks old. I feel in love. I offered to go over in the afternoon and take her out of her cage so they didn't have to spend gas money coming home for her.
Lily, I call her Silly Lily is my noon friend. I talk to her. She refuses to take a walk with me. I don't know why but she lays down if I try to take her out of the court.
She pees first thing and then she wants into the house for water. She drinks water like I do. She eats some food. We go outside and I clean up her business.
I throw the ball a few feet and she runs and flops down on it. Last week I had my cell phone in my hand and threw cell with the ball??????
Thank goodness it didn't break. It's only 8 yrs old. lol Ancient for a cell phone life.
Miss Silly Lily is my laughter and she loves me.
It might be 30 minute job. It might be longer, she knows when she's ready for her nap.
Pam
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Awwww....map, your story is so sad. I cannot imagine. I am glad you have a new puppy to be thankful for, and a new "noon friend." That is so sweet.
Today, I am thankful that I was able to get up early on a Saturday, and that I am going to go get a long (overdue) haircut. I am sure many of you women know how good it feels to get a nice trim, especially when you have had to wait so long that you trimmed your bangs in between, lol. Mornings are the roughest part of my day, and I believe I will be even be on time today (fingers crossed). I will walk out of there feeling like a "new woman," at least for a few hours, lol.
When I made the appointment, there were only two left and the other option was far too late in the day. I told the receptionist that I wasn't sure I could be awake that early in the morning. She said, "You don't have to be awake. Only your stylist has to be awake." lol That sounds dangerous to me, but when she massages that conditioner into my hair, while the warm water is running over me, I may just have to take a catnap, lol.
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Hope
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Fun Map. Good to hear you are getting a few laughs in too.
Hope. I am always surprised for some reason when I get my hair done. It does feel good.
I just go in for a quick cut and go as I can't sit upright for very long.
Good to see this post this am. I was lying here starting to focus on the can't do's.
So good to get refocused.
Now, lets see if I can do a much over needed shower. I think I can I think i can.
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I'm grateful for the massage I got last week and for my husband, my family and my church/friends.
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I am thankful that as of today i am 29 weeks pregnant! I didnt think i would make it this far honestly. I am in the home stretch now at most 10 more weeks!
I sat outside for 45 minutes today. That was nice
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kam
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Hurray! Good to hear Merrygirl.
And a massage tutu...so good
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I'm thankful my kids are healthy. I'm thankful I have so many supportive people in my life, especially my husband who gives and gives and never gives up on me. I'm thankful for the hope of one day being well and living a normal life. I'm thankful for a big back yard, weather that allows the door to be left open and my kids' laughter.
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That is great great news merrygirl.
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kam
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Wow. Very cool jlp
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i'm greatful for this thread and to be living in a place that is FLAT and not icey and snowy
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kam
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Kayak...I got this amusing pic in my mind of a person with lyme trying to walk up or down hill in the snoww and ice vs one walking on flat ground.
Yep. Flat ground is good.
I too had a thought lately that I was grateful for where I live. But, darn if I can recall the why of that thought.
Not that there are many reasons in itself: the friendly, safe, small town but with 3 grocery stores, home depot and ace hardware.
Clean air. Beautiful forest areas just a few miles from town.
No ticks but do know of some dogs who have come down with some of the co infections. Owners believe they got it at the dog park.
As the hunters tell me they have never seen a tick on their dogs or on them selves while out hunting.
I have yet to see a tick while living here. In my old town I'd see them walking across my computer table.
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