Month of May

OK, I mentioned in one of my prior blogs that I was concerned about the breathing tests. I had a followup appointment with my good doctor on May 29th and she said that the nurses had goofed when they gave me the test for they should have left me on the oxygen while taking the test and that wasn't done. She said that she had done a base line and compared to 2006 & then 2007 & with this test I was right on target. Nothing has worsened and we finally have my calcium issue straightened out. I'm so blessed to truly have a good and caring doctor. She doesn't rush to get you out so she can go on to another patient and she is the one that found my joint problems which some of the other doctors could not. Plus I am so much more comfortable with a woman doctor.

Well May was truly a very busy month. A normal day starts at either 6:30 or 7:30 really depending upon how I slept the night before (as a rule now that I'm not working I sleep like a log), but if I stay up to late I just don't get up as early. I take care of the dogs, do my breathing treatment, take my meds, eat breakfast and then do the exercise bike and weights. I wasn't doing the weights, but am now for that is one thing that the doctor insisted upon when I saw her on the 29th.

I have discovered that one of the things I let go while I working was my flower beds and if you knew how much I love my flowers you would know how disgusted I am about how they look. One of the first orders of business was to haul all of the dead branches to my brother's burn pile and this turned out not to be just one load, but the last count was 4. I have two huge flower beds out by the carport. This is where I started. What a mess, but finally got them shaped up and some annuals put in (finished using up one of my retirement gift certificates for that). I put in some marigolds, pansies, snapdragons and a flower that is called STOCK (what a beautiful smell it has. It is like a perfume). I also went to the other nursery and finished spending what remained of that gift certificate as well. Per my nieces urging I also started a container garden this year. I planted one beef steak tomatoe, one Orange pepper plant (I love the way these taste) and one yellow straight neck squash. They really seem to be doing quite well. There was about a week and one half that I had to cover them every night to keep them from freezing. Wanted so badly to plant some cucumbers, but they don't like me that well anymore. Then on top of everything else my youngest dog got a real bad case of the scoots and as of this writing I think we finally have a handle on that.

And would you believe as I write this on June 2nd, stuff that should have bloomed in April just started blooming the last week of May and stuff got froze. What a strange Spring this has been in the Rockies. On the 15th I took care of a friend's dog out on County Road "P". I would drive out of the AM and the evening to take care of her. One morning coming back to town I saw a large herd of Does meandering across the road, not having a care in the world. Another morning going out, just as I got up to the intersection of CR P & CR 34 I stopped to watch this Australian Sheep Dog (one of those beautiful black and white ones, long hair) moving a heard of cows all by itself with the Owner driving along slowly behind in his pickup, but the dog was definitely doing all of the work. I really enjoyed watching this. I love doing things like this for my friends and while I worked I couldn't. Hope gas prices are cheaper where you all are at, it is now $4.15 per gallon here in my little part of the world. I really plan on being finished with all of the deep yard work the 1st week of June then when I get back from Arizona I'm doing some reseeding of the yard on the east side of the house, the nights just aren't warm enough now. After that is done I plan on getting back inside and getting the carpet shampooed. Oh and I still don't have the deck cleaned and washed down for the Summer so you can see I have plenty to keep me entertained.

Busy, busy, I wouldn't have it any other way.