catching you up on...

Dizzy.

Last week I started my week off on the wrong foot, I was dizzy and when you are dizzy, it is "trump" in your life and no responsibility one may have ever dominates the dizzy. I tried to lift my head off the pillow and move on, but the dizzy had taken over and that was IT. 

My ears and I have a long history of pain and suffering. First of all I had my one eardrum burst twice and now have a certain level of hearing loss in that ear. And then one day I started to have even more severe issues and I won't go into all the ugly symptoms but there didn't seem to be a thing any doctor could do to make it better or even gain a diagnosis, and then after 20 some odd years of dealing with it and even seeing a "holistic" person who prescribed "light treatments" and gave me potions and all that jazz I finally ended up knocking on yet another ear, nose and throat specialist's door and in the beginning he gave me some grim news, he said I would need surgery and it was going to be bad, but then he actually looked in my ears more deeply and found a fungus growing in there. Yes, you read correctly, a fungus. No surgery after all, Thank God! But, I had a whole year of treatment with antibiotics and not only by mouth but I would return to his office periodically to get antibiotics intravenously and after months of treatment many of the symptoms subsided. 

In the early 1990's my husband and I traveled to NYC via Amtrak and at Philadelphia, Pa they attached the locomotive to the opposite end of our car and so we ended up "backing" into NYC and during our ride into NYC I was so dizzy and I've never been totally okay since then, there is always this element of vertigo I have to be careful of and especially when my ears are a bit more tender. 

That was a very "wordy" way to say that I've been totally uninspired to write the last week or so. My brain felt a bit foggy as I started to overcome the dizzy. 

Projects.

I've been thinking a lot and busy. Mr. Wonderful and I have so many projects we are working on. We have the new patio to a point that we can actually sit on the swing and enjoy it, but there are a few more things to purchase for the patio, namely a table and chairs and more plants and some pillows for the swing. A whole laundry list as they say and I doubt they will all happen this year. 

A project I have going on is painting a huge stack of picture frames. Probably about 30 or so picture frames, all sizes. I have been collecting them from various places, paying less than a dollar for them and now I am spraying coats of black semi gloss paint on them to make them all look uniform and I will be framing some of my favorite pictures I've been taking, plus family pictures that need to be displayed. It is a fun project at the moment, but I have to figure out when is a good time to get Mr. Wonderful involved because I am not handy with a tape measure and a hammer. You all get the "picture?" No pun intended! 

I've been pondering this.   

How is that folks who call themselves "Christian" are so mean-spirited and awful to those around them? Some days this thought nearly consumes me and I wish I didn't always see or hear the things that are out there. It just bothers me. 

Electricity. 

The luxury of having Electricity and being able to turn on the air conditioner on a whim is still such a blessing to me. I just never take it for granted that this is a luxury. When I was Amish I had to suffer through each hot summer day and night with no reprieve, and now, even still today, after having left that lifestyle behind me some nineteen years ago, having the ability to turn on the air conditioner and be able to sleep well at night is not lost to me. At all. 

New Friends. 

I've been making some really neat friends online because of my blog and social media and I have to say, my heart feels so much warmth and love from all of you. I love my "old" friends, and I am surely loving my new friends as well. I was telling Mr. Wonderful the other night that I am so surprised in a way of how "normal" my readers are and how many of you are becoming my friends, we chat behind the scenes, emailing each other, sometimes getting a phone call in or texting each other and it has so blessed me...way beyond measure! My readers/friends are just the best, each of you have blessed me so much and I just wanted to take a moment to thank each of you for being here and for coming back for more. 

Website.

The young man who helps me with my website and social media issues has been looking into a few things for me. I'm not quite happy with the website, it seems a bit tedious to find things and so we are looking at updating the site so things will be easier to find. I want it simple and to have a similar feel to what it is today, but just a bit more user-friendly. 

Visiting.

I'm going to run over to my basket lady friend, Elizabeth's house for a visit now. We haven't seen each other in a long time and it was time for us to get together again. I have to run for this time, but will be back soon.