There's a Drill in My Near Future

Well, in the middle of everything else going on, I have had a toothache since Sunday. I finally decided to investigate further and with a little pulling and stretching I can see a spot on my very back upper molar and it looks suspiciously like a cavity! After three days of pain, I called my dentist figuring it was around the time I needed to go for a cleaning anyway and they could see what was going on with my tooth. Come to find out that I have somehow completely forgotten to even go to the dentist for 2 1/2 years!!!!!! The last visit they show for me was 12/13/05! Appalling! I ALWAYS have gone for my cleanings although I will confess that in order to save some money, I just went once a year instead of twice. But being that they never found anything anymore I figured I was coming out ahead.

Well, I think I've got big time problems and today I noticed two spots on two lower teeth too.

Ugh.

So, Thursday morning I will be dashing over to Louisville to the dentist which probably will involve lots of drilling and mouth stretching and pain and then the severe headache I get from my mouth being artificially stretched open for an hour plus; all before I come back home to get Tim for his appointment with the Orthopedic doctor back in Louisville in the afternoon!

Calgon take me away!

Birthday Sunday

We celebrated my birthday and Mother's Day yesterday! Dad made his famous london broil on the grill even though it was rainy and windy out! We moved the party to our upstairs living room so that Tim wouldn't have to come downstairs. This year we donned our blinged out bubba teeth although we still couldn't get mom to wear them! I got two super yummy vintage 'tater heads and a Mr. Kelly's Car Wash which had been on my wish list for years! Some great vintage Christmas store stock, scrapbooking stuff, vintage sewing/buttons, a sweet little vintage children's play make up kit, and a watch to name a few things! Fun! Can't wait to play with my new toys!

Diggin' In Dirt, YUK!

I came home today with $24 worth of free plants from a local nursery! Four free day lillies. I received a coupon in the mail recently for my birthday! And then my mom got one for being new to the area (never mind that she's lived here almost a year now!) So, off I went to get my free goods and then I had to get them planted before they died. I absolutely hate digging in dirt, unearthing worms and planting flowers or plants. I think I found at least 4 1/2 worms. Yep, I said 1/2. Ick!

I still need to mulch my new flower bed extension but at least they are planted and I'm done with that!

Tim Update...Not Good News and Meet Bruiser

Well, Tim got the call from the doctor today with the report from yesterday's MRI of his hip. Verdict: He has a small fracture after all! At the hip socket/bone. So, they are referring him to an Orthopaedic doctor and we have an appointment next Thursday afternoon. For now, he is under doctor's orders to stay off of it, use the crutches always and put no weight on it.

So, we are moving the birthday/Mother's Day dinner and party upstairs so my husband can attend. Dad's grilling his famous london broil and I figure with 5 people that can walk, we can get the food upstairs and use tv trays so Tim's not eating up in bed all by himself! We'll also unwrap presents up there and have cake. Hey, that's what a 6 foot scrapbook table is for right?

They didn't let him do the lower back MRI yesterday after all so that is still set for next Wednesday.

Poor guy. He was super bummed today and hey, for that matter, so was I. Not the news we were expecting!

Tim Says I'm Not Nurse Merry Sunshine

Okay, so maybe I'm not but I'm pretty much all he's got so take it or leave it buddy! HA! He keeps saying I'm the whiniest caretaker he's ever had! Well, okay, I'll give him that too maybe....

But, man, taking care of him and this big old house, myself, one whiney kitty that still insists on waking me up starting at 5am and then again and again till I get up and feed her the squishies (her medicine and yummy wet cat food), trying to work and keep up with etsy listings and sales and post office runs, grocery shopping, company coming (Dad arrived last night so I dashed to the airport after work), impending birthday and mother's day dinner/gifts, watering plants, taking out loads of trash, laundry, three meals a day, up and down the giant staircase, wah!!!!!!!!!

And did I mention the 9 gallons of water I had to lug to the basement and then one by one they come back up? And the 12 packs of Mt. Dew that go down, come back up...I've squished more empty cans for recycling in the past week. We have a certified Mt. Dew addict living here!

I'm sure it wouldn't be quite so bad if I wasn't still regaining strength and stamina myself from the gallbladder surgery! I'm just worn out and hurting so much!

Well with the recruit in from VA, I'll have some back up help for a few days at least. Tim goes for MRIs of his hip and lower back today and I'm not sure when we'll get those results but he has a follow up with the doctor next Wed.

Valentine Yummies From Last Weekend's Antiquing

Last weekend, which seems like a very long time ago now, mom and I went to a new antique show/flea market (well, new for us and new territory) and two antique malls in Evansville, IN. It was incredible! Just like shows of the past! Two indoor buildings, several outdoor barns and many vendors just set up outside. I had arranged to meet up with a dealer who had a whole box of goodies for me to sort through and boy was that fun! She and I have the exact same taste! She's got two three car garages full of boxes of stuff she has bought over the years as a dealer! Anyway, she was super fun and I spent an hour and a half in her booth alone! And we plan to meet again! Found lots of goodies for my Etsy shop!

I think one of our biggest finds and best deals were the vintage valentines! I saw a whole plastic tub of them on the way to get something to eat and we ended up buying them all for a price! The ones pictured are just the ones I kept. Mom ended up with a huge pile and I still have another huge pile to sell! There were at least 250-300 valentines and a few greeting cards too!

I also found this sweet Suzy Homemaker Blender in it's original box and just had to have it for my kitchen! I like that it has a cellophane window and you can see it inside the package! Last Monday morning before Tim fell, I spent an hour in the kitchen revamping the top of my cabinets so I could squeeze it in (and dust). It looks really cute!

What It Takes To Get Decorated Sugar Cookies

You know Tim must be feeling pretty pathetic to get semi-homemade sugar cookies out of me! Since he fell Monday, he's been stuck upstairs in bed most of the day and night except to get up and move around the best he can on crutches so he doesn't get a blood clot! So, I ran to the grocery for much needed groceries while Mom was here with him the other day and bought the Pillsbury sugar cookies he loves so much at Christmas and made my homemade icing and decorated them up all pretty for him.

He was pretty surprised and delighted!

I've doled them out so they've lasted longer than if I had just turned over the little container to the Cookie Monster!

We went to his primary care doctor today for follow up from the ER visit and she is ordering an MRI of his left hip and lower back. This will determine if there is any torn or ruptured ligaments or tendons. She said the bruise to the bone is equivalent to a sprain and takes six weeks to heal. They will most likely order physical therapy if no tear, if a tear, he will be referred to an orthopedic doctor for treatment.

Sigh......

Next appt. is the 14th after the MRIs and 1-2 weeks of staying off of it.

Now, what do they order for worn out wives who are completely exhausted and everything that can hurt on them does?