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Tuesday, December 31st

New Year's Eve - plans?

So here it is, the day OF - New Years Eve. Couples will be going places where they can 'ring' in the New Year. Singles will be going to First Night - somewhere. Most large cities have them - hoping to find the start of their couple, or just for a good bang leaving the old year and starting the new year. And many will celebrate watching television watching the ball come down to announce the New Year.

And of course, there are the New Year Resolutions. Make 'em, Break 'em, or Embrace 'em - however it works out for those that make them. I believe the idea behind this one is that all the things we attempt during the year and fall short of the goal, this gives us another new start. "This year, I will dah dah dah dah" or "This year, I will NOT dah dah dah dah". Second one might be easier to do. But it's all with good intent for the New Year.

Me? Heh. I most likely will be sleeping through the change of year and not making any resolutions. Why? Why not. It's a placeholder for time and wait, right - no social life. I hear in my head what someone said to me once - "You got no friends". Be that as it may (untrue by the way), I didn't receive an invitation anywhere and if I'm not prompted, I don't "go and get it" as it were unless I'm really wanting to do something. It's a choice made by doing nothing about it. It's all good with me since I've not been much up for socializing since I've had a few months of back, leg, lung issues. I actually look forward to easy rest without a worry of anything, glad to be feeling somewhat normal again. Normal for me that is. Okay, I'm officially a fuddy-duddy. Again, okay with me. Heh heh.

I will get out of work earlier than my usual Tuesday night (Yay!) I'll be kicking back and feeling good about relaxing. Maybe go to the Caribbean in my head - or play Big Fish and whatever. I'll think of my (truly wished he would be) Significant Other and bid him a Happy New Year before I head off to dreamland. He most likely will be doing what ever it is he does on New Year's Eve and will pass me a greeting from afar.

I may even attempt writing little stories again. Who knows. There are stories in my head that don't come out on paper (or Computer) anymore. I don't know if it's because it's clear in my head and jumbled as it reaches my fingertips or if it just isn't ready. More likely, I - phone rang - GAH! I lost track of time here and I gotta get ready for work - forgot I was being picked up! So blah blah blah and this will be it for today.

Good Blessings and Good Day!

Oh! And HAPPY NEW YEAR! WOOOOOOOO!
Lyn on 12.31.13 @ 07:14 AM EST [link]

Saturday, December 28th

Christmas is over...

And soon the New Year. I'm on my third medicine to kick out the cold thing that makes me cough and hack. I think this time, it's working. I'm still walking good since the shots in the back for the herniated disc. It's been a tough end of year for me health wise. I'm not sure what the New Year will bring, but I'll keep on with it.

Started to re-book various doctor appointments I had to push off due to the strep/cold/thing. Got two of them booked for February, one in January and I think I need to see about getting two more in January. Gah, all the doctors lately! Physical Therapy consult, Gastroenterologist, Gastro-procedure... hm. Gotta get into the follow up of the doctor that did my disc shots and the Physio-therapy doctor... I certainly hope this all puts me back into getting things done again. Between the back, the cold, the Crohn's... I haven't gotten too much done and been so wiped out I'm still taking naps in the afternoon and then going to sleep at my usual time - ten at the latest. Ah well.

Work-wise, things are moving along decently. I feel as if I'm starting to get things done for reconciling and receipts. Katie has been an awesome help for taking over some of the reconciling AND she understands how to do the balancing. Not sure how long I'll get to have her helping, but she's been doing great in what I give her to do. Dot still runs into some situations with Payroll... not in her control, but she handles whatever comes up with it regardless. I haven't learned too much in Payroll, just the necessary to cover a day or two at most for Dot. I've got the balancing part learned well. It's the stickler things and the actual keying in process that's difficult for me to learn. You'd think "keying" in is simple data processing, but nope. Have to use what is called 'batches' for different things and do a translation and a preview before accepting. Sounds simple but there is three different areas involved and if you miss something on one of them, you can't proceed until found and fixed. Never mind entering a new person, setting up the deductions and so forth. This seems to be where things lately have been glitching for some unknown reason - meaning the payroll company doesn't know why it's not working now. :X I only know some of the problems as I hear some of the things Dot goes on about with the company if my focus isn't fully on my work. Or if she asks for my opinion on things. I really am so glad that she works well with me day in and day out as well as being my sister. I don't think too many siblings can work together for so long and still hang out as friends during the weekend (IF I have the energy to do so....) She's a blessing to me.

Other people in the office... (sighs) try to do their best so I give them that. One more so then another. I understand the difficulty for one of them, but the other, I see more a reluctance in keeping up with what use to be the standard. Always some comment or another about the procedures - I think even if she did it the way Dot or I have done in the past, there would be other comments and well, okay, complaints. But I know when I'm covering, it's a much quicker and efficient process then what she's been doing. Just saying. She's a good person even if I have heard otherwise. Then again, she likes me most times. If she didn't, I'm sure I'd hear about it. I do understand her anger towards the situation and her value is, in the right areas, but unfortunately, she's on a job that I can't move her from per higher ups. I do believe she's starting her countdown to retirement come the New Year. I have a feeling it's going to be a difficult year due to the attitude, but we'll get through it.

Anyway. I'm feeling better and I think things will get better.

Good Night and Good Blessings.
Lyn on 12.28.13 @ 09:10 PM EST [link]

Wednesday, December 25th

Merry Christmas to All!

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Merry Christmas Everyone! Good Day & Good Blessings!

Lyn on 12.25.13 @ 07:43 AM EST [link]

Tuesday, December 24th

Tis the Day Before Christmas -

and all thru the condo, all the creatures were stirring and not making fondue (oops, not quite)

How about... Tis the Day before Christmas and all thru the place, all you hear is coughing and seeing a red face... (it's from all the coughing you know)

Okay, enough of the poetry attempt for now. Once upon a time I could do a rhyme, with so much ease, it was sure to please if I didn't falter the next line.

So anyway, I'm coughing, Bri is coughing, I'm pretty sure I'm finally at the end of this month long cold, but I get so wiped out. I don't want to take any more over the counter cold / flu / sinus medicines. It does work for a little bit and then I'm coughing and hacking again to the point where sometimes it's hard to catch my breath. Even got Bri concerned when I turned as red as my shirt. He offered to Heimlich me and I waved him off during the coughing. It doesn't happen too often like that. I do get dizzy with the spells but staying seated and just calming my breathing usually helps, then a cough drop. ::sigh:: It is taking a toll on the body, making me hurt in various places. So then I pull out the Advil as well. I've never seen a cold linger this long. One of my co-workers told me to go back to the doctor and ask for something stronger. I feel pretty confident they can't do anything more. Maybe I'll just shoot them off an email. And my voice is getting stronger and more normal sounding... Eh. I'll do the email and see what comes of it.

And the presents, still not wrapped. I laugh at myself because I really truly was proud of myself I wasn't holding off till the last minute to buy and wrap. No no, I got everything in plenty of time but managed not to wrap a thing. Guess what I'll be trying to do tonight. And if I don't manage... well, I have Christmas bags I can put the gifts in to hand over. :X What! Don't give me that look! It's not like I have any little children. I've got grown up sons who I can't really buy for any more. Clothes - don't know their sizes or proper styles (and I hate to go into stores) Toys aren't their thing unless it's really expensive (that isn't happening) so one or two silly gifts and cash. I do my shopping online. It gets delivered to me. How fabulous is that? Lazy? Hm. I have to think about that. I like to believe I find it easier to compare prices from one store to another without having to exhaust myself walking. Okay, maybe lazy. Hehe.

We won't discuss the tree. I seriously can not bring myself to do any decorating. I know I have a propensity for letting the house go err condo go... and I have to do some serious cleaning before I could even decorate. I can blame the cold wiping me out as this time, it really is the worst I've let it go. I keep attempting little bits and then I go lay down and fall asleep. That IS some serious tiredness from a little bit of cleaning. It's okay though. My sons are looking forward to the dinner mostly. I need all my energy for that so pfft to the tree and decorating.

Okay then, gonna try to get my act together to make it to work on time today...

Good Day and Good Blessings!

Lyn on 12.24.13 @ 06:59 AM EST [link]

Thursday, December 19th

Day 18 of this wretched cold thing

No, I don't mean Winter, but this cough hacking thing. Although last night and this morning, I haven't tried to cough up a lung (maybe it popped out already?!), I still have a cough that sounds normal and not so harsh. Of course, the body aches from all the prior days of hard coughing. Ribs, shoulder, stomach... I'll take a DayQuil tablet this morning to just keep it under control in case. Yesterday I felt so beat and exhausted, I wanted nothing more than to sleep. I don't know how I managed to work and yet I did. I crashed on the couch from 6 to midnight, got up, crawled into bed and slept another six hours. Wow. I was very tired. Woke up feeling better, had a shower, coffee and sitting here feeling achy but decent for a change. Though it's tempting to stay home today and tomorrow as Pat suggested, I'm not sick enough to stay in bed or to stay down so to speak so nope, gonna head into work when it's time. I think my voice is better today - gonna try not to use it except when necessary today. Not that my throat hurts, it's just that my voice seems more and more raspy when I talk for too long. Hrm. Am I a talker?! Heh, I don't think so, but yeah, yesterday I was too talkative and I think that caused the cords to be strained. I'll attempt to only answer questions and my calls without anything extra (like chit-chat and joking with my co-workers) Only today. And see how that goes.

Still haven't done any wrapping or attempted to bring the tree up from storage. I'm just too tired lately and thinking about doing the Christmas dinner is tiring as well. I'll have to ask Bri to go do the shopping for the needed items this weekend. Christmas is so close and I'm still feeling rough. I have some cards to do and until I have the energy to locate my cards... well, I think I may just stop at the Big Lots to pick up a box so I don't have to hunt around for my cards. Easier and right there. Maybe after work on the way home. And that's the ONLY errand I'll do.

Enough for now, goitta deal with cats and my hair.... not that the cats had anything to do with my hair... it's the order to take care of things. Heh heh.

Good Day and Good Blessings!

Lyn on 12.19.13 @ 07:07 AM EST [link]

Wednesday, December 18th

Snow and more Snow and Hacking Cough Cancellations

I tried to take it easy the whole weekend. Other then going out Sunday to clear off my car AND move it for the plow to clean the parking spaces, I stayed in to help alleviate this stubborn cold that has me coughing like a smoker. Sunday was pretty cold out there - the short time... well, it may have been about an hour to hour and half... I did get a little bit of wind burn on my face. Didn't realize it until Monday morning when it was hurting and looked a bit red. And because my jeep is good for this kind of driving, Pat hopped a ride into work with me. She didn't want to try to drive in it. I don't blame her. I wouldn't have either if I didn't have this wonderful car that I still absolutely love. And because I promised her we'd get to Costco, I cancelled my hair appointment to do that after work as well as cancelling my scope procedure for Friday (due to the coughing fits). And so we did get to Costco, but I started up my deep cough again and felt the pulling or strain in my shoulder from it. She wants me to go to the doctor again and I thinking no, it's just a lingering cold at this point. Not nearly as bad as the prior two weeks. Yes, I'm on week three with this thing.

Mentioning we were getting MORE snow on Tuesday, she asked to hop a ride again. Is all good with me. Snow started about noonish and went continuously through the rest of the work day and the Christmas party, slowing down by eight p.m. when we were getting out of work. Drifts as well made the walking to the lot to retrieve my car a bit difficult. The plows didn't get out so the street was really messy. Got my car cleaned off and drove back to the door to collect Pat as she wouldn't have been able to make it to the parking lot safely. When I got home, the drifts were quite high in my usual parking space, so I parked on the other side where I knew I could get at my car for the morning.

So I've cancelled my hair appointment, my scope procedure, my physical therapy for my back, my two other doctor follow ups for my back and my chiropractor left me a call to come in as well. So far, the only thing I got rescheduled is the scope for the end of January. The bulk of this cancelling appointments is the horrendous coughing I'm doing. I can't breath well enough yet to go through the procedure of course and yeah, they won't do it if I'm sick anyway. The other ones - pt, follow ups... are also because of my coughing fits. I don't want to go into the doctor offices where possibly someone could pick this up... and yeah I know, I've been going to work... but they've seen the worst of it and know I'm not contagious now, yet still concerned with how bad I cough. Still haven't recovered my voice yet. I'm doing all the cough stuff to alleviate some of it, and that too causes some stress for my Crohn's. My stomach isn't liking some of the ingredients is just politely saying what that is doing to me. This has been a rough month for me and I've never seen a cold stick so long as this one has been doing. It's wearing me out.

So then. It's getting time to prepare for work. I'm so looking forward to another weekend so I can just kick back and chill... oh wait, Christmas dinner foods to be bought... and I haven't wrapped the gifts yet and... oh wow, I didn't get my tree up yet. I think I'll skip the tree. I can't get enough energy up for that. Ah well.

Good Day and Good Blessings.

Lyn on 12.18.13 @ 06:55 AM EST [link]

Friday, December 13th

Mid December already?

The strep/cold I had... and is still lingering but signs of almost gone... beat the heck out of me. Between coughing so hard I should have spit out a lot of my internal organs, gagging and feeling tired as well as that serious hoarse voice, I can finally say I feel better. It's not fully gone, but I have my voice back with a little raspy in it here and there - I can now be heard without it hurting to talk - and the coughing fits have subsided, I am NOT going anywhere this weekend. I have to do some serious resting. I didn't want to mess up Dot's vacation AGAIN because I was sick... and hopefully, I haven't passed this bugger on to anyone. I feel like I have been doping myself for two weeks solid and still don't know how I managed to keep going. Although, I have been dropping to bed early - seriously early - and then of course wake up coughing like I'm going to pass out, I just don't know how I was functioning other than "I have to" mode.

And of course, Cookie Day is tomorrow, and a snowstorm coming in with some heavy duty snow. Not going to Cookie Day mostly because I don't know if this cold thing can be passed on still with anyone low immunity and kids kids kids... that I don't want to infect or get another cough thing.

My shopping is done, thanks to the internet and the occasional spotting things when out for other things. I feel content with my choices. Now I have to get my act in gear to wrap. And yeah... maybe pull the Christmas tree stuff out of the storage bin... I DO have my snowflake lights on the balcony... only because I bought them and they were up here. Took me about a week to finally open the box and untangle the wire to string out there. It's not straight or even but it's out there. Not bad for someone that panics at the railing because of height.

Anywho - can't even remember half the stuff that went on during the week. But this morning I updated to Windows 8.1 Pro.... now I broke my Big Fish games. ::sighs:: Pete is coming over for sketti and meatballs so I'll have him fix it so I can play again. Gonna need it for the weekend!

Good Night & Good Blessings!

Lyn on 12.13.13 @ 05:49 PM EST [link]

Tuesday, December 3rd

Strep Throat & new background

So yesterday I was doing well at work and then the afternoon, I was clearing my throat a lot and sniffling. Dang allergies. But no... allergy stuff didn't work on it. Hrm. By the time I get home, my throat is so very sore and I can barely breathe. Popped more allergy stuff and by 8, took some nyquil, thinking I'll need something to sleep the night. Come the morning (today) yeah, this throat is awful, I can't breath, I feel like I got hit in the face. Called and left a message for the doc as this is not a normal allergy sinus thing to me. It feels so sore, my nose is sore from blowing and rubbing... I went into work, called the doc for a prescription for sinus infection. Nope, they need to see me. So I run out to the doc and they do a little throat culture while checking other symptoms like pressure points for sinus etc. The little 5 min test showed I have strep. How the heck did that happen?! So antibiotics and told to go home, not back to work as I need the antibiotics for 24 hours before going back to work. GAH! Called in to tell them I couldn't come back but my voice is so raspy, it hurts to talk. Fine okay they say, take it easy and see you on Thursday.

Later on I call as I remember a piece of my work that needed to be sent to another department and called in. Dot got it taken care of and told me they sprayed the whole office down after my call to them from the doctor's. :D Yeah, I'm glad they did. I don't know where I picked it up from and I was fine yesterday morning! Or so I thought. So figured to update the background with a December theme since I'm not going out anywhere for 24 hours. Had two doses of antibiotics now and it's alleviating some of the pain and taking some mucinex stuff to clear the breathing apparatus. :X I got the CVS store brand in liquid form since it hurts to swallow too. It's actually helping me breathe a little better.

Bri made mac & cheese with bacon bits for me late afternoon. And I'm drinking tea. Good as it's gonna be for today.

So that's all from here.

Good Day and Good Blessings!

Lyn on 12.03.13 @ 07:18 PM EST [link]

Sunday, December 1st

Thanksgiving / Black Friday - Gone!

Thanksgiving was nice. My usual Ham dinner which... I didn't make enough ham to last the whole weekend and to do my egg ham cheese rice dish with. Oh well. It's been de-lish regardless. I'm happy about it. The boys enjoyed it and that's all that matters to me.

Black Friday - well I didn't go out in that mob shopping frantic. I did however go to the bank and made a stop at one of the little stores around the corner just to see if they had a pair of shoes I wanted. No shoes, but I came out with a gift for one of those I do buy for. It was a nice surprise as I was stumped on what to get and it jumped out at me saying ME ME ME! And I thought... oh yeah! That's it! Home again and then went out with Dot in the evening to a neighbor's house to see Linnea Star It was a fascinating event. I had seen her twice before and perhaps not all things came to be, but the fact is, it could still be coming. I know for fact a couple of things she spoke of have come to be and are things no one would have known. Like Dad's blue sweater; Granite St; Tinkerbell just to name a few. Most of you have no clue what those three things are that stand out in my mind, but those that went with me, do know. Mind you, those were three things for three different people and only one of which was mine. It's not what you think. I didn't have the blue sweater. Mine had to do with Granite St. That's all I'm saying. Ha!

All in all it was wonderful to 'witness' in meaning more than to see, how others were with their readings and what things were said. It's amazing to me to watch and be part of.

And yesterday was an on and off sleep day of which I did manage to find ONE last elusive gift idea. Now my Christmas shopping is done. HA! No rushing out to shop and be involved with all that mania. I do miss it from when Dot and I use to do midnight runs, but now, I just couldn't handle it. Besides, I've no little ones that I need to buy for. Much as it's tough to buy for my boys due to their ages, I like to buy a fun gift and then give them money. That way I know they have something even if I couldn't figure out what they need or want within my price range. To me, it's another big dinner day anyway. It's not bad - don't think I am a humbug - well okay, a little bit - but I do love Christmas and all the lights and feelings, but it can be a bit emotional as well for me. Difficult in some ways, but gentle in other ways.

I have a lot to be thankful for and Thanksgiving was a day to remember such. I did so quietly in my own mind and enjoyed the day with my sons.

I'm ready for the next holiday (although now I have to remember to WRAP things before then....)

Good Day and Good Blessings.

Lyn on 12.01.13 @ 08:30 AM EST [link]

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