About a week ago my Fibromyalgia started to flare up. The cause was from several fronts -- stress, recent travel, uncomfortable bed. The bottom line was I was in pain and could not get comfortable enough to sleep and without sleep the Fibro gets worse. By the third day I was lucky to get a 30-60 min nap a couple times a day. Then insomnia set ( Read more... )

*Sigh* Much stress building.

The plane tickets have been bought. The hotel rooms reserved. The rental car reserved. Kennel arrangements have been made for the dog. Our good friend (and neighbor)ninaroses will check in on the cat ( Read more... )

From the News: Amid a time of economic turmoil some legislators in Kansas and elsewhere say the price of justice is too high. They have introduced legislation to take the death penalty off the books over financial concerns. At least nine states have bills seeking to abolish or repeal the death penalty.My mind spins at this news. We won't stop the ( Read more... )

From CNN: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took a swipe at federal spending to monitor volcanoes in the GOP response to President Obama's address to Congress. That has the mayor of one city in the shadow of Mount St. Helens fuming. "Does the governor have a volcano in his backyard?" the mayor of Vancouver, Washington, said. "We have one that's very ( Read more... )

Oregon turns 150 today! While it was admitted into the union on February 14, 1859 -- it took the messenger 2 long weeks to ride across the country to let them know!

I'm please to say that my family has been in Oregon for 139 of those years!

Oregon, My OregonWords by J.A. Buchanan, Music by Henry B. Murtagh ( Read more... )

Last weekend Reed and I both had the sickness that's been going around. I had to have someone fill in for me in the Box Office Saturday night -- thanks crossedwI was feeling mostly better Friday and worked the box ... then the sickness stuck back with a vengeance. As of this morning, I have completely lost my voice. I can barley speak in a whisper. ( Read more... )

Dad had a knee replacement yesterday. So far that makes 2 knee replacements and 2 ankle replacements! All went well with the surgery and he's expect to be in the hospital until later this week ( Read more... )

Reed took Buttercup to her vet appointment at 8am this morning. The roads were icy, but luckily our vet is on a main street, so it's been well graveled and traveled. OSU didn't open until 10am, so Reed didn't have to miss any work this time ( Read more... )

Saturday we took Buttercup in for a checkup and to get her stitches removed. Turns out that her wound looks great, but the size of it will take a little longer to heal. So we're stuck with the cone and drugs for a few more days. Reed will take her in Wednesday before work and hopefully she'll be ready to have the stitches out then.

It's NOT a tumor!! WHEW ( Read more... )