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19
Feb
2010

Snow and stuff

By Kaessa

I’m sitting here in my living room this morning, trying to blog, but nothing is coming to mind. What to talk about? Those of you who blog, how do you decide your subject matter? I’ve just been staring out the window, watching big fat flakes of snow falling out of a grey sky… and that’s all that I can think about.

It’s been a good morning so far. The dogs and I went to the open space park on the other side of the river, and they got to chase the ball until they were exhausted. We have a Chuckit! Ball Launcher (shameless plug, this is the best $15 I ever spent on a dog toy), and I can throw the ball 50 yards without hurting myself, so they get a real workout. I couldn’t keep up with them otherwise. After they were exhausted, I went to the grocery store and bought a few things. Is it just me, or is toilet paper getting really freaking expensive? Probably because I don’t buy the cheap stuff. I’m spoiled. Then we came home. This is my life. Boring, slow, and we don’t get much done, but it is what it is.

The dogs have collapsed on the floor since we’ve been home; Ares is back in the bedroom in his “spot”, and Apollo is laying right next to my computer chair having happy doggy dreams.

Apollo

Some days I really envy the animals in this house.

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27
Aug
2009

My (not so) interesting day.

By Kaessa

Not much going on today.  It’s been pretty quiet so far.

I called my rheumatologist this morning — I’ve been having some side effects from the Lyrica that are pretty hard to deal with.  I was able to deal the with zombie brain for the first week, but now it’s causing mood swings and depression.  That is not good.  The zombie brain is about 80% better — I can’t call it completely better, but I can think again.  Mostly.

The mood swings?  Yikes.  I picked a fight with Brian yesterday over the difference between marinara sauce and spaghetti sauce.  Yes, I agree with you, that’s a stupid thing to fight about.  Once I realized that, I spent the next 3 hours crying about it, as well as crying about any other random thing.  I can NOT live like that.  PMS forever?  No thanks.

Brian has been amazingly supportive throughout all of this, which is amazing.  I would have killed me by now.

Anyway… I called the rheumatologist first thing this morning, and talked to the nurse there.  She was amazing.  Very supportive and just all around wonderful.  We’re going to take me down to half the dosage on the Lyrica, and if the symptoms don’t get any better we may switch me to Savella.  I’ve heard good and bad about it, but one of the tings I’ve heard is that it really helps the brain fog, too.  Well, here’s hoping something works, without too many side effects.  Some side effects I can handle.  Crying all day is not one of them.

The rest of my day has mostly been spend lazing around the house.  Not too many dishes, no laundry to speak of, and there were too many cats on my bed for me to make it up without disturbing them.  They all looked to comfortable to move.  So, I surfed the net and read for a bit.  Thank bob for the interwebs, they keep me amused. ;)

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24
Aug
2009

Sorry about yesterday…

By Kaessa

Well, yesterday was full of fail.

I spent part of the morning on the computer just goofing around, and then sometime after lunch, WHAM!  I could barely walk, nausea, dizzy, etc.  Of course, the first thing Brian asks me is, “Are you pregnant?”  Funny guy.  I spent about 30 minutes dozing in bed, then got up and sat on the couch and read for a while.  Told the boys to fend for themselves for dinner, because me cooking was just not going to happen.

I feel a lot better this morning, other than a serious knot in my right shoulder.  Dishes are done, laundry is washed, and the cats are happily sleeping on the bed.  As you can see, they were incredibly helpful while I was putting the laundry away.

Cats on my laundry

Cats on my laundry

Next project for the day… bread.  Can she do it without messing up?  Nobody knows!

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22
Aug
2009

Nap attack.

By Kaessa

Ok, I have no idea what to blog about today, so you get more rambling.  Aren’t you excited?

Not a bad day today… went to breakfast with Brian’s parents, and had a good time.  We came home, I played World of Warcraft for a bit (my new baby paladin is up to level 31!) until somebody sneaked up behind me and flipped my off switch.  I mean seriously… happily playing one minute, the next minute I’m heading for the inn with my head down on my desk trying to keep my eyes open.  WTF is up with that?

I logged out and let Will use the computer, and I made my way back to bed.  I hate it when that total exhaustion sneaks up on you like that.  I moved Shiva out of the way (Shiva is always in the way) so I could lay down, and then Brian started to tell me stuff about what he was doing in game.  I tried sooo hard to pay attention, and then I was just out.  Brian woke me up a bit later to tell me I’d been sleeping for an hour and a half, and I just completely ignored him.  What’s funny is that my brain heard him say ten hours, but I was still thinking “So?”, and I went back to sleep.  He finally woke me up after about 3 hours… 6pm and I had to get up and fix dinner.

I was still tired when I got up, and rather brain damaged as well.  Dinner was a challenge.  Breaded pork chops and smashed potatoes, it should have been easy.  I couldn’t remember for the life of me how long to cook the pork chops.  We had the potatoes done way before the chops, so they got a bit dried out.  They were still yummy, though.

Here is a picture of Shiva being in the way.

Shiva, in the way as usual.

Shiva, in the way as usual.

For some reason, he feels the need to lay on whatever article of clothing you put on the bed.  This particular article is Brian’s jeans.  Notice all the fur on the bed?  I blame Alley Cat and Karma, since all that fur seems to be black.  I really need to get in there with a lint brush and get it off, but I am lazy.

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20
Aug
2009

Ahh, that’s better

By Kaessa

The dishes are done, the kitchen is clean, and my bed is made.  Yes, Shiva decided to remove himself from the bed for a few minutes.  Here is a picture of him resting on the way to the food bowl.

Shiva, resting on the way to the food bowl.

Shiva, resting on the way to the food bowl.

‘Scuse the carpet, it gets vacuumed tomorrow.  Six animals can generate a metric ton of hair each week.  It’s a never ending job.

In my last post I mentioned Ares’ eye.  We still don’t know what happened to him, but his eyelid really started to get red about a week ago.  Then it started swelling… really puffing out big.  When it got down to his muzzle, we decided to take him to the vet Friday morning.  Poor guy looked like he’d gone a few rounds with Mike Tyson.

The vet looked at him and thought he saw a foxtail inside of his eyelid, so we left him there to be sedated and checked.  Well, the vet didn’t find anything in there, but he did have an ulcer on his eye, and the swelling was just huge.  So, he sent him home with some antibiotics and some eye gel stuff for lubrication and pain relief.

I am so glad that Ares is such a good pill taker.  No arguing with him, just tip his head back and pop the pill in his mouth.  He gets treats afterwards, so he looks forward to that.  So does Apollo, because I give him treats as well.  Anyway… it’s been nearly a week, and most of the swelling is gone.  I can’t take him for walks yet, because he wears a headcollar, and that would hurt!

Ares' eye

Ares' eye

Apollo really wants to go somewhere.  This is him barking at me to take him somewhere.  He gets really excited when he thinks he’s leaving the house.  Next week we can go, I’m sure Ares will be better by then.

Apollo telling me we need to go somewhere

Apollo telling me we need to go somewhere

Now I can relax, have some lunch, and hang out on the computer guilt free for the rest of the day.  Well, at least until Will gets home, I promised him some World of Warcraft time after he does his homework.

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20
Aug
2009

Enthusiasm

By Kaessa

I have none.

Ever have one of those days where you just want to sit and do nothing?  I’ve been goofing around on the computer since 9am, and it’s approaching 11am.  I haven’t really been productive here, either.  Just sitting around, installing and uninstalling various Wordpress plugins, breaking and then fixing my blog or the blog’s back end.  Entertaining?  Yes.  Productive?  Not a chance.

I’m not hurting too bad today, though I am a bit spacey from the Lyrica.  I really really really need to get off my butt and get the kitchen clean, and maybe do something else productive.  Make the bed?  That would be good, but I have to move one very comfortable cat (Shiva) off of the bed first, and I just don’t have the heart.  I guess I could vacuum, but that’s William’s chore.  Can’t take the dogs for a walk or to the park until Ares’ eye heals (more on that later), so that’s out.

Bah.  I just need to get up off my butt and get the dishes done.  I’ll be back later with pictures of stuff.  Hopefully, interesting stuff.

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23
Jun
2009

Guest Room Complete!

By Kaessa

Only now it’s not the guest room, it’s my son’s room. My fifteen-year-old son is coming to live with us and go to school here. Having him in the big city was not the best environment, so we talked him into coming out here and giving small town a try. He’ll be here at least a year, I’m hoping he’ll be here through high school.

So anyway… here is what I started with:

And this is what we have now (complete with cat approval):

What a difference!  I really like the room.  Even the mats/frames on the pictures match the walls, and that was completely unintentional.  I still need to do a few more things, like refinish the bed frame and get a proper nightstand, but it’s looking very cozy.  The cats love it, I haven’t been able to get Shiva off the bed since I set it up.

Oh, in case you’re wondering about Alley Cat’s back, we had to shave her mats off.  She was VERY grumpy, and she feels a lot better now.

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20
May
2009

Guest Room… Progress!

By Kaessa

Well, here it is, May 20th, two full months after I started this project.  I’ve only been feeling well enough the last few days to take another stab at it.  The “circus wall” has been covered with one coat of paint, and the room no longer offends my eyes.  The trick is going to be finishing before my son gets here for the summer… in one month.  Yikes!

Here are the progress photos:

Masking

The window, blue wall, and the carpet have all been masked off. Isn’t that wall lovely? (Blech)

Ozzy Helping

Ozzy is helping. He loves the masking paper.

Edges

Here I’ve painted all the edges with a paintbrush. I really wish I could have masked the ceiling, but it has that “popcorn” finish and tape just refuses to stay attached. I also attacked the wall in a few places where I’d patched holes to make sure they were filled in completely. It looks like someone came and played with mud all over the wall now.

First Coat

The first coat is complete! You can still see some of the striping under the paint (though you can’t really see it in this picture), so I will be adding another coat in a few hours… or maybe tomorrow. I hurt like hell already from doing this much, I don’t know how much I want to push myself today. I overdid it yesterday and am paying for it today. I’d really like to be able to get out of bed in the morning.

So, I have made progress. My goal is to have the bedroom complete by the end of the second week of June. By complete, I mean painted, furniture in, linens on the bed, and curtains hung. I should probably put the blinds back up, too. I could probably buy cheaper curtains if I have blinds on the window. I’m really looking forward to seeing how this room is going to turn out. Hopefully it looks as good in reality as it does in my imagination.

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04
Apr
2009

Apollo

By Kaessa

Had to share this picture of Apollo.  I love it!


Black and White Border Collie by *Kaessa on deviantART

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17
Mar
2009

Back home.

By Kaessa

If you have been following my posts on Facebook, I’ve been out of town since Friday, in a quaint little town called Naturita.  SMALL town.  Very nice people, and I enjoyed our stay.  Brian had work near there, and I decided to tag along so he wouldn’t be lonely. ;)

I have a few pictures over on Facebook that I took with my Blackberry, let me see if I can grab a few…

Naturita

Cute little town, eh?  Yeah, that’s it.  The whole town.  I was a bit bored, but I got caught up on some of my reading.  The doggers and I spent quite a bit of time hanging out, too.  Lots of places to take them to go running.

Oh… if you’re wanting an updated on the medical condition… there isn’t one.  Every test comes back normal.  Hopefully the doc will call me this week and we can figure out where to go from there.

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