va finally is getting off its butt
we finally got the va doing something today. amy had to walk around alot getting all those jerks in line though and she's really hurtin. she has to go back to the dr tomorrow now. but at least he should give her some pain pills and see what's wrong. all i can do is hope

i'm officially lazy
wow i have tried all weekend to help amy so she didn't have to do anything, and i pretty much wasn't able to do much. several meals she wanted i wasn't able to cook right, so she ended up cooking them. i was able to do the dishes and get her a couple of things, so i'm not totally worthless, but with my knees and back hurting so bad, i just don't have the energy or the will to do much any more. i am going to the va this week and hope they can figure out what is wrong, it's just not living to be in this much pain, not able to do anything with out pain hurting so much. it's time to turn things around one way or another, i need to be there for amy when she needs me, not like i was this weekend, i'm disappointed in myself for how it went, and i don't want to let her down again

the bed that got away
we saw an add in the paper for a king sized bed pretty cheap, we went and looed at it, and it was practically new, only used like 2 months before they moved. but we can't find a truck to haul it home, that really bites!!! we so need a bed, we are sleeping on the floor with an air mattress and we also have a twin bed, but only one can use it at a time, so it helps but its not great

amy's surgery
amy had her operation today, i was so glad she made it thru ok. while she was under, i realized just how empty my life would be if any thing ever happened to her. i love her with all my heart, and i am so happy and thankful she's with me. also i am glad amy's friend jo drove us to the hospital, waited with me, and drove us back home. amy really has some wonderful friends, angie, frank, and jo have all done so much for us, they really are true friends. now i've got to try to help amy stay off her feet and relax so she can recover from today's ordeal.

one year anniversary
wow i have been out of work for a year now. it really sucks, it's nice to stay home and try to recoup, but after the first few months it has gotten really boring, the pain and problems that keep me from working keep me from being able to go out and do anything else, so i am basically house bound, but that is ok. amy is here to help me with everything, i have no idea what i would do with out her,

what's it going to be like?
i sit here and wander what the new year is going to bring. i hope this year i can finally get some help with my spine and knee injuries. i am glad amy is here with me to bring in the new year together, especially in our new apartment

merry christmas
merry christmas. better late than never. i hope you forget worries over the gifts you get or give and remember teh reason for the holiday. we celebrate the birth of jesus, whether he was born on this day or not doesn't matter. honor him both in your actions and your thoughts.

weekend fun
saturday we finally placed the 2 young poodles in a new home. looks like everything is going to work out there so we can finally have the older 2 at the apartments with us.

frank has a friend setting up a webpage and asked me to help, so looks like its time to dust of my graphic design skills and performs some magic.

amy's mom took us shopping and out to supper afterwards on sunday. finally got a few things we needed around the apartment.

frozen water - movie night
amy mother's water was frozen, the heat lamp had burned out, so we had to go to wal mart. eric was there using various heaters trying to get the water thawed out.

and today the dvd frank sent us got here so we got to watch fantastic 4, it was awesome, much better than the orig unreleased one i had seen.

and tonight amy has gone out and done laundry, kinda weird not having a washer or dryer.

sick children
wow, i am up way too early!
amy is baby sitting 2 of tom and angie's 4 kids. they were sick and throwing up :( i hope i don't catch what ever they got. amy got me up to help set up the tv for them and bring out a couple of movies so they can watch. surprised she hasn't gone to the library to get some kid shows for them, maybe she will later, i'm back upstairs and ready to try sneakin a nap in before i am needed again.

friends, movies, and late night walmart runs
talked with frank today, he's a great friend of amy's and best man at our wedding, he said he was sending us the new fantastic 4 dvd, can't wait to watch it. since our move, we are a lot closer to where he lives, but he's a big rig driver so we haven't had time to hook up yet. but for any ladies out there he's single and a cool guy.

around midnight we decided that since there was a warning of winter weather coming in the next few days, we better get some food in the house. we took back a few items to walmart and used the money to get some snacky foods. now we are ready to ride out the storm :)

the women go malling
amy and her sister-in-law went to the mall today, they went shopping, while i stayed home catching up on some drawn together, south park, american dad, and family guy i have missed.

we then went to the library and got 10 dvd's. amy fixed chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pasta, and pumkin pie, while watching some movies.

just got back in touch with a high school friend dawn. so having fun remembering all those good ole memories

a long fun weekend
saturday we decided to go to somerset and get a few things out of storage. melissa and dj drove down with us, we got the cars loaded and grabbed supper at the new golden corral in somerset, and finally around 8 headed back north.

by the time we got to lexington several people had called us and warned us about freezing rain up in ohio, we listened to the radio and they said north of lex on both sides on the ohio river there was freezing rain, would be bad thru noon sunday, so we stayed the night in lex at exit 110 at the super 8. we stopped thru and toured the hustler of hollywood that has been in the news a lot, and the store was pretty cool, the prices were higher than the porn stores in ohio like the lion's den. so we got in the motel and it was pretty sucky. loud parties all over the place, we could smell pot, and the room was definitely not worth what they charged. mold in the bathroom, and the non slide mat that was glued down was worn thru. the beds seemed clean so we decided just to stay and not go back in the rain to another motel.

we tried the motel's breakfast in the morning, the eggs haunted our digestive tracks for a good 8 hours. we got on the road around 11 am, we saw a bad wreck on 75 just after we got into ohio. there was still some ice on the roads, but we drove slowly and arrived safely. we unloaded everything by 4pm we bought pizza for melissa and dj and ate supper with them. after they left, we then worked all evening getting everything placed and the house cleaned back up.

now we are exhausted and heading for bed, but we had a really great weekend, its so nice finding couples to hang out with and have fun.

500 rummy
melissa and dj came over for pizza and we played a game of 500 rummy, dj beat me by only 15 points.

wish i had my phase 10 cards, don't get beat in that much :)

a day at the va
we got up early and took the poodles over to angie's and then headed over to the va so i can transfer everything up here from somerset.

we stopped at amy mom's house and did a few chores for her because we were having a heavy flurry and didn't want her out in it or getting hurt/falling

we can homr snf hsbr pixxs with a turkey hoagie. i was going to get a bowl of ice cream - its a new flabor called birthday cake and its awesome - but i filled up on regular food so i'll either have a late night snack lined up or have it some time tommorrow.

rest for the wicked?
besides getting up for lunch and supper, i have snoozed all day. not sure why, wasn't really tired., eft a window open so it got nice and chilly, maybe that helped. brrm trying to get on to a day shift, but so far it's not working, i just love to stay up all night everything is so quiet and there are no kids running around screaming.

o signed up in a couple of yahoo groups, mostly d&d ones but also a couple of adult ones, so i decided to post one of my stories that was published a few years back. i am getting back into writing stories, wish i could post them on tripod at my home page but don't think they allow adult materials :(

doggy time
we had to take amy mom's dog, reggie, to the groomer to get his nails trimmed. had to get up early for that, and we don't really have anything else planned for today so now i'm just bumming around my room, thinking of trying to take a nap, what a way to blow a day.

tom and angie should be getting back tonight or tommorrow so we'll have to take the puppy doggies back over to her house. i think we'll have the 2 poodles in the paper this week, i hope it's soon. hard going over to tom and angie's house every day to let the dogs out and feed them, it's sooooo much easier when it's at home.

lunch is served
amy's mom came over and amy made subs for us. we found a really good tasting bread at walmart, it's like $2.50 for a 6 pack, then she cut up lettus tomatoe and onion and put that on the bun, then cooked chipped ham with shredded cheese making it taste as good as any restraunt. we made one for her mom like a week ago, and she requested another one for today so we must have converted her over to our good sandwich. amy is such a good cook. and very inventive since we don't have much money. she makes dishes better than eating out places.

tara leave
we just got home from taking tara back to columbus. we stoped at walmart and got some groceries, and then on the way home we stopped at the library and checked out some movies. it's prety cool the system they have here, the library has like 500 movies on vhs you can check out, and they are just like what you would find at blockbuster etc. pretty cool saving cash that way.

vegi vegi vegi a tate day!
wow not much to do today. we brought the dogs from tom and angie's for a visit over the holiday and while they are gone out of town. it snowed some up here, enough to cover the grass. looked like a nice christmas scene from a card. i didn't go out and play in it, at least yet. just decided to sit here and watch movies, the library did open today so we are going to exchange some of these for new ones. i can't wait to get my dvd player up here, they have a much nicer selection on dvd, and i can watch my own dvd movies and cartoons as well then.