Sigh and Whine

Let me warn you now, this is not going to be pretty.

Here I sit. I received an amazing gift from Kelli of I Thought Sew this week. I knew she was sending something but the gifts blew me away. I have worn them and gotten wonderful comments. I don't have the energy to get up and get my camera. My apologies to Kelli. Your post is coming tomorrow. And thank you for the brightest thing in my last 11 days.

I went back to my doctor Monday because the ear pain that had ended two days had come back with a vengeance on Sunday. I was in tears off and on all day. He told me the Z pack apparently didn't work. I am now on Omnicef and Predisone. Another antibiotic and now a steroid. I wish I had the strength to go work out, I might put on some muscle mass.

And here I sit, after three full days of both, still miserable. I haven't had one minute without shooting pains in my ears and dizziness. I took it pretty easy last week. I had a few things that had to be done but really laid around like a lazy bum. No laundry, no cleaning, but a lot of cooking. (I hate to eat out several days in a row.)

Now for this week, well I have to return to my regularly scheduled life. I had a meeting today that took all my strength to get ready for and attend. I have...to stop....whining! Oh, and complaining.

Wish me luck.

And now I'm off to bond with my heated pillow. It's my new best friend.

Until tomorrow.

Happy President's Day!!

It's the day of the year again...my favorite holiday....President's Day!!

George Washington's Cherry Pie is done.Herbert Hoover's Chicken In Every Pot Pie looks delish.And ready to chill until baking time.The Watergate Salad is next followed by Lincoln Log Cabins.

Considering the morning started out like this...and this, I'm still sure we'll have a wonderful meal tonight.Want to read more about this craziness?? Check out last years post.

A Little Distraction

I had some thoughts for posts rolling around in my head today.

Sadly about weather.

There are just so many weird things happening here!

But lucky for you...I was distracted today.

And here's who distracted me.I didn't mind a bit:c)

Why I Dogpile

I don't Google.

I hate Google.

It's boring.

It's cold.

And it didn't have a parental control setting as soon as other sites.

So what do I use??

I Dogpile baby.

It has cute graphics.

It searches all search engines and narrows down the best choices for you.

It has suggestions on the side that usually help me narrow down exactly what I'm looking for.

And see the search filter:moderate. Yep, I can set it for None, Moderate, or Heavy. I love that.

It was not on heavy when I did a search for Camp Buttman in Merkel, Texas. The results frightened me.

Dogpile also has graphics to go along with the holidays. If there's no holiday it will just have a cute cartoon. They celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day and Take Your Dog to Work Day. I don't think anyone else does that.

But this made me fall even deeper in love. This has been on almost everyday since the earthquake hit.So please, go Dogpile.

You'll be glad you did!

Did I Mention We Had Ice??

Well, here in Yoklahoma we see all types of weather. In my previous post about snow I was wishing I'd had pictures from previous ice storms. Well guess what? We got an ice storm.

I hope that wasn't my fault.

The ice came before the sleet and snow that made for the great sledding. After our last day of sledding I took a few pictures.

I started with a tree down the street. That's impressive ice accumulation don't you think? But that was a branch out all by itself. I headed to our Yaupon Holly to see what a thick evergreen looked like.But I was distracted by icicles as I went by them.

I wanted a water drop picture. 20 pictures later I did get one but the drop is blurry. And we go back to the fact that I am not smart enough to own this new camera.These icicles had my girls drooling. They ate every one that they could reach over four days time. And could you tell what they were hanging from?Wire mesh. The idiots who lived here before us (that story doesn't even deserve to be told) removed the gutters and put mesh up. That effectively catches everything but water and makes a whole stinking lot of problems. But oddly enough, amazing icicles.

Our oak trees also had their fair share of ice. Wow. I really like this picture. I fought and fought with my macro setting so I can't remember how I got this one.I love this one!! Ice on one side, snow on the other.Welcome to Yoklahoma y'all. Sit back and be amazed.

When I finally made it to the Yaupon Holly and I was not disappointed.Okay, that might have been too many pictures but bear with me for one more. It's my favorite. Snow, ice, and a little bubble. I love it! Okay, so I lied. One more. How can you not love icicle lights with icicles on them?!