May 21, 2013 Tuesday Afternoon

This morning I was up by 6 AM.  The windows were open and the birds were so loud there was no way I could stay in bed any longer.  Got up and fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot.  Soon Tony was saying goodbye to go to work.  Read the morning newspaper.  Was mad the Business Section was missing.  Should have called for another paper and would have if it was any other section missing.  I do read the Business Section, but toss the Sports Section off to the side never to be read.  Left the house around 9:30 AM to go to Kohl's to return the two pairs of shoes.  Ended up just exchanging them for larger sizes when I found two pair that fit great.  I am actually wearing a pair I bought today and no boot on.  They are comfortable enough but would not want to walk around Disney Land with them.  My feet would be killing me in no time.  Got home around 11 AM.  Stopped at McDonald's for breakfast on my way home.  Spent the day doing things around the house.  It was close to 80 degrees today and partly cloudy in Milwaukee today.   It would have been too hot and the air conditioning would have to be turned on if it were not for the lake breeze.  The dogs are just laying round in the heat panting so any hotter and I will have to turn on the air.   The trees are getting all their leaves finally and the Lilac tree has white flowers on it.  The yard is looking good.  Will most likely hit Tony up for some lovin after he gets out of the shower tonight, before the final of Dancing With The Stars starts at 8 PM.  Tired of the excuse he is too tired or sleeping.  Been way too long since we did 'it'.  Better to hit him up for it before we even lay back and watch TV for the night.  Tomorrow is our 20th Anniversary of our Holy Union.  Where has all the time gone?

May 20, 2013 Monday Afternoon

Spent Friday night watching the movies The Haunting In Connecticut 1 and 2.  The first one was better than the second.  Went to bed around 10:30 PM.

Saturday morning we were up by 7:30 AM.  Tony went to work around 10 AM and I left the house right after him to stop off at two rummage sales on my way to Kohl's to buy shoes.  Spent over an hour and a half picking out two pairs of shoes at Kohl's.  Even brought my inserts to make sure the shoes fit with them OK on my feet.  Came home around 12:30 PM.  Tony was home from work so we went to another rummage sale at his old high school.  Last year we got a ton of crap at the rummage sale and this year was not much different.  Walked out with all we could carry for $40.  Got some big blankets and holiday decorations along with a bunch of other ................. crap.  I kept telling Tony 'I don't want to find any of this in the basement a month from now'.  Came home and spent a couple hours at home late in the afternoon.  Got my new shoes out and tried them both on again only to not like either one.  They were now too tight.  They fit Tony perfectly but I didn't by $110 worth of shoes for him to wear to work and ruin in a day.  Was pretty mad because now I was back to not having any shoes to wear because not one of my pairs seems to fit and feels so tight and hard to walk.  Just easier to walk with the boot and the one shoe I still have that fits.  Figure I need to go up a size.  I was always a size 9 shoe but now I think I am a 10 size for some reason.  Do feet keep growing?  Even at 52?  Fed the dogs supper and then went out to Tracks restaurant down the street for some hamburgers.  Spent the night watching the weeks worth of One Life To Live on Hulu.com.  The plot sucks, it is so slow, and I have a feeling this show is not going to go on for long on Hulu.com.  Kinda sad since I watched it for over 30 years on TV never missing an episode.  Went to bed around 10:30 PM.  Tony was asleep by 9 PM on the couch and I had to wake him to go to bed.

Sunday morning we were up again by 7:30 AM.  After I read the newspaper I made breakfast consisting of eggs, bacon and toast.  Got the ladder out and fixed a siding panel that is falling on the back of the house.  Showered and left the house by 11:30 AM to go to a car show on the south side of town.  Wore my boot and padded up the other foot's shoe good.  Took a cane with me to help take some pressure off the foot.   Never thought I would be walking around in a boot and cane.  Stopped at Kmart after the car show to see what they might have in shoes.  Actually bought a pair of size 10 wide tennis shoes and a pair of size 10 leather slippers.  Both fit great with my inserts.  I am so happy.  I have shoes.  Not the best of shoes, but shoes that fit that I can wear outside the house when I take off the boot.  Drove through the park and took the long way home along the lake front.  Got home and spent the rest of the afternoon with the dogs doing things around the house.  I was doing things, Tony watched TV.  I was just about to make supper at 5:30 PM when the across the alley neighbor called to say some girl from the block south was in the alley crying because two kids came into her 6 foot high fenced in yard and stole her white Pit Bull.  Got outside an heard her story and soon Tony and I were in the car weaving the streets looking for the kids.  So damn sad because you know this dog will now be in a Sunday night dog fight.  We spend almost an hour looking for the dog with no luck.  Made some peanut butter and honey sandwiches for supper which Tony called 'unacceptable as a supper'.   Too bad.  Told him he was more than able to make anything else if he was still hungry.  Around 7 PM I took a walk down the alley to see if I could find the girl with the stolen dog and did find her and talked with her.  She thinks she knows where abouts the dog might be but the neighbors are not talking.  Nobody wants to be the snitch.  I will look for her again tonight.  I gave her my email and phone and told her I would love to hear a happy ending to this story.  I would be going nuts if someone stole my dog and I didn't know what they were doing to him or her.  I would go absolutely crazy.   Spent the night watching the music awards and went to bed around 10 PM.   Tried to get some lovin out of Tony but he was 'to tired'.  Was a dry weekend in the loving department this past weekend.

This morning I was up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony out the door for work.  Spent the morning reading the newspaper and doing all the dogs blankets and our bedding of laundry.  Four loads of laundry in all.  Went to my 11 AM foot therapy appointment.  Had a different guy but he gave me a great foot massage.  Worth the therapy just for the foot massage.  Stopped at McDonald's for a $1 double and came home.  It is close to 80 degrees today in Milwaukee and I had to go for a walk along the river.  Got my feet all ready, boot and shoes padded and headed out the door.  Figured I would walk what I could and always could take a short cut if the feet started hurting.  Walks slow and made it around the river on my 'short' usual walk.  Felt good and was so happy to sit and watch nature around me for a while.  All the windows are open and soon I have to start making supper.  Making sweet and sour chicken and rice with a salad.  Will spend the night watching Dancing With The Stars Final.  I hope Kelly Pickler and Derik win.

May 17, 2013 Friday Afternoon

Got up this morning at 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and Tony out the door to work.  Spent the early morning reading the newspapers and doing my usual movie downloads.  It rained all morning so I thought it a perfect time to start a new book.  Got a book called After Life from my mom and started reading it.  Got though the first two chapters before I had to leave the house at 11:30 AM to have lunch with the guys.  Had a great lunch as usual.  Came home and left about 15 minutes later for my 2 PM physical therapy appointment.  Was at the therapy for about an hour and a half.  Took my history, massaged my foot and then did the ultra sound and electric therapy on the foot.  Made appointments for three times a week.  Will make some salads and a pot pie for Tony for supper tonight.  Will most likely spend the night watching TV from the DVR and maybe a movie I downloaded.  No plans this weekend except a couple rummage sales around the neighborhood.  Will most likely spend most of the weekend off my feet since my other foot is now getting the same thing as the left foot.  Would love to buy a new pair a shoes since I have ruined two right foot shoes wearing the boot on my left foot all day.  Not a good time to get new shoes with only needing one so I hope I find a pair of shoes at one of the rummage sales.  If not I will end up at Kohl's for some shoes.  Have a good weekend everyone.

May 16, 2013 Thursday Afternoon

This morning I was up by 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and soon Tony went out the door to go to work.  Showered and was out the door by 8:30 AM for my 8:45 AM foot doctor appointment.  The doctor looked over my foot and the new problem happening on the third toe.   I asked him if he has ever seen this problem and corrected this problem before and he told me he had many times.  I finally found out what is wrong and when I look it up on the Internet it fits to a T.  I have Morton's Neuroma on my left foot.  Basically that means "an injury to the nerve between the toes, which causes thickening and pain.  It commonly affects the nerve that travels between the third and fourth toes".    The doctor suggested a cortisone shot and after we talked about how I would rather not have a needle or shot he said we can do physical therapy first.  So I start physical therapy tomorrow afternoon to have them do ultra sound and electric current therapy on my foot.  If that don't work then it will be a shot and or surgery to fix the foot.  So I am hoping the physical therapy works because surgery doesn't sound good on a foot.  The house would fall apart if I had to stay off my feet for any length of time.  I also have to continue wearing the boot which is giving me as of today, the same problem now in my right foot.  Hate my feet and walking.  No pain to speak of, just very uncomfortable like walking around with a marble or jelly bean in your ball of your foot behind your toes.  A person could never walk in high heels with this condition.  Thankfully I have never and don't anticipate walking in high heels.  After I left the doctor I went to the therapy place a block away and set up the appointment for tomorrow to start the therapy.  Twice a week.  Came home and left the house again at 11:30 AM to go to my board meeting with ARCW.  Had a speaker today on Street Drugs and HIV.  Was very informative.   Picked up my monthly food at the pantry and came home.  Making a pizza and salads for supper tonight.  Will most likely spend the night watching TV from the DVR like we did last night.  Watched last weeks Bates Motel.  Love this show.  And a few others.  Was sunny and almost 70 degrees today before the wind shifted and dropped us to the low 60s.  Can feel the breeze off the lake and smell the lake air.   Feeling very tired from the long day and going to the couch to watch Judge Judy.

May 15, 2013 Wednesday Afternoon

Can you believe it is the middle of May already?  Days just fly by.

This morning I was up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Spent the early morning reading the newspaper.  Showered and went to McDonald's for breakfast on my way to Pick N Save to do the weekly grocery shopping.  Got home by 11 AM and started some laundry and little projects around the house.  Laid on the deck with the dogs for an hour before I decided to pad up my shoes and boot and go for a walk.  Went for a short walk to the top off the bluff over looking the river.  Walked about 2 blocks on top of the bluff stopping every once in a while to just look at the nature.  I sure miss my walks and it killed me not to be down by the river.  Took an anti inflammatory and pain pill prior to the walk which was a good thing because my foot was hurting by the time I got home.  Not easy to walk in a boot and you use a lot more energy and hip action just to try to walk.  Was nice to get out of the house and back to the paths / trails.  Hope soon I can go for a full walk down by the river.  I do go back to the foot doctor tomorrow so I will know more then.  Making some chicken cordon blue and rice with a salad for supper tonight.  Will most likely spend the night watching TV from the DVR.  It was in the 70s and sunny today in Milwaukee.  Very nice day with a breeze off the lake.  Love this weather.  Remind me of this in the middle of the Summer when I complain about the heat.  Soon we will start going to car shows again for supper as the weather gets better.  Will be nice to get a break from cooking.  So many times I look into the full freezer and just don't know what to make for supper.  Congratulations to Minnesota for allowing gay marriage.  I still can not believe there are now 12 states that allow gay marriage.  Who would have thought in our lifetime's.  I still dream some day Tony and I will be able to legally get married.  With Scott Walker as our Governor it will never happen.  He is too deep in the tea party pockets.

May 14, 2013 Tuesday Afternoon

Got up this morning at 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his Insulin shot and soon Tony was out the door to go to work.  I read one of the newspapers and then was out in the front porch by 8 AM to continue painting.  Spent all day painting the ceiling, window frames and trim.  Got done by 2 PM which gave me an hour to clean up and get things looking nice in the room.  Happy with the color and the way it looks.  The paint in the front porch was the only original paint in the house since we bought it 22 years ago.  I am tired, beat, and the pain is setting in from bending and stretching to paint.  It was very nice out today.  I think it was in the 70s and sunny most of the day.  The wind shifted about an hour ago and we have dropped about 10 degrees since.  Made some salads and will make some steaks on the grill tonight with baked potatoes.  Will most likely spend the night watching NCIS, Dancing Results and Body Of Proof before going to bed.  Still mad ABC canceled Body Of Proof.  Just as mad about Smash, Rules Of Engagement, Malibu Country and NCIS NY being canceled also.  One of my nature cameras is in a bird wren nest.  The eggs hatched and there are two babies that I can see.  The camera looks directly into the nest and you can see the babies stretching out with mouths open wanting more food.  Too cute.  I fear my Mourning Dove has lost it's partner since it would have been on the nest by now and I only see the one.  I used to see them always together. 

May 13, 2013 Monday Afternoon

Spent Friday night watching TV from the DVR.  Went to bed around 10 PM for some lovin before we went to sleep.

Saturday morning we were up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot.  Spent the morning reading the newspaper and watching home improvement TV shows.  Tony went to work from 10 Am to noon.  When he got home I made soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch.  Took a nap with the dogs for a couple hours.  Tony then had to go back to the shop from 3 - 4 PM to deliver a car.  I kept busy all day doing thing around the house.  After he got home and we fed the dogs we went up the block for supper and had a great BBQ bacon cheese burger.  Spent the night watching more TV from the DVR.  Honestly we record so much I couldn't begin to tell you all the shows we watched before going to bed, much less do I remember.  Went to bed around 10:30 PM.

Sunday we were up again by 7 AM and did the morning routine with the dogs.  Spent the early morning reading the newspaper.  Tony called his mom around 9 AM to see what she wanted to do for Mother's Day.  I had for the second year in a row given up going to my mom's house, since I have a father and we see them on Father's Day, only to have her tell us again, for a second year in a row, that she is not feeling well and will take a rain check.  I figured I had things I wanted to pick up at Steins Garden on her side of town so we decided to go out for breakfast where we usually do with her, without her, then went to Steins, and then stopped at her house and dropped off some flowers and chicken noodle soup from the restaurant.  Wasn't going to let the day go by without doing something for one of our moms.  Thankfully I sent my mom flowers in a vase with a picture of her parents from a long time ago when they were alive.  Only stayed for a second at her house since I didn't want to get sick if she was.  Stopped off at a market where I knew they sold licorice snaps and bought 3 containers of them.  Guess I will have licorice snaps now for a while.  Picked up some ham and rolls to eat for supper later in the day.  Got lottery tickets and came home.  After we were home for a while I simply couldn't just lay around watching TV, so I got Tony to go a couple blocks down the street to a hardware store to pick out a paint color and paint for the front porch, my next project.  Took a little persuading but got him to go with me.  I went right to the paint samples, he went to the clearance rack.  I picked out a couple samples and he walked over with a can of pain already mixed for someone, on sale for $7, which was pretty close to the colors I had picked.  Bought the paint and saved ourselves about $20 because a can of paint there was about $25 mixed.  Spent the rest of the day watching more TV from the DVR.  Had ham and rolls and a salad for supper and spent the night watching the season final of Revenge.  Was so sad they killed off the kid I like on this show also.  They really didn't show him dead, so in TV shows who knows for sure until next season.  Did the lovin thing and went to sleep around 10:30 PM.

This morning I was up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot, and Tony a kiss as he walked out the door to go to work.  Read the newspaper and was out in the front porch by 9 AM taping things off and eventually spending the day painting the walls with the paint we bought Sunday.  Took my until around 3:30 PM in the afternoon to put two coats of paint on and do some touch up.  I LOVE the color and couldn't have picked a better color from the samples if I had picked the paint myself.  Times like this I realize how important Tony can be because even though I can build or make just about anything, I have horrible fashion or color sense.  No gay decorator gene in me.  Creative, but a good decorator would laugh at my work.  I don't have a problem with that in any way.  Showered and soon I will make supper.  Making salads and a chicken parm pasta for supper.  Will spend the night watching Dancing With The Stars and Castle before we go to bed.  My body aches from painting today but it feels good to be alive and feel the pain to be honest.  Just wish my foot would get better.  I go back to the foot doctor on Thursday.  I get around pretty good with the boot and it really doesn't stop me from doing what I want to do.  Figure the doctor is going to tell me I have to stay off my foot for a while so I have to get as much done as possible before then.  It got to 49 degrees today and sunny.  Warmer the next couple days and back to Spring type temperatures thankfully.  We had a frost this morning it got so cold over night.

May 10, 2013 Friday Afternoon

Spent last night watching TV from the DVR.  Watched last weeks Bates Motel and a couple other shows before we went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and gave Tony a kiss as he walked out the door.  Spent the morning reading the newspaper.  Had a conference call at 10 AM for the board I am on to talk about next weeks meeting.  After the call I went quickly to Pick N Save to buy some milk, lettuce and grapes for the weekend.  Met the guys for lunch and had a great lunch as usual.  Love my Friday lunches with the guys.  Around 2:30 PM Tony showed up with 7 guys and delivered the back end of the 1962 Cadillac for the front yard.  Here is two pictures of the car part and the entire front yard.

I think it looks nice but I would have rather put it on the right side of the yard facing North.

Met an past tenant at his house around 4 PM to help screen the people to possibly rent his house.  It is the first time he is renting his house and asked for my help finding and screening people since I have done it before and continue to do for our upper apartment.

It was a cloudy day today in the 40s.  Suppose to get better as the days go by and next week Tuesday we might hit 80 degrees.  No plans this weekend but to take Tony's mom out for a Mother's Day breakfast or lunch.  I sent my mom a vase with a picture of my grandparents and flowers for the vase.  Ordered it online and I think she liked it a lot.  She got it yesterday.

May 9, 2013 Thursday Afternoon

Tony got home from work around 5:15 PM last night without a car for the front yard.  He was having problems finding 8 people at the same time to help carry it into place from the flat bed.  It was a good thing because we went outside and looked again where it would go.  Tony started cutting the pine tree branches and making room.  He then started digging which with the pine trees we have in the front, turned out to be futile.  I made him stop because I said I am not going to kill our pine trees for a front yard car ornament digging up the tree roots.   Simply put, he will have to cut more off the car so it sits on the ground and does not go into the ground at all.  Ate supper and spent the night watching TV from the DVR.  Watched a couple episodes of How I Met Your Mother and NCIS LA.  Went to bed around 9:30 PM for some lovin before sleep.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Spent the early morning reading the newspaper and doing things around the house.  Took Bo to the vet at 11:30 AM to get his nails trimmed.  Stopped off at McDonald's for a $1 double and french fries for the dogs.  After lunch I went through some of the cans of paint we brought home from the shop.  Someone had given Tony about 25 cans of paint at one time.  Stirred them all up and not one was really a color I want to paint the front porch.  Took a two hour nap with the dogs.  I have a bad rash on my forehead from the sun.  I get this every year and will have to put on sun screen or wear a hat from this point forward when I work outside.  Itches like crazy.  Making spaghetti and salads for supper tonight.  Will most likely spend the night watching more TV from the DVR.

May 8, 2013 Wednesday Afternoon

Spent last night watching Splash and Dancing Results just as planned.  As we started watching Body Of Proof the phone rang and it was the neighbor across the alley.  She told me the neighbors dogs got one of the cat we saw earlier in the day.  She said it was horrible and I should come outside.  I put on my sweat shirt and told Tony to get outside.  The neighbor said the two Pitbulls next door cornered the black cat in corner of the fence and it was a big fight before the neighbor got out and pulled his dogs off the cat.  She then said the neighbors just went inside and she watched the cat try to drag it's body down the sidewalk.  I came outside with flashlight and soon we found the cat hiding under their back porch, bloody, torn and in pain.   The neighbors with the Pits wanted nothing to do with the situation since their dogs attacked another dog last Summer in the alley.  We called the Milwaukee Animal Control and they arrived in about 45 minutes.  Nice guy and did a good job of getting the cat out without causing to much pain.  I actually walked away from the porch and into the alley as the Animal Control guy tried to get the cat because I thought the sounds would be too horrible to sleep with tonight.  Makes me so damn mad that people leave their cats to run the neighborhood.  I don't let my dogs run the neighborhood.  Poor cat.  I am sure it has bad injuries and a broken leg from what animal control told us as they had the cat in the cage.  Blood everywhere.  So damn sad.  What really makes me uneasy is the fact that yesterday afternoon after I had heard there were two cats in our yards, as I tried to take a nap, I had this awful thought about the dogs across the alley getting one of the cats.  I even said to myself to remind them again later that night to look for the cats before they let their dogs out.  I honestly had a hard time getting this thought out of my head while I tried to nap and now am shaking my head as to why I had this vision 7 hours before it happened.  I would rather have animal control help the cat than have it slowly die in pain.  So damn sad.  Life is so hard for nature.

This morning I was up at 7 AM.  Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot.  Tony had mentioned last night that the new addition to the front yard might get delivered today.  He has been working on the back end of another Cadillac to put in the front yard.  We went outside before he left for work and planned where it will go and cut back some of the bushes.  He left for work.  I then read a little of the newspaper, showered, and headed out the door for McDonald's and Pick N Save.  Got home around 10:30 AM and started cleaning the windows in the front porch.  These windows probably haven't been cleaned in 20 years to be honest on the front porch.  We never use the porch and hardly use our front door that enters into it.  It took me all day to clean the windows inside and out.  The window frames are over a 100 years old so you have to be careful they don't fall apart as your cleaning them.  It is a little after 4 PM and Tony has yet to show up with the car for the front yard.  Making salads and pizza for supper tonight.  Was in the 60s and beautiful all day today in Milwaukee.

May 7, 2013 Tuesday Afternoon

This morning I was up at 7 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and Tony a kiss on the way out to work.  Read the morning newspaper and showered to get on with the day.   Dragged the water hose to the front yard and sprinkled weed and feed on the little grass we have between the road and sidewalk.  I hate dandelions.  Hopefully I got them before they even think of growing in my grass. Went to Home Depot in the morning to buy some flowers for the flower pots and around the fence area.  Bought only a few plants and some other items.  Stopped off at Tony's shop on the way home and grabbed 14 more brake car disc parts for under the remaining path lights in the side yard.  Spent the afternoon planting the flowers and putting the brake discs under the path lights.  Was about 65 degrees and sunny today in Milwaukee, PERFECT!   I would give anything for it to be 65 all year long.  It is warm enough to wear shorts during the day and cool enough to sleep at night with the window cracked open a bit.  Making a Hormel dinner, mashed potato and corn to go with the salads I have already made.  I did pick Tony and I up a double $1 burger at McDonald's on my way from Home Depot to his shop so I am not hungry yet.  Will most likely spend the night watching Splash, Dance Results and Body Of Proof before we go to bed tonight.  I've got the yard looking so nice and soon it will be almost done and I will just have to spend the summer maintaining it all.  Took a picture of the sign I put in front of the Cadillac to shame the person who took the tail light.  A new one did arrive today in the mail and I just ordered it Sunday.  Thankfully I didn't pay for faster shipping since it got here in 2 days anyway.  Here is the picture of the shaming sign.

 

Here is a picture of the brake discs under the front path lights. It keeps the lights from moving from people kicking them or the squirrels knocking them over.

May 6, 2013 Monday Afternoon

Spent Friday night watching an episode of Smash and Grey's Anatomy from the previous week.  Went to bed around 10:30 after a round of lovin.

Saturday morning we were up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot.  Tony had said he needed to work the afternoon so I got him to help me return the 2 extra roof panels and some other stuff we bought for the project at Menard's.  Tony went to work around noon and I went there a short time later to look for more car parts to put around the path lights and around the yard.  Loaded up my car with what I wanted and spent the afternoon working in the front yard.  As I was working in the front yard I notice one of the four red tail lights on the Cadillac missing.  Makes me so made when people steal stuff off the cars in our front yard and ruin the art.  Ordered another online later in the day for $21 which should get here in a week.  Went out to eat up the street at an Italian restaurant and had ................... spaghetti.  In fact we both did.  Spent the night watching TV from the DVR like Undercover Boss, Criminal Minds and Hawaii Five O before we watched a gay themed movie called K-11.  It was a prison movie and not very good.  Very hard to follow and outrageous plot.  Went to bed around 11 PM.

Sunday morning we were up again by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs and such.  Spent the early morning reading the newspaper and watching TV from the DVR.  Made eggs, bacon and toast for breakfast.  I worked outside in the yard again in the afternoon in between watching TV with Tony.  Did the lovin thing as we watching TV in the living room sometime in the afternoon.  Yes, we close the curtains.  I did get Tony to walk up the block with me for lottery tickets with Bo.  Spent the later afternoon watching a couple episodes of Smash (was so mad they killed off the gay kid who wrote the play Hit List.  He was the only moral trustworthy person on the show),  a couple episodes of Glee, and a couple episodes of NCIS.  Spent the rest of the night watching Amazing Race and Mentalist before going to bed. 

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Was out the door a little after 9 AM to get a different boot.  The side strap support had ripped loose and the boot was now defective.  Had to drive to the south side of town.  Got a new boot since it was less than a month old.  Doctor wanted to give me a different boot but I didn't like how it felt and decided to keep the style I had.  Have had a taste for licorice snaps of all things lately.   Can't find them any where.  Stopped off at Target and a Dollar Store with no luck.  Drove home and stopped off at two other stores and no luck.  Ended up at Walgreen's buying the ones they sell that I really don't care for as much because the are too chewy.  The ones you find in bulk are harder and I like them better.  Will have to hit a car show or something where someone is selling candy at a booth and stock up next time  I see them.  Spent the afternoon working around the yard and then I put the two lounge cushions side by side on the deck in the shade and laid on the floor with the dogs listening to the birds and machinery across the street.  They are digging and making noise today.  Going to be a noisy Summer with the construction across the street.  The dogs loved laying on the deck with me and Vito and Bo took turns licking and licking my face to thank me.  Washed my face since then.  Made some salads and will heat up last nights left over pizza.  I pan fry reheat pizza and it makes it just as crispy as when you got it delivered.  A little Olive oil and low heat makes the crust crispy.  Will spend the night watching Dancing With The Stars and Castle before going to bed.  Was in the 50s most of the weekend.  Today we got to 60 degrees and it felt so good.  I love 60s.  Had the windows open and got the pond wires for the lighting all buried in the rocks this afternoon in the beautiful weather while I listened to Madonna.  Yah, sometimes it feels good to throw on an afternoon of Madonna.

May 3, 2013 Friday Afternoon

Spent last night watching CSI and Law And Order from last week, before we started watching this weeks episodes of One Life To Live on Hulu.com.   I had watched OLTL for over 35 years before ABC canceled the show last year.  I missed my OLTL characters and was so happy to see so many of them return for the Internet series.   The new shows plots started basically four years after we left them a year ago.  Was really kind of cool how they could swear and do things now on the Internet that the show could not do when on ABC.  To hear them say the words 'shit' and 'shitty' and 'asshole' on an Internet show that used to be on TV was weird and made the show more real.  I looked at Tony several times and said 'they wouldn't have been able to talk like that when they were on ABC'.  Watched all four episodes from this week on the Internet before going to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Spent the morning reading the newspaper, starting my usual Friday download of movies from the newspaper, and watching TV.   Showered and headed out the door at 11:30 AM to stop at the local hardware store for some light bulbs for the bathroom mirror and living room ceiling fan light.  Bought the bathroom bulb but they didn't have the kind I needed for the living room light.  Met the guys for lunch and had a great lunch as usual.  After lunch I decided to go back to Walmart for my refund the clerk didn't give me yesterday and see if they had the light bulbs I still needed.  Got the light bulbs and the refund from the prior days coupon the clerk didn't scan.  Came home and after I put in the light bulbs I went outside and quickly straightened up the garage.  We had quickly moved things around last week to get a bigger car in the garage and things needed to be put back in a better order or place in the garage.  Only took about a half hour so I then laid down with the dogs on the bed and took a nap for an hour.  It has rained all day here in Milwaukee and only been about 42 degrees.  Cold, winder, cloudy and damp rain.   A bunch of piping was delivered to the across the street construction site today.  Looks like Monday might be the day they start digging the sewers and power lines since they left a couple big shovel machines in the fenced in area with all the piping.  Making salads and some left overs for supper tonight.  Will most likely spend the night and weekend watching a lot of TV from the DVR.  Not suppose to be nice again outside until Monday so it will be nice to stay in for the weekend dry and warm.  We have no plans but you never know what the weekend might bring.  Have a great weekend everyone.

May 2, 2013 Thursday Afternoon

Spent last night watching TV from the DVR.  Watched a couple episodes of Operation Repo, Revenge and The Following before going to bed around 10 PM.  Was not happy with The Followings final show.  Heck, they killed everyone off we cared about and watched all season.  Not sure where the show will go from here next season.

This morning I was up by 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Spent the early morning reading the newspaper.  Showered and headed out the door by 9 AM to get breakfast at McDonald's and then go to Walmart.  I do not like going to Walmart and only go every couple months to buy Insulin and needles for Vito.  While I am there I stock up on needed household items to last a couple months.  Ended up spending over $300.  Of course the Insulin and needles were $80 of the total, but I still could not believe when I was told how much my cart of stuff would cost.  Was mad when I got home and looked at the receipt to see the clerk did not put my $2 coupon for canned dog food I bought.  The only reason I bought the damn food was because I had the coupon.  Not much I can do now.  Would have paid for the two breakfast burritos I had at McDonald's.  Got home by 11 AM and unpacked all the bags.  Spent the afternoon listening to music, taking a short nap with the dogs on the bed, and making a mix CD of my favorite songs to play in the car.  Making a Hormel beef roast, beef rice and salads for supper tonight.  I am sure we will again spend the night watching TV from the DVR since the DVR recorded shows all night last night while we watched what was already recorded.  There are over 55 shows on the DVR right now so we have a lot to watch to get caught up.  It was 80 degrees yesterday at noon.  Today at noon it was 42 degrees.  Quite a change and I am not to happy.  It is windy, cold, cloudy and rain is coming.   Not much change the next few days.  Guess we had Spring the past two days and it's over?

May 1, 2013 Wednesday Afternoon

Went out to eat last night and had a large margarita with my taco and rice and beans.  Came home and spent the night watching the ABC TV line up.  Went to sleep around 10:30 PM after the local news.

This morning I was up by 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Read the morning newspaper and then left the house around 9:30 AM to get breakfast at McDonald's and then go to Pick N Save to do the weekly grocery shopping.  Got home around 10:30 AM and spent the rest of the morning doing things around the house outside in the 80 degree weather again today.  Took a short nap with the dogs, couldn't sleep with the windows open and the birds making so much noise.  Trimmed and cleaned up Bo some more with a hair cut.  I got him much better looking and no hair hanging longer than an inch or so.  He looks so cute and puppy like with his hair cut.  Of course he freaks out from the feeling of not having hair, running around the house like a crazy dog.  The cold front is coming and the temperature has already dropped 10 degrees to the 70s.  We are suppose to get to only 50 degrees the next few days.  Making hamburgers, baked beans and a salad for supper tonight.  Will most likely watch TV from the DVR since there are over 54 shows on the DVR now from the past week.  Hopefully we can get caught up on Bates Motel and a couple shows tonight before we go to bed.

Just a note.  I do read all comments and delete those that have nothing to do with HIV or seem to be not true or spam.  If I delete a comment and it was not the above, I am sorry.  Sometimes I read them too quickly I guess.  Sorry if I deleted a comment that was not spam.  I just don't want people getting false information from my blog or using it to promote their own cause unless it relates to HIV. 

April 30, 2013 Tuesday Afternoon

Spent last night watching Dancing With The Stars and Castle.  Did the lovin thing and went to sleep around 10:30 PM.

This morning I was up by 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Spent the early morning reading the newspaper and doing some clean up and finishing touches on the hot tub sun room.  Left the house around 11 AM and went to the bank and bought some fruit and salad while I was at the grocery store.   Then went to Walgreen's to buy some items on sale this week.  Took a short nap with the dogs this afternoon since my body still hurts from all the weekend work on the hot tub sun room.  Here is a picture of the room from two angles.

They are the best pictures I could get of the room from a far angle.

Also took a picture of the back yard and fence we worked on a couple weekends ago.

Looks nice with the flowers coming up in the red bark.

The construction started across the street on the apartment project today.  The workers came and put a fencing around the property.  I plan on taking pictures once a week on the progress as the Summer goes on as I listen to the construction and hopefully enjoy the view of construction workers.  Here is a pic of the property today with the fencing out my front window.

It is 80 degrees today in Milwaukee.  Actually a bit hot outside but I am happy for the warm weather.  Better enjoy it since tomorrow a cold front comes through and we are dropping to the low 50s the next few days.  It was nice while it lasted.  Actually 50s are not that bad, the rain will be the bad thing the next few days.  Figure since it is so nice outside we will go up the street for $2 steak tacos and a margarita for supper tonight and eat outside on their patio.  Will then most likely watch Splash, Dance Results and the the DVR since there is a special on instead of Body Of Proof.  I still am waiting to watch the first episodes of One Life To Live on Hulu.com that started yesterday.  I watched the show up to the end for 35 years.  Can't wait to get back into the show and glad to have it back.  Figure we will wait until the weekend to watch the week's worth of shows on Hulu.com.

 

April 29, 2013 Monday Afternoon

Spent Friday night watching TV from the DVR.  Went to bed around 10 PM.

Saturday morning we were up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot.  After we read the morning newspaper we headed outside and started tearing off the hot tub / sun room roof.  Had the roof panels removed by noon and spent the rest of the day replacing the rotten wood around one of the corners and some other areas where it was leaking.  Got the room ready for paint and the new ceiling panels but stopped working on the project around 4 PM so we could shower and get to a fundraiser at night for ARCW and HIV / AIDS.  Fed the dogs and gave Vito his night time shot and left the house around 5:30 PM.  Had a great time at the fundraiser and had a great steak supper.  We were both very tired from working outside all day, plus my foot was killing me from being on it all day, so we left before desert came and went down to play the slots.  We both dropped $20 into a few machines and walked away with nothing.  Didn't win a thing.  Got home around 10:30 PM and after doing the loving thing we went to sleep.

Sunday morning we were again up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the early morning reading the newspaper and after I made breakfast, we headed outside again to continue on the hot tub / sun room ceiling project.  Got two coats of pain on the new wood by noon and after the paint dried we started putting up and securing the new corrugated roof panels.  Around 3 PM I could not see anymore.  I must have burnt my eyes in the sun and I could not keep them open for any length of time without pain and watering.  Tony ended up finishing the roof by 5:30 PM as I helped hand him things and clean up around the room.  Made some steaks on the grill with salads and spend the night watching Amazing Race, The Good Wife and Mentalist.  Did the loving thing while we watching The Mentalist.  My eyes were still watering when I went to bed from the burning of my eyes today in the sun.   Went to bed around 10:30 PM.

This morning I was up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot.  Tony left for work and I soon went outside to start painting again.  Put two coats of pain on the room and didn't finish until around 3 PM this afternoon.  Wore sunglasses and a hat while I painted so I would not hurt my eyes again and get my face and skin burnt in the sun.  The room is finished and I am happy with how it turned out.  I can now move on to another project.  It was close to 70 degrees today but around 3 PM it started to drizzle and the wind shifted dropping the temperature around 10 degrees.  Making sweet and sour chicken and a salad for supper tonight.  Will spend the night watching Dancing With The Stars and then Castle before we go to bed.  I am beat from painting all day and soon will take a pain pill to help with the pain.  Suppose to be 80 degrees tomorrow, but we shouldn't get too excited since it will be back in the 40s and 50s later in the week.  Better enjoy tomorrow.  Was nice to have the windows open for a while today and get some fresh air into the house.

April 26, 2013 Friday Afternoon

This morning we were up by 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot.  After I fed the dogs I was looking out the side window and noticed a black guy I did not recognize walking out of the neighbors back door of their garage.  Tony was standing next to me and we both said 'who is that and why is he in their garage'.  We went out into the alley and confronted the guy and he gave us a story he was in the apartment next door upstairs with 'Cathy'.  We told him no Cathy lived there and soon Tony grabbed him and said 'lets go ask Cathy'.   Tony then banged on the neighbors door while I stood with the guy and got the neighbor kid up and the when we found out the guys story was a lie we three tried to hold him in place in the alley and called 911.  The next 15 minutes we spent trying to keep the guy in the alley until the police got here and he kept moving down the alley, us pushing and forcing him back by our house.  Soon we could hear the police sirens and the guy took off running up the alley T.  Tony and the neighbor ran after him and tackled him about 5 blocks down the street just as the cops got to me.  I pointed them in the direction of Tony and then two other squad cars showed up and went up the five blocks to Tony, the kid and the guy from the garage.  At one point before the police came I could see Tony and the kid swinging back at the guy as they tried to hold him in place.  I then got in my car and drove up the street.  Picked up Tony and the kid and met the police back at our house.  The detective was a dream.  Young under cover blond haired cop in jeans and his vest.  He was so handsome.  Of course he gave me a different cop to talk to and tell my story.  We soon found out the guy had a record and is on probation, and claiming he was never here in the alley.  So I then brought the cop in the house to view the security video of him and us in the alley.  The cop then called another cop and about 45 minutes later she showed up to view and then record the short video of us all in the alley.  So Tony and I were supper hero's today.  LOL.  Caught a thief in the act and got him arrested.  We have had a lot of garage and house break ins lately in the neighborhood.  Cops left around 10:30 AM and had to then get back to my morning routine.  Showered and met the guys for lunch. Had a great lunch as usual.  Came home and took a short nap with the dogs.  Will make some salads and pot pies for supper tonight.  Someone asked about frying spaghetti.  I guess it is an old Italian tradition to fry up the left over spaghetti.  You use a big frying pan.  Melt a lot of butter and then throw the spaghetti into the pan.  Heat on medium lightly covered to let the steam escape.  Tony likes it fried to a crisp.  The more butter you put in the more it fries.  Eventually it looks like a pancake golden brown or darker as you flip it to do the same to the other side.  The crispier and more burnt the better, says Tony.  I actually hate doing it because it makes the whole house smell of fried spaghetti, but Tony loves the stuff fried better than the day I make it.  Planning on working on the hot tub roof this weekend.  We do have a fund raiser to go to Saturday night.  Will be a suit and tie event at the casino so it should be fun.  I got some complementary tickets for the both of us.  Will be a little dangerous having the event at the casino.  Will have to make sure we don't take to much money.  It did get to 60 degrees here in Milwaukee today.  Suppose to be a great weekend and maybe 70s by Monday.  Spring has finally arrived.

April 25, 2013 Thursday Afternoon

My parents showed up a little before 5 PM.  Was nice because I had time to take mom and dad around the yard and show them what I have all done before we left the house.  Got to Butch's restaurant by 5:30 PM.  The food was OK enough, the waiter was a pain in the ass.  Not only was he very girly, but he kept bothering us all during dinner for anything and everything.  When we sat down he started telling us a story about his cats that went on and on until we all just stopped talking to make him leave.  We all agreed not to ask him anything from that point on.  When we were finished eating he kept wanting to clear the table even though I was still eating the bread and chips.  I finally had to look him in the eye and very firmly say, 'leave everything that is here at the table here, and please just let us have some conversation'.  Honestly we will most likely never eat there again.  My dad was also surprised how he was talked into the 'couples' steak and lobster only to be charged a $10 plate charge on the bill for the extra plate so they could share the 'couples' dinner.  What, were they suppose to eat the food off the same plate?  Got to the play Catch Me If You Can about a half hour before the show started.  Was nice because then I could talk to the friends we know there before the show about next years subscription.  I think we are going to pass on next year.  I just can not see spending $180 for each show for the both of us to go.  The play was good.  Good enough.  Tony didn't fall asleep, so that must have ment it was entertaining enough.  I think mom and dad enjoyed it so that was the main goal.  Got home a little after 10 PM and said goodbye to mom and dad, and told them to lock and close their car windows as they drive out of the city.  Went to bed a little thereafter since the dogs were all sitting by the bedroom door wanting to go to bed.  Asked Tony when he came home about my card.  Said it was in the car, but didn't get it.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot.  Tony went out to his car to get my card and when he handed it to me and I opened it I was disappointed to see it was a naked man card.  Asked him why he would get me such a card and where.  When I found out he went to the gay bookstore to get the card I questioned if he went there for my card or his enjoyment.  It is a clean adult bookstore but still, he could have just gone to Walgreen's.  Plus I added that this is not a card you get your husband, it is a card you get a friend.  So I was disappointed once again by Tony.  Left the house to go to Menard's to buy two more moldings and some screws and washers I need for this weekends hot tub room roof removal project.  Got home and spent the rest of the day doing things around the house.  Did try to nap with the dogs for a while but could see the sun was out and felt bad being in bed, so I got up.  It did get to 50 today.  Actually snowed this morning ice pellets for a while.  Just making left over spaghetti for Tony tonight.  I will just have a salad and a sandwich.  Will most likely spend the night watching TV from the DVR.

April 24, 2013 Wednesday Afternoon

Since it was raining and we had a big lunch I made spaghetti for supper.  Tony came home around 5:30 PM with this 'look' on his face.  Soon I found out why when he told me, with wallet open in hand, that he did stop at Walgreen's to buy me a birthday card but then realized he had no money.  I then asked him why he didn't just put a card on the credit card and he gave me this blank look.  So no card from my husband on my birthday, wow.  Of course he promised to buy me one the next day but that is just not the same or right.  Spent the night watching Splash, Dance Results and Body of Proof before going to bed.  Had a big piece of birthday cake and ice cream around 8 PM.  Here is this year's birthday picture and cake.

This morning I was up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Spent the morning reading the newspaper and then headed out the door around 10 AM for some breakfast burritos at McDonald's and grocery shopping at Pick N Save.  Spent the rest of the morning and afternoon just doing things around the house listening to music.  It is sunny today but only got up to 48 degrees.  Cool breeze off the lake is not helping heat the air.  Tony will be home soon so he can shower and be ready to leave the house at 5 PM when my mom and dad get here to our house to pick us up to go out for supper and the play Catch Me If You Can.  Since we are season ticket holders there was a special offer to get free tickets so I got four tickets, twofor my parents and two for a couple we have Friday lunch with.   They are great seats and the show should be nice too being a musical.  Hopefully Tony or I won't fall asleep.  I got next years subscription and they price went up to $918 for two tickets to five shows.  One of the shows is War Horse so I will end up putting the years tickets on the credit card I am sure.  Should have taken a nap this afternoon, hopefully a second cup of coffee will wake me up.  Will be nice to have supper with the parents and time at the show also with them.  Nice also to get them free tickets and do something for them to repay for all they do for Tony and I.  I am sure we will not get home until after 10 PM.  The dogs will just have to deal with it.  They will have to get fed early tonight at 4:30 PM so we can be out the door at 5 PM.  There is a heat wave coming we are told.  Suppose to be in the 60s this weekend and maybe even 70 by next week.  I am so excited.  Will be so nice to open some windows and get some fresh air in the house.  Made the mistake of going to the grocery store without my boot and man am I sorry I did that.  My foot swelled bad and I am not happy I did grocery shopping without it on.  I guess I will be wearing it for a while yet.  I thought it was better, but walking without the boot seemed to make it as bad or worse than it was two weeks ago.

April 23, 2013 My 52nd Birthday

Spent last night watching Dancing With The Stars and Castle before doing the lovin thing and going to sleep.

This morning I was up by 6:30 AM.   Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Got ready for my 8:30 AM dental appointment.  Saw the dentist and was happy to hear I did not crack the tooth.  Looks like all this pain in my teeth is a sinus infection and the dentist told me to continue taking the antibiotic meds I started yesterday.  Came home and showered since Tony and I planned on meeting his mom for lunch on this side of town for my Birthday.  Tony's mom wanted to give me a card and present.  Turned out the present was a jacket I would never buy or wear, and the card wasn't even signed.  Oh well, she is getting old.  Had a nice lunch and had a hamburger, potato soup and french fries.  Said goodbye to Tony's mom and on the way home we stopped and bought a birthday cake for my day today.  I will take a picture of myself and the cake before we cut it.  Like to have a birthday pic each year to look back on.  Dropped Tony off at work and came home.  It is raining in Milwaukee and in the low 40s.  Cold, damp, miserable.  We had planned on going out for supper tonight to celebrate my birthday, but between the rain and the fact we are having a great supper out tomorrow at a steak place with my parents before we see the play Catch Me If You Can, and the fact I am full from lunch, I just called Tony to tell him not to hurry home since I am just making spaghetti for supper and we will spend the night at home, dry.  Will most likely spend the night watching Splash, Dance Results and Body of Proof before we go to bed.  Not an exciting birthday, but heck, it is my 52nd.  I feel old and even noticed a new mole on my forehead today.  Getting old is not kind on the body.

April 22, 2013 Monday Afternoon

Spent Friday night watching the movies 13 Eerie and The Bay.  Both were good movies and we both enjoyed them.  Went to bed around 10 PM.

Saturday we were up by 7 AM.  After we fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot we spend the morning reading the newspaper and watching home improvement shows on TV.  Around 11 AM we went to Menard's so I could buy the materials I need to replace the roof in the hot tub / sun room.  I built this room myself about 15 years ago and am actually surprised it has held up until now.  There are some spots that are rotting out and the roof leaks a bit in heavy rain.  So I figure this will be my next big project.  We bought all the roofing panels I needed and spent over $200.  Stopped off at Arby's for lunch.  Came home and Tony spent the rest of the afternoon watching TV while I did things outside around the yard.  I will wait until next weekend for Tony to help me remove the current sun room roof since it is a two person job on ladders.  I can then do most of the work from that point on my own.  Of course the weather is a big factor and this next week does not look like a good time to remove a roof on a room with rain a couple days in the forecast.  Made salads and a pizza for supper.  Spent the night watching the movies Deadfall and End Of Watch.  Both were great movies.  Went to the bedroom and did the lovin thing before going to bed.

Sunday we again were up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot.  After we spent some time reading the Sunday newspaper we showered and went out for breakfast.  Since this is my 'birthday week' I figured I deserved a good Sunday breakfast so we went to Hubbard Park Lodge for an all you can eat family style breakfast.  Was expensive but I figured I am worth it.  Stopped off to buy the $19 worth of weekly lottery tickets to find out we won $34 on last weeks tickets.  I was happy since that paid for breakfast.  We have been playing the same numbers for over 20 years, never missing a day, buying them by the week.  I figure it is past time for us to win the big one.  Took a short nap with the dogs in the afternoon which turned into another round of lovin.  Went to a church festival around 4:30 PM because Tony entered a gift in the silent raffle.  Had a soda and listened to the polka band as long as we were able.  Stopped off at McDonald's for supper and brought it home.   Fed the dogs first and then ate our cold McDonald's food.  Spent the night watching Amazing Race, The Good Wife and The Mentalist before going to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Spent the early morning reading the newspapers.  Went outside in the sun, yes sun, and spent the morning working around the pond setting up the lights since it got to 50 degrees today.  Was a little hard to get around with the boot on my foot but I got the job done.  Will have to bury the wires under the rock when I can bend down better without the boot on.  It should look nice tonight when it gets dark.  Also strung two sets of ropes lights along the side fence next to the pond.  Hopefully it will shine on the water nice at night.  Went out back and spray painted the old fence gate out back.  The gate is actually old, but it looks new now that it is painted black like the rest of the fence we put up a couple weekends ago.  Tried to take a nap with the dogs but ended up just watching the dogs and listening to music as I laid there.  Going to get a Little Caesar's Pizza for supper tonight and will make some salads to go with it.  Been seeing their commercial for the deep dish pizza and I have a taste for it. 

Tomorrow is my 52nd birthday.  I have to tell you, this one has taken a toll on me.  I shake my head in disbelieve every time I think I am going to be 52 years old.  Where have all the years gone?  Have I done enough in those years or have I wasted them?  It is so sad to think I am way past half way through life.  Seems there is so much more life to live.  But I am thankful just to be here.  I do have to make some changes and am getting mad at myself for not doing them.  Stopping smoking is first on my list and I am mad I am even still sneaking cigs while Tony is at work or in the shower.  Have to stop taking naps and live life rather than sleep it away.  I do sometimes think 'have I accomplished what I wanted in life'.   The answer is a hesitant 'yes'.  I look around and see my happy home with my husband and dogs.   I love my home and my life being a house husband.  Is this where I thought I would be at this time of life?   I honestly do.  I have everything I always wanted, except the HIV of course.  So I guess I should stop feeling bad and down about the birthday and celebrate all I have now on that day?   I think I will do just that.  Came to me as I was typing and I think I should listen to myself for once and just enjoy life and be happy with what I do have.  I have a loving family and friends, what more could a guy ask for?

April 19, 2013 Friday Afternoon

Spent last night watching Smash, last week's Glee and then went to bed.  Tony was asleep so I took him and the dogs to bed before 9 PM.  Watched a couple episodes of Everybody Loves Ramond before going to sleep.  Was laughing in bed as I watched ELR, that show is so funny.

This morning I was up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  My dentist called around 9 AM asking if I could come in so she could look at my tooth.  She mentioned the tooth might need a root canal.  Since I already have a Tuesday appointment for the tooth and I was in no mood to have a root canal today, I passed on the appointment today.  Tony had an appointment at the eye institute this morning to have them see what they could do with his eyes making him see and read better.  We are looking for another option to the eye doctor he saw a while back saying it would cost us $6000 for both eyes and surgeries.  The eye institute looked at Tony's eyes and ran all the test.  Sent him home saying they could not do anything for him because of the scar on the one eye from a new lens put in years ago and the cataract in the other eye was not something they could work on either.  Was told he would need to see an optometrist.  Well, that is the guy who said it would be $6000.   So I guess we are going to have to break open the savings and spend the money on Tony's eyes.  He gets very frustrated at times even trying to read the newspaper in the mornings.  My teeth are aching and I do hope it is more a sinus infection than a tooth needing a root canal.  Time will tell.  I think it is the damp cold weather also.   Met the guys for lunch only to find out the restaurant was closed for the day due to a power problem.  We all then drove to the bar Tracks and ate there.  Had a good lunch but spent close to $30 for lunch, which is a little more than I would like to spend on lunch for the two of us.  Heck, I would be happy with a $1 burger at McDonalds.  Came home and after watching the events in Boston for a while I took a two hour nap with the dogs.   Will most likely make some salads and TV dinners for supper tonight.  No plans this weekend.  Since the weather looks cold and damp I am sure we will spend most of the weekend indoors at home with the dogs watching a lot of TV.  It snowed today in Milwaukee for a couple hours.  Didn't add up to much but was not happy to watch snow falling this late in April.  It is cold and windy, cloudy and drizzle or snow at times.  Just a bit above freezing.  Where is Spring?

April 18, 2013 Thursday Afternoon

Spent last night watching the TV via the DVR.  Watched The Following, Hawaii Five O, NCIS and a couple episodes of Worst Tenants before going to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Spent the morning reading the newspapers and later listening to music and updating my IPod with some of the music I was listening to.  Added Prince and SOS Band to my playlist and songs from them.  One of my all time favorite songs is Take Your Time Do It Right by the SOS Band.  Still love the song to this day.  Left the house around 11:30 AM to go to ARCW to pick up my monthly HIV meds and a board meeting from noon until 2 PM.  Had a good meeting and got an issue off my chest.  Still a little mad that the soonest they can get me into the dentist to fix my teeth is July 18th.  Maybe since I said something to someone in charge I will get a call and get in sooner.  My tooth she worked last week is throbbing a bit but then again all my teeth hurt or ache and I think it might be more the damp rainy weather than the tooth itself.  Either way I just want the tooth taken care of so it doesn't break on a Friday night like seems to happen to me often.  Then have to spend a weekend in pain.  I think I might have cracked the filling already.  Rained all morning but we did get a break this afternoon.  Looks like more rain is on the way because it is getting dark and cloudy outside.  Radar shows more rain on the way.  Making a Bertolli spaghetti tonight with salads for supper.  Will most likely spend the night watching more TV from the DVR since it is always recording something. 

April 17, 2013 Wednesday Afternoon

Spent last night watching Splash, Dance Results, and Body Of Proof.  Watched BOP in bed and did the lovin thing when the show was over.  Went to sleep after watching the local news.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Spent the early morning reading the newspaper.   Was watching the weather and it is suppose to rain for the next couple days.  Suppose to get maybe up to 4 inches of rain.  Not good since we are so water soaked already and there is no place for the rain to go.  Heard we might go on record as the rainiest April ever.  Figured I better get out and do the grocery shopping before the rain so my foot boot doesn't get wet.  I am making the best of the boot.  Actually having it on and walking with it is more comfortable than walking without it on a hard floor.  So I am making the best of it and will wear it for the four weeks hoping to heal my foot.  It has also worked to my advantage when Tony is home and a dog wants to go outside.  I tell Tony 'I'm suppose to stay off my foot'.  I then get 'that' look.  Got the grocery shopping done and was home before 10 AM.  Started raining shortly after I got home.  Took a nap, or tried, with the dogs this afternoon.  Vito does not like thunder and every time you heard a clap of thunder he jumped up and growled at the ceiling.  Had to keep my hand on his back so he wouldn't dart off the bed.  So I really got no sleep but felt good to rest on the bed with the dogs.  Keeping Stella down and not walking around is not easy either.  Her back leg is not getting much better on the anti inflammatory and after another week of watching her walk on this leg we might have to take other action.  Of course when I bring the subject up with Tony he says 'no way I am spending that kind of money on her'.  In the end if surgery is needed, we will just break down and do it.  I've been through this before and it is just his 'knee jerk reaction'.   Tony has a heart and will do what we need to do in the end.  Heck, what are credit cards and savings for if not to heal your sick pet.  It is still raining but I do see a break on the radar coming soon.  Big rain to follow though tonight and all day tomorrow.  We are even under a flood watch.  Will be interesting to see how the basement holds out.  We do have a little water in the basement in the front corner and the crawl space.  I am not too worried since we have gotten more rain then usual.  Making a Hormel turkey breast, mashed potato, corn and salad for supper tonight.  Will most likely spend the night listening to the rain fall and watch TV from the DVR that has been recording all this and last week.  There are over 40 shows on the DVR to watch.  All this rain has not been good for Tony either.  His shop leaks and there is water every where.  By tomorrow it might be under water.  Just kidding.  But it is not good to have electrical cords and such around with a half inch of water on the cement in areas of the shop, and big puddles of water.  I have faith he will deal with it.  He has in the past.  Hopefully we will stop the rain and dry out in a couple days.  It can't rain forever, right?  I still have not seen a rabbit or possum and fear they are all dead.  It has been over a month.  The Mourning Doves stopped coming to the nest this past week also and I only see one bird at the feeder in the morning.  Hope I didn't loose my Dove's also to some creature killing all the animals around here.  It will sound strange to most but I always loved rabbits and we never had any until a month after I was diagnosed, a little over four years ago.  I spent many days crying out the front window watching him sleep under the front bushes.  For three years I watched them have babies and grow.  So they came at a time I needed a distraction and something to care about.  Sad they are not here anymore.  Nature is very cruel.  Maybe it is a sign I need to move on also with life.

April 16, 2013 Tuesday Afternoon

Spent last night watching Dancing With The Stars and then Castle in bed.  Missed the first hour of dancing due to being on the Internet and talking with my sister and dad on the phone.  My brother moved in some girl into his home and we did some research and she has a criminal past and record.  Guess my brother was clueless and doesn't seem to care since he is so happy to have someone living with him, much less it being a girl.  My brother is a whole other story.  Went to bed around 10:20 PM after hearing the news headlines about the horrible bombings at the Boston marathon today.

This morning I was up by 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Showered and was out the door around 8 AM to go to my 8:30 AM foot doctor appointment.  Brought all the foot inserts I have bought in the past month just to show him how uncomfortable I am walking and how I am doing all I can.  He showed me the xray showing nothing is broken, but also showed me the part of the film where it shows a lot of swelling.  Since it is not healing with what I have been doing the doctor said I need to wear a 'medical boot' for 4 weeks when I walk, and do limited / only needed walking for 4 weeks.  This is so the toe does not curl up when I walk, leaving it to heal.  Was not happy to hear this because I really enjoy my walks along the river and going without them for a month with the Summer coming is going to kill me.  Doctor said I should stop the walks for the month and work on my upper body as a work out.  Have to give that some thought.  Got home from the doctor by 9:30 AM and called the place on the other side of town where I would buy / get a medical boot.   Drove to the south side of town to get the boot and took about an hour for all the insurance paperwork to go through and them to tell me I owe $30 for my copay on the boot.  Paid and drove home with boot on left foot.  Stopped at Tony's shop to show him but he was not there.  Drove to Walgreen's to pick up my anti inflammatory meds the doctor called in and wants me to take for the next month until I go back to see him.  It is very hard to walk in this boot and I will not be liking this.  Took a nap with the dogs even though the sun is out and 50 degrees, and I should be walking by the river.  Making sweet and sour chicken and rice with a salad for supper tonight.  Will most likely spend the night watching Splash, Dance Results, and Body Of Proof before going to bed tonight.  Here is a picture of my new medical boot on my foot, with Vito in the back ground. 

April 15, 2013 Monday Afternoon

Spent Friday night watching TV from the DVR.  Went to bed around 10 PM for some lovin before we went to sleep.

Saturday morning we were up by 7 AM.  Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot.  Tony went to work around 9 AM to work on my car and worked until about 1 PM in the afternoon.  While Tony was at work for the morning I did things around the house and then around noon went for a nice walk along the river trails to see the high water from all the rain.  The water is very high and I had to walk on the higher trail because the lower trail along the river is under water.  After Tony came home and we watched a little TV we then took a short nap with the dogs.  After we fed the dogs supper we went out to eat at Track's, a bar two blocks down the street.  Had a great supper.  Came home and spent the night watching the movies John Dies At The End (which was a very strange but good movie) and Vampire Boys (which was a gay themed vampire movie).  Went to bed around 10:30 PM.

Sunday we were again up by 7 AM.  After we fed the dogs and read a little of the Sunday newspaper, we showered and picked up Tony's mom for breakfast.  Had a great breakfast and then dropped her off at her house and went to Hobo, which is a big home improvement store.  As we got out of the car we noticed a dent in my side of the car and the molding coming off.  Someone must have hit us in the restaurant parking lot as they pulled out.  Of course they didn't leave a note or anything.  Tony was not happy since he just spent the week fixing my car.  Got home around noon and spent the afternoon just laying around the house watching TV with the dogs.  Tried to get Tony outside for a walk but it was only about 40 degrees all day and he was not going to walk with it being 40 degrees.  Spent Sunday night watching Amazing Race and Good Wife before going to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up by 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  It got to 60 degrees in Milwaukee today, a heat wave.  I was outside by 9 AM working in the back yard tearing up the path bricks and placing sand under them to level.  Ended up going to Home Depot to buy three more bags of sand to finish the project.  Got it all done by noon and showered.  Went for a nice long walk along the river and ended at Pick N Save to buy a couple sale items.  Making some chicken Kiev's, baked potato, beans and a salad for supper tonight.  Will spend the night watching Dancing With The Stars and Castle before going to bed.  Tomorrow morning I have an appointment to go see my foot doctor again.  I have all the shoe inserts ready to bring with me so he can see just how much I have spent on inserts trying to walk comfortably.  Hopefully he will have some news as to what is in my foot.

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April 12, 2013 Friday Afternoon

Spent last night watching TV from the DVR.  Got caught up on Bates Motel.  Damn, I love this show.  Tony was sleeping on the couch by 8 PM so I took the dogs to the bed, got him up and to bed with the dogs, and went for a dip in the hot tub.   Joined Tony and the dogs in bed and watched TV for an hour before I went to sleep.

This morning I was up by 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Spent the morning reading the newspapers and doing things around the house.  Left the house a little after 11 AM to go to Walgreen's to pick up a prescription and other items.  Ended up spending over a $100 at Walgreen's.  Been an expensive week.  Met Tony and the guys for lunch.  Had a great lunch as usual.  Came home and wasted the afternoon on the Internet.  It is cloudy and damp with a slight drizzle here in Milwaukee, again, today.  Will make left over spaghetti for supper tonight with a salad.  No plans this weekend.  Will most likely spend the weekend at home with the dogs.  Weather is not looking good for another week.  Where the heck is Spring?

April 11, 2013 Thursday Afternoon

Spent last night watching TV from the DVR.  Went to bed around 9:20 PM and was asleep soon afterwards listening to the rain fall outside.  We both were so tired and I had to wake Tony from the couch just to tell him it was time to go to sleep.

This morning I was up by 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  It is raining and cold again here in Milwaukee.  Not a day to leave the house unless you have to.  Spent the morning cleaning.  Also took the side panels off the 60 inch projection TV and put a small fan blowing into the TV, with the air going in one 6 inch hole to the other side's 6 inch hole.  Oh, forgot to mention, yesterday did get worse as the day went on.  Our TV had been going out.  I will never buy a projection TV ever again.  We are on our 4th bulb and they are not cheap.  The TV seems not to like the new bulb we got a few weeks ago and every so often after the TV has been on for a while, the TV will shut off, with a blinking red light on the bottom.  I figured it must be the bulb getting too hot since after I wait a while I can turn the TV back on and it works fine, until a few hours later.  Seems the fan I set up is working since I had the TV on from 6 AM to noon today and no problems.  Of course this is not a permanent fix and we will have to break down and buy a new TV soon.  I do have another replacement bulb in the wings when this when goes, but I wish  I would have never thought ahead and bought it, it was expensive and the money could have been put towards a new TV.  It will be an LCD or Plasma TV when that time comes to buy a new one.  I figure it will cost about $1000, which I don't have just sitting around, so I will do all I can to make this TV last.  I am sure the fan in the TV must not be working properly or the bulb is too sensitive, either way there is no way to take the back of the TV apart.  Trust me I tried.  Only a place to slide in the projection bulb.  I hate watching TV waiting for the next time the screen goes to black, not knowing if it will go back on again, and we will soon be at the store buying a new one.  We watch a lot of TV as anyone who follows my blog knows.  So being without a living room TV for any time is not an option.  I can always move the 32 inch from the bedroom into the living room, but it is very hard to go from watching a 60 inch TV to a 32 inch TV.  I do realize these are very petty problems in the scheme of things, life could be worse.  I am thankful that right now my foot is my biggest problem, yet I still walk and do everything I need to do.  I do go back to the foot doctor on Tuesday and I better hear something regarding what the heck is in the ball of my foot making it uncomfortable to walk.  I have to stand on foam rubber mats in the shower because the hard floor is so uncomfortable to stand on and put weight on the front of my foot.  I have cushion soles in my shoes just to wear them.  I guess I should feel lucky I have problems at all since I honestly thought four years ago I wouldn't even be here today.  Laid on the bed with the dogs for a while this afternoon.  Couldn't sleep and was hard to get Stella up onto the bed.  Her leg is still bothering her even with the new meds.  I am sure the damp cold rainy weather isn't helping.  Got up and made a vanilla pudding pie on the chocolate crust I bought a while back.  Then figured I needed to put some whipped cream on it, so I walked to the store in the drizzle, two blocks up the street, and bought a can.  I would have taken our truck which is here for me, but I have only driven it twice, and it is so big, so it was just easier to grab the umbrella and walk the two blocks in the rain to buy the whipped cream.  Making spaghetti and salads for supper tonight.  Figure I can fry up the left overs tomorrow night for Tony.  Will most likely spend the night watching TV from the DVR again since it is always recording something.  Tony called to say my car should be done by tomorrow.  Times like this it is so nice to have a husband who has an auto body shop.  Told me he had to replace the fan, radiator, and a few other things I had no idea what they were.  Have I mentioned how tired I am of the rain.  Honestly it has rained all week in Milwaukee.  Thankfully we only have a little water coming in the crawl space under the new addition bedroom.  Yah, the 100 year old house basement is dry, the eight year old addition crawl space gets water when it rains.  That's a whole different story for another day. 

April 10, 2013 Wednesday Afternoon

Some days just don't go as planned.
Got up this morning at 6:30 AM.  Fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot and got Tony off to work.  Another horrible weather day in Milwaukee today.  In the high 30s, rain, wind, and just damp and raw outside.  Read the morning newspaper and then showered.  Called the vet to see if she had left a prescription for Stella.  Was told I could pick it up and it was Rimadyl.  Left the house around 9:30 AM and first went to McDonald's to try the steak burrito on sale.  Then went to the vet to get the prescription on my way to Pick N Save.  Sixty pills of Rimadyl for Stella was $126.  I looked at the lady ringing me up and asked her if she made a mistake.  So that means this last visit to the vet for Stella cost us $306.  Put the pills on my credit card and went to Pick N Save.  Bought the weekly groceries and came home.  Spent the next two hours just laying on the couch wishing the weather would change.  Around 1 PM I left the house to go to my planning board meeting for ARCW.  My car has not been running very good lately and I even stopped at Tony's shop yesterday on my way home from Home Depot to tell him the car shakes at stop signs and now the low coolant light was on.  He put a container of coolant in the car yesterday.  Well, by the time I got to the parking lot at ARCW my engine was blowing smoke or steam.  Parked the car and called Tony.  Of course his first words were 'what do you want me to do'.   He did not say it in a 'helpful' tone of voice and more sarcastic.  I told him again something was wrong and now that I look under the car something is dripping from the engine.  I then planned on going to my meeting and having Tony meet me at the parking lot after the meeting to either take my car or follow me home.  I have blown an engine in the past not stopping driving it when it smoked and remember clearly catching holly hell for the blown engine from Tony.  So I did not want this happening again.  When I went to get my ticket for parking the attendant told me since my car was leaking I could not park it in the lot.  Called Tony back to come to the parking lot downtown and get the car.  While I waited I ran into the building to tell the people I was suppose to meet with that I would not be able to attend today's meeting due to the car problem.  Waited for Tony and soon he arrived.  I followed him home, best I could.  It was like he didn't want me following him the way he drove so fast.  We parted a few blocks from our house and shop, me in the truck, Tony in my car.  Waited a half hour or so and then called Tony to see if he had a chance to see what was wrong with my car.  He said he has never in all his 35 years of working on cars seen what happened to my car.  The fan in the engine was in pieces.  No fan blade longer than 4 inches and the pieces all over the engine, one must have cut the coolant line.  So I guess it was a good thing I called him because he said he had to turn off the car twice on the way home so the engine wouldn't blow.  I would have most likely blown the engine by not turning off the car.  So now I am without my car for a while, and I think it will be a long while since Tony is very busy at his shop right now with paying customers.  Will most likely be driving our truck during the repair.  So today has not been a good day.  Expensive, cold, rainy and a pain in the butt.  Think I will just make a frozen pizza and salads tonight since I feel like just crawling under a blanket and going to sleep.  Will most likely spend the night watching TV from the DVR since we stopped watching American Idol weeks ago.  We are suppose to get some snow tonight.  As I type that I even caught myself shaking my head in disbelief.  Snow in April.  What a terrible Spring we have had so far.  I would call it a continuation of Winter up to this point and no end is in sight.  Suppose to be cold rain, sleet and snow all day tomorrow.  Guess I will be in the house with the dogs staying warm, without my car.