August 25, 2010 Wednesday Night

Got Stella to the vet this morning to find out she has a bad ear infection and a hematoma on her ear. The swelling is because of the hematoma which might be from shaking her head because of the ear infection. It could go away on it's own but will most likely need surgery and a drainage tube in the near future to fix it. Because of the likely hood of surgery and her past blood platelet problems we had to do a bunch of blood tests and get ear drops for now. Cost: $225.00.
Got her home and shortly after went to my doctor to get my latest blood results. Looks like I am getting healthier with each blood test. My Tcell count is now up to 416 and still undetectable. My percentage though stayed at 21% which should have gone up from the last blood test which was also 21%. The doctor says I should be happy with the 416 but realize that that number can fluctuate depending on how you are THAT day. Since my percent did not go up he warned me not to worry if the next blood test in January 2011 shows a lower Tcell count than 416. I just am happy to be over 400 since between 400 and 1500 is considered normal. All my other tests came back good also and the doctor is happy with my results. I did ask the doctor about the rash I get in the sun, he did not know why, my HIV+ friends all seem to have the same problem. Was surprised he was so clueless about the rash but he did say we could look at adjusting my meds or switching them. I told him since I have had such good results so far it is much easier for me to just stay out of the sun then risk messing with my HIV meds. So bottom line, Stella and I are going to live another day. Took a short power nap after I got home. Just got off the phone with my sister and mom to give them all the dog and my news. Now I wait for Tony to get home since I am not cooking and we are most likely going to a car show and having dinner out while the weather is so nice. It is in the 70s now in Milwaukee and much less humid, so nice for sleeping.

August 25, 2010 Wednesday Morning

Tuesday morning I went to my 8 AM dentist appointment. Not so easy to get up and out of the house that early in the morning. Had to get up by 6 AM just to clear the bowels and get myself awake enough to get out the door and to the appointment. The tooth is infected and I was given an antibiotic. I will also have to have the tooth pulled in three weeks once the infection is gone. It has not been a good summer with the teeth. They seem to be falling apart. This will be the third tooth I have had to have pulled this year. Is this from the meds? Got home and spend the day doing stuff around the house. Last night Tony noticed that Stella's ear is swollen and might be infected. The ear lobe is like a small water balloon. Gave her a doggie pain pill and spent the night snuggling next to her on the bed all night. Didn't get much sleep last night because of Stella and watching for the cat that eats the rabbits around here. I set a trap for the cat. About 11 PM last night I saw my rabbit eating in the back yard and the cat stalking it in the neighbors yard. Decided having a trap with tuna where the rabbit eats is not the best solution. Moved the trap to the front of the house where no rabbits are. Hopefully the tuna smell will bring the cat to the front of the house and I can trap it there.

This morning I got up early. No cat in the trap in the front of the house. But I did see TWO rabbits playing in the back yard. I had only thought there was one, but there are two. Phoned the vet already this morning and made a 10 AM appointment for Stella to find out what is wrong with her ear. I then have a 1:30 PM doctor appointment myself to find out my latest labs. I will post them and what is wrong with Stella later this afternoon or night when I have time. Always something going on around here with the dogs. Now I just have to keep Bo from wanting to lick Stella's ear, not an easy task. Got to get into the shower so I can take Stella to the vet this morning. No time for a nap today with all the doctor appointments.

August 23, 2010 Monday Dinner Time

Saturday Tony and I met a friend at a car show around noon. One of the features was 'free lunch for everyone'. I must admit, when I hear the word free, it catches my attention. Had a hot dog, slice of pizza and ice cream at the car show, free. Came home and spent the rest of the afternoon taking a nap with Tony and the dogs. Saturday night I made hamburgers and rice for dinner. We spent the night watching the 70's movie Frogs, which is a horror flick I remember seeing as a kid. It was free to watch on Hulu.com. Watched a couple of episodes of Hot In Cleveland which I had DVR'd. I do like this show and find myself laughing out loud at Betty White, love that lady.

Sunday I made breakfast and then Tony got started working on the bathroom after I reminded him that he has not moved forward on it in weeks. He got very dirty sanding plaster while I did things around the house. Kept the dance music playing to keep him moving. About 2 PM in the afternoon he had had enough and around 4 PM we took the Cadillac out for a drive. We drove to his mothers house on the southside and then ended up going out to dinner with her at a family restaurant. Dropped her off at home and drove the long way home along the Milwaukee lakefront. Spent the night watching Big Brother, The Gates, and a couple more episodes of Hot In Cleveland before going to bed. As I looked out the window of the bedroom one last time I could see my rabbit eating some bread I put out for him. I looked again and saw a huge possum hiding not far from him. Spent about an hour watching the situation until the rabbit left. I then went out and scared the possum away. Jeez, are they an ugly animal. About an hour later I looked out the window to see the cat that has eaten most of the little animals around here, in my backyard. Ran outside in my underwear and nothing else and scared the cat away. Jeez, I have one rabbit left because of this damn cat. Got up many times to check on the rabbit and haven't seen him since.

This morning after getting Tony off to work and taking care of the dogs needs I called my mom and dad and spoke with them for a while. I then took a shower with Barkley and gave him a needed shower along with mine. I then started calling Wisconsin Food Share because I got a letter from them on Saturday requiring an interview. I called at least 15 times until about 1 PM when I finally got ahold of someone. I would be put on hold only to about 30 seconds later hear a busy signal. Another well run government agency in the good old USA. NOT! Got my interview taken care of over the phone and was told I will get a letter in 3 to 5 days saying what, if any, benefit I will get. In the time that I kept calling I did drive to the pet store to pick up Barkley's special dry dog food for his skin and coat. A 17 lb bag is now $52.00. WOW. If he didn't need it so much he would eat the regular food the other dogs eat. Then went to a hardware store to see if there was a powder or something to keep feral cats away. Bought a powder but after getting home and reading more about it, it keeps away small critters including rabbits too. Well, that won't work since I am using to save my rabbit not keep him from the backyard. I want the cat gone. Ended up having to go back to the hardware store and return the powder. Walked over to the neighbor across the alley to tell them about my rabbit, possum, cat adventures last night since they also enjoy the one rabbit left in the neighborhood. When I mentioned my last idea was to catch the damn cat he said he had a trap. Yes! So I then drove to Walgreen's and bought two cans of tuna for the trap tonight. I will have to put the trap out late and bring it in early or a squirrel or two will get trapped. I know I will be trapping more squirrels than cats but I need to get this cat. I will then take it to the Humane Society for them to deal with. Have the trap ready for tonight. Took a couple hour nap since I was exhausted from all the running around already this morning. Tony will be home in about an hour and I have no clue what to make for dinner much less any ambition to cook anything. Will watch DVR stuff on TV tonight since all that is on is reruns and such. Tomorrow I have another dental appointment which might include pulling another tooth. Seems my teeth are just falling apart lately. Must be the meds or the HIV. Anyone else have teeth problems with this HIV thing?

August 20, 2010 Friday Night

This morning I got Tony off to work, fed the dogs and showered before driving to Walgreen's to pick up a couple prescriptions. Came home and talked with my mortgage company about refinancing my loan before vacuuming the house. Picked up Tony and went to lunch with the guys. Our usual Friday lunch date. Had a great lunch. Came home and shortly thereafter got a return call from my mortgage person giving me more information on if it is worth it to refinance. Bottom line is I would save about $50 a month. It would be more beneficial to just pay a little more on the mortgage each month and get it paid off since I owe so little. Took a nap and woke up having a dream about Tony. Woke up yelling at him. The dogs must have thought I was crazy. Been having a lot of vivid dreams lately. Last night Tony had to wake me up and tell me to go back to bed after I woke up screaming again in my sleep. Last nights dream was weird. It involved Stella on the subway tracks (not that we have subways in Milwaukee) and trying to get her off the tracks, lifting her up, before the train came and ran us both over. I could see the train lights coming and was screaming for Tony to help me when Tony woke me up from last nights dream. I have mentioned these vivid dreams many times. I am told it is the Atripla. What is amazing is not only how vivid they are, but how I can remember them after Tony wakes me up or I wake up on my own. Tonight there is not much on TV so we will most likely watch shows we DVR'd, probably a couple more episodes of True Blood. Saturday we have a car show to go to, other than that I would be a happy guy if Tony started tiling the bathroom since the tile boxes are sitting in the hallway. I did see Tony trip over one of the boxes the other day so hopefully that will put a fire under him to start getting the tile up and done. Watching storms roll through right now. Was 91 and hot and humid today in Milwaukee. Hopefully the storms will cool things off since the air conditioning is running and the meter is spinning.

August 19, 2010 Thursday Dinner Time

Spent the night in the bedroom with the dogs watching TV again all night.

Tony came home in a really bad mood. I guess it didn't help that I got on his back over the fact he had two things that needed to get done, and neither one got accomplished. He soon was nose to nose with me and yelling at the top of his lungs. It was hard for me not to punch him and I thought about it very hard during the fight. When he was done I ate my dinner and went into the bedroom and watched TV with the dogs all night. He came to bed around 10 PM. Funny how the dogs don't even want to be in the same room with him and would rather be with me. Tells me who they think is the nicer person. Had a very restless night's sleep.

This morning I got up shortly before Tony walked out the door. He looked at me on his way out the door and told me he promised to accomplish the two tasks that were very important. I looked at him and said I would believe it when I see it. One of the tasks was to respond to the suit filed against him from the guy who scammed him. Tony still has not gone downtown and filed charges against him because I keep hearing he is 'too busy'. I can't believe someone can be too busy to file charges against someone who scammed you out of over $10,000 and now is suing him for more money in another scam. I even wrote the response letter he needs to send. All he has to do is print out the checks he wrote this guy and mail them with the response. Would take a half hour tops. I am so tired of him saying he is 'too busy' to handle things I ask for. If anyone else asks for anything he is there and does it. I am not happy at all in this relationship lately. I don't want to be alone, but this daily bullshit is wearing me down. Not sure where this is headed.
Spent the day working around the house, dusting, vacuuming, cleaning, and did a little work on the pond painting the sides of the upper part and waterfall I built. Tomorrow I will try to take a picture and include it in this blog. Tonight I am sure we will sit silently and watch TV all night. I don't think either one of us likes the other much these days.

August 18, 2010 Wednesday Morning

After I woke up and fed the dogs I got Tony off to work for the day. After he left I showered and drove to Menard's to look what they had for pond pumps. I need a stronger pump to pump water up to the elevated area I made. Of course 'that' Menard's did not carry pond pumps so I ended up driving to Stein's Garden Center and found one there that I purchased. Stopped off at McDonald's for some breakfast and headed home. Spend the rest of the morning working on the pond and setting up the new pump. I did not sleep well the night prior so I ended up taking a couple hour nap before getting up and doing a little cleaning around the house before Tony got home from work. Walked a half a block down the street and ate at a Mexican Restaurant that has Tuesday $1 tacos. Had 2 tacos and a strawberry margarita. Walked back home and spent the rest of the night watching America's Got Talent before going to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I got Tony off to work and the regular jobs around the house completed. I will after this post take a shower and head out to the grocery store to do some grocery shopping. It is so much cooler here in Milwaukee this week than it was for the past few weeks. The humidity levels are comfortable, temperatures are in the 70s and the night is perfect for sleeping with the windows open. Feels like Fall is coming, which is fine with me, I love Fall. Only problem is what comes after Fall, Winter!

August 16, 2010 Monday Night

Friday afternoon Tony and I had lunch with the guys as usual. Friday night I made hamburgers for dinner and we spent the night watching TV in the house, away from the heat and humidity.

Saturday morning we did a little around the house before meeting a friend of mine in Menomonee Falls at a Car Show. Had a nice visit and ate lunch at the car show. Came home and spent the afternoon doing thing around the house. Saturday night we had Jimmy John's Subs for dinner and watched a couple episodes of True Blood before going to bed.

Sunday was an expensive day. In the morning we went to Home Depot and spent about $150 on brick for the pond that is in the side yard that I am extending. I am making a higher level with an old pool table we have. The higher level allows me to make a water fall into the main pond. I have wanted to do this for some time. After we got home and unloaded the brick we left again for Hobo to buy tile for the bathroom. Since I got on Tony's case about the bathroom not moving forward in so long, he decided to move a step forward and at least pick out and buy tile. After being there about an hour we finally agreed on a tile and border. It was not easy to agree on even that. Ended up spending $450 which included about $100 or pond lights and other items. Came home and unloaded all the tile. By this time my back was killing me from the first purchases earlier in the day and unloading them. I then went outside to work on the pond, since the cold front was coming through and the weather was so much nicer, while Tony took an hour nap. Around 4 PM we went to a block party called Sinkhole De My Oh. It was a fund raiser for the business near the streets that are blocked from repairing the sink hole from last months rain. Stopped off at George Webb's and had dinner before heading home. Spend the night watching TV.

This morning after Tony left for work I went outside and began the pond transformation. I spent all day long working on the pond until about 4 PM. I then quickly vacuumed the house, took a shower and began getting dinner together. Ended up making a frozen Hormel beef roast, baked potato and a salad. Tony came home around 5:30 PM with paperwork from the guy who screwed him out of $10,000, suing HIM for $2100 in overtime wages Tony never paid him when Tony was doing him the favor of letting him out on work release and working at the shop Monday through Friday and some weekends. UN FUCKIN BELIEVABLE! Tony has to respond in writing to see if it will then go forward. I made Tony PROMISE that tomorrow he will finally go to the court house, now that he has his prison address, and file charges and a lawsuit against him for the $10,000 he owes Tony. Of course Tony has not done this yet being the energetic 'get it done now' type of person. Jeez, how many people have to screw Tony over before he stops being a nice guy? And why is he so nice to others, but could be nicer to ME? Will spend the night watching TV, stuff we DVR'd because there is nothing on TV tonight, while I continue to have smoke coming out of my ears over this Jerry paperwork.

August 13, 2010 Friday Morning

Thursday afternoon I made another DJ Dave Mix. I will try to add it to the Music Page in the next few days after I make minor adjustments to it. It was once again to hot and humid outside to do anything outside. I know I sound like a broken record when it comes to the heat and humidity, hopefully by Sunday a cold front comes through and next week looks like highs in the 70s or low 80s. Last night we ordered Jimmy John's subs for dinner. We did spend the night watching TV in the living room rather than me in the bedroom. We still are not talking much but time will tell. Watched Big Brother, Rookie Blue and The Mentalist before going to bed.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM and out the door by a little before 7 AM to go to St Mary's Hospital for my next round of blood tests. I get the results in a week and a half when I see the doctor. I hope to still be undetectable and hopefully have a larger TCell count. Stopped off at Walgreen's on the way home from the blood test and picked up some freezer pops for Tony and the guys at the shop. Yah, me thinking of them again. You think they think of me and my comfort all day? NOT! Got home and called Tony and told him some freezer pops were here if he wanted them. He showed up a little while later to get them. Gave him the three boxes in the freezer that were already frozen to take with him and a bunch of fruit from last weeks grocery shopping. Asked him if he was joining me for lunch with the guys. He said Yes. I told him I would pick him up a little before noon. After he left I spoke to my mom on the phone for about a half hour before going to the grocery store to pick up some fresh fruit, milk and a couple other items. Was a short list and not too expensive. Got our electric bill yesterday. Was $295 for the month of July because of all the heat and the air conditioning running nonstop. Jeez. One month of electric for $295.00. Going to get in the shower after this post and continue listening to my latest music mix before going to lunch. Don't plan on doing much this afternoon. If I do anything it will be in the house and air conditioning. Will most likely just stay home tonight and cook a light meal for dinner, watch more TV and go to bed around the time thunder storms are to roll in and the cold front to start coming. A cold front sounds so good. Will hopefully post my newest music mix this weekend or this afternoon. It is called DJ Dave All Night Dance Party - Volume 23. So far it sounds pretty good. Some new and some older dance hits.

August 12, 2010 Thursday Morning

I wrote Tony a long letter telling him how I felt. I fed the dogs and left the letter on the kitchen counter before leaving the house prior to him coming home from work. I decided to let him fend for himself when it came to dinner. I went to Southridge mall and walked around for about 2 hours, eating dinner by myself in the food court. When I walked in the door close to 8 PM he was standing in the kitchen with his hands folded and had a mean look on his face. His first words were 'where were you?'. I looked at him and said: I don't know where you are or who your with all day so I don't feel I need to tell you where I was. His response was: So we are going to play that game? I said: You started this game and play it daily when I don't know where you are all day, who your with all day, and the fact that most times when I call you at the shop you are not there and none of your employees know where the hell you are. I then went to the bedroom to watch TV leaving him in the living room to watch TV alone. All five dogs of course spend their time with me, no matter what room I am in. So he was left alone to think about things. He came to bed shortly after 10 PM without a word.

This morning about 7:15 AM he came into the bedroom prior to leaving work, I was still in bed. He said 'have a nice day'. I said 'bye bye'. I am sure he is thinking about all the things I said in my letter. I hope so anyway. This morning I have to take Bo to the vet to have his nails trimmed. Might also have his anal glands cleaned since he seems to be having a problem back there and is most likely the cause. It is in the 90s again today in Milwaukee. Hot and humid with a heat advisory. Will most likely spend the afternoon indoors with the dogs since it is too damn hot outside to do anything. The weather shows no relief until Sunday.

Tony and I like any relationship go through these 'corrections'. I call them corrections. If I say nothing, nothing changes. Of course we have been through this so many time, things change for a while, and then he is back to his selfish self. Not sure where this one will go, but I am sticking to my guns this time. I want more appreciation and romance. If I don't get it I am not sure what the next step will be. I would love to hear from anyone who has gone through similar and how they made changes.

August 11, 2010 Wednesday Afternoon

I need some advice.

Last night Tony and I had a big fight. I spent the night watching TV in the bedroom. Tony watched TV in the living room. After the fight not much got said. This is the problem. I feel very unappreciated. I spend all day taking care of the house and doing everything that needs to be done around here. Tony goes to work and doesn't think of me at all until the time he decides to come home and grace me with his presence. I think of Tony all day and everything I do all day revolves around him or us. He goes to work and never gives me a thought. I called him yesterday about 4 PM to tell him I was planning on making hamburgers for dinner. He said, he had them for lunch. I thought this strange since I made him a lunch to take to work. He told me a burger place had an appreciation day and him and the guys all went to lunch their for free food. When I asked him why he didn't call me so I could come along his response was: I didn't think of you. He then said: It was an appreciation lunch. OK. So I wasn't thought of, and I guess I don't deserve any appreciation? Everything I do all day is for us here at the house. Is it wrong for me to want some appreciation for taking care of our house all day. I do all the house work, all the grocery shopping, all the little projects around the house. In 21 years he has never opened the refrigerator and found us missing milk or food or beer. When he comes home from work, he does nothing but eat what I cooked and watch TV. When I ask him for any help, no matter how small, it turns into an argument. I just want some appreciation for all I do all day. I know I am bored to death being home all day, but is it to much to ask to be appreciated for what I do all day to make our house a home? Of course the fight had me throwing everything else that pisses me off into the argument. The fact he doesn't do anything around the house. The fact I get very little love or affection. The fact every Christmas and Anniversary goes by without him putting any thought into them at all. Our last anniversary we never even opened our cards we bought each other, they have been sitting on the table for 3 months now. I threw them away today without opening them I was so pissed. I have to beg for a card on our anniversary and he waits until the day before Christmas to quickly pick out something without any thought. I always do think of him and what he might want or enjoy. Is it too much for me to ask for the same? He has never been romantic or giving in that way. I have for 21 years gone without. I am tired of going without. If it doesn't involve drinking, his dick, or a car show, he has no interest. I don't remember the last time he has touched me romantically. I on the other hand am always telling him how handsome he is and caressing him or being romantic, with nothing in return. Is it too much for me to ask for some in return? He is so selfish. He will want a back rub, but when I ask for one, forget it. I have even tried by saying 'if I massage you for 15 minutes, can you massage me for 15 minutes'. If he has to give something in return, forget it. I have gone so long without romance, being caressed, or shown love. Like I said before, if it doesn't involve his dick, forget it. In 21 years he has never ever said anything like 'let me take care of you' without somehow it involving him and him cumming. Sorry to be graphic. I am just so frustrated and I can not imagine spending the rest of my life in such a one sided relationship. I could go on and on but I think you got the point. Any suggestions? I know I have to stop depending on him for my happiness. But is it too much to be put first, above his employees and friends? If someone else asks for his help he will drop everything. He gets phone calls all night from employees and friends asking for favors, which he does immediately. If I ask, it turns into a fight just to get him to do it. Help. I don't want to be alone the rest of my life, but I am not going to spend the rest of my life in such a loveless, selfish relationship. Do I end this marriage in hope of finding better? I don't want to fool around on the side, but a guy needs some love. We have tried counseling and that didn't work. He just thinks its 'not his job'. I told him this morning I am done doing ANYTHING for him any more since he does nothing for me. It is like 'out of sight, out of mind' all day when he is at work. When he comes home he sits there and never asks about my day. When I ask him about his day he has nothing to say. I have begged over and over for more attention, reciprocation, or appreciation in 21 years with no results. HELP!

August 9, 2010 Monday Afternoon

Sunday after making a big breakfast we spend the morning watching a The Nannie marathon. I loved this show when it was on TV many years ago. Early afternoon we went to Sam's Warehouse Club and did a little shopping for things we didn't need. LOL Spend only $130.00 which is good and better than some visits in the past. Got home and spent the afternoon with the dogs and watched the movie Edge of Darkness. It was a good movie. Made dinner which consisted of a meat loaf and mashed potatoes we bought at Sam's Club, with a salad. Spent the rest of the night watching Big Brother, Scoundrels and The Gates before going to bed around 10:30 PM.

This morning at 3 AM thunderstorms rolled through Milwaukee with heavy rain. The storms lasted about 2 hours. Vito barked at every lightning and thunder, and Kali shook like a leaf scared to death of the noise. Got up around 7 AM and got Tony off to work by 8 AM. Spent the morning and afternoon cleaning and doing laundry. Also made some phone calls about refinancing my mortgage since I am at 5.65% and there are much better rates available. The mortgage company will get back to me by the end of the week. It is once again so hot and humid in Milwaukee there is not much you can do outside. Went to Pick N Save and bought some onions and onion soup to make a beef roast for dinner tonight. Cut up potatoes and carrots and the pot has been boiling since noon. This afternoon I received an email from a guy named Mat in Chicago. In his email he states he use to download some DJ Dave mixes back in 2000 and 2001 from Napster and really enjoyed them. He continued by saying he did a google search and found my web page and Music Page. He has enjoyed my dance music mixes and has downloaded many of them. How cool is that? He wanted to know if I was the same DJ Dave back in 2000 that still makes dance music mixes. That I am. Emails such as that make all the time I put into making them worth while. Some of my mixes have been downloaded over 100 times. I keep telling Tony that someday after I am dead and gone, people might still be listening to my mixes I made while I was alive. Nice to know I might be thought of and remembered after I am gone someday. Plus for someone to take the time to write me, much less do google searches to find my music, made my day. I called Tony at work and read him the email I was so excited. The house is clean, bedding washed, so now I am just watching TV and waiting for Tony to come home from his day at work. I don't know how he works in this heat, much less anyone who has a job requiring them to work outside in this heat. It is suppose to be hot and humid in the 90s all week here in Milwaukee. Will most likely spend the night watching more TV. Jeez, what would I do without TV?

August 7, 2010 Saturday Night

Friday night Tony and I walked a couple blocks down the street to a bar called Tracks and had a fish fry. I actually had the combo fish and shrimp fry. It was very good. Watched a little TV before going to bed around 10:30 PM. About 2 AM I woke up in the middle of the strangest dream I have ever had. I can't even try to explain it except I was a person who's mind had snapped. I woke up so confused I even sat in the living room for a while and tried to get my head together. As I looked at the clock and it read 2:12 AM I couldn't even comprehend what time that ment. I then tried my best to remember what day it was and I was a day off. Sat in the living room for about a half hour until I got my head together and woke up from this strange dream. I am told it is the Atripla. Wow, I still have a hard time getting the dream out of my head as I write this post.

This morning Tony and I got up and after he drove to McDonald's and got us some breakfast we did a little work outside cleaning the rain gutters. I then gave Barkley a shower with me in the walk in shower. He doesn't mind the shower or bath, but would rather not have one. He needed one because he gets skin rashes from licking. Around 11:30 AM our two friends Dave and Mic came over so the four of us could walk up and down the Rockerbox Street Festival here on Center Street. It was a huge motorcycle event. We sat down at one of the bars and had lunch and then walked around another hour before walking back to the house and saying goodbye. Tony and I then spent a few hours in the air conditioning, because it is so damn hot again in Milwaukee, prior to going up to the festival for another walk through the crowd and motorcycles. Came home and fed the dogs prior to me making us dinner. We will most likely spend the rest of the night indoors watching TV, out from the humid heat. I uploaded four pictures from today's Rockerbox Festival. One is of Tony, Dave and Mic, our two friends. I think I will start uploading more pictures from my daily life or events in the future.

August 6, 2010 Friday Afternoon

Thursday morning I got most everything for the day done in the morning before the heat continued in Milwaukee. Went grocery shopping and picked up weeds in the side and back yard that had over grown through the gravel. We don't have any grass in our yard. We got rid of the grass years ago and replaced it with gravel. Less work, no cutting grass weekly. Once in a while you do have to pick weeds that grow in the gravel. Took an afternoon nap. Got up and worked on my blog page for a while. I added a link or two and the interview made a couple of years ago about our house here in Milwaukee. Made a big dinner of pork chops, baked potato and beans, along with a salad. Turned out good. Tony and I spent the night watching Big Brother, Rookie Blue and The Mentalist before going to bed around 10:30 after the local news.

This morning I got up and after Tony went to work I talked to my mom on the phone for about an hour before beginning cleaning. Did a lot of dusting around the house. Also washed a few windows that needed it from the rain and doggie paws. Went to Walgreen's around noon for a couple packs of cigarettes. Yah, I still haven't quit. I know I should. Made myself a slice of pizza for lunch and took a two hour nap this afternoon. As I have said before, this heat just makes me want to sleep and do little else. Just got done vacuuming the house and soon Tony will be home from work. He had a Stress Test this morning. Talked to him briefly, he said it was fine. I will get more detail when he gets home from work. Most likely we will go out for a fish fry tonight for dinner since we did not have lunch with the guys today due to Tony's doctor appointment and another one out of town. The guys are coming to our house tomorrow morning for the Rockerbox Festival on Center Street. They both drive motorcycles and it is a motorcycle event. Will have our lunch together tomorrow somewhere on Center Street at the festival. The next week's weather looks HORRIBLE. Back into the high 80s on Sunday and close to or 90s for the rest of the week through Thursday. Jeez, I joked last night to Tony that I am ready for a trip to Canada. I hear Toronto is a pretty city. Never thought I would head north to get out of this heat but I have had enough. Looks like next week will be another week of indoors in the air conditioning. I can't wait for fall. This has been an extremely hot summer. Guess global warming is here to stay. Turned off the air conditioning this morning, turned it back on this afternoon when the temperature got in the 80s again. Anyone been to Toronto? Is it a city worth visiting to get out of this Milwaukee heat?

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All I can say is: It's about time Proposition 8 was seen for what it was, discrimination. Now it is time to let gay marriage start again in California and all other states (even Wisconsin that made it between one man and one woman) legal and the law.

August 4, 2010 Wednesday Morning

It has been so hot and humid here in Milwaukee so far this week, I have done very little.

Monday I spent the day doing a little work around the house, indoors. It is in the 90s again today and so humid, you sweat just walking outside. Cleaned the house and made some spaghetti for dinner. Spent the night watching a couple more episodes of True Blood and Saturday's episode of Persons Unknown. Went to bed around 10:30 PM.

Tuesday I had to get something done around the house even if it was still unbearable outside. Did as little as possible outside. Spent the day working on replacing some of the floor moldings in the living room. Pulled up the old moldings, cut and secured the new moldings. They look much better. I am sure I am the only one who would notice the difference, but since I am home all the time, that is important since I have to look at them all day. Went down the street and had $1 taco's for dinner with a strawberry margarita. Spent the night watching America's Got Talent and went to bed around 10:30 PM. Did talk to my mother during the day via the telephone. Dad is out of town and mom is as bored as I am being too hot to do anything outside.

This morning I got up around 6:30 AM after Bo brought me another toy and started chewing on me to get me out of bed. Fed the dogs and got Tony off to work. Another day of hot and humid weather here in Milwaukee. A cold front is suppose to go through later today but it looks like this weekend will be hot and humid again. We might get one day this week that is somewhat comfortable outside, hopefully. Watered the plants and did a little cleaning around the house. Going to shower and get some breakfast and maybe stop off at the food bank for some free bread. My stash is running low. I usually pick up bread with my monthly food I get from ARCW. Will most likely wait a week or two to pick up this months food since it is best to get it later in the month rather than in the beginning like most do, so I am told. Not much on my agenda for today. I did send an email to my old boss last night. Just a short email saying I still think of her and Molly and still would love to hear from her. I don't know why I care so much but I do. If I don't hear from her with this email I will put an end to ever trying to contact her. Why I still need closure is beyond me, but I do. I had not heard from her since leaving there in March after a fight with her son. Time will tell, but I promise, if no response, I will not try again. I just want to know how she and her dog are doing. I loved her dog Molly and miss her. The dog loved me and when she brought it with her to work it spent the day with me. Going to shower and get going with the day. I will most likely cook a dinner tonight rather than a car show since it looks like rain around dinner time tonight. Fine with me since it is too hot and humid to be outside. Will most likely my pork chops, mashed potato and corn. Haven't had pork chops in a long time.
My right lung hurts today when I take a deep breath. I hope it is just the air quality and not something bigger. Time will tell.

August 1, 2010 Sunday Night

Thursday after going grocery shopping I spent the day mixing music and doing things around the house. Once I get the beats in my head I keep mixing. Made another mix of my favorite songs right now that I posted on my Music Page web sight. It is called DJ Dave August 2010 Favorites. Some are new songs, some a year or so old. My at the moment favorites. Made dinner Thursday night and spent the night watching TV.

Friday I spent the morning listening to my mixes prior to going to lunch with the guys. Had a great lunch as usual. Ate a little less knowing we were meeting some of Tony's family that night for a Friday night fish fry at Serb Hall. Was an OK fish fry. I don't like my deep fried cod tasting too fishy. Sometimes you bite into a piece and it is too fishy and it puts an end to wanting more. That happened on my second piece. Got home and watched a few episodes of True Blood from season two.

Saturday after making breakfast for Tony, the dogs, and I we spent the morning doing things around the house. Took a short nap around noon before heading out to a car show at the Cudahy Lions Club. Walked around the festival grounds for about an hour. I had a wine cooler, Tony had a beer. Stopped off at a Pub on the way home and we both had the ribs dinner. Was very good, I love ribs. Ate way too much for dinner. Came home and watched TV, a couple more episodes of True Blood, before going to bed around 10:30 PM. My stomach did not feel so good and I wondered if I would make it through the night without throwing up. I did make it through the night without throwing up.

Sunday we got up and after feeding the dogs and reading the morning newspaper we drove to Tony's mom's house and took her out for a Sunday morning breakfast. I had the ham and cheese omelet with hash browns and toast. Got home around noon and spent a couple house laying around the house watching a few episodes of One Life To Live before driving to Hobo Home Center to pick up a couple items in their sales flier. I bought some moldings to replace the ones in the living room that need replacing. Got home and fed the dogs before ordering a pizza from Liza's for delivery. Will spend the rest of the night watching Big Brother and then the ABC line up of Scoundrels and The Gates before going to bed.

July 28, 2010 Wednesday Afternoon

Monday night I made chicken, beans, mac and cheese and a salad for dinner. We spent the night watching 3 more episodes of True Blood from season two.

Tuesday I spent the day mixing music, hence the new music dance mix posted. It is quite a process. I have to first download them, then listen to them, then cut them up, and finally load them in Virtual DJ for mixing. I think it turned out OK. Last night we went to the Harley Davidson car show and got dinner at the show. Came home and spent the night watching America's Got Talent.

This morning I got up at 5 AM and got Tony off to work by 7:15 AM. I then crawled back in bed for another two hours. Went to Walgreen's for a prescription and then to McDonald's for a burger, fries and a fruit smoothie. I had a coupon for a free smoothie and thought I would try it. It is OK, but I could not see myself actually buying one in the future. Got some more pictures of last weeks huge rain storm. The following pictures are from a friend that lives 3 blocks down the road from us. This is what it looked like 3 blocks from our house last Thursday night on Humboldt Blvd.

July 26, 2010 Monday Morning

Saturday was a very hot day in Milwaukee, but at least no rain. Tony and I spent the morning doing things around the house. About 1 PM we went to the Brady Street festival here in Milwaukee. It is about a half mile away. One thing Milwaukee is famous for is their block parties. All of Brady Street was closed off. Since it still was so hot and humid we spend about and hour and a half at the festival before going back home to the air conditioning. Had fun walking around and got lunch at the festival. We then watched an episode of One Life To Live before taking a 2 hour nap. After feeding the dogs dinner we headed back to the Brady Street festival for the 7 PM Drag Show. It is the most popular event of the block party each year. They started having one about 3 years ago and it has grown into the most popular stage show besides all the bands on 4 stages up and down Brady Street. Ran into some friends and had a good time watching the show. About half way through the drag show the wind shifted and the cold front came through with much less humid air. It was so nice. We got home around 10 PM and turned off the air conditioning and opened up the windows. Haven't had the air conditioning off in about 2 weeks. Watched a little TV before going to bed around 11:15 PM.

Sunday morning after feeding the dogs, reading the newspaper, and drinking a cup of coffee I drove to McDonald's to get us some breakfast. I was not in the mood to cook a breakfast as I usually do on a Sunday morning. It is not the cooking that I hate, it is the clean up afterwards. A little after 10 AM Tony went to his auto body shop to get the cat that has been living in his shop for about a month. She is a good cat, kicked out of a neighbors house because a new tenant in the duplex has a Pitbull and it would eat the cat. So they just kicked it out of the house and it found Tony at his shop where it has been living. I hated to think of her getting pregnant or getting hit by a car as she roams during the day so I decided to drop her off at the Waukesha Humane Society since they are a no kill shelter. This is where my mom and sister volunteer a few days a week walking dogs. After a little thought I called my brother and asked him if he would want a cat. He is all alone and I thought it would be a good idea for company. Since we were driving to Waukesha anyway to go to my sister house for the day and see family it was perfect to get the cat and give it to him at the family get together. He said he would try it. If it doesn't work he will take it to the Humane Society this week. Had a great time swimming in the pool and seeing family all afternoon. We also brought Kali so she could play with their dog and go swimming also. Kali went swimming a couple time with me. She most enjoyed just sitting on a chair keeping her eye on her daddy all afternoon. She is so good. She is my baby. I am sure the other four dogs that had to stay home were not as happy. When it got time to leave my brother started having second thoughts about the cat. He is such a basket case. Finally got a little stern with him and he took the cat home. We even gave him food and litter for the cat. I also told him if he does decide to keep the cat I will pay for it to be spayed since I would have made a donation when dropping her off at the humane society anyway. When I saw his number on the caller ID around 8 PM I thought the worst. Thankfully the cat seemed to be settling in and he was enjoying the company. Watched TV until about 10 PM and went to bed. Was waken up twice, once around 11 PM and once again at 1 AM by our tenants coming home. With the windows open you can hear everything. Of course the dogs all bark and it is a while before anyone settles down. Finally got to sleep.

This morning after getting Tony off to work and feeding the dogs I got started on the daily chores. Moved some tree branches to the garbage, washed a couple carpets outside. I am going to work on the pond when done with this post since it is a bit cooler today and a lot less humid. I can finally get some work outside done. Called my brother to see how the cat was doing. He said she hides a lot, I told him that is normal for a cat and it shows the cat feels at home there. He plans on taking to a vet today to see if it is clean of fleas and hopefully not pregnant. I told him I would call again tonight to see how things are going. So far so good.

WISN Video Of Sink Hole

http://www.wisn.com/video/24374619/

July 23, 2010 Friday Night

After Tony got home from work we drove to the sink hole here on the Eastside of Milwaukee. Like I said before, this is just down the road from our house. We sneaked down an alley since they have the hole blocked off a block in each direction. We got right up to the sink hole and I started taking pictures. At one point I took a picture of one of the handsome construction workers. He looked at me taking his picture, walked up to the 6 foot high fence, and without a word put his hand over the fence. Tony said 'give him your camera'. I gave him my camera and he walked to the edge of the sink hole and took two pictures into the hole showing the car and damage. He then walked back to me and handed me my camera. He said the car is still running 24 hours later, the blinkers and still on, and the radio is still on. They can hear the music when your up to the edge of the sink hole. Here are six of the better pictures. One is the dirt they are bringing in to eventually fill the hole. It will be some time because the car can not be lifted out until they figure out how to reroute the electrical that powers Saint Mary's Hospital, two sewer lines, and all the AT&T wires that all go through under the car. I have found out throughout the day that we got over 7 inches of rain in 2 hours. We are very fortunate we just have a little water in our basement. The news has said most of Milwaukee basements have feet of water still in them, water and sewage. YUCK! So we are fortunate. Enjoy the pictures, I enjoyed taking them. The next round of storms is set to arrive Saturday morning around 7 AM.

July 23, 2010 Friday Morning

Was ready to build and Arc last night we got so much rain here in Milwaukee. Around 5:30 PM the rain came down fast and furious. We got about 7 inches of rain here on the Eastside of Milwaukee in less than 2 hours. Yes, 7 inches in less than two hours. Not only did all the roads around us flood over, we got water in our basement, my side yard is a lake, and most intersections and roads are impassable. We even got a huge sink hole about 6 blocks away that swallowed a car which is still running in the sink hole this morning since they can not get into the hole to turn off the car. Most of the Milwaukee expressways flooded over trapping people in their cars. The Milwaukee Airport is closed and under water. We decided about 7:30 PM to try to take the car out and look at all the damage. We didn't get far. About a half a block down the our road and then at least 4 other places we had to turn around and go down side streets the water was so high. We finally gave up and went home. I included a video of the flooding as it happened in our side yard as well as a video a half a block from our house. You can see the flooding, stuck cars and people trying to drive through it. Stupid people. Tony wanted to try to drive through it but I put my foot down and said NO. Tony's auto body shop flooded. The overhead doors buckled from the force of the rain coming into the shop. Watch the two videos. I also included a picture of the sink hole on the corner of North and Oakland with the car still in the hole. This is a just down the street from our house. Did I mention it is suppose to continue raining through today, tonight and tomorrow?

July 22, 2010 Thursday Afternoon

Tuesday night we did end up going to two different car shows. We ate dinner at the first car show at Culver's. Got home after 8 PM and watch America's Got Talent until going to bed around 10 PM.

Wednesday I went to Walgreen's in the morning. Spent the afternoon working on the kitchen tile. I removed a couple tiles, replaced them, and did a lot of grout work around the tiles that were coming up because of the refrigerator incident a week or so ago. Still need to do some more grout work on Thursday after a couple tiles cement dries overnight. Made a beef roast, mashed potato and corn for dinner with a salad. Watched Big Brother, America's Got Talent result show and then Castle. Went to bed half way into the news around 10:15 PM.

This morning after getting Tony off to work I showered and went grocery shopping to beat the rain that is suppose to fall today and the next couple days. Got home and added more grout to the tiles I worked on yesterday in the kitchen. Spending the afternoon watching TV. Tonight I am making a meatloaf, rice and salad for dinner. The weather in Milwaukee does not look good for the next few days. Looks like rain and extremely hot temperatures the next few days. It is suppose to get above 90 degrees tomorrow. I will most likely have lunch with the guys and then spend the rest of the day in the air conditioned house.

July 20, 2010 Tuesday Morning

Monday morning I did a little around the house prior to Tony coming home with a 10 foot UHaul truck at about 1 PM to use to drive to my parents house in Oconomowoc and pick up their king size mattress and box springs. Got out current bed all taken apart and ready for the new mattress and box springs. My parents bought a new mattress and box springs and theirs was just four years old, our bed is about 15 years old. It turned out to be the heaviest mattress I have ever lifted or moved in my life. It is about 18 inches thick. Got the stuff home and into the house with the help of a neighbor. Spent the afternoon doing laundry and setting up the new bed. Tony got home a little after 5 PM. Made a salad and spagettio's for dinner. Spent the night watching TV which included another episode of True Blood. We are now one episode into season two. Watched True Beauty in our new bed. I thought I would sleep good being so exhausted from not getting a nap and all the work I did around the house. No such luck. I finally took a sleeping pill around midnight.

This morning after getting Tony off to work I went outside to work in the yard before it gets too hot outside to do anything. A big tree branch fell on Sunday afternoon in the back yard so I cut it up and got it ready for the garbage men to pick up this week. Cleaned out the pond pump which is a daily thing these days because of the algae. Now I sit here typing this wondering what I will do the rest of the day. I do have some cleaning, dusting and vacuuming to do but getting the energy to do it will be another thing. Will most likely go to a car show tonight and eat dinner at the show. Have to go to Walgreen's today or tomorrow and pick up a few prescriptions. Will most likely wait until tomorrow since one of the prescriptions needs the doctor to refill it. Have not heard from Jeff, the guy I talked to last week. I hope he is OK. Sent him another email this morning to see if he is getting through the day.

July 17, 2010 Saturday Night

Friday Tony and I had lunch with the guys. After dropping him off at his auto body shop I went to Pick and Save and did a little grocery shopping. Mostly fresh fruit. After I got home I called a follower of this blog who had recently been diagnosed with HIV. We had a nice conversation. I hope I was able to help him. I remember well where I was after three weeks of finding out I was HIV+. I was a basket case if you remember. Took a short nap in the afternoon and then got a little done around the house. After Tony got home and showered we went to Italian Fest along the Milwaukee Lakefront at the Summerfest grounds. Walked around until the fireworks were over, by that time our feet were so sore it was time to go home. Got home shortly after 11 PM. Watch an episode of One Life To Live, which I DVR daily.

This morning a contractor came around 9 AM to look at the bathroom that Tony has yet to move forward on for over a year. A little before noon we drove to Port Washington which is about 45 minutes away. We went for the car show at a festival called The Fish Fest. Only in Wisconsin. We walked around the cars and part of the festival before it got too hot. On our way back to the car we came across a fenced in area where they were selling helicopter rides. We asked how much and how long the wait. When the lady said we would be on the next trip we paid for our tickets. Went on a 15 minute helicopter ride. I was at the window. I was a bit scared since I do not like to take any unnecessary risks since my diagnosis. At one point during the ride I even thought it would have been a better idea to go on separate rides than together so if it crashed one of us would still be alive to take care of the dogs. Landed safely. Since we got home from Port Washington since it is so hot outside, close to 90 degrees, I started the series True Blood from the first show. It is now in season three so we have at least 24 - one hour shows to watch to get caught up. We are on episode seven as I type this. Will most likely watch one more before going to bed. No plans for Sunday and since it will be close to 90 degrees again, I have no problem staying indoors all day.

July 15, 2010 Thursday Night

Tuesday night we did drive to a car show in Menomonee Falls. We know the owner of the restaurant that has the weekly car show. Spent time talking with him, eating dinner, and looking at the cars. I went to the pet store in the strip mall for pond fish food and algae killer. Drive home and watched TV for the night.

Wednesday was again very hot in Milwaukee. I honestly did very little all day. Even though I am in an air conditioned house I can still feel the toll the humid hot weather takes on me. Wednesday night Tony and I went to see the play Wicked. It was good. I for some reason expected more since so many people have told me how much they enjoyed it and how good it was. By the time we left the theater it was raining cats and dogs outside. Huge storms lit up the sky until about 3 AM this morning. Then again they began around 5 AM and lasted until 7 AM. We got over 3 inches of rain. I went up to the 2nd floor porch around midnight because it was not raining and I could see to the west the sky was filled with one lightening after another. Sat up on the porch and watched the next wave of storm come before the rain forced me back indoor and down to our bedroom. Opened up the shades and watched the lightening and rain pour down. I got very little sleep.

This morning I got Tony off to work and drove to McDonald's and bought a bacon egg cheese bagel and a sausage burrito. I tell yah, I am addicted to these two items from McDonald's. After eating I went back to bed for about 2 hours as the humidity built again pushing the temperature into the mid 80s today. After I got up I went outside and did a little pond cleaning and yard work from all the rain and wind. The pond pumps electricity shorted out from all the rain and it took until mid afternoon for the wiring to dry out enough so the circuits would stop blowing every time I tried to turn on the pond pumps. We got that much rain last night. Little seepage in the basement in the usual places. Could have been worse, the neighbor across the alley told me today he had a few inches of water in his basement when he got up this morning. Watched the movie version of Les Miserables today. It is the English version. It was very good. I have been waiting to watch this version of the story since my loyal followers know Les Miserables is my favorite play. I am so glad it is returning to Milwaukee next April 2011. We have are usual season tickets. I informed Tony yesterday when more tickets can be purchased to prepare for the fact we will be seeing the show more than just that once while it is in Milwaukee for it's run. Making spaghetti for dinner with a salad and bread sticks. Will end up staying home watching Big Brother and Rookie Blue before going to bed.

July 13, 2010 Tuesday Morning

Ate the leftover Chinese food for dinner. Watched a great movie last night called The Time Travelers Wife. It had not only a great plot (tear jerker), it also had Eric Bada naked every time he time travels. Besides Eric Bada naked and looking great, the plot was fantastic. I recommend this movie. Not sure how it slipped under my radar and I didn't see it when it was out at theaters. Watched True Beauty and went to bed at 10:30 PM.

Slept horrible last night. I turned off the air conditioning and it was too damn hot in the bedroom. Had a restless night's sleep. Very tired today and will most likely take a long nap some time today. Nothing on my schedule for today.

July 12, 2010 Monday Afternoon

Early Sunday afternoon I picked a couple huge bowls of blackberries growing in the yard. I have so many already frozen so I had to do something with them. Made blackberry jam. Turned out very good. Froze half the jam I made. Around 3:30 PM Tony and I decided to drive to the Southshore Festival to see the car show and walk around the festival. It was very hot outside but thankfully the festival was along the lakefront so it was a bit cooler. Got there just as the car show was ending, Tony got to see most of the cars. We walked around awhile and bought some food and drink before heading home. After feeding the dogs and putting the jam in containers I order Chinese food for dinner to be delivered. Always a battle, lol, to decide what to have. By the time you add in everything both of us want it is $30.00. The leftovers will be for Monday night so that helps. Tony fell asleep on the couch by 8 PM. I watched Big Brother (I love this show), Scoundrels and The Gates before we both went to bed.

This morning Tony finally got me out of bed around 7 AM, opening the shades, saying he would be leaving in about 20 minutes for work. Got up so I could at least say good morning and send him out the door with a muffin from the day before. Did a little cleaning before going to the grocery store and bank at lunch time. Took a couple hour nap this afternoon after once again turning back on the air conditioning because it is once again getting so hot and humid in Milwaukee. After my nap and a cup of coffee I made another batch of peanut butter Cheerios squares since Tony never tasted the batch I made last week to take to last Saturday's pool party. I will enjoy them also since I love anything with peanut butter. Vacuumed the house and soon it will be time to feed the dogs and put yesterday's Chinese food in the oven for dinner. Not much on TV tonight so I think we will watch a movie I have downloaded. Will let you know which one and how it is with the next post. As I was re reading this post looking for spelling errors Kali threw up in two spots so I had to clean it up and give her some comfort. She seems fine now, not sure what she must have ate or got into. Hopefully she will be fine.

July 11, 2010 Sunday Afternoon

Friday we had lunch with the guys. I then spent the afternoon cleaning and napping. Friday night we met all the 'lunch' guys down at Bastille Days in Milwaukee. Had a great time walking around eating and looking at the good looking men. LOL. Got home a little after 11 PM.

Saturday we got up and did a little around the house before leaving to go to Tony's family reunion in Hartford Wisconsin. It is about a 45 minute drive but we always have a good time swimming in their pool and eating a lot of food. After lengthy discussion we ended up bring Bo along with us. I was against it, Tony wanted to bring him. He does need to get out more so he know what is expected of him as a good dog. He was very good. Kept him on a leash most of the day and he was always sitting on a chair between us or on one of our laps. We took turns swimming so one of us could keep an eye on him. Others brought their dogs too and he got along with all of them. It did rain for a couple minutes here and there. Then would get sunny again. Was a strange afternoon weather wise. Was in the 80s and hot, the pool water temperature was 89 degrees. Like bath water, just how I like it, and how I grew up. My mom always kept our pool above 85 degrees, most likely around 90 or she would not go swimming. So I am use to warm water in a pool. Had a great time and got home around 7 PM. After feeding the other dogs and letting them know they were still loved, even though they didn't get to go along we settled in and watched TV for the night. Ended up watching a Chiller marathon of Estate of Panic. Interesting show. I could not do it due to snakes. I hate snakes.

This morning we got up early. Was up and dogs fed by 7 AM. Would give anything to sleep in at least on a Sunday. Bo again kept bringing me toys since Tony was up and watching TV already in the other room. Had to get up and feed them. Made Tony and I a big eggs, bacon and bagels breakfast. We then drove down the street and got a coffee and stopped off at the corner farmers market to find out if our house is indeed part of the Secret Garden Tour today. The booth still was not open and wouldn't be until noon. Bought some flowers and muffins, went to Open Pantry and got this week's lottery tickets before returning home. Laid down on the bed which let to jadda jadda (as they say on Seinfeld). It is now a little after noon and the sun is out. Going to be around 90 again today. Too damn hot. We will most likely spend the day watching TV or talking to people outside if we are a part of the Garden Tour. I will have to go back to the market and get a map now that it is after 12 PM. The tour is from 1 PM to 4 PM. Tony is of course sleeping now on the bed due to yadda yadda. LOL.

July 9, 2010 Friday Morning

Wednesday night I was so exhausted from the heat I didn't even cook. We ordered Jimmy John's subs for dinner. Watched TV and went to bed around 10:30 PM.

Thursday (yesterday) I spent most of the day in bed. The humid hot weather gives me no energy to do anything. I did get things done around the house here and there, but for the most part I was in bed. Tony got home from work and we went to Bastille Days in downtown Milwaukee. Saw a few friends at the festival. It was still very hot and humid all night at the festival. I call Bastille Days the 'pretty festival'. The crowd is usually and was again, a very pretty crowd of people. Watched the over 1000 runners begin the Bastille Day Run and then went home. We got home around 10:30 PM. Watched the first episode of the new Big Brother season and then went to bed.

This morning after Tony left for work and I had the dogs fed I checked my emails and blog. Saw the post from yesterday asking me to participate in a survey and followed the link and did the survey. Always happy to fill out surveys especially if somewhere down the line it will help someone. Will have lunch with the guys at noon today. It is much less humid today in Milwaukee. It has been a horrible humid week, especially for someone like me who does not like the heat and humidity. Glad a cold front came through, although I am told it is short lived. On Sunday it is suppose to be close to 90 degrees again. I simply can not go out and do things when it is that hot outside. We will most likely meet friends at Bastille Days again tonight, that or I will have to cook a dinner. I will do anything to get out of cooking a dinner. Saturday Tony and I have a yearly family reunion to go to. I look forward to this event every year because there is a big pool, lots of food, and Tony's family. I got out my big ugly hat yesterday and plan on wearing it while I swim tomorrow. No sun for me. I get a horrible rash if I get any sun these days because of the Atripla meds. Have to do some cleaning around the house today, but after lunch with the guys I will most likely take a nap since it will be in the mid 80s by the afternoon today.

July 7, 2010 Wednesday Afternoon

Went to the dentist at ARCW Tuesday morning. Ended up having two cracked teeth, one having a cavity in it. Had them both fixed. Got my monthly food at the pantry and came home. Since it is so damn hot in Milwaukee, over 90 degrees and humid again, I spent most of the day indoors watching TV and napping. This humidity just makes me want to sleep. Tony came home from work tired and hot and after his shower we ate spaghetti and salad for dinner that I made. Spent the night in the air conditioning watching TV.

This morning I got up and after Tony left for work I showered and headed to Kohl's to use the $20 gift card we got last week when we went shopping there. Ended up buying a pair of tennis shoes and two shorts on clearance for $8.50 each. My kinda price. Came home exhausted from the heat and humidity and took a short nap with the dogs. Got up around 1 PM and did a little work around the house before reading a couple chapters in the book my mom gave me on Death and Heaven. It is a good book and I enjoy reading information about the afterlife. I hope there is one. Have to vacuum the house and will most likely make dinner again since Tony will come home exhausted from working in this heat. With his heart condition I keep reminding him to spend more time in his air conditioned office than in the shop working on cars.

July 5, 2010 Monday Morning

Friday night we stayed home and watched TV. It is very hot and humid in Milwaukee.

Saturday morning I got up and after doing the morning routine I began again to get ready for the new washing machine and refrigerator to be delivered. Took a few doors and molding off to make them fit through the doorways. They were delivered around noon and made it into the house just fine after we took off a couple doors and some moldings. Spent the afternoon connecting the washing machine and water to the refrigerator for the ice maker and such. Saturday night we pulled the bikes out of the basement and rode them to a local park overlooking Milwaukee so we could watch the Fireworks from the lake front. We have not rode our bikes in years and could feel the pain as we rode them. The fireworks lasted about an hour. Great fireworks display. Tony and I need to get out on our bikes more often because we were both in pain after getting home from being so out of shape. Very hot and humid again today, in the 90s.

Around 4 AM Sunday morning I got out of bed and after going to the bathroom thought I would check on the new refrigerator. Good thing I did because as I entered the kitchen I could see the floor flooded with water. FLOODED. Water everywhere. Tony did not connect the water correctly and it came loose from the refrigerator. Water was dripping from the ceiling in the basement because so much water had escaped. Big mess. It was like a water fall into the basement so much water had escaped. Cleaned up the mess and stopped the water flow. Set up fans to help dry the basement and kitchen floor. I was so glad I got up and checked or another couple hours of water would have been a bigger disaster. Spent the early morning continuing to clean the water disaster before going to a car show early because of the heat in the afternoon. It was so hot and humid at the car show after about 15 minutes I told Tony I would be in the car with the air conditioning, but he should continue to look at the cars. About an hour later he came to the car dripping wet from the heat. Ended up going home to the nice cool air conditioned house. The middle of the afternoon I drove to the grocery store and did a little grocery shopping. Spent the rest of the afternoon taking a nap with Tony and the dogs since we were both so tired from getting up at 4 AM to clean up the water damage. Did a few loads of laundry to test the new washing machine. Seems to be working fine. The refrigerator on the other hand just doesn't seem to want to get below 40 degrees. Hopefully that will change the longer it runs. Ended up making ribs, potatoes and corn on the cob for dinner, along with a side salad. Spent the night watching TV and movies. Watched the movie Mr and Mrs Smith staring Brad Pit. It was entertaining. Went to bed around 10:30 PM and rolled around not being able to sleep until I took a sleeping pill around midnight.

This morning Tony left for work around 8 AM. No day off for him today. I have to get showered and take Kali to the vet this morning at 11 AM to have her toe nails trimmed and a check up. She has scabs on her hair from Bo licking her so much. She will most likely need an antibiotic since this has happened in the past and that is what the vet suggested. Will most likely take a long nap this afternoon because it is again so hot and humid in Milwaukee today. I can not stand the heat. The local park has their fireworks tonight and we will most likely have a few people over to the house to watch them since we can see them perfectly from the back porch. Tomorrow I have another dental appointment to have two teeth fixed.

July 2, 2010 Friday Morning

Tuesday night we went to a car show at the Harley Davidson Museum and had a hamburger at the car show. Came home and watched a little TV before going to bed around 10:30 PM.

Wednesday Tony and I went to Home Depot and bought a bunch of wood so I could build a platform for the new side opening washing machine arriving Saturday. It also makes the existing dryer easier to get the close in and out on a platform. It was done by middle of the afternoon and I had Tony and and employee come over and lift the dryer to put it on the platform. I love it. It makes the dryer and the future washing machine 15 inches off the ground. Spent the afternoon cleaning up the area where the appliances are since I had to make space to raise them both up the 15 inches. Wednesday night we went to a car show and then A&W for dinner. I am not a root beer fan except for A&W rootbeer. That first sip is so good. Got home and watched a little TV before going to bed around 10:30 PM.

Thursday I worked around the house cleaning. Cleaned the basement a little, mostly reorganizing things. Cleaned the back hallway and continued getting stuff not needed in the frig in boxes in preparation of the new refrigerator arriving on Saturday. Got a pond vacuum and cleaned the pond a little, more still has to be done to clean it and most likely will continue vacuuming the pond on Friday. Made a roast, potato and corn for dinner. Went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I have to get showered and go to the copy store and make copies of receipts and the latest hearth insurance bill to submit it to ADAP for reimbursement for the July premium. Also have to stop off at the bank and deposit the rent check from the tenants upstairs. Then Tony and I will have lunch with the guys and after lunch meeting my sister and brother at her daughters apartment here on the Eastside. Her daughter goes to college here in Milwaukee and they are coming to the Eastside to show my brother and his partner her apartment. So after lunch I will swing by their apartment to say hi. Will most likely finish off the afternoon preparing for the new washing machine and refrigerator that is being delivered on Saturday. Tonight we will most likely stay home with the dogs.

Saturday sometime (Best Buy is calling today with a delivery time) the washing machine and refrigerator will be delivered. I have a feeling the refrigerator is going to be a challenge to get into the kitchen since it is much bigger than the one we currently have. Suppose to be a hot and humid weekend. Sunday night we will watch the fireworks from the part a block away.

Have a great 4th of July Weekend everyone. Be safe.