November 18, 2011 Friday Afternoon

Spent last night watching the Regis Farwell Special on TV. Then watched a Desperate Housewives from Sunday night and then The Mentalist, before going to bed around 10 PM.

Got up this morning at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Around 8 AM our upstairs tenant called from work to tell me the bathroom sink and tub faucets are leaking pretty bad. Told him I would check them and most likely have Tony fix them this weekend. This house was built in 1909 and I am sure the upstairs plumbing is original. We have to fix the washers on the faucets almost yearly. It is never fun and hard to find parts. Some day we will have to break down and spend some money replacing the entire shower faucets and plumbing. Watched the last Regis and Kelly show in tears. I have watched Regis probably as long as he has had a morning show. The show, he, will be missed. I do like Kelly so I will keep watching the show to see who they end up with as a co host. Did a little around the house before going to lunch with the guys. Had another talk with Tony after lunch since now his brother saw the judge this morning, pleaded not guilty, and has his court date set for November 30th. I guess his ex girlfriend came to the shop this morning to tell Tony the news AND, that his brother is expecting Tony to bail him out this afternoon. Tony told the ex girl friend to tell the brother and his lawyer that he WILL NOT be bailing him out of jail so he should look towards his daughter or someone else. I told Tony to stay strong on this and be ready for his brother to eventually show up at the shop very mad at him. Of course he will be mad at Tony, because for some reason it is his brothers job to bail him out of jail? Not like he think he did anything wrong even though he was driving with alcohol in him, he was driving without a license, and he was flat out wrong to do any of that. Guess some people just can not take responsibility for their own mistakes. Plus why is his mistake OUR problem. We might as well throw the money out the window if we give it towards him. He can not live on what he makes now and is always getting pay in advance, how would he pay back anything he would owe? Came home from lunch and took a little nap with the dogs. I now need to get supper ready. Making a dinner soup and salad for supper tonight. Will most likely watch a movie or the DVR tonight before going to bed. Tomorrow I informed Tony, we would be working on the upstairs plumbing since the leak is costing me money on the water bill. No other plans this weekend. In the high 30s today in Milwaukee. The pond did freeze over last night and the heater seems to be working since it did not freeze around the floating heater. Time will tell as it gets colder outside. The day's sun did melt most of the pond ice today but tonight it is suppose to get very cold and below freezing again. Have a great weekend everyone.

November 17, 2011 Thursday Afternoon

Got up this morning around 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the early morning reading the newspaper. Took a shower and went to Walgreen's to get a mouse trap. Noticed the last two nights a mouse in the rabbit house in the back yard when we look at the camera I have in the house. Put a mouse trap only a mouse can get into. We do not want this little guy getting into our home. A little after 11 AM I left the house to go to my board meeting at ARCW. Had a nice board meeting. Picked up some items at the food pantry and headed home. Put the floating heater in the pond since it is starting to freeze over. By tomorrow I should know if the heater is working since the pond is freezing over fast. Poor little fish swimming under the ice. Making left over for dinner tonight. Will spend the night watching TV. Most likely will go to bed early since I did not get a nap today due to my afternoon meeting. Last nights play was entertaining. I am not an Elvis or Johnny Cash fan so Tony enjoyed the music more than I did. The show was OK. Tomorrow is lunch with the guys and the weekend is here again. It is in the 30s today in Milwaukee. Very cold and windy. I am going to hate Winter again this year. Every year I wonder why we live in such a cold state.

November 16, 2011 Wednesday Afternoon

Got up this morning at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent a little time reading the morning newspaper and then took a shower so I could go grocery shopping. Bought less items then usual which was nice on the wallet. Came home and called my Prostate doctor to tell the nurse I still have pain in that area. She scheduled an appointment to see me this afternoon at 2:30 PM. Laid on the bed for a while with the dogs prior to the doctor appointment. Was another waste of money and time. The doctor went over everything and then had my pee so she could then check and see if I was emptying. Did an ultra sound on me and she said I do not have a problem emptying my bladder. She then told me the only test left would be to put a scope up my penis but she does not think it is warranted because I am not having problem peeing or have blood in my urine. So she told me I now need to see a Gastrologist. The nurse sent an email for the Gastrologist to contact me. She then gave me their phone number and told me if I don't hear from them in a week to call them. Unbelievable! I am in pain for god sakes. Now I have to wait a week or so for them to call me? I will wait until Friday and then just call them. Not sure what I will make for dinner tonight or if I will make anything at all prior to going to the theater tonight. We usually grab a sandwich and a drink at the show so not sure if I will make anything prior. I am feeling cheap now since I just wasted another $50 at the doctor so I might break down and throw a couple TV dinners in the microwave. Tonight we see the play Million Dollar Quartet. Hope it is good but I have a feeling the older music will not be something I like. Tony will most likely enjoy it. Tomorrow I have a board meeting in the afternoon. Was glad to see Max and his partner get the boot last night on DWTS. I am happy with the final three on the show, they are the best and deserve the most to be in the finals.

November 15, 2011 Tuesday Afternoon

Spent last night watching the movie Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. It was good. I do like James Franco and the plot was a great way to set up the next movie. Went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the morning doing things around the house. I put a green spot light on the front pine tree and put the two light up reindeer my mom gave me outside in the front yard. I think this is now the last of the outside Christmas decorations. I even changed out the front path lights yesterday from white to red. My Prostate is starting to bother me more than it should. It has turned into a burning sensation. I am considering calling my Prostate doctor since it does not seem to be getting better. I still have a week and a half of antibiotic so I guess I should wait until closer to when it is gone to call and say something else must be going on down there. The pain is now up to a 3 on a 1 to 10 scale. I am starting to think more test are going to have to be made if this does not go away soon. Making sweet and sour chicken and a salad for dinner tonight. Will watch last nights Dancing With The Stars show prior to the Result Show tonight. I already saw most of the highlights on TV during today so there are really no surprises anymore. I hope Max gets the boot tonight on the Results Show. Will top off the night with Glee and Body Of Proof before going to bed. Tomorrow I have to go grocery shopping and then we see a play Wednesday night called Million Dollar Quartet. We have season tickets and this is the next show in the season.

November 14, 2011 Monday Afternoon

Saturday we slept in until about 7 AM. Got up and fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the day waiting on Tony. LOL. Made breakfast and did things around the house as Tony laid around watching TV enjoying his day off. We really did nothing all day. Fed the dogs dinner and then we went to a family Birthday party around 6 PM. Had a great time at the party and stayed for a couple hours. Came home by 10 PM and went to bed shortly thereafter.

Sunday morning we were both up by 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Made breakfast and spent the morning reading the Sunday newspaper. Around noon I got Tony to walk with me to Pick N Save to buy lottery tickets. Walked the bike path to the store and took the streets home. Bought some hot ham and rolls. Around 1 PM Tony's sister showed up at the house to drop off a car that needs fixing. Her husband met her here at the house and then drove them all back home to Illinois. They will drive up again later in the week when the car is fixed to get it. Nice to keep the business in the family. On another note, Tony's brother last week got his 5th drunk driving ticket and has been in jail ever since. This is the looser brother that works for Tony. His daughter called in the afternoon to ask if we could help with his bail. Tony told her he has some wages coming but we not sure how much more we could help. She called twice later to ask for the money sooner than Monday with no luck from us. I am sorry, but I have no sympathy for anyone who gets a 5th drunk driving ticket. Tony and I then got into a little argument about his helping bail out his brother from jail. Of course he used the 'it's my brother' story. I told him that is true, and if it was for anyone else for any other reason we would help. But this is not our mess. The brother has no money and never will. It will be bad enough in the future when he needs money for lawyers and then asks to work again on work release after he spend his time in jail. He will get jail time, again! Tony promised not to give the daughter more than his earned wages, but I have a feeling he will not keep that promise. Spent the night watching TV and went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Read a little of the morning newspaper and went back to bed for a couple hours. Got up around 11 AM and showered and started my day over again. Went to Walgreen's to buy some sale items which included an electric razor that was on sale for $25 off the price. My electric razor is over two years old and starting to chew up my face so it was time to break down and buy a new one. Spent the afternoon doing things around the house. Making a couple of the steaks Tony bought from the meat vendor for supper tonight with some potatoes and a salad. Will most likely watch a movie tonight because our usual show, Dancing With The Stars, is preempted until 1 AM because of a football game. Damn sports! Will DVR it and watch it tomorrow morning before the results show tomorrow night. It was in the high 40s today in Milwaukee. The temperature is going down as the week unfolds according to the weather man.

November 11, 2011 Friday Dinner Time

Got up this morning at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. After reading the morning newspaper I spent the morning working on cutting the fire place replacement moldings. Put another coat of paint on before the moldings. Took a shower and met Tony and the guys for lunch. Had a great lunch as always. Took a long afternoon nap this afternoon. Tonight I am making a salad to go with the left overs from Wednesday nights dinner. Will spend the night watching a couple movies or something on the DVR. It is in the 40s today in Milwaukee. It is suppose to get into the 50s this weekend which will feel like a heat wave. We have a party to go to Saturday night, other than that, no plans this weekend. Have a great weekend everyone.

November 10, 2011 Thursday Dinner Time

After posting yesterday I got a call from my mortgage company telling me my line of credit was reopened. It was such a surprise since in August when I sent in the last payment for the loan I took, they closed the account, and I have been fighting to have it reopened since then. I never wanted it closed, I just wanted a zero balance on it. They are also refunding me the closing fee they charged. I was hoping this would be the outcome but am still pleasantly surprised. It is nice to have that line of credit in case of an emergency. Spent the night watching TV and went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Read a little of the morning newspaper and then went back to bed until 9:30 AM. Took a shower and left the house around 11 AM to meet with some other people from the board I am on and go to another facilities client advisory meeting. We were invited and wanted to see how their board works and any ideas to make ours better. Had a great meeting and even some pizza for lunch at the meeting. Picked up my monthly groceries, which included a 12 lb turkey, at ARCW when I got my car. Came home and did a little around the house. I am making a couple of the steaks Tony bought last week from the meat vendor, baked potato and a salad for dinner tonight. It is very cold in Milwaukee today. It is 35 degrees and at times snow flurries. Winter is at our door steps here in Milwaukee. We will most likely get a few days yet in the 50s but then it is over and Winter will be here. West and north of Milwaukee got a lot of snow yesterday. We lucked out being close to Lake Michigan. Will spend the night watching TV with Tony and the dogs. Didn't get a nap today so I am tired and looking forward to going to bed tonight. It is a very long day without a nap. I just don't have the stamina I used to have before I was HIV and on these meds. Tomorrow is Friday so that means lunch with the guys.

November 9, 2011 Thursday Late Afternoon

Watched a little TV last night. Went to bed around 9 PM for some lovin. I then listened to music in bed on my IPod while Tony snored. Tony hurt his back at work during the day and took a bunch of pain pills, so he slept soundly all night.

Got up this morning at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. It is truely a terrible day weather wise in Milwaukee today. It is raining and cold, in the 40s. This afternoon there were even snow flakes coming down for a while. Snow! Went grocery shopping this morning after stopping at McDonalds for a bacon egg cheese bagel. Came home and spent some time working on the moldings on the fireplace in the living room. I removed the old molding yesterday and put some plaster on to dry. Hopefully by tomorrow I can do some sanding and evenually put up new moldings. It is my current project since it is so horrible outside. Took a short nap this afternoon while I listened to some music. Making a Lasagna casserole for dinner tonight with a salad. Will most likely spend the night watching TV on the DVR since most of our usual programs are not on tonight and we gave up on X Factor last week. Not a problem since the DVR has a lot on it to watch. I am sure Tony will come home in pain tonight and be sleeping by 8 PM from taking pain pills for the pain. This afternoon I watched a kid try to fix his car in front of our house. He was really cute so I went outside to see if he needed any assistance or a phone to use. He said he had called a friend and thanked me for asking if he needed help. I gave him one of Tony's business cards just in case he needed auto repair. He was so cute I had to. LOL. Soon his friend came and tried to give him a jump. It did not work and they soon left to go buy a new car battery. A little while later they installed the new battery and he left. It was my eye candy for the day I guess. Tomorrow I might have a meeting to go to with ARCW. Still waiting on an email to see if the meeting is on or not. Not much else going on here. The dogs are all doing fine and I can only complain about the weather at this point. What a horrible day today weather wise in Milwaukee.

November 8, 2011 Tuesday Dinner Time

Got up this morning at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the morning reading the newspaper and watching the rain fall. It is not a nice day today in Milwaukee. Rained all day in in the low 50s. Made myself a can of chicken noodle soup for lunch. Got out the hair color, Just For Men, and put a little brown back into my greying hair. Took a shower and watched a little TV before putting on the stereo and laid back on the couch with the dogs and a blanket. Listened to a long music mix. Got off the couch around 3 PM and after a cup of coffee I took a long walk. Took my pedometer with me to see just how many steps my usual walk is. It came to 2747 when I got home. I guess since they say you should take 3000 steps a day I am going to meet the target by the time I get done making dinner. LOL. Making BBQ Ribs, potato, corn and a salad for dinner. Was glad I went for a walk even though it was drizzling outside. Soon it will be too cold and I will want to use that as an excuse. Will spend the night watching Glee, Dance Results and then something on the DVR, before going to bed. Tomorrow it is suppose to be much like today. I will have to go grocery shopping at some point. Hopefully during a dry spell.

November 7, 2011 Monday Afternoon

Saturday we were both up by 7 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. We did very little all day. Took a long afternoon nap with the dogs. After I got up from my nap, and Tony was still sleeping, I went for a long walk around the neighborhood. I do enjoy my walks. They clear my head and it is fun to go down different streets and look at the houses and yards. Made breakfast, lunch and dinner. Spent Saturday night watching the movies Crazy Stupid Love and Bridesmaides. Bridesmaides was the better of the two movies, but they both were good. I really like that lady from Mike and Molly, she is so funny. Changed the clock back an hour before we went to bed around 11:30 PM.

Sunday we were up at 6 AM, because of the time change the sun was up. I do like having some sunlight when you wake up, but it gets so dark so early at night now. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Read a little of the morning newspaper before we both showered and picked up Tony's mom and took her for breakfast. Had my usual, two pancakes, two scrambled eggs and ham. After breakfast we stopped off at Stein's Garden so I could get 12 path blocks for the side yard. We then dropped off Tony's mom at her home and went to Walmart. Bought two months worth of Insulin and needles for Vito along with two water misters for the living room and bedroom. At least now I shouldn't have to go back to Walmart until January for more Insulin. Came home and I spent the afternoon working outside in the yard with the new patio blocks I bought at Stein's. Made dinner and spent the night watching the CBS TV line up. Went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Soon I was in the shower and ready to go to my 9:30 doctor appointment. It was really as waste of $50 for the follow up appointment. I didn't even see the doctor, just his nurse, and told her how I was talking more drugs of one than I should have and now I am on an antibiotic because of my HIV doctor. She wrote it all down and sent me on my way with refills. Stopped off at Walgreen's to get the refills and came home. Spent the day cleaning. Did 4 loads of laundry. Mostly blankets and such the dogs lay on around the house that are on the furniture. I figure I have to do this weekly with 5 dogs and the windows closed. Took a short nap before I got up and went for a long walk around the neighborhood. Making some beef tips and noodles for supper tonight. Will watch Dancing With The Stars and Castle before going to bed. Tomorrow it is suppose to rain so I figure I will most likely not leave the house. I noticed now that I am back to Explorer 9 that I can not spell check on Blogger. So please forgive me for any spelling mistakes. Spelling was never one of my stronger skills.

November 4, 2011 Friday Dinner Time

Got up this morning at 6 AM. Ate two saltine crackers, fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Was able to not throw up with the help of crackers today. Tony left for work around 7:15 AM. Spent the morning doing a little cleaning and vacuuming of the house. Showered and met the guys for lunch. Tony did not come since he was busy at the shop. Had a great lunch as always with the guys. Stopped off at the post office and bought two rolls of stamps and came home. Spent the afternoon putting the stamps on all the Christmas cards and sealing them. They are ready to be sent out on December 1st. Am I prepared or what? Laid back and listened to some music on the couch with the dogs for an hour or so. Making some beef flavored rice for Vito as I type this post. A batch usually lasts about a week in the refrigerator, giving him a little with each meal. Made some salads for dinner and will most likely throw a frozen pizza in the oven and call it dinner. No plans this weekend or tonight. Sunday we will probably take Tony's mom out for breakfast since we haven't in the last few weeks. Monday morning I do go back to see my Prostate doctor. Good news is the antibiotic seems to be working and there have been days I don't have any pain at all. It is suppose to be a nice weekend in Milwaukee in the high 50s all weekend and sunny. If only it would last. Have a good weekend everyone.

November 3, 2011 Thursday Afternoon

Can you believe it is November already?

Yesterday I was up at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the morning on the Internet ordering this years Christmas card online. Got it ordered and it will be ready to pick up later today. Showered and then went grocery shopping. Saw an email around noon telling me my Christmas card order was ready to pick up at Walgreen's so I then drove there to get them. I think they turned out great. I posted it on the side with the other pictures of all the years cards. It is similar to last years picture. The alternative was a picture of the five dogs sleeping on the couch. I thought it a shame to waste such a nice colorful picture like the one I still had on file, so I used this one from last year that is similar. Spent the afternoon addressing envelopes and stuffing the cards. Had to order 80 cards I have so many people on my sending list. Got all the cards stuffed and addressed and soon I was making dinner. Made sweet and sour chicken with a salad. Started spending the night watching X Factor and half way through I looked at Tony and said 'I don't even like any of these people, why are we watching this', and turned the channel. Watched a couple episodes of Operation Repo and then Law and Order SVU. Did a little loving before going to bed around 10:30 AM.

This morning I was up again at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. A little after Vito ate he threw it all up. Ten minutes after cleaning his mess I was at the kitchen sink throwing up myself. I hate starting my days like this. My doctor seems to think it is OK since it is only one a week or so. I understand because he is from the old school and saw the effects of AIDS drugs on people before they were safer. So I guess he is not surprised to hear of someone throwing up once a week when there was a time when people took 20 to 30 pills a day and threw them up daily. Went back to bed around 10 AM for an hour. Got up and took a shower. Since I bought a new address book yesterday at Walgreen's I got started on transfering all the addresses from the current to the new address book. Took me a couple hours. Just spending the afternoon watching TV since my stomach now hurts from throwing up this morning. Might take a pain pill in a bit to give me a better afternoon. Making left over spaghetti for dinner tonight with a salad. Will watch the the DVR tonight while I DRV the CBS TV line up and Grey's Anatomy. I will watch them later commercial free. Cloudy and in the 40s today in Milwaukee. Not a nice day outside. It is windy and since the wind is coming off Lake Michigan the wind is a cold. Tomorrow is lunch with the guys. Have to call my mom since we have not talked this week and I need a couple updated addresses. Will call her after I post. Can you believe it is November already?

November 1, 2011 Tuesday Dinner Time

Got up this morning at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Watched a little TV and read a little of the morning newspaper before going back to bed for an hour. The dogs made it impossible to try to sleep so I finally just got up out of bed. Showered and took a long walk around the neighborhood while I listened to my IPod. Went across the alley to talk with the neighbor for a while and spent the rest of the afternoon dragging some Christmas decorations out of the basement and hanging some of the lights and ornaments outside, since it is close to 60 degrees outside today in Milwaukee. Thought I might as well enjoy the last nice day. Did a little work outside in the yard also. Making spaghetti for dinner tonight with a salad and garlic bread. Will spend the night watching Glee, Dance Results, and Body of Proof before going to bed. Tomorrow is grocery shopping day in the morning. Picked out the dog Christmas card for this year. It is similar to last years but still a great picture of all five dogs. Will most likely order the cards online tonight or tomorrow. Been updating my address book also. Anyone want to be added and get a Christmas card, please email me with your address. I think my Prostate is starting to feel better now that I am on an antibiotic. Will address this with my Prostate doctor on Monday when I go back for a follow up appointment.

October 31, 2011 Monday Afternoon

Happy Halloween!

We did very little over the weekend. Saturday afternoon we went out to a Halloween street festival. It was not a successful festival and not many were out in the afternoon due to the cold weather. Had lunch at one of the bars along the festival. Came home and spent the night getting caught up on episodes of American Horror Story and The Walking Dead, along with other shows on the DVR. We watched a lot of TV on Saturday. Sunday I never even left the house. I did send Tony to get lottery tickets in the middle of the afternoon. It rained all afternoon, felt so sorry for the trick or treaters in costumes begging for candy. We did not give out candy because the kids ruin the path lights and such each year if we do. Just easier to say no, and I wasn't about to sit in the rain handing the candy out at the end of the walkway. Took a long afternoon nap with Tony and the dogs. Spent the night watching the CBS TV lineup before going to bed. Like I said, we did very little all weekend. Of course it also means I cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner all weekend while Tony sat on the couch and watched TV.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the morning watching the Halloween specials on Regis and The View. Showered and took a walk to a hardware store a few blocks away and bought some tile adhesive for the bathroom tile that Tony still needs to finish using in his bathroom. Tony was going to work on the bathroom, so he claims, but he could not find any tile adhesive, so now he can not use that excuse any more. I needed the walk so it was a good reason to head into that direction for the walk. Came home and spend the afternoon on the couch watching TV and napping a bit. Making hamburger helper and a salad for dinner tonight. Will watch Dancing With The Stars and Castle, as I DVR the CBS TV line up. I have very little on my schedule this week and am happy to say I won't be leaving the house much. I look forward to just staying home and laying low all week. Tomorrow it is suppose to be in the 60s one last time so I hope to do some last minute yard work tomorrow outside.

October 28, 2011 Friday Dinner Time

Got up this morning at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the morning doing things around the house. Went to lunch with the guys at noon. Had a great lunch as always. Spent the afternoon listening to some old Donna Summer music. Making some beef flavored rice for Vito and some Soup for Tony and I tonight for dinner. Will spend tonight watching a few episodes on the DVR. No plans this Halloween weekend. Will most likely leave the house Sunday afternoon so we do not have to be bothered by the trick or treaters. Have a great weekend everyone.

October 27, 2011 Thursday Dinner Time

Got up this morning at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the morning on the computer transferring my blog posts to a word document for the year 2011. I do this so if the sight should crash I will still have all the posts I have made, in a diary type form. I also have a hard cover book printed each year of my blog through Blog2Print.com. Around 1 PM this afternoon I took a walk to Pick N Save to return a three pack of caramel apples. Cut into them last night to have one and all three were rotten. The use by date had today's date, but we just bought them Sunday. So I exchanged them for newer caramel apples and walked back home. Spent an hour laying back on the couch listening to the TV. Did a little cleaning and vacuumed the house. Making Sweet and Sour Chicken and a salad for dinner tonight. Will spend the night watching shows on the DVR and DVR the TV line up tonight to watch it commercial free at a later time, like we are going to do tonight. The DVR is getting so full and it is just better to watch the DVR and things recorded than live TV at this point. It is in the 40s today in Milwaukee. The sun did come out this afternoon but it is still cold and winter is coming. Tomorrow is lunch with the guys and then the weekend is here. Stopped feeding the pond fish today so they start to go into hibernation mood.

October 26, 2011 Wednesday Dinner Time

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Went back to bed for an hour or so after Tony left for work. Got up around 9 AM and after my shower I went grocery shopping. Came home and put it all away. Laid down on the bed for a couple hours listening to music. It is cloudy and drizzling today and that give me no energy at all. Around 1:15 PM I left the house again to go to my HIV doctor appointment. Was a very interesting appointment. Got another hepititis shot and went over my pains and aches. The doctor was very surprised I am not on an antibiotic for my prostate pain. I told him I am, I am on Doxazosin 4 MG. He told me that is not an antibiotic and is just a stronger prostate flow pill then the one I am already taking. This startled me because no one told me to stop taking the other 2 MG pill. So I have been taking 6 MG of Doxazosin and no antibiotic, Doxcycline. He told me I should address this with my prostate doctor when I go back in a week and gave me a prescription for the antibiotic, Doxcycline. Got my blood work results which did not make me happy. My TCell count has dropped again. I am now down to 350. I was really hoping to get over 400. My percent though did raise to 26% from 22% which made the doctor happy. He told me not to be concerned about my 350 TCell count and that it is still a good number. All my other numbers looked great and within the limits. Drove home and stopped at Walgreen's to get the prescription of Doxcycline. Came home and started to get dinner ready. Making some ribs, noodles and a salad for dinner. Will spend the night watching the ABC TV line up since there is no X Factor tonight. I am not very thrilled with X Factor and might just stop watching it anyway. Tomorrow I have nothing on my schedule and plan on spending the day cleaning.

October 25, 2011 Tuesday Dinner Time

Spent yesterday afternoon on the Internet. Switched back to Explorer 9 from Foxfire since I figured out how to post on Blogger from Explorer 9. It takes an extra step but the web pages load up faster and completely, they did not with Foxfire. Now on Blogger after I type out a post I have to click on Save Now rather than Publish Post. Then on the next screen you Publish the Draft. It is an extra step but well worth it I think to go back to Explorer 9. Found this out by doing some searches on the web and what people have written. Also did a little work on the Laptop computer updating some files and getting videos to work. For some reason I could not play videos on my Laptop in Winamp or Media Player. I was told to download the VLC Player and that seemed to play any video so I was happy. All that takes time and soon it was dinner time. Made a beef roast, mashed potato and salad for dinner. Spent the night watching Dancing With The Stars. At 9 PM we went to bed and spent an hour doing a little lovin. Yes, an hour. Watched a video during so we tried to time things with the video, if you know what I mean. If it were not for the video the lovin would have ended in 10 minutes and been done. LOL. We never watch videos so it was something different. I always feel like Tony is comparing me when we watch a video. Guess it is my own insecurity. Thought I would try something different and I think, I know, we both enjoyed it. Tony always liked watching porn before we met. I never felt that comfortable watching it with him although we have a few times in the 22 years together. Tony was then up most of the night and didn't sleep well because of a sinus infection. I forgot to mention that yesterday morning I woke up again and 30 minutes later was throwing up. Thought I had that licked. Guess not. I do go to my HIV doctor tomorrow so I will talk to him about it all, including the Prostate pain that won't seem to go away. Spent the morning watching TV and reading the newspaper. Left for my Client Advisory Board meeting around noon. The meeting was from 12:30 to 2 PM. It was our first Open Board Meeting, open to anyone in ARCW. It turned out to be a success because a few people did show up. Now I am home and it is drizzling outside. Suppose to get much colder in the next few days. Brought home a couple extra box lunches from today's meeting which I will set out for supper tonight so I don't have to cook. Will spend the night watching TV. Tomorrow I have my HIV doctor appointment. Always a little nerve racking. I will post my numbers after I get home. I am hoping to get above 400 in my TCell count this time. It has been a goal of mine. Feeling very tired today and if it was 10 PM I would go to bed. Going to have to drink a cup of coffee and get some energy for Tony when he comes home and wants dinner.

October 24, 2011 Monday Afternoon

Saturday afternoon we went to a Bully Breed Club party in the park. Lot of people brought their Pitbulls with them, we did not bring Stella. Afterwards we went to Hobo to buy some items we needed. Came home and took a nap in the afternoon. Made Chili for dinner with a salad. Spent the night watching the movies Bad Teacher and Wrong Turn 4. Both were good movies. Went to bed around 10 PM.

Sunday we were up at 7 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Walked up the street around 10 AM to have a brunch at a local bar. Had a good breakfast, but a bit expensive. Came home and got an invite for dinner across the alley. Walked to Pick N Save and bought lottery tickets and a cake to take for desert to dinner in the afternoon. Had a nice walk along the trails to and from Pick N Save. Spent the rest of the afternoon laying around watching TV. Around 6 PM we went across the alley for Lasagna dinner. Had a good dinner and conversation before getting home around 9 PM. Went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the early morning reading the newspaper and doing laundry. Went to Walgreen's around noon to buy a item on sale and came home. Plan on spending the afternoon getting caught up on laundry, doing a little cleaning, and taking a nap. Will spend tonight watching Dancing With The Stars and Castle, DVR'ing the CBS TV line up. Tomorrow I have a meeting in the afternoon. Nice again outside today and in the mid 50s and sunny. Tomorrow is suppose to be much colder.

October 21, 2011 Friday Morning

Yesterday I was up at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Put drops in Vito and Barley's ears for their infections. Laid low all morning and early afternoon knowing we had a funeral and movie to go to later in the day. Around 3 PM Tony came home and showered and we put on our suit coats and went to the funeral in Oak Creek. We sent flowers and they looked very nice in comparison to the others that were sent. There was a big attendance even as early as we were there. Stayed until about 5 PM and drove home. Fed the dogs, ate a ham sandwich and soon we were out the door again to go to the movie called Weekend. It was an OK movie. I had higher expectations from all I read about it. The sound was so loud and at times I could not understand the words because of the accents. Got home close to 10 PM and watched a little TV before going to bed.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Cleaned and put drops in Vito, Barkley, Bo and Stella's ears since they all seem to have something with their ears. Tony then left for work. Read a little of the morning newspaper and then left the house around 9 AM to go make some copies of my taxes at the copy shop across from Walgreen's. Had to make copies of last year's taxes for the new insurance and paperwork. Went to Walgreen's and bought some items on sale. Stopped off at the Vet on the way home and picked up another bottle of ear drops. Then went to Pick N Save to buy some Activia that I forgot to buy on Wednesday with my weekly grocery shopping. Will leave to have lunch with the guys in about an hour. Hope to take a nap this afternoon. The sun is out but it is close to 50 degrees. Not bad when your in the sun, but a little chilly in the shade. Suppose to be in the 60s over the weekend but then drop to the 40s next week for highs. Barkley's hematoma is still all full. He doesn't seem to be bothered much with it with the collar around his neck so he can not scratch. As long as he stays like this I might be able to let it heal naturally. No plans this weekend. Will most likely watch some movies I downloaded and TV shows on the DVR. Next week Wednesday I get my latest numbers when I see my doctor. Always a stressful week waiting for the numbers. My Prostate is I think getting better. I have low pain mainly in the mornings but I think it either goes away or I forget about it being busy as the day goes on. Either way, it is not healed yet. I go back to that doctor in two weeks.

October 19, 2011 Wednesday Afternoon

Last night around 7 PM I was petting Barkley when I noticed his left ear is all puffed up. I guess he has a Hematoma like Stella had a while back. It looks bad. I guess it is when a blood vessel breaks and leaks into the surrounding area. The entire ear looks and feels like a water balloon. Not much can be done but let time and the body take care of it. So now I have to make sure Barkley doesn't mess with it. Gave him a dog pain pill and he slept good last night. At least someone did. Tony and I could not sleep last night. Tony's new contact lenses were bothering him and he finally took them out. Then his eyes hurt all night long. I just couldn't sleep and finally pulled out the IPod and listened to music until about 3:30 AM.

Got up this morning at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the early morning reading the newspaper before going grocery shopping at Pick N Save. Came home and put all the groceries away and left the house again at 12:30 PM to meet my case worker at ARCW regarding my Medicare and the supplemental health and prescription policy. Got all the paperwork filled out and picked a part D for Medicare online. Filled out the paperwork for HIRSP which we will file in November. Made an appointment to meet with her again the end of November. Picked up my prescriptions at the pharmacy and my monthly food at the pantry and came home. It is windy and raining in Milwaukee today. A terrible nasty day. Guess tonight and tomorrow we are under a Wind Advisory because it is going to get very windy and over 50 mph winds. Should be another horrible night's sleep with the wind and the dogs. Have to do some work on the Internet and then will make dinner. Making Sweet And Sour Chicken and rice again tonight with a salad. Tomorrow we have a funeral to go to and then a movie called Weekend with the LGBT Film Festival. Took down the front and side flags because of the wind. With it so nasty outside I don't plan on leaving the house until tomorrow afternoon for the funeral. The guy who died was a good friend of Tony's who owned a car repair shop here on the Eastside. He died of cancer. So sad.

October 18, 2011 Tuesday Afternoon

Spent last night watching Dancing With The Stars and then Castle. Went to bed after a little lovin around 10:30 PM.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Got the dogs fed and gave Vito his shot. Tony left for work a little after 7 PM. Read a little of the morning newspaper. Spent the morning doing things around the house inside and out. Got the pond ready for winter. Only one pump running now and hopefully it will run all Winter with the heater around it. Cleaned out a couple rain gutters that I can reach with the 6 foot ladder. Did a little more leaf blowing. Made tomato soup for lunch and then took a short hour nap. Actually I did not even sleep because four of five dogs wrapped themselves around me and I could not move much less sleep. A phone call got me out of be by 2:30 PM. Making a canned ham, rice and salad for dinner tonight. Will watch Glee, DWTSR, and Body of Proof tonight. DVR'ing the rest of our favorites. Tomorrow I have to go grocery shopping and then meet with my case worker at ARCW to get me Medicare straightened out and hopefully get everything filled out properly. I have to sign up for a part D and a secondary insurance, most likely HIRSP (I think it is called). Don't know much about it and hopefully the case worker will help me all through it. I hate this changing health insurance stuff. My biggest fear is not being covered with health insurance and being HIV. In the 50s again today. Tomorrow the same but calling for rain.

October 17, 2011 Monday Afternoon

Spent most of the weekend catching up on the DVR. Got caught up on the episodes building up of: American Horror Story, Revenge and Subergatory, to name a few. Revenge and AHS are very good and will continue to DVR and watch them. Saturday morning we went to Menard's because they had a big 3 day sale. Of course they did not have the snow blower on sale for $99 or the DVR Camera system on sale for $179. Ended up buying a lot of other items and ended up spending about $150.00. Went out to lunch at Chili's. Had a big, good lunch with a strawberry margarita. Came home and spend the rest of the day and evening watching the shows I stated above. Went to bed around 10:30 PM. Didn't even make dinner, just made some snacks to eat.

Sunday we were up at 7 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his Insulin shot. Spent the early morning reading the newspaper and watching the home shows on HGN. Tony raked the front grass in the morning while I got a turkey ready to bake. I got the turkey last year and I figured I better make this 12 lb turkey before I get another one this year. Did the turkey in a bag baking of it. Spent the afternoon watching more shows on the DVR. The turkey turned out great and we had a big dinner with stuffing, mashed potato, corn, and some bread. Spent the night watching the CBS TV lineup. DVR'd Desperate Housewives. Went to bed around 10 PM after a little lovin.

This morning Tony woke me up at 7:11 AM saying he was leaving for work soon. I could not believe I had slept in this late. Jumped out of bed and fed the dogs, gave Vito his shot, and put ear drops in Vito's ears all before Tony left for work. I read a little of the morning newspaper before going back to bed. I am so tired today. Got up around 11:30 AM and started the day over again. Been doing a little laundry and cleaning around the house. Took a shower and figured I am making spaghetti and garlic bread with a salad for dinner. Will watch Dancing With The Stars and Castle tonight and DVR the CBS TV lineup. Not sure why I am so tired today. I honestly could go to bed again right now but will not because then I know I will not sleep well tonight. In the 50s today and windy just like it has been all weekend. The leaves are all off the back tree from the wind all weekend. If I had to have a job I would have had to call in sick today, I am that tired. Hope it is just a fluke and not something serious.

October 14, 2011 Friday Dinner Time

The vet called yesterday around 3:20 PM to tell me Vito was ready to be picked up at the clinic. Was told Vito's glucose levels were OK, except the first one they took was high. We should continue with the 5 units of Insulin and come back in 3 - 6 months. I made an appointment for 5 months from now thinking that made me a better Daddy then going the whole 6 months. The doctor also said Vito has ear infections in both ears and we will need to clean them daily and put drops in them. We already have the cleaning solution and drops so I hoped that would keep the total bill low. Cleaning the little devils ears and putting drops in them is not going to be easy. He is a tiger when we try. Picked him up and paid the bill, $192.00. Jeez! He was so happy to hear my voice. Laid in my arms the entire ride home. When I brought him into the house and set him down on the kitchen floor, he was lost. I finally sat on the floor with him until he figured out the layout again. After dodging a few walls he made his way outside and peed on every rock in the side yard for at least 15 minutes. He kept coming back inside the house, then go back out to do more. It took him a while to remember the living room layout and he banged into the dining room chair on the way indoors at one point. Soon he seemed to remember it all and was doing fine. Spent the night watching X Factor and then The Mentalist before going to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Vito slept all night without any problems. Read a little of the morning newspaper before showering so I could go to Walgreen's to pick up a Birthday card for one of the lunch guys today and use my 'buy $25 get $5.00 off ' coupon. Got a bunch of other things that added up in my head, including a Sweetest Day card for Tony, of course it did not add up to $25 at the register so I had to go back and grab an 8 pack of Butterfinger candy bars that were $1.69 a piece or 3 for $3.00. If you read my blog you know this is going somewhere. Of course the one pack of candy came .30 short or $25.00 so I ran back, with one lady behind me saying it was OK, and got another pack. Paid for it all and got home. I then thought to myself that if I would have bought 3 packs of the candy it would have been $3.00 on sale. Since I bought two packs I paid $3.38 which is more than the sale price of three packs for $3.00. Put the receipt on the counter to deal with later. I know most would not care about this but that actually is a pack of candy and .40 back at me if I went back to the store with my receipt. Came home and listened to some music before going to lunch with the guys. Had a great lunch. Asked the guys if they would go back to a store, right down the street from my house, for 40 cents and an eight pack of candy bars. One of 5 said yes. Since we decided to go to a movie next Thursday night at the LGBT Film Festival and I would go buy tickets after lunch for the four of us, I stopped off at home to grab the Walgreen's receipt. Stopped off at Walgreen's on my way to the bookstore to buy the movie tickets. The manager was happy to give me 40 cents and the 8 pack of Butterfinger Candy Bars. Tony would never do this. I figure if I bought it on sale and did not get the sale price I shouldn't have bought it, so I have to fix it. Plus it bothers me so much in my mind, me being nuts and all, that it is just easier to face the music and fix it than let it rattle around in my mind for days. Yah, I am crazy. Came home after buying the tickets and did a little leaf blowing in the yard. The tree is almost empty of leaves. It is windy and in the 50s so most of the leaf blowing was futile. Making some salads and soup for dinner tonight. Had a big lunch and the Birthday boy bought lunch, so it was a free lunch for Tony and I. Even got a couple cupcakes for later that one of the guys baked for the occasion. Will spend the night trying to clear more off the DVR. Hoping to do a lot of TV watching since it did get much cooler in Milwaukee in the last 24 hours. The weather report is even calling for a deep freeze in a couple days. YUCK! Have a good weekend everyone.

October 13, 2011 Thursday Late Afternoon

Last night Vito wanted to go outside about 2 AM, he was moving around in his cage. If I would have picked up on the signs I wouldn't have had to go through what I did at 5 AM when he woke me again. He had peed all in his cage in his sleep. The towel on the pillow was all wet with pee. Thankfully I am smart enough from the past with him to have the pillow wrapped in a garbage bag so it doesn't soak through. But, that meant he was covered in pee from laying in it so at 5 AM I had to give him a bath after he went out to potty. I then was up and started the day. Fed the dogs around 6 AM, giving Vito his shot. At 7:15 AM I was out the door with him to drop him off at the vet for his full day of tests. After I dropped him off I stopped at McDonald's and bought two breakfast burritos. Came home and a little while went back to bed since it was raining here in Milwaukee. Got up around 11:30 AM and started the day again. Called the vet around 1 PM to be told to call back at 3 PM because they needed to do a few more tests, sounds expensive if you ask me when I hear that. So I have been getting everything done around the house so when I get him home it will be 'Vito time'. Will give him all my attention. I can't imagine what it must be like to be in a cage at the vet and be blind, not knowing what all the noises around are. Poor guy. I told the vets several times before I left him to just make sure they realize he is blind and talk to him so he knows what they are doing and what is happening. Talked to my mom on the phone and caught up on some emails this afternoon after I got the cleaning and supper ready for tonight. I will call the vet in a couple minutes to see if I can pick him up. Will let you know whats up in tomorrows post. Making a meatloaf, noodles and beans with a salad for dinner tonight. It has rained all day in Milwaukee today, very depressing. Will watch X Factor Tonight and then The Mentalist, DVR'ing the CBS shows and Grey's Anatomy. Got to go and call the vet after I spell check. Spell checking always makes me laugh.

October 12, 2011 Wednesday Dinner Time

Last night Vito woke us up at 2 AM throwing up. Got him out of his cage and on a towel on the bed while I cleaned his cage. He then threw up again off the bed a little while later. He then seemed fine and slept on the bed the rest of the night by my pillow with my hand on his back. I worry when this happens because I am afraid it might be a Diabetic thing.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Around 8 AM the vet called to remind me of Vito's 4 month, all day appointment tomorrow, and to have him to the office at 7:30 AM. I then asked if they had an appointment today for Stella to get her toe nails trimmed. Made a 11:30 AM appointment. Read a little of the morning newspaper and then took a shower. Was out the door a little after 9 AM to get the grocery shopping done. Of course most of the sale items at Pick N Save near me the shelves were empty. I even asked a manager to look for the PF Chang Sweet N Sour Chicken that was $3 off. After they said they looked I was told to get a rain check, which I did. Came home and unpacked everything and put it away. Even got a great deal on Kibbles N Bits for the dogs. They had the big bag marked wrong and I bought three bags at the $6.09 price rather than the $15.99 price. Thought I might as well grab all three bags they had on the shelf. Jeez, this bag of dog food was $11.99 just last week. I even had to take the manager to the sign on the shelf, which she agreed with me to get the low price. After being home for a while it was time to take Stella to the vet for her nail trim. She was very good as always. Stopped off at McDonald's and got a hamburger and french fries. Stella ate french fries on the way home. Did another leaf blowing around the entire yard after taking a short nap with the dogs. I then checked the mail and got my reimbursement for my health insurance through ADAP. Thought I might as well get it in the bank so I drove again to Pick N Save for my bank and made the deposit. For the heck of it I went to the freezer section and wouldn't you know it, the shelf was filled with the PF Chang Sweet N Sour Chicken the manager only a few hours ago said they didn't have. I bought four bags. Making rice and sweet and sour chicken with a salad for dinner tonight. Will spend the night watching X Factor and Law and Order SVU. I also called my mortgage company again today to find out where I stand on my line of credit they canceled and should not have when I paid off the money we borrowed from it. The person on the phone had no more information and said they are still working on it. It has been a month and a half that I have been calling on this mistake. It was another beautiful day in Milwaukee. In the high 60s and sunny. The weather man says this is the LAST day of the nice weather. Wish this would last forever. My Prostate is feeling a bit better. Seems the pain is more in the morning when I get up and then goes away and is not noticeable all day like it was last week. One of the pills makes me feel light headed. Don't like that feeling. Guess I won't use any heavy machinery like the label says. Hmm, is a leaf blower or car considered heavy machinery? Maybe I shouldn't even cook dinner? Don't think Tony will buy that excuse.

October 11, 2011 Tuesday Dinner Time

Last night we watched Dancing With The Stars. Just a little after 9 PM the neighbor called in a panic and said to come outside right away. The other neighbor across the alley has 2 Pitbulls and no fence in their back yard. Since they moved in the middle of the Summer we had been telling them they need a fence and some day someone was going to come through the alley with a dog and their Pitbull was going to have a fight. Well, it happened last night. A girl with her cute medium size dog was walking through the alley and the neighbors Pitbull attacked it. It was not pretty. By the time I got outside the dogs were separated and in the house. The dog that got attacked was bleeding. I was not impressed with how the neighbor handled the situation. They hardly apologized much less took responsibly for the attack. I let the girl know, very quietly, that if she needed someone to be on her side, I was here. It was the neighbors fault and I saw it coming. I hope the girl's dog is OK. A little while later the bike police were at the neighbors house getting the story. We went to bed a little after 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. As Tony left for work I went into the garage because I know I have 4 eight foot meddle fence panels that I could make a temporary fence for the neighbor across their back yard. I started the project at 7:30 AM. Soon both neighbors came out of their house, the one with both Pitbulls on a leash. I pounded in 4 poles while the other neighbor used wire to tie the fence panels. Never once did the neighbor with the Pitbulls offer to help. I did this because I just do not want to see another dog get attacked. Since I was in a working mood I took the leaf blower and blew the front, side, back and upstairs deck of leaves. Talked with my mom on the phone prior to taking a shower. After my shower I went to Walgreen's and picked up a prescription and got my flu shot. Came home and I was exhausted. Took a long three hour nap. Still having a hard time trying to wake up and get the brain to work. I am making so many spelling mistakes as I type I can tell my brain needs a jump start. Making a pot roast, mashed potato and a salad for dinner tonight. Will spend the night watching the ABC TV line up and DVR a lot of other shows on TV. I guess the police are returning tonight to get more information from the neighbor and papers on the dogs. Should be interesting. I would hate to hear the dogs will need to be put down but this is the reason I am so careful with my Pitbull. Tomorrow I have to go grocery shopping. It is suppose to rain and be cold for the next couple days. Today was in the low 70s and a very nice day. Our last probably until next Spring.

October 10, 2011 Monday Dinner Time

Saturday was an awesome weather day in Milwaukee, it got to 80 degrees which is not normal for Wisconsin this time of year. In the afternoon Tony brought home a customers Cadillac convertible and we went for a long drive along the lake front of Milwaukee and south. Stopped off at Dairy Queen for an ice cream. We went for a long walk through Grant Park enjoying the trees and the nice weather. Walked around on the beach and had a nice time. Came home and after we fed the dogs we went up the street to a little Italian restaurant and had a nice dinner. Came home and spent the night watching Horrible Bosses and other TV shows on the DVR. I had heard the movie Horrible Bosses was good, I though it was OK. There were funny parts but I had higher expectations. Went to bed around 10 PM.

Sunday we got up at 7 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. After reading a little of the Sunday newspaper we showered and drove to the south side of town and picked up Tony's mom and took her to breakfast. After breakfast we went shopping at Big Lot because they had a 20% off sale for the day. Ended up spending about $150 on stuff we didn't need. Drove the long way home. Spent some time with the dogs and then I wanted to go for a walk along the river which is right across the street from out house. Tony wanted to bring a dog or two which was not my idea of fun or what I wanted to do. We walked two of the dogs around the block and dropped them off at home. We then went for a long long walk along the river and in the woods. I love walking through the woods in the fall and enjoying the colors of the trees and the falling leaves. Had a great walk. Came home and soon we fed the dogs and gave Vito his night Insulin shot. Ordered a Lasagna dinner and two salads for supper which were delivered. Spent the night watching the CBS lineup and DVR'd Desperate Housewives. Went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. I went for a walk in the morning around the neighborhood. When I got home there was a message from Tony's sister saying she was coming to Milwaukee with the kids and wanted to know if we wanted one of them for the day. Of course I do, I love the kids and have so much fun with them. The sister showed up around 1 PM and I now had a kid for the day. We drove to Tony's auto body shop to say Hi to Tony and walk around the shop showing the kid all the cars Tony is working on. Tony then took the kid for a drive in one of the Monster Cars he is working on. The kid loved it since the car is 5 feet off the ground. We then came home and took a walk and then played war with cards. Tony will be home in about an hour and we will take the kid to Culver's for dinner. His mom will most likely pick him up around 7 PM. The kid is Tony's nephew, the middle kid, 7 1/2 years old and so well behaved. He is so good with all the dogs also. Will watch Dancing With The Stars and Castle tonight. I will DVR the CBS lineup less 2 Broke Girls, I gave up on that show since we can't keep up with everything I DVR as it is. Tomorrow it is suppose to be in the 70s, like today, then the cold and rain arrive on Wednesday. Summer and Fall will be over. Been keeping up with the leaves with the leave blower, can't wait till all all leaves are down. Seems I blow the leaves away and blink and more fall. The trees are about half empty. I will leave blow again tomorrow trying to get as much moved as possible before the rain comes on Wednesday.

October 7, 2011 Friday Dinner Time

Spent last night watching X Factor and The Mentalist. I took a Valium early in the night so I would not think about my early morning doctor appointment. Slept like a baby most of the night.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Got the dogs fed and gave Vito his shot. Spent the next hour making sure I cleaned out my system and did not eat anything or drink anything but water so if I had to have a blood test at the doctor. Took a shower and left the house a little after 7:30 AM for my 8 AM doctor appointment. I got there early and there was no one at the front desk to check me in but the doctor's male nurse. He checked me in and then had me go back into the doctors office after I gave a urine sample . The doctor entered less than 5 minutes later. He listened to me me say where I had pain and had me drop my drawers. I could see him putting on gloves and I said to him 'you aren't even going to talk sweet to me and buy me a drink first?'. He said 'not today'. He then check my front balls and penis area, then went up the butt with the dreaded finger. He was very gentle and was not as bad as I have had in the past by doctors. He then told me that my urine sample showed no bacteria and I have Chronic Prostate Infection. He then gave me a prescription for Doxazosin 4 MG to take once daily at bed time. It is a stronger antibiotic then the one I have been taking for the past 30 days. The prescription is for 30 days and has 3 refills. He also gave me a prescription of Naproxen 500 MG to take twice daily with food. It is an anti inflammatory and pain pill. Hopefully this will be the cure. I was out the door a little after 8:30 AM. At Walgreen's by 9 AM, and home by 9:30 AM. Honestly, it was the fastest doctor appointment I have had in a long time. I even went down to the second floor after the appointment and had my next blood drawn for my HIV doctor that I was going to have drawn next week Friday morning. Figured a week early wouldn't matter. I get those results back October 26 when I see my HIV doctor. I am hoping to get above 400 again on my CD4 count. I had slipped below the 400 count on my last blood test. It has been my goal to be above 400 and I have only gotten there once, and barely. Of course I hope to still be undetectable with this next blood test. Came home and went for a long walk before I unstrung some of the Christmas lights my mom gave me. Met Tony and the guys for lunch at Bakers Square. Had a great lunch as always. I really love these guys. Came home and spent another hour hanging lights outside before taking an hour nap on the couch while I listened to some old disco music. Making a salad and sandwich for Tony and I for dinner tonight. It was again in the mid 70s today. We are really getting spoiled with good weather. I did get my quarterly water and sewer bill today. It went up from $250 to $325. How do people afford to keep paying these increases. There will come a day when no one can afford to drink, eat, or have heat or electric at the way the cost keeps increasing. That's now over $1200 a year for sewer and water, unbelievable! Will spend the night watching TV on the DVR from the week. No plans this weekend. It is suppose to be nice so I hope we go for a long walk in the woods and enjoy the fall tree colors. It is very pretty and getting near peak season with the colors here in Milwaukee. Thanks for all the good thoughts today. I figured I had some people thinking of me. Oh, one more thing, kinda funny. Tony said to me at lunch 'how come the doctor gets to put his fingers up your butt and I don't'. I said 'because he played with my balls and such prior'. LOL. Have a good weekend everyone.

October 6, 2011 Thursday Dinner Time

Last night Tony got home from work around 5:30 PM. I had the dogs fed so we headed to the car show on the south side of town before it got dark. It gets dark outside so early. There was no car show. I even checked the Internet and it listed a car show like they have every Wednesday night. Guess car show season is over. We went to A&W for dinner. Came home and spent the night watching X Factor, Raising Hope, and Law And Order SVU. Went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Tony left for work a little after 7 AM. Spent the morning on the computer since I could not get my medical history and medicines to print out. I spent about an hour looking for activation keys and such for Microsoft works. Finally downloaded a key and that made things worse. I then did a system restart to put the setting back. Went for a longer walk then yesterday. I am trying to go a block or two farther with each walk. Had a good walk. Took a nap this afternoon with the dogs. I have this pain now in my shoulders which I am sure is just nerves and stress about tomorrows doctor appointment. How many more areas of my body can I have pain? Sat outside with the dogs for a while drinking a cup of coffee after my nap. Another perfect weather day in Milwaukee. Went to go online to do a posting and I could not connect to the Internet. I am sure it had something to do with the system restore I did this morning. Had to download Firefox again and install it. As you can see, I am back online. I did burn a music CD this morning also and it worked great with the new discs. I burned the new Scotty McCreery CD for Tony since I do not like country music. Guess it must be the spool of Memorex discs that don't work since the new ones do. Will eventually keep trying them and throw away the ones that won't burn music. At least I know it is not my computer. Making a steak noodle skillet for dinner with a salad. I am trying to eat very little today in preparation of tomorrow mornings 8 AM Urology appointment. I am very nervous about the appointment since something is still very wrong with my body down in that area. A friend we have lunch with offered to go with me to the appointment, which I though was so sweet. Told him I have to just be a 'big boy' and do it on my own. Hell, there are many worse things the doctors could do than stick his fingers up my butt. God I am hoping that is the worst of it? Will spent tonight watching X Factor and then The Mentalist before going to bed. Will DVR the CBS TV line up and Greys Anatomy. Will let you know tomorrow how the doctor appointment went. Wish me luck.

October 5, 2011 Wednesday Dinner Time

I made dinner last night since Tony did not get home from work until close to 6:30 PM. Spent the night watching TV. Went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Tony left for work around 7 AM. I read a little of the morning newspaper and then started my day. Was at the grocery store before 10 AM. Got the shopping done and the groceries put away. I then went for a long walk around the neighborhood. It is nice taking a walk around the area and seeing all the nice houses I have never really looked at down the side streets. Talked with the neighbor for a little about last nights Dance Results show before I came back home and laid outside with the dogs for a couple hours. It is so nice here in Milwaukee. In the mid 70s again today. I then did a little more cleaning in the basement before I started this post. Tonight we are going to a car show and dinner at A&W. I do love their root beer. Will then spend the night watching X Factor and Law and Order SVU before going to bed. I have to admit that the walks are really doing me some good. The belly uncomfortableness is a little less and I am down to 185 lbs from 193 lbs two weeks ago, so it is working and the weight is coming off. I keep telling myself to 'keep moving'. I also have been making sure I take my pills with food when I take them rather than on an empty stomach, and laying off the junk food as much as possible. Tomorrow is suppose to be another fantastic day weather wise in Milwaukee. I hope to get some Christmas lights hung in the back and front yard while the weather is nice. It is never fun doing it in the cold of November. I promise not to turn them on. LOL.

October 4, 2011 Tuesday Dinner Time

I'm back! In pain, but back online with my desktop computer.

Sunday we were up at 7 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the morning reading the Sunday newspaper and waiting for my parents to arrive so we could all go to the dog walk on Brady Street. It is a yearly event with a dog blessing at the end of the dog parade. Also a Best Costume contest. It is always a fun event seeing all the dogs together, 100s of them. After the dog walk we all went out to lunch at a restaurant on the Eastside. Had a great lunch and talked with the folks. After lunch they dropped Tony and I off at home and we spent the rest of the day doing things around the house. Didn't even make dinner. Tony had some more left over spaghetti. Spent the night watching Amazing Race, The Good Wife and CSI Miami. I DVR'd Desperate Housewives. Went to bed around 10 PM.

Monday I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the day around the house. I did take a walk in the afternoon all the way to Pick N Save bank to make a deposit. Did you see I said 'I walked'. Jeez, I didn't realize it was up hill the whole way home. LOL. It felt good and I will continue with the exercise and walking to hopefully stop this belly pain. My prostate pain is there but seems to be getting better. Hoping if I eat less and get more exercise I can loose some weight and it will help. Thankfully it is in the 70s all week in Milwaukee so this might be a good time to start the walking daily. Got a call from the lady who processes my ADAP reimbursement about my going on Medicare the first of the year. She gave me some good advice and was very helpful. Made an appointment with ARCW in two weeks to get all the paperwork filled out. I just want this whole medical insurance thing to go smoothly without having problems getting my needed meds and doctor visits covered. I am very scared about this. Made the last of the spaghetti for Tony for dinner, I had a salad and some garlic bread. Watched Dancing With The Stars and Castle. Went to bed around 9 PM to watch TV. Just prior to going to bed Best Buy called to say my computer was ready to pick up and that they could not find anything wrong. Yah right.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Spent the early morning cleaning the basement and setting up some shelving we purchased at Home Depot on Saturday. I have to get the basement organized and looking better. At 9:30 AM I left the house with CDs in hand to go to Best Buy to get my computer tower. The Geek Squad guy was very nice and let me come behind the counter and load up the CD burner and burn a CD with my CD's that don't seem to work. I have been able to get about every 5th blank disc to work. Of course the first CD we burned went great with no problems. I told the clerk we needed to burn another. I was never so happy when after 10 seconds of burning the disc it popped out and the error message came up. I even did a little dance because I was not 'nuts'. This is happening. We tried to burn another disc with my CD's and the error message came up again. We came to the conclusion that the bundle of CDs must be bad, except maybe every 5th one. I bought more blank CD and hopefully the next time I burn one it will work. Drove home and picked up a can of gas for the lawn mower at Tony's shop. Came home and after setting up the computer I went out to cut the grass hopefully for the last time this summer. I could not get it started. I called Tony and he came home. After many pulls he got it started and I cut the grass as he drove away. Trimmed around the tree and such and put all the lawn equipment away. Took a short walk around the block and stopped to talk to the neighbor across the alley for a half hour. I then took a short nap with the dogs. It is now a little after 4 PM. I am still not sure if I am making dinner or we will go to one last car show and have some food. It is the best weather in Milwaukee and looks like it will be for the next five days. Seventy's in the day and 50s at night. Only problem is it gets so dark out so early, the sun sets prior to 6:30 PM now. It will go from this to Winter in just a matter of time. Will spend the night watching Glee, Dancing Results and Body Of Proof. I still have my Friday 8 AM Urology appointment which I am not looking forward to. It has been causing me a lot of anxiety and I can't wait to get it over with. I hate going to doctors and this one will want to go up in areas that are not pleasant.

October 1, 2011 Saturday Night

Thursday night I tried to make a music CD and the CD burner on the new HP computer would not work. Finally after trying several applications and going through 5 CD's one worked. I played around a little more and 5 more CD's failed. Turned the computer off and went to bed around 10 PM after watching X Factor and The Mentalist.

Friday morning I was up at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Went back to bed after Tony left since I was so tired from being up with the dogs again because of the strong winds and the noise they made. Vito was a mess all night. Got back out of bed around 10 AM. Tried to burn two more CD's and they failed. Called Best Buy and was told I would need to bring the tower in so they could work on it. Showered and went to lunch with the guys. Had a great lunch despite the fact my chest area is really hurting. The pain is coming from beneath my breast bone and rib cage. One more thing to have to worry about. After lunch I drove to Best Buy and dropped off the computer tower. I was hoping they would call soon and I would have my computer back running so I could post on Friday. That did not happen and we spent the night watching TV on the DVR from the week. We are crossing 2 Broke Girls off the DVR list as of this week. The show sucks. Went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning Tony and I got up at 7 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Read the morning newspaper and made some breakfast for the two of us. Tony went to his shop to change the locks on the rental property and I went for a walk around the neighborhood. I am hoping some more exercise might be in order. If this chest pressure pain doesn't go away by Friday I guess I can talk to the Urologist about it and go from there. Going to start walking around the neighborhood daily. I did feel better after doing the walk. I need more exercise. Around noon Tony and I went to Home Depot to buy some light bulbs and house hold supplies. Took a nap this afternoon. The sun did come out today and the weather is looking good for the next week. It is suppose to be in the 70s from Monday on for 7 days. That is nice in Wisconsin this time of year. I am sure it will be in the 30s the following week. Got some pizza for dinner along with the salad I made for the two of us. Spending the night watching more TV on the DVR. Tomorrow my parents are driving into town to go to a dog walk with Tony and I. We do it every year and it is always nice to see the folks for an hour or two. Will go out for lunch with them after the dog parade / walk. I actually typed this entire post on my laptop since Best Buy never did call today to tell me my computer is fixed. Hopefully they will call tomorrow and we can pick it up after my parents leave. I hate typing on this laptop.

September 29, 2011 Thursday Dinner Time

Spent last night watching X Factor and Law and Order SVU. Went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. I then took my morning pills and within 30 seconds I threw them all up. Always a great way to start the morning. Shortly after Tony left for work, I went back to bed. Got up again around 11:30 AM to start the day over again. Of course now not only my prostate hurts, my back hurts from throwing up. Spent the afternoon doing things around the house and watching TV. Gave Barkley a bath with my shower. Making left overs spaghetti for dinner tonight. It rained all morning, the sun came out in the afternoon for a while, and by 3 PM the rain returned along with the wind. Strong gusty winds are suppose to last all night here in Milwaukee. Will spent tonight watching X Factor and then The Mentalist before going to bed. I honestly could go to bed right now I am so tired. My body feels 'off' for some reason. I hope I am not coming down with something.

September 28, 2011 Wednesday Dinner Time

Spent last night watching Glee, Dancing Results and Body of Proof before going to bed around 10 PM. Around 2 AM we woke up to thunderstorms which then produced a shaking Kali and a crying in his cage Vito. I brought Vito onto the bed for the rest of the night. It thundered all night long, no one had a good night's sleep.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM to feed the dogs and give Vito his Insulin shot. Tony left for work around 7:30 AM. Spent the next couple hours reading the morning newspaper and watching the morning news. Around 10 AM I went to Walgreen's to pick up my prescription and razor blades that were on sale. I have commented about the high price of razor blades and when I see them on sale I buy as many as I can. The Schick Quattro blades were on sale with a $5.00 in store credit on your next purchase. I also had a couple $2.00 off coupons and a coupon for a free razor with blades. So I ended up buying close to $30.00 in razors and blades and got $20.00 back to spend on other items I needed. Ended up buying a 24 pack of bottled water for Tony, Bayer Low Dose Aspirin for Tony, 8 cans of tea for Tony, computer paper and two birthday cards with the $20.00. So I basically got all that for free. I was so proud of myself I laid it all out on the dining room table to show Tony. On one side of the table I have the razors and blades I bought and on the other side of the table I have all the items listed above that I got for free with the money back coupons and such. It makes me feel good to know I am saving the household money. Tony will most likely look at the display and say something like 'OK'. Guess you have to seek happiness from within? LOL. It did make ME happy to know I saved the money. Took a two hour nap this afternoon since it is cloudy and drizzling outside all day again today. Still have the prostate pain. I don't feel like cooking tonight so we will go down the street to have $1 burgers and fries. Will spend the night watching X Factor and Law and Order SVU. Not feeling like doing much more right now with the pain and uncomfortableness I feel in my prostate. Feels much better to just lay low right now until I find out what is going on with it.

September 27, 2011 Tuesday Dinner Time

The nurse finally called me around 5:15 PM on Monday to tell me the doctor would rather I see a Urologist for my prostate pain then her give me a stronger antibiotic. The nurse gave me the name of the Urologist doctor she wanted me to see. Of course it was too late to make an appointment at this time of day so that would have to wait. Made a frozen pizza and salad for dinner. Spent the night watching Dancing With The Stars and then Castle before going to bed. I must admit I am not impressed with any of the dancers this season.

This morning I was up at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Around 9:30 AM I called the Urologist to make an appointment. The soonest the scheduler could see an opening was over two weeks down the road, so she connected me with the Urologists nurse's answering machine to leave a message and try to get an earlier appointment, than over two weeks from now. The nurse finally called around 11:30 AM to tell me the soonest appointment she had was Friday October 7th at 8 AM. I am not fond of any appointment that early in the day. It is hard enough to clear my head at that time of day much less clear the area that the doctor will probably want to go up into. I am trying to be sensitive here. LOL. I took the appointment since I have no choice. The last thing the nurse told me was to continue the antibiotic I am on at least until that appointment since a prostate infection takes at least a 30 day of antibiotic to get rid of the infection. See, I guess the prostate has very little blood flow. Since an antibiotic goes into your blood stream, it take a lot longer for it to help the prostate. I told the nurse I only had enough antibiotic left to last me until this Saturday which would be 20 days on the antibiotic. She then told me to call my regular doctor back and get another 10 days of the antibiotic. So then I was on the phone again with my regular doctor's nurse trying to get another 10 days of antibiotic. She told me she would check with the doctor and if I haven't heard from her or the pharmacy by tomorrow night to call her back. I honestly hate all this crap. By this time it was 1 PM in the afternoon today and I figured since I was making spaghetti for dinner and had no lettuce, to just go do my regular Wednesday grocery shopping today and get it over with. So I went grocery shopping. Got home and spent the afternoon doing more laundry with the new washing machine. It is so nice to see clothes in water. Already made the salads and garlic bread for dinner, the sauce is boiling, and the noodles will go in the boiling water around the time Tony gets home from work. Will spend the night watching Glee, Dancing Results and Body of Proof before going to bed tonight. Hopefully I will get the prescription called in and go to Walgreen's tomorrow. The prostate pain is not more than a 4 on a 1 to 10 scale, but it is enough pain or should I say uncomfortableness, to make me want to just do nothing. I figure the feeling I have down in that area must be what a woman feels once a month. It just hurts and you want to do nothing. It rained on and off all day again today. I think we have gotten the months worth of rain in the past few days it has rained so much.

September 26, 2011 Monday Morning

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

Saturday we were up by 7 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Vito seems better and ate all his food. I think he is not a morning dog like most people and doesn't like to eat right away when he wakes up. Unfortunately, trying to keep the Insulin shots 12 hours apart I try to feed him early or I would be feeding all the dogs so late at night. Plus we can not eat dinner if they are still waiting for theirs. Maybe if I had better trained dogs it would be an option. Not in this life time. We were up at the Center Street block party for the Push Cart Race by 11 AM. It was not the best of weather all day but it was better than Sunday. It did drizzle here and there during the day, but the sun did come out and we were able to enjoy the block party off and on throughout the day. In the afternoon we walked a block off the block party to a used washing machine store. Ended up buying a used $200 washing machine with a year warranty to replace our front load $650 Samsung washing machine. Put $100 down on it and Tony will pick it up on Monday morning with an employee and bring it home. Around 6 PM it started pouring rain and the block party came to a quick end. Spent the night watching more on the DVR. We are getting pretty caught up on the week's TV shows on the DVR.

Sunday we were up by 7 AM again. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. We spent the morning moving the Samsung washing machine outside so it is ready to take to Tony's shop and then put it on Craigslist to sell. Cleaned up around the washing machine area so it is all ready for the new used one on Monday. It rained all day on Sunday and we did very little but lay around watching TV. I did leave the house for a bit to get lottery tickets, but that was pretty much the only thing outside the house all day. Spent the night watching Amazing Race, The Good Wife and CSI Miami. We DVR'd Desperate Housewives. Went to bed around 10 PM.

This morning I was up at 6 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Tony left for work around 7:30 AM. It has been pouring rain all morning but it looks like things might clear for a bit. I just hope it isn't raining around 10 AM so Tony can get our new used washing machine home here so I can start doing some laundry. I plan on washing all my clothes in my closets and drawers all over again with the new used washing machine. I will be so happy not to have the Germinator washing machine after today. Called my mom this morning and we had our weekly conversation. I plan on calling my doctor today to see if I should try a different antibiotic for my prostate infection. It has not gotten any better and something has to change. I can't live like this with this pain. Hopefully I won't have to go back to the doctor and it will be as easy as just picking up a new antibiotic once the doctor calls it into Walgreen's. Plan on spending the day doing laundry once the new washing machine gets here. Will watch Dancing With The Stars and Castle tonight, DVR'ing the CBS entire nightly lineup. I did like the first new episode of Two And A Half Men. We watched it over the weekend and it was funny. Time will tell how it will be in the future without Charlie Sheen. Time to get into the shower and get the day started.

September 23, 2011 Friday Dinner Time

I did not post yesterday because in all honesty I did not have much to say. I did very little all day yesterday. Of course the morning routine was pretty much the same except for the fact Vito would not eat and therefore did not get an Insulin shot in the morning. Spent most of the day watching TV and just laying around the house. The prostate is not feeling very good and I have a feeling the antibiotic is doing nothing to help. Spent the night watching X Factor and The Mentalist before going to bed around 10 PM. When we went to bed I tried to turn the channel on the back cable box and it would not work. Twice the repair people have been here to fix this. Guess I call them again tomorrow.

Today I was up at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs, Vito would not eat and did not eat until about 8 AM, I gave his his Insulin shot then. Around 9 AM Vito threw up all over a chair he was sitting on and of course it had to go down the seams and make it a very hard clean up. He seems fine now and has been all day. Not sure what is going on with him. Called AT&T to schedule another repair person to come to the house. Of course when I was on the phone with them I tried turning the channel on the back cable box and it worked. Unbelievable. So there is no sense having them come out. The tech gave me some suggestions and a night time phone number to call for after hour problems like this. There is not much they can do unless it is not doing what it is suppose to do when they would get here. Will try what they said and see if it works better. No one seems to know why it won't change the channels on the box at night, and then works fine in the morning. Went and had lunch with the guys. Tony stayed at work and did not join us today. Had a good lunch and laughed a lot with the guys. Came home and took a nap with the dogs snuggling with Vito. I just finished vacuuming the house and I am now making a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. The cake is baking as I type. Will most likely just make some chicken noodle soup and ham and cheese grilled sandwiches for dinner tonight. Maybe even a side salad. It is cloudy and in the 50s again today in Milwaukee. Tonight we will spend the night watching some of the shows on the DVR we taped all week. I am sure we will not get through much all weekend since there are about 25 shows to watch on the DVR. Tomorrow is a the big block party on Center Street, which is the cross street at the end of our alley. It is always a fun block party and starts out with the famous push cart race at 11 AM. I have posted pictures in the past. It is a hysterical event. Also a dodge ball event all afternoon. Should be a fun time and we will be up at the block party on and off all day on Saturday. The weather is suppose to be the same as today, cold and cloudy. Not much else going on this weekend which is fine with me. I feel like just sleeping. The more I do, the more my prostate area hurts so it is better to just lay low anyway.

September 21, 2011 Wednesday Dinner Time

Got up this morning at 6:30 AM. Fed the dogs and gave Vito his shot. Left the house a little before 10 AM to take Kali to the vet for her allergy sores. Got an antibiotic, shampoo and a lotion for her for the cost of $150.00. After I dropped her off at the house and let the dogs outside again, I then went grocery shopping at Pick N Save here on my side of town. Bought a lot of food and items that were on sale. The total was $160.00. So far a pretty expensive day. Came home and unpacked it all. Made myself a ham sandwich and listened to the LMFAO music CD and the new CD from Jennifer Lopez. They are both on my play list right now. It got colder as the day went along and is now about 60 degrees outside. Tomorrow we will be luck to get into the mid 50s according to the weather report. Fall is here. Glad I put up the Halloween decorations outside yesterday since it was the better of the two days. My prostate still hurts. I will be starting the second course of antibiotics for it tomorrow. I pray the second course works otherwise I will be back to the doctor and something more serious must be going on. My dad did have prostate cancer so I do worry. I have been checked recently with a blood test and all but I am sure they will want to 'scope' me soon if this problem doesn't go away. I pray it goes away with the next 10 days of antibiotics. Made some peanut butter cookies this afternoon with mini snicker bars on top. Eat two of them already and have to stop or I will not be hungry for dinner. Making Sloppy Jo's and Mac N Cheese with a salad for dinner tonight. Comfort food as it gets cold outside. Will watch the premier of X Factor tonight which I have been looking forward to since it was announced. Will watch Law N Order SVU after X Factor. The DVR will be taping The Middle, Modern Family, Criminal Minds, CSI and Revenge. We will have so much to watch this weekend on the DVR.