Watching the snow coming down.............

expecting about 6"-8". Getting ready to get clam chowder ready for dinner. Just download 4 new mysteries to my Nook. Got plenty of food, furnace is working & for the living room, because of the drafty sliding glass doors leading to the porch the electric fireplace is running at 74 degrees. It will be a good week end.

If and when you die................

and if you are going to have some type of service, what song(s), music do you want played?

For me:

For the lst time in 4 years I have health insurance...........

It was confirmed that I am eligible for Medical Assistance & my packet is in the mail. I've been going to a Free Clinic these past years. The physician that oversees the clinic & I have met often has a private practice that participates so I can have "continuity" of care.

I can have my cataract removed, yea!!! I've been dealing with it for 3 years. Just need to see about dental care, and also checked I have food stamp assistance also.

This may change in 3 months, because I haven't had the income since October that I used to have I qualified and I will be back to work in late February and I may not qualify on a review.

The Bengals bungle big time..........

I'm a die hard Steelers fan. When Jone's pass was picked off, I knew the season was over. But not the case. Bengals fumble and the Steelers recover. I still thought the Steelers would lose, because they were looking at over a 50 yard field goal attempt. Then what happens, the Bengals get back to back unsportsmanlike 15 yard penalties, and the Steelers have a 35 yard field goal attempt and score.

Final Steelers 18 Bengals 16

Final should have Been Steelers 15 Bengals 16.

The Bengals have no one to blame but themselves.

Too funny....for those who have kids and those of us who don't............

Thought & prayers are requested

My 85 year old mother is currently in a rehab unit. She has been going down hill for awhile. She lives with me and I have 3 brothers nearby, 1 comes over once a week, 1 calls daily and 1 is battling cancer & calls a couple times a week. None of them liver more than 20 minutes away.

Her progression downward started 3 weeks ago. She had an upper respiratory infection, and though her immune system is low, due to congestive heart failure, previous wounds (due to edema) she would not go to her doctor.

Last Tuesday, she informed me that her wound was oozing. I got an appointment at the wound care center for Wednesday, I called her primary care office & got a prescription for a z pack. The wound care Doc, informed us that the wound had been oozing for more than 1 day, which is what my Mom stated to him & me. They cleaned & dressed the wound and explained to me what was to be done daily.

She was ok Thursday & Friday, Saturday I came home about 1:30 pm, had been gone only 1 hour and found her on the kitchen floor, she had fallen. I also saw that she had undressed her wounded leg & it was partially exposed. The medics came and assisted my mother off the floor & left. I for 2 hours suggested we go to the hospital, she refused.

She asked for assistance to the bathroom, and I could barely hold her up, her legs were so weak. My brother came over told her she was going to the hospital, and she said ok.

The hospital found that she had the upper respiratory infection a yeast infection with e coli present (she was keeping her diapers on too long and not wiping herself), they also found that she couldn't lift her legs, or walk.

On Monday they transferred her to a rehab facility. I visited yesterday & talked to her several times. She thinks she is at home (the home where I grew up) not where I am now. She wanted to know what I hadn't come upstairs to see her, wanted to know where Dad was (he died in 2000), etc.

My very good friend is an administrator at this facility, and told me "don't expect her to come home." I'm not.

If I didn't have bad luck I'd have no luck at all..

I have started a gofundme page, below is the link. I drive for uber and lyft and on October 18, I was hit in the rear by an idiot. I have been without income for 4 weeks now & my car still might not be ready for another 2 weeks. I am scraping the bottom of the barrel.


https://www.gofundme.com/gv9mc8fw

Does anyone have any info about.....

mengiomas. I just had a CT Scan (suffered a mild concussion). The scan showed the mengioma, also the PA said I also had a condition called eko something, that he defined as bone growth over the left side of my brain.

My brother was diagnosed last week with type 2 Diabetes...........

the doctor gave him two medications (I'm waiting to be told what they are) and the doc said they would control his diabetes and also to watch his carbs.

He was not given a glucose meter, told what was too high or too low, no information on diet, etc. Brother came over today I took his blood and the glucometer read 290, way too high. My brother didn't understand it was high, because the doctor never gave him any instructions.

I'm pissed at the doctor. This is all new for my brother, he's flying blind with no support from the doctor. My brother does have me (also Type 2) to come to, but I can't hold his hand.

A doc just can't hand out meds and say that will take care of it, there's more to handling diabetes than watch your carbs and take 2 kinds of pills a day.

bookbub.com and my nook.........

make for a fulfilled book junkies life. I joined bookbub.com (no charge) just an email address needed & you check as to what your likes are e.g. mystery, history, etc. Every day you get an email from bookbub.com listing about 5 books that run from being free to about 1.99. Every day if the free book is something I like I get it. Today I chose 2 free books & one for 99 cents.

A few days ago, I got for free the 1936 investigation of corruption of the San Francisco Police. Though it's only 55 pages long, it is very interesting. The other day for 99 cents I got a 555 page history of the HUAC, titled "Naming Names". This era is my forte in History & I did my senior Thesis on a part of it.

There are now about 200 books on my nook & it's going to be a great fall & winter.

As an aside, my 85 year old mother is now using my tablet to read her books. I have always gotten large print books from the library for her, but it can be bothersome to order them, wait for them and them pick them up. I found that the library has the books of her favorite author, Debbie Macomber digitally available. I download them & they are immediately available for her to read. She's loving it. The print also is large enough for her to read.