Working on the House

[chochiyo_sama]

I  am sitting on my couch with a bag of frozen cauliflower, carrots and snow peas on my knee.  I'm watching "Fools Rush In," which is one of my favorite chick flicks.  I'm not a huge Matthew Perry fan, but I like him in this movie.  And Salma Hayek is such a beautiful woman.  I wish I looked like her--or Jessica Alba--or Rosario Dawson...heh heh.

Anyhow--I hurt my knee in December--jumping on my minitramp for too long, I twisted it or something.  It feels like it pulled a muscle on the inside of my knee.  Anyhow--I was sure it would get better if I just gave it time.  Well, it got better, then worse, then better, then worse.  I knew if I could get to Lori Cole, my chiropractor/acupuncturist, it would be better right away.  Everytime i made an appointment with her, something happened--usually a massive snow storm.

Well, last week was my spring break and  I finally got in to see her on Wednesday (and again on Friday).  It was better right away on Wednesday--but by Friday it was very painful again.  Friday it was much better again after the treatment.  Yesterday it was awful.  I wanted to cry most of the day.

Ingrid and I went to Kasson to see 10,000 BC but surprise surprise, apparently the Kasson Theater no longer has a 1:30 movie.  So, instead we went to Daniels and had lunch.  We both had salads then split a Devil Made Me Do It piece of chocolate cake.  It was really rich and yummy.

I went home, took ibuprofen and napped for a long time.  I iced and heated my knee also.

Then DeAnn called and we discussed getting together at her house and watching a movie.  I went to Dodge Center to pick up a couple of pizzas and brought them to her house.  We ended up watching four hours of HGTV.  :D

I tried to tempt the adorable Bear (their black kitten) into my lap for some snuggling, but he was not having any snuggling from me.  He is so cute and fuzzy.  I didn't have my camera with me or I would have taken a million pictures of him.  

He has the sweetest little patch of white on his tummy.  

Can you tell I love kitties?

LOL

I got home at about 11 pm and used the heating pad again.  My knee felt a lot better when I got home from DeAnn's house.  Probably because I had it up the whole time I was there and iced it for a good portion of hte time.  Putting it up seems to help.

Today I woke up late--I didn't even come downstairs till about noon.  But once I got down here, I limped down to the basement twice and got my last two loads of laundry washed.  I had taken my big suitcase with me  to Mom's on Thursday and did my two loads of dark clothes at her house.  Her basement is finished and I could just sit down there in a comfy recliner while they washed.  I shoved them back into suitcase and dragged them home again.  

I'm not real fired up about going down to the basement to take the load out of the dryer and put the load in the washer in the dryer.  It hurts a lot to go up and down stairs.  But, I don't want to leave the clothes in the washer over night.

While I was doing the two loads of laundry, I sacked up some garbage in the kitchen, cleaned  the kitty litter box, swept the kitchen floor, cleaned the toaster oven, microwave, garbage can and stove, and scrubbed the kitchen.  After that I vacuumed the living room and dining room and did a little dusting.  I sacked up more garbage in the living and dining rooms and folded the clothes that were in the dryer from last week.  I sat on my rolly chair and did most of the work since it hurts too much to stand up.

In a few minutes I am going to have to go upstairs to pee.  I'll haul a load of clothes up with me to hang up and put in the dresser.  When I come back down again, I have to find something to eat. I'm getting really hungry.

Not much else is new.  I've been sewing for my Tonner dolls quite a bit.  I'm almost done sewing up all the things I had cut out in advance.  I don't want to do that again--by the time you get around to sewing them, you are sick of those colors and fabrics and anxious to use the various NEW fabrics you accumulate.

I need a twelve step program for fabric addiction, I think.

Sigh.

Later, perhaps I will post pictures of some of my more recent projects.

well, gotta go.

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I win!

[the_godiva]

He who dies with the most fabric wins. I'll be I win.

Are you keeping your knee wrapped? Heat, (no more than 20 min.) then ice. Keep wrapped with ace bandage. It will take a long time to heal.

How's the diet coming? I think I've gained weight. I also think I won't be able to even think about losing weight until after I retire and can control my life. Of course, with the cost of everything going up, I may never be able to retire. It's so depressing; I think I will have to work until I die.

BTW I won't be a librarian anymore. I've completed my National Board portfolio and my test is scheduled for Friday, May 23. I'm finishing my e-portfolio now for my masters. Convocation is Sunday, May 18 and graduation is Saturday, May 24. I've decided to fly up to San Jose and do graduation anyway.

Then....I'll have my life back.

Oh, and I have to do my taxes yet too.

But...I won't be a librarian anymore. Budget cuts. My school has decided to balance their budget by eliminating my job. So come May I'll have to check the post and bid lists to see what jobs are open. I've got three credentials and 30 years seniority so I can pretty much have what I want. Depending on what there is. There will be a second post and bid in June/July. That's the one I'll probably wait for as the final budget numbers won't be available from the state until after May. If any librarian jobs are available, the June/July list is where they'll be. I'll be bidding on them with 15 other librarians who lost their jobs too.

It all sucks.

Literacy *is* our highest priority. (California: 47th and aiming at 50. Not quite as bad as Mississippi....yet.)

My back was pretty good until today. I spent yesterday and today manhandling an old cabinet I bought at the thrift store into the house to be my new nightstand. I don't know what it used to be, radio or TV cabinet maybe, but it's gutted already. Nice wood and all original hardware with no chips, scratchs, dings or major condition problems. And it makes the bedroom set I bought new 20 years ago look like crap. I don't know why really nice vintage furniture makes new stuff look like crap, but it does.

And I didn't get anything I really wanted to do this weekend done. Clothes still piled on the bed. I watered the half of the planter along side the garage I haven't turned, weeded and planted but didn't have time to actually turn, weed and plant. So....it waits until next weekend.

I'm reading some of the California Young Reader medal nominees for next year. Clementine is a hoot! You'd love it.

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[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

I haven't been wrapping my knee with the ace bandage--I tried but it kept falling off. And it seemed that my knee felt worse with it on. It seems to feel the best when I am elevating it and pumping it with hot and cold packs.

Pain sucks.

It sucks too that the first places they go to hack away for budgetary reasons are the libraries, the art rooms, and the music areas. Bastards. Cut football once, why don't they?

Rome had bread and circuses. We seem to have beer and football.

Sigh.

My taxes are done and I am getting a pretty good chunk back. It is all going to pay off debt--with the possible exception of a small recliner for my bedroom so I can sit and watch tv or sew or read upstairs and still put my feet up.

Good vintage furniture always puts new stuff to shame. probably because new stuff is so lacking in quality and character.

Sigh.

I'll keep my eyes open for Clementine. Right now I am reading The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee. I'm going to read it with my SF/Fantasy class. I think the kids will like it--it's got a 16 year old girl falling in love with a robot and sex IS involved (but very delicately described).

I can't believe my spring break is already over. SIGH SIGH SIGH.

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[(Anonymous)]

Unwind by Neal Shusterman. I met him at CSLA last year. Sounds like a fabulous book your kids would love. I bought a copy (and I think I got it autographed) but haven't had a chance to read it yet.

amazon.com

"In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would "unwind" them.

Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth, as part of his family's strict religion. Brought together by chance, and kept together by desperation, these three unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey, knowing their lives hang in the balance. If they can survive until their eighteenth birthday, they can't be harmed -- but when every piece of them, from their hands to their hearts, are wanted by a world gone mad, eighteen seems far, far away."

Unwinding is what Shusterman calls involuntary transplant donors. Basically, you can't have an abortion. But you can choose to have your kid "unwound", I.E. used for spare body parts after they're 13 and before they're 18. Sounds positively Bushie.

They might like his Everlost too.

For humor try his The Schwa was here.

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[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

ewwww

It DOES sound like the Republican "pro-life" philosophy. Pro life till you are actually born, then fuck you.

Starve, freeze, remain ignorant--doesn't matter once you have exited the womb as a baby instead of a fetus.

[rhunel.livejournal.com]

Sewing for Tonner dolls? Do show!!!

That unwinding sounds completely sick. Oh my, I don't think I could get through any of the book after I read that part.

BTW, rent AI, it's very good!

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

ok--you asked for it. :D

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