Wow

Heather has reported that gas jumped a dollar a gallon overnight where they live in Georgia. Wow.

Had to Happen

Heather got one, so it was only a matter of time before Doug had to get another one. I think he has dirty feet in the picture.....must have been wearing sandals.

Dave's Check

Today Dave went to the doctor's office to get his thumb checked and rebandaged. It looked good. The doctor did say it is going to hurt for quite awhile. He did manage to figure out the right dosing of pain meds to make it tolerable. Naturally then the doctor gave him a new prescription so now he needs to figure out the dosing again.

It never stays quiet

I spent the afternoon in the emergency room instead of mowing. I was taking a little nap before I finished mowing the neighbor's yard. The next thing I know Dave is waking me up saying I have to take him to the dr. because he chopped off his thumb. I asked if he had the other piece and he said no it was in many many pieces. He was making wood shavings with a planer to use for smoke in the bbqer. Well he misjudged and got too close and his thumb got pulled into the planer and it got planed. We rushed to the urgency care and got right in. They took one look and gave him an antibiotic and covered the wound and sent us on our way to the hospital. The hospital knew we were coming and took him right back. They went right to work. His thumb is gone just past the first joint. So they cleaned it all out and then sewed it up. It is going to be tender for a good long while even after it heals.

Knees and Doctors

So I finally did it. Enough people have asked me when I was going to go to the doctor for my knee. For the past couple of months I have been limping around. It started off feeling like a pulled hamstring or tendon/ligament right at the connection with the knee. That lasted for a couple of weeks. Then it would just be stiff every time I sat for a bit. Slowly it seemed to get worse not better. I kind of knew it couldn't be something torn in there because it didn't really hurt until last week. So I bucked up and went to the doctor. Well nothing is torn. It all works the way it is suppose to. I got three x-rays and she said they don't show arthritis. But I have swelling which means fluid in the back of my knee, hence the stiffness and pain. So now I am on mega doses of ibuprofen for two weeks and I have a referral to a sports medicine doctor. If the pills don't work I am looking at the possibility of a cortisone shot........NOT.

Spooky

I was in slumberland and dreaming. Not a good dream. I was at a neighbor's house (not a real one) and a building behind their house was on fire. I was trying to get a kid to call 911 and he wouldn't. So I got the phone and I couldn't. Just kept getting a radio or something. Then my mother called me so I had her call 911. Went to see what I could do to help when I noticed the fire had spread to a tree between the house and the outbuilding. Then it was on the house. About that time the smoke alarms went off.......in my dream and in my real life house. In my dream there was a reason. In my house there was not. Just one of those flukey things.
Then as a sidenote.....a few hours later one of the real neighbor's house alarm went off. Something must have been in the air.

Road Trip

Dave and I took a little road trip this weekend. We went to the beach and spent the night. From our hotel we had a nice little view of a river and then we could just see the ocean through the hotels. The sun came through the clouds and was kind of cool. We walked down onto the main drag and had dinner at Girtle's Restaurant. I had a nice halibut fish and chip dinner and Dave had a seafood combo. It was very nice. Then we walked down to the beach. After that we went back and found a Safeway to get me some NyQuil. Unfortunately a cold descended upon me during the drive. On the way back to the hotel we spotted this cool deserted building. I thought it was cool and I'm sure they will tear it down and put something else there. We made out way back to the hotel and sleep. Well sort of. The NyQuil didn't help me much.
The next morning we went and had pancakes at the Pig n Pancake. None of the shops were open so no shopping. So we just decided to return home. It was a nice trip even so.