Monday, July 12th, 2010 at
8:24 am
Last night, while I was SLEEPING I threw my back out BAD! I was laying on my back and I must have stretched and arched my back and BAM I woke up in PAIN! I knew it as soon as I woke up that this was a bad one. My first thought was, I am not even safe while I am sleeping! 
I rolled to my side and was okay to sleep again. I got up at 8am this morning and it took me 30 minutes to make my bed and get dressed all while crying. I am now stuck in bed on my side for the day. I had to cancel CJ’s therapy appointment which was at 11am. I can’t get into the chiropractor until 3:45 today. It’s weird to try and type while laying on your side.
Standing up causes great pain. The pressure just is intense and my hips want to explode! I wish I didn’t have such a hard time with my back all the time. I have an appointment I HAVE to go to tomorrow afternoon so I hope I can move by then.
Chuck is doing better, he’s not as sore. The Amish guy he was hauling for lent him $1,000 and he is trying to find another $1,000. The guy holding his stuff is waving the lot fees so that helps and he let Chuck pay to get the truck out and Chuck found a guy to fix it and let him make payments so that is good. We might only end up being down a week and that isn’t bad! Chuck is going to try and haul in some lumber of his own with the trailer and dump truck so we can get some money in.
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 at
7:16 pm
Woke up, it’s just another day right? WRONG! Chuck got up at 7am to haul a load of lumber from the Amish guy down the road into town. I got up at 8am and got the boys up and got them something to eat and ready for football practice. They practice from 9-11 Tuesday’s and Thursday’s. We were JUST getting ready to leave when the phone rang and it was Chuck. He has just been in an accident.
I HATE these calls!!! Your heart sinks to your stomach and pounds away and you can’t think straight. He was hauling a trailer along with his truck, the load is NOT heavy, just wooden boxes. The trailer had come unhitched and started passing him on the road. Somehow the trailer smacked the truck which made the gas tank go into his tire which made him lose control of the truck and land in the guard rail. Thank God no one was hurt!!!!
He was arrested on the scene because he has an outstanding warrant for an unpaid fine he didn’t know about. So, they put him in the back of the cruzier and took him up town. I got the $185 out of the bank and paid to get him out, LOL! After that, I took him up to the hospital to have him checked out. He hurt is left leg which is the one that he just broke and had surgery on this past spring. He hurt his right arm by getting it stuck in the steering wheel. His other arm is badly bruised and his stomach has a large bruise from the steering wheel. But, the doctor said he’s okay just will hurt for a while.
He went with Clinton, my BIL, and took his dump truck and did stuff around town that needed done. I went to the beach with a friend from lower Ohio from 2-6pm. I am VERY sun burnt and tired! I picked Chuck up at Bridget’s house since he can’t drive a stick shift because of his leg. He drove my van home.
He went to the place that towed his truck and trailer and the bill is $1,500!!!! GOOD LORD!!! And $60 a day until we can get them out! THIS SUCKS!!
Chuck is VERY stressed and depressed. This is the ONLY way we are making money right now, with this truck hauling loads! He got 4 tickets too. The license plate on the truck, it was gone and they couldn’t find it so they gave him a ticket for no plates, no trailer plates, no CDL (he doesn’t need one), failure to secure load. He will probably get 2 of those thrown out. He goes next week to court.
Thursday, July 1st, 2010 at
8:20 am
Okay, I see this movie won awards and that “people” liked this movie so I thought I would read the book before seeing the movie since the book is always better than the movie.
I am HORRIFIED!!!! Now I am only on page 41 out of 181 but so far I want to throw up, cry out huge sobs, scream and throw the book across the room. But, it’s on my electronic reader so I will NOT throw it across the room.
I have no idea who would think this would make a good movie. There is NO WAY I would want to see what I am reading on the big screen. I am now stuck with the images I have for life let alone see them in full color! I am shaken to my core just reading this book.
I don’t read fiction, in fact I can’t remember the last time I did. I LOVE reading about people’s lives. So far this summer I have read “Loose Girl” by Kerry Cohen,
“Color Me Butterfly” by L.Y. Marlow,
and now “Push” by Sapphire , which is what the movie “Precious” is based on.
Ever since I was 19 I have been reading the magazine “True Story”,
I just LOVE people’s stories and I just can’t get enough. In fact, my favorite Podcast is “The Moth”
and wouldn’t you know, that is just where real people get up on stage and tell their story! LOL!! In fact, yesterday I found out that “The Moth” is coming to Pittsburgh on August 26th so Chuck and I are going to go! YEAH!! We are both excited!
Sunday, June 27th, 2010 at
4:07 pm
CJ wanted to see his friends, he hasn’t since school let out so after church, I did some laundry, made lunch, did the dishes and we headed down for the beach. He meet up with 2 girls and walked around, Joe and Chuck played tennis and I went down to walk the beach looking for sea glass.
Not 30 minutes later, thunder started to roll. I thought, no big deal, it’s not raining and the dark clouds are far away. Well, 15 minutes later it was POURING down rain, people were FLYING off the beach trying to take cover. As soon as we got under the pavilion lightening struck right into the water!!!! YIKES!! We all gasped in shock.
Well, we got ice cream while we waited out the 10 minute storm and then drove home. On the way, we saw trees down and debris all over the roads. It was bad! Looked like it might have been a tornado, but we have no idea. It really wasn’t a good day for the beach!
Remember when I said we listened to the comedy channel all the way to NC and all the way home? Well, I really LOVED this woman!! 
Jeanne Robertson
Saturday, June 19th, 2010 at
5:26 pm
I really haven’t been posting much and I keep telling myself that I am going to post more often but it just never works out that way! The wedding was a good time though the drive was long. We listened to the comedy channel the entire way there and the entire way back! That is a lot of comedy! But, hey, it was a good time.
It was VERY hot and humid the entire time we were down there, thank God my mom FINALLY has central air or I would have died! We left Wed. night and got home Monday night.
Tuesday I was busy cleaning, doing laundry and catching up on stuff. Wed. while I was shopping at Wal-Mart Joe calls me and says that the power just went out at home. I had him check the box and all was fine there. I had a sinking feeling and then CJ called me back and said he found the shut-off notice in the door. Great! We got out power shut off and we have TONS of food we can’t lose.
I hated doing it, but I had to borrow the money to get it back on. We haven’t been able to pay in a long time but Chuck is JUST getting back to work, thank God! So, we got the power back on at 1pm on Thursday. I’m glad it got cold over night so we all slept okay. After the power came back on I cleaned the whole house again and did up the dishes and more clothes. While the power was out CJ and Joe actually played board games together! Amazing!
Thursday night we started a youth/adult bowling league in Girard. I threw my lower back out something good so Friday I went and got it fixed and spent the entire rest of the day in bed. I had my computer, TV, iPod, Book, and phone so I was set! I had a 4 hour call so that kept me busy. I have 3 more of those left to go and I will be able to graduate. I hope to have those done by the end of August.
Today, my right hip hurts SO bad I cannot stand up so I spent another day in bed and it’s starting to get BORING!! I hope tomorrow I will feel better. At least no one is home today. The boys are with Chuck doing outside stuff and getting work done. We are hauling more logs today too so that means more money coming in. Chuck has been hauling wood for people and making some good money doing so. He has loads almost ever day!
Not sure what we are doing tomorrow for Father’s Day. Maybe dinner and a movie and just relax.
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 at
5:07 pm
So, if you were wondering if I was a spaz or not this should sum it up! My sister Becky took this photo on June 12, 2010 at my mom’s wedding. I was looking at her and waving at her while she took my picture and this was the result, GOOD LORD!!!
Friday, June 4th, 2010 at
9:58 pm
So, today was the last day of school, finally! I’m so glad this year is done but I am sure the next one is going to start before you know it. I can’t believe I have high schoolers now!! WOW!
We went and picked up CJ on Tuesday night. Chuck and I decided to NOT have him go back to school so he did the rest of his work at home and we let him take it in this morning and go to the assembly where they all signed year books. CJ is doing better and I hope it stays that way. They changed his med’s and he seems to be doing much better with this one than the last one.
They had a party down by the lake where about 80 kids showed up for. They had an okay time, sounds like they would have had more fun staying at home playing video games. I’m just glad it’s all over and I don’t have to run them anywhere for a while.
Next week, we are off to NC for my moms wedding. We are having our mechanic look at the van and see if she’ll make it there and back without any problems. CJ is VERY stressed about playing the music since he hasn’t really had much practice since he’s been gone. I said if he can play the going down and coming back songs he’ll be fine and Joe can entertain the rest of the time. He gets so stressed out! He doesn’t want Nana to be upset with his playing. He’s like me and everything has to be perfect or why bother trying! *SIGH*