Yesterday, I asked my daughter to let me rest while my husband was gone. I was all alone. The dog was with the hubby and I was trying for a nice rest as I had some meetings last night.

Well the phone range at least 38 times. How do I know this. I have a fax machine and have it set to print every 30 phone calls. I looked at the dates when it printed and all but two, by noon were from yesterday.

Now this doesn't count the calls I got on my cell phone, or my husband's cell phone, as he took the phone he needs to keep because he is Co-Chairman of the First Responders for Adair County. So he left all the phones here. If I didn't answer one, they called the other one and if I didn't answer that one then they called the third one and then started all over again. Finally I had them all in the same place.

What was my daughter's emergency. Her mixer was not working. It needed batteries. I told her to go buy some or mix the icing for her cake by hand.

She called when she got back because apparently she had added the liquid for the decorators frosting before she left. Now the mixer wouldn't work again. I told her to add more liquid.

Next phone call was from hubby. Are you geting any rest? Sure except when I have to get up and answer the phone.

Then my daughter, guess what? Now the icining is too thin for making roses. You do put the larger end of the tip at the bottom of the rose maker thingie right? Yes dear. Add more powdered sugar until it is stiff enough to hold the shape of a rose. Oh before I go how do I make it smoothe like you used to do? Well do you have any corn starch? No what is that? Okay get a glass full of very warm, not hot water because hot will melt the icing. Dip the cleaned off knife into the warm water and very carefully smoothe it across the icing. Then put your roses and stuff on. After the smoothing out process. Oh okay.

Next call, hey my leaves are not coming togeter at the tip what do I do? Push them gently together with your fingers. Oh yeah I remember now.

Next call, how much butter flavoring was I supposed to use? Does it taste like it is too buttery? No. Then you used the right amount.

This went on for five hours. Then my husband came home and wanted to tell me all about his meeting with the Police Chief and all that the Ham Radio Club needs to do to get the proper procedure ready for the disaster stuff. Oh by the way they elected him to be committee chairperson and to be the liason between the Ham Radio club and the First responders and the weather watchers, that are NOAA trained.

All I wanted to do was yell CALGON TAKE ME AWAY, but that caused kidney infections in my family so I can't do that. I feel crappy enough now as it is. Another three-eight days and I'll know if I had the mumps or if they can test me for something else.

So today. As I sat trying to get things done like selling on ebay and such. Thinking of what to get my husband for our anniversary tomorrow. Those kinds of things. The dog decides to try to claw her way through the screen in the window because a cat was two blocks away in the neighbor's yard. Not our cat, but just a cat.

So I took her out to play fetch a bit. The funny thing is that the ground hog saw her first and ran into his hole befoe she even saw him. Good thing she needed to go to the bathroom. Well we played fetch, but she was very interested in the neighbors and threw her ball into the garden to see if I would let her get it. I didn't I mad her come in and I pushed, again, a box of fire starter wood and a couple of logs as the weather is supposed to be 47 at the airport and we always are 5 degrees or so colder here.

It has been a long few days, my glands still hurt but not as bad. I can talk without sounding like I have larangitis. I have even gotten back most of my singing range. The bass parts are a bit hard but I have gotten the saprano parts back. That always makes me happy. I used to have nearly a three octive range, now it is about 2 and 1/2. That dissapoints me as I thought coming back away from the dry airid weather would help my vocal cords, and it has some, but not all of the time. If it is too hot in the church I can't sing better than a frog.

Oh well I made my husband a cake. I mixed a can of the pumpkin I canned with the spices last year into a yellow cake mix and poured in peach juice, from a can of peaches. Mixed it up and baked it in a heart shaped pan. I am going to frost it with the Coconut peacan frosting and use white baking chips to write Happy Anniversary on it. Then I think for the border I am going to do white and chocolate alternating chips. I am not in the mood for doing real decorating. I did make him a nice card though.

I hope I get up early enough in the morning to call my brother as it is his 48th birthday. He just doesn't seem that old. He still looks like and mostly acts like he did when he was 16 or 17. Now all of us girls we have greyed nicely. Only one has not died her hair at all. I am finally giving up on dyeing it. I think with all my meds it is just too much. That is part of what I am selling on ebay.

Well I know all of you are bored to tears or falling asleep now so I'll let you go. Take care of yourselves and stay safe. Beth.

Well lets see I was being obstinate yesterday and while Michael was gone doing him emt stuff at a rodeo, I decided I really needed a fire as I couldn't get warm for anything.

So up the hill I go to get some wood when a larger piece made me off balance and I fell backwards. Don't worry I am fine. The cat and dog ran directly over to me and I was scanned and hearded so I laid there on the ground so if the neighbors saw me they would think I intended to be on the ground playing with the animals.

I know very cat like behavior, I meant to do that. Really. .

So I put the wood in a box pushed it down the hill and started fire and took some pain pills hoping to fell better today. Of course I am sore but I will survive. Besides the dog sat on one side of me and the cat the other untim Michael came home.

I did make it though a part of church and the Wednesday Librarian said she could cover the rest of it. So I came home where my sick husband had lunch made, brussels sprouts, and turkey polish sausage with sourkraut. It really wasn't that bad of a combe once I ate it. I mean he did make me blueberry pancakes for breakfast before, his migrain kicked in and he had to take something for that.

I've been selling a bunch of stuff on ebay that didn't sell in our yard sale last week or the week before. Now I don't remember. I am having one of those not lucid days.

So take care and my all of this week be bright and cheerful Beth.

Okay I am a bit on the tired side so if I make spelling mistakes please excuse me as I am not in the mood for spellcheck, which I don't normally use anyway.

I went to the doctor and found out that my biopsy turned out just fine. That the pollops are of no consequece to me except that they are there.

As for the mumps, apparently it will take 14-19 days to see if I have them. So when I go in public I have to wear a mask, which makes me really hot and in not so public I use a tissue to cover my mouth and nose and don't touch anything.

My doctor and the old doctor that I had to wait for believe it is just another part of an upper respitory viral infection. They believe 7-10 days and I should be better. Well it has been six and I still feel like along with along with along with an upset stomach.

The funny thing is that the mumps run about the same length of time as it takes to diagnose through the lab .

So in a few weeks I'll know if I was contagious or not. In the mean time I will assume I am contagious as long as I continue to run a mile fever. And refrain from as much outside contact as possible.

Which really sucks as I have a meeting in Nauvoo I need to attend in my calling as co-ward employment specialist, the other co-ward employment specialist is volunteering at the rodeo as a first responder for half of the day and as a paramedic for the rest of the day; therefore he can't go and that leaves me.

There is a big funeral and I will have to find a ride with someone as my co-ward employment specialist will be taking our truck.

So I still have a couple of options open to see if I can go. We meet with the Bishop tomorrow to see what he thinks about the whole situation and if I should risk it or not. The meeting is about 1 1/2 hours long. I feel I should go. We'll see.

If Heavenly Father wants me there he'll provide a way.

Well take care and I appreciate all of the prayers on my behalf for this scare. The good news is that I am back on schedule for my surgery as soon as they get their Certificate of Excellence from Medicare. 3-6 months from two weeks ago.

I did lose another 2lbs. But the clothes my sister sent are still just a bit too tight, some of them so I'll put them in the cedar chest and wait for about another 10 lbs and see how it is going. The thing that really is the worst about being so tired is that I can't get in the walking I want to do.

However I am able to sit and do some projects that I haven't tackled for a while so that is good. I am just well enough to be bored, but too sick to do much. I have tons of little projects. The next biggie is reorganizing the VCR tapes and dusting them all off.

Take care and may God bless each of you

Okay so it's not that bad, I just loved the song when I was growing up.

When I saw the hemetologist on Thursday he said my glands felt swollen, but I didn't feel any pain. Then last night my left side of my neck started hurting a bit, but I didn't think it was too swollen. Well after sleeping most of the day I ate a sandwich with mustard and that was a bit painful.

Now I had the mumps when I was 9 and I still remember the pain from that so, since my calling at church involves me being around all of the people who teach as well as handling all of the materials I decided to go to the ER and rule out mumps, just in case I am one of those who don't usually get it twice, but could.

Now here comes the funny part, the doctor who saw me agreed that I seemed to have all of the symptoms but he has never seen a case of the mumps and asked it I would mind waiting until the next shift of doctors came in because on of them is in his 60s and still remembers what mumps looks like.

Well he didn't rule it out but did a lot of blood work and took a urine sample because according to our lab that is how you can tell the fastest if it is mumps or not.

Well I don't have mono or any of the other several diseases he checked me for but our lab here in Kirksville doesn't have the ability to test for mumps so they have to send it to either KC MO or to St Louis, he wasn't sure which.

So I should have the results by Tuesday when I go back to see my doctor for the results of the biopsy. In the mean time he told my husband what to look for as far as the lumps behind my ears, that is the only symptom I don't have, and then put us both, since I exposed him to whatever I do actually have, under quarentine until at least Tuesday.

My question is my doctor's office is packed with old people, which is in one of the two major buildings for medical practioners, how am I supposed to get in and out without breathing on anyone.

Oh they never think of such things. The good news is that I get to sleep in and stay in bed until I feel better. Oh what fun it is to be me.

Actually it is not too bad since I am not hungry I am not having a problem sticking to my diet.

Well everyone hold your breath and don't catch what ever it is.

Have a great first of the week and I'll get back to you all. Beth.

I had my hematology appointment today and after filling in 45 minutes of my families illnesses and not getting all of mine in due to lack of space, I got in to see the doctor who is in Kirksville twice a month or something like that. I really don't remember what they said when they made the appointment.

He looked over my chart, asked why I was there and I explained I had to come because my sister and mother both had blood clots last year my sister with her hospital stay and my mother with her pollops of creatine and staph, if they pop inside of her kidney before they pass she usually has some blood clots one or two have been fairly significant.

He said he was sorry for them but that since I had had so many surgeries and have as yet had no clots there was no reason to do anytesting that would result in the fact that as a diabetic I bleed a bit easier than others and take longer to heal. So I will be taking shots of lovinox -I HATE THIS MEDICATION-

For anyone who has not had one of these shots they alternate between both hips and shoulders 4 shots a day. Each shot brings with it a burning pain that is like a hot poker and then the bruising afterwards is awful. It lumps up and so they know where not to put the next shot.

The last time I had this I had 16 shots and it took me several days to walk normally from the hip paid. I could not pick my arms up over my head. I do not want this medication, but considering they will be playing with my liver I don't want any clotting either. So since I probably won't be walking much after the surgery I will endure the shots.

Just before our General Conference the first weekend in April, our President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints aka the LDS Church aka the Mormons had surgery I believe to remove some cancer. He said it was the first time in his 95 years he had ever been a patient in the hospital and didn't reccommend it for anyone.

Now see I just can't relate to any part of that except I don't reccommend it for anyone. How can you live 95 years travel the globe and not need to go to the hospital except to watch your children be born or grandchildren or great grandchildren or to visit people. It must be wonderful to have those kinds of genes.

Nope I have to have the inbreeding of the Applachian Mountains vs the inbreeding of the Russian Jews. What luck I have.

Now I must admit with the genes comes my intelligence and sense of humor so I really shouldn't complain.

Anyway have a great weekend and Take care. Beth.