Thankgiving is coming

Well, everyone knows I hate the holidays. I am already getting anxious about Christmas. I know I have lots of things for Norah that I get during the year but I always misplace them right before Christmas.

I was in the hospital for a week last week. I really was trying to stay out of the hospital this year. It is beginning to be in the Fall every year. I think my allergies trigger it. Leaf mold. Who knows?

The bump on my chest grew so big and then it burst. Then it wouldn't heal. It was the most painful thing I ever had. Turns out it was Pyoderma Gangrenosum which is a disease that causes tissue to become necrotic, causing deep ulcers. Pyoderma means pus in skin. Ugh Ugh So painful. cure? Lots of steriods which leads to horrible side affects. More later..

Such a long time

Everyone is fine. Good news! The Greeks put their house on the market !!! They are moving to Vermont to ruin that state.

New neighbors have bought the house on the other side. They seem to be having people fixing up the house. Just looks like sanding floors and painting for now so I am not worried that they will be making noise 7 days a week for two years.

Ann and I went to the Martha Stewart Show. We had a good time. Of course, we had to pick the day that Clay Aiken was on. Ann didn’t even know who he was. He was on American Idol. I read People so I know these things. Ann doesn’t have time to do anything but work and sleep. I remember those days….

After the Martha show we picked up Norah and went to a neat diner that had the waiters and waitresses singing show tunes. It was fun and the food wasn’t that bad. Norah looked good. She really is having fun in New York. I wish I was healthy enough to go into New York more so I could see her. She is so busy with working at her day job and then doing polling for CBS. This election is very important because the democrats may get the house so they are doing a lot of polling. Good for extra money for Norah. It really is expensive living there.

There are so many TV shows that are good this season. I just love Heroes and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Studio 60 is the new West Wing. I ended up crying this week. That’s how I can tell if I like a show.

Penny was so funny today. She found the mirror and was trying to fight with her image. Really funny.

Parrots swimming

I was in the pool with the parrots this weekend. I was on a raft and they were on my stomach. I was paddling around the pool and they were having a nice ride. Then all of a sudden something spooked them. I think it was just shadows since the sun was going down behind the trees. Ruby jumped off first and them Scarlet followed. They both went right in the water and I screamed. But I didn't need to worry. They just flapped their wings and glided over the water and climbed out of the pool. It was amazing. They were fine.

Scarlet came back to hang out on me. She is not scared of anything. Penny watched the whole thing. She is not too fond of the water. She would rather sing opera. This morning I found her chewing on a stuffed panther. Everyday is an adventure. I hope to get some pictures.

I have been teaching the Greys their colors and shapes. At least they like the blocks. I think it will take a long time. They are talking a lot more. I think when you have two they don't talk as much. Their favorite expressions are:

What are you doing?
What's the matter?
Where's daddy?
Do you want a cookie?
Ouch Ouch (This is said when they are biting each other)
Stop fighting.
I love you.
Good girls.
Where's everybody? (This ruby loves to say when she walks into a room looking
for some action)

Penny says a lot. She has whole converstions with herself. She will have three voices. One will be hers and another will be Abullah and the last one will be me.
She is very funny. Such a happy parrot. She is so content to just sit on her cage while the greys have to be everywhere. They would probably walk downtown if I let them.

It is supposed to cool down tomorrow. I will be so glad.

I am getting much stronger. It is amazing how far I have come. I just can not get sick again.

So you think you can dance

I love this show. I love Benji. I do hope he wins.

Here is a montage of him and Donelle.

Montage

My purse for Annie

This is the purse I made for Annie. I love making these purses for little girls.

Norah lost more than 40 pounds

Is it amazing ?!!! The pounds are melting away. I am so proud of her. I won't have to worry about her health anymore.

Maybe I will be able to show before and after pictures. I doubt if she will let me.

I find it hard to lose weight in the summer. Most people do but I hate the heat so much that I am apt to just not move.

I have a nice drink that I love. It is orange soda made with green tea. No corn syrup and it is organic. Soda
Corn syrup is so bad for your teeth. Much worse than surgar.

It is a bit expensive but you can get it by case. They have different flavors. I tried the root beer but didn't like it. It tasted like cream soda which I hate. I love root beer. I used to love getting those large mugs of root beer at A & W when we lived in Vermont. I don't see A & W's anymore. That's sad.

Norah lost more than 30 pounds !!!!

Wow! I must say that Norah has really been doing great. When she sets her mind to something she really does it.

I have two more web sites that I like.
Gawker

This is a good site for us media types. My last boss was in it last week. I was so proud of him. He is going to be working for Jesse Jackson's son.

The other site is
Gizmodo.
It is a gadget guide. I just love gadgets.

I need a gadget to tell me where my credit cards are at all times. I found one of them in the trash today.