Doug Thayne and Bride

My sister Jeanne's son Doug Thayne was sealed to Debra Buxton on June 21 in the Salt Lake Temple.  Jeanne said the reception was very large at the Hotel Utah and she saw many of Doug's friends whom she has not seen in years.  She can't remember what Debra does but she really likes her.  They look extremely happy.

I believe this a daughter of Debra.  I took the picture off of Facebook.

Clogged Salivary Gland

This week I had a new and interesting dilemma.  On Monday, I noticed there was a hard knot below my right cheekbone.  It hurt when I touched it but otherwise did not.  It was not as painful as my abscessed tooth was and it did not appear to be near my tooth roots, so ruled that out.

I could not find lymph nodes in that area according to a computer search and no glands so what was it.  I imagined having cancer cut out of my face!!!

I got called in for my second pneumonia shot that was missed and so I told the nurse about the problem and the Dr determined it was a clogged salivary gland.  The glands that make your saliva.  She showed me a picture on the computer and it is shaped like South America.   I was not given my shot.  She told me what to do about this problem and she gave me an antibiotic prescription.

She told me to suck on acidic items like limes and lemon drops, drink lots of water, massage it, use warm compresses on it and she made an appointment for me to see PA Nielsen the next day as she will be out of the office.  Dr Salihi is moving next week anyway and I am being shifted over to the PA.  She also said if it got a lot bigger to go to the emergency room.  I may have to see an E.N.T. also.

I also found a website that said holding hot water in the mouth for at least five minutes was good.  This is not easy.

The next day I saw Theresa Nielson, the PA, an interesting redhead who has a lot of fun in life I think.  She decided an ultrasound should be done and hoped it would be ready tomorrow.  They did it rather quickly I thought.

Mary Anne called the next day and said she and Mason had caught about 10 trout and did I want one.  I told her I had to come into the PAs next day and would love to stop by for the fish.   But, next day, no call on the test so I called and the secretary said ultrasound not in, but she would make an appt for Monday and tell the PA I called as soon as she came out of seeing a patient.

I went in to get my fish anyway and it was delicious and that night the PA called at 6:30 pm and apologized and said she wanted to see me Monday to talk about the ultrasound.  Meantime, I am continuing my treatment.

I think it is getting smaller!!!!!!!!!!

Bone Health

Scripps suggested I get the once a year bone density infusion when I go south next year.  You should not register over 3 in the bone density test and I had a 4.6.  I will consider it.   In the meantime, I should boost up my bone health by:

D3 5000 and Calcium 1200 a day
3 10 minute brisk walks a day
Dancing while watching TV
Continue my watering and other yard chores I do on my feet
Do balancing exercises such as Tai Chi
Do yoga
Do low intensity exercising

In other works as much on my legs and feet is good, not so much sitting!!!!

My Mind????!!!!!!

It is so amazing to me how I forget what I should be doing!!!  Margot and I talked a long time and she told me she has a couple grands with autism.  I asked if they were on a special diet and she said No.  So I told her about the "Breaking the Vicious Cycle" and how diet helps autism.  She said she ordered the books for herself and her children.

And then I was thumbing through the book and reminded myself of some of the bad eating habits I was starting again and how could I forget after what I went through to heal my gut.  I just can't believe how my mind does not function as well as it should anymore, it is most stressing and why it is important to keep this Blog going as it is a great resource for me to review what I have learned!!!!

Kelly and Collin are at Linda's!

Kelly and Collin are at Linda's for the summer and working at the office.  Plans are to go to LA in the fall and go to PA Med School.  Kelly taught school in Rexburg last year.  Seems just yesterday I was visiting and Kelly was going to Community College in Clairemont and then she transferred to BYU Ricks, married, got her teaching degree and became a teacher.  So proud of her accomplishments.  

They keep in great physical condition as well as the rest of the family and Collin has been working full time since he finished at BYU Ricks.  As does Craig keep in great physical shape, he always looks so handsome.  And they all try hard to eat healthily!!!  Although we ladies all have the pull for sugar!!!

Mary and Jeanne turn 90 this summer.

Cheri and Kathy are doing a 90's birthday book for Mary whose birthday is in July, and Jeanne's is also!!  Anyway, I put together a page, they wanted a pix of me with Mary and some way she affected my life or something like that.  I shared with how kind and interested Mary always was in my me and my friends.  She had good advice and she helped with picking out clothes at the store.  She always had time and was interested to help.  A very special lady.  The picture is between first and second year of college.  That is baby Roddy with us sisters and Mary.  Jeanne was married and living in Orem by then.

Guess I should have edited the pix, you can see my bare feet and my favorite pajamas!!  The last few years I have stuck with my Lauren pajamas, I love them.  And when I was in San Diego Maria ordered a pair for me while we were having lunch.  We thought she was in the Nordstrom site and she was in the Lauren site.  We found it was cheaper to order them directly from that website.  I will have to remember that!!!!

So Sad!!!

June 16, 2009 I just can't seem to pull myself out of this "sad" mode.  Not being able to get handyman help on the roof and painting is part of it.  Then the recent deaths in the past month have been haunting me.

Nani (from my San Diego friends) went in for a small back operation and stayed the night and in the morning she was having difficulty breathing.  They worked on her for 3 hours and she died.  Evidently, a blood clot went straight to her heart.  Margot called me, this was all she knew.

Then John's close friend John D found out he had lung cancer 8 months ago and he died last weekend.  Much too young.  James has been asked to speak at his funeral this next Thursday.  I sent a card and a couple of pix from Meagan's 2004 birthday (which John D had attended) to Jenny.  But it has plagued me as so sad and why.  Why are some of us living so much longer and yet so many young people are dying way too soon?

James, John, Gary July, 2004

Linda and James' families with John D and his three children, Meagan and myself, plus Maria's daughter Melissa, and Gary's niece, July 2004.

Debbie and Bruce's Daejon

 

New Hairstylist

I used this picture to show Carree in Susanville how I would like my hair cut, kind of shaggy.  Marilyn Thurgood had given me her name as being good.  It is funny, I have used this pix with Cheryl and the gal in Carlsbad and they all do it differently.  Anyway, I have been to Carree twice and I think she is the closest though all have a problem with the bangs and very back.  Of course, my hair is probably the problem!!!

Family Love

Kristi is visiting from Las Vegas and Craig from Los Angeles.

Sarah is home from her mission and posing with big brother Craig.

Yard is so Clean

Linda helped me do a lot of the raking this year and then Nathan and son came and hauled it all away!!!  And I have been keeping it up, it looks very clean, front and back!!!

I have a new hammock and do not want to the squirrels to chew the cords for their nests.  I read that they do not like a mint taste so I have put Scope mouthwash all over the cords.  I hope it works.  I got one bag of sand but Maryanne brought me a bag of the right kind from Chico.  The big problem is the deck and its need for a coverall paint.  I asked Nathan to do it and he said he would but I am concerned because his son did the white on the house trim and it is terrible!!  Joe said I should get my money back.  It will have to be redone.  I also need to find someone to get rid of the moss on the roof!!

I finally put the cushions out but the deck looks so bad.  The hens and chickens did so well I put them in the succulent pot as all the succulents had died over the winter.

We went to the Nursery and bought our plants before Mother's Day but then it turned cold, however, finally got them all out.  The Impations do not look good this year!!!  But the geraniums look terrific.  Need more pix!!

Charli is Birthday Girl Today!

This is the birthday gift I sent to Charli from Amazon.  Such a darling girl.

And here is Harper.  I sent her a little top and rompers from Amazon.  Hope the quality was ok.

Harper Without Her Headdress

Jon's Family

Jon and his family live in Billings, Montana so Carole gets to see them a lot.  Sage and Raine are the twins and then there is Finn.  Bethany is the principal at the Montessori School as well as a teacher.

Darling family.

Harper Jo Arrives May 26, 2019

The proud parents Joe and Amy with the brand new baby.  She was born Sunday around 11:58 in the morning and is a big girl.  7 lbs 13 oz and 20.5 inches.

Harper Jo

Charli is introduced to her new baby sister Harper.

Glendive Friends at Funeral

Dick  Carney's wife Jean died on May 3 in Glendive and her funeral was May 10.  I never knew her but George sent me a picture of longtime friends who were at the funeral.  There was (himself), my high school boyfriend, Harry, and Dick.  Dick and Harry were especially close in high school.  I think all of them look very good for their age.  George's birthday is the same day as mine.  Harry,  in the middle, was1 year, 3 months older than me and I assume Dick on the right was about the same.  They were both a grade ahead of George and me.  Harry came to Glendive when I was a Sophomore from White Fish, Montana.  His mother had married a policeman in Glendive.  George and I had been friends since second grade when our family moved just up the hill from his house.  Our phones were on the same line.  When Marilyn was in high school we were part of a group that had parties together that ranged from her grade down to my grade, 3 years.

Mother's Day Gift!

I spent Maria's Amazon gift on the Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair.  When I was in San Diego I watched this news show on skin products that work and I wrote it down and then bought a few and have been so happy with this and the No 7 Restore and Renew Face and Neck.  I don't know if it really helps the wrinkles or not but it really has improved the texture and so I am keeping it up.  I think it is the retinol serum?  Anyway like it!!  My skin is such a challenge but going to that dermatologist last summer for my rash really has made a difference.  I changed all my products to his recommendations.  They are all nonirritating and mild.

Work, Work, Work and New Hammock is Up

Since I arrived home, I have been working nonstop to clean up and get things looking as good as possible.

Tired but this hammock is comfy!

View from the hammock and Sadie likes it, too.

No place like your own bed!

The Bird Bath is Ready

I picked up the light rocks when I was on the Del Mar Beach this winter.

Catch Up!!! Home Again!!

I am so far behind in writing in my blog because I thought I was not going to write anymore.  However, I think I am going to finish my San Diego 2 book and I think it is important

to write in here every day and keep it up because it helps me keep track of my health and other important issues.

Easter 2019

Craig and I were the guests of Linda and Gary at a wonderful fish restaurant.   Wish I could remember the name and place.

April 2019 Health Update

When I come back in the winter of 2020 I should call Scripps if I want to have the infusion to strengthen my bone density.  There is a side effect like the bad flu.

3 is ok, anything over of which mine is 4.6 is eligible for the infusion once a year.

I need to increase my D3 to 5000 and do 1200 of calcium of which 200 is probably in greens so should eat every day.

Biotin is not known if it is really successful.  I read I should not use fish oil with with my daily aspirin and that is it best to use coated aspirin and take with a meal.

The two walks a day for at least 20 minutes is good weight bearing exercise so keep it up in Lake Almanor.

If I have difficulty breathing or shortness of breath or too fast of heart beat etc.  I should report that.  Keep taking the blood pressure medicine as it appears to be working.

Keep stress down and get lots of sleep and eat right.  low on sugar and carbs, no processed food, red meat, gluten, soy, dairy.

Declutter house totally.

Easter Egg Hunt, Pulsipher Home

 The complex where Pulsipher's live in Carlsbad had a Saturday Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch.  Here Amy and Charli are checking out the eggs Charli collected.

Charli takes a rest on the Pickle Ball Court and we check out the food.  It was really good.

Meagan, Eden and Nico Come to the Beach House

Walk on the Del Mar Beach at Sunset

Yellowstone River Fish, Glendive, Montana

Carole's son Eric and Gabriella's son catch a big fish!!!!

Beautiful Melissa

Melissa had such a beautiful post today.  She has the most flawless, gorgeous skin, it must be something you are born with.  Anyway, she is doing well as a budget analyst for a college in Asheville, North Carolina.  Smart girl.  They sent her to leadership training, too, which means they think she has a great career ahead of her.  This last year she got her Masters!!!

Hernandez Hideway

Maria and Johnny took me to a restaurant I have never heard of.  It is out there off the Del Dio Highway, somewhere in the area of the restaurant Richard and I took Arkie too that had catfish back in the '80s.

Anyway, it is a very popular but old Mexican restaurant and the food was delicious!!!

Too Much Snow

Christine from next door sent a picture of my driveway.  Looks like I better stay in San Diego till the snow melts!!!  I let them park their jeep in my driveway in the winter.

Happy Birthday, Marilyn!

James called and offered to take us to lunch today.    Charlie was down the beach somewhere and did not want to go.  He took us on a narrated tour of La Jolla and to this new restaurant, Dukes!!!  The food was fab.

It was really fun and I learned a lot about La Jolla I did not know.  Things have changed so much since I lived there.

Marilyn's birthday is coming up on April 5 and they brought the free birthday cake.  It was amazing.

Heart Monitor Test Results

Today I met with Dr. Kalafat, a neurologist to talk about the catscan.  There is nothing too bad about my head and brains.  My carotid arteries are 49 percent and nothing needs to be done at this time.  The aspirin a day is important, keep it up. The high blood pressure probably should be addressed and she will talk to my heart doctor about it.  I have concluded it is just these issues which make me feel insecure and then I get stressed and blood pressure goes up.  Need to destress and do what makes me feel comfortable instead of what others tell me to do I think.

The assistant to my heart doctor called also and said the monitor I wore showed I am getting rapid heart beats occasionally but not for more than four minutes.  When it happens I should sit down and cough and it will stop.  She says I am not even aware of when it is happening.  As long as I am not getting symptoms that is good, if I do then let them know.

Conclusions I have come to are:

Stop drinking caffeine drinks
No salty foods
No deep fried foods
keep eating healthy and keep walking
Try some yoga or other exercise besides walking, dancing?
Get plenty of sleep
Keep eating healthy!!!!!!  Walk more!!!!

Start the bone broth again.

Even though I have a narrowed aortic artery and carotid artieries if I do not have symptoms I am ok to not have any surgery etc.

I think all the high blood pressure I was having is stress due to money and selling my house...I need to resolve that in my mind and have more faith that all will be well and just keep doing what seems right without stressing about it all.

Balboa Park with Charlie and Marilyn

 Today I took Charlie and Marilyn to Balboa Park and Marilyn and I chose to take The Cherry Blossom Tour and Charlie went off to do her own thing.  I had never seen this but they are all in bloom at this time and you wind down the hill and up.  We watched some musical numbers and ate some interesting food.  It was fun.

The problem was that Balboa Park has a huge problem with parking, traffic, etc. and though they have shuttles you can use, it is very congested.  The shuttle driver complained about it very much.

I regret that we never got a pix of Charlie.  She avoided it like the plague the whole trip.  She did have fun though she said because this street performer used her as a subject and she enjoyed it.

Marilyn and Charlie Visit!

Marilyn and her granddaughter Charlie flew in on March 19 for a week's vacation at the beach house with me.  Marilyn treated us to a Mexican lunch at a favorite place up 101 from here.  It was raining terribly and so dropped Marilyn off by a door and drove around to the back to see if I could find closer parking.  Charlie was with me.  Unfortunately, we went in the wrong door and had to wind our way through this huge kitchen.  They were not too happy about that.  The food was so good and not so expensive as some.  Maria had taken me to the place.  Charlie would not let us take her picture but she took ours.