I HAVE NEVER WANTED TO BE COMPUTER LITERATE MORE!!

TODAY IS THURS. AND I WAS SUPPOSE TO WALK AGAIN WITH MY DEAR FRIEND IRMA, BUT MY BACK HAS GOTTEN IN THE WAY.  I ALSO COULD NOT GO TO THE GYM (FIRST TIME WE MISSED) WITH MY SISTER VICKIE YESTERDAY-ALSO BECAUSE OF MY BACK.  I AM HOPING AND PRAYING THAT I WILL GET SOME KIND OF ANSWER TODAY AS TO WHAT I NEED TO DO TO FIX MY BACK BEFORE I LEAVE FOR C.A..  THAT IS ALL MY SON AND DAUGHTER NEED IS FOR ME TO SHOW UP AND NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.  NOT WHAT WE ALL HAVE IN MIND.  ANY HOW I HAVE ONE DOCTOR'S APT. TODAY, AND I WILL HOUND MY PCP DR. UNTIL SHE GIVES ME THE REPORT FROM MY TEST.  NATURALLY THERE WAS A HOLIDAY RIGHT AFTER I TOOK THEM, SO THAT DELAYED THE RESULTS GETTING BACK TO THE DOCTOR.  I WISH I WERE MORE COMPUTER SAVVY, AS THEN I COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MY ALZHEIMER'S PAGE.  MY SISTER AND I ALWAYS HAVE TO BOTHER HER DAUGHTER DAWN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX OR POST SOMETHING.  MAYBE  AFTER WE GET BACK FROM OUR TRIP TO C.A. WE CAN TAKE A BEGINNERS COURSE (FOR COMPUTER DUMMIES), AND LEARN A FEW THINGS.  WE WILL SEE. OUR OLDER SISTER WILL BE IN TOWN THE FOLLOWING WEEK WHEN WE GET BACK, AND SHE WANTS US TO GO TO THE BEACH HOUSE AND SPEND THE NIGHT.  IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE FUN, AND DEPENDING ON HOW I AM DOING AFTER THE TRIP I THINK WE JUST MIGHT GO.  WE DON'T GET TO SEE THIS SISTER VERY OFTEN-IT HAS BEEN YEARS SINCE WE LAST SAW HER.  I GOT UP SUPER EARLY AGAIN THIS AM.  I'M NOT SURE WHY, EXCEPT I THINK THE DOGS WANTED TO GO OUT.  WITH ALL THE BOOM BOOMING GOING ON LAST NIGHT, PRISKA REFUSED TO GO OUTSIDE AFTER ABOUT 6:30PM, SO I KNEW SHE WOULD NEED TO GO OUT BRIGHT AN EARLY THIS AM.. I AM SUPPOSE TO EAT DINNER AT MY SISTER VICKIE'S TONIGHT, AND THEN I HAVE MY MEETING.  THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER SUPER BUSY DAY-JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT.  THE BUSIER I AM THE LESS TIME I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ANY THING OR ANY ONE THAT WILL MAKE ME SAD.  IT IS A CONSTANT EFFORT, BUT MOST OF THE TIME I AM DOING BETTER.  WELL, THAT IS IT FOR ME ON THIS THURS. AM. .  NOW FOR MY YUMMY CAFE' CON LECHE', AND THEN GET MYSELF DRESSED.  ENJOY THE GIFT OF THIS DAY AS I WILL TRY TO DO-JUST ME

STILL DARK OUT AND I AM UP!!

ACTUALLY I NORMALLY LIKE TO GET UP EARLY.  IT GIVES ME TIME TO DO A LOT OF STUFF BEFORE I HAVE TO GO ANY WHERE.  VICKIE AND I ARE SUPPOSE TO GO TO THE GYM THIS AM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIME I HAD WITH MY BACK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON-I THINK NOT.  I AM JUST GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE MRI AND EX RAYS SHOWED BEFORE I DO TOO MUCH ELSE.  I HAD TO TAKE EVERY THING IN THE BOOK YESTERDAY, AS BOTH MY LEGS HAD PAIN SHOOTING DOWN THEM AND MY LEFT FOOT WAS NUMB.   I DID GO FOR A LONG WALK EARLY IN THE DAY, AND THAT MAY HAVE TRIGGERED THE EPISODE-I DON'T KNOW.  IT RAINED AGAIN YESTERDAY.  THAT WAS FINE BY ME, AS I WAS INSIDE WHEN IT STARTED AND STAYED INSIDE AFTER IT STARTED.  I THINK BOTH MY DAUGHTER FONDA AND I HAD A ROUGH DAY YESTERDAY CONCERNING MIKE.  JUST REMEMBERING SOME OF THE THINGS HE WOULD SAY BROUGHT US BOTH TO TEARS.  WE NORMALLY DO PRETTY GOOD, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR DAYS. IN JUST TWO MORE DAYS, IT WILL BE THREE MONTHS SINCE MIKE PASSED, AND IT STILL SEEMS LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.  LIKE A DEAR FRIEND TOLD ME AFTER MIKE PASSED "BOOK CHICKS HAVE TO BE TOUGH".  ONLY SOMEONE MARRIED TO A BOOK MAN OR WHO WAS A BOOK MAN/WOMAN WILL GET THAT I'M SURE.  ANY HOW, SINCE IT IS A HOLIDAY, I REALLY DON'T HAVE TO GO ANY WHERE TODAY, SO THE FACT THAT IT MAY RAIN AGAIN DOESN'T AFFECT ME.   I TRIED TO GET THE RESULTS OF MY TEST YESTERDAY, BUT THEY WERE NOT IN YET BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY.  I'M HOPING THAT BY THUS. AFTERNOON I WILL KNOW SOMETHING.  I'M HOPING MY SON WILL SKYPE ME TODAY SO I CAN SEE LILLY AND AUTUMN'S FACES.  THEY ALWAYS MAKE ME FEEL BETTER, AS THEY ARE TOO CUTE AND TOO SWEET FOR WORDS.  YES, LITTLE AUTUMN IS A BIT MORE LIKE MIKE JR. THEN MIKE JR. (AND PROBABLY LAURA TOO) WOULD HAVE LIKED, BUT SO SWEET NONE THE LESS.  MAYBE I WOULD EVEN GET TO SAY "HI" TO LAURA, IF SHE IS NOT WORKING OR VOLUNTEERING AT THE RANCH.  WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE SO LONG THAT MY BACK AND OR LEGS START HURTING BAD AGAIN, SO I WILL JUST SAY SO LONG FOR NOW-PLEASE, WHAT EVER YOU ARE DOING TODAY- BE SAFE-JUST ME

SLEPT BETTER-ANXIOUS FOR RESULTS OF TEST

HERE IT IS MONDAY THE THIRD OF JULY.  IN JUST A COUPLE MORE WEEKS I'LL BE HEADED FOR C.A.-SURE HOPE THE DOC'S HAVE MY BACK AND NECK PROBLEMS UNDER CONTROL BY THEN.  CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MY LITTLE LILLY AND AUTUMN.  IT SEEMS THAT JUST YESTERDAY I WAS HOLDING THEM LIKE I DO MINKA NOW.  NO ONE KNOWS BETTER THAN A GREAT GRAND MOTHER HOW FAST THESE YEARS GO BY.  MY SISTER AND I WENT TO SEE OUR NEIGHBOR MARTHA YESTERDAY, AND SO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT SHE WILL BE HEADING HOME ON THURS.!!  LIKE I SAID-SHE'S LIKE "WONDER WOMAN"-AMAZING!!  VICKIE AND I HAVE NOT MISSED ONE WEEK OF GOING TO THE GYM THREE TIMES.  IT IS HARD SOMETIMES TO STAY ON A TIME SCHEDULE, BUT AT SOME POINT IN OUR DAY ON MONDAY, WEDS., AND FRIDAY, WE WIND UP AT THE GYM.  I DO FEEL MUCH BETTER ABOUT LEAVING THE DOGS FOR A WEEK NOW THAT THEY CAN ONCE AGAIN STAY IN THEIR OWN HOME.  I HATE HAVING TO TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BE WATCHED.  OH, DID I MENTION WHAT A TERRIFIC SISTER I HAVE??  SHE KNOWS HOW MUCH THE HAIR ON THE FLOORS HAVE BEEN DRIVING ME CRAZY, BUT WITH THIS STUPID BACK PROBLEM (SINCE I FAINTED DURING THAT COLONOSCOPY PREP), I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SWEEP OR MOP IT.  IT DRIVES ME A LITTLE NUTS TO SEE IT LIKE THAT AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE I COULD PAY TO DO IT FOR ME.  SHE JUST SHOWED UP YESTERDAY WITH SWEEPER IN HAND-MY HERO!!  THE DOGS ARE GOING TO BE SHAVED AGAIN ON THE 10TH, SO THAT WILL HELP A LOT WITH THE HAIR PROBLEM TOO.  ANY HOW, IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SUN SHINY DAY, AND I AM SURE I WILL WANT THE RAIN AGAIN AS IT COOLS EVERYTHING DOWN.  I HAVE PLANS TO WALK ON THE KATIE WAY TRAIL THIS MORNING WITH TWO  FRIENDS FROM THE HALL.  ONE IS A YOUNG GIRL THAT I JUST LOVE-SHE JUST TURNED 15, AND IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN I TOOK HER OUT IN SERVICE WITH ME FOR THE FIRST TIME (SHE WAS 8).  SHE ALSO REMEMBERS IT WELL, AS WE FOUND A STRAY DOG, AND SHE DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE IT UNTIL WE FOUND IT'S OWNER-WHICH OF COURSE WE DID.  WELL, MY YUMMY CAFE' CON LECHE' IS ALMOST GONE, AND I NEED TO GET READY AS MY FRIENDS WILL BE HERE TO PICK ME UP SHORTLY.  I HOPE TODAY WILL BE ONE THAT BRINGS US JOY AND PROMISE OF BETTER THINGS AHEAD-JUST ME

COULD'NT SLEEP AT ALL LAST NIGHT!!

I HAD A WONDERFUL (FOR THE MOST PART) WEEK END.  SAT. A.M, I WAS OUT IN SERVICE WITH A HAPPY GROUP OF FRIENDS. THEN LATER THAT DAY MY SISTER VICKIE AND I WENT OUT TO EAT ( THE OLIVE GARDEN), AND THEN ON TO A MOVIE.  ON SUNDAY, I HAD MY MEETING WHICH WAS GREAT.  THEN, MY FAMILY BOOK STUDY WHERE I GOT A BEAUTIFULLY FRAMED PICTURE OF MINKA OUR GREAT GRAND BABY.  IT NOW SITS PROUDLY FRONT AND CENTER ON MY FIREPLACE MANTAL.  YOU MIGHT THINK THAT WITH A NEAR PERFECT WEEK END,  THAT I WOULD HAVE SLEPT LIKE A LOG-SO DID I.  HOWEVER BECAUSE OF ONE THING THAT HAPPENED ON SUN., I HAD ONE OF THE WORST NIGHTS YET.  NO MATTER, I WILL GET PAST THIS, AS I HAVE DONE AT OTHER TIMES IN MY LIFE WHEN NOT SUCH NICE THINGS HAPPEN.  GUESS "NOT SUCH NICE THINGS" HAPPEN TO ALL OF US FROM TIME TO TIME.  WELL,  IT IS ALREADY MONDAY MORNING, AND I AM HAVING MY DELICIOUS CUP OF LIQUID GOLD (L.G.-AKA CAFE' CON LECHE'), AND I AM FEELING BETTER ALREADY. I HOPE ALL MY DEAR READERS ENJOYED A WONDERFUL WEEK END-WE FINALLY GOT SOME GREAT WEATHER FOR IT!!  IT IS GETTING CLOSER TO MY TRIP NOW TO CA. AND I AM GETTING A LITTLE MORE NERVOUS.  I AM TRYING TO WRITE DOWN ALL THE THINGS I NEED TO TAKE, SO I WON'T FORGET ANY THING, BUT I KNOW I WILL.  TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER VERY BUSY DAY FOR ME, AND I AM TRULY GLAD FOR DAYS LIKE THIS.  NO TIME TO THINK OR DWELL IN SLEF PITTY-JUST GO GO GO!!  FIRST THERE IS THE GYM WITH MY SISTER VICKIE, THEN WE WILL GO UP TO VISIT MARTHA OUR NEIGHBOR WHO IS STILL IN THE ASSISTED LIVING PLACE FOR HER RECOVERY AND P.T..  THEN I HAVE AN MRI SCHEDULED FOR MY NECK, AND SOME EX RAYS SCHEDULED FOR MY BACK WHICH CONTINUES TO HURT CONSTANTLY.  I KNOW PART OF ALL THIS PAIN IS JUST FROM GETTING OLD, BUT IF ANY OF IT CAN BE HELPED WITH MORE SHOTS, PILLS,  OR SOME KIND OF TREATMENT,  I NEED TO KNOW SO I CAN GET BETTER.  ANY HOW, THE MORNING IS FLYING BY ME, SO I WILL SAY SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW.  THANK ALL OF YOU KIND PEOPLE WHO ARE CHECKING OUT MY ALZHEIMER'S LINK.(http://act.alz.org/goto/lindahayes.   TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

HERE'S MY LINK TO THE WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S

http://act.alz.org/goto/lindahayes  PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK TO YOUR FACE BOOK ACCOUNT OR PERSONAL PAGE OR BLOG.  I AM TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE AS BOTH MY SISTER'S HUSBAND AND MINE HAD IT.  I LOST MY DEAR MIKE THIS PAST APRIL AND WILL BE WALKING IN HIS MEMORY.  PLEASE JOIN ME AND MY FAMILY-IT WOULD DO SO MUCH IN  HELPING OTHER FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THIS SADNESS.  THANK YOU SO MUCH, LINDA & FAMILY (MIKE JR., FELINA BAGGETT, FONDA SIKORA,  SPOUSES, GRAND CHILDREN, AND EVEN ONE LITTLE GREAT GRAND CHILD-MINKA)!!!

DARN DOGS KEPT ME AWAKE LAST NIGHT!!

I SHOULD NOT BLAME IT ON BOTH MY DOGS, BUT PRESLEY WAS AWAKE AND WANTED TO GO OUT 3AM.  I DID NOT TAKE HIM, AS THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS BARKING ONE OTHER TIME I LET HIM OUT SO EARLY.  HE MUST HAVE SEEN OR HEARD SOMETHING FOR HIM TO BARK THAT TIME, AS HE HARDLY EVER BARKS!!  ANY HOW I WAS UP AND AT EM BY 7AM.  MY SISTER WILL GO WITH ME TO THE GYM IN 15 MIN. SO I WILL HAVE TO MAKE THIS QUICK AND SHORT.  WE SPENT SOME TIME AT DAWN'S HOUSE YESTERDAY, (MY NIECE), AND SHE REALLY DID A GREAT JOB WITH PUTTING THE INFORMATION AND THE LINK FOR THE "END ALZHEIMER'S WALK 2012" ON MY FACE BOOK AS WELL AS MY BLOG.  THE BLOG IS HARD TO FIND BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO INTO MY PERSONAL INFO. WHERE THE PICTURE OF MIKE AND I ARE, READ ALL THE WAY TO THE END, AND THEN YOU WILL SEE TO CLICK TO LINK ON MY WISH LIST WHICH WILL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO MY ALZHERMER'S WALL & SUPPORT PAGE.  ANY ONE WHO WANTS TO SIGN UP FOR THE WALK CAN DO SO THERE OR ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE NOW, SO I GUESS I AM OPEN FOR SUPPORTERS AND DONTATIONS!!!  THIS MORNING I HAVE A PCP APPOINTMENT, SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING SO EARLY TO THE GYM.  I HOPE THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY BACK BEFORE I MAKE THAT LONG TRIP TO CA.  IT HAS BEEN KILLING ME, CAN'T EVEN TURN OVER IN BED WITH OUT EXTREME PAIN.  IT COULD BE FROM WHEN I FAINTED TWICE IN ONE NIGHTAND WOKE UP ON THE FLOOR-OR SOMETHING A LITTLE MY SERIOUS-LIKE MY KIDNEYS.  I SURE HOPE TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS AND FIX IT TODAY.  VICKIE AND I HAD DINNER TOGETHER LAST NIGHT BEFORE MY MEETING.  WE GET ALONG SO WELL, AND HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON.  I DO THANK THE GOOD LORD ABOVE FOR HER EVERY NIGHT.  WELL MY DOGIES ARE FED, AND I AM UP AND DRESSED-NOT BAD FOR IT BEING ONLY 7:30AM.  BTW, THE SHOTS IN MY NECK HELPED, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I HAD HOPED FOR-I SEE MY PAIN DR. AGAIN BEFORE MY TRIP, SO MAYBE HE CAN GIVE ME SOME OTHER KIND OF SHOTS THAT ARE A LITTLE STRONGER.  WELL, I NEED TO GO FINISH GETTING READY FOR THE BUSY MORNING AHEAD.  BTW THE PAIN DR. ALSO ORDERED AN MRI FOR MY NECK SO MAYBE THAT WILL HELP HIM SEE WHAT HE CAN DO TO HELP ME.  OK, I AM OFF TO EXERCISE THIS AM.. REMEMBER MISERY LOVES COMPANY, SO WHY NOT JOIN US??  TILL MONDAY-JUST ME

GREAT NIGHT AND SUNSHINNING MORNING!!

IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY FINALLY GET SOME SUNSHINE HERE IN FLORIDA!!  WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND NO RAIN-FIRST TIME IN WHAT SEEMS LIKE WEEKS!!  I ALSO SLEPT VERY WELL LAST NIGHT WHICH ALSO HELPS WITH ONES MOOD.  I GOT THE LAST COUPLE THINGS I NEEDED FOR MY TRIP TO C.A. YESTERDAY, SO NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS PACK.  THINGS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING EVERY DAY HERE, AND I GUESS THAT IS A GOOD THING-NOT SURE SOME DAYS.  THIS MORNING MY SISTER VICKIE AND I ARE GOING OVER TO HER DAUGHTER DAWN'S HOUSE SO THAT SHE CAN HELP HER COMPUTER ILLITERATE MOTHER, AND AUNT (ME) TO PUT OUR LINKS FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S WALK ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGES.  I WAS TRYING TO PUT SOME PICTURES OF SOMETHING I WANT TO SELL ON EBAY, AND SPENT HOURS TRYING AND FINALLY GAVE UP.  ONE OF THESE DAYS WHEN I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO I WILL MAYBE GET SOMEONE TO TEACH ME HOW TO DO THAT.  I HAVE MANY THINGS I COULD SELL, AND MAKE A FEW BUCKS AT IT.  ANY HOW, THE DOGS HAVE BEEN FED, AND I AM DRINKING MY CUP OF CAFE' CON LECHE', SO RIGHT NOW LIFE IS GOOD.  I CAN NOT WEAR MY BOTTOM PARCIAL UNTIL THE 9TH WHEN THEY FIX IT FOR ME, AS THE WIRES KEEP GETTING CAUGHT IN MY LIP OR MY CHEEK-AND IT HURTS!!  SO FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS I WILL BE MOSTLY TOOTHLESS ON THE BOTTOM.  THAT'S OK, IT COULD BE SO MUCH WORSE.  I TEND TO GET OVERWHELMED A LOT LATELY.  I THINK IT IS A COMBINATION OF MISSING MIKE, AND ALSO EVEN SICK AS HE WAS HE WAS ABLE TO DO MANY LITTLE THINGS FOR ME WHICH NOW I NEED TO DO. IT IS NOT THAT THERE'S SO MUCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IT IS MOSTLY THAT I STILL HAVE TROUBLE WANTING TO DO ANYTHING.  IF I COULD I WOULD PROBABLY STAY IN BED UNTIL NOON EVERY DAY, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD I KNOW.  YESTERDAY I WENT TO MY PAIN DR. WHO GAVE ME ABOUT 10 OR 12 SHOTS IN MY NECK AND SHOULDER AREA.  YES THEY WERE A LITTLE PAINFUL, BUT MY NECK IS FEELING MUCH BETTER TODAY, AND I DID SLEEP ALL NIGHT SO THEY MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO HELP MY PAIN.  NOW I JUST NEED TO SEE THE KIDNEY DR. AND SEE IF THAT IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE PAIN IN MY BACK. I AM TRYING TO GET AS MUCH DONE BEFORE MY TRIP AS POSSIBLE, AS I DO NOT WANT TO SHOW UP THERE AND THEN HAVE A HEALTH PROBLEM.  WELL, THAT IS IT FOR TODAY-MAY THE SUN SHINE BRIGHT WHERE YOU ARE TOO-TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME