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[rodeomom]

How about a funny story for your laugh of the day?

To start with I will mention that Central Ohio got MUCH more snow yesterday then origionally predicted (about 5 inches at our house when they called for 2) Also, it got MUCH colder last night than predicted We woke up to 0 degrees this morning instead of the predicted 27 degrees. Tomorrow's weather was supposed to be rain, but now they are calling for another 3-5" of snow. YES! I LOVE IT! Now I am beginning to get a little bit more into the holiday spirit.

Ok, now for the funny story... I almost froze myself this morning... you will get a good laugh out of this one. Everyone had left the house for this or that kind of chore so I was home alone. I went out to do my barn chores just like usual to discover that Deanna forgot to throw down hay from the loft. UGH! I needed hay to feed so I trudged up the ladder just to throw down a couple of bales for this morning's feeding and figured she could help me with the rest this afternoon. With the first bale, I knocked down the ladder! I mean knocked it ALL the way down the whole 9 feet to the floor of the barn! This means I basically trapped myself up on the loft. Naturally, I didn't have my cell phone with me so I couldn't call anyone. We live too far off the road for anyone to hear me holler for help. I WAS STUCK! I considered climbing down the outside window of the barn that goes out to the hangin hay manger, but I am not fond of heights and though I have lost weight, I wasn't sure if that would support me. I WAS REALLY STUCK! I also considered throwing down enough bales of hay to make a pile to climb down and I tried, but just my luck every bale fell to the floor and wouldn't stack. Even if they did I would have been afraid to climb down the stack because of stability issues. Finally, about an hour later the electric company guy came to read our meter and I was able to get his attention and he set the ladder up for me. It was about 10 degrees outside, and I was up there for about an hour and a half. The moral of the story - NEVER EVER toss hay out of the loft alone!

I am now, toasty warm since I threw my sweats in the dryer and put them on right as they finished getting warm. I think I am going to stay where it is safe, at my sewing machine, for the rest of the day.

[bikipatra]

I am so sorry but glad you were able to get down safely!

[rodeomom]

Today has been my comedy of errors. You should have seen what happened later when I tried to put water in the drinking tank for the horses.

I am glad I am in such a weird mood or I would be in tears! Well, I am in tears but it is from laughing at myself so hard.

[lifelovinaries]

Just the visual is enuff to almost make me pee myself laughing (since you are ok). Unfortunately it was a dangerous situation and i am glad the electric man needed to read the meter!

[CGal67]

RM,

That sounds soooo scary! I hate being cold and I can just see myself trying to jump down and risk breaking an ankle or two. I'm glad someone came along you could have got frost bite, or even worse - missed MF meals!!

Carrie

[rodeomom]

How funny Carrie - I hadn't even thought about missing meals. Now THAT would have been scarey! My ankle is bad enough without even thinking about jumping down 9 feet to get down. I would have been able to get warm if needed though - I did have 20 bales of straw and over 200 bales of hay that I could have covered myself in a worst case.

I just keep thinking about the story the meter reader has to tell his friends and family for years to come. At least I was able to give him something funny to talk about.

[Lucy]

Glad you are okay ...as I am reading it I am thinking, God I hope she buried herself in hay to stay warm...DUH she's posting she got out okay! I would have created a whole new language of bad words had it been me...glad you did not try the hang down and jump thing, last year I decided to show my son how the monkey bars work...uh 260 hanging...my sholders hurt for MONTHS! Thanks for the laugh

Just think , now you have all that down on the floor won't have to climb up for a while!

[rodeomom]

Just think , now you have all that down on the floor won't have to climb up for a while!

Someone that always finds the silver lining - I like that! My daughter was happy when she saw the hay was down. The two of us still can't look at each other without cracking up about the whole thing.

I am so glad I can laugh at this otherwise I would be miserable!

[rodeomom]

I weighed yesterday for the first time in a few weeks and noticed a loss of about 6 pounds. It isn't quite what I was hoping for, but I have been working my muscles more so I'm not upset. My reasoning is that I am exchaning fat for muscle and I am OK with that.

Emotionally, I am a little depressed. The "boarderline" (a personality disorder I was diagnosed with a few years back) combined with the fibromyalgia are working together to bring me down. I am working through it though. A while ago I realized that when I don't do what I enjoy then the "disorders" really kick me in the butt. The last few days I have been working on Deanna's quilt top and I am hoping that by this evening I will be able to post a photo of it. My goal is to complete that quilt and do one for my sister, AND sew up a few simple skirts for my neices for Christmas. Since I am completely broke, these are things I can do with fabric and supplies I already have at home (considering I can probably open a fabric store with what I have accumulated over the past few years).

Physically, I am very sore. Some of that I know is the fibro and there isn't much I can do about it. Some of it, I think is because I haven't been as active the last few days because I have been sitting at the sewing machine. As soon as I get done here, I am going to go out and clean the stalls instead of waiting for Deanna to do it when she gets home from school. Then, when she gets home she and I will put hay down in the big barn (my fiasco the other day was in the little barn) and plug in the heated buckets. Hopefully, that physical effort will help my muscle soreness.

So - I am off to the barn now.

[bikipatra]

So sorry you are feeling down. Borderline is one of my various disorders too. You weren't here last winter but I was bonkers and the board helped me. It was a place I could always come to. Sometimes my posts had nothing to do with weightloss and I was supported anyway. So post away! The people who can relate will let you know they are here.

[lifelovinaries]

hey bren, just be sure to take it one goal at a time, focus on doing what you KNOW you can do. Never be afraid to ask for help with the rest whether it is mental or physical help. Just temember, we are only a "computer boot up" away!

[rodeomom]

Thanks guys - I was nervous about talking about the borderline because most people have no clue what I am talking about. I have founf the many people clam up or try to change the subject when they hear "personality disorder". I guess some think of mulitple personalities or something, I don't know. Borderline is so unpredictable and can be so hard to live with sometimes. Cymbalta has helped me keep it and the pain from the fibro under control for the most part, but the last couple of days have been a little tough.

I found out the guy I was talking to in Montana - the one that called me his girlfriend was using the cell phone that I got for him to call me on to call 3 other women. While my heart wasn't really involved yet, I feel pretty stupid that I allowed myself to get scammed like that. Well, at least I was smart enough to check the bills monthly and caught it before it got way out of hand. How stupid can he be? I guess he didn't realized that I was going to get a line by line read out of every call he made and received.

I am sure that whole crazy deal has something to do with my moods. Of course, I am getting a little nervous about the surgery coming up. I know everything will be OK and all, and I can't wait to actually be on the healing side of this whole mess, but I can't convince my brain that I don't need to be nervous.

Then there is Christmas and the fact that I can't actually buy my daughter what she wants so I have to try to make up for that with what I can make. Those of you who have teenagers or at least remember being a teenager will understand how lame homemade gifts are for a 16 year old.

Ok - I have had a long enough break from the sewing machine. Gotta get back to work.

Thanks again

[rodeomom]

I have been sewing for the last few days which is a form of therapy for me. I just love to start with a flat piece of fabric (or 2 or 3 or more) and create something new from it/them. Most recently, I have been working on a quilt for Deanna for Christmas. She has developed a love for the zebra and its coat pattern recently so I decided to make this for her...




I am very happy with the way it has come out so far. I still need to put the boarders on then "sandwich" it and quilt it, but I couldn't wait that long to show it off.

Tell me what ya think!

[rodeomom]

As for MF, I am kinda in a slump right now. I am not cheating, not gaining, not in a stall, just in a slump. I think I am actually getting bored with it in a way. Nothing tastes right, not bad, but certainly not good. Even my lean and greens are getting routine and blah. Maybe it is all related to the "borderline" and the frustrations with finances making just about everything in my life kinda blah right now. I know that stress triggers the pain of the fibro and "issues" with the borderline, but who can stay away from stress? Especially this time of year?

Goals for tomorrow is to start my sister's quilt, and maybe get my neices' skirts cut out. Since I have the fabric I might as well use it. I get a worker's comp payment on Thursday. It will be enough to pay my rent for the last two weeks, put some gas in the car and get a couple of cheap felt type blankets at the dollar store to use as batting for the quilts. I found I like those better than actual batting, one because they last much longer and don't ball up and two they are only $5.00 vs the $25 or more at the fabric store. If I can have my sister's quilt top done by Thursday, then I can get both of them quilted when I get the blankets.

[ChynnaDoll]

Hi there! Wanted to come over and say hello to you and introduce myself...i'm Chynna the awol maintainer...lol! I just LOVE your board name, and i've read your post and believe me i felt the same way sometimes when i was on program...just couldn't put my finger on what was wrong but something sure was..but you know what? it will surely pass in due time and you'll be back to your ole self again:+)

I notice you have Fibro...so do i! I was diagnosed with it a year after i had my stroke...it can be real painful at times as i quite sure you well know. Matter of fact i just took an 800mg Motrin..takes the edge off the pain in my joints.

You are doing so GOOD even tho you're feeling a little slumpie right now..is that'a word?

Oh, and by the way...i love what you've done so far with your daughter's quilt in the making...so pretty, and she's gonna lov'it!!!

Ok, i will be going now. Have a good evening and do stop by my house anytime:+)

Chynna~