Happy Halloween!!!!!

I see I have 51 followers which is an all time high for me!!!   And I want each and every one of you to know that I really appreciate your decision to follow us on a full time basis.

Thank YOU!

And Have a Happy Halloween!!!! Hope you get lots of Trick or Treaters!!!   Or not, if you turn the lights out and shut the blinds....   LOL    Beware of the window soapers though.

Rod and Loyce

All day football

Saturday Football again!  Where did the day go?  But I am much more happy tonight, as my Hawkeyes jumped all over the Michigan State folks winning 37 to 6.  For those of you that don't follow these things, Michigan State was undefeated before this game.

It really won't help us much because we have two losses and several teams in the big ten only have one loss.  But from a moral stand point, we know we can win the big game most of the time.  We have several big games left in the season, most notably Ohio State!

We can hope that if we win a bunch more games, we will get a really nice bowl.  As I write this tonight, I am watching the Oregon Ducks hand it to USC.  One of these days, they are going to have to recognize the Ducks as number one.  But then Auburn won again today too.

So I have nothing to show for today, and Loyce came and went during the day, but I have no idea what she was up to.  Us guys are so worthless on College football Saturdays.

I did go over to Wendy's for my favorite double junior meal deal.  But then rushed right back in order not to miss too much of the Hawkeye game.

I think I have spent a lot more time with football this fall than almost ever before, but being shut into the living room recovering has had a lot to do with that.

Retired Rod

Hoping for the long Run!

I stayed away from the Wal Mart Pharmacy today, as their is no need to make myself angry another time.  Perhaps the memory will fade and I can return again.  Or perhaps I will become hungry and need groceries, LOL.

My oldest son Chris stopped by and paid us a visit this morning and we got to catch up with him as it has been two weeks since we have seen him.  He works in distant cities during the week, and often different cities.  They won't always pay his airfare home, so we as a family deal with the weeks he is away.

Other than that, we hung around here all day.  Loyce got tired of me not finishing the mowing from last week, so she headed out and mowed the back yard with the Lawnboy.  It is self propelled and fairly light, as lawn mowers go, but it is still work!

It seemed to be warmer here today, but as I look at the outdoor weather station, I see it is only 50 outside.  But our wind has totally subsided, and that will make us much warmer in the house.

I want to report that all the pain has gone away, and that I am back to normal, but alas it is slow, so I am hanging in here and hoping for the long run!

Retired Rod

Getting it right!

No I can't take that one!  I'm allergic to it.  You take it with this one!  No I don't take that one either!  I'm allergic to it too!   This is me talking to an answering machine at the doctor's office this morning.  They can't just answer the phone, you have to play answering machine tag!

After about ten calls to get it right, they finally called me in person......that time I thought we got it right!

That is until I went over to Wal Mart tonight and they handed me the bottle that I was allergic to!!!!!  Grrrr!  Well come to find out they had a second bottle with the right stuff too.  But it took an act of congress to make them understand that I was allergic to the first bottle and was refusing it.  The clerk seemed to not know what to do next!

And of course my insides were screaming in pain as I stood there.  So I had to get the pharmacist involved. I asked if he wanted me to take something I knew would cause a violent reaction, and he whisked away the wrong pills in a heartbeat!  All of this for a bill of $1.56.

That was the only time I left the house today, because the last two days at the hospital had drained most of my stamina. I'm good to go for about an hour, but any longer and I need to go sit down.  The surgeon told me it would be better in a couple of weeks, but then they said that two weeks ago too.

It got seriously colder here overnight, and was barely 40 this morning.  The wind had continued  for most of the night.  I heard the heat pump go about 4 AM.  Winter has arrived here on the Kansas plains.  We had the typical sunny day, but it never was warmer than the mid 50's.

I want to leave tomorrow, but I still have a month to wait!  And I am not very patient at that.  But if I look at the comment about being spent in an hour or so, I know that I can't go anywhere yet!

Retired Rod