Mom and the Dogs

Early Wednesday morning, Mom was taking Honey on a walk and they met up with wild dog, Flash. Honey and Flash started playing as they do and bumped into Mom, who fell straight back on her tailbone and head. She was sore on Thursday and on Friday we called the doctor to see if she should have an x-ray. The doctor said even if she broke her tailbone, there was nothing they could do about it. On Saturday she was feeling even worse so I took her to Scripps Urgent Care in La Jolla. They did an x-ray of and a cat-scan. The x-ray wasn't clear enough to show the tailbone and the cat-scan showed there was no bleeding in the head, thank goodness. They did give her something for pain which helped her fairly quickly, but later gave her a headache.

We finally left the clinic at 5:30, after being there for six hours. I finished the book I was reading on Kindle and started another one. Mom just got tired.

Movie Tuesday

Today's movie was the Bourne Legacy. Spoiler Alert: Jason Bourne isn't in it. But if you like action, there's plenty of it. You'll have to read the review (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194173/) because I fell asleep in the middle. When I woke up there was a wild motorcycle chase going on in Manila, then the end. Oh well. Maybe I'll catch it again when it comes to the little screen.

Last Friday I went to the movies with my friend Rachel to see Magic Mike. No one wanted to see that movie, so we went together. However, when we got to the ticket counter, the cashier told us that Magic Mike was no longer playing. What? They pulled the movie out on Wednesday. When do they ever do that? I thought they ran Friday to Friday. Oh, well. Instead, we saw Hope Springs (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535438/) with Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones. I love those actors so I'm sorry to say the movie was dull and boring. There was a funny scene right at the end, but they could have started there and forgotten the rest. So sad. Who thought a movie about "middle" age sex and marriage would be interesting. And it's a stretch to call it middle age, more like post middle age. For those of us in it, who would want to watch it; and for the younger set, same story.

The Prius is fixed! Yea.

The garage is coming along.

Prius is in the hospital

Tuesday I took my Prius to the shop for repair. It just so happened Mom and I were already in town because of Movie Tuesday, so it worked out great. I have a Ford Escape as a rental--it seems big.

Storm

Monday morning (8-13-12) we had a downpour--rain, thunder, lightning and then really strong winds. Look at this:

We got .41" of rain from this storm.

Bump

Yesterday I was backing up my car to the house so I could unload some groceries and I hit the bucket of the backhoe. The bucket was lying on the ground and I didn't see it. Also, I'm a terrible backer upper. I wouldn't have hit the bucket if I had driven straight back. Bummer. Now the car has to go to the hospital.

Kittens

Here are some recent photos of some of the kittens.

Bubba

Precious

Sambo ("Sammy")

Precious

Big Red

Here's the big red balance ball I bought.

Oops

Last night when I went to bed, I found a huge pile of clothes on the closet floor...what? Apparently the plastic clothes rack pole hardware failed (broke), sending the pole and all of the clothes to the floor. What a mess. We had to pick up all the clothes and hang them on the rack above the pole...or where the pole would be.

So today we (Dennis, me and Flash) made a mad dash to El Cajon to buy new hardware from Home Depot. While we were in town I also bought a big, red exercise ball to help me regain the flexibility in my legs and hips so I can ride my horse again. I ordered new stirrups and hope to be ready when they get here. We made another stop at Sears for Dennis to buy some tools and then we headed up the hill again, stopping at Albertson's to pick up a prescription for me. We made the whole trip in a couple of hours.

When we got home, we found Roomba had locked herself in the bathroom. We let her loose, but later I found her in there again. What is her problem?

More wrapped pendants

This dichroic pendant is actually a deep purple, but in the light it reflects green.

Friday was the first day I was able to stay home the entire day. I used the time to work in the craft room and do some training with Flash. I also got on Doc for the first time in weeks. Although I am feeling better since I stopped Plavix a week ago, my hips are still too sore to feel comfortable in the saddle. Plus, as soon as I got on, my right stirrup broke. I've ordered new stirrups from crookedstirrups.com and will start some new exercises to see if I can get my old body back in shape.

Friday night Mom came over for stuffed artichokes. Dennis surprised us with a chocolate moose cake, once again sabotaging our diets. It was good, though.

Give me air, lots of air, da da da da da da da

The air conditioner went out today. Oh, no! Luckily, Dennis got it running again, but the thermostat doesn't seem to be working. Oh, well, at least the house got cool again.

New Glass Class

Today I started a six-series fused glass class at Blue Dolphin Stained Glass. Today we cut glass for a pedestal candy dish. It should be "cooked" by next week.

Later in the afternoon I accompanied Dennis and Flash to the recycling center in La Mesa. What a treat.

New Jewelry

I've been making some wrapped dichroic glass pendants. One is in copper, the rest in silver.

Garage construction

Wow...the garage construction is actually started...first, the ground prep.

No Movie Tuesday

There were only two new movies out this week: Watchers about four goofy guys who formed a neighborhood watch group and some movie about teenage dancing raves. I don't think so.

Instead, Mom and I went to WalMart and I got some paperwork done at home before we left for Flash's lesson. In the morning I watched the Olympic show jumping, the last of the 3 day eventing. I missed the dressage but I watched all of the cross country event.