Not much here today, just trying to make sense of it all.

Another interesting day of introspection today. Like I’ve said before being off my feet has given me both thte time and inclination. Some days a person can be their own worst critic..That’s me lately. Not sure why..Also I keep running in my head over and over when I broke my foot.  Walking down a small flight of stairs and I roll my foot on the landing?? Where’s the sense in that? I was actually trying to help someone, where’s the fairness in that?? I guess it’s too much to try to understand it..Doesn't hardly seem fair, but then if someone told you life was fair they were lying to you. Not complaining here, just trying to make some sense of it all..

Also, I’m trying to be positive, and maybe do something nice for someone each day. Maybe it’s a kind word, a compliment or in some cases a good deed. I am hoping this will help keep me out of the One Foot Funk. I dunno..

 

Not much else to report right now

How much does a broken foot cost?

What does a broken foot cost? So far around $600. What a crock of shit… For absolutely nothing..Wait, that’s not entirely true. Some of it’s for the knee scooter, it’s been a Godsend to have. I swear I am getting flat spots on my ass. I should note that I am extremely grateful for all the help that has been extended to me. You know who you are and I love you for it!

I had an interesting conversation with a vendor today. I had ordered a laser printer for one of my locations in Denver, but was having it delivered to another location so my Techs could install it at their own pace. The vendor delivered it to a completely different (and wrong) location and proceeded to try to say it wasn’t their fault… Speaking of fault, not a word back from Papa Murphy’s about the problems encountered there on Saturday. This lack of customer care and service isn’t industry indicative, it apparently is widespread.  I just don’t understand it. I treat the people I interact with at work like they are customers, and for the most part get that courtesy in return.

 Is customer service dead? No, I don’t think so, but like common courtesy and respect it is severely lacking in the world today. More would be served by saying please and thank you. When I use those terms in public people look at me like I have a third eye, why is that? If I tell someone they look nice I get the look that says they think I am creepy. No, I wasn’t hitting on you, just telling you that you look nice, that’s all. And why is it when I ask to see the manager the employees get all freaky? The majority of the time it’s to let them know that their employee did a great job! Yes, I do give positive feedback, not that you’d know it after reading all my bitching on here. And whatever happened to people being considerate? Any more it seems people are all about themselves, instead of giving something back, even if it’s a little thing, like letting someone go ahead of you in line.

Obama’s Comments..verbatim..

“Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works. They’ll warn that tyranny always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, and creative, and unique experiment in self-rule is somehow just a sham with which we can’t be trusted.”

This is the same president that said that the Constitution can interfere with government as well… And the statement above is the garbage that’s spilling out of his mouth to our youth. Make no mistake, the battle for America rages on.

“We have a press that has been unwilling to report anything critical of the Obama administration.  You have a growing number of high school graduates who have a growing ignorance of the Constitution, our Founders and Civics in general… yes we should be concerned.

 Educate yourself, have a healthy amount of skepticism and realize that a growing government with a complacent press IS a threat to freedom.” Not my words, but well spoken…

Peace...

Sunday??

Not really too much to blog about today, been a very laidback day. Got up early, then went back to bed for a while.  Got some work done and then worked on exercising my ankle. Two weeks from tomorrow is the next deadline. Made breakfast for dinner. Spent a fair amount of time without the boot on today, pretty strange actually, the leg feels pretty naked without it, not to mention unprotected.

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about my earlier years. I am an Army brat, so I’ve lived on a number of different bases, some of them are gone now.  Even several of the bases I was at when I was in the Navy are gone. I’ve lived everywhere from Monterey California  to Stuttgart Germany, from Augusta Georgia to South Bend Indiana. Makes me kind of sad.  Still, I wouldn’t change any of it. Living in Germany was incredible. My mom was a castle nut, so we visited a lot of castles.
Naval Training Center in San Diego (where I was in Boot Camp) is gone, now it’s an industrial development. Fort Ord California is gone as well I lived there as a teenager. Treasure Island CA (Navy duty) is basically closed as well…Patch and Robinson Barracks in Stuttgart Germany (lived there as a kid) are still there, still can see some videos on Youtube of them.  We lived in Germany when it was almost five Marks (German dollars) to the dollar. It was cheaper to go out to eat on the Economy in some cases than buy groceries at the PX.  I was learning German in school from a German national, it was amazing. Then I tried to take German when we came back to the states and was told that I had an accent by an American instructor..hilarious…

Well the bills are starting to roll in on my foot. Today I owe about $500 for services billed to date.  That’s three doctor visits, two sets of X-rays and some cheap pain meds that I ended up throwing away. And people wonder why the medical system in this country is broken. Now bear in mind neither doctor did anything, other than say “Yup, it’s broken, stay off of it”. And those charges do not include the knee scooter either. Of course, surgery would have been almost $8,000, so I’ve got that going for me.

Sorry about the blog post last night. I was fighting with Google, who was telling me that no one was reading it, when I knew damn well they were. Evidently that has been fixed.

Really feeling the need to get out, maybe go to Pirate O’s and Trader Joes… never hurts to feed my inner foodie… Wonder what other trouble I could get into on one foot.

One “good “ side of this, at least I am sleeping decently. I was concerned I’d get up in the middle of the night, get out of bed and walk on my bad foot, so I sleep with the boot on.  I thought it would be a major problem to sleep in the boot. Not so little duck, hasn’t been a problem so far. And when I do wake up the extra weight from the boot reminds me.  Interesting, because I think it weighs more than the cast did, but I can take it off unlike a cast so that’s a bonus.

Still having trouble sitting for long periods of time. I just don’t know how people do it. The time just seems to drag on and on, even when I’m working. Thank God I am still working. My work has never been more caught up, my desk has never been cleaner. Some processes have been eliminated and some created and it’s really helped.  Haven’t been able to do many site visits, but they’re slow right now anyway so it’s not a factor. I have my work planned out through the end of the year.

Seventeen days until I see the Voodoo Witch Doctor again. I have made up my mind that I’m not going to go another month without walking on this foot. Two months is plenty. I have been religious about staying off of it, taking calcium supplements and sitting on my ass. I’ve also been doing stretching and range of motion exercises on my right ankle to keep the mobility in it. It’s just about back to being the same as my left ankle. 

Papa Murphy’s…Once a year they do a Taco Pizza. So I ordered two pizzas and some cheese bread today online at Noon, paid for it the whole nine yards. My daughter Tiffany goes to pick them up at 4 pm.  Not only are they not ready, they look at her like she’s got a third eye. One pizza is a Taco and one is a cheese with Canadian Bacon.  Both are supposed to be Family size. First they try to hand her a Canadian Bacon pizza..no cheese..Are you kidding me? So they fix it, then try to charge her for the pizza’s. I ORDERED THEM ONLINE!!!

Tiff brings me the pizza. They’re the wrong size, smaller than I paid for.  So we call them and the Assistant Manager basically calls Tiff a liar. Then tells her that they built the correct size pizza. Since they’re both Family size, shouldn’t they be the same size??!! Well they weren’t. So BACK to Papa Murphy’s she goes, where they have now made the correct size pizza. Here’s my bitch.. I ordered online…FOUR HOURS in advance, including paying for it. ALL they had to do was make two pizzas correctly, and on-time.  And yet they still couldn’t manage to pull it off.  I will say however, that the pizza was pretty darn good.

Another not so bad day today.

Received a wonderful get well package from a friend, Elizabeth Lehner. We met a long time ago while I was doing the radio show, and became friends. I treasure her friendship and love. Go check out a website called www.cheryls.com.

A visit from my granddaughter always help s pick up my spirits. She can walk kind of) on her own. She can stand on her own as long as she doesn’t look around, when she does down she goes on her butt.  She continues to become much more cognizant of her surroundings and can even say bye bye… Still manages to put everything in her mouth that she finds. Also prefers to play with the cat toys, I have no idea what that is about. 

Got a care package today in the mail from Better Than Bullion. I had written some recipe ideas and compliments on their facebook page, they responded and said that they wanted me to pick out five flavors from their Base line. I chose Lobster, Chili, Vegetable, Ham and Mushroom Base. Wonderful to cook with, adds a very nice dimension to a recipe. I have no idea how I will use the Lobster Base though, that may be a challenge.

I am so excited, I have such a huge weekend planned.  First I’m going to..er..wait, can’t do that. Ok then if I can’t do that I’ll go ahead and ..no…can’t do that either..Fine. Nevermind.

Governor, you're an idiot.

Not much to report today.

I am still pissed off and insulted by what the governor said today about improving our air quality in Utah. Get a better gas can and lawn mower??! What about all the industry in Utah that is polluting our air? Oh wait, they fund his election campaign, that’s right…This guy doesn’t have a clue. He had a chance today to make a difference and took the easy way out by blaming you and I.

Started the planning for Angels Hands Kite fly on May 18th. Yes it’s early and yes I am OCD about planning, but by the time the event actually gets here, it should all be over but the event, if that makes any sense. Last year we ran out of food (not my fault) so this year I am over cooking food. If necessary we’ll send some folks home with the additional food. We always have plenty of people to help and I am grateful for that.

Been exercising my right ankle, trying to keep the range of motion up. Seems to be working, have almost as much in the right ankle as in the left ankle. Most of the dragon skin (callous) on my leg from where the cast rubbed on it is gone. I've also noticed that if I'm on the knee scooter for an extended period of time my hands get sore. Nothing to write home about, just something I noticed.

Been doing some more cooking on the Induction station. Have been trying the max sear setting for steaks and chops, then dialing down the power (and therefore temperature) to finish cooking them, works very nicely. The cookware seems to be holding up well, deglazes perfectly when the meat is cooked. It is a huge advantage to be able to dial a consistent temperature in..makes repeating a dish very simple. It does have a fan inside it that makes a bit of a racket, but that is way overshadowed by the rest of the features. Still a nightmare to try to balance on a knee scooter or a chair, but it's offset by helping me stay sane.

See, they're not all whiny little bitch posts.... 

Smokin' Bones...sucked.

Been waiting for a while for this new bbq restaurant in Bountiful to open called Smokin Bones. They finally opened about a week ago. All the comments on Facebook have been very positive including saying that they are selling out of their food each day…Sounds great, doesn’t it?! So Tiffany, Dani and I go over at 11 am, when they open. Walk in the door..Sign says “out of ribs”!!! Are you shitting me? a bbq place that’s out of ribs…when they open?? Owner says that the meat that was delivered was frozen and unusable..sigh..ok..Give me the brisket, side of beans and coleslaw. Their bbq sauce was just ok, and the brisket was greasy and chewy.  Absolutely no taste to the coleslaw or the beans. The coleslaw sauce is vinegar based, but you can’t taste the vinegar. The cornbread was drier than a popcorn fart. Long story short, $35 for three people to have lunch there, won’t be going back.

I’m trying to figure out if I’m an asshole magnet or just being more cognizant of what’s going on around me when I’m in public because I’m either on the knee scooter or on an electric wheelchair. There I was, driving through Walmart on one of their carts, minding my own business.  People running their carts into me, cutting me off while I am following Tiffany who’s helping me shop..So I can say yes, the assholes that shop at Costco also evidently shop at Walmart. Not necessarily scientific, but applicable.

It’s now being determined that fireworks were used for the commission of that horrible crime in Boston.  Where are the anti-gun people at on this??!! When a gun is used in the commission of an atrocity the cry goes out across America to ban guns. Why aren’t these same people who blame guns blaming fireworks??!! In my mind it’s EXACTLY the same thing. But there isn’t an outcry… Why?  

The Angels Hands Kite Fly is in 2.5 weeks. Initially I had cancelled my participation as I’ve been in a pretty dark place with this freaking foot.  But I’ve come to realize I want and need to be there. Won’t be able to do much, but then again I’m told all I do is stand there and give instructions anyway…..

Survivor sucked tonight…