Friday, April 27, 2007

latest newspaper report on my missing cousin

27th April
Probe Expands Into Missing Canadian Man
By Vanessa C. Rolle
The police are networking with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and the local Ministry of Tourism to share information regarding the investigation into the disappearance of a 34-year-old Canadian man, police have confirmed.

Assistant Superintendent Walter Evans told The Bahama Journal on Thursday that investigations into the whereabouts of Darrell Cloutier, who went missing around April 10, were still ongoing.

Mr. Cloutier was reported missing by his employers at PCL Construction Ltd. on Paradise Island on April 11 when he failed to show up for work.

Mr. Cloutier is an administrative officer at the company where he has been employed since 2004, and is a resident of Olde Towne Sandyport.

"We are in constant contact with representatives from Foreign Affairs in Canada and they are aware, and there is a link with the Ministry of Tourism. So they are updated, and this is not just a singular effort in terms of information, or with regard to information," ASP Evans said.

"We have a person who is missing now and we are doing everything that we can at this stage to find the individual. He is still missing. I can confirm that and the police investigation continues."

He would not comment on whether police were still investigating to determine whether Don Diego Cartwright, 32, who had been picked up by police for questioning, was still a person of interest in the case.

ASP Evans also would not comment on whether police planned to bring any additional charges against Patrice Knowles, the 36-year-old woman who was charged recently with using Mr. Cloutier’s credit card.

Knowles pleaded not guilty to seven counts of fraud. She is on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison.

"All I can say is that we have been making some inroads in regard to our investigation. We don’t want to go further than where we are on our comments on that," ASP Evans said.

"The police investigation continues in this matter. The police have not ceased any operation on that and there has been a continued effort in regard to the search for the missing Canadian. We will continue to search until we get positive results."

Friends of Mr. Cloutier have raised a $10,000 reward for information on his whereabouts.

The police are asking persons who may have any information regarding this case to contact them at 502-9991 or Crimestoppers at 328-TIPS.

The police were reportedly following leads and doing physical searches in the area of Delaporte where the missing man was last known to have been seen.

Mr. Cloutier is a Caucasian, five feet nine inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing black pants and a tan coloured golf shirt, police said.

Your life in 50 questions

Got this from one of my sons and I put my answers to his questions

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought? Where the heck did this extremely LIGHT blond hair come from around my forehead?

2. How much cash do you have on you? about $40.00 not counting a wallet just for change cause it's always something the grandkids need change for :)

3. What's a word that rhymes with “DOOR?” Eeyore

4. Favorite planet? Earth

5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your mobile phone? Keith who scared the heck out of Lareta and made her scream which made me scream as the border cross officer stared at us!!!

6. What is your favourite ring tone on your phone? Traditional ring

7. What shirt are you wearing? well wearing jammies right now but was wearing ablue shirt with white collar and cuffs today

8. Do you “label” yourself? Perfected Anal retentive

9. Name the brand of your shoes you're currently wearing? Bare feet.. latest brand

10. Bright or dark room? Bright

11. What do you think about the person who took this survey before you? Makes me snort

12. Who do you miss right now? the person that I got this from and his family.. waiting for him to learn how to fly

13. What were you doing at midnight last night? family history while watching CSI Miami

14. What did your last text message you received on your cell say? I don't have text msg on my cell

15. Where is your nearest 7-11? On Scott Road and something or other.. We have Mac's out here

16. What's a word that you say a lot? PUHLEASE

17. Who told you he/she loved you last? Keith

18. Last furry thing you touched? Keith... needed a shave :)

19. How many drugs have you done in the last three days? Too many to count

20. How many rolls of film do you need developed? None.. well I have a current one still not finished in my camera but it is a new film

21. Favourite age you have been so far? 48

22. Your worst enemy? Myself

23. What's your current desktop picture?
"Hmmm I can't seem to be able to add a pic on here.. but it is of my Easter girls :)

24. What was the last thing you said to someone? "Night Love have a good sleep"

25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be? I would say a million dollars,

26. Do you like someone? I like everyone

27. The last song you listened to? Ticks by Brad Paisley

28. What time of day were you born? I haven't a clue.. I was born a month early so that wasn't a priority

29. What's your favorite number? 8

30. Where did you live in 1987? 52 Powers Bay, Regina, SK.

31. Are you jealous of anyone? nope not that I can't think of off hand

32. Is anyone jealous of you? I don't think so.. if they are they have never said

33. Where were you when 9/11 happened? On my way to work at the hotel trying to do managing on my cell figuring out what we were going to do with all our guests that would not be flying and all the ones stuck at the airport that would need rooms

34. What do you do when vending machines steal your money? uhhh usually bang it a couple of times

35. Do you consider yourself kind? Yes,

36. What do you most look forward to? Owning my own house

37. If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be? Spanish

38. Would you move for the person you loved? Already have.

39. Are you touchy feely? Definitely

40. What's your life motto? hmm have to think of that one

41. Name three things that you have on you at all times? diamond stud earrings, wedding rings and my CTR ring

42. Whats your favourite town/city? Whistler BC

43. What was the last thing you paid for with cash? medicine and a Dora egg at the pharmacy

44. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it? A week ago

45. Can you change the oil on a car? Yes. I have.

46. Your first love: what is the last thing you heard about him/her? That he left me high and dry deserted in a strange town

47. How far back do you know about your ancestry? at least 1500's on all but my maternal grandmother's maternal grandmother's line. I can not for the life of me get past her. So I have 5 generations on that one

48. The last time you dressed fancy, what did you wear and why did you dress fancy? I wore a fancy dress that I made for my 25th anniversary last fall.

49. Does anything hurt on your body right now? My lower spine, my shoulders muscles are cramping and I have a really bad headache but I would think something was wrong if they didn't.

50. Have you been burned by love? Many many times.. which is why I have a brick wall around me now

Your life in 50 questions

Got this from one of my sons and I put my answers to his questions

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought? Where the heck did this extremely LIGHT blond hair come from around my forehead?

2. How much cash do you have on you? about $40.00 not counting a wallet just for change cause it's always something the grandkids need change for :)

3. What's a word that rhymes with “DOOR?” Eeyore

4. Favorite planet? Earth

5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your mobile phone? Keith who scared the heck out of Lareta and made her scream which made me scream as the border cross officer stared at us!!!

6. What is your favourite ring tone on your phone? Traditional ring

7. What shirt are you wearing? well wearing jammies right now but was wearing ablue shirt with white collar and cuffs today

8. Do you “label” yourself? Perfected Anal retentive

9. Name the brand of your shoes you're currently wearing? Bare feet.. latest brand

10. Bright or dark room? Bright

11. What do you think about the person who took this survey before you? Makes me snort

12. Who do you miss right now? the person that I got this from and his family.. waiting for him to learn how to fly

13. What were you doing at midnight last night? family history while watching CSI Miami

14. What did your last text message you received on your cell say? I don't have text msg on my cell

15. Where is your nearest 7-11? On Scott Road and something or other.. We have Mac's out here

16. What's a word that you say a lot? PUHLEASE

17. Who told you he/she loved you last? Keith

18. Last furry thing you touched? Keith... needed a shave :)

19. How many drugs have you done in the last three days? Too many to count

20. How many rolls of film do you need developed? None.. well I have a current one still not finished in my camera but it is a new film

21. Favourite age you have been so far? 48

22. Your worst enemy? Myself

23. What's your current desktop picture?
"Hmmm I can't seem to be able to add a pic on here.. but it is of my Easter girls :)

24. What was the last thing you said to someone? "Night Love have a good sleep"

25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be? I would say a million dollars,

26. Do you like someone? I like everyone

27. The last song you listened to? Ticks by Brad Paisley

28. What time of day were you born? I haven't a clue.. I was born a month early so that wasn't a priority

29. What's your favorite number? 8

30. Where did you live in 1987? 52 Powers Bay, Regina, SK.

31. Are you jealous of anyone? nope not that I can't think of off hand

32. Is anyone jealous of you? I don't think so.. if they are they have never said

33. Where were you when 9/11 happened? On my way to work at the hotel trying to do managing on my cell figuring out what we were going to do with all our guests that would not be flying and all the ones stuck at the airport that would need rooms

34. What do you do when vending machines steal your money? uhhh usually bang it a couple of times

35. Do you consider yourself kind? Yes,

36. What do you most look forward to? Owning my own house

37. If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be? Spanish

38. Would you move for the person you loved? Already have.

39. Are you touchy feely? Definitely

40. What's your life motto? hmm have to think of that one

41. Name three things that you have on you at all times? diamond stud earrings, wedding rings and my CTR ring

42. Whats your favourite town/city? Whistler BC

43. What was the last thing you paid for with cash? medicine and a Dora egg at the pharmacy

44. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it? A week ago

45. Can you change the oil on a car? Yes. I have.

46. Your first love: what is the last thing you heard about him/her? That he left me high and dry deserted in a strange town

47. How far back do you know about your ancestry? at least 1500's on all but my maternal grandmother's maternal grandmother's line. I can not for the life of me get past her. So I have 5 generations on that one

48. The last time you dressed fancy, what did you wear and why did you dress fancy? I wore a fancy dress that I made for my 25th anniversary last fall.

49. Does anything hurt on your body right now? My lower spine, my shoulders muscles are cramping and I have a really bad headache but I would think something was wrong if they didn't.

50. Have you been burned by love? Many many times.. which is why I have a brick wall around me now

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Head still attached but barely

So I emailed my doctor over the weekend asking to come in this week because my headaches from my head injury are still constant and I have enough health problems to begin with without adding to them. I got an email back Monday morning stating my doctor is still out of town but I could get in that afternoon with her counterpart. I have seen her several times and really like her so off I go.

I go over what happened and how stupid I really was for not seeing the wood there and how idiotic I was for hitting my head on it the second time like I couldn't see AND feel it there the first time. My results of my head x-ray were in and she said that was normal and asked me where the pain was. I said the headache is all over pretty much but the pain is at the base of my skull into my neck. She said they only x-rayed your head and didn't do the base or the neck!! UGHHHH! So she sent me back with big letters stating do the base of the skull AND the neck. Meantime the radiologist twists my head into a pretzel and smiles and says hold that position now! Yeah right come here and say that to me!!

She started me on anti-inflammatories to at least try and get the swelling down back there and sent the paperwork in for my cat scan. She said it is completely up to the Radiologist of who gets priority but she sent it all off while I was there. I got my prescription and toddled home. By last night Keith had to get me a blessing as I was doubled over with nausea and my acid reflux went into overtime. I had even made sure I had eater before I took the medication but because I basically don't have any stomach lining left from my illness it was too much. Oh what a joy it is to be 50!!!

Nothing more on news for my cousin. Nothing in papers nothing anywhere :( I feel so helpless way out here with no family contact. My mom calls every day to ask if I got any news as she knows I can search the internet but there has been nothing since last Thursday. When does a person stop looking? When does one draw the line and say I have to go back to my life etc. I think of my own children that are grown and what would I do if I was in my uncle's shoes right now in another Continent let alone a different country. My heart aches for him and my other cousin that is there. I wish I could give them a hug and tell them my hug is there for them as well as my love.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Sunday Update

Missing man update

calgary.ctv.ca

There are a few more developments in the disappearance of a Calgary man working in the Bahamas.

CTV spoke with Darrell Cloutier’s father who is in Nassau. He says they met with police on Thursday and the news is not good.

Police say if Cloutier is found, it is unlikely he will be found alive.

Police also told Cloutier’s father that they think they know who is behind his son’s disappearance.

Darrel Cloutier, 34, was last seen Tuesday night.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Small Town Memories

I have spent a lot of time this past week in thought about what's been going on in my life trying to decide or plan where I am going and what I want to do. Kind of like a goal re-evaluation sort of thing. I hurt someone's feelings and broke their trust this week and it just about did me in. It was done completely unintentionally but it happened never the less and I can't undo the damage. So I have been sitting and stewing and thinking and realized how much simpler life was in the "good old days".

I grew up with in a family of 6 children. my dad was from a family of 13 children and my mom a family of 8. I grew up with both sets of grandparents, numerous aunts and uncles and cousins living in the same farm/town. Every Sunday was spent at the grandparents home for supper. You went to church without fail, went home for a big Sunday dinner, had a nap then went to the farm. My uncles would get their instruments out and everyone sang and we danced till meals were ready. Every birthday and holiday was spent together.

Every spring part of the farm land was rototilled and all the families would gather to plant a communal garden that we tended all through the summer months and all the families harvested it together. Spring was meant for branding the cattle and riding horses in the pastures to round the calves up. Holidays were meant to shove our city cousins out of the hay loft into the bull pen below to scare them. Butter was a treat to churn and we would fight for that honour. We all had our own little cups that we got to stick under the milk separator to get the first milk fresh from the barn.

Our meals were breakfast dinner and supper not high tea or dinner at 5PM. Our doors were never locked. You could leave your purse on the front seat of your car all night with the windows down and it would still be there in the morning. It was a given that all the girls at 14 became candy stripers at the hospital.

We never had a curfew when we were little cause all the town children knew when the church bells pealed at noon and 6 pm it was time to go home. When the street lights came on it was time to go home at night. We all had the same rules. Rush hour traffic meant there were 2 tractors coming down main street (all two blocks of it) at the same time.

Every time we went home (after I got married) for the weekend Keith would be up at the crack of dawn waiting for Lemieux's Hardware Store to open. It was a kind of old fashioned general store. It sold dishes, furniture, saddles, cowboy hats, records, jewelry, vet supplies..... it had a table on the one side that the old men sat around chewing the fat and talking about old women while they played checkers. Keith loved to putter around and always had to be kicked out at noon as all the stores in town close from 12-1 so all staff can go home for lunch. Even the banks close at noon.

Our children would get so excited as they never had to tell us where they were going to play as the whole town was a safe play land. They were thrilled when my mom would give them 20 dollars and tell them to go to the store to get milk or bread or something that she made up just so they had the experience. They would go and the clerks would notice someone that was visiting and they would ask who are you here visiting and they would say Memere and Pepere and they would already know who that was.

You had to walk to the post office to get mail and it took you 5 minutes to walk there from any direction but 20 minutes to get the mail as everyone knew the mail was put in the boxes by 10am so you had to visit with everyone there. You were raised that everyone was Monsieur and Madame and yes please and thank you. You were raised to respect your elders and you never talked back to them. We never shot anyone in our schools unless you counted spit balls behind the teachers back.

No one was kidnapped no one got murdered, every one watched out for one another.It's so ironic now at 50 years old as I reflect back to my good old days and I realize what I so desperately wanted to run away from when I was a teenager that knew everything is the same thing now that I would give anything to be able to run back to.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

thursday update

Family fears for man missing in Bahamas

Globe and Mail Update

CALGARY — Ten days ago, Darrell Cloutier was preparing to leave the tropical digs where he has worked for more than two years when his idyllic life in the Bahamas was unexpectedly interrupted.

On the evening of April 10, the 34-year-old administration manager for a half-billion-dollar expansion of a luxury Atlantis resort on Paradise Island was dining with his replacement — another Canadian sent south by Edmonton-based PCL Constructors Inc. — and giving the new guy the lay of the land.

“Darrell was doing an absolutely excellent job for us and in fact was coming to the end of his tour of duty and was about to leave in the next few weeks to return to Canada for a new assignment,” Ross Grieve, PCL's chief executive officer, said Wednesday. “His career was going very well and he was going to take on more responsibility.”

But the morning after that business dinner, the normally dependable Calgary man didn't show up at the work site. His co-workers telephoned him and, by afternoon, went to his condominium in an upscale Nassau neighbourhood where he lives alone.

They found his front door unlocked and groceries purchased the day before still stowed in his car. They called police.

“It's very scary because it's been a long time and there's still no sign of him at all,” Mr. Grieve said. “Your mind could run wild with scenarios but you just don't know, you just don't know.”

Wednesday, Glenn Miller, chief superintendent of the Royal Bahamas Police Force central detective unit, said a 36-year-old Bahamian woman has been charged with a number of offences, including possession of Mr. Cloutier's credit and bank cards, as well as fraud for allegedly siphoning funds from his bank account.

He added that two other people were being interrogated Wednesday in connection with Mr. Cloutier's disappearance. That's in addition to another man, who was also wanted by police for questioning in the case and turned himself in Tuesday.

None of the latter three has been charged, but Supt. Miller said police believe all four people were somehow acquainted with Mr. Cloutier.

“From our inquiries there's definitely a suggestion that they know him,” Chief Supt. Miller said.

“It's difficult to determine at this time what happened,” he added. “It's a very suspicious matter and we're treating it as such. Our inquiries are intense and we're treating this as if something happened to him.”

Police are looking for travel documents, but so far haven't had any luck. They are also looking into threats family members said were made against the affable Canadian, who plays in the weekly Nassau Street Hockey League and has worked for PCL for eight years.

“At this point, I don't have any complaint of a threat other than the relative suggesting he might have been receiving some threatening calls,” Chief Supt. Miller said.

Mr. Cloutier's father, Raymond, travelled to the Bahamas last week and told investigators about the threats. His brother and a cousin are also on the island trying to help find him.

Bahamian police did not immediately alert the news media to the missing foreigner and asked the company to refrain from talking about it, as part of the police investigation.

On Monday, local police held a news conference and said they were making progress.

He also said Bahamian police are working diligently to find Mr. Cloutier.

Foreign Affairs said Wednesday that consular officials are in touch with local authorities and have offered assistance to the family.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Wednesday update

I emailed CTV news yesterday asking why a Canadian man has been missing for a week and there still has been nothing on the news. This is a link to their story.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070417/bermuda_missing_070417/20070417?hub=TopStories

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Tuesday cousin update

Police search for Canadian

By Tenovia Trotman, Guardian Staff Reporter

tenovia@nasguard.com

Police are continuing an ongoing search for Darrell Cloutier, a 34 year old Canadian who was reported missing since last week Wednesday.

Chief Superintendent Hulan Hanna held a press conference Monday afternoon to update the press on the progress the police are making into the matter.

Darrell Cloutier came to The Bahamas to work in 2004 on a work permit as an Administrative Officer employed at PCL Construction Company located on Paradise Island. According to Mr. Hanna, the report about Cloutier being missing, came from someone in Mr. Cloutier's work environment who hadn't seen Cloutier at the expected times and places. It is reported that the individual became concerned and alerted the police.

Chief Superintendent Hanna said that the information the police have would suggest that the man is single. Mr. Hanna said that Cloutier's father has been contacted and is assisting the police.

Further, it was reported that police have in custody a 36-year-old-female resident of Western New Providence who is assisting the police with the investigation. Mr. Hanna said that there is a possibility that the female in custody and Mr. Cloutier may be known to each other.

Police are not divulging any information about the woman at the time due to the nature of the matter.

As part of the investigation, the police are also currently pursuing the whereabouts of Don Diego Cartwright, a 32 year old resident of Bacardi Road. Cartwright is believed to be 5'7", dark brown in complexion and of medium build. Police are asking the public to give them any information that they may have on the matter.

According to police reports, Mr. Cloutier was last seen between April 10th and April 11th at the Sunrise Beach Villas wearing black pants, a beige golf shirt and black dress shoes. Mr. Cloutier is 5'9'', of light complexion, with dark brown hair and weighs about 180 pounds. According to Mr. Hanna, police are not certain if there is a relationship between Cartwright and Cloutier, but Cartwright is wanted by the Central Detective Unit in connection with a possible kidnapping of Mr. Cloutier and is considered armed and dangerous.

Mr. Hanna said that Cartwright is a person of interest and that the police need to see him. According to Mr. Hanna, it is a matter of police protocol that whenever the police are looking for someone who they believe deliberately does not want to be found, that person or persons are then deemed potentially dangerous to the public.

"At this point all lines of inquiry are open; no definitive conclusions have been made to determine what happened to the individual," Mr. Hanna said.

He added that the police are very interested in locating Cloutier alive and well.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Famous Relatives

I found a site today that if you enter your information in, it will check to see if you have any famous relatives. I hope the link comes through!

http://trees.ancestry.com/RelationFinder/relate.aspx?pid=19914256

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Childhood Problem

I was watching a tv show the other night that totally bothered me. It was about the new children's health concern. We all know that childhood obesity and childhood diabetes are at an all time high but what the pediatrician's were saying on the show was that what they are seeing on a too frequent basis is abdominal problems. They said that the children of today are eating so much crap that it is constipating them and giving them so called "Stomach Flus" on an all too frequent basis.

If you are squeamish do not continue reading this!!! They went on to say that as adults when we are constipated we take some sort of laxative but the problem with children is the medication is too potent for their tiny organs that are still developing. So what is happening when they finally do have a BM is it tears up their rectum giving them hemorrhoids and fissures. They also went on to say that frequently when they get too constipated to "go" that the fecal bacteria starts going backwards giving them the nausea and stomach pains and when it gets bad from no relief children are starting to throw up and mixed in with stomach acid is fecal matter!

They continued on to say that children's diets these days are made up of chicken nuggets, French fries, pop, chips, pizza, fast foods etc.. they said vegetables if any.. consist of canned or frozen corn.. if fruit is part of their dietary diet it usually is one piece a day if even that much. When they were interviewing parents on why their children were not getting more fresh fruits and vegetables they were always getting the same 2 answers... 1. it costs too much and 2. the children don't like it.

They said the reason children don't like fresh produce is because it doesn't have fat, salt and preservatives in it that give it that oooey gooey taste kids have gotten accustomed to. They said how expensive is it to buy fresh produce compared to medications, laxatives, enemas, missed work due to doctor visits. They (the specialists) said the average family meal out costs 40-50 dollars and they showed fresh produce totaling that amount to show the parents what they actually could get for their money.

At the end of the show a panel of specialists went to elementary schools throughout the country to find out what children had in their lunch boxes (for those that took lunches to schools or had cafeterias) and it was almost unanimously starch, starch and more starch with almost no fresh produce or anything healthy. Drinks were supposedly fruit juice but when they checked the labels they found that over 97% of them started with "water as the first ingredient and then some sort of sugar fructose, sucrose, dextrose anything that ends in ose is a sugar"as the 2nd ingredient. They said don't get fooled into thinking that just because the labels says no sugar added that there isn't already a bunch of sugar in it to begin with.

I was blown away by the show. Completely blown away.

Monday, April 09, 2007

Nerves of jelly

So tomorrow is my first visit back at Royal Columbian Hosp for a mammogram that I have to get every 6 months because of my progressive breast disease. I am not happy to the techs not finding it before it tumour had gotten that big and now every 6 months I have to go get re-mammogrammed, re-imaged and re-biopsied to see what has changed towards the breast cancer. I am not impressed. Talk about a death sentence hanging over my head. But trying to keep positive.

Saturday, April 07, 2007

And the winner is.....


So today I get a call from Zellers saying I had won their Easter Basket draw. COOL!! I didn't know I had entered it. I called Lareta and asked if she remembered my entering the draw and she said Mum we did that like 3 days ago don't you remember? I said oh!! I thought I was entering my name to get my flyers sent to me in an email because we don't get flyers here. She said well yes that was what the email line was for but it was for a draw. Did you not see the huge bunny basket there. WELL DUH! I may be forgetful but not blind lol. I said well I just thought it was for display. I am sure she gets whiplash from all the head shaking she does at me lol. So Keith went to pick it up and this is what it looks like. I have had a bad bad pain day today between the headaches and backache and FM flareup... haven't even gotten dressed today and now have a migraine coming from the aura floating in front of my eyeballs.. joy.. thank goodness this basket doesn't come with eatable treats!!

Friday, April 06, 2007

Ongoing Head Saga

Hi there

Well I just wanted to keep you updated on what's been going on with my head since the inhury of a month or so ago. I saw the speicalist today. He made me lay down and while cradling my head he did some twists and turns and then said I am not touching you until you get a scan done. He said the problem is not at the base of the skull that she (my doc) thought but actually at the C3 vertebrae. He said there possibly can be a skull or a C3 fracture or the suspicions mass that is there was pre-existing and with the injury it just exaggerated it and he wasn't doing anything till he got a scan done on it. So he called my doctor at that point but because it was late in the day her office had closed for the day so now it will be Tuesday or later before they can connect to talk. He said he will probably get me in a collar of some sorts until they get this scanned just to keep the weight of my skull off my neck. He said the shooting pains are actually the neurons that are misfiring because nerve endings are compressed now and when my brain is working with thoughts etc and things to do it sends more impulses which misfires more. He told me to rest and to keep my mind still I looked at him and said are you kidding me? You know my mouth never stops talking even when I sleep right?

So there you go.... I will let you guys know anymore as I know it. We want to wish all of you and your families a Happy Easter. We will be having our family dinner tomorrow and the Easter Egg Hunt as Terry is down for this week and he goes back Saturday so we wanted to do it together. We hope all is well with you.

Love Sally

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????





I got up this morning and thought what the heck is outside? I pull up the blinds to see the ground covered in a thick white blanket~~ I thought yesterday was April Fools??? And it was bloody cold. I was determined to go out as I had 4 grandchildren's birthday presents to shop for and I was NOT going to dig out my winter coat that I had just had cleaned and put away for Spring! So I froze my butt and finger tips off let me tell you.. well not quite but you get the picture.

So I am still on my renew myself with Spring and new things and I picked out this book at the second had store on making wood projects. The first one(cause it seems the easiest) will be the night stand then the deacon's bench for my patio then the dining room table. At the rate this weather is going that should take me all summer to complete as I have to wait for the weather to stay warm so I can do the building and refinishing outside. Yes I know it probably would be cheaper in the long run to buy them but I am determined to use my brain and do SOMETHING useful during my memory fog days!!!

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Shopping Find

So I am out on Friday with Lareta shopping for new loafers. Mine had gotten too big and I kept walking out of them when I took steps which was annoying to say the least. We checked out Payless as that is one of the few stores that carries size 11 and I did find some new loafers that were $14.99!!! How perfect was that? I was so excited I decided to check out new spring shoes and these are what I found :-)

I am a sling back shoe kind of gal.. but rarely do I buy shoes that don't already match something. Usually I buy a piece of clothes and then get shoes to match. I have to have shoes that match my suits and dresses etc!! It's my one vice. Then you have to have a purse to match the shoes. So when I saw these shoes my first thought was I don't have something to actually match it first but because they are "tannish" (Is that a color?) and soft white I figured they would go with pretty much all my summer clothes so got them.

Then Lareta showed me the purse she had been looking at prior to that day and we both fell in love with a different purse so had to get those then another sales clerk came up to me while I was at the till and said oh by the way we have these clutch purses to go with those dress shoes you have.... groannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn... but they were such a good deal what was I to do?? I haven't bought new shoes or purse since last summer so what the heck??