getting caught up with myself

i have been off the net since thursday evening, i did stop at jen's for a fast brief blog post and to pay bills
(cause you KNOW that friday was payday.......damn)
 did you all miss me??
sniff
I MISSED ME (and i missed you all too)
 ok so the trouble started thursday and i figured it was verizon's problem so i sort of ignored it.
friday morning i still thought it was verizion's problem but i needed to pay the bills so decided to call and find out
they said it was my modem as they tested the line and saw up to the modem.
that meant a network card
sooooooooooooo
i called my cousin who picked up my baby and installed a card today (bless my cousin nick)
and i am now back here amongst the living

friday was a pretty nice day, i got the ducks out and washed that drake
saturday was errands mostly
and i washed the ducks
sunday i got really sick and ended up back in bed until 2pm, then even though it was 80 degrees out ( according to our new outdoor thermometer that we got saturday) i was in a teeshirt, sweatshirt, wool dickey, wool hat and jacket.......i sat in the sun in the garden for about 45 minutes before i got warmed up
bernie was pretty concerned, as i never go back to bed during the day unless i am half dead
which i was
i replanted some of the multiplier onions.... but nothing bulbed up good
i also got falstaff back in the pond for a second bath...this time was a thorough one, and i am pleased to inform you all that my formerly brownish and cream drake is now cream and white.......he is supposed to be ALL white but we're taking baby steps here
the water was opague when he was finished.
he had tried to jump poor tiny little phoebe while she splashed happily in the water........ahem....i don't THINK so
so i grabbed him and made sure that he was saturated,- at that point he figured why not finish......
so he did
45 minutes worth of finishing
i sat and watched him

btw, i also have discovered that the idiot's with the dogs and the nasty 20 year old don't annoy us when bernie is home
imagine that ~! ( and imagine me with heavy sarcasm in my jersey accent saying that)

now today we had rain, but i went out in my duck clothes (old clothes) to get my tower back from nick
he said i looked like a farmer, hahahahaha, not really but ok
i do have some whiskers on (damn that menopause)
the ducks were not happy about getting rained on........ they only like the water in the pond or mud puddles. but we dealt with it.
me howver got soaked to the skin and i am now all bundled up and freezing my assets off..... i can't get the wood stove to go as it's 60 out
and bernie will of course be late
ha
ok
now to amuse myself without my computer, i worked on the paper dolls i been drawing......i did a sheet of their clothes, i HAD started another blk/wht but realized i needed to use  a different refrence picture of one of the ducks. but since my computer was up the hill at my cousins, i didn't have any, nor could i take one as i would need the computer to see it
(the computer came back today, which will be your yesterday when you read this)
so i worked on the paper dolls
bernie forget and asked to 'watch that tv show' last night, i said 'but bernie, you watch them on the COMPUTER' ..........he was sort of like 'ya.........umm right' cause he didn't remember
(huh? i better get him checked for alzhiemers i swear)
in addition to all this, we have discovered that yes i was right about the insurance, and bernie was wrong (there's a surprise), and now we owe a ton of money for the lab tests from the specialist.
basically the lab work isn't covered (1000 deductable per person)
so that means no meds either, as i have to have labs done periodically (quarterly or more often)
it also means no other diagnostic tests as the diagnostics aren't covered
so no biopsy on the thyroid or mamography!
bernie was assured that this was incorrect....hahaha
i called the insurance company and it is sadly accurate
oh boy
let's see what all else
(besides i am really cold right now)
we finally got lightbulbs!!! yeah for being able to SEE
i think that is about all
i was lost without my computer
i use it for bills, for pictures, for writing, for you all, for email, for entertainment etc
it's such a part of our life........ even bernie didn't realize it
now i need a net book as back up
(and i could set it up by the drafting table and not have to run back and forth so much huh????)

oye
btw, my spinach is up out on the deck
and i transplanted my african violet babies..... all the peppers and tomatoes are up too as well as the eggplants
i can't wait for the snow peas and beans
spring is about here