iPhone Regained
I found the iPhone. I was looking for my shoes which are always on top of a table or dresser since Milton has a major shoe fetish. I found five black shoes, no mates, on the floor, and I checked the top of a cabinet and there was the iPhone, its little black face blending into the walnut wood. I found my shoes later in the bathroom, but I had to dig out a different pair to give my class on scene at OVRWA so if anybody there looked at my feet and said, “WTF?” I had good reason.
I’m trying to stay off my knee, but I have to get this stuff shifted so it’s shift, lay down with some Aleve, shift, lay down again. Slow going. While I’m down, I’m looking at cabinets and countertops on the internet and wondering when it became impossible to do a kitchen at a reasonable price. As my pal Deb Dixon once e-mailed me, “What are cabinets made out of? GOLD?” So I’m going the reasonably priced route for the cabinets but I’ve fallen in love with a countertop that is only made in California. Recycled glass. It’s amazing. And evidently expensive; isn’t green supposed to be good for the economy or something? I would show you a picture but @#$^& Wordpress did an update and now I can’t figure out how to upload. So I’ll e-mail Lani and she’ll tell me. Stay tuned.
Then Bob e-mailed and said, “Happy Birthday!” My birthday is in September. His is October 21. Because I remember these things. After that he harassed me about the Supernatural DVDs. Then I talked to my daughter and my mother and shifted some more stuff.
Basically my life is shifting, wheezing, painkillers, e-mail, and writing books. But I’m thinking by June, I’ll have filled that damn dumpster and I can go back to just living and writing. Like a normal person. With an iPhone.
Must go shift some more. If I clear the hall, I can take a bath. It’s the little things that count.
I don’t know about your particular knee trouble, but after I had knee trouble from hiking that made me stop, I went to physical therapy. the PT lady said that 70% of knee trouble for women is when your outer quad gets too strong and dominates your inner quad and pulls our kneecaps off center, causing knee pain. Stairs and lifting things will do this.
To counteract it, sit with your legs out straight, and clench your inner quad muscles for 10 seconds, breathe more, and repeat a few times. When you’re good at this, start doing slow leg lifts with your inner quad still clenched. It helps. Icing can help too but I can’t sit still that long.
Good luck! I’m off to order my own gold plated kitchen cabinets…
LOL. Bob announced to the whole group at OCC yesterday (where he did a day long workshop) that it was your birthday. There was easily a hundred people there. This is how rumors get started.
Hope the knee feels better!
That Bob! He’s a character, we all know Jenny is a Virgo. : ) Wish I could have come to Bob’s workshop, Gina, but I’m mirroring Jenny, I have a bad knee. And my $%*&( Cho Strap is on back order. It might take another week to get it. Meanwhile it’s hottubs and exercise and icepacks.
Glad you found the iPhone, Jenny. I was afraid one of the dogs had ingested it. Stay in the tub for a long time, you deserve it.
hope the knee feels better- I use a simple neoprene knee brace or sleeve when my knees start getting grumpy- makes the world a much better place
I wonder if the glass counters you’ve fallen in lust with are the same I’m drooling over- vetrazzo and I’m really thinking the millefiori or hollywood sage- but counters are low on my list, right now I just want a back door that keeps the cold out during the winter, on the upside I have so much ventilation at this place I don’t have to worry overmuch about carbon dioxide poisoning
CC, great minds. I want the Millefiori. Unfortunately, I’m not in California.
Gina, Bob also said that you all talked about the coffee pot, and that everybody there said he was right. I find it hard to believe that my OC sisters would betray me like that, but I know Bob can be persuasive.
And thank you all for the sympathy on my knee but I don’t deserve it. About half an hour ago I tried to move a box by pushing it with, you guessed it, my screwed up knee. Stupidity leads to pain. But I will try all suggestions. Eventually.
The coffee pot? Hmmm. I must have missed that part.
Two things for your knee…chiropractor and Bio-Freeze. First is for long-term relief, second, short-term.
Bless all of our bones. Ain’t aging recreational?
Warmly,
Gayle in Longview, WA
Black Cherry Kisser
Me, the Queen of Bad Knees, swear by Aleve. A true miracle drug! Of course, the total knee replacement in October helped too.
Jenny. Stop. Moving. Things.
I’m saying this on behalf of your mother, who perhaps doesn’t read this blog, or at least apparently doesn’t post to it.
(But then, I move things when I shouldn’t too, and I don’t tell my mother about it.)
Jenny, WHEEZING? Did you realize that as an asthmatic, certain pain relievers are NOT recommended? Like Aleve or ibuprofen? Aspirin falls into this category as well.
The only really “safe” otc pain reliever for we asthmatics is Tylenol or it’s generic cousins.
It’s not fun.
If Tylenol, heat and ice (and patience!) aren’t enough, it might be time to check with your doctor. Maybe some tylenol 3 (Codeine is my friend!) will help. That’s what got me through my sprained ankle.
Please, take care of your lungs as well as your knee!
One second thought, Jenny does not drink. Not that the two are DIRECTLY related, but I find that Codeine does relax my inhibitions a little. Maybe Jenny on Codeine is not the best idea…
I redid my kitchen a couple years ago. Benefit to a small kitchen — I could get the stuff I really wanted without driving myself into debt. I love my counter tops — quartz which, for me, is prettier than granite.
I’ve got bad knees from running track when I was a lass, which wasn’t that long ago sadly. So, yeah stop moving things.
Really it’s okay to use your female status to get help. I’m sure you know this, but it’s all about how you make them believe it’s their idea. You get to keep your dignity by not fluttering your lashes and whoever you get to help feels like a manly man. Win-Win.
Writer down!
Bad knee, no donut! Or muffin!
Ice first 24 hrs or so, elevation, rest, compression with an ace bandage if it makes it feel better.
NO MOVING HEAVY THINGS.
Hitch that herd to whatever needs shifting and let them earn their keep.
Oh and if it’s still sore tomorrow AFTER you’ve NOT MOVED ANY. THING. go see your doc.
I see all of this as a win-win. Knee pain? Sympathy…MILK IT! Yay! And with a birthday in September AND May people with short term memory problems will double-gift you. YAY! Especially if they think you are all crippled up…I see an expensive counter top in your future.
Nothin but a nice kitchen ahead!
Glad you relocated the iPhone. But, with your birthday yesterday and all, you coulda had a shiny new one…
See? The glass is always half full ( mine’s always half full with wine.
Knee pain is the worst so big, gentle hugs!
Can’t wait to see pics of the countertop. We went the cheap route and painted our cabinets but a year later they need to be done again *blech*
Keep track of those “little things”
They get you every time.
Take care of that knee.
Oh, and “Happy Birthday”
As yet another Bad Knees Woman, I second (or third, or sixth) the ice and quad sets recommendations. It’s amazing what a difference just 15 or 20 quick, correctly performed leg lifts can make.
And as soon as I saw “recycled glass,” I knew you were talking Vetrazzo. Even though it’ll be years before we can remodel our kitchen, I have the site bookmarked. The company says they’ll work with local stone/granite/tile fabricators to help them become authorized Vetrazzo makers - so, because I apparently have time to waste, I googled “granite tile fabricator ohio” and came up with a place in Bedford Heights called Stoneworks that’s touting its new concrete division. Worth a shot!
Is Bob confusing your birthday and Mother’s Day again? At least he remembered it was an important day!
Take care of that knee. Think of it this way- what’s cheaper? Hiring someone to come in and haul stuff, or paying to have the knee fixed once it’s really messed up?
“Basically my life is shifting, wheezing, painkillers, e-mail, and writing books.”
There has to be some dog loving in there somewhere?!! Are they more help with the shifting or the painkiller/resting part? They have to be confused by now.
Glad you found the iPhone. It is too great of a toy to stay lost.
Go with what you really want for the kitchen. You will NEVER EVER do it again. Unless you go insane first.
I don’t know about knees but kitchen remodels- oh I know way too much…sigh…
Shift happens.
But some knee pain can be avoided!!!
Maybe we should all wish Bob a happy birthday on June 15th?
Cathy, thank you for the heads up on the Aleve. I’m takign Tylenol now. And seeing the doc on Wednesday.
The dogs are perking right along. They’re used to the ripped up house now–until there’s more ripping or the new doors go in, and it’s summer so they’re all over the back yard which now looks like a meadow because nobody’s mowed it. I’m thinking of having the whole damn thing paved, except for Joni Mitchell guilt.
Mollie’s figuring out why Wordpress won’t let me post photos here (since I can on D&G) so with any luck, we’ll get that soon.
Jenny–seen this headline?
Mayer, Bikini-Clad Aniston in Pool Romp
I’m not at all surprised.
Uh oh. YOU are in deep serious trouble.
Cleveland Clinic. arthroscopy.
http://cms.clevelandclinic.org/ortho/body.cfm?id=31
Short dogs romping in a meadow…hmm… I imagine they look like dolphins, breaking through the surf.
Hey, it’s Tuesday! I need to find my passport and visit Bobistan!
Oh, wait, I don’t have one. Maybe I can sneak across the border…There’s only 1 dog in Bobistan, right? Maybe I can toss Hannah a frisbee, distract her. A meat filled frisbee.
Slave Driver hopes Hannah has’nt been through the SF training at Fort Bragg…
I’ve had osteoarthritis in both knees since I was in my 20’s, and Gayle is right: Bio-Freeze is truly amazing. But you should try to remember to get it from your doctor tomorrow since it’s not sold in stores, except hospital pharmacies. Gentle but regular stretching exercises will also be very helpful, and don’t go up and down the stairs any more often than absolutely necessary, and find some large hulking person to move your furniture for you. For all of your medical needs, just ask Dr. Cherry.
I had good intentions. My iCal told me it was her birthday. I believed it. I still believe it. I think she’s fibbing. My iPhone agreed with my iCal. So. Psshww.
Wait. I missed that romp.
You should be able to find Biofreeze outside of the hospital. When I was a massage therapist, the school where I trained sold it. I think I’ve seen it for sale at Whole Foods, and I just spotted it for sale on Amazon.
I have to agree with Bob on this one. iPhone said birthday, birthday it is. After all, we all know technology is infallible. It’s not like that stuff is programmed by people, or anything…
So, Bob, what’s Jenny getting for her iBirthday, anyway? Countertops, maybe?
I’m getting a visit from Bob at the end of the month. Who could ask for more?
I hope he likes constructions sites.
Ooh, the glass countertop sounds gorgeous. And here I went with plain old granite. Thrilled with my remodel though, worth feeling like a refugee for a couple of months. I’ve seen the recycled glass (in a sort of sea green) in wall tile in a kitchen and it is gorgeous. I hope it’s all you hope for!
Well, so far, only Californians can get it, so I may have to go without.
And yes I went to the doctor today. And if I stay off it and ice it and take advil, I should be fine. Except I’m in the middle of a freaking remodel here . . .
But it hurts so I’m going to be good.
Mollie’s still trying to fix the blog so I can upload pictures again. And I’ll blog again when my knee stops screaming.
She said, pathetically.
Don’t you mean “She Hissed?”
But seriously, I’m sorry about your knee. I hope you get some relief soon.
I Googled the Vetrazzo site and saw they have dealers all over — did you mean that they don’t sell that specific counter outside of CA, or are they not selling any at this time?
I’m really rooting for you to get that counter and post pictures. I love glass. If I could figure out how to fuse you one myself, I’d send it as a belated birthday gift, from me and Bob of course.
Oh, strike the “all over” part. I don’t know what else I was looking at, but it seems the Midwest choices are either Nashville or Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Recycled class counter tops. Don’t know anything about it but if you can’t get it, what about glass tile for a back splash.
Hope the knee gets better. Like yesterday.
So here’s the plan, I get the glass counter tops because I’m in California, Bob drives the Jeep down here, picks them up, drives them to Ohio (he’s going there anyway so geez, it’s just a small side-trip) and then you’ll be deliriously happy and your knee will heal because of the sheer pleasure sensations that glass counter tops can give a woman and Bob will be happy because he couldn’t think of what to get you for your birthday and–
You’ll be fine. Write something. And then go out in the garden and take pics of what’s growing.
Robena, it’s Jenny’s iBirthday. An iBirthday is to a Birthday what Sweetests Day is to Valentines day, or Pringles are to Potato Chips…
And I have a Jeep Wrangler, no way will a countertop fit in it. I know, I brought a pool home in mine once, and boy that was an event I’d only seen at Cirque De Soile.
There must be a better solution…
“I hope he likes constructions sites.”
Well, he likes war zones, right? Same thing. Kind of.
Totally off the topic of knees and construction stories, but fits very nicely within the topic of community:
I ran across a new word in a newspaper column this week,
ubuntu, an African word meaning “you can’t be human alone.”
The translation reminded me of why I keep returning (or re-lurking, I should say) to the books and blogs that you and Bob have created. I enjoy the humor and the intellectual/social commentary, but I’ve discovered that in other books and webgroups and gradually drifted away.
And you both entertain me (I’m one of the Cherry bombs who would ready your grocery list if you provided it.)
But what keeps bringing me back, to reread your books, and to visit various blogs, is that tangible sense of community.
I ran across a new word in a newspaper column this week,ubuntu, an African word meaning “you can’t be human alone.”
lilyblues, I love that. Thank you for posting it.
Ubuntu. Love that.
While we were remodeling our kitchen there was an article in the home section of our paper about a house that had, among other things, a kitchen floor with glass block insets with neon lights under them. The overgrown 8 year old in me who loves glittery things lusted after that floor — or did until I read that it cost $40,000. Gold-plated cabinets are nothing compared to a floor that cost more than all the cars I’ve purchased in my lifetime combined (and I’m a baby boomer, so there have been many cars). Not to mention imagining the conversation with my youngest about why we couldn’t afford to send him to college but his inheritance included a great floor.
Ubuntu. No man is an island. I like that.