Health and Stuff, like our passive agressive neighbor

Well it has been a really rough month and my health has been shit to say the least, from the cold and flu to a lovely pneumonia which is still holding on and I can't seem to shake it completely. Sucks.
Started on with a bit of a cold in early February and then a week ago I found out it had turned to Pneumonia. My chest feels like there is an elephant sitting on it an and it is hard to breath at times, I get up for small periods of time every day but am no where to the energy I had just a month ago, and that really is a true disappointment to me, I was so close to finishing the bedroom walls, then the whole damn house would have been painted. At least we got the main floor done and pictures hung down here and everything, makes getting better a bit easier.

What does not help with any health concern is living right next door to two of the biggest idiots, I have ever met in my life, hope your renovating that kitchen so you can list your house next year, because besides your dogs barking, your the two rudest people I have ever had the displeasure of meeting. We are polite, send them a note or try to talk to them about issues with the property and their animals or their company backing over our lawn and destroying our lawn lanterns. We never get a reply or anything and these are the people we share a semi detached house with, oh well wait till I drop the fence plans in their door, that might get a response from the inconsiderates.
I just hate rudeness of any sort, but our world is filled with it, we have been very nice and always put everything in writing to deal with the house and them or other people. Their dogs were quiet for about a week, now they are barking again and it is not just us who hears them, even people two doors down can hear them bark, ridiculous. When we first moved in they were nice and offered to help pay for insulation in between the houses, never heard another word about that, so to ask them about anything else just seems like a waste of time, but I guess we have to ask. If for no other reason than to just protect ourselves with them and the rest of the world. Talk about passive aggressive douches.
This morning just to be extra childish they shovelled right up the middle of a joint sidewalk, how fucking ridiculous can you get, I have also been cleaning up water since 8:30am leaking from there side because they changed their eaves and refuse to respond or even correct the issue.
You don't want to play hardball with an angry queen, I am not so passive, but can be very aggressive if you push me to that point.

On other health fronts, like discuss Matt for a minute, he has been in and out with a cold all month as well and his back has been giving him a lot of trouble. In pain some days and other days, feeling really good, the last couple days have been bad for him and he has not been so well, but the last couple weeks, he has been a trooper, looking after me, taking the girls out all the time and cooking all the meals while I was sick, what a wonderful husband. He is now scheduled for his back surgery and will be going in for surgery in April, then he will be out of commission for a bit and that really sucks as it will be close to summer and the one thing we have in this house is a lot of stairs, hope he can handle them. He really liked his surgeon that he met and that is a great thing. I am hoping that recooperation time will not be too long, but who knows, I am sure he will cover, cause he is strong and very stubborn , much like me. A match made in heaven, both strong willed and bitchy in our own ways, at least we know how to get what we want and help each other to get to that point, talk about a perfect marriage.

Well that is all that is new for now, time to go and get some rest, was up for my 3 hours now time for a bit of rest again, have a great day and thanks for reading.

February in a Nut Shell

Well here it is , I used to write in here a lot and had more time to do this, now I am looking for work, finishing a house renovation and concentrating on my health so this will probably be my last posting for a while. Sorry to say that, but I just need to concentrate on other things and this will stop my family from knowing anything about our lives as some of them still read this unfortunately.

So here is what we have done in the last month in the house, we have sanded all the dry wall and painted the main floor and hung pictures finally. Sanded all the floors in preparation for staining and varnishing, will be 4 to 7 coats of varnish, so we have a glass finish on the floors when completed.

Also this month we have prepared the upstairs floors for painting and finished with mudding the dry wall , all we have to do now is sand everything and then it will be completed up there and all done, holy shit. So happy to be this near to completion and looking back at all the work we have done, am so proud of both of us. We moved in to a house built in 1906 and had carpeting with no underlay, glued to the original hardwood and falling apart, literally dust in parts and certain areas. Walls that were chipping plaster, disgusting mismatched baseboards throughout, then when we took down walls and ceilings we found knob and tube wiring and junction boxes from hell all on our lovely 6 fused electrical panel, no insulation in most of the walls.

So all and all we have done one hell of a lot of work and it has been great. Now both of us going back to work in the very near future.

So that catches you all up on the house, February has been hell for us both as far as colds and flu, Matt was sick for over a week with a cold and he is feeling much better the last week. I have now been down for the count for over two weeks and went back to the doctor on Wednesday and now have pneumonia which has really taken a toll on my body. I have to go back to the doctor on Monday to see if things are getting any better and if the pills that I am on are helping at all. This sucks completely.

I am suffering and I hate it, not out of bed for more than an hour at a time and my chest hurts so bad. I get up to eat and that is about all. my appetite is not quite what it was a couple weeks ago and I am afraid that all the weight I gained the last month I may loose again. I have now quit smoking for 2 months.

Well not much else to say at the moment, except wish us luck to get employment, finish the house and better health. Thank you all for reading and I will be back at least once a month, but that's about all for now. have a great weekend.