Happy New Year

 So, the year is nearly over and everyone is screaming "happy new year," right?  What the hell did we expect people to say anyway?

Gotta tell ya 2013, was a rough year for this household, in Feb I finally finished up radiation and man, was I glad that was over.  The last few days of that were rough, I'd get my treatment and head upstairs to the Ward to visit my husband who was hospitalized with pancreatitis.  Later, in the month, it would be determined Potsdam could not handle his problem and he'd go to Burlington, Vt aka Fletcher Allen.  There he would have a very risky surgery and spend a good month at that hospital.  The kids and I stayed in a Residence Inn, and drove back home every week or so just to check on things,switch people who could come with me and visit hubby, who had no clue we were there half the time. Finally the end of March, he was sent home and now, recovery was underway.

Some where around October or maybe it was September, I got into this Focus T-25 exercise program and quickly learned just how out of shape I was and 25 minutes of working out was just about killing me, but I stuck with it and each day I got stronger and feel better.

It felt good to see the pounds drop, body start to tone and while I had aches and pains, I was learning to eat a bit more healthier and having more energy.

  It wasn't long and winter let us know it was here.  For awhile we all sat back and hoped this was not gonna be another Ice Storm, like we had in 1998, it was bad and many places lost power but thankfully not as bad at 1998.

Ya,the sun shining through the ice cover branches is pretty but that ice brought down many branches,including power lines, now that was not pretty.









It always amazes me that doctor's schedule appointments in December and rarely can keep them.  Back in November I had a kidney stone blasted and stent inserted.  I was to see my urologist on Dec 23rd and hopefully get the stent removed, well that was canceled and now I shall see him Jan 3rd but need get an X-ray done before hand.  Had a mammogram on Dec 16th and would see my oncologist on Dec 19th, well that was canceled as he went on vacation and I would now see him Jan 14th (the last time I had a mammogram, a letter came expressing some concern and after discussion, an MRI was done, all was good, so I was kinda nervous about this one but felt all was fine.  On Dec 27th a letter from radiology confirm, it was normal, all was good...and I was once again breathing normal.  The only appointment that was not canceled in December was dermatology and he told me I looked fantastic, no issues and just keep getting older.

Now Christmas was creeping up on us and somuch fun.

Clint got a Leap Pad but calls it his Ipad.  Well, gotta run, more later, have a great holiday.

Pre Thanksgiving...duh!

We begin the month with my grandson,who turned 13 in July, getting his first deer, a nine point buck.

He was so excited he could hardly walk to find the deer but he managed to do that and of course, pictures were a must.

Earlier his grandfather had shot one, they walked forever to find it and had no luck.  Alex also shot but missed, so this was truly an amazing experience and he is one happy camper.

  Not to be out done, my son also got a beer, and it had been some time since he shot one so now there were two deer to be processed and two very happy campers.


However, grandpa Cass would also shoot one and another guy, so Dean's thrill of being the only one to shoot a deer that day was shorted lived.

The following week, the kids were return to school and the guys would go back to deer camp with no kids.  I can't imagine how they managed without their boys???

 Before you knew it was November 11th and Veterans Day.  It was kinda nice to put on a cap that read "I'm a Vietnam Vet," and have people actually stop, shake my hand and say thank you for your service.

In many places (not in my hometown unfortunately) Vets ate free at various restaurants. That was really nice but I read, weeks later that many were pissed that such an offer was not made in our hometown area.

 Here is Clint trying to decide whether or not he likes this idea of sharing his toys or not.  Usually he is a very caring, sharing young lad, but he turned 4 in late October and has begun to assert himself and is slowly realizing that not sharing, listening or showing signs of bullying is not acceptable and he needs to change his ways, and slowly this is happening.

You gotta love his workout gear -- he really gets into the safety aspects even if the toys are plastic.  He is attending pre-school and loves it.  He is smart and catches on quick, retains everything but dislikes being asked what he did in school today.  He'll tell one person and that, in his book, is sufficient.  He just doesn't see any reason to repeat things over and over.

Yesterday I asked him if they were learning Christmas (Holiday) songs and he said yes, and I said, "oh like Jingle Bells?'  He was quick to inform no; "No Meme, Christmas songs!"  I have no idea what in hell that means.  My sister, who lives in Syracuse said, in the city schools they can't sing Christmas songs because of all various religions and if they sing Christian songs, then kids must learn other songs as well.  Holy crap!!!

So, now we prepare for Thanksgiving.  Kel will fix the meal but I am sure we shall get our assignment as well; such as: can you cook and bring the ham, how about sweet potatoes, green bean casserole and oh, can Aunt Penny bake pies?  I get to do Christmas dinner and have it at my house.

I continue to do the Focus T-25 workouts and have lost inches, a few pounds and feel great.  However, this morning I realized the back ache was not really from the workouts but what I suspect is a kidney stone.  I have had one for over a year, it ain't gonna pass on its own but as it hasn't bothered me, we leave it alone.  Well, low back ache and blood is sufficient to have me call my urologist and see if I can see him sometime soon.  In fact, I left a message around 8 this morning and it's almost ten and no word.  I may need to call again.  Every get one of those goddamn answering machines, with ten options and if you chose one, they send you back to someone else and then, you get her voice mail and who in hell knows what happens after that?  Crazy process.

Well, folks have a good day.  Life is good.

Monday Oct 21, 2013

Hot damn, its Monday and the third week of my second go around with the Focus T-25 workout program.  Ya, I'm crazy but you all knew that, so what else is new.



Actually I rather like these workouts, they definitely challenge me and yes, I admit it, I have some aches and pains, including pulling abdominal muscles but overall I feel good. Then my darling sister read if you take one teaspoon of turmeric everyday you get all sorts of health benefits.  Lose weight, have more energy, supposedly has properties that count down on various diseases, etc.  So we are trying, in my opinion its like downing a very bitter root but you get creative and add "sweeteners" to dull the taste.  It's only been 4 days and I'm not sure, so far I see nothing but hey, it's early.  Remember, I was the asshole who bought into that garcinia shit, expensive and totally friggin worthless (hell I used it for a week and gained four pounds).  Anyway, I am adding the turmeric to my shakeology drink, which is another aspect of the T-25 program...when I add it, peanut and some guava, I'm able to drink the stuff.


Each week the coaches have us do various challenges, like post sweaty face pictures, video of us working, comments on the daily workout, pictures of the veggies and/or fruit we eat...here's mine for today: 

Then while my daughter is working in Asia and dealing with various airlines, hotel rooms, language differences and trying various cuisine, Clint and I are hanging out---we do have our moments, eh?

Now you have not really lived until you paint pumpkins with an almost four year old.  We start off using paint and brush, then we progress to finger painting the pumpkin and we cover the entire pumpkin we as much paint as we can apply.

Can you guess which one is Clint's?





In the meantime, my sister is here cooking up and storm and we just keep laughing alike crazy.  They see us enter stores and every clerk wants to follow us because they know this is gonna be fun.  For example, I wanted just three damn apples, picked them from the display and wouldn't ya know it, the damn apples took off, rolling all over the place. Other customers were handing them to me; "here's an apple, wait, here's another."  In the meantime the clerks are roaring and saying; "wait a minute and 50 more will roll by!"  This is just a mild example of our shopping experiences and the fun we share with everyone.  Now when Sissy returns to the big city, I hide out and let the local stores recover until she returns and we once again, grace them with our presence!

 

Fall photos.  You gotta get photos fast as the rain and wind cause leaves to drop quickly.

However the yellow and red leaves are almost always the last to show up and stay longer.

So, let me check and see if Face Book is fixed. I could not post a damn thing this morning, Kel texted me from Beijing saying she could not post and I had to text her back and tell her, it wasn't just China, they must be working on the damn site...bastards, drives me nuts.

Workouts Continue

 Let's start with this photo.  We took our sister-in-law Shirley out for her birthday.  Man, did we laugh and  have a good time.

Then she was saying how her sister, Irene who lives in Florida would love to see, but she won't come North because her husband is ill.  So, we quickly suggested she join us in April on our road trip to Florida.  

We nicely explained the details (ya, like there are so many).  We split the cost for gas and hotel room, but meals you're on your own.  That way nobody feels they had to pay for more drinks than they consumed.  Plus, we could always drop her off at her sisters and travel on to see our sister or she could join us, etc. We haven't worked out all the details but the idea is planted -- hey, it won't happen until April, so we have plenty of time.

This is Clint at some apple, pumpkin picking playground. He could of cared less about the apples, he loved all the playground equipment, in particular an in-ground bouncy gym which he jump on constantly.

Just trying to get him to look at me was not gonna happen but we had a good time.

Well believe it or not, I'm doing a second month of the Focus T-25 Workout programs.  These suckers kick ass but I'm getting toned, losing inches and even dropping a few pounds. I also have finally accepted the shakeology drink and that is actually curbing my desire for sweets.  Oh don't get me wrong, I still want my sweets but I'm not craving them so much now.  So, as I said I'm doing another month and so far so good.

As many of you know October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  And when I saw this display,in Norfolk no less, I had to stop and snap a photo.  The gal who lives there is still under going some reconstructive surgery but she and her partner dreamed up the pink pumpkins and I thought it was fantastic.  Just for the record, I do NOT support any cancer -- that statement just causes me to go livid.  I support cancer research and cancer awareness but I do NOT support cancer.  Are you friggin nuts?  

So, my daughter is currently in Bangkok, going to China in a couple days and various other places, all part of her job and not due home until Oct 28th.  She has had one hell of a screwed up flight so far and I just did face time with her and she looks exhausted. Its an 11 hour time difference and I told her to get off the phone and go to bed.

Now I plan to head over and see Clint, take some pictures and post to her email address.  Then come home and fix pork chops for dinner.  So life is good and hope all of you are having a good day, week, month and year.  Hugs.

Week Two

 Okay, I'm into my second week and so far so good. Holy water, I tied for a prize with another gal for total points.  We get prizes -- thrill, thrill.  This is a fun group and like I said, I'm the oldest one, but you know what, these young gals and guys keep me focused and I absolutely love their humor.

Oh hell yes, I am sore, have had some aches and pains and wondered (really wondered) if I wished to continue this madness (my dau-in-law's comment, "hell, you are 70, eat what you want, makes me laugh).  I am a sweet freak and trying my best to cut down on sweets. I don't give a shit what they say, a damn peach, pear,plum, etc is not a sweet like a chocolate brownie!!!

I have no idea what day this is but one of the things we do, or try to do, is posted sweaty face pictures.  I guess this proves we sweat or something or at the very least, how unattractive we can be while getting toned, losing weight and developing a much healthier attitude.


Gotta admit some of these workouts are just unreal and altho there is a "modifier," I modify a bit myself.  Like, lunges, grabbing my foot and pulling it up to my butt or how about getting down on al four, lift up and legs forward, now bring foot up to arm (are you nuts).

  Every Wednesday, along with a sweaty face, you can make it wacky -- so this was this weeks version of Wacky Wednesday.


I'm gonna keep at this, its for a month and who knows, I may keep going.

Now sure about this drink tho.  It's Shakeology and supposedly full of all kinds of good stuff but it tends to cause me some digestive issues (like mild constipation) and that is not good.  I usually take a daily dose of MirLax to stop this nonsense,with Shake, I switch to a stool softener and not sure that is working.  Now my daughter is "advising" me to not use MirLax or I'll rip my butt out or some such comment (she got her medical degree at Wal-Mart).  Look it's quite simple, I will do what I need to do to insure this ole body functions as it should,amen.

On September 5th my youngest grandchild, who is 3.5 years,began pre-K (aka pre school) and what a cluster morning that was -- we had three different buses arrived (are various times) before the 3rd one was his and he was mighty upset when he couldn't ride one and finally when the right when did arrive, he was all smiles and happy as hell.

Needless to say his mother was calling the school, asking about the damn bus, knowing she was late for work, etc.  He only goes half a day, so when they bring him back, they bring him to his house (wrong place assholes) and they call to learn what needs to happen (they have paperwork that tells them but who knows, can they read?)  Anyway,eventually everything worked out and Clint was one happy school kid.

This is the second day, all "tagged" up and this time the bus was on time and all worked out nicely.

When I asked him how school was (he was busy playing in the sand mind ya) he replied, "great."  End of story.

Ya, he likes school and that is good.

FOCUS

Okay, starting September 1st I began this Focus T-25 workout program.  Each day, for 25-minutes, you do various workouts.

Monday:  Cardio - whew
Tuesday: Speed 1.0 - talk about sweat!
Wednesday: Total Body Circuit
Thursday: AB Intervals (this shall be interesting)
Friday: Lower Focus (wait down sculpting)
Saturday: Record your Stats
Sunday: Stretch

I think I got this right??? All I can tell you at this time is, its a bloody ass workout and I am sore but I did do the Speed 1.0 this morning. Now, come on, I don't do all they show -- like lifting my leg and holding it behind my back -- give me a break.  Nor do I hop on one leg and swing my arms in the air like I am boxing Ali...again, not gonna happen this soon.  But I do manage to do most of the exercises and I do them for the required 25-minutes.

Then when done, sweating up a storm and what have you, I fix this lovely Shakeology drink -- its a powerful super food formula designed to give your body the perfect combination of nutrients to help give you energy, reduce cravings, maintain healthy body weight and support your immune system.  There are various recipes you can use with this powder, adding veggies, fruit,ice, etc. I quickly learned that if I added ice, I ended up with brain freeze and that was not good.

I'm in this focus group and trust me, I am the oldest person in the group, but I don't care.  We come in all sizes and fitness levels but each of us is doing our best to tone up, lose weight and get healthy -- duh!  Currently its a private FB page for our daily posts, which can include daily sweaty face photos, videos, comments, inspirational quotes (mind was simple, move your fat ass or die) and of course, helpful hints.  We even score points for doing various things and there are prizes -- like I give a shit.

I measured myself at the beginning and will measure again at the start of next week, including weight but so far, it's not too bad.  Like I said, a tad sore as these muscles have not been used in a long time and leg lifts nearly killed me...ugh. Oh well, go slow and progress and your own level, I will get thru this, it's only for a month!!!

Diet Crap

Okay, I'm gonna rant for a few minutes. I had a blonde moment (or we'll call it a chemo brain fart) and ordered the so called fat burner, no exercise pills -- aka - garcinia. 

Let me tell you, first off this shit is expensive and I tried to stop my order but that didn't work so I waited and sure enough it showed up.  It's one friggin pill per day and I tried it for almost two weeks.  I swear I did not lose one goddamn inch and if anything, gained four pounds.

I went on line and listened to others bitch about how they attempted to return these bottle and get their money back and how after 3, 4, and 6 months they are still waiting, so suck it up and consider it a lost.  

Ya, I know any pill that makes this kind of claim is not real but again, chemo brain fart and you sometimes just want something to work -- well this does not, so don't waste your money.

As I said in an earlier post I now going the T25 (focus) workout,25 minutes a day: cardio,speed (total body circuit), AB intervals, Lower focus, and Stretch and start again next week.  You go at your own pace and there is a "modifier" for us newbies  and hey, if my body says "stop, this is enough," this gal stops.  But it's a workout and I will try like hell to do it for a month or longer if it makes me feel better, which I have been told will happen.  It's all a matter or attitude and we have a team and coaches to keep us motivated, etc.

Anyway, I shall keep you posted -- no pictures tho--you won't see my fat ass on this site!!!

August - Selfish or Delish?

 Clint and I are Pizza Hut.  He would spend his first overnight with Meme and Papa, by the way, he is a bed hog!

 As the kids prepared to depart on their vacation, camping at Bar Harbor, I was tasked with baking a turkey for them to take.  When it was done, and being cut up, I said; "wait I want at least one piece," and this leg was set aside. Within seconds, Clint grabbed it and it was now his.

Oh this was interesting. My sister and I decided to "set up" the inflatable kayak.  Well, once set up, I crawled in and I my son said; "looks like a coffin!"  We have yet to launch this on the water but we sure had a blast setting it up -- and for the record, it weighs more than 25 pounds!

My beautiful and only granddaughter, out for lunch with her Daddy. Oh how I miss this girl.

Wow it has been over twenty years since I have seen my sister-in-law and although it was a short vist it was so wonderful to see both her and John.  Hope they had a good time,we sure did.

Well Sissy just detested my so called food processor so she went and bought me a new one orange and claims its "f-king fantastic!"

Now I gotta hide it as Kelly will try to borrow it for dang sure!

Sissy loves to cook and Pat and I are receptive to almost anything she prepares...love her cooking.






So you have had a chance to enjoy the photos and now the medical updates.  Patrick is all done with his antibiotics and no more trips to Burlington, thank goodness.

I had my second oncology visit this past week, all is good.  Now in December I will have another mammogram and see the oncologist again -- so life is looking alot nicer for both of us.

Now in September I have agreed (actually) joined this Beach Body Challenge group, its a workout program that is 25-minutes a day and this Shakeology drink you consume as well.  Mostly young pups are doing this but I decided this would be a nice way to tone my body and perhaps lose a few pounds too.

Oh the post title.  A few days ago Sissy and I had dinner over at my daughter's house.  Sissy had baked this amazing blueberry pie but we only took half over, as I wanted to be sure we had some here for me. Well, later my dau texts her aunt and says; "thanks for helping with dinner and the pie was selfish!"  We thought she meant because we only gave her half but it was an auto-correct and she meant to say -- delicious (or delish as the young folks say it now) .  So now we refer to anything great, delish or whatever as selfish!

So as August winds down and the US Open ends the tennis season, I am feeling good, getting ready for Fall weather and come April I definitely hope to head to Florida and spend time with not only nephew and nieces but get our older sister and escape to various beaches and just do our sister thing.  Plus, again I shall hook up with my Nam buddy and Justine. So life is looking damn good and I hope all of you are in good health too.  Hugs peopel

July is Here--YAY

 Tim and Clint mowed the lawn.  Tim's first time using a riding lawn mower, so Clint was "instructing" him on how things worked.  He was such a good sport and Clint loved every minute on the mower!

 Meg getting "encouragement and instructions" from Dan before she began her bike ride.  She would end up with a burn on her leg (hey, we told you, long pants!  And at one point, she rode thru some poison ivy, so she has that itch to remember this lovely ride too.

Clint decided some pool time was in order, it was very hot and this was very cooling!  Later we would take him and dogs to the river and Auntie Penny would wade in, almost neck high, so he could swim off the dock to her and of course Brooklyn (the dog) as also learning to jump in the river and swim.  Notice I have not mentioned the young people in the water, just the old people..hummm!

Okay girls, here's the plan, get a helmet, ride like hell, make the boys find us? 

Clint is somewhat puzzled as to why this taking so damn long, he is ready to ride and as he had no nap, he is getting tired and this better happen soon.  He likes to lead the riders and knows where all the trials go...he informed me "Tim doesn't know these trails, Meme, I gotta show him."

Guess everyone is ready, helmets on and ready to ride. What a fun day!  Oh ya, and the beer was nice too.

Updates and Stuff

Kelly and I at Patrick's honor dinner in Lake Placid on June 15th.  We had a blast.  After the dinner, it was change into comfy clothes, head to the bar area and dance the night away.  Not me, the younger kids, I just drink and watch.










He is Grandpa with his youngest grandson wearing what we called his Papa shirt.  He was such a good boy but when it came time to eat, he was more than ready and no way was he hanging around for the speeches.  there was a swimming pool he wanted to use!

Memorial Day -- he was having good time here too.

With Mommy and Daddy, not sure who's shoulder's her preferred but Daddy is taller so that's a higher vantage point.






So, on Friday, June 14th I had my follow up mammogram.  Gotta tell ya, I was nervous as hell but I was doing my level best to remain positive. Well, it worked, there was no cancer cells seen and all films looked good.  I even got to see the films of where the tumor was found a year ago and now compared the films to the this day.  Believe me, I was one happy camper.  I doth believe it is safe to say I am disease free.

Still have not had that lovely bone healthy infusion but that will happen in due course. Been thru the dental aspect, so that has been cleared.

June 18th Pat and I head back to Burlington, Vt. and tomorrow he will have a ct scan and some kind of intervention radiology test done, where dye is used and watched to ascertain whether there is any other holes or the drain is done and can be removed.  If the latter is the case, it will be taken out, then we'll leave the main hospital and head to Williston, just a short distance away to see his surgeon before heading back home.  So another trip for us clowns.

We are looking forward the 4th of July as my niece has indicated she and her boyfriend plan to visit and my sister will be here, we'll have quite a bit of family.  BBQ and cool drinks, nothing fancy, just low keyed and relaxing.  Hopefully the weather will be nice too.  Lately all we get is rain and more damn rain. We could use some dry weather and warmer temps.  This morning it was 48 degrees -- holy crap!!!

So ya all have fun and stay happy.  So proud of my granddaughter, she passed all her swim tests and my grandson is doing great playing ball this year and running track too.  Wow, busy summer. Daughter-in-law and son are great parents and enjoying life too.  Keep smiling

Doctor Appointments and Rainy Weather

So us gals decided to haul our skinny asses on the back of the 4-wheeler and Let Kelly drive us around the woods -- are we nuts or what?

Guess who decided to show up?  Yup my hummingbird.  I was so happy to see him (or is it her?).  They are fun to watch and I hope they return often.

Some days you just have to look down the train tracks and think, "where in hell does this go?"  Well I know where and it was a fun journey many years ago and I'm sure its a fun one to this day.  Sadly passenger trains are hard to find these days and some are just to damn hard on the body -- all that bouncing and those lovely beds -- ye gads.

As the title indicates, today is doctor appointments for me at least.  It's see the radiation oncologist at 1 and the oncologist at 1:30.  Mostly follow up as far as I can determined and I am sure my oncologist will probably order a mammogram for next month.

I do wish to discuss with both this back pain/ache that seems to have taken over lately but I can't be sure if this is due to the recent activities, i.e.: gardening or just friggin ole age!  I just know I dislike. I have another issue which my oncologist may suggest I talk to my urologist about..no big deal.  I feel good and if he wants to do that osteoporosis infusion number, I doth think I am ready...dentist appointments are over, thank goodness.  My next thing is to make an eye appointment...I would like new glasses and let's face it, I need a eye exam too.

And the weather -- well shit, we can't seem to get two days of sunshine, nope, we have to get this dreary, rainy weather and temps that drop into the 20s and at one point in this month we had snow -- holy crap.  When summer does arrive, every one will enjoy it -- no complaints for damn sure.

May is Here

 Whew,it has been busy around here.  As you know (I think), Patrick is no longer in the hospital.  He's been home the last two months but his recovery is a slow process and we are still making trips to Burlington for check-ups, to the VA hospital in Syracuse to see his Coumadin doctor, getting his new hearing aids, and of course, each week or so it seems, he has blood drawn.  Damn vampires!

This photo is his grandson, checking out his surgery and deciding if they did everything correctly! 







This Papa and his youngest grandson. Look how skinny he is -- he said "gee, I look so tall!"  Hello, Clint is 3 -- duh!

Well, Papa can't have all the fun.  Meme has to have some too.  Here I am with Clint 4-wheeling and he's providing directions.  It was cold that day but we had blast.


Yes, Meme is feeling great these days too.











Now it is Papa's turn to help put a new toy together. For once, something inexpensive turned out to be the best damn toy ever.  Usually you end up with crap that doesn't last two seconds, but this sucker seems to be holding up quite nicely.

Yes, it is now May and we have had snow, rain, temps in the 20s and just flat ass yucky weather.  I did manage to plant 5 rose bushes, and Clint managed to plant three flower pots with a variety of plants. We have tomatoes to plant but we are waiting to see if the weather is gonna warm up first.

My sister has been here the past week and we got busy breaking down boxes in the garage, we hauled them out them out for the garage man to take today. When he pulls up he's gonna wonder what in hell happened.  We also had the lovely Lowe's experience yesterday too.  Wait, it started last Friday when we bought 8 bags of mulch, 4 black and 4 brown.  It was back-ordered but a good sale price.  So yesterday we went to get the bags.  Now this is when shit hitting the fan would have been easier.  First off, it shows we ordered 8 bags of red mulch.  No, we did not, we again repeated what we wanted and now we had to go customer service and get the new codes.  Ok, so far we are not too upset.  Sis gets back to the mulch area and is asked to bring her car around and they'll load the bags for her.  No problem, she arrives and the guy says; "oh you're the lady that wants 8 bags of red mulch, right?"  She looks at him and says; 'WTF!  Are you from another planet? Do you not read or understand English?"  He replies, you're a tad old to be using that word, you are not twenty anymore!  Well, that set her off in good style.  Finally she gets him to understand she wants 4 brown and 4 black bags of mulch and please put the brown bags on the bottom as they are going to Syracuse.  Now she has confused him again and she is ready for a beer.  In the meantime, I with Patrick as he buys a new kitchen faucet  padlock and lawn tractor!
They want to charge us $70 to deliver the tractor 4 miles down the road and I said, "you know what, I would like to see the manager!"  He shows up and within seconds he announces FREE DELIVERY!  Okay, gotta change the sales receipt now and then, Patrick reminds her he gets a 10% military discount too. so again, another receipt change to get everything correct. And people wonder why shopping at Lowe's' is such a pain in the ass. Do they deliberately hire dipshits?

Well, you all have a good day and Justine, we are fine, thanks for caring about us.