Thankful Thursday

Fluffy is so kind to wish me a very happy birthday today!

I'm thankful I made it through another year, my husband still loves me, my daughter thinks I'm cool, despite my horrid Irish temper and German stubbornness.

Besides the camera that I sweet talked hubby into buying me last weekend (I'm applying for my government bail-out check so I can pay for it), I got my very own telephone number today. I don't have to use the community line that goes to all the doctors, insurance agents, credit card companies, and anyone else who wants to have a phone number, friend or foe. It's the "don't answer it if the name doesn't come up on caller-id" number. Hubby has his own number that he uses for everything related to his "stuff." I programmed "his" number into Mom's phone; the first time she called, he said, "you gave her that number?" Oh.. well, hmmmm. Maybe I'll print up calling cards with MY phone number and send out with Christmas cards. Now I get to go shopping for my very own telephone!

I'm thankful that Mom is doing better. When we saw her at Thanksgiving, she was in a lot of pain and not getting around very well. I talked to her about ditching the narcotics and using the prescription dose ibuprofen, about finding a good chiropractor and keeping up the treatment, and seeing about getting a steroid shot to reduce the inflammation in her back. She's done the first two and says she's feeling a lot better.