They Call Me the Snow Man

Well amazing as it is, I got to take off a little early on Friday and actually have Saturday and most of Sunday off. What a major accomplishment these days. So I should have been cutting the grass which is long over due but instead, I worked on dishes, laundry and my game boards.

The boards are assembled, the 6 inch hole is cut in the boards. The counter sunk screws have been filled in and 3 of the 4 boards have all the sanding done. The last board has about 30 minutes to an hour worth of work to finish before it too will be ready. To get to this part however required a ton of sanding and even using a router to round the edges. If you are at all familiar with the tools used, a router and a random orbital sander, you know no matter what you do, there will be saw dust flying, hence my reference to being a Snow Man. At least one thing is good, I really did look like a snowman on Friday. After that I hooked up a shop vac and it did better catching the sawdust than the bag designed to catch the sawdust.

Next is getting the legs sanded and mounted to the boards and then time for a couple of coats of prime and then painting. Then this winter I will add some sort of logo to the boards. But at last I am getting close to being done. Work has certainly made it hard to get any time in working on the boards.



I go to see the doctor on today (Monday) and we will see what happens. Hopefully I do not get chewed out to much for not eating the way I should. Hopefully the high PSA is a false reading but we will see.


Oh no, say it isn’t so! I just heard that Marsha Brady (Maureen McCormick) had lesbian experiences with her younger sister Jan Brady (Eve Plumb) on the Brady Bunch set. Oh dear, I had such a crush on her when I was growing up. That must be why we never hooked up. Well that and I never met her but that is just a technicality. Next thing you know someone is going to tell me the Farrah Fawcett, who poster I proudly displayed in my bedroom, was smart. Oh wait, that just to much. At least I can hang on to one of my high school fantasies.


Doctor update: I think I want to kill the nurse/receptionist/what ever she is. She is the one that put me in a panic to begin with with the call and call em back then and if not Friday than first thing Monday. I call and I get the feeling the PSA is bad and my sugar not good at all. And she wants to get me in as soon as can be.

So for the last week and a half I have been concentrating on eating good things and eating like I am on a diet. I have been monitoring where I am and writing them down. I did some research on part of why my PSA may be elevated. I come in to the appointment today and they do not weigh me in. They take the blood pressure and were very happy with that. (it had been elevated and he made an adjustment to the medication last time). They almost ignored the paper I had with all my numbers on it. He gave me some additional medication for diabetes but he did not make a big deal about it. And he did a rubber glove exam (yikes) and all was well. Now mind you, I will not complain about the exam as I know the ladies have it much worse for your annual exam.

So all that worrying for basically nothing. Yes I have been bad and I need to be much more careful about the sugar. One thing good... in behaving myself I have lost at least 8 pounds. I plan to keep it going so you will notice the little guy on my side bar reset to 0 and go from there. It is about time he starts being updated. Also my number all look pretty good. So the scare is over and so far good has come from it. Thank Goodness!

Thank you everyone. I have managed to keep myself busy so I could not think about it but over the last few days (especially today) it has been tough getting through. You all have really helped me get through some of the tougher moments. Thanks again.