Hotel Accommodations

We got a new mattress. Gerry and I have been talking about a new mattress off and on for a while now and after Grandpa got sick here and totaled the mattress he was using it gave Gerry and I another chance to look at the available sleeping offers. We looked at a Sleep by Number bed last year but after reading the message boards and visiting the store and viewing the cost our final assessment was, 'That is a lot of money for an air mattress'. At one time in our married life we tried a water bed. Look around, there are none to be had today and since we had one (for a very short time) I know why they are extinct. The one advantage of an air mattress over a water bed is when it springs a leak you wont have a river running through the house. A lot of cold air, but no river. ;)

Then we asked Gerry's back doctor what he recommended. His reply was he could not recommend anything but he had a Tempur-pedic and loved it. So, we researched that bed on the Internet. Again it is an expensive mattress and from what we read the people who owned them either loved or hated them, nothing in-between. So we went off to look at those and even though they were very comfy, the costs were staggering. So the mattress idea went on the back burner. That is till we had to go back to the stores looking for a mattress to replace the one that smelled like it was born in a sewage waste site.

OK, so should we be realistic and buy a twin semi cheap mattress or should we bite the bullet and buy a new mattress for us, then move the old king mattress to the downstairs suite, move the twin from there back upstairs to the small room and when the relatives visit rent out the suite with the king size bed to them so they don't have to bring their air mattresses. Hum....what a nice idea. Hey Tammi, the bed down there is big enough for you and Steve and all three kidders. I know that as fact since it help Gerry and I and 5 dogs for the last 5 years. LOL

You do realize you spend a third of your life in bed, yes? So now we are sleeping on a Tempur-pedic and so far so good. Gerry loves it and feels it is helping his back ache. I am still trying to decide. Ask me again in 2 months. I think I like it..but I am not one to make snap decisions.

So to my relatives and my friends that are reading this blog, let me know when you are coming to visit, we have a nice suite waiting for you at a very reasonable price. ;)

It's Winter in Ohio

It's winter in Ohio

And the gentle breezes blow

Seventy miles an hour

At twenty-five below.

Oh, how I love Ohio
When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave Ohio
I'm frozen to the freakin'' ground!

Plum Crazy

OK, I am still alive and it is February 1st. I am still dealing with this horrible virus and the non stop coughing. I had a chest x-ray last Tuesday and tomorrow afternoon I go for a cat scan. I still say I have pneumonia, but the doctor likes to do lots of test before that diagnosis is confirmed. All I know is after being house bound for two weeks, when I finally feel up to being in public I am heading to a steak house for a huge porterhouse steak, baked potato with all the extras and a salad full of crunchy croutons. I am so sick of soup I want something extra solid to chew. :)

While I have been laid up I have been reading. I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this before but my favorite author is Janet Evanovich. Her Stephanie Plum series is so funny and fun that I have read the series twice and am getting reading to read it through a third time. I NEVER reread books. So the fact I love these so much to read and read again should tell you to look for Janet's books. Start with "One for the Money" and don't miss a single book in the series. Currently there are 14 and each one gets funnier then the last. There are also a few 'Between books, the current being Plum Spooky which I just finished, that should not be missed either. Visit Janet's web site to learn more and do try a couple. I know you will be hooked like I am. :) http://www.evanovich.com/ When you visit this site, be sure to read the Character Profile page and click on "Lula's Words of Wisdom". Lula is a retired 'Ho' who is a full figured size sixteen (who crams herself into size 10 mini skirts) black woman who is always eating donuts and always dieting. She cracks me up. Oh and then there is Grandma Mazur who packs a 45 magnum and visits funeral parlors for the free cookies. Have I perked your interest yet? Please try one of these books, you wont regret it. Too Much Fun!!!

Here it is Feb 1st and I still have a few Christmas decorations up. Anyone else out there still enjoying the holiday decorations? :)